iPad World

Ever since savvy manufacturers realised that gamers were prepared to pay top dollar for pieces of near-useless plastic that claim to improve their gaming experience, there’s been a flood of largely pointless peripherals for home consoles. Right now, countless Wii Remote tennis racket attachments sit gathering dust in cupboards the world over, waiting forlornly for that dreaded day when they are unceremoniously recycled as landfill.

Traditionally speaking, these regrettable money-wasting exercises are largely confined to domestic hardware. Attempts to augment the functionality of portable consoles have proven largely unsuccessful in the past (remember the D-pad cross attachment that … Continue Reading

Ion Audio’s original iPad iCade started life as a ThinkGeek April Fool’s joke but has since become one of the most well supported iOS game controller accessories. If you aren’t familiar with it, it was a small arcade cabinet stand that allowed you to prop your iPad up and play games using a real joystick and buttons. The company behind the iPad gaming accessory has now announced that they have expanded to three new models to service a broader range of iOS devices.

iCade Core – Pictured … Continue Reading

Ion Audio’s original iPad iCade started life as a ThinkGeek April Fool’s joke but has since become one of the most well supported iOS game controller accessories. If you aren’t familiar with it, it was a small arcade cabinet stand that allowed you to prop your iPad up and play games using a real joystick and buttons. The company behind the iPad gaming accessory has now announced that they have expanded to three new models to service a broader range of iOS devices.

iCade Core – Pictured … Continue Reading

If you think the iPhone has radically changed the gaming space now, just you wait. If the iPhone 4 dramatically improved the small-screen gaming experience, imagine what the iPhone 8 will do to it. That’s what Epic Games President Mike Capps is doing these days.

“If you look at the ridiculous acceleration of iPhone hardware and technology, trying to find a sweet spot for tech to make your mobile game,” Capps told IndustryGamers, “I mean, what would your mobile game look like in 2015? Who knows how fast that’s going to operate, … Continue Reading

If you think the iPhone has radically changed the gaming space now, just you wait. If the iPhone 4 dramatically improved the small-screen gaming experience, imagine what the iPhone 8 will do to it. That’s what Epic Games President Mike Capps is doing these days.

“If you look at the ridiculous acceleration of iPhone hardware and technology, trying to find a sweet spot for tech to make your mobile game,” Capps told IndustryGamers, “I mean, what would your mobile game look like in 2015? Who knows how fast that’s going to operate, … Continue Reading

“Does it add to the gaming experience?”

While Sony has dived right into 3D gaming with the PlayStation 3, Microsoft has been much more hesitant to dip its toes in the water.

Though a small handful of Xbox 360 games can be played in 3D if you have the necessary kit, it’s not the same full 720p stereoscopic effect that Sony boasts with the PS3.

Speculation earlier this year pointed to an E3 announcement for additional 3D support, but that came and went without a peep. So what gives?

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At E3 this week, OnLive announced the coming of an iPad client App for the OnLive gaming service.OnLive is pleased to announce the OnLive Player App for iPad and Android. Like the recently announced consoles, the OnLive Player App will enable gameplay of virtually all OnLive games on an iPad and Android tablet with touch or OnLive’s new Universal Wireless Controller.We previously covered OnLive demoing this as a “tech demo” but it seems they’ve progressed to a final product. OnLive has already delivered a viewer … Continue Reading

At E3 this week, OnLive announced the coming of an iPad client App for the OnLive gaming service.OnLive is pleased to announce the OnLive Player App for iPad and Android. Like the recently announced consoles, the OnLive Player App will enable gameplay of virtually all OnLive games on an iPad and Android tablet with touch or OnLive’s new Universal Wireless Controller.We previously covered OnLive demoing this as a “tech demo” but it seems they’ve progressed to a final product. OnLive has already delivered a viewer … Continue Reading

Plus, updates on iOS version.

Online leaderboards and multiplayer modes were left out of Bejeweled 3 due to “priorities and deadlines”, developer PopCap has explained.

“We love a good leaderboard as much as the next person,” PR chief Garth Chouteau told Pocketful of Megabytes, “but felt that, like its predecessors, Bejeweled 3 was focused on the solo gaming experience and contained enough new takes on the match-three game mechanic to please most fans of the genre.

“We may add ‘connected functionality’ to Bejeweled 3 down the road, who knows?” he hinted.

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Sony stepped up its game in the mobile gaming market this morning by uncrating the Next Generation Portable, the successor to the dusty PSP. With a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor and a multi-core PowerVR SGX543MP4 graphics chip, the device promises a PlayStation 3-level gaming experience further enhanced with front- and rear-facing cameras, a gyroscope, accelerometer, Wi-Fi and 3G support, and built-in GPS. It also boasts a five-inch, 960×544 OLED touchscreen and a corresponding touch panel on the rear of the unit.

It’s a radical redesign of the PlayStation … Continue Reading