Penny Arcade The Game: Gamers vs. Evil and other iOS games from Playdek have been reduced to just $0.99 this weekend. The popular card game only hit the App Store a month ago, and this reduction sees $4 off its regular price tag. Check out our list of other titles in the sale below.
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Penny Arcade & Other Playdek Games For iOS Down To Just $0.99 This Weekend 4
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Storybook App Helps Kids Overcome Needle Phobia 0
January 17th at 7:10pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsNo one likes a trip to the doctor. Triple that dread if you're a child-turned-banshee once a needle comes into the picture. There's an app for that, and just in time for flu season. Healthline Networks launched a "Big Shots Get Shots" campaign to help children overcome their needle fear, or trypanophobia. Along with a free iPhone app to distract little ones on the examining table, the campaign encourages parents to take an online pledge to end needle phobia.
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Games for the weekend: Flick Champions 4
March 2nd at 12:07am / GigaOM / 0 opinionsFlick Champions brings eight different sports games in one app, and each has its own style of game play. Play football, soccer, hockey, tennis, golf, basketball, archery or bowling alone or with friends.
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Cmune Takes DCM Funding To Build A Billion Dollar First-Person-Shooter Franchise on Mobile 0
February 19th at 9:00am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsNow that the number of tablet and smartphone gamers outnumber console players, there’s a race to see who will establish the big franchises and gaming companies of the mobile generation. In the early years of the iOS platform, makers of basic simulation games experimented with making their apps free, giving rise to several nine-figure-a-year businesses. But other genres like first-person…
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Play this: 'Robot Unicorn Attack 2' is an iOS runner with space whales and Corey Hart 0
April 25th at 3:13pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsThe unicorn is back. After a series of spinoffs and even a Samsung clone, Adult Swim's endless runner Robot Unicorn Attack has returned with a full, proper sequel. The core gameplay remains the same as in the original browser game that wasted so many of our hours back in 2010: the unicorn will run automatically, while you control the jump and a dash attack. But while it controls the same, the game has also been fleshed out with a number of new ideas. You can collect coins that can be used to customize...
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Popular game engine Unity drops licensing fees for iOS app developers 0
May 22nd at 1:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsUnity, the company behind the eponymous game rendering engine, announced on Tuesday that it will no longer be charging an $800 licensing fee to developers looking to make apps for Apple's iOS and Google's Android.
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Dots Updates iPad App For Improved Full Screen Gaming 1
June 14th at 5:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsIt was but two weeks ago that Dots, the highly addictive connect-the-dots-style betaworks-backed game, migrated the app to the iPad and added multiplayer support. Today, however, the company has a brand new update that may address some of your woes on the iPad. The update lets users zoom to 1.5X or 3X the game view, so that the gameboard and the dots fill out more, or all, of the screen real…
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Top iOS apps and games go free ahead of App Store's fifth anniversary 1
July 8th at 10:09am / The Verge / 0 opinionsA host of highly regarded apps for iPhone and iPad have gone free today in what could be a major celebration to mark five years since Apple launched the App Store. So far, games such as Infinity Blade II, Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP, Where's My Water?, Badland and Tiny Wings are all on offer for nothing, alongside apps such as Traktor DJ, Day One, Over, and Barefoot World Atlas....
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Sid Meierâs Ace Patrol brings strategic dogfights to iOS 0
July 23rd at 6:42am / Macworld / 0 opinionsFrom the makers of one of the most addictive, time consuming strategy games of all time comes Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol, an exceptional World War I-themed strategy...
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Plants Vs. Zombies 2 Has Already Seen 16M Downloads & More Content Is On The Way 1
August 20th at 7:44pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsPlants vs. Zombies 2 hasn’t even been available to download from the U.S. App Store for a full week yet, and it has already seen over 16 million downloads, making it the “biggest mobile game launch” in EA’s history. It’s no wonder the company is already planning a new “Far Future” update that will bring new content to the free-to-play title.
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The App That Will Make Sustainable Energy Cool 1
September 23rd at 5:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWhen you ask kids about their favorite things, sustainable energy probably doesn't top the list. But a new movement and mobile platform called mPowering Action might change that. The app is designed to inspire, empower and motivate a generation of global citizens to take positive action around the world.
