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Dance Dance Revolution comes to iOS

Just when you thought Dance Dance Revolution might be on its last legs, Konami has released a new version of the game designed for handheld devices. Now available in the app store is Dance Dance Revolution Dance Wars, a minia...   more

Dance Dance Revolution comes to iOS photo

Enough said: Infinity Blade is free right now

Those who missed out on picking up Infinity Blade over these past few years are in for a treat, as Epic Games and Chair Entertainment have dropped the price from $5.99 down to a very welcome "free." No strings attached. Havin...   more

Enough said: Infinity Blade is free right now photo

See Star Wars Pinball in action with the Episode V table

As someone who has wanted to get into Zen Studios' brand of pinball but has somehow managed to not pull the trigger yet, it was great to hear about Star Wars Pinball. This latest trailer shows of the table based on The Empir...   more

See Star Wars Pinball in action with the Episode V table photo

AvP: Evolution is all about Valentine's lovin'

Okay, so Aliens fans were let down this week by a certain game, but interactive Xenomorph entertainment is always on the horizon, and iOS users have AvP: Evolution to look forward to. The only way is up from here! But we've g...   more

AvP: Evolution is all about Valentine's lovin' photo


AvP: Evolution is all about Valentine's lovin' photo
AvP: Evolution is all about Valentine's lovin' photo
AvP: Evolution is all about Valentine's lovin' photo
AvP: Evolution is all about Valentine's lovin' photo
AvP: Evolution is all about Valentine's lovin' photo
AvP: Evolution is all about Valentine's lovin' photo



Journey dev: Touch control the 'most universal' interface

thatgamecompany boss Jenova Chen believes touchscreens are becoming an increasing part of our gaming lives, and its presence in phones, tablets, consoles and PCs makes it a truly universal interface. As some gamers still rail...   more

Journey dev: Touch control the 'most universal' interface photo

From the creators of Sine Mora, ROTOLLA is now on iOS

ROTOLLA, the puzzle debut from Prior Games -- composed of key members of Digital Reality which co-developed 2012's amazing shmup Sine Mora -- is now available on iOS for iPad and iPhone. ROTOLLA is a falling-block puzzler th...   more

From the creators of Sine Mora, ROTOLLA is now on iOS photo

Mew-Genics music reveals hints on the game's secrets

Mew-Genics, Team Meat's next game, has been shrouded in secrecy from the start. We still don't know much about the game other than it's coming to Steam and iPad, has some gray-scale art direction, and it involves at least one...   more

Mew-Genics music reveals hints on the game's secrets photo

Tamagotchi mounting a comeback on iOS and Android

Bandai has announced plans to resurrect Tamagotchi on iOS and Android devices. While the handheld digital pet never truly went away, its star certainly has faded since the late nineties. Perhaps the popular egg-shap...   more

Tamagotchi mounting a comeback on iOS and Android photo

Epic Games is closing Impossible Studios

Maryland-based Impossible Studios, a team made up of employees from Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developer Big Huge Games, was formed by Epic Games back in August and put in charge of Infinity Blade: Dungeons. Now, it's been...   more

Epic Games is closing Impossible Studios photo

After Burner Climax is jetting onto iOS

After Burner is one of those games that tickles the nostalgia bone and doesn't stop. I remember burning away hours locked in aerial combat with After Burner II on my Famicom, although I never did manage to reach the end. And...   more

After Burner Climax is jetting onto iOS photo

The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun

When Paradox Interactive CEO Fredrik Wester revealed the company's plans to expand into cross-platform multiplayer experiences last week at the Paradox Convention, I was extremely interested to see what the Swedish publisher ...   more

The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo


The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo
The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo
The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo
The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo
The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo
The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo



Temple Run: Oz the Great and Powerful releasing Feb. 27

Temple Run: Oz the Great and Powerful, a Temple Run licensed tie-in game accompanying the film release of the same name, has been revealed on Twitter by Disney France PR representative Cecile Fouques. It will release on Febru...   more

Temple Run: Oz the Great and Powerful releasing Feb. 27 photo

Review: Little Inferno

Little Inferno is one of the least marketable games ever released. It's about sitting in front of a fire place, putting objects in the fire place, and burning them. That's pretty much it. Your average person hears that and th...   more

Review: Little Inferno photo

Death Ray Manta is out now on iOS

. Developer PsychoParrotGames has a new homemade trailer out now for shoot 'em up Death Ray Manta, which is now available as a universal app on iOS. At first glance, it looks like a colorful Geometry Wars/Robotron homage, and...   more

Death Ray Manta is out now on iOS photo

Temple Run 2 becomes 'fastest growing mobile game'

