EA has pulled Battlefield 3: Aftershock from the US AppStore, less than a month after launch, following negative user reviews. Aftershock was a multiplayer-only first person shooter, designed to tie-in with upcoming action flick Act of Valour, and launched as a free-to-play iOS variation of the highly popular console series, Battlefield. In a statement received [...]
Today, Microsoft moved one step closer to full cross-platform integration, following the release of their OneNote mobile app for Android. In a blog post, Michael Oldenburg, technical writer for Microsoft’s office division, stated: “For all of you who’ve been asking (and patiently waiting) for a version of OneNote for your Android phones, we have great [...]
Now that 2011 has drawn to a close, the social networking website, Amen, has released a collection of the best and worst statements to have graced their network during the past year. For the unaware, Amen is a social network with a difference. It does away with all the poking, status updates and direct messages [...]
Redspottedhanky, the online travel retailer in the same vein as Thetrainline, has recently released an iPhone app enabling customers to book train tickets on the move. Available as a free download, the app offers a comparable service to that found via the company website, redspottedhanky.com, and retains the company stance against any additional booking fees. [...]
Quarrel Deluxe, the addictive iOS title that combines two popular board games, risk and scrabble, is currently running a holiday sale. Due to continue until 2nd January 2012, Quarrel Deluxe is currently available for just £0.69, significantly reduced from the regular price of £1.99. And that’s an absolute steal for a game of this calibre, [...]
Grab your iPhone, a shotgun, and perhaps even a mince pie. Santa needs your help. MEDL Mobile, the development studio behind Boxhead: The Zombie wars, a game that we awarded a very respectable 8/10 back in February, has released a special Christmas-themed version of the game. Currently available as a free download, this update features [...]
Farmville. Some love it, others hate it. But we can all agree on one thing – it’s played an awful lot. So what happens if you take the Farmville micro-management concept, and combine it with, say, Foursquare’s geo-location tagging tool? Well, you’d get Beebble. Designed by SeventhSide Games, Beebble is a social networking adventure designed [...]
Zombie Lane, the point and click action-survival game, has bravely ventured from Facebook to the iOS platform. The game requires you to gradually take back control of your neighbourhood; be that through re-building your home, or quickly slaying invading zombies with a hit from a shovel, or a well-placed shotgun blast. Zombie Lane also features [...]
Remember Jersey GTL? Of course you do, we reviewed it earlier this year. Heard of DJ Pauly D? No. Me either. Regardless, the former has since been rebranded as a result of the latter – following an advertising deal struck between MEDL Mobile and the Jersey Shore star himself, Jersey GTL has now become DJ [...]
Gameloft is currently hosting a mega app sale to mark the American holiday of Thanksgiving, dropping the price of twenty iOS titles for a limited time. Admittedly, Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated in the UK, but thanks to the wonders of the internet, we Brits can also reap the benefits. As a result of this sale, you [...]