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Coming Tonight: ‘Awesome Land’, ‘Ghost Trick’, ‘Off The Lease’, ‘Reckless Racing 2′, and More

by Salat on February 1, 2012 · 0 comments

It’s Wednesday again, and if you’ve been reading TouchArcade for any more than a week you’ll likely know what that means: Game releases, and lots of them. This got me thinking, surely everyone has heard the old nursery rhyme Monday’s Child, right? That’s something they still tell kids these days, isn’t it?

I think this should be revised, as Wednesday’s child is now full of iOS games, which I’d say is the exact opposite of woe. Or, maybe the reason Wednesday’s child is woeful is because on that particular Wednesday there was a game that cost more than 99¢? The world may never know.

What does this have to do with anything? I don’t know, the brutal truth is I just need enough text to make this image I embedded look right. Now, enough breaking the third wall and on with the games!

Awesome Land, $ 1.99 – Forum Thread – How awesome Awesome Land actually is will largely hinge on its controls. Judging by the trailer there’s an awful lot of retro-y platform-y goodness, let’s just hope managing these jumps isn’t an exercise in virtual control frustration.

Fly With Me, 99¢ – Forum Thread – A flying game published by EA. What you see in the above gameplay video seems to be what you get.

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Free – Forum Thread – This “interactive mystery” started its life on the Nintendo DS, and has since made its way to the App Store. It’s free to try, but unlocking all the content will run you $ 9.99.

Gorilla Gondola, $ 1.99 – Forum Thread – This physics game seems to have an interesting gimmick to it in that you control a gorilla on top of a gondola, and jump up and down to make it avoid obstacles. It’s just crazy enough to work.

Off The Leash, Free – Forum Thread – So this tilt-based top-down racing games looks pretty standard from a control and gameplay perspective… Then you add the premise into the mix. Watch the trailer which segues into this OJ Simpson style multi-car police chase to catch a …dog?

Reckless Racing 2, $ 4.99 – Forum Thread – I had an absolutely fantastic time with the original Reckless Racing, and I can’t wait to dive into a sequel. We’ll have a review up of this game as soon as we can.

Spice Invaders, Free – Forum Thread – I’m not sure if they’re making a Dune reference or a Space Invaders reference, but this looks like a pretty slick tower defense game.

Terra Noctis: Free Dreaming, Free – Forum Thread – We weren’t entirely crazy about Terra Noctis in our review. Here’s a free to play spin on the game that you can try yourself and see whether or not you agree with us.

Source: Touch Arcade

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Iron Brigade ‘Rise of the Martian Bear’ DLC coming in at $5

by Salat on January 27, 2012 · 0 comments

Lumbering manly mech news now, with Double Fine and Microsoft confirming the launch price of next Wednesday’s substantial Iron Brigade (Trenched) expansion, “Rise of the Martian Bear.” In exchange for 400 MS Points, or five Earth bucks, the DLC grants you four new maps (two of which can be played in Survival mode), a new boss fight, a diverse armory of beefed-up weapons, more customization options and, most importantly, a sombrero.

Those disappointed by Iron Brigade‘s lack of ambidextrous salutations will be pleased to hear about the free title update launching alongside the patch. It’ll jolt your character’s left arm to life, allowing it to perform gestures just like the one on the right. Oh, sure, the patch also ensures compatibility between regular and DLC-equipped players, but you have to appreciate the little things — even when the game’s about big stuff stomping around.

Iron Brigade ‘Rise of the Martian Bear’ DLC coming in at $ 5 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Vampire Themed MMO: Dark Legends – coming soon

by Salat on January 26, 2012 · 0 comments

First there was the fantasy themed ‘Pocket Legends’… Then the space themed Star Legends… and now, for those Team Edward fans, here’s Dark Legends. That’s right, Space Time Studios are taking us into the spooky world of Vampires, where you’ll embrace the secret societies of vampires and challenge the hordes of undead, werewolves, demons and [...]
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News: Full gaming streaming coming to Gaikai within months

by Salat on January 23, 2012 · 0 comments

Gaikai’s David Perry has told GamesIndustry.biz that streaming of full games – not just demos – via the cloud gaming service is ready to go live within months.

The immediate priority is to put cloud gaming on Facebook as revealed last week, but following that, users will be able to play entire games across a network of sites that includes YouTube, Best Buy and games publishers such as Electronic Arts and Ubisoft.

“If you give me your game today I can put your game in front of more than 100 million people, easily. Quite honestly if we put you on the homepage of YouTube right now on it’s own, you’re already hitting that number,” said Perry in an interview published today.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk 2 Coming At The End of February

by Salat on January 21, 2012 · 0 comments

Good news, everyone! We now have a release date for Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk 2, the sequel to my favorite JRPG of 2011. That date is none other than February 28*. That’s for North America, anyway; Europe is getting it a few days earlier on February 24.

