It isn't often that you can liken a Japanese TV programme to a sideways-scrolling monster truck game, but while racing the green shadow car over chaotic scenery, the obstacle course with the wrecking ball from Takeshi's Castle comes to mind. Monster Trucks Nitro 2 takes the well worn and quite tedious premise of sideways-scrolling scenery with automatic acceleration and some obstacles to get over and turns it into a carnage-strewn, … [Read more...]

Greed Corp is a multiplayer game that made its name on the console gaming scene. It puts players in the role of one of four corporations fighting to control the largest number of ever-crumbling landmasses and limited resources. This is strategy gaming at its finest, and the iOS version manages to bring the same level of fun and polish to the table. While Greed Corp ($1.99, app2.me/4890) is available as a separate iPhone version, I prefer the iPad … [Read more...]

You couldn't get a cuter concept than Storm In A Teacup. A young boy takes a ride on a magic floating teacup as he hops between platforms tied by strings, passes houses made to look like pop-up books, and defeats disgruntled rainclouds with a candy-firing cannon. We even feel a bit sick just writing that. But its charm is enough to give it a unique feel, with the bright visuals and pleasant tunes making it a treat to play. Unfortunately, the … [Read more...]

Tetris, quite simply, is timeless. Regardless of how many years pass and what other ideas are stumbled upon, Alexey Pajitnov's puzzler will be just as good in 30 years as it has been for over two decades. As you would expect, Tetris on the iPad ensures this remains true, despite not being the best adaptation. Controlling the blocks as they fall to their doom can be a little fiddly but the new modes—which all couldn't work on any other … [Read more...]

Sometimes a game comes along that's so imaginative, so beautifully designed and so much fun to play that you'll play it until your iPhone runs out of juice: Spider is one such game. Taking control of one of nature's most misunderstood creepy crawlies, you're initially required to do nothing more than reach the any portals that are hidden around the beautiful, but mysterious Bryce Manor. This is achieved with simple swipes and touches, of the … [Read more...]

There are plenty of apps that boast incredible presentation values, but not much underneath. Blade Warrior straddles this idea almost perfectly. From the off, you can tell that a lot of care has gone into it, as every aspect looks mesmerising, while an appropriately epic score provides the energy necessary to promote that big game feel. When you actually get into it, however, it doesn't match the build up. As minions attack one of your many … [Read more...]

Fighter pilots may run the risk of being vaporised by heat-seeking missiles or blacking out during high­speed turns, but as a profession it's undeniably cool, and is right up there with being an Astronaut or F1 driver. F.A.S.T. - which stands for Fleet Air Superiority Tactics, in case you were wondering - manages to replicate the thrills and spills of jet fighter combat with considerable aplomb. Controlled using a savvy combination of the … [Read more...]

After being bowled over with Taito's Space Invaders Extreme, we didn't think the 31-year-old franchise had anything more to offer. How wrong we were... Infinity Gene is an astonishing achievement,  primarily because Taito has created the game with Apple's device in mind from the very beginning. As a result Infinity Gene features superb controls, spectacular old-school visuals and funky music that's perfectly suited to listening through a pair … [Read more...]

With so many games now costing just 69 pence, a title has to be really special in order to make it stand apart from its competitors. So here's our own little  shout out to the wonderful Sneezies, one of the cutest and cleverest apps we've discovered for some time. Life for a Sneezy is pretty sweet, as they just spend all their time floating around in little bubbles, safely cocooned from the world. Of course, that wouldn't really make for that … [Read more...]

Man, imagine how happy the iPhone world was when Sega announced that its popular platformer Super Monkey Ball was coming to the device. With its built-in accelerometer, guiding the sphere down a slippery slope should've been an absolute dream. Instead, it's an aggravating mess. Monkey Ball's biggest problem is how inconsistent it is when it comes to response time. On occasion only the slightest movement will send the ball flying off in the … [Read more...]