Die iCade, der Mini-Arcade-Automat fürs iPad, zog im Januar an dieser Stelle viel Blog-Aufmerksamkeit an. Kurz vor der nächsten Hardware-Generation soll ein zweiter Blick 13 neuen Titeln gelten, die dieses Zubehör mittlerweile unterstützen. Vorab sei erneut wiederholt: Apple würde mit einer einheitlichen Schnittstelle, einer Art ‘Joystick-API’, die den Entwicklern unnötige Arbeit abnimmt, sehr positiv auffallen. Ein Vergleich mit Game Center liegt dabei nicht fern. Obwohl ich die Leistungsfähigkeit vom Cupertino-Spiele-Portal für ‘ausbaufähig’ halte, stand dies nicht einer überwältigenden Verbreitung im Weg. Es fällt fast schon auf wenn ein iOS-Spiel beim Start nicht den “Welcome back“-Hinweis am oberen Bildschirmrand einblendet. Wie dem auch sei. Die am besten sortierte Zusammenstellung aller bislang verfügbaren iCade-Games, findet sich direkt auf der ION-Webseite. Meine persönlich Auswahl, unten aufgeführt, schafft es im Schnelldurchlauf in dieses Video. * Alle selbstproduzierten Videos gibt’s auch als iTunes-Podcast – weitersagen gibt 99-Extra-Leben. Read More

As a video platform, Vimeo has always played second fiddle to YouTube. Yet, Vimeo does attract a more professional grade of videographer and often the contents of Vimeo are much more polished than the much uploaded to YouTube from millions of would-be Internet stars. Vimeo finally has a new app for iOS and Android and it is everything you would expect from the platform in terms of quality video and performance. Users can view videos, manage their accounts and upload all from one app. The Android version of Vimeo requires 2.3 Gingerbread or above. Producteev (Free - iOS, Android) Talk about cross-platform. Producteev is a task manager available for Macs and Windows PCs, iOS and Android, IM and email. It is basically everywhere. As a task manager, one of its best features is the ability to work offline so you can access your tasks and projects from everywhere. Imagine being an Read More

After spending some quality time with a preview version of Int13’s new bullet hell shooter Shogun: Rise of the Renegade [Free] last week, we were eager to get our hands on the final version to see how it all came together. And sure enough, earlier this week Shogun quietly snuck into the App Store. It was interesting that Int13 was departing from their typical augmented reality based games, like [Free], and trying their hand at an established and nuanced genre like arcade-style manic shoot ‘em ups, especially with veteran shmup developer Cave basically cornering the market with their stable of high-quality ports. However, Int13 has surprised me with just how right they got Shogun, and while it might fail to totally impress the more discerning bullet hell enthusiast, fans of shmups in general will find a lot of action and fun brimming from the game. The very first thing that pops out Read More