Anomaly: Warzone Earth HD has a spiffy new coat of paint for the new iPad, and a half-off sale. There was something anomalous about the third generation iPad. It had that shiny new Retina Display, but Anomaly: Warzone Earth didn’t run at Retina resolution on there! Earth was ready to go to war over this cruel misdeed. Well, fret no longer, earthlings! 11 bit Studios just released an update for Anomaly: Warzone Earth HD to make it compatible with the iPad Retina Display, thus correcting a situation that 11 bit Studios are quoted as saying is “not very good at all.” Yes, aliens can now be conspired against, and their towers properly offensed in stunning high resolution! Now, one may think “So, the game has twice the resolution, that means the game’s going to be twice the price, right?” Wrong, rhetorical person! The game is now in fact much cheaper, as Read More

Angry Birds Space has gotten a free update that adds ten new levels to the extremely popular bird-tossing game. There are ten new icy planets to orbit around, and the update (on iOS, at least) also provides twenty free Space Eagles to play with, and the option to earn one more free per day. Jetpack Joyride finally got its big 1.3 update, adding new gadgets that tweak the gameplay in helpful, hurtful, or wacky ways. And finally, the great Anomaly Warzone Earth HD was also updated, to be compatible with the Retina display on the new iPad. It's on sale right now as a result, available for just US$1.99. Read More

It looks like today is the day of really good updates for really good games that we really like a lot. Really? Yes, really. We were just treated to an update for our Game of the Year 2011 runner-up Anomaly Warzone Earth [ $1.99 ] that added support for the new iPad, and there was plenty of rejoicing. Now, the rejoicing gets cranked up to 11 as our actual Game of the Year 2011, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP [ $4.99 ], has been given a similar treatment, bringing the visuals up to par for the beautiful Retina Display of the new iPad. Sword & Sworcery has been on fire as of late, with a PC version of the game hitting Steam last week and then taking home no less than 5 awards against some stiff competition in the Canadian Video Game Awards show this past weekend. All this comes just Read More

One of the absolute finest games available on the App Store is 11 Bit Studios’ Anomaly Warzone Earth [ $1.99 ]. Don’t believe me? Well check out our glowing 5 star review of the game from when it launched on iPad last August, and then consider that we chose it as our runner up for Game of the Year 2011. It’s not just us, either, as Anomaly has received critical praise across the gaming universe as well as plenty of award consideration, including winning a prestigious Apple Design Award for the Mac version. So yeah, Anomaly Warzone Earth is good. And today it gets even better, as 11 Bit has just released the latest update for the game which adds high resolution Retina Display support for the new iPad. Anomaly was a gorgeous game to begin with, and it held up pretty well even on the new iPad anyway, but the Read More

...Warzone Earth Adds Retina Display Support, Now Half-Off! What good is that new iPad if games aren't... http://t.co/sbN9vAJ0... Read More

It's January 6th, 2012, and today marks the end of the TUAW Best of 2011 awards. This was a massive undertaking, with 25 separate categories all requiring their own nominations and voting from our readers. We've learned some lessons for next year's event -- start earlier, watch for astroturfing in the nominations, drop some unpopular categories -- and the Best of 2012 will be even better. The editorial staff here at TUAW agreed with many of the reader picks, but we had our own opinions on some others. We want to thank all of the thousands of TUAW readers who took time to consider their favorite accessories and apps, nominate them for an award, and then vote in the competition. Without further ado, here's the full list of winners as well as our picks for the TUAW Best of 2011: Editor picks: 13" and 11" MacBook Air, 13" MacBook Pro Peripheral Read More

In case you've been busy spending the holidays with friends and family, or just cross-country skiing to the North Pole, here's our recap of last week's epic, five-part series on the 50 best iOS games of 2011. How many do you own? #50: Temple Run In 2011, independent developers Imangi Studios had their biggest hit yet: The endless running game Temple Run. A cross between Canabalt and Raiders of the Lost Ark, in Temple Run you have to make split-second decisions and quick button presses to try to survive. The combinations of simple swipes and tilt controls, plus Temple Run's freemium pricing and stylish 3D graphics, made it one of the year's best high-score survival games. Our Bottom Line: Now is your chance to be Indiana Jones. #49: Tapper World Tour After nearly 30 years, the Tapper license awoke from a drunken stupor to revel in the App Store. Tapper World Read More