That’s awesome. Now we know how long we have to wait until this baby arrives on our doorsteps. Unfortunately, we’ll only have a week to finish it before Mass Effect 3 comes out, but I’m sure we’ll be able to handle that, right? Right.

*In most years, February 28 would be the last day of the month. But not this year! This year is a leap year, which means February has a 29th day.

via Siliconera

Source: Gaming Today

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Double Fine’s Happy Action Theater Coming in February

by Salat on January 19, 2012 · 0 comments

We live in a age of prosperity for Double Fine; they’ve gone from releasing a game every couple years to a game every couple months. It’s awesome.

And the next game on this party train is Happy Action Theater, a party game for Kinect. It’s coming out on February 1. That makes it the first of what will probably be a few new games from the studio coming out this year. Will we remember it the way we remember Stacking? Well, it’s a Kinect game, so probably not, but maybe. Just maybe.

Source: Gaming Today

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Dreadnought DLC Coming to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Next Week

by Salat on January 19, 2012 · 0 comments

Exciting news in the world of Space Marine: THQ has announced the game’s second DLC pack will be released January 25 on PS3, Steam, and Xbox 360.

Titled Dreadnought, the pack adds a new multiplayer mode called Dreadnought Assault, in which both teams battle for control of central location on the map, King of the Hill style. The team in control of the center receives a Dreadnought armed with an Assault/Auto Cannon, a Meltagun, and a Power Fist/Claw, and is tasked with capturing points across the map to score points for the team. Once the Dreadnought is destroyed, a new spawn point will appear.

The DLC also includes three new multiplayer maps, and new achievements and trophies. Releasing alongside the DLC are the Iron Hands and Death Guard skin packs for 240 Microsoft Points/$ 2.99.

As a bonus, all players will receive a new multiplayer Capture and Control Mode for free. Playable on any of the game’s multiplayer maps, this team-based mode sees players capturing and defending locations around the map to score points.

The Dreadnought DLC will cost $ 9.99/ 800 Microsoft Points.

via VG247

Source: Gaming Today

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Coming Tonight: ‘Ash II: Shadows’, ‘JAZZ: Trump’s Journey’, ‘Niko’, ‘SoulCalibur’, and More

by Salat on January 19, 2012 · 0 comments

After some deliberation with Brad while recording our podcast today, we determined that it is in fact Wednesday, which means a whole slew of games coming out tonight. We’re still not seeing the massive influx of games that we were seeing towards the end of 2011, but we’re getting back to where we used to be.

This week is a massive improvement over a few weeks ago where we were struggling to find four games to post about. All of this stuff should be available at 11:00 PM Eastern, or potentially much earlier if you’re the kind of person who lives east of North America.

Ash II: Shadows, $ 2.99 Silver / $ 4.99 Gold – Forum Thread – We had a great time with the original Ash, and needless to say, we were very surprised to see this Konami-published sequel squeak out on to the App Store today. It comes in two versions, a “silver” and “gold” edition. It sounds like buying the Gold version now is similar to subscribing to Call of Duty Elite in that you get all the DLC included. Meanwhile, it sounds like these will be IAP for the Silver package. Without any solid plans of what sort of DLC is coming, it’s hard to say which is the better buy.

Greedy Penguins, 99¢ – Forum Thread – I know what you’re probably thinking, the App Store really needs some more bird-based physics games. Well, Chillingo has you covered with Greedy Penguins. Three different environments are included as well as a host of unlockables.

JAZZ: Trump’s Journey, $ 2.99 – Forum Thread – This game sounds so crazy I can’t wait to try it. You play as a jazz musician assembling a band with a trumpet that can stop time. The art style looks cool, the premise is delightfully crazy, and it’s got the BulkyPix seal of approval.

Niko, Free (With $ 1.99 Unlock) – Forum Thread – This platformer looks pretty neat, as games that use flinging mechanics for jumping seem to work pretty well on the App Store. Niko has the added bonus of apparently being able to award you items in Habbo Hotel. That’s cool, right?

Order Up!! To Go, Free (99¢ Unlock to Remove Ads) – Forum Thread – Ever wish you could experience what it’s like to work in the fast food industry without actually working in the fast food industry? Here’s your chance!

Puzzlejuice, $ 2.99 – Forum Thread – I’m always down for a crazy word game. It seems like the idea behind this one is to first match colored blocks, which then turn into word tiles, which you then use to spell words. Sounds delightfully hectic.

Smash Cops, $ 2.99 – Forum Thread – After an unfortunate App Store SNAFU, Smash Cops should be back this week? I hope so, anyway. I can’t wait to play it.

SoulCalibur, $ 12.99 – Forum Thread – Yet another classic fighting game joins Street Fighter and King of Fighters on the App Store. I can’t wait to see how this one controls.

Time of Heroes, 99¢ – Forum Thread – A 3D turn-based strategy game. It’s a little hard from the video to tell how all the gameplay elements work, but people in our forums seem to be excited for it.

Source: Touch Arcade

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