The best in iOS board games

The iPhone or iPad are often under-appreciated as gaming platforms, although they are becoming a more viable option with better games and development teams constantly hitting the scene. Particularly for board game adaptations, the devices really shine. Although publishers like… Read More »

The Assassin’s Creed Recollection iPad game is free today

Ubisoft’s just made us aware that the Assassin’s Creed Recollection iPad game is going for the low price of free today. Says Ubisoft, “designed and optimised to take full advantage of the large display and Multi-Touch interface of iPad, [the game]… Read More »

Get Back to the Future Ep. 1 for free on iPad; the rest at a discounted price

Telltale Games have just published a blog advertising a free copy of the iPad version of Back to the Future Episode One. Better yet, the game’s other episdoes, 2-5, have been discounted at $3 each. What are you waiting for?… Read More »

Expect two new iOS apps when Mass Effect 3 hits consoles, PC

An EA event in New York yesterday gave us details on not one, but TWO Mass Effect 3 tie-in iOS games, to be released alongside the console and PC main title. First up is Mass Effect Infiltrator, a third-person shooter… Read More »

Eleven employees have allegedly been made redundant at Melbourne studios Firemint and Iron Monkey

Kotaku Australia’s report early this week that ten redunancies had been made in Melbourne studios Firemint and Iron Monkey appear to be true. In actual fact,  studio insiders have actually pegged the number of redundancies at eleven. On Sunday this… Read More »

343 and Halo Waypoint to take over (some of?) Bungie’s Halo services from 31 March

It’s the end of an era. From 31 March 31 2012, all Halo-based services on Bungie’s bungie.net will be discontinued. All current Halo data will be transferred to Microsoft’s internal development company 343 Industries at that time. In the words… Read More »

Jetpack Joyride free today on FAAD

If you’ve just read this post’s title and asked, “Ok…what’s a FAAD?” — it stands for “Free App A Day.” Makes sense now, right? If you’ve missed out on the amazing iOS game Jetpack Joyride when it’s been free before,… Read More »

Microsoft’s Xbox apps invade the Apple App Store

Holy crap! Has hell frozen over or something? If you’re an Apple fanboy, gadget-wise, but love your Xbox gamerscore, we’ve got two apps for you. The first, released 7 December, is every Xbox player’s dream. Say hello to My Xbox… Read More »