Namco's beloved arcade and Dreamcast fighting game Soulcalibur is now available on iPhone and iPad. All of the original 19 fighters are included, with game modes including Arcade Battle, Time Attack, two Survival modes and a training room, with more to be added in future updates. More >
Hutch's characterful racing debut comes irritatingly close to greatness.
RocketCat turns its hand to the action RPG, with typically fast-paced results.
Scribblenauts maker 5th Cell leaps to iOS with a perfect platformer for Generation ADHD.
PopCap's Giordano Bruno Contestabile on how today's huge audience of gamers is shaping the future of videogames.
Apple has released the results of an annual audit of working conditions at the 156 suppliers involved in the manufacture of its products. The full list includes the controversial Foxconn, Chinese manufacturer of iPhone, iPad and Mac, as well as the likes of Samsung, Toshiba, Sony and Panasonic. As AppStorm notes, it's an unusual move from a company which had previously been known for keeping a tight lid on details of its suppliers. More >
Pete Collier on what it took to finish the game: community support to dealing with Apple.
Though Vlambeer's iOS port struggles with touchscreen controls, it remains ferociously compulsive.
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The pieces of EA's take on Alexei Pajitnov's classic don't fall into place.
2Indie physics puzzler World Of Goo has been downloaded over a million times from Apple's App Store, developer 2D Boy has announced. In a post on the studio blog, the company points out that the milestone has been reached just over a year after the game was first released for iPad. Around 290,000 of the total were downloaded for iPhone, with the vast majority of downloads - 690,000 - of the universal app that followed. The remaining 20,000 were downloaded from the Mac App Store. More >
The delayed Call Of Duty: Elite app has finally been released for iPhone, Activision has announced. The stat-tracking, social service launched alongside Modern Warfare 3 on November 8, but after it buckled under the weight of demand Activision delayed both the PC and iPhone launches. More >
Swedish developer Mojang has admitted it midjudged fan expectations with the release of Minecraft: Pocket Edition, the iOS and Android port of its PC smash. In a post on the Mojang blog, Daniel Kaplan explains that the company designed Pocket Edition to focus on the creative aspects of Minecraft. Fans, it seems, wanted something different, and with Mojang's relationship with its fanbase having been so significant a factor in Minecraft's success, the studio is now going back to the drawing board. More >
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A flawed word-building game that offers a genuine challenge.
Games in the Infinity Blade series have grossed over $30 million for publisher Epic Games. The Unreal-powered iOS original, developed by Chair Entertainment and released in December 2010, brought in $23 million of the total, while Infinity Blade II has already grossed $5 million since its release last month. More >
Jetpack Joyride, Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 vie to be our portable game of the year.
Tough Guy Studios reinvents Frogger for the touchscreen generation.
Sumo provides the unlikely inspiration for this fascinating iOS puzzler.
1Atari is reportedly threatening legal action against developers whose games the company believes infringe on its IP rights. A post on Kickstarter by Los Angeles-based Black Powder Games claims that Atari enforced the removal from the iOS App Store of two of its games, Vector Tanks and Vector Tanks Extreme, due to their resemblance to Atari classic Battlezone. More >
Android gains market share, Microsoft struggles and Apple loses its talismanic CEO - our review of the year in smartphones.
The year of the shooter.