...Drivin' actually came out at the end of 2010, but it received a major update in early 2011 that made it the Must Have game it is today. The gamepl... Read More

By Carter Dotson on December 26th, 2011 As 2011 winds down to a close, 148Apps takes a look back at some of the finest games released this past year. In what was another fantastic year in the world of iOS apps & games, we are here to bring you the fifty titles that we, the staff of 148Apps, thought were the best of the year. Here are the gaming titles 16 – 25 in our Best Games of 2011: : Zach Gage’s second iOS release is another smash, as SpellTower proved to be a fun take on the ever-popular word game genre. It comes with some special restrictions to force more creative word usage, and the requirement to make words out of nearby tiles, managing the tile stack as well as trying to form words causes the game to have a deeper dynamic than many word games have. $1.99 Released: 2011-11-17 Read More

We've mentioned in the past how difficult it was deciding on Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor [99¢] as our game of the year in 2009, along with Space Miner [99¢ / HD] in 2010. It shouldn't come as much as much of a surprise that as the App Store has gained even more momentum, making these picks has become much more challenging. Interestingly enough, this year all of the games that we had in consideration for game of the year were also universal, which made the decision to drop the differentiation between the iPhone game of the year and iPad game of the year that we did in 2010 incredibly easy. In 2011, we're looking at iOS games as exactly that, games for iOS devices. We might prefer playing some of these games on the iPad (or in some cases, even the smaller screens of the iPhone or iPod touch) Read More

We'll do one more big app roundup post today before the holiday weekend. The App Store freeze went off as scheduled yesterday, so devs can no longer change their prices or upgrade their apps until next week, but in addition to the sales already covered so far, there are still a few more apps on sale worth pointing out for you: As I said yesterday, there's lots more out there, so if there's an app you've been wanting, chances are that it's on sale. Unfortunately for smaller developers, I just checked the top paid apps on the store, and EA has claimed most of the spots already, with Angry Birds and Sega filling out most of the other real estate. It looks like Electronic Arts is all set to ring in the holidays with another huge batch of app sales, as people open up those new iPhones and iPads over the Read More

Thursday on the App Store brings another round of new app releases, as well as some big updates. We've got news on some of those releases elsewhere, but here are a few of the app updates currently waiting for you in the App Store on your iOS device. There's lots of new content for some of your favorite apps this week. Not all of these are live just yet, but stay tuned, they'll be posted soon. Read More

Way back in February we brought you the news that Paradox Interactive, a highly regarded developer of PC and console titles, was getting ready to dip its toes into the world of iOS gaming with their upcoming tower defense game Defenders of Ardania. While the tower defense genre is a well-treaded path on the App Store already, that hasn't stopped titles that used innovative ideas from standing out from the pack. For example, this year's [$1.99/UHD] flipped tower defense on its ear by having you play the attackers trying to take out the defense towers, rather than the other way around. Defenders of Ardania will utilize this "tower offense" style somewhat too, while actually still remaining a traditional-style tower defense game at its core. You'll place various types of towers around each map strategically in an effort to stop the oncoming stream of attackers, however you will also be able to Read More

posted by Marcus Nguyen on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 2:46 pm.   The year is 2018. Your world is being destroyed by alien attacks. You now have to save the world by penetrating the alien defenses using several different vehicles and machines that follow your command. Will you save humanity by completing your commander’s missions successfully? Fate lies in your hands with your iDevice thanks to the 11 Bit Studios S.A.  Read on for the full review: In Anomaly, you take charge of your fleet of attack vehicles to destroy alien defenses. You accomplish this task by completing each mission that your commander creates. For each level, you buy your troops with a given amount of money. Throughout the game, you gain more and more vehicles to choose from with upgrades, all at a different cost. One must choose the best combination and organization of troops to give them the Read More

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Why hello brand new iPhone 4S owners. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Eli, I'm 6 feet tall, brown hair, blue eyes, and love long walks on the beach… Wait, wait, wait, wrong introduction. Err, anyway, let's assume you've just unboxed your iPhone 4S, peeled all the plastic off of it, and are currently waiting for it to do its first sync. You looked up "iPhone game reviews" trying to figure out what you should downloaded, and that landed you here. [Note to current readers: This guide is written for people who just got their iPhone, or are stumbling across TouchArcade for the first time today trying to find games for their new device. If you're a close follower of this site, chances are high that you're already aware of the things I'll be discussing and the games I'll be linking, but you never know, you might learn something!] Read More

