Posts tagged @iphone 
Terraria taps into iOS, Android, Windows Phone this summer
Terraria already dug up the dirt on PC, XBLA and PSN, and this summer it's heading to tablets and phones – specifically iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8, 505 Games confirmed to Polygon following an initial announcement on Terraria Online. Terraria mobile will have leaderboards, ...
Karateka Classic adapts vintage martial artistry
This is Portabliss, a column about downloadable games that can be played on the go. It's rare for an iPhone adaptation of a classic game to work out at all; rarer still for said adaptation to be preferable to the original. Jordan Mechner's faithful iOS/Android port of Karateka accomplishes this ...
Tetris creator debuts iOS puzzler Marbly
This week brings the App Store release of Marbly, an iOS puzzle game designed by famed Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov. Marbly is a match-three puzzler in which the object is to remove all marbles from the game board in as few moves as possible. The game includes over 180 puzzles across three ...
Curiosity: A worthwhile shame
I played Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube. I played it for a few hours over the course of its six-month lifespan. I feel a small amount of shame in confessing this, shame that I don't feel about anything else I've ever played – not Hooters Road Trip, not Dragon Power, nor any of the other ...
You Don't Know Jack on Ouya June 11, JackPad app makes phone a controller
On June 11, Jellyvision's popular trivia series, You Don't Know Jack, will make its debut on Ouya. An 11-question multiplayer episode is free to sample, and for $10 you can add 20 new episodes. A free companion app for iOS and Android called JackPad will be available alongside the game. JackPad ...
PSA: Phoenix Wright Trilogy HD settles on the App Store today
Just to clear up any lingering confusion, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy HD is available on the App Store right now, after being delayed from fall to July, and then moved back up to May 30. That's today, and the game is definitely out. The iOS trilogy includes the first three Phoenix ...
Miiverse update lets web users post and edit profiles
After coming to smartphones and tablets last month, the web version of Miiverse now allows users to post as well as browse. You still need the GamePad stylus if you want to doodle all over the Wii U's social network, but this week's update does bring other welcome features. The web version now ...
XCOM iOS multiplayer to be added after launch
The iOS version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown will launch with the full single-player experience seen on consoles and PC, with multiplayer modes following later. "We're sort of focusing our design resources on the single-player experience. We're certainly going to provide [multiplayer] after launch," ...
Jake Solomon on XCOM iOS and the 'happy accident' of mobile strategy games
"This isn't just like a port to a new platform," XCOM: Enemy Unknown designer Jake Solomon tells me over the phone. "From a development angle, this is one of the – and I honestly can't think of another experience except for The Walking Dead – where it's a game, a AAA game that we just ...
Abducted brings alien adventure to PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android this summer
You might think you're having a bad day, but Eve has got you beat. She woke up in a strange world with an alien computer embedded in her arm. Eve is the main character of Abducted, an upcoming episodic adventure from Sunside. Abducted promises a mix of action-adventure, horror and RPG elements, ...
