Article: iPhone Gems: Sports Games - Soccer, Golf, Air Hockey, Tennis + More
As the iPod touch and iPhone evolve into legitimate portable gaming devices, there are signs that certain game developers are beginning to understand the platform’s strengths and weaknesses. This week, iPhone Gems looks at 10 new games from various sports genres, including two golf games, four air hockey games, two similarly limited volleyball and tennis titles, a soccer game and an auto racing game. Several are standouts on compelling design,…
First Looks: D2C Games Chalkboard Sports Baseball
As one of the weirdest iPod games we've yet seen, D2C Games' Chalkboard Sports Baseball ($5) is the first and only baseball title for the Click Wheel iPod family, offering you the choice of six faux teams, two difficulty levels, and either single game or best-of-three Playoff modes. None of this is odd; it's the players, who rather than looking like people consist of six shoes that spin around a circle with a baseball cap, a central icon, and a bat…Macworld - Wrath of the Lich King sales break...
The new World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, has broken the one-day sales record held by its predecessor.
Macworld - National Geographic launches Games...
National Geographic's new games division will bring titles to the Mac and iPhone, among other platforms.
11/18/08
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Macworld - Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack...
Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack is the first expansion pack for Spore from EA.
Macworld - Ambrosia releases Aquaria game for...
Aquaria, an award-winning 2D scrolling underwater action game, is now available for the Mac.
Macworld - Blizzard releases Wrath of the Lich...
Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion pack for World of Warcraft, has been released.
11/13/08
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Mario V. Apple: On Like 'Donkey Kong'
Fanboys freaked when we suggested Steve Jobs would go after the handheld gaming market. Well guess what? He is.
09/26/08
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Dick Vitale's latest book has no love for the West Coast
His list of the top 50 players in college basketball for last 30 years includes only two from the Pac-10, and no one from UCLA. So the book arrives, "Dick Vitale's Fabulous 50 Players and Moments in College Basketball."
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OpenCL gets touted in Texas
Attendees at the SC08 high-performance computing conference in Austin got a progress report on OpenCL, the the Apple-spearheaded parallel computing API that figures to be a prominent new feature in the upcoming Snow Leopard update to OS X.
Mario V. Apple: On Like 'Donkey Kong'
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At E3, video games shift their aim to...
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What's Up with the Nintendo Wii?
Anyone noticed the recent dearth of intriguing, headline-grabbing games for the Nintendo Wii? Some 555,000 little white boxes leapt off store shelves in July U.S. sales,...
'Cho' and Tell
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08/15/08
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Macworld - Rayman’s Raving Rabbids game comes...
Rayman's Raving Rabbids, a collection of mini-games, is now available for the Mac.
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The Game Room goes to Iceland
Peter Cohen went to his second EVE Online fanfest in Reykjavík recently. And he can’t stop talking about the splendors of Iceland.
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EVE Online: Quantum Rise expansion coming Nov. 11
CCP Games has announced November 11, 2008 as the release date for the latest expansion to EVE Online, its Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.
Freeverse announces iPhone games
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Microsoft may be responsible for the foundation of Windows-based gaming, but its recent efforts to help the waning PC gaming industry have done little: developers and gamers...
07/02/08
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Top Video Games For Gamers Of All...
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04/12/08
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Video game sales on winning streak,...
Reuters - The video game industry
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year to $68.3 billion in 2012, a compound annual growth rate of
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06/18/08
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09/04/08
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Open-source gaming goes commercial...
Nintendo and Sony's portable gaming units may be all the rage these days, but the newest open source handheld called the Wiz is raising eyebrows. The specs look nice, and you...
08/27/08
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08/18/08
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