Posted by Andrew Stevens on May 17th, 2013 + Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
N.O.V.A. 3 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance is free for today only. In our review, Carter Dotson said, “N.O.V.A. 3‘s audience is clear: it’s for the FPS fan who wants a big, console-style game on their iPhone or iPad, and is willing to tolerate some control issues in order to get that experience.” “a lot of work has clearly been put into this to make it work as best as it can on mobile.”
Posted by Andrew Stevens on May 10th, 2013 + Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Asphalt 7: Heat is Apple’s App of the Week, making the game free for the next 7 days. Now there’s no excuse not to get your hands on this racing title that’s full of speed and fun. It recently released an update as well, adding new cars and a raised level cap. Gameloft also plans to bring “a lot of new cars” your way, coming soon.
Gameloft and Fox Digital Entertainment team up to release the official video game for the upcoming animated movie, Epic. The gameplay will have players building their own forest kingdom and fighting in action-packed battles filled with acrobatic combat. Epic will be released in time for the film’s debut this May.
Posted by Andrew Stevens on May 9th, 2013 + Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Blitz Brigade – Online multiplayer shooting action! released today on iOS bringing forth first-person shooter action. Players choose between 5 classes with over 100 different weapons to use in an online battle of up to 12 players. There are also 120 training missions to complete offline, should you choose.
√ 5 classes: Soldier, Gunner, Medic, Sniper, Stealth
√ Control the battlefield in Domination mode
√ Frag everyone in sight in Deathmatch
√ Use 3 different vehicles for a tactical advantage
√ Unique taunts and kill phrases for each character
√ Voice Chat to plan in real time with teammates
In an interview with Pocket Gamer, Otilia Lazar of Gameloft estimates a worldwide release of Blitz Brigade this May. The fast-paced shooter released in France back in February which led to the decision to fine-tune some things before the full release. One of the changes that was made during the fine-tuning process was to remove a token system that allowed users to play multiplayer matches.
Lazar says in a Pocket Gamer interview that “Players started off with five tokens, which they could spend to join multiplayer matches. Those tokens regenerated over time for free. But we received a lot of requests asking for unlimited free multiplayer matches, so we took the tokens out and gave the fans what they wanted.”
Gameloft has released an official trailer for the new Iron Man 3 video game which is scheduled for release on April 25th. Iron Man 3 – The Official Game is an endless “sky” runner that has players flying through various levels while firing at enemies and avoiding incoming missiles.
Posted April 11th, 2013 by Rob Rich Our Rating: :: ALWAYS ON
Aside from a few questionable decisions regarding real time clocks and internet connections, Dungeon Hunter 4 is probably the best dungeon crawler on iOS to date.
Gameloft released a new trailer for the upcoming Iron Man 3. The video shows the new direction they are taking with Iron Man 3 by making it an endless runner compared to the previous title, Iron Man 2, which was an action title. However, Iron Man 3 does look a bit more exciting than being just a simple runner.
Posted by Andrew Stevens on March 15th, 2013 + Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour dropped its price from $6.99 to 99 cents, letting players to experience the chaos that unfolds in this first-person shooter for much less cash. Our review, says, “Modern Combat 4 accomplishes its objective of being a solid military FPS that can be played on the toilet with flying colors.”
Posted December 6th, 2012 by Carter Dotson Our Rating: :: THOROUGHLY MODERN...AND FAMILIAR
Modern Combat 4 is a military FPS built for mobile devices, and while Gameloft definitely brings exceptional production values to the table, it still is held back by the nature of touchscreen controls.
The new controller for Gameloft games, the Duo Gamer, is now half off it’s original $79.99 price, at $39.99, starting today, at Apple, Amazon, Best Buy, and other fine retailers that carry the device. The sale is available starting now, though Apple and Amazon web sites have yet to reflect the new price.
In addition, Gameloft announced that NFL Pro 2013 and Wild Blood will be compatible with the controller, bringing the total of Duo Gamer-enabled games to seven. Woot!
Currently, Duo Gamer works with Asphalt 7: Heat, Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation, Order & Chaos Online, Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front, and N.O.V.A. 3 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance.
Duo Gamer product features include:
Dual analog thumb-sticks
Six buttons plus d-pad
Bluetooth connectivity
A stand for holding your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
Gameloft has a history of making the best first person shooters on iOS. Modern Combat and N.O.V.A. are two amazing console quality shooter franchises. This week we get to tell you about a hands-on we had with the latest FPS from Gameloft, the next version in the Modern Combat series, Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour. First up, here’s the intro sequence to MC4.
While on one level you could say that Modern Combat 4 is just more Modern Combat, is that all bad? I don’t think so. Modern Combat is one of the best franchises available on iOS. And in this version Gameloft have truly taken everything in the game to the next level. With amazing Retina graphics, great single player campaign, multiple vehicles, great voice acting, and a deep multiplayer system that has to be seen to be believed.