Temple Run 2 has garnered over 50 million downloads since its January 17 release on iOS, setting the record for "fastest growing mobile game," developer Imangi Studios today announced. The record was previously held by Angry ...   more

Temple Run 2 becomes 'fastest growing mobile game' photo

Mutant Mudds will be free on iOS this week

Renegade Kid developer Jools Watsham dropped us a line today letting us know that Mutant Mudds will be free this Thursday and Friday (January 31 and February 1) for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch platforms. You'd be crazy t...   more

Mutant Mudds will be free on iOS this week photo



Little Inferno

Little Inferno is one of the least marketable games ever released. It's about sitting in front of a fire place, putting objects in the fire place, and burning them. That's pretty much it. Your average person hears that and th...   more

 Little Inferno photo

Joe Danger Touch

Joe Danger was the definition of a perfect downloadable game. It was reasonable priced, it was tons of fun, and it was packed with content. Naturally, since a lot of other people felt the same, a Special Edition version of th...   more

 Joe Danger Touch photo

Skylanders: Battlegrounds

Toys For Bob sought to make a quality product that both kids and adults could enjoy in tandem. They greatly succeed with Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure and Skylanders Giants. But as is the case with any runaway IP, one develop...   more

 Skylanders: Battlegrounds photo

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: 10 Year Anniversary

All this Grand Theft Auto anniversary talk makes me feel old. It feels like just yesterday I was listening to Michael Jackson, swerving around as Tommy Vercetti, and taking in the sights of Rockstar's faux-Miami setting. I th...   more

 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: 10 Year Anniversary photo

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

Baldur's Gate will forever be regarded as one of the classic PC RPGs. A lot of people never experienced it back in 1998, and it's not exactly the best-looking game anymore. To complicate things, it can be a pain to get the ol...   more

 Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition photo

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

The first time I turned a sharp corner next to a goomba and tossed a red shell at King Koopa, I barely knew the world of Nintendo. Mario Kart was a great racing game for its time, providing one of the best arcade racing exp...   more

 Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed photo

Borderlands Legends

While many longtime game fans sneer at mobile gaming, I've always tried to keep an open mind about it. Done right, a touch-based game is perfectly valid as a form of interactive entertainment, and while there are plenty of ba...   more

 Borderlands Legends photo

The Last Express (iOS)

When The Last Express was first released in 1997, it was considered an incredibly engaging mystery set on the Orient Express as it traveled from Paris to Constantinople on the eve of World War I. In many ways the game was far...   more

 The Last Express (iOS) photo

Tiny Troopers

I whiled away many hours in my youth playing Cannon Fodder on the Amiga, mostly replaying failed missions. It could be a brutal game, and its anti-war message was completely lost on my young mind, but I delighted in my victor...   more

 Tiny Troopers photo

Rayman Jungle Run

When did Ubisoft start becoming awesome again? Who would have thought the French studio would be the one to properly reinvigorate the 2D platforming genre, thus beating Nintendo at its own game? That's how I felt when I first...   more

 Rayman Jungle Run photo

Super Hexagon

Super Hexagon is a game that makes your eyeballs feel like they're being forcibly twisted against your will while still in their sockets. It is a game that makes your brain feel like it's being torn up and stitched back toget...   more

 Super Hexagon photo

Horn

Phosphor Games knocked it out of the park with The Dark Meadow, providing a genuinely enthralling mobile game that had an interesting story and one Hell of a primary antagonist. Nevertheless, the Unreal-powered combat crawler...   more

 Horn photo

Rigonauts

I wish I was a practical gent, especially when it comes to construction. Unfortunately, I can't even put up a shelf without a lot of hassle, injuries, and the expectation of fanfare at the end. Thankfully, there are a nu...   more

 Rigonauts photo

The Act

I think I may be autistic. Or something. But, I’m not alone in having this thought. Paranoid self-diagnosing is a habit that our ADHD generation can’t kick any sooner than the meds we’re on. Very few of us...   more

 The Act photo

Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013

With two predecessors in its wake, Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 is the third installment to hit Xbox Live Arcade, iPad, Steam, and the PlayStation Network. The DotP series has generally been known fo...   more

 Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 photo

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The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun

When Paradox Interactive CEO Fredrik Wester revealed the company's plans to expand into cross-platform multiplayer experiences last week at the Paradox Convention, I was extremely interested to see what the Swedish publisher ...   more

The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo


The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo
The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo
The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo
The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo
The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo
The next Magicka is coming to tablets, and it's fun photo



P: Borderlands Legends

If you followed Destructoid at all last month, you know that the site was pretty collectively excited about Borderlands 2. Of course, in the fast cars, loose joysticks world of videogames, a month ago is practically forever a...   more

