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D3: 'Pocket Heroes' Devs Talk To Us About Delays, Dreams, And Direction In Our Latest Bonus Podcast

Tue, 08 May 2012 23:48:08 UTC +00:00

Touch Arcade

A couple of years ago, Brandon and Cody Pollet formed F5 Games as a clever way to sneak into Electronic Entertainment Expo and experience the gaming event firsthand. Both were college students with big ideas, and they ended up leaving it with even bigger ones. E3 gave their studio a soul. When the App Store exploded later, the duo discovered a direction. In 2011, Brandon and Cody went back to the Los Angeles-based event that got them dreaming big in the first place to reveal Pocket Heroes. They describe it on this week's bonus episode of the TouchArcade Show as the game they've always wanted to make, and it's been a long time coming. Pocket Heroes hits either later this month or early June, almost a full year since the duo initially showed off their idea. Pocket Heroes is a little like what would happen if Words With Friends [$2.99] and Dungeons & Dragons were Read More

Top 10 iPhone Word Games

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:08:04 UTC +00:00

Mashable

Time to get wordy! In these iPhone word games, wrangle words and lasso letters to challenge friends, and even yourself. So, go pick up a dictionary and fortify the ol’ lexicon — these games demand clever wordplay in order to succeed. Which smartphone word play games are you addicted to? Let us know your favorites in the comments. Read More

iFans Weekly Deals: New iPad Launch Edition (2012)

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:53:40 UTC +00:00

iPod Touch Fans

posted by Jacob Penderworth on Friday, March 16, 2012 at 8:53 am. We’re back with another weekly installment of iFans Weekly Deals, which highlights the best app, product and accessory deals that you can get your hands on for a limited time only! As always, we’ll update this post throughout the weekend if there are any new additions, so check back frequently. In this week’s apps, we have Chaos Rings and Chaos Rings Ω for iPhone and iPad, Words With Friends and HD, Camera+, Byword, Flow for Mac, and a few Mac app bundles. In other deals we have refurbished Mac minis, a Roku 2 XD, and more. Check after the break for the full list! Read More

Ticket to Ride Pocket adds asynchronous multiplayer

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:00 UTC +00:00

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

The pocket version of Ticket to Ride by Days of Wonder is among the best board game adaptations for the iPhone, and it's just gotten better with asynchronous multiplayer support. Now you can start a game with friends through Game Center, and take turns back and forth across the Internet. The experience is similar to popular multiplayer games like Words with Friends and Hero Academy. This free update also expands the game's local multiplayer mode, so that users on the same Bluetooth or Wi-Fi network can play across devices. Ticket to Ride for the iPhone and iPod touch is available for US$1.99 in the App Store, while the iPad version is priced at $6.99. Days of Wonder notes that Ticket to Ride has been extremely popular. It has sold over 350,000 copies, and a new online game is begun every four seconds on average. The game is definitely excellent, and the Read More

iSource Picks of the Week

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:16:42 UTC +00:00

iSource

Welcome to our weekly installment of Picks of the Week at iSource where we provide our expanded coverage of Apple accessories and applications Here we will promote our favorite iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac and Apple TV related items, as well as bring you occasional tips and tricks. Hopefully many of our favorite items will also be of interest to you. Please feel free to comment on our selections, and suggest picks of your own. Check out this week’s picks after the break. Ultimate Sharks [ v 1.1 ] My Pick this Week goes well with the topic of education and iPad apps: Ultimate Sharks for iPad. Although pricey at $9.99 it’s worth every penny and deserves the praise and attention it has gotten as one of better apps for learning on iPad. The content is of course focused on the topic of sharks and has seemingly endless content of the various types Read More

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Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:12:27 UTC +00:00

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Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:12:22 UTC +00:00

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iPhone and Words with Friends save a life

