Games for iPhone and iPad

Crystal War Blood Field is a real-time strategy (RTS) game that is the sequel to Crystal War, which became quite popular among mobile gamers. The one thing missing was the ability to game against other fans. Now, by popular demand, multi-player in real-time is available.

Tagged: action games, multi-player, OpenFeint, RTS game, simulation game

Game developers, The Steampunk Studio have released their new multi-platform game, Happy Chicken Co, along with a competition.

Disney Mobile’s Where’s My Water? has received some well-deserved accolades as a top-rated game and indeed, since it’s release in September the water-physics puzzle game has been a top seller in the App Store.

Tagged: casual game, physics-based, puzzle games

Emobi Games JSC, an innovative new mobile game development studio, was excited today to announce the recent launch of The MarbleZ for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The MarbleZ offers gamers a mobile update of the arcade classic of the same name.

Tagged: arcade game, marbles game

Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode HD brings me back. Seems like just yesterday I set down Altered Beast and took on this new superhero that collected rings, defended against evil and rolled up like a ball and flew around the screen like something I'd never seen before.

Tagged: arcade action game, arcade games

Last year Warner Brothers brought 5th Cell's  award-winning Scribblenauts game to the iOS platform for iPhone in the form of Scribblenauts Remix. As evidenced by its original success on the Nintendo DS, Scribblenauts is an ideal game for a mobile platform.

Tagged: apps for kids, kids games

What happens when a child has an idea and grownups support it? Often times, good things happen —which was exactly  what ten-year-old Henry Maw had in mind when he was inspired to create MonkeyBerry for iPhone.

Tagged: cute game, kid-friendly, monkeys, social awareness

There are a variety of alchemy games for pretty much every platform and iPhone has its own abundance of them – some paid and many free. Denis Butyletskiy created his version of Alchemy for iPhone in 2010 and it has a current total of 231 elements.

Excruciatingly difficult. So addictive my fingers are now bleeding. I wish the disc gun had never been invented. These are just a few thoughts running through my mind when I think about Super Crate Box. The 8-bit sound and blitzkrieg type movement is evil, but feels so right.

Tagged: action games, arcade game

WebMynx, an iPhone app development company based in India, released a new app for the iTunes market today called Fast Food Revenge Lite.

Tagged: casual game, for all ages, Game Center

Angry Orange Studios is introducing Fruits Collector for iOS, their new arcade Game where players get to slash, grab, drag, and tap different fruits in one of four gameplay modes.

Tagged: arcade games, mini games, OpenFeint, slicing game

Those who can’t get enough of everybody’s favorite little blue creatures might well be enticed to download Smurf Racer – a game that (at first glance) would appear to involve a Smurf, if not multiple ones, driving race cars.

Tagged: racing game

Ascendancy by Logic Factory turns one today on the App Store. Logic Factory is offering a temporary 80% discount on their sci-fi strategy game in celebration. From today, Thursday, January 5th, through the weekend, customers can enjoy a discount from the usual USD $4.99 price to 99 cents.

Tagged: Sci-Fi, strategy game

One of the most frightening aspects of a film such as Saw is the thought of being tied up or restrained with an abysmal amount of chance of escaping. The idea that a film like this could be entertaining baffles me, yet I've watched almost the entire franchise.

Tagged: brain blast, horror movie, mini games

To be successful, an app that claims to be educational for kids has to first be engaging enough for kids to play.

Tagged: for parents, kid-friendly, letter recognition