P: Borderlands Legends photo

P: Wizardlings

I had a chance to check out Square Enix's casual iOS (and soon Android) RPG Wizardlings at New York Comic-Con a week or so back. It's a cute little title that has your hero or heroine moving to lift the darkness and push back...   more

P: Wizardlings photo

TGS: Professor Layton's iOS debut isn't what you'd expect

The idea of developers dedicating resources to mobile versions of franchises is something I’ve long been against, but have slowly been warming up to. So, they might as well make something good. Layton Brothers: Myster...   more

TGS: Professor Layton's iOS debut isn't what you'd expect photo


TGS: Professor Layton's iOS debut isn't what you'd expect photo
TGS: Professor Layton's iOS debut isn't what you'd expect photo
TGS: Professor Layton's iOS debut isn't what you'd expect photo
TGS: Professor Layton's iOS debut isn't what you'd expect photo
TGS: Professor Layton's iOS debut isn't what you'd expect photo
TGS: Professor Layton's iOS debut isn't what you'd expect photo



P: The Banner Saga Factions

Somewhere between checkers and chess, the contemporary turn-based strategy game resides. Advance Wars, X-Com, Heroes of Might & Magic, and Fire Emblem are known by many, loved by some, and mastered by very few. Their i...   more

P: The Banner Saga Factions photo

P: A quick look at Rayman Jungle Run

With the success of Rayman Origins and the much-anticipated release of Rayman Legends, Ubisoft's limbless hero is back in a big way. If you're a fan in need of more, the newly announced Rayman Jungle Run could do just that for you.   more

P: A quick look at Rayman Jungle Run photo

Finally, a Pokemon-like game for mobile devices

Let me preface this by saying that I'm not 100% sure if there are already Pokemon-like games available on iOS or Android devices. I'd love to be told differently, but for now I'll tell you about ngmoco's Monster Tracker, the ...   more

Finally, a Pokemon-like game for mobile devices  photo

P: Horn could be an admirable game

So, there certainly was a reaction to the newly announced Horn when Jim posted a little clip a few days ago in which the game was shown off and Phosphor Games’ Chip Sineni made some innocent claims about the mobile and ...   more

P: Horn could be an admirable game  photo

P: Godsrule

I must admit a tiny bit of trepidation when I was about to start playing Godsrule, the cross-platform, browser-based MMORTS. A persistent RTS inspired by Scandinavian mythology? Sounds right up my street, ...   more

P: Godsrule photo

Dragon Fantasy II pays proper homage to SNES RPGs

Indie game developers Adam Rippon and Bryan Sawler began working on what would ultimately become last year’s Dragon Fantasy in the mid '90s when they were in high school. The two met in an IRC chatroom, joined forces, a...   more

Dragon Fantasy II pays proper homage to SNES RPGs photo

E3: Final Fantasy Dimensions is old-school Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy XIII or Final Fantasy XIII-2 not doing it for you? Is Final Fantasy VI still your favorite game in the series? Or perhaps you insist that Final Fantasy V’s job system is still the best thing in the world? ...   more

E3: Final Fantasy Dimensions is old-school Final Fantasy  photo

E3: Motley Blocks, a puzzle game that I love to hate

There are a handful of mobile games that I will always go back to. Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride, Angry Birds Space -- basically puzzle games. It's not because I love them, but rather that I love to hate them. They're simple l...   more

E3: Motley Blocks, a puzzle game that I love to hate photo

E3: The Act looks delightful

A lot of you may not be interested in The Act, React Entertainment’s interactive, hand-drawn comedy that will undoubtedly draw comparisons to Dragon’s Lair. But I am currently lamenting the fact that I do not own ...   more

E3: The Act looks delightful photo


E3: The Act looks delightful photo
E3: The Act looks delightful photo
E3: The Act looks delightful photo
E3: The Act looks delightful photo
E3: The Act looks delightful photo
E3: The Act looks delightful photo



E3: Watch Dogs also coming to mobile devices

Watch Dogs has been the hot buzz around E3 this week thanks to that amazing presentation during the Ubisoft press conference. The game looks so good that people just assumed it was going to be a next-gen title. Well as it tu...   more

E3: Watch Dogs also coming to mobile devices photo

Penny Arcade's Rain-Slick 3 reboots the series

It's difficult to believe that it has been nearly four years since the last game in the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness series released. Many were heartbroken to hear that the original plan of four episodes would be cut...   more

Penny Arcade's Rain-Slick 3 reboots the series photo

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Final Fantasy: All the Bravest coming to iOS tomorrow