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:00:00 UTC +00:00

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

The widely-played word game Words with Friends has a built-in chat feature that lets players talk to each other, and that may well have saved a man's life. According to KCTV, a player in Missouri named Beth Legler was chatting with a fellow player from Australia named Georgie Fletcher who claimed her husband was feeling ill. Legler's husband Larry, a doctor, asked Fletcher to describe her husband's symptoms. Upon hearing the description, Dr. Legler insisted that Georgie take her husband to the hospital immediately. At the hospital, it was discovered that Fletcher's husband had a 99 percent blockage in an artery near his heart. His doctors said that if he had not been taken to the hospital that day, there's a very real chance he could have died. From my secret lair in the South Pacific, I have an opportunity to see for myself just how interconnected the world has become Read More

iSource Picks of the Week

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:11:27 UTC +00:00

iSource

Welcome to our weekly installment of Picks of the Week at iSource where we provide our expanded coverage of Apple accessories and applications Here we will promote our favorite iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac and Apple TV related items, as well as bring you occasional tips and tricks. Hopefully many of our favorite items will also be of interest to you. Please feel free to comment on our selections, and suggest picks of your own. Check out this week’s picks after the break. NFL Flick Quarterback [ v 1.2 ] Now that my hometown Detroit Lions are all out of roar, I found a neat way to fill the Stafford-sized void in my life: NFL Flick QB for the iPhone. It has quickly become one of the most-used apps on my phone. The gameplay is simple enough. As you can probably guess by the title, you flick to throw the ball. You Read More

Last-Minute Gift Guide 2011: iOS Apps

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:06:00 UTC +00:00

MobileCrunch

Looking for a quick last-minute gift? Not feeling up to fighting the holiday traffic, crowds and checkout lines? Just too lazy busy to shop? Then you may want to consider giving the gift of an iOS app. You can gift any paid app from iTunes on your computer or from the app’s description page on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Just scroll down past the screenshot and look for the “gift this app” button. All you’ll need is the recipient’s email address to complete the transaction. This app list includes both new releases and old favorites. It’s entirely subjective! Note that some of this year’s best apps are free, so they aren’t on here. (Waving to Instagram, Path, Spotify, Flipboard, Pinterest, HBO GO, etc.) Also, everyone already has Angry Birds (the original). It’s not on here, either. 1. iMovie ($4.99) Everyone should have this app from Apple, the fun moviemaking app for Read More

Last-Minute Gift Guide 2011: iOS Apps

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:06:00 UTC +00:00

TechCrunch

Looking for a quick last-minute gift? Not feeling up to fighting the holiday traffic, crowds and checkout lines? Just too lazy busy to shop? Then you may want to consider giving the gift of an iOS app. You can gift any paid app from iTunes on your computer or from the app’s description page on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Just scroll down past the screenshot and look for the “gift this app” button. All you’ll need is the recipient’s email address to complete the transaction. This app list includes both new releases and old favorites. It’s entirely subjective! Note that some of this year’s best apps are free, so they aren’t on here. (Waving to Instagram, Path, Spotify, Flipboard, Pinterest, HBO GO, etc.) Also, everyone already has Angry Birds (the original). It’s not on here, either. 1. iMovie ($4.99) Everyone should have this app from Apple, the fun moviemaking app for Read More

The Best of the Holiday iPhone Game Sales and Freebies

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:06:59 UTC +00:00

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It's no secret that iOS game developers enjoy a good holiday sale, and this week they've pulled out all the stops, dropping the prices on hundreds of titles. We've sifted through the sales and highlighted the best games below (and it's ). If you've had your eye on any of these, this is a great time to pull the trigger. Free Call of Mini: Zombies - Review - 3/4 - Free (was $0.99) - Open in iTunes Hero of Sparta II - Review - 4/4 - Free (was $4.99) - Open in iTunes iStunt 2 - Snowboard - Review - 4/4 - Free (was $0.99) - Open in iTunes Jetpack Joyride - Review - 3/4 - Free (was $0.99) - Open in iTunes MinoMonsters - Review - 3/4 - Free (was $0.99) - Open in iTunes Ninja Fishing - Review - 3/4 - Free (was $0.99) - Open in iTunes Sentinel Read More

