'Ultraviolet Dawn' – New Open Space Shooter / Trading Game Free for 1st Day

Sad Cat Software, the makers of the frantic tank shooter Project Phoenix just released their followup title: Ultraviolet Dawn. Ultraviolet Dawn is described as a hybrid space-shooter/trading game which puts the player into an open Universe with over a thousand stars to explore. The entire map is generated when you start the game and it's up to you to trade, fight, upgrade, or follow missions. The game is controlled via dual stick controls. The game universe is said to be open world wi...

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'Meow Meow Happy Fight' – An Upcoming Dual Stick Shooter From the Creators of 'Piyo Blocks'

Big Pixel Studios, the guys behind both Piyo Blocks [$1.99 / Free] and Piyo Blocks 2 HD [$2.99 / Free] for the iPad, have a new game scheduled for release later this month. Meow Meow Happy Fight is a dual stick shooter for the iPhone with a delightfully ridiculous premise: Apparently, a cat from the future, 2336 to be precise, decides he is too happy. Naturally, the logical thing to do in that case is travel back in time to modern day Tokyo… to bring happiness and destruction. I'm not...

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Nearly 3 Million Downloads Later, 'Pocket God' Heads to the iPad This Fall

Pocket God [99¢] is a game that hardly needs an introduction around here. With meager beginnings as a simple sandbox with an island full of pygmies you can toss around, Pocket God has since turned in to a seemingly unstoppable monstrosity that now includes mini-games and tie ins from all sorts of iPhone games such as Harbor Master [$1.99 / Free] and even Doodle Jump [99¢]. Other features have been added such as the ability to create little in-game movies with your islanders, turn them in to zo...

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Video: 'Space Invaders Infinity Gene' Side Scrolling Update

During E3, we met with Taito who revealed a number of their future App Store plans. One of them was a major update to Space Invaders Infinity Gene which adds a new side-scrolling play mode and a new playable ship: Space Invaders Infinity Gene is getting a huge update, with both free and paid components. Everyone who owns the game will get access to a new ship, and the ability to turn the game sideways to shift the perspective in to a horizontal shooter. In-app purchases will be available to unl...

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'Mummy Panic' Review – 'Chu Chu Rocket' Meets the Undead

It seems like nearly every classic video game mechanic in existence is represented on the App Store in one way or another, either through blatant clones, lovingly inspired homages, or something else in between. Mummy Panic [$2.99] lies somewhere near the "lovingly inspired homage" side of the spectrum, with gameplay reminiscent of Chu Chu Rocket, graphics that remind me of the dungeons found in Zelda: A Link to the Past, and a load of other video game and movie references that will eit...

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'Aqua Moto Racing 2' Hands-On Preview with Video

Resolution Interactive recently gave us a peek at their upcoming aquatic racing game, Aqua Moto Racing 2. This sequel to the original Aqua Moto Racing [$1.99] improves the game in nearly every way imaginable, and after going back and playing the first entry in the series, it's really hard to believe that this game is even running on the same platform in comparison. The game plays much like the classic Nintendo 64 game WaveRace 64 (and other similar racing games), with buoys that you must ei...

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'Nano Tank' Is Filled-Vector Shooter Fun for iPad

Hug Sandwich has recently released Nano Tank [App Store], a simple, yet enjoyable top-down tank shooter for the iPad that's something of a mix between oldschool classics Armor Attack and Star Castle. With amazingly smooth animation and a glowy-vector aesthetic reminiscent of the color-overlay arcade games of old, Nano Tank brings out a kind of future-retro vibe that's easy to get drawn into. The goal of the game is to pilot your tank through level after level of scrolling mazes, seeki...

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Upcoming Tower Defense 'Star Wars: The Battle of Hoth' Gameplay Video Revealed

Scheduled for release on the 15th of this month for $2.99, Star Wars: The Battle of Hoth is a tower defense game set in the Star Wars universe where players defend against the Imperial forces while on the ice planet Hoth. Straight out of Empire Strikes Back, the game includes all kinds of units that will be instantly familiar to Star Wars fans from the massive AT-AT to Rebel Snowspeeders. Gameplay looks fairly standard for a tower defense game, and aside from all kinds of Star Wars units, it al...