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02-07-2009

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iPhone 3GS Chews Through PlayStation, Game Boy Games

Apple's new portable power-toy is apparently making mince out of emulated Sony PlayStation and Nintendo Game Boy Advance games.
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25-05-2009

Capcom Plans Gaming Blitz For iPhone

Support from the maker of Street Fighter and Resident Evil is a strong indicator that Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch platform is a force in the mobile gaming market.
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25-05-2009

DSi review: Nintendo gets in game with Apple

Nintendo fans may want to purchase another new gaming system thanks to the release of the the Nintendo DSi, the third and most versatile version of their popular touch-screen handheld. It follows on the heels of the DS Lite, which gave us better screen backlighting and a sleeker design. The new DSi gives us even more, including a camera, a music player and access to downloadable content.
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25-05-2009

Looking for gems in iPhone's game library

Nintendo has owned the portable video-game market — first with the Game Boy, now with the DS — for so long that most of us gave up hope of ever seeing a viable competitor. But it's become impossible to ignore the new kid on the block: Apple's iPhone, whose game library has quickly overwhelmed Nintendo's.
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22-04-2009

Kamikaze Robots Makes a Crash Landing on Apple App Store

SAN MATEO, Calif.----Digital Chocolate, a quality leader in mobile gaming, today announced that Kamikaze Robots is available on the Apple App Store. Adapted specifically for iPhone and iPod touch, the game offers innovative, humorous, and original gameplay as players rotate and control the balance of a robot as it spins crazily in a downhill race.
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22-04-2009

Ex-Sony Employee: IPhone Game Development 'Better Than PSP's'

Former Sony employee says the process in which games are developed and submitted to Sony by third party PSP game developers isn't efficient.
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20-04-2009

Mini Golf 99 Holes Theme Park Available on Apple App Store

Digital Chocolate, a quality leader in mobile gaming, today announced that Mini Golf 99 Holes Theme Park is available on the Apple App Store. Designed specifically to take advantage of the innovation in iPhone and iPod touch, Mini Golf 99 Holes Theme Park was developed with Digital Chocolate's award-winning mini golf engine and is part of the widely popular Mini Golf game ...
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20-04-2009

Apple Patent Hints At iPhone With Video Chat, Motion Awareness

Third generation or fourth generation iPhones appear poised to deploy some interesting technologies...
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08-04-2009

'Zelda,' DSi To Take On iPhone

Nintendo announces a new edition of its hit gaming franchise and beefs up Wii's storage capabilities.
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22-03-2009

Nintendo pushing DSi devs to compete with iPhone?

Nintendo may indeed putting pressure on its stable of game developers to compete with the iPhone, the iPod touch and the App Store, according to industry sources. Attendees at this week's Nintendo Developer Conference in London are said to have been told that the company wants a variety of smaller titles for its DS Shop and DSi Ware services, set to accompany Nintendo's DSi handheld when it ...
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20-03-2009

iPhone chip designer trumpets multi-core GPUs

Use your Imagination Multicore Expo Immersive gaming, photo-realistic graphics, and HD video will soon take a giant step off your desktop and into the palm of your hand with the arrival of a new line of multi-core GPUs aimed squarely at the mobile, handheld, and automotive markets.… Claim up to £100 Cash Back on selected Toshiba laptops
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19-03-2009

iPhone 3.0 attacks directly Nintendo DS and Sony PSP

The Apple iPhone 3.0 Firmware media event is still underway, but I already got the feeling Apple really means to turn the iPhone and the iPod touch into full competitors in the portable video console market. The Apps demonstrating the new iPhone 3.0 SDK...
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18-03-2009

SGN Well Positioned to Lead in Gaming with New iPhone OS 3.0

The iPhone OS 3.0 news from Apple unlocks many more opportunities for innovative game development for the iPhone. Social Gaming Network has been planning for this moment for years and made huge strides with existing releases to achieve exactly what consumers have craved - and now Apple is responding.
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14-03-2009

News: Topple 2 launches in App Store

Yours for less than two pounds.
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08-03-2009

iPhone Pushes Mobile Gaming To $5.4 Billion

Apple's smartphone is leading the pack, as developers and mobile gamers are attracted to the App Store and its business model, according to one research firm. ...[Read]

05-03-2009

Zynga's 'Scramble Live' Comes to the iPhone and iPod Touch

Zynga ( www.zynga.com ), the largest social gaming company, announced today the launch of “Scramble Live”– the mobile version of its wildly popular word game – exclusively for the iPhone and iPod Touch. “Scramble Live,” a fast-paced casual game that challenges players to quickly find words in a grid, marks the first word game on the iPhone that allows players to compete live with other users ...
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16-02-2009