Alec Baldwin Gets Kicked Off a Plane For Using His iPhone to Play Words with Friends

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:00:27 UTC +00:00

iPhone Download Blog

Following our recent post about why you have to turn your iPhone off during take-off, famous actor Alec Baldwin didn’t apparently get the memo that you’re supposed to have your electronic devices off while the plane is idling at its gate. Baldwin furiously tweeted about getting kicked off an American Airlines plane for using his iPhone to play Words with Friends in the cabin. He ended up choosing the game over the flight. The “30 Rock” actor was asked to get off a New York City-bound flight for playing “Words with Friends” while the plane idled at a gate Tuesday, said Baldwin’s spokesman, Matthew Hiltzik. “He loves `Words with Friends’ so much that he was willing to leave a plane for it,” said Hiltzik, who added that Baldwin boarded another American Airlines flight to New York. Baldwin, a prolific Twitter user, took to the social media site to vent, saying a Read More

How to Play Any Word You Want in Words With Friends

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:50:38 UTC +00:00

iPhone Download Blog

Words With Friends has undoubtedly become one of the most popular cross-platform mobile games over the last few years. The Scrabble-like title allows users to pair up with both friends and strangers to see who has the biggest vocabulary. The game follows all of the typical word-game guidelines. Each player gets 7 lettered-tiles, and garners points for using them to make words on a playing board. Typically, only real “dictionary” words are playable. That is, unless you have this tweak… MessWithWords is a jailbreak tweak by developer Brian Fox that allows you to play illegal words in the Words With Friends game. It’s a simple utility that doesn’t require any initial setup or contain a settings page. Once installed, it’s activated. And that’s where the fun comes in. After downloading MessWithWords, pop into WWF and start a new game (or play an old one). When you go to play an incorrect word, Read More

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Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:34:21 UTC +00:00

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The Ad-Free Version of 'Words With Friends' Drops to 99¢

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:30:23 UTC +00:00

Touch Arcade

Surely you've heard of Words With Friends by now, haven't you? I figure, if my mom plays it, that's a pretty good benchmark for the entire world knowing about a video game. Well, if you haven't, here's the gist- Words With Friends is basically the game of Scrabble with a social cross-platform twist. Utilizing the magic of asynchronous multiplayer and push alerts, you can play games of Scrabble with friends across the world. Cooler yet, it doesn't matter if your friends have Android phones or are even playing the Facebook version of the game… It just works. It's casual and simple enough that you could play with your grandma, while being classic enough that it's fun for even the most hardcore types who enjoy playing word games with their friends and family. Seriously, I can't say enough good things about Words With Friends. I can say one bad thing though, in Read More

GameTime: Beat the Editors!

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:29:03 UTC +00:00

Mac|Life

Posted 09/08/2011 at 2:29pm | by Nic Vargus As I prepare next week's amazing Peggle HD GameTime, I need a few breaks from the color-frenzied, peg-bouncing action on my iPad. My co-workers, on the other hand, are in desperate need of a break from the wonderful world of shipping a magazine. So we've opted to take those breaks with you, our equally game-crazy readers. This week, we're taking a unique opportunity to challenge our readers to a few of our favorite games. If you think you can beat us at our own game, keep reading. Flo will be playing Words with Friends. Beware, she's playing on an Android phone and can drop more four-letter words than a sailor. Username: Ohthatflo Susie will be playing Carcassonne. She wants me to warn you that she is literally just starting (so go easy on her, at least for a few rounds). Username: Sfsooz Ray Read More

Wordfeud: online Scrabble in het Nederlands op je iPhone (review)