The truth behind Square Enix's Final Fantasy teaser has been revealed and, yes, it's an iOS game. It is not, however, a mere port. Final Fantasy: All the Bravest is a spin-off game revolving entirely around the Active Time B...   more

Final Fantasy: All the Bravest coming to iOS tomorrow photo

Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes coming to iOS, Android

Oh hell yes! Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes is making its way to iPhones and iPads on January 24, with an Android version to follow sometime later. The mobile version will be based on the HD version that was released on Xb...   more

Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes coming to iOS, Android photo

Serj Tankian behind the musical score for Morning Star

Morning Star is an upcoming futuristic sci-fi shooter for iOS devices by Alex Seropian, the founder of Bungie. Much like The Drowning, Morning Star is also claiming to re-imagine the shooter genre for touch devices. It's eve...   more

Serj Tankian behind the musical score for Morning Star photo

Pudding Monsters reminds me of Puyo Puyo

A few days ago we told you Pudding Monsters, about the newest game from creators of Cut the Rope. Now we have a trailer featuring the first gameplay footage, and its pudding glob "stick-'em-together" gameplay kind of reminds...   more

Pudding Monsters reminds me of Puyo Puyo photo

The Drowning looks like a promising FPS for iOS

The Drowning is an upcoming first-person shooter for mobile devices by Scattered Entertainment (previously known as ngmoco Sweden.) The often outspoken Ben Cousins is leading the development, and this early look at the game ...   more

The Drowning looks like a promising FPS for iOS photo

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger: Boomerang Blast now on iOS

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is officially back! The mascot nobody wept for has returned from the dead in an all-new adventure ... for iOS, of course. Just like we all predicted.  Ty the Tasmanian Tiger: Boomerang Blast is no...   more

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger: Boomerang Blast now on iOS photo

Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall

The infamous six-part comic event from the Marvel universe is now in playable pinball form thanks to Zen Studios. The new table will let you side with either Iron Man and his Superhuman Registration Act, or with Captain Amer...   more

Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo


Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo
Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo
Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo
Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo
Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo
Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo



He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe trailer

Yesterday, the world spun off its axis in sheer amazement after learning of He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe. It's an iOS brawler based on the old school series, which makes my nostalgic little soul smile.  Here's a trailer for it, in which the game quite clearly takes the piss out of itself. I can respect that!   more

He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe trailer photo

Angry Birds getting a real sequel in Bad Piggies

Rovio has announced an actual sequel -- not a spin-off -- to its ludicrously popular Angry Birds series. Bad Piggies reverses the roles and puts players on the side of the green pigs that have served as cannon fodder across ...   more

Angry Birds getting a real sequel in Bad Piggies photo

Warhammer comes to iOS with Warhammer Quest

Rodeo Games is bringing Warhammer to the mobile market with Warhammer Quest, a treasure-hunting dungeon crawler in which players control a party of four.  It's currently set for a Spring 2013 release, a far cry from mos...   more

Warhammer comes to iOS with Warhammer Quest photo

Horn gets its first trailer, RAWR LET'S HATE IT RAWR!

Ever since Phosphor Games announced that mobile gaming is replacing console gaming, it's become something of a villain. While its last game, Dark Meadow, was excellent, any talk of the upcoming Horn has been flavored with vi...   more

Horn gets its first trailer, RAWR LET'S HATE IT RAWR! photo

Can you believe Real Racing 3 is an iPad game?

Take a second to clear your mind, and just hit play. Granted I gave it away in the title (SEO!), but had I not revealed it, what platform would you have assumed Real Racing 3 was for? Personally, iOS would have been my last ...   more

Can you believe Real Racing 3 is an iPad game? photo

Cave's Bug Princess 2 Black Label flying to iOS platforms

Oh would you look at that, Cave Interactive will be ferrying yet another shooter from the arcades to the pockets of shooter fans everywhere. After releasing Akai Katana on the Xbox 360 last month, the Japanese deve...   more

Cave's Bug Princess 2 Black Label flying to iOS platforms photo

Sword & Sworcery heading to Japan with new remix album

Just as the solar eclipse is peaking in Japan comes news that Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP is set to be released in Japan! Superbrothers and Capybara Games will be releasing one my favorite iOS games of all time in...   more

Sword & Sworcery heading to Japan with new remix album photo

Indie Megabooth bringing an overload of indie love to PAX

16 indie studios. Over 20 games. 1 MEGABOOTH. PAX East 2012 is seeing a Super Friends-like team-up by some of the best indie guys and gals around. Charlie Murder, Airmech, Miegakure, Antichamber, Kairo, Monaco, Go Home Dinos...   more

Indie Megabooth bringing an overload of indie love to PAX photo

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