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Batman: Arkham City Lockdown app now available for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
Buckle your utility belt and get ready for an exciting ride! The Batman: Arkham City Lockdown app is now available for your iDevice. Warner Bros – in collaboration with DC Entertainment – announced the release of the app today.
The app – which features favorite baddies like The Joker, Two Face, Solomon Grundy, and Deathstroke – was developed by NetherRealm Studios, the brutal geniuses behind the Mortal Kombat franchise. Creative Director Ed Boon said, “We here at NetherRealm Studios are huge fans of Batman: Arkham City, and we were very excited to develop Batman: Arkham City Lockdown to extend the franchise experience to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. The app delivers a different take on Batman gameplay in which players must combat against some of the fan favorite villains in Arkham City.”
Players can also stream the game from their iDevice to their HDTV using Apple TV through a new feature called AirPlay. Check out the app now at iTunes, and follow the Facebook and Twitter pages to keep up to date on information about Batman: Arkham City Lockdown.
Grand Theft Auto III goes mobile next week
So you’re on the lam for a crime you most definitely did commit, and you need something to pass the time. Why not check out the December 15 release of Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition on Android and iOS devices?
Available for the low, low price of $4.99 (some might say its a steal), the mobile version of GTA3 will be supported by the following devices at launch:
Apple iOS Devices: iPad 1 & 2, iPhone 4 & 4S, iPod Touch 4th Generation
Android Phones: HTC Rezound, LG Optimus 2x, Motorola Atrix 4G, Motorola Droid X2, Motorola Photon 4G, Samsung Galaxy R, T-Mobile G2x
Android Tablets: Acer Iconia, Asus Eee Pad Transformer, Dell Streak 7, LG Optimus Pad, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1, Sony Tablet S, Toshiba Thrive
Five bucks? Like GTA3’s protagonist, I’m speechless.
Posted in Mobile, News
Tagged Grand Theft Auto III
2012 IGF Awards add XBLA Prize
The organizers of the Independent Games Festival have announced that they’ve partnered with Microsoft to create the XBLA Prize.
The prize is open to any entrant in the Main Competition or the Student Showcase. And the IGF entrant who wins the XBLA Prize will receive a “guaranteed first-party publishing deal to release the selected title on Microsoft’s Live-enabled platforms, including the Xbox Live Arcade, Windows Phone, and Windows.” Funding to complete the title will also be offered to the winning development team.
Microsoft’s Ted Woolsey, Head of First Party Publishing for XBLA, said, “Playing a role in empowering creative, independent developers, and then delivering the fruits of their labor to a wide fan base on Xbox 360, Windows Phone and soon Windows 8 is an amazingly rewarding job for me and the publishing teams at Microsoft Studios. We can’t wait to see what will come next!”
The 2012 IGF Awards will be handed out during next year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 7th, 2012. The complete list of entrants for next year’s IGF Awards can be found here.
Grand Theft Auto III hijacks mobile platforms for 10th anniversary re-release
Grand Theft Auto III reshaped the video game landscape when it was released in 2001. You might say that Liberty City left us speechless (rimshot).
This Fall, in commemoration of the game’s 10th anniversary, Rockstar plans to bring GTA3 to a new generation of gamers on select iOS and Android devices:
Apple iOS Devices: iPad 2, iPhone 4S
Android Phones: Droid X2, HTC Evo 2, LG Optimus 2X, Motorola Atrix, Samsung Galaxy S2
Android Tablets: Acer Iconia, Asus Eee Pad, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Support for additional devices will be announced at a later date.
Posted in Mobile, News
Tagged Grand Theft Auto III
Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, has died
Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, and the co-creator of the arcade classic Breakout, has died. Jobs, who was 56, is survived by his wife Laurene and four children.
Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004 and received a liver transplant in 2009. He took a medical leave of absence from Apple in January and resigned as CEO on August 24. The company announced the iPhone 4S, their first major product launch without Jobs at the helm, yesterday.
Apple is encouraging the public to send thoughts, memories and condolences of Jobs to rememberingsteve@apple.com along with releasing the following statement:
Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.
NIS America bringing Neptunia MK-II, Clan of Champions, Disgaea 3 Vita, more to US
NIS America hosted a special press event at the Tokyo Game Show to announce a slew of new titles for the PS3, Xbox 360, Vita and mobile platforms.
First up, the publisher will be bringing Disgaea: Netherworld Unbound to Android devices in late 2011. It is basically an Android version of the original Disgaea game, but it also allows players to purchase extra characters, items, and features. The Disgaea series will be coming to another handheld device as well, the PlayStation Vita. Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention will arrive in Spring 2012 and is said to feature new characters, stories, items and a Vita-specific control scheme.
NIS is also teaming up with Keiji Inafune, creator of Mega Man, and Acquire, the developers of Tenchu, to bring Neptunia MK-II and Clan of Champions to the US. Neptunia will be a PlayStation 3 exclusive, set for release in spring 2012. Clan of Champions, as it is tentatively titled, has no release date yet, but it will be coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. JRPG aficionados, REJOICE!
Posted in Mobile, News, PS3, Vita, Xbox 360
Tagged Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention, Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2
GameStop is now taking your iStuff
GameStop has announced that they will be accepting iPod, iPhone, and iPad trade-ins starting today. Depending on the condition of your “iTrade”, you will receive store credit or cash to put towards anything GameStop sells. Devices with dents, scratches, water damage, personal engravings, or are just simply defective, will not be accepted.
No exact trade-in values have been given, but they’re sure to be worth a lot more than your average video game trade-in, letting you build up more store credit.
If you have these devices around your house collecting iDust, why not just bring them into GameStop to put towards that sweet Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector’s Edition or something else on the schedule for this fall. Whether or not that dragon statue will have app support is another story.
Tetris released today for free on Android Marketplace
There seems to be a lot of Tetris talk going on today! In addition to the whole Tetris Axis announcement by Nintendo, EA had an announcement of their own – a free version of Tetris was released on the Android Marketplace today.
Vice President of Sales and Marketing Bernard Kim said, “Tetris is one of the most distinctive, well-known and popular video game franchises in the world and it gives EA the opportunity to grow its already-expanding customer base on the Android platform. Tetris has a strong legacy in the mobile gaming world and we’re excited to bring a free version of Tetris to yet another great platform.”
Guess I know what I’ll be doing for the rest of the night!