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Mar 8 2010

iPhone No Longer “Mobile”, Big Enough to be Own Gaming Platform Now

I already mentioned I’m on my way to GDC 2010 to cover the iPhone panel, and that iPhone gaming is getting big, so it’s interesting to see CNET reenforce just how big it’s getting:

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Mar 8 2010

iPhone Games Can be Ported to Palm webOS PDK in “Days”? — The Competition

It seems like Palm’s new webOS PDK (plug-in development kit) can be used to port over iPhone games in a matter of days — or even hours. Given how fast some iPhone games have turned [...]


Feb 6 2010

Game Developers Like iPhone More than Nintendo DS, Sony PSP

According to Game Developers Research, their new study shows the iPhone platform is more popular with game developers than either the Nintendo DS or Sony PSP. Electronista sums up:

Demand for the iPhone has [...]


Jan 30 2010

Adobe Flash Blog on iPad/iPhone — Bad for Games, TV, News… and Porn!

TheFlashBlog’s Lee Brimelow, Platform Evangelist at Adobe “focusing on the Flash, Flex, and AIR developer communities” has put up a series of iPad mockups highlighting a wide range of web sites all showing the blue [...]


Jan 19 2010

iTablet to Have Gaming, be US-Only on Launch? Playing “Come see our latest creation” Guest List Detective!

Going all Mentalist on Apple’s Jan. 27 “Come see our latest creation” invitee list has led to conjecture that gaming will be shown off for the iTablet/iSlate, but that perhaps the hardware itself will be [...]


Dec 17 2009

NOVA now LIVE in the App Store!

For those of use that have been patiently waiting for the arrival of Gameloft’s NOVA, the day has arrived! This game looks to be the ultimate FPS for the iPhone with an unrivaled multiplayer experience. [...]


Dec 10 2009

Apple Hiring Video Game Artist for iPhone Gaming Group!

Apple’s job listings just got interesting again, with positions open for a Video Game Artist and a Software Engineer for the iPhone Gaming Group. That’s right, “iPhone Gaming Group”. It looks like that Game/Media [...]


Dec 4 2009

Apple Ending Clickwheel iPod Games?

Could Apple be ending the old-school clickwheel iPod games? Perhaps, according to a comment by developer Square Enix:

the iPhone Song Summoner contains both Song Summoner and Song Summoner 2, which was never [...]


Nov 28 2009

N.O.V.A Trailer Emerges- What Will Microsoft’s Lawyers Think?

We saw a preview of Gameloft’s N.O.V.A back at WWDC 2009 for iPhone/iPod Touch. Even then it looked suspiciously like Halo. But now, there can be no doubt in saying that Halo “unofficially” makes its [...]


Nov 21 2009

TiPb Presents: iPhone Live! #76 — Game On!

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Join Rene, Chad, and Precentral.net’s Keith Newman for Apple gaming, profit share, OnLive, private API, Facebook fallout, Verizon [...]


Nov 16 2009

OnLive to Bring PC Gaming to Your iPhone?

Oh yeah — Looks like in the near future that OnLive thing might just take off and lucky iPhone users will be able to play along with their PC gaming friends. However, many roadblocks still [...]


Nov 11 2009

Nintendo Sees no Rivalry with iPhone, but “Future is Dark” if They Can’t Differentiate

Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata loves his MacBook and his iPhone, and firmly believes Nintendo and Apple aren’t competitors (they appeal to different customers), and any talk of it makes him uncomfortable.

Yet Apple is most assuredly [...]


Jul 31 2009

Nintendo: iPhone May Damage Sales

Warning that its profits may decline, Wii and DS manufacturer Nintendo played the “current economic conditions” card but also laid a new one on the gaming table — increased competition thanks to Apple’s iPhone and [...]


Jul 17 2009

Friday Fun Video: Portal Played on iPhone

Is this a triumph? Portal running on an iPhone? Not really, according to Gizmodo:

The video says the demo was made using the Unity Engine, which means they took some Portal assets and made [...]


Jul 13 2009

iPhone — the Hottest Gaming Platform on Earth?

According to Business Insider, just 1 year later, Apple’s iTunes App Store has made the iPhone the hottest gaming platform on earth:

Apple became not only the hottest mobile platform in the world — [...]


Jun 2 2009

App Review: Peggle for iPhone

(Peggle Forum Review by cjvitek For more Forum Reviews, see the TiPb iPhone App Store Forum Review Index!)

With all the talk recently about Peggle, I was surprised that it hasn’t been reviewed (although it did [...]


Jun 2 2009

Quick App: The Sims 3 for iPhone

We’ll avoid the obvious question (why live in a SIM world when you can live in the real one), and the metaphysical (maybe you’re just a SIM in someone else’s iPhone already…?) because, frankly, no [...]


May 5 2009

TiPb vs. the Media in ngmoco StarDefense Challenge!

ngmoco has gone and set up a little media tournament, taking place on Twitter, with their hawt new game, StarDefense. Suiting up on TiPb’s behalf is yours truly, and you can follow my progress, and [...]


May 1 2009

Microsoft Head of Xbox BI and Strategy Leaving for… Apple?

MVC (via MacRumors) is claiming that Microsoft’s head of Xbox Business Insights and Strategy, Richard Teversham, is leaving to join Apple.

With the unbelievable success of iPhone and iPod touch gaming, could Apple finally be [...]


Apr 5 2009

App Review: Nintaii for iPhone

Nintaii Forum Review by llofte. For more Forum Reviews, see the TiPb iPhone App Store Forum Review Index!

The Japanese term ‘nintai’ means “patience,” “perseverance,” or “endurance” - all three of these attributes will be needed [...]