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:40:11 UTC +00:00

iPhoneclub.nl

Geloof het of niet: Wordfeud staat al sinds april 2011 in de App Store, maar is opeens een hype geworden. Misschien omdat het in veel opzichten lijkt op Zynga’s populaire Words With Friends, dat de afgelopen tijd veel in het nieuws is. Maar Wordfeud (spreek uit: wurdvjoet) heeft één belangrijk streepje voor op Words with Friends: je kunt er ook mee in het Nederlands spelen. Gezien de populariteit in de afgelopen weken, leek het ons gepast om het spel eens onder de loep te nemen. Zowel Wordfeud als Words with Friends zijn kopieën van Scrabble, het bekende bordspel met woorden, maar dan met de mogelijkheid om online te strijden tegen andere spelers. Omdat de populariteit van het spel ook ons niet is ontgaan, vonden we het tijd voor een kritische blik. Wanneer je een potje Scrabble (of beter: Wordfeud) wil beginnen druk je op de Plus-knop, rechtsboven in de app. Daar Read More

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Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:53:53 UTC +00:00

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App Showdown: Scrabblish Games

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:48:13 UTC +00:00

Mac|Life

Posted 08/17/2011 at 9:48am | by J Keirn-Swanson We can't for the life of us figure out how there is even a legal case to be made that lets us do this App Showdown. Making words with tiles is so generic a concept that Scrabble can't have a beef with Banagrams, but Words With Friends is so completely similar to Scrabble in every particular that it boggles our minds. Nevertheless, which is the better game? This classic has its origins in 1938 as an unsuccessful board game called Criss-Crosswords, and the story has as many twists and turns as a really great play of the game. Game maker Hasbro currently owns the property and it was their smart decision to turn over the creation of the iOS version of the game to video gaming giant, Electronic Arts. Currently spotting four versions of the game in the App Store, Electronic Arts Read More

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Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:09:36 UTC +00:00

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Words with Friends now a Facebook game

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:00:00 UTC +00:00

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

When Facebook gaming giant Zynga bought Newtoy and rebranded it as Zynga with Friends, it was only a matter of time until games from the "with Friends" franchise started popping up on Facebook. Sure enough, Words with Friends is now playable on Facebook as of a couple weeks ago. The game's interface is basically identical to the iOS games, so if you're already familiar with those, you won't need to adapt much to the Facebook game. The coolest feature by far is the game's integration with the mobile versions. Playing the browser-based version will sync game progress to Words with Friends on iPhone and iPad pretty much instantaneously if you have the app synced up with your Facebook account. You can start a game on Facebook, then pick it up later in the iPad app. It's all very easy to set up. Words with Friends on iPad has almost exactly the Read More

iTunes AUS Top Paid iPhone Apps: #9 Word...

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:27:02 UTC +00:00

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'Words With Friends' Is Coming To Facebook (Duh)

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:44:04 UTC +00:00

Touch Arcade

[$1.99 / Free] is headed to Facebook. Social giant Zynga Games announced the platform flip this afternoon with a delightful teaser image. Normally, I’d be a little annoyed by the lack of information, but really, what is there to say? Words with Friends is an extremely simple riff on the Scrabble formula with basic visual do-dads and mechanics that we’ve been enjoying for quite a while on iOS. I’d imagine the reason we don’t have many details here is tied into the fact that nothing meaningful has been changed, aside from the addition of new Facebook-y social elements. Let's talk about those for a second. PC Mag is reporting that users will be able to sync their iOS and Android games to this particular version. Also, you'll be able to, somehow, post about your current game on your foes' walls. Cool! Zynga is heavily invested in Facebook, and as you know, Read More

