No system is safe from the pet sim : Dogz arrives on N-Gage
It seems like a videogame system just hasn’t made it, until it receives its first pet simulation. The latest incarnation of the N-gage has just received its first pet sim, Dogz, thanks to Gameloft. The game is rated for ages 3+ (like a kid would own an N-gage), is a small 1MB download and even has a free trial option. It’s only available in the UK though, and is available for £1.50 for one day, £4 for a week and £6 for unlimited use.
Dogz, like Nintendogs from Nintendo and Petz: Dogz from Ubisoft, lets you raise virtual puppies. There are three different breeds of dogs to pick from, and based on screenshots the breeds appear to be a lab, jack russel and shiba inu. There are also nine different places to explore with your dog and eight mini-games to play. You can also see how your dog ranks compared to other dogs online…
Kill time with Death Race on mobile phones
I don’t know about you but when I’m driving I often wonder what my car would look like with a .50 caliber Gatling gun sticking out from my hood. Due to a few pesky laws, that fantasy will only live in my mind. However, we can all live out our fantasies of non-consequential vehicular combat when Death Race flies into theaters on August 22, 2008. Until then Gameloft has taken up the rights to publish a game based on Death Race for mobile phones which will be available on all major carriers sometime in August 2008.
Death Race is a remake of the 1975 film Death Race 2000. It takes place in a…
Uno comes to click wheel iPods
FROM APPLETELL - Despite recent thoughts of the iPhone killing iPod click wheel gaming, Apple and Gameloft S.A. now bring you the popular card game, Uno, for the iPod.
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Oregon Trail on the go
Gameloft is teaming up with The Learning Company to remake and release Oregon Trail on cell phones. The game has had some new mini-games added to it, the graphics have been updated, music has been remixed and new npcs have been added. The game starts at $4 for some phones, but can be more expensive for others, and availability can be determined by texting “WAGON” to “82174.“
It seems like it has all of the classic Oregon Trail touches. There’s hunting, fording rivers, naming party members, choosing a career. Now the river fording is a mini-game like hunting, along with fishing, rafting and wagon repair. Also the wagon troop will encounter unsavory characters and hitchhikers and side missions have been added to the main trail traveling.
Apple, game companies getting ready for iPhone games
Apple has finally decided to release an iPhone software development kit (SDK), allowing companies to create applications for the phone. The beta version of the SDK is already in developer’s hands and the full version is expected to be released June 2008.
After Apple made the SDK’s announcement at a press conference last week (March 6, 2008), Apple’s VP for iPhone Software, Scott Forstall, demonstrated a space game (Touch Fighter) developed in only two weeks (“and only 10,000 lines of code”), promising touch controls and tilt-sensitive steering.
Perhaps an effort to help the expensive hardware more attractive to a larger audience, game companies have already been…
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