Christmas Update fro Hungry Giraffe Released
14th Dec 2012 - Laughing Jackal have announced that a major update for Hungry Giraffe on iPhone has been released. Version 1.2 of Hungry Giraffe has more festive features than you could shake a mince pie at, including a new Christmas icon, Christmas lights, festive food and Santa hats. A friend for our giraffe has also been added - the appropriately .. Read More.
GameStop's Holiday Trade-In Promo and 360 Bundle Joint Announce
15th Oct 2012 - Whenever there is a new console on the horizon or the inventory of pre-owned gaming consoles and kit gets low over at the undisputed King of Used Games and Pre-Owned Gaming Systems -- game retailer GameStop -- the company invariably announces via email sent to pretty much every person that has ever provided their email address to either.. Read More.
FYI - A Source for Academic Study of Video Games
28th Aug 2012 - Are you bored? Are you a serious gamer? Do you consider yourself to be an intelligent serious gamer? Well, hey, us too! So the next time you are bored and you are looking for something gaming-related to read that will help make you a smarter and well-informed member of the gamer community, check out the website "Game Studies" over a.. Read More.
The GU iOS Game of the Week: Spy Vs. Spy
27th Jul 2012 - When the word was passed last month that a reboot of the classic game Spy Vs. Spy was coming to the iPhone and iPad this Summer, it generated a fair bit of excitement in the GU bullpen -- or at least it generated excitement from the staff who were old enough to (A) know what it was, and (B) actually experienced reading the original comi.. Read More.
The GU iOS Game of the Week: Cubemen
20th Jul 2012 - In the world of mobile gaming the ideal game is one that allows gamers to play in convenient bite-sized chunks while at the same time allowing for marathon play if they have the time and the inclination. In a perfect world every iOS game is created with the sort of immersive quality and challenge levels that makes gamers want to play t.. Read More.
The E3 Booth Babes Declare the Platform Standings for 2012
13th Jun 2012 - Since the beginning of gaming the perennial question of which gaming system is better has always plagued games journos, and try as we might the true grail -- a way to determine once and for all just where and how they rank -- has not been found... Until now! In a stroke of genius -- or perhaps just a stroke, as he is still very much u.. Read More.
The GU iOS Game of the Week -- Fruit Ninja HD
18th May 2012 - As a general rule, when you look close enough most video games have a story behind them that explains how they came to be, and the Fruit Ninja games are no exception to this rule. Their story starts with what was a small Australian game developer called Halfbrick Studios that at the time was best known for a handful of game series -- T.. Read More.
The GU iOS Game of the Week -- Imperium Galactica II: Alliances
20th Apr 2012 - Following on the heels of the recent release of Sine Mora, Hungarian-based studio Digital Reality offers gamers this classic fusion of real-time strategy and strategic management -- Imperium Galactica II: Alliances -- on the iPAD's iOS platform (it was previously released for Windows) delivering a deep and intense real-time strategy tit.. Read More.
The GU iOS Game of the Week -- Virtual City 2: Paradise Resort
6th Apr 2012 - In the city simulation game genre we have gotten used to game play that has us placing roads and power poles, building power plants, hospitals, schools, and the rest of the infrastructure that a city must have to expand, and spending the bulk of our game play time trying to keep the population happy and growing. Virtual City 2 is not t.. Read More.
The GU iOS Game of the Week -- iBomber Defense Pacific
31st Mar 2012 - The newest tower-defense style mobile game for iOS from developer Cobra Mobile and publisher Chillingo Ltd. -- iBomber Defense Pacific -- puts players in the role of Commander and places them in charge of organizing the defenses and defensive strategy for a variety of missions covering a wide array of situations that might have been enc.. Read More.
The GU iOS Game of the Week -- Fix-It-Up Eighties: Meet Kate's Parents
24th Mar 2012 - Fix-It-Up Eighties: Meet Kate's Parents is the next title in the well-established series of Time Management games 'Fix-It-Up' created for mobile gaming platforms, though it should be noted that this offering in the series is restricted to just the iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4, iPhone 4i, and the 3rd and 4th generations of the iPod touch -- whic.. Read More.
The GU iOS Game of the Week -- Treasure Seekers 4: The Time Has Come
16th Mar 2012 - The discovery of the century is made in 1932 as the young scientist Eleanor Lonsdale deciphers ancient Mayan rock inscriptions that uncover a doomsday prophecy leading to the end of the world in 2012. Returning from her expedition, your sister "Nelly" (as you call her) disappears, evidently having been kidnapped for reasons that have t.. Read More.
The GU iOS Game of the Week -- The Island: Castaway
9th Mar 2012 - The basic plot for The Island: Castaway is familiar to anyone who watched Lost on TV back in the day -- a transportation accident leaves a group of unique and different characters on a desert island that has a supernatural force present within it. In the case of Castaway the cast of characters also includes a village full of natives wh.. Read More.
The Farmville Discovery: Mastery Billboards
23rd Feb 2012 - Welcome to this edition of The Farmville Discovery, an ongoing series of articles covering events and noteworthy additions to Zynga's social networking based Facebook game Farmville. Today's article is about the new Mastery Sign Billboards recently added to the world of Farmville in a move by the developers to continue the effort to de.. Read More.
The GU iOS Game of the Week -- Smoke Your Tires
17th Feb 2012 - It is not very often that the GU iOS Game of the Week happens to be a game that has ties to the racing and NASCAR -- but our selection this week, Smoke Your Tires, is also a celebration of the launch of the 2012 stock car racing season! In connection with the International Speedway Corporation ("ISC"), the leading promoter of motorspo.. Read More.
The GU iOS Game of the Week -- Sea Wolf
7th Feb 2012 - While I try not to begin articles by limiting the scope of their application to just a small portion of the potential audience, I am afraid that I will briefly need to do that here -- though I promise the rest of you that it will quickly become relevant to you and besides, you may very well find this brief journey down memory lane to be.. Read More.
A FashionWare Gamer's Holiday Gift Guide 2011
21st Nov 2011 - The commercial evolution of the Internet in the early 1990's turned out to be an event with far-reaching consequences that went way beyond what most experts predicted, illustrating a significant impact upon a broad a range of cultural and consumer trends to the point that it is widely considered to have redefined itself, emerging as mor.. Read More.
Mamba Nation Battles its way to iOS
4th Nov 2011 - If you are already aware of Mamba Nation, you know that it is more than just a cuter knock-off of Second Life minus the gritty full-frontal nudity and hard core sex that was a a primary attraction for a significant number of the casual players for the latter. Partly the brainchild of French games entrepreneur and bad boy Nicolas Gau.. Read More.
Game Developer Spotlight: Paradox Interactive
25th Sep 2011 - When it was founded in 1998, Swedish video game developer Paradox Interactive began the lengthy process of carving out a niche for itself in the highly competitive fields of game development and game publishing, setting its sights upon the Windows PC as its preferred platform in an era during which most of the established video game hou.. Read More.
Holiday 2011 Video Game Release List
9th Sep 2011 - While this is not an all-encompassing list of every game set to be released over the course of the next four months, it does include a fairly comprehensive list of the upcoming AA and AAA titles for the 2011 Holiday Season! - A - Airline Tycoon II (October 14th) Windows PC / Mac OSX / Linux Assassin's Creed Revelations (November 15th).. Read More.