Anomaly: Warzone Earth HD by Chillingo Ltd is a clever twist on the now-classic tower defense genre on the iPhone. Let’s face it: Tower defense is probably not a game style with much long-term potential. Tower defense fans have seen just about all it has to offer, and if the genre becomes any more ambitious, it will simply become an underwhelming RTS variant. Nevertheless, Chillingo has managed to breathe some fresh air into the concept simply by reversing it. At only $1.99, A: WE HD is a fantastic value. It also comes in a universal package, which means that the one download installs as an iPod touch, iPad and iPhone app. As both an iPod touch and iPhone app, the graphics are incredibly sharp, and the gameplay is just as exciting. However, if you have the option, we highly suggest playing this app on your iPad because it actually gives you Read More

There are a few sales going around this weekend -- most of them are in tribute to the late, great Steve Jobs. Once again, there's plenty of good stuff out there to play this weekend. Read More

Editor-in-Chief, iLounge Published: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Category: iPod, iPhone, and iPad Gems: Apps, Games + More Welcome to a special iPad-only edition of our Gems gaming column! Today, we’re looking at three recent, eye-popping releases that wouldn’t have been out of place on dedicated game consoles—in fact, one of the games was previously released for Nintendo’s Wii, and another is also available for personal computers. Unfortunately, all three of these otherwise impressive games get knocked down a little from what would otherwise be higher ratings because of their needless separation into iPad and iPhone/iPod touch releases, which is complicated further by two developers’ decision to offer separate full and trial versions. Each of these games is worthy of checking out if their genres interest you, but Anomaly Warzone Earth HD and Glowfish HD are a little stronger than NyxQuest HD. Read on for all the details. Anomaly Warzone Earth HD Read More

In this week’s episode of the TouchArcade Show, the cast and crew manage to stay on the topic of “new games” for quite awhile. Never you fear, though, because somehow, someway, conversations about message board rage, shed repair, the look of constipation, podcast production, and other random subjects crop up. Oh! And we also dig into more next-next-next generation console tin-foil hat talk. You know you love it. Anyway, to give us a listen via streaming or direct download, click on the link just below. We’re also available on iTunes and Zune Marketplace, and we encourage all of you to subscribe to us in those places. As you’ll notice, listener Aarni threw us some official Kitty Korner music because he’s awesome. Everyone should thank him for his sacrifice! Also, while we’re on the subject of e-mail deliveries, we’re still on the search for great e-mails to feature on the show. If Read More

iPad Only App $3.99 Our Review By Carter Dotson on August 11th, 2011 Rating: :: TOWER OFFENSE Anomaly: Warzone Earth HD is a tower offense game, putting players in control of invading forces that must survive the defenses the enemy has laid out. Developer: Price: $3.99 Version Reviewed: 1.0.1 Device Reviewed On: iPad 1 Graphics / Sound Rating: Game Controls Rating: Gameplay Rating: Replay Value Rating: Overall Rating: Tower defense games are a dime a dozen on the App Store. Seriously, I think I have a dozen of them on my iPod touch. However, what about those invading forces trying to navigate through the maze of towers? Surely an interesting game could be built involving tower offense, no? Anomaly: Warzone Earth attempts this, putting players in control of units who must try to survive a maze of denses laid out by the enemy. This is tower offense. Each level starts with Read More

11 Bit Studios decision to make a tower defense game set in a bombed-out, alien-infested world otherwise full of sand, bullets, and bombs doesn’t seem like an inspired design direction for a downloadable game from a new studio, but it totally is. Despite its over-saturated genre and its dull name, Anomaly: Warzone Earth [$1.99 / HD] has something new to share and its fresh conceits are executed in some of the most graceful, simple, and visually striking ways I’ve seen in a long time. It nails its strategy component by providing unique constructs, it nails its controls, and it nails its look, which is really is a treat on touch devices. The easiest way to express what Anomaly does is with the phrase “tower defense in reverse,” which sorta sounds cheesy, but it’s pretty good approximation. Basically, you control the creeps in an environment laced with enemy turrets. Anomaly takes this Read More