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Upcoming Augmented Reality Game 'ARDefender' Looks Promising
It was just about this time last year that Apple introduced the 3.1 firmware update to the iPhone that allowed developers to access the built-in camera for games and apps. What followed was an...
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Hands-On with 'ARDefender' Augmented Reality Defense Game
This past Friday we took a look at the upcoming Augmented Reality game ARDefender from developer Int13. What sets ARDefender apart from other Augmented Reality games is its use of a special printed...
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'ARDefender' Augmented Reality Defense Game Now Available
Just two days after we took a hands-on look at ARDefender from developer Int13, the game has now become available in the App Store as of this morning. What is a nice surprise is that the game has...
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THQ Announces 'Star Wars: Falcon Gunner' Augmented Reality Shooter
Developer THQ Wireless is flexing their Star Wars license once again with the announcement of Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner. THQ has brought a number of Star Wars licensed games to the App Store,...
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Soon, You'll Be Able To Pretend Kill Other Parrot AR.Drone Owners In A Game...
I don't have a Parrot AR.Drone like Eli "Hollywood" Hodapp does, but I wish I did. He seemed to connect with the device on a deep, fundamental level and love bloomed as the two grew closer together...
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Orbotix Takes Its Phone-Controlled Robotic Balls On The Road
Orbotix is an unconventional developer with a project we posted about a while ago. Its mission is to bring smartphone controlled, open devices to market. The first of these is Sphero, a robotic ball...
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Alert: Grab 'Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner' Before it Disappears Forever
Kotaku is reporting that after the end of March, the augmented reality shooter Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner [$2.99] will be pulled from the App Store. We took a look at this title when it was...
View ArticleParrot Reveals 'AR.FLYINGACE' Augmented Reality AR.Drone Shooter
Remember when we took a look at the Parrot AR.Drone last September? It seems like ages ago with how fast the App Store moves. Anyway, one of the things Parrot was pushing hardcore for the AR.Drone...
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'Piclings' Review - A Novel Use of Augmented Reality in a Platforming Game
Piclings [99¢] from Pan Vision Games is one of the most interesting uses of augmented reality in gaming that I’ve seen. It’s a simple platforming game that can take any picture and turn it into a...
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We Spend Some Time With 'Shadow Cities' And Think It Has Some Promise
Straight up: you’ll have to forgive me if some of the nuance of Shadow Cities [Free] -- one of the newest geo-centric MMO games available on the App Store -- has evaded me. It’s not good at telling you...
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Qualcomm Releases Augmented Reality Game SDK
Augmented-reality games are weird. They hardly work and even when they actually do operate as intended, the game experience is usually lacking and centralizes entirely too much around the whole...
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'ARDefender' Updated with Halloween Theme, HD Graphics, and More
With the proliferation of camera-equipped smartphones that also double as mobile gaming systems in the last few years, the amount of augmented reality apps and games has surged. While there are a ton...
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Bowling's 'Human Element' On iPad Will Let You Explore This World For Items...
Human Element is Robert Bowling's first game at his new digs. We don't know a lot about it, but we do know that it's some sort of survival game that's slated to hit PC and next generation consoles in...
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Indie Party Game 'Recurse' Comes to the iPad for 99¢
Have you ever wished you had Microsoft Kinect on your iPad? Me neither. However, you can get a similar effect with Madparker's just released iPad game Recurse [$1.99 (HD)]. Originally starting life as...
View ArticleNew 'Minecraft Reality' App Brings Your Minecraft Creations to the Real...
If you're the kind of person who has spent a ridiculous amount of time building scale Minecraft replicas of things you wish you had in the real world, Minecraft Reality [$1.99] is going to be right up...
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'Kavinsky' Review - Brilliant Marketing and a Shallow, Yet Fun '80s Romp
Kavinsky [Free] is a bit of an oddball. I get the feeling that it's going to be a love or hate affair. So before you read too far along, let's first decide whether you will indeed love or hate it. Are...
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Dying for a New Shaq Game? Of Course You Are, So Check Out 'Soda Shaq...
There are few undeniable truths in this world, and one of them is that Shaq isn't in enough video games (or genie movies). Sure, you can point to Shaq Fu, a video game that expertly blended Kung Fu and...
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CES 2010: Parrot AR.Drone - An iPhone-Controlled Quadricopter
While we won't be on the floor of CES until tomorrow, the internet is already on fire with buzz surrounding the Parrot AR.Drone remote control quadricopter that is controlled by creating its own WiFi...
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CES 2010: 'Gunman' - A Free (For a Limited Time) iPhone-Only Camera Game
Aside from the Parrot AR.Drone quadricopter, we haven't come across much noteworthy in the world of iPhone gaming at CES-- Everyone is far too busy looking at tablet computers being shown and...
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$299.99 Parrot AR.Drone Now Available for Pre-Order - Shipping September 3rd
We got word this afternoon that the Parrot AR.Drone Quadricopter is going to be sold exclusively through Brookstone and is available for pre-order right now for $299.99. Brookstone plans on shipping...
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