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‘Mini Squadron’ Game Review

November 19, 2009 Action Games
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Mini Squadron is a throwback type game that offers engaging dog fighting with cartoon fighter planes. The game itself is manic in it approach to action packed dog-fighting and will test your arcade touch. Mini Squadron offers 8 increasingly difficult levels each with multiple stages. As for your plane, the game offers 50 unlockable aircraft [...]

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Ngmoco Reduces Energy Recharge Time in Eliminate

November 15, 2009 Action Games
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Ngmoco has announced the change to energy recharge time will stay in effect, ‘until further notice’. The update was put in place as an attempt to keep players playing Eliminate in the face of the recent release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. I highly doubt this update will sway too many COD players, [...]

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Doom Classic for iPhone Now Available

October 31, 2009 Action Games
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Doom Classic has finally been released to the App Store by id Software. This is one game I’ve been waiting with baited breath for as I grew up playing it with a passion. Included in the release are the original three episodes along with Episode Four, Thy Flesh Consumed, spanning thirty-six levels and, of course, [...]

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Guerrilla Bob Game Preview

October 30, 2009 Action Games
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Angry Mob Games is ready to share their latest masterpiece with the world. Behold, Guerrilla Bob, a new twin stick shooter headed our direction. Based on the video footage and screenshots below, I think we’re all in for a great game. Like many games for the iPhone (especially shooter games), Guerrilla Bob is a classic [...]

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‘The Relic’ Gameplay Video Released

October 28, 2009 Action Games
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Chillingo and Axolotl Studios have released a gameplay video for their upcoming release, The Relic. The game plays out like a hack-and-slash tour de force with nonstop fighting and seemingly endless enemies standing between you and The Relic. Touch Arcade tabbed it, “Gauntlet on steroids”, and I would have to agree with them. The Relic [...]

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New ‘Eliminate’ Video Released by Ngmoco

October 27, 2009 Action Games
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The latest Eliminate gameplay video has been released from Ngmoco. The video showcases the user interface of the game and lets excited fans see exactly how the game is played. During game play, you can clearly see players competing head-to-head via the Ngmoco Plus+ social play network.

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‘Canabalt’ for iPhone Game Review

October 27, 2009 Action Games
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Canabalt was one of those games I had seen one of my co-workers playing out of the corner of my eye a few weeks back. It looked interesting, but not enough to pull me in. (UPDATE: I’ve since swung by Adam Atomic to check it out. Turns out it’s much easier than Canabalt for the [...]

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‘Five Minutes to Kill Yourself’ for iPhone Review

October 26, 2009 Action Games
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When I first ran across Five Minutes to Kill Yourself, I was intrigued. I had seen the preview on Touch Arcade and liked the look of it. I had never run across it on Adult Swim before…guess I was a little out of it. Anyhow, I took the plunge and grabbed the game. All in [...]

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‘Star Wars: Trench Run’ for iPhone Preview

October 23, 2009 Action Games
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THQ is hard at work putting together what appears to be a killer Star Wars themed game. In Star Wars: Trench Run, you take on the role of Rebel fighter pilot attempting to put an end to the Death Star. If you remember from Star Wars, the movie, you only have one shot — so [...]

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Archon Classic Review

August 12, 2009 Action Games
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Everyone who knows me knows I’m a sucker for classic video games from the 80s. Long were the hours I spent gaming on my Commodore 64 back in the day… As such, I was fired up when I heard React Games had brought Archon to the iPhone. Archon was a hit from Electronic Arts way [...]

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