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GTA: Vice City 10th Anniversary Edition Brings Neon-Colored Carjacking to iOS, Android Dec. 6

by David Sanchez on November 22, 2012 @ 8:37 am

Prepare for a bunch of brightly-colored, ’80s-infused action, because Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary Edition has been dated for mobile devices. As announced by Rockstar Games, the iconic open world action-adventure crime game will celebrate its tenth anniversary [...]

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Telltale Releasing Season Finale of The Walking Dead Next Week

by David Sanchez on November 14, 2012 @ 11:36 pm

It’s been quite the lengthy road leading up to this point, but Telltale Games has announced that The Walking Dead will reach its season finale soon. Titled The Walking Dead: Episode 5 – No Time Left, the final chapter in [...]

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Jet Set Radio Ready to Skate and Tag on PS Vita Nov. 20

by David Sanchez on November 13, 2012 @ 11:54 pm

If you’ve been feeling left out and uncool at the lack of Jet Set Radio on the Vita, those days are almost over. Sega has confirmed that the skate-and-tag game will be available on Sony’s handheld device via the PlayStation [...]

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Xbox SmartGlass Now Available on iOS

by David Sanchez on November 7, 2012 @ 1:51 am

Goodbye old Xbox Companion. Hello Xbox SmartGlass. If you were waiting for this feature to land on iOS, the day has arrived. You can now head on over to the App Store and download SmartGlass to your mobile Apple device. [...]

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Celebrates 10 Years with iOS, Android Versions

by David Sanchez on October 27, 2012 @ 11:23 am

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City launched on the PlayStation 2 on October 29, 2002. Rockstar Games delivered a riveting follow-up to Grand Theft Auto III that really managed to bring revolutionary gameplay to our beloved medium. It’s been 10 years [...]

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Borderlands Legends Shoots Its Way Onto iOS This Month

by David Sanchez on October 22, 2012 @ 10:01 am

iPhone and iPad owners will have the chance to play Borderlands Legends later this month. The mobile title, which was spotted in the game’s digital guide and shared on the Gearbox forums, will star the four protagonists from the first [...]

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Rayman Jungle Run Is a Nice-Looking iOS, Android Game

by David Sanchez on September 7, 2012 @ 10:58 am

Ubisoft’s limbless hero is headed to mobile devices. Rayman Jungle Run was recently announced for iOS and Android devices, and it will star the titular protagonist in a runner-type game. Jungle Run looks pretty impressive, which shouldn’t be too surprising [...]

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Jet Set Radio HD Goes Mobile on iOS, Android

by David Sanchez on July 20, 2012 @ 11:55 pm

Sega is really embracing its newfound digital movement. The company decided to make a popular move by resurrecting the beloved Dreamcast fan favorite, Jet Set Radio, for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and PC. The remake, which will feature HD [...]

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Street Fighter X Tekken Takes the Fight to iOS

by David Sanchez on June 15, 2012 @ 3:15 pm

Capcom recently announced that Street Fighter X Tekken was headed to iOS platforms. I don’t mean to sound like a jerk, but did anyone even want this? I mean, the console version of Street Fighter X Tekken is really buggy [...]

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Microsoft Launches My Xbox Live on iOS

by Staff on December 10, 2011 @ 2:40 pm

Do you have an iPhone or iOS device and are on Xbox Live? If so, you can now download the My Xbox LIVE on any iOS device released yesterday by Microsoft. The app is available for free and will allow [...]

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PSFreedom PS3 Hack Graces iPhone, iPod Touch

by Mike Bendel on September 10, 2010 @ 5:13 pm

Courtesy of homebrew developer NTAuthority, you can now use your iPhone and iPod Touch to hack the PS3. The PSFreedom codebase has been ported over, with one not-so-small caveat: it only works on 2G and 3G iPhone models and 1G [...]

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DMCA Exemptions Legalize Phone Jailbreaking, DRM Circumvention Under Fair Use

by Mike Bendel on July 26, 2010 @ 4:43 pm

The Librarian of Congress has issued a statement detailing six key exemptions to Digital Millennium Copyright Act — DMCA for short — effectively legalizing the practice of “jailbreaking” mobile phone devices and circumventing select DRM routines under fair use policies [...]

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George Hotz Bows Out Of iPhone, PS3 Hacking Scene

by Mike Bendel on July 13, 2010 @ 9:12 pm

Famed iPhone hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz — father of the widely-used jailbreak hack — has thrown in the towel. Hotz delivered the news of his departure on his now-defunct Twitter account earlier today, noting that “It was a cool ride, [...]

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Hulu Plus to Arrive on Xbox 360 and PS3

by Justin B. on June 29, 2010 @ 11:28 am

Hulu has announced today that it will be starting a new subscription-based service entitled “Hulu Plus” which will bring the popular video streaming service to a variety of new devices. Hulu Plus however will run $9.99 a month which will [...]

