Ok, so anyone who listens to the podcast knows that I am the most giant PuzzleQuest fan on the Internet. Well it’s happened, PuzzleQuest is here, and I absolutely can not wait to play it. I don’t have a press release or anything, so if you click read on you will get to see me gush about why PuzzleQuest is the best game ever. [Read more →]
Crystal Defenders is a tower defense style game set in the Final Fantasy universe, with characters such as Mages and soldiers based mainly from FF Tactics A2. The game consists of 300 stages across three difficulty levels. All controls are obviously touch based, and the graphics seem on par with the SNES/Gameboy and DS tactics look and feel. It is available now for $7.99, plus a lite version is available for free [Read more →]
Dave LeClair
We’ve had some readers asking for a review of Sim City, but unfortunately we didn’t receive a review copy of it until yesterday, so the review is going to take me a couple days because there is a lot of game there. To make sure I can give you all a proper review is going to take a little time. What I can do is give you some quick first impressions of the game based on about an hour of playtime with it. So, read on for that. [Read more →]
Try This Networks have released Braineous. Similar in style to games such as Big Brain Academy on the DS, it challenges you with mind bending puzzles, math problems, memory games, and shape matching, designed to find out how smart you are. You can then check the online scoring to compare your self to the rest of the world, which is a nice touch. Continue reading for detailed features and a video of the game in action [Read more →]
Review by Matt Dunn
Fieldrunners sits comfortably as one of the original, and highest rated tower defense game on the App Store. This is for good reason! This game will suck you in! But will it keep you coming back for more with it’s great graphics, excellent sound, and balanced gameplay? Does Dave make-out with a PuzzleQuest poster every night before bed? (Absolutely.)
Famitsu reported this week that Square Enix is developing its first game for iPhone. ‘Crystal Defenders’ is based in the Final Fantasy universe and is dubbed as a defense simulation, so look for something along the lines of Final Fantasy Tactics meets Tower defense. With many final fantasy games have somewhat of a rebirth on the touch screen Nintendo DS lets hope Square look to bring more of their franchises over to iPhone. See the promising screenshots below… [Read more →]
Review by Nigel Wood
Around half of the games on the AppStore right now are puzzle games. It’s an over crowded genre, but at the same time a testament to how well suited the iPhone is to gaming. After all, with puzzles doing so well on pda’s and now the DS, with its touch screen the iPhone is the obvious choice for puzzlers, allowing direct input. With all the Sudoku, match three, solitaire and pears games out there… it’s nice to see a developer bend your mind in a new and original way. [Read more →]
Solus games have released Firewall: Defender 001, a tower defence game for iphone. Available now for $0.99. Following the same gamplay as most tower defence games, you must strategically place your turrets on the map so that you can take out the onslaught of enemies attempting to take your base. [Read more →]
Subatomic Studios have released ‘Fieldrunners’ on the App Store. The game requires you to use a wide range of tactics and strategy to defend and your towers from continuing bombardment from land and airborne attacks. [Read more →]
If you are near Apple’s Regent Street store in London on September 3rd, you may want to pop in at 3:00 pm, where you’ll have a chance to meet Will Wright for inside look into Spore. There’s no word yet on whether the iPhone version will be demoed, but here’s hoping.