Developer Spotlight: Jonathan George and Josh Viney of Boxcar

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:55:07 UTC +00:00

The iPhone Blog

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jul 18, 2011 | TiPb’s developer spotlights are like DVD/iTunes Extras for the App Store — a weekly look behind the scenes at the programers and designers that bring you the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games you love. This week Rene talks with Jonathan George and Josh Viney of Boxcar. What should we call you? Jonathan George, Josh Viney What should we call your company? Boxcar (App Remix Corp.) Where are you located? Wichita, KS and NYC What’s your website address? http://boxcar.io What apps do you make? Boxcar What apps, other than your own, are currently among your favorites? Jonathan: iA Writer, Tumblr, Alien Blue (unofficial Reddit client), Instapaper, Calendar. Josh: Foursquare, Calculator, Netflix, Instagram, Words with Friends How long have you been a developer? Jonathan: Developer / 16 years, Entrepreneur / born with it. . Josh: Product Manager / UX Designer 12 years Read More

Game Time: Games that Deserve Re-Reviews

Thu, 26 May 2011 21:00:00 UTC +00:00

Mac|Life

Posted 05/26/2011 at 1:00pm | by Nic Vargus The thing about iOS apps is that they're constantly updated. If we post a review, it's almost a no-brainer that an update will go live in a few days seconds. That being said, we can't just re-review every game that gets an update, or the site would be more packed with re-runs than TBS. That said, these are three apps we'd happily re-evaluate. Infinity Blade is almost definitely the prettiest game on iOS devices. And with an ever-increasing list of unlockables, even more gorgeous iPad-2-optimized graphics, and infinite replayability the game just keeps getting better. But that's not why we'd re-review it. Verdict: Better! Doodle Jump has a simple enough premise: jump upwards and don't fall. But what it lacks in complexity, it makes up for in update after update after update. Perhaps no game in all of the App Store has consistently Read More

Lady Gaga Promotes New Album through Words With Friends and Farmville

Tue, 17 May 2011 20:04:44 UTC +00:00

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Gaga with Friends? Zynga and Lady Gaga team up to promote the pop idol's latest album, and it looks like it's going to be a huge event. We’ve seen partnerships between artists and apps before, but this one is news-making in its sheer scope. Lady Gaga has recently announced a partnership with Zynga to promote her new album, Born This Way, across a number of their games, including two of its biggest hits, Words With Friends and Farmville. Thought you could escape the pop idol? Sorry, she’ll be lurking in your virtual field now, too! The promotion starts on May 17th. Farmville players will be able to visit “GagaVille,” a new, uniquely designed neighboring farm sporting unicorns and crystals, among other things. GagaVille will allow “little monsters” (as Gaga dubs her fans) worldwide to listen to unreleased tracks from the new album. And players who buy a $25 Zynga game card Read More

'Kalimat' and 'Wordfeud' – The Battle of the Word Games

Fri, 13 May 2011 20:28:56 UTC +00:00

Touch Arcade

Words With Friends [2.99 / Free / HD] has dominated the multiplayer word game genre on the app store for a long time, but recently some new competitors have elbowed their way in: Kalimat [$2.99 / Free] and Wordfeud [Free]. We've loved Words With Friends since way back when, but it can't hurt to see what the competition has to offer. Both games are Scrabble-style word games with asynchronous multiplayer - Kalimat through OpenFeint, and Wordfeud through its own system. Both also have free, ad-supported versions to try (Kalimat's cripples some features). But there are a few things that set these games apart from each other. Wordfeud beat Words With Friends to Android earlier this year and then made its way to the App Store. It's not pretty, with its muted colors and plain interface, but it's quick. I ran into a few small bugs, but nothing game breaking. Currently, it Read More

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Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:31:23 UTC +00:00

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Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:37:22 UTC +00:00

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To those asking: WWF = Words with Friend...

