Corpse Party was a pleasant surprise on PSP -- well, "pleasant" in that it was a good game. There's nothing pleasant about being trapped in an inescapable nightmare dimension of malicious ghosts and dead children. And now it's moving to iOS, at least in Japan, where it will be even more convenient to access the game's unexpectedly disturbing imagery (and random asides about hemorrhoid cream).Publ

Apple has removed 59 copycat games from its App Store, including Temple Run lookalike Temple Jump, Words with Friends contender Numbers with Friends, Angry Birds clones Tiny Birds and Angry Ninja Birds, and the self explanatory Plant vs. Zombie. All of the offending clones were developed by Anton Sinelnikov.Temple Jump, specifically, had achieved incredible success on the App Store, surpassing its

We'll be transparent about this: we had to look up the difference between Dodonpachi Blissful Death, the new iOS game announced by shmup developer Cave, and current App Store release Dodonpachi Resurrection. How embarrassing. It turns out that Blissful Death (known in Japan as Dodonpachi Daioujou) is the direct predecessor to Resurrection, first released in 2002. Cave is bringing the classic bull

You gotta hand it to THQ, despite posting a $56 million loss last quarter, the publisher is still willing to take a risk on bringing a fresh-faced developer into the fold. Of course, when you take into account that said developer is staffed by a who's who list of classic game designers, the proposition sounds less risky.Innovative Leisure, the brand-new developer in question, touts Seamus Blackle

How many times have you been in the middle of an intense Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies round when you've had to suddenly stop? Well, Activision has a solution in the latest update: save and load games mid-session.It's just one of the additions in this free update, which also adds the ray gun, six different tiers of in-game point packs t

Perhaps our recommendation of NCSoft's Gem Keeper last year piqued your interest -- but your interest didn't reach a 99-cent level of piquedness. Luckily, thanks to a Free App a Day partnership, you can now download the iOS tower defense title for free!NCSoft's iOS Gem Keeper goes free for now originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

In the first of our weekend Android game updates, and the first featuring our very own Sarah Lynch, we take a look at Zombie Dash, Frontline Commando, and Galaxy Defenders. And all of them are free! Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "Appetite for Distraction - Top Free Android Games Of The Week" was posted by markwalton on Fri, 03 Feb 20

Check out the launch trailer for Mr Legs, now available in the Android Market.   Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "Mr Legs Launch Trailer" was posted by MikeTao on Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:08:51 -0800 read full article

Fifty additional levels have been added to the latest GlowPuzzle for Android update. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "Update 2.0.8 - GlowPuzzle for Android Gameplay Video" was posted by MikeTao on Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:49:19 -0800 read full article

Alan Wake wasn't the biggest hit at retail. Developer Remedy needed to refill its coffers after that expensive project. Death Rally achieved just that, recouping its own development costs in three days and going on to build an audience of millions.A new Forbes feature details just how Remedy got Death Rally to take off. The developer spent only $10,000 on marketing, the article notes -- $5,000 on