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The Red Star Destined For PSP, iPhone

by Mike Bendel on March 8, 2010 @ 9:37 pm

Originally released on PS2, XS Games has announced that its top-down shooter and beat ‘em up mashup is slated to hit PSP and iPhone. The handheld edition is due for a facelift, with the developer promising a “fresh visual polish” [...]

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Review: Final Fantasy I and II for iPhone

by Staff on March 5, 2010 @ 12:57 am

As one of the most addictive and well constructed offerings in the RPG space, Final Fantasy is a prestigious household name that needs no introduction. In an effort to expand its offerings in the mobile market, Square Enix decided to [...]

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THQ Aims To Expand Its Digital Presence, Forms New Digital Studios

by Mike Bendel on February 3, 2010 @ 1:21 pm

As part of an effort to reinforce its emphasis on digital distribution, THQ announced today that it has renamed its Juice Games and Rainbow Studios development studios to THQ Digital Studios Warringtonand and Phoenix. The two studios will focus their [...]

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George Hotz Makes His PS3 Exploit Public

by Mike Bendel on January 26, 2010 @ 6:24 pm

George Hotz, the man behind the infamous jailbreak hack for iPhone,  has released his PS3 exploit to the public.  Still very primitive, it takes advantage of OtherOS, granting unrestricted access to system memory. It was specifically tested on firmware 2.42, [...]

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Geohot Touts PS3 Hack

by Mike Bendel on January 22, 2010 @ 7:23 pm

While the PS3′s defenses against unauthorized code have remained impenetrable up until now, hacker Geohot of iPhone fame claims he is the first to discover an exploit, a feat that will no doubt garner the attention of Sony. In a [...]

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Simon Jeffery Leaves Sega, Joins Mobile Developer Ngmoco

by Mike Bendel on June 15, 2009 @ 7:37 pm

Sega America president Simon Jeffery has packed up and left the company to pursue an opportunity at mobile development house Ngmoco as head of publishing. Helmed by former Electronic Arts exec Neil Young, Ngmoco is launching a publishing network dubbed [...]

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“A Next Metal Gear” Is For iPod Touch

by Mike Bendel on December 17, 2008 @ 10:56 am

Oh Kojima, how you tease us so. Turns out, that cryptic teaser was indeed for a new Metal Gear title, but not on the platform many were thinking of. Konami announced today that the series will make its debut on [...]

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Rumor: Sony Licenses PowerVR Tech For PSP2

by Mike Bendel on November 26, 2008 @ 11:42 pm

Is Sony already hard at work on a successor to the PSP? According to a recent report from tech site EETimes, Sony has inked a deal with electronics Imagination Technologies to use PowerVR tech in the tentatively named PSP2. The [...]

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iPhone Super Monkey Ball Sales Total 300K

by Mike Bendel on August 11, 2008 @ 2:41 pm

If you are doubtful of the iPhone’s viability as a gaming platform, think again pal. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, SEGA boss Simon Jeffery revealed that sales of its debut iPhone title Super Monkey Ball have totaled 300,000 in [...]

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iPhone Games Hit In July

by Mike Bendel on June 9, 2008 @ 1:50 pm

At its Worldwide Developers Conference today, Apple announced that the first full-fledged games for iPhone will be released alongside the launch of iPhone App Store this July. SEGA’s Super Monkey Ball will be one of the initial launch titles, featuring [...]

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Carmack Interested In iPhone

by Mike Bendel on March 7, 2008 @ 10:56 am

Following the launch of Apple’s iPhone SDK, high-profile game developer and co-founder of id Software John Carmack wrote in a forum post on Slashdot that his company is very interested in developing for the iPhone platform and has already applied [...]

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Apple Announces iPhone SDK Beta

by Mike Bendel on March 6, 2008 @ 11:13 pm

During a meeting held at Apple’s Infinite Loop campus in Cupertino, Steve Jobs announced availability of the long-awaited iPhone SDK beta. The SDK itself is free and includes the Xcode IDE, Instruments, iPhone simulator, frameworks and samples, compilers, Shark analysis [...]

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SNES On iPhone – SNES4iPhone

by Mike Bendel on January 23, 2008 @ 9:52 pm

From the same developer who brought Game Boy Advance emulation to the iPhone, above is a video clip showing off ZodTTD’s SNES4iPhone. As the name impiles, this is a fully-functional SNES emulator for the iPhone. Currently in its beta stages, [...]

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iPhone / iPod Touch PSOne Emulator In The Works

by Mike Bendel on December 11, 2007 @ 3:29 pm

Homebrew developer ZodTTD has unveiled his next project: a port of PSOne emulator PSX4ALL to Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. Provided that beta testing goes well, the author says we can look forward to memory card support in the initial [...]