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:50:38 UTC +00:00

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Review: Words With Friends

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:56:42 UTC +00:00

iSource

There are apps that grab you by their complexity, and then there apps that grab you by their simplicity. Consider Words With Friends part of the latter. After stumbling upon this, apparently, popular app a few weeks ago, I have been playing with it non-stop. Just how addictive is this game? It has earned a spot on my first home screen. Trust me, that’s not easy. So just what is Words With Friends? Well, it is essentially Scrabble in many ways. If you know Scrabble, you know Words With Friends. The gameplay is nearly identical, if not a carbon copy (forgive me as I do not know Scrabble like the back of my hand). You arrange letter tiles on a game board to earn points. The object is to have more points than your opponent after all of the letters are used. The app is designed and laid out very well. Read More

Mac|Life Editors' 2010 Picks

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:47:21 UTC +00:00

Mac|Life

Posted 12/31/2010 at 1:47pm | by Roberto Baldwin We thought about throwing a bunch of hardware on the floor and letting our pets pick the winner. Sure that sounds awesome in theory, but the bosses said we were being lazy, that we needed to put our animals away and get back to work. By the way, they picked the MacBook Air. Pets love the Macbook Air. A piece of paper that fell into the pile came in a close second. So here is the top wares for 2010 as picked by the Mac|Life editors. Editor in Chief Paul: Senior Editor Susie: Reviews Editor Ray: Associate Online Editor Flo: Associate Editor Nic: Editor in Chief Paul: Senior Editor Susie: Online Editor Robbie: Associate Online Editor Flo: Associate Editor Nic: Editor in Chief Paul: Online Editor Robbie: Reviews Editor Ray: Associate Online Editor Flo: Associate Editor Nic: Editor in Chief Paul: Senior Editor Read More

'Disc Drivin' Review – Turn-Based Online Multiplayer Racing… with Discs!

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:23:02 UTC +00:00

Touch Arcade

Pixelocity Software is a development team of two brothers who have previous experience in the game industry working on big name console titles. They decided to branch out and form their own studio in an effort to create smaller, more fun-focused titles. Based on their first iOS offering Disc Drivin' [$2.99/Free], they're off to a pretty fantastic start. Disc Drivin' is a turn-based racing game that can be played locally or online with up to 4 players in each race. If “turn-based racing game” sounds weird to you, you're not alone, as I had trouble envisioning how something like that could work or even be fun when I first heard of the game. However, once I actually tried Disc Drivin' it quickly became clear just how brilliant an idea it is. If you've ever played the board game Pitch Car, this is essentially the video game equivalent. It's missing a couple Read More

And challenge me if you dare RT @WordsWF...

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:25:31 UTC +00:00

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Social Gaming Giant Zynga Acquires 'Words With Friends' Creator NewToy

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:05:06 UTC +00:00

Touch Arcade

Earlier this week Zynga sent out some curious invitations to a conference call to various members of the media, including TouchArcade. That left us scratching our heads to see what exactly it was that Zynga was up to that could possibly interest us. I was half expecting them to reveal plans to bring more games to iOS following the success of Farmville [Free] on the App Store, but this took me completely by surprise. Zynga has acquired NewToy, the developers behind both Words with Friends [$2.99 / Free] and Chess with Friends [$2.99 / Free]. Where things really get interesting is when you consider that NewToy collaborated with ngmoco to release We Rule [Free] back in March, which has since been reskinned several times in various themes. Ngmoco has since been bought by Japanese social gaming conglomerate DeNA, which currently is one of Zynga's biggest competitors in the social gaming realm. Read More

Free Version of Words With Friends HD Hits The iPad

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:47:37 UTC +00:00

Touch Arcade

The paid version of Words With Friends HD [2.99] has been available for the iPad since the dinosaurs began hocking up miasmic balls of cosmic goo. But the free version? Nah, that hasn't been around at all -- until recently at least. The free version of WWF HD [free] is now available to download as of yesterday, and just like its iPhone counterpart, the app is ad-supported. In this version specifically, you'll get access to everything WWF. In other words, you'll be able to play up to 20 games at the same time, join and start online games, chat in a cute little text box while playing, receive push notifications when not in the app, and feel like a moron whenever you spell "van" knowing full well that "V" could have gone somewhere else for more points. There's not a lot that differentiates the iPhone and iPad versions of WWF. The Read More

