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Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament takes place in Orion City and the area surrounding it. The player is a new resident, a Trotmobile driver drawn to the area by the allure of tournaments, fame and fortune. When he (or she!) first arrives in Orion City, the player befriends a mechanic and… Continue Reading »

FROM APPLETELL - Stuck Genie will not be a top app for the majority of iPhone gamers, but you’re likely to keep it on your iPhone or iPod touch because it’s always good for a quick gaming session.
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All young girls dream of having adventures like rafting down the Amazon, mountain climbing, or exploring deep caves. The Daring Book for Girls  series allowed girls to have these adventures while safely sitting on their couch. This best selling book series by William Morrow (imprint of HarperCollins) is now being… Continue Reading »

Can you say, “the dog days of summer”? This Nintendo download update is certainly on the sedate side, with 2 water-based titles on WiiWare (including a fishing game!) and Sudoku (yes, Sudoku!) on DSiWare. I’m interested in the sole VC release, Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa, and potentially… Continue Reading »

This week’s newest PS3 download is Droplitz by Altus for $9.99. In this game, players must solve puzzles by twisting and connecting mismatched dials to combine or link pipes together to guide the droplets of water down towards the drain. Can we say pipes on acid? Players must work quickly… Continue Reading »

FROM GADGETELL - In order to stay competitive with Apple, Sony is considering adding cell phone functionality to its portable gaming console, the PSP.  The phone and game hybrid may not be marketed under the PSP name, but the device will likely have many of the similar features of the Sony PSP, including… MORE »

The Apple App Store gaming update is Gamertell’s weekly look at the previous week’s Apple App Store game releases. We cover them all - good and not so good - in their respective categories with a breakdown of the great games and the free games right where you want ‘em,… Continue Reading »

This one came out of nowhere - ZeniMax, the parent company of Fallout 3 and Oblivion developer Bethesda, has just announced its acquisition of id Software (best known for the Doom and Quake franchises). According to a report at Gamasutra, Bethesda will publish all of id’s currently unsigned projects (EA… Continue Reading »

Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled is the best DS surprise of 2009. I’d originally heard of the game back when it was called Project Exile. As the first, incredibly expansive RPG of new developer Studio Archcraft, I thought it had a lot of promise. It originally was designed for… Continue Reading »

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FROM APPLETELL - Tangram Deluxe is based on an ancient Chinese puzzle game consisting of placing differently sized and shaped puzzle pieces onto a silhouette of a larger image in order to create that image. If you sincerely enjoy puzzle games, then this is for you.
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