GDC 2010: Glu Mobile's Escape from Nom, Stranded 2 and How to Train Your Dragon
Yesterday, we met with Glu mobile a development team that has generated a following with a number of fun and different titles including Glyder and Beat It. We took a look a few of their pending games which we've detailed here: Escape from Nom Escape from Nom is an original game from Glu that is coming as early as May. The game is a physics puzzler that I think will be of great appeal to fa...

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GDC 2010: Gameloft's 'Fishing Kings'
The final game that Gameloft showed us at GDC was Fishing Kings, a fishing simulator that they're hoping to target the hardcore fisherman iPhone owning market segment with. Freeverse's Flick Fishing has been insanely successful, and Fishing Kings utilizes a similar control method in addition to some new cool features in attempt to add another layer of depth to fishing on the iPhone. The ...

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Ngmoco's 'GodFinger' Released in Canada
In the midst of the GDC news blitz, we just got word from ngmoco that GodFinger is live in Canada. If you're unfamiliar with this song and dance, it's almost impossible to do large scale beta testing with iPhone games. Ngmoco's solution to this problem is a limited release in Canada to test their server infrastructure with real players. From our Macworld preview of GodFinger: In Go...

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GDC 2010: Steph Thirion's 'Faraway' Debuts
Steph Thirion is the brains behind Eliss, an independent game that we fell in love with at last year's GDC. Eliss was an excellent example of the sort of innovative gaming that becomes possible with the incredibly low barrier of entry that the App Store provides. While Eliss was not a runaway success for Thirion, it performed well enough that he has been able to devote his full time to ma...

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GDC 2010: 'Sword & Sworcery EP'- The Most Amazing Game I've Seen at GDC
This morning I met with the guys behind Sword & Sworcery EP: Craig D. Adams of Superbrothers, Nathan Vella of Capybara Games, and musician Jim Guthrie. In its current state, Sword & Sworcery EP, is less of a game and more of an "experience", but both Blake and I were completely blown away by the music, atmosphere, and profound feel of the whole thing. Sword & Sworcery EP s...

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'Puzzle Quest Chapter 3' Finally Available as In-App Purchase
The long wait is now over; you can finally play through the whole Puzzle Quest story on your iPhone. Today, TransGaming’s Puzzle Quest was updated to version 1.5 enabling in-app purchases and a few other graphic, sound, and bug fixes. If you already have Chapters 1 & 2, all you have to do is update your game and visit the in-game store to buy Chapter 3 for only $1.99. If you not sure about ...

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Apple iPad Available for Pre-Order in U.S.
Apple has started accepting pre-orders on the Apple iPad for delivery in April. The Wi-Fi version of the iPad will be the first to ship by April 3rd while the WiFi + 3G versions will follow in late April. Apple announced the iPad originally in January and represents a larger tablet-sized device running Apple's iPhone operating system. The iPad has seen a lot of excitement among developer...

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GDC 2010: 'Kerplinkus'- A Fresh Take on Block Elimination [Out Now]
During last night's iPhone Developers Union party, here at GDC 2010, I had the chance to sit down with Dan Bliss of BinarySquare and have a look at his new, retro-styled block elimination title Kerplinkus [App Store]. Now, many of you out there are surely thinking you need to see another block elimination game like you need a hole in the head, but Dan has managed to deliver a fresh take on th...