GDC Online 2010: Newtoy and Words with Friends' 10 million downloads

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:00:00 UTC +00:00

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Newtoy is the company behind the popular Games With Friends brand on the App Store, featuring Chess With Friends and the extremely popular Words With Friends. If you're on Twitter, you probably already knew that Words With Friends was popular (it's all over the service), but you might not have realized just how popular. Newtoy's own David Bettner took the stage here at GDC Online 2010 in Austin, Texas for a panel and said that the game has had 10 million downloads so far. That's allowed him, his brother Paul, and their cousin to take Newtoy from a company of three people working on laptops in a library (though they admittedly had a lot of good experience as developers at Age of Empires dev Ensemble Studios) to a 30-person game studio with a bright future in what Bettner calls "turn-based asynchronous mobile gaming." And that stat isn't the only interesting one Read More

40 Ways the iPhone Can Improve Your Day

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:36:46 UTC +00:00

Mac|Life

Posted 10/04/2010 at 12:36pm | by Andrew Hayward Each new iPhone has offered fresh and fantastical ways to improve your daily life, but the epic tag-team of the iPhone 4 and iOS 4 deliver the greatest set of tools and features to date. With the introduction of FaceTime video calls, multitasking, and the high resolution Retina display, the iPhone 4 has moved even further away from being just a powerful phone and web-surfing device. Now more than ever, the iPhone is a true lifestyle-enhancing accessory. Between the built-in features and the hundreds of thousands of options in the App Store, not to mention a few key accessories, the iPhone 4 can be figuratively formed and changed to fit your daily needs, whether you’re planning your daily commute, knocking out items on your to-do list, or simply looking to try a new restaurant. With this wide-ranging versatility in mind, we’ve come up Read More

How’s your APPetite?

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:17:29 UTC +00:00

iPhone Download Blog

I have a confession to make that might put my Fanboy status in jeopardy. I wasn’t part of the iPhone click until the iPhone 3G veiled its beautiful body to us. It’s a humbling revelation that I feel necessary to share. I have only been able to enjoy the iPhone with the App Store available. Having done my share of downloading and reviewing, (72 apps on my iPhone 4 today), I often wonder if I have maximized the potential that the App Store can cultivate. It took me quite a while to break down and purchase paid applications. Probably too long. When I started adding iTunes credit to my account, it was if I was the conductor of entirely different ship. A much nicer ship. I first hit apps which reflected the interests related to my lifestyle. Engadget, ESPN Radio, Echofon, Words with Friends, Tiger Woods, and those similar were the Read More

Words With Friends

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:31:15 UTC +00:00

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TUAW's Daily App: HexaLex

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:00:00 UTC +00:00

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

HexaLex is a new title from developer Nathan Gray that offers up an interesting twist on the online Scrabble phenomenon. HexaLex has the same basic rules as most other word games (Words with Friends being probably the most popular iPhone title so far), with one big change: instead of squares, you use hexes to mark out the words. That creates a few interesting gameplay effects, including that you get a "bye" of two nonsense words per turn. If you can use the hexes to spell out multiple words, though, you can build up your score that way, too. Other than that, things aren't too different; you have a number of tiles to choose from, you can shuffle or exchange them as needed, and there's a full online complement to the game, complete with push notifications and nice options to brag or send messages back and forth. Unfortunately, the online service requires Read More

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Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:27:41 UTC +00:00

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Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:02:02 UTC +00:00

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FROM $3 to $1, highly rated Scrabble-lik...