You’ll likely spend as many as 14 hours working through the single player campaign. The multiplayer is where this game really shines. The number of hours that can be spent there is pretty much endless. An amazing array of unlockables, customizations, power up, vehicles, weapons, and multiple play modes seem to go on forever.
Gameloft plans on releasing Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour before the end of the year. If I were a guessing man, I’d guess they will get it out just before Christmas. It’s not to be missed.
Posted by Jeff Scott on November 8th, 2012 + Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
It’s finally here. Some people will make fun of this game, but there is a large number of people who have been anxiously awaiting it and will absolutely love it. Gameloft has released a game set in the My Little Pony universe called My Little Pony – Friendship is Magic. In our preview of the game, we have a great video that will show you what you can expect in this city builder with mini games.
Try as I might, I can’t find another way to include Brony or Pegasister in this post. So I’ll just leave that there. (see what I did there?)
Posted by Jeff Scott on November 1st, 2012 + Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Gameloft has release a new poker game, Texas Poker for Prizes. This free to play game has one huge interesting twist. Just by playing the game, you have the chance to win some real world prizes — TVs, trips to Las Vegas, and more.
While that’s the hook, the game does have other things going for it. For one, when playing online you can play up to four tables at once. Very useful when you are waiting on 8 other slow players to decide their move. It also has the ability to support Airplay where the poker table can be displayed on your TV (via Apple TV) while each players hands are shown on their handheld devices in a local multiplayer game.
Posted September 6th, 2012 by Michael Halloran Our Rating: :: SUCCESS
Gameloft comes together for the first time with Unreal Technology to present a new take on the tales of King Arthur. Players go to battle with Lancelot to defeat an evil sorceress and free the kingdom from her curse.
Fans of Gameloft’s ambitious mobile MMO, Order & Chaos Online, have more reason to celebrate. The game will be getting a massive update later in August. The game will include new features that fans have been asking for, including mounts, a brand new dungeon to explore, player vs player (PvP) combat arenas, and and end to the subscription model.
The new dungeon will be called Salien Pt. 2. The original Salien dungeon was added in update 1.10 in March of this year, 2012. There will be three new arenas for player versus player combat, in combinations of 1 on 1, 2v2, 3v2, or 4v4 players. There will be four new mounts to tear around on through the Arcadian Forests or the Tanned Land.
What’s most interesting, however, is the end of the subscription model. PC and console-based MMO games are suffering huge losses in player subscriptions lately; it makes sense that a mobile game like Order & Chaos would struggle with adding and maintaining an active, paying subscriber base as well. With mobile gaming exploring the free to play model more vigorously than the traditional PC and console gaming space, it’s surprising that Order & Chaos Online lasted as long as it has.
At Casual Connect 2012 in Seattle this week, Gameloft has announced six new titles that will try to cut a wide swath across the casual gaming spectrum.
The potentially biggest game on the list is the My Little Pony game – the series has a wide cross-generation appeal, being a show written for little girls, yet having found an adult male fanbase known as “bronies.” Creating a game that would have the same appeal seems like a tall order. The game will let players build their own Ponyville and play minigames, all featuring characters from the series.
Other games include UNO and Friends, a new version of the card game with online multiplayer that will let players take their games across phones, tablets, and Facebook. Monster Habitat will let players take care of papercraft monsters and the village they live in. Cosmic Colony will have players managing a colony on a mysterious planet. Kingdoms & Lords will be a simulation and strategy game where barbarians must be fended off, with multiplayer battles. Texas Poker for Prizes is exactly what it says on the tin. These games will begin rolling out before the end of summer.
It’s hard to work up sympathy for one of nature’s most efficient aquatic killing machines (a few species, anyway), but I think it’s do-able. Sharks might not be cuddly, and they have been known to attack and/or kill people, but that’s no reason to hunt them to extinction. Especially for some overpriced soup. Which is why WildAid, The Discovery Channel, and Gameloft have joined forces for Shark Week to raise awareness and do a bit of fund raising through Shark Dash.
For the rest of the month and a few weeks in August, players of both the iOS and ad-supported Google Play versions of Shark Dash will be able to purchase special “limited time only” content – most notably a new skin for Sharky – for a monetary show of support. Proceeds will go toward raising awareness and hopefully reducing the demand for shark fin soup; a luxury dish with rapidly growing demand and a rapidly diminishing source. Over 70 million sharks per year, in fact.
The special content will be available until August 18th, and I urge anyone with the means to do their part. Sharks may not be cute, fuzzy, or huggable (I sure as heck would never go swimming with one, except possibly a whale shark), but they don’t deserve to die out over something like this.