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Bloody Fun Day is a bloody fun game in which you — The Grim Reaper — dole out bloody death to adorable muppets, because it’s just bloody fun. Cute as the muppet-like creatures may be, however, Death himself is cuter still. If he had any cheeks, you’d just want to pinch them grandma-style, he’s so [...]
100 Rogues has received a major update, and is now a universal app supporting both the iPhone and iPad. The list of changes in 1.0.5 is pretty substantial, featuring many additions, improvements, corrections and balance tweaks. If you haven’t yet played 100 Rogues, it’s one of the app store’s finest roguelikes, and I was a [...]
On July 10, 2008, Apple opened its App Store to the public. The App Store was not the first venue of its kind, but has arguably become the most successful and influential digital distribution platform of all time. Bolstered by the runaway success of the iPhone, iPod Touch and now the iPad, the App Store has muscled its way into the mainstream consciousness, and has definitively proven the potential of the online distribution model for media content.
I shudder to think of the money I’ve poured into the app store in the last two years, of the number of apps heaped upon my hard disk. Amongst its more than one-million apps, the App Store houses many treasures. But to find these treasures, one must often navigate the slush, and not every promising title lives up to expectations. In this article, the NoDPad staff has put their heads together to highlight some of our favorite games from the app store’s first two years. Our picks range the full time-line, including some newer titles that have helped to push gaming forward on the iDevices, and many old classics refusing to give up their thrones.
We have intentionally not included iPad titles in this list, as the device is still relatively new. Naturally, not all of our individual favorites made the list. But we feel confident that the titles below, organized by genre, represent some of the best gaming currently available for the iPhone platform.
We yesterday revealed news of new projects by John Kooistra and Cat-in-a-Box Games. Today, Kooistra has released game footage and screenshots of the upcoming Action RPG Fastar — Fight Angry Squares: The Action RPG! The game is described as a pick-up-and-play Action RPG for when you really haven’t got the time for an Action RPG, [...]
In an exclusive email exchange with NoDpad.com, John Kooistra — developer behind hit titles Blue Defense, Blue Attack and Red Conquest — let slip details on several upcoming projects from his development group Cat In A Box Games. First up, Kooistra is just about ready to make a publicity push for a new title, Fastar! [...]
MY dreams, anyway. Square Enix has announced at E3 that classics Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions and Secret of Mana will be released later this year for the iPhone. Secret of Mana first debuted on the SNES in 1993 and is revered as one of the finest Action RPGs of all time. [...]
I loved 100 Rogues the moment I played it, but couldn’t help but fault the game for its many glitches when I reviewed the game at 1.0. The developers have been hard at work since the game released collecting and addressing bug reports, making stability improvements, and adjusting the balance of the game. Their efforts [...]
New from Asian developer iQubi, The War of Eustrath HD (WoE) is a science-fiction strategy RPG, heavily focused on combat between GEARs, elementally infused machinations of war. Players pick up the story as two nations collide. Eustrath is a fertile, prosperous land. The invading kingdom of Kradion, however, is quite the opposite. Their lands are [...]
IndieApps — makers of Heavy Mach 2 (which we loved) — has released their latest project, Marine Blue for the iPhone and Marine Blue HD for the iPad. And we’ve got codes to give away to our readers! Marine Blue is an underwater, casual shooter reminiscent of Missile Command. It’s not particularly deep, but it [...]
Naomicsoft’s Destroy9 and Destroy9 Alien are FREE today. Defense games with a sci-fi theme, the games pit Earth forces against alien invaders. Players take control of the Earth forces in Destroy9, and the aliens in Destroy9 Alien. Borrowing from the castle defense genre, the player’s task is to send out various types of soldiers in [...]
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