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Dungeon Hunter: Gameloft Continues Its “Homage” Hit Parade

Written on October 02, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 4 people have commented

I’m going to get this out of the way right now: Dungeon Hunter is Gameloft’s version of Diablo for the iPhone. No need to insult anyone’s intelligence by dancing around it. Now, does that mean I enjoy playing it any less? It does not.
In fact, Gameloft was very wise in porting this game to the [...]

Today’s Game Parade

Written on September 09, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 4 people have commented

Now that the iPod touch is a tried and true gaming platform, not an Apple event goes by that we don’t see a smattering of developers paraded up on stage to show off their shiny baubles. Today was no exception, with reps from Ubisoft, Tapulous, Gameloft and EA all making a brief appearance.
Each studio showed [...]

Rise of Lost Empires: Like Warcraft for iPhone, but Not Nearly as Good

Written on July 03, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 6 people have commented

I think I may have achieved a grasp of Gameloft’s concept design strategy for their iPhone catalog. It seems to have something to do with being “inspired” by titles and franchises that are already wildly successful. You can’t help but see the similarity between Hero of Sparta and God of War (even syntactically). Likewise, with [...]

Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles Stealthily Invades the iPhone

Written on April 28, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 19 people have commented

Gameloft continues to release big titles for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and their most recent release is no exception. The title in question is Ubisoft’s runaway success, Assassin’s Creed, which was wildly successful when released for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms in 2007. Prequel Altair’s Chronicles came out for the Nintendo DS [...]

App Store Moral Battleground: “South Park” Nixed

Written on February 18, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 11 people have commented

Apple may or may not be thinking about it this way, but the iPhone App Store is fast becoming a moral battleground for the gaming and entertainment industry.
Forget the ESRB, forget the MPAA, the new moral authority developers and studios have to contend with is Apple’s App Store reviewers, and they may be setting the [...]

Hack and Slash With Hero of Sparta on the iPhone

Written on December 16, 2008 by Darrell Etherington and 7 people have commented

I’m a bit of an ancient culture geek, and a big fan of the God of War series of video games. For these reasons I was both excited and wary about the new Hero of Sparta ($9.99) game for the iPhone and iPod touch, the latest Gameloft release. Having recently reviewed Brothers in Arms and found [...]

Guitar Rock Tour vs. Tap Tap Revenge

Written on November 12, 2008 by Olly Farshi and 7 people have commented

Guitar Rock Tour has arrived to challenge Tap Tap Revenge’s rhythm-action throne. The new arrival touts a bevy of terrific tunes to tap along to, plus the option to play drums or guitar, loads of characters and unlockable awards.
While Guitar Rock Tour may be Rock Band squished on to the iPhone, it’s just as loud [...]