Mobile News, Reviews & Previews

Posted 1 day ago

Are triple-A games losing relevance?

A few years ago it was little more than a token gesture. Read more… 38

Posted 4 days ago

Cognition: Episode One iOS review: CSI meets The Walking Dead

After the colossal success of The Walking Dead series one, the world has rediscovered its appetite for point-and-click style adventures. Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller has made the step from PC to iPad in an attempt to sate our post-Lee/Clem hunger, and despite a few technical hiccups this first episode does a decent job. Read more…

Posted 6 days ago

Microtransactions: Why the dirtiest word in games is here to stay

Real Racing 3 feedback will educate developers, not put them off, writes Rob Crossley 31

Posted 8 days ago

Real Racing 3 iOS review: You get what you pay for

How much will you enjoy Real Racing 3? Depends how much you're willing to invest in the game. Genuine progress requires money, despite any insistences to the contrary, but is that necessarily a bad thing? After all, developer Firemonkeys has clearly invested a lot of time and effort into making the game as beautiful and deep as it is. It's a tough call. Read more… 15

Posted 13 days ago

Year Walk review: iPad horror-puzzle game out-smarts the Slender Man

When was the last time that a game made you feel genuinely smart? When was the last time a game truly made use of the capabilities of the device that it was running on? Braid? Fez? The original Metal Gear Solid's Psycho Mantis fight? For us, it was last night when we finished Year Walk. Read more… 3

Posted 15 days ago

Around the Network - late Feb edition

It's late February and after a bleary week of hard graft, late nighters and transAltantic turmoil, we now have a bit more of an insight into the next generation of gaming as PlayStation 4 was finally revealed to an salivating world. Click that link to know all we know about Sony's PS4. But let's not forget the current gen either, with Crytek's awesome Crysis 3 and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance both hitting the streets too, so see those links for our verdicts. Elsewhere our redoubtable lads n lasses of gaming and tech have been working hard to bring you the best of the web, here's what they've uncovered. Read more…

Posted 15 days ago

Join us for the first CVG LivePlay stream: It's a PlayStation party!

We'll be playing PlayStation favourites from 6pm right up until Sony's PS4 event 26

Posted 16 days ago

Draw Something accrues 100 million downloads

Zygna's social game hits new milestone 1

Posted 21 days ago

Infinity Blade goes free for one week

Download the iconic iOS game for free this week

Posted 21 days ago

The Drowning trailer shows intuitive one-handed FPS controls

'Console-quality' horror FPS coming soon to mobiles and tablets 3

Posted 22 days ago

Real Racing 3 iOS preview: beautiful, hugely ambitious, totally free

Take a look at those screenshots. Go on, browse through all of them. That's how Real Racing 3 actually looks. Not just when you're watching an intro video, or spectating a polished replay - that's what you see when you're driving it. The phrase 'looks great... for an iPad game' is often passed around by PC or console gamers looking to poke fun at mobile games, but Real Racing 3 would look handsome if it was running on Xbox 360 or PS3. Read more… 12

Posted 22 days ago

Around the Network - Mid Feb edition

It's mid February and the internet holds it collective breath. Aliens: Colonial Marines may not have set the universe alight in the way we were hoping , but there's less than seven days to go until PlayStation 4 (or whatever it's actually going to be called) is revealed. Make sure you check our Countdown to PS4 Launch Centre for the latest details and live coverage. Elsewhere our fellow scribes have been searching for all the best gaming and tech morsels from the web this week. Here's what they've uncovered. Read more…

Posted 23 days ago

90s Arcade Racer set for Wii U with help from Nicalis

Cave Story developer will be supporting the project 27

Posted 23 days ago

Official Pokemon TV app released on iOS

Watch Pokemon episodes for free on your iPhone and iPad 3

Posted 24 days ago

Apple reportedly testing curved glass smartwatch

Company said to be exploring a move into wearable computing 10

Posted 24 days ago

After Burner Climax iOS review: Beautiful but broken wings

Obvious joke alert! Given that After Burner holds such a cherished place in our childhood memories, this pretty but slightly wonky iPad conversion is something of a disappointment. You could say it's an After Burner anti-Climax... Yeah? YEAH? Or you could just say it's a poor fit for iOS. Read more… 3

Posted 25 days ago

Simpsons super-fan knows what must be done on Tapped Out

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Posted 25 days ago

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time demo dated

PS3 and Vita taster launching later this month

Posted 27 days ago

Origin nears 40 million users, says EA

Over 500 games offered via EA's Steam challenger 21

Posted 27 days ago

Epic Games closes Impossible Studios

Infinity Blade: Dungeons "on hold as we figure out the future of the project" 7

Posted 28 days ago

Violence for children: The failure of games age ratings

It was supposed to be a majestic moment when the planets aligned perfectly and, for a rare and precious few minutes, a national news broadcaster would finally discuss video games in a manner that wasn't critical, cavalier or cynical. Read more… 62

Posted 29 days ago

Double Fine and Words With Friends creator making Ouya games

Over 450 titles reportedly in development for the $100 microconsole

Posted 29 days ago

After Burner Climax released for iPad, iPhone

Sega AM2 arcade game goes mobile 2

Posted 29 days ago

Around the Network - Early Feb edition

It's early-ish Feb and now the howling winds and ice of winter have subsided somewhat and with Dead Space 3 releasing today, the month's got off to a more than decent start. Next week sees Aliens: Colonial Marines make its debut, the first of a fair few titles to enliven the coming months. As per always our redoubtable lads 'n lasses of gaming and tech have been plundering the web for the finest link booty - here's what they've shivered their timbers over this week. Read more…