First Look: Arcade Maniak, iPhone game

The iPhone -- and the iPod touch -- are fast becoming popular handheld gaming platforms. Most of the available games put more emphasis on eye-hand coordination, but a few, like Arcade Maniak, are more intellectual challenges that require thinking instead of raw reaction time....
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18-12-2008

Namco debuts I Love Katamari for iPhone, Touch

Namco has debuted I Love Katamari , an action game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Players must replace stars that have been accidentally knocked out of the sky by the King of All Cosmos; equipped with a katamari ball, users tilt their handheld to roll up various objects and increase the size of the ball, which in turn allows for larger items to be added. The game features several different ...
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07-12-2008

Ditch the Cookbook: iPhone as Kitchen Helper

Recipes go mobile on the iPhone and other handhelds
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25-11-2008

IPod Touch Thrashes the IPhone When It Comes to Gaming


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10-11-2008

Forget PSP, DS: Apple enters handheld gaming

It's becoming apparent that Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch are well on their way to becoming an important force in handheld gaming, combining the ease and reach of distributing games via iTunes, a working library of 1,500 titles and a piece of hardware that everyone can't stop talking about. Sony and Nintendo? Get ready for some big headaches. In a unique perspective on the issue, BusinessWeek's ...
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27-09-2008

Forbes: App Store the DS killer

In an editorial, venerable financial magazine claims Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch are well positioned to topple Nintendo's successful portable from the handheld gaming throne.
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18-09-2008

Games are serious business for Apple

Apple CEO Steve Jobs took a jab at Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS when he called the newest iPod Touch "the best portable device for playing games on." After only two months in operation, Apple's new App Store already offers 700 games for the Touch and iPhone ... but should the gaming giants be worried?
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13-09-2008

Apple iPod nano and iPod touch: iPodPalace.com exclusive content, photos and videos

ipod nano 4gOur partner site iPodPalace.com has been attending Apple's official presentation of the new iPod lineup.

Check this page for more info as it will be updated in the next few hours.

We're preparing more photos, videos and info on the new slew of iPods & iTunes 8!

Stay tuned!

First update: check our iPodPalace.com Flickr Page for all photos!

We arranged a set of videos with some of the best games for iPod touch 2G tested for you!
(don't blame us for poor scoring on games: we were recording AND playing at the same time!)

Enjoy these videos:
  • iPodPalace.com YouTube iPod nano 4G video

  • iPodPalace.com YouTube iPod nano 4G Games video

  • iPodPalace.com YouTube iPod touch 2G Games video #1: Need for Speed: Undercover, PES Soccer and World Racer

  • iPodPalace.com YouTube iPod touch 2G Games video #2: Cro-Mag Rally and Super Monkey Ball

  • iPodPalace.com YouTube iPod touch 2G Games video #3: EA's Spore and Moo Band

  • iPodPalace.com YouTube iPod touch 2G Games video #4: Labyrinth Lite, Critter Crunch, Toy Bot Diaries

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    13-09-2008

    The iPod touch Has Got Game

    Nintendo and Sony need to watch out: Apple is becoming an overnight portable gaming powerhouse.
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    17-07-2008

    Keith Stuart, Gamesblog: iPhone joins mobile game revolution

    The excitement surrounding the launch of iPhone 3G probably would have passed me by if it weren't for the fact that my in-tray was full of press releases all saying the same thing: "Hi, I'm a mobile games publisher. I'm releasing stuff on the popular new Apple phone. Please tell your readers to buy some." Mobile games publishers are really excited by iPhone 2.0 - for a lot of the same ...
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    12-07-2008

    Gaming The iPhone

    Game makers are charging onto Apple's mobile, eager for fans and revenues.
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    08-06-2008

    iPhone can't touch Nintendo DS

    Could Apple's iPhone dethrone the Nintendo DS as the portable gaming platform of choice? Not likely.
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    11-04-2008

    Other Ocean: iPhone To Be 'Major Player' In Handheld Market

    In a release revealing that it was behind Sega's iPhone Super Monkey Ball demo revealed in March, Gordon Wood, senior developer at former Foundation 9 studio Other Ocean said he believed Apple's newly opened platform would end up a 'major player' in the handheld market. In its latest release, the studio confirmed that it had developed the Super Monkey Ball iPhone demo shown off by Apple at the ...
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    16-03-2008

    Hot Forum Topic - Apple's Surprise Gaming Platform

    Today TMO readers are discussing the potential impact the iPhone and iPod touch will have as gaming devices now that Apple has revealed both handhelds will be joining the video game world
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