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Our Favorite Android, iOS and Windows Phone Apps of the Week 2
October 26th at 2:10am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThe apps world brought us redesigns, updates, and brand new offerings this week, none of which are pumpkin spice flavored. Put on your touchscreen gloves and get apping!...
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Apple features Clumsy Ninja as first iOS App Store title with a video preview 0
November 21st at 5:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAfter years of requests from third party developers, Apple has included the first video preview of an app within the App Store: a minute long "trailer" promoting featured app Clumsy Ninja.
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89 of the best iOS apps launched in 2013 11
December 28th at 7:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIn a year that saw Apple finally pass the one million milestone in terms of live applications in the App Store, it’s fair to say there’s a deluge of file-managers, smart calendars, budgeting tools and funky cameras to sift through to get to the real gems....
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Play to Cure: new iOS game lets players help cure cancer as they surf through space 0
February 5th at 9:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsBritish charity Cancer Research UK on Wednesday released Genes in Space, an intergalactic perpetual flight game for Apple's iOS that leverages users' in-game activity to search out patterns in DNA microarray data.
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iPhone games hit the big-time & find new success with their own TV commercials 0
March 26th at 8:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsWith mobile games now an established part of the mainstream, publishers have begun promoting their titles with high-profile television commercials, resulting in measurable gains among the number of active iPhone players.
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Space Hulk review: Violent, ultra-tense sci-fi board game for iPad 1
June 16th at 5:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsNerds of a certain age are sure to have fond memories of Space Hulk), one of the great board games of the late 1980s. Set in the same grim, futuristic universe as Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 tabletop wargame, Space Hulk for iPad is an altogether tighter experience that Warhammer’s grand, sprawling battles—Space Hulk is condensed into a claustrophobic system of ducts and corridors. It’s a game of rare simplicity, elegance, and tension....
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With Hearthstone, The World Of Warcraft Comes To iPad… Kind Of 0
April 17th at 7:35am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsIf you’ve ever wanted to play Blizzard Entertainment’s wildly successful MMO World of Warcraft on your iPad, you just got your wish. Uh, kind of. After debuting on Mac and PC, Hearthstone: Heroes Of Warcraft has now been released on…
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Ported to iOS, ghostly Blackwell games will leave you yearning for more 0
July 23rd at 5:04pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsAs someone who’s never witnessed any paranormal activity, I’d probably crap myself should I ever come across a ghost in real life. Luckily I’ve got the Blackwell adventure games to give me a tidy little taste of the supernatural. The…
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Disney expands 'Star Wars' iOS franchise with 'Commander' real-time strategy game 0
August 21st at 5:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAfter soft-launching in the Australian iOS App Store nearly two months ago, Disney Interactive's "Star Wars: Commander" saw wide release on Thursday, bringing real-time strategy "Rebellion vs. Empire" gameplay to Apple's mobile devices.
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Monument Valley’s Forgotten Shores Expansion Now Available For $1.99 0
November 12th at 7:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsMonument Valley is arguably the best mobile game of 2014, and now there’s more of it to love: Developer Ustwo has let loose Forgotten Shores, the $1.99 in-app purchase that unlocks eight all-new levels. If you’ve played the game, then you’ll welcome the opportunity to jump back into the strange land of isometric perspective, a wandering princess, lovely soft color palettes…
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5 can't-miss apps: Spotify, iBillionaire, 'Crossy Road' and more 3
January 25th at 5:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes Spotify's newest updates, the BBC's redesign and an app to help you invest like a billionaire.
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You Should Play: Solve a mystery in an epic game of whodunit in The Trace 0
April 3rd at 6:00am / Macworld / 0 opinionsSolve a string of murders in an immersive, 3D environment.
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Why this game dev is giving up on pixel art 0
May 14th at 10:44pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsBlake Reynolds, lead artist at Dinofarm Games (Auro, 100 Rogues), has come to the conclusion that “pixel art” is over. He’s decided to hang up his digital pencil tool and create art for games that current audiences can understand. “Auro,”…
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Fallout Shelter digs deep to get to the top 0
June 25th at 9:04pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsPost-apocalyptic free-to-play iOS game Fallout Shelter is proving that engaging gameplay and treating your players like valued customers pays of huge dividends. Developer Bethesda today revealed that the game, only just released, has pushed aside all other takers in the…