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:54:49 UTC +00:00

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So You Just Got an iPhone 4 – An App Store Gaming Guide

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:20:31 UTC +00:00

Touch Arcade

If you're one of the lucky ones you managed to secure themselves an iPhone 4 today (or even the past two days if you're really lucky) you've no doubt marveled at how thin it is, how crisp the Retina Display is, and maybe you've even found someone else to do a FaceTime call with... but what about loading it up with some games? Since we haven't gotten our own iPhone 4's yet, we haven't really been able to put together a "games that are really awesome on the iPhone 4" listing, but I figured we'd start out by compiling a list of some of our favorite games in the App Store. If you think this looks a lot like our 2009 Buyer's Guide, that's because it does. However, we've updated the list with some of our recent favorites and kept some of the old ones. In the interest of space, we Read More

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Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:48:55 UTC +00:00

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Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:46:56 UTC +00:00

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Cheat At Scrabble Or Words With Friends With World Helper (Universal)

Tue, 25 May 2010 20:02:12 UTC +00:00

Apple iPhone Apps

We’ve all been there. Stuck with letters in Scrabble or Words with Friends that we just don’t know what to do with. It’s a painful experience that leaves you feeling drained and depressed, but it doesn’t have to be that way. There’s help out there in the form of iPhone and iPad apps, specifically one called Word Helper, a universal app that helps you form the best words from your awful rack of letters. Word Helper allows you to import an image of your current game board along with your entire letter set in order to make letter inputting and word forming as pain free as possible. To form the best word possible, the first step is to take a screenshot of your current game board. To do so, just press the top power button on your iPhone or iPad and the home button simultaneously. This will place a screenshot of Read More

Words With Friends Becomes Words With Celebs In New Tournament

Mon, 24 May 2010 17:02:10 UTC +00:00

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By Ben Harvell on May 24th, 2010 Popular puzzle game gets celebrity endorsement in Texas Newtoy Inc has been picking up some great press of late for its brilliant Words With Friends game, including our four star review. The popular multiplayer app is reminiscent of a word-based board game you may know (that rhymes with dabble) and is now available for the iPad as Words With Friends HD. The biggest print title in Dallas, Texas, D Magazine, recently featured Words With Friends and its creators, fellow Texans Paul and David Bettner, as its cover feature and is now launching its own Words With Friends celebrity tournament. With 64 places available, the tournament is open to all and will include D Magazine staff, the Bettner brothers and even Dallas Cowboys’ Martellus Bennet among the players. According to Newtoy, Words With Friends is popular with members of both the Cowboys and Texas Rangers. Read More

Weekend Fun: Words With Friends

Sat, 01 May 2010 20:11:35 UTC +00:00

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By Jeff Scott on May 1st, 2010 Words With Friends, it's a multiplayer Scrabble type game that works on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad (with HD version). It's our Weekend Fun game this week. Update 5/8: Wow! What a great response. Over 300 of you joined us in playing Words With Friends. Of the 20+ games I’ve got going, I’m losing most of them. No big surprise there! As mentioned below, we picked a winner, emailed them and once they respond we’ll send them the $15 iTunes gift card. Check back later for another Weekend Fun post about another multiplayer game and a $15 iTunes gift card winner. Last week, we kicked off our Weekend Fun series with We Rule. 99 of you joined us to build our kingdoms to new levels. We’ve announced the winner of last weekends $15 iTunes gift card on that page and emailed the winner. Read More

Review: Bananagrams is addicting without the clicking

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:00:00 UTC +00:00

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Perhaps you've seen them, in Word Wars or another Scrabble movie; people who are a wee bit obsessive about their word games. For the iPhone-carrying among them, there is the official Scrabble app or Words With Friends. For people who like a little more variety in their word game apps, there are a hundred other options. Today, we look at one of the better ones, Bananagrams [$.99], which is quickly developing a fanatic player base similar to the Scrabble fans. In bookstores, libraries, and cafes around the world, people are playing Bananagrams face to face. There is also an online version through Facebook. While Bananagrams shares a lot of gameplay with Scrabble, it's really much more similar to a less famous game called Pick Two!, which was released in 1993, and to the homebrew game of Speed Scrabble. Since Bananagrams hit it big a few years ago, Parker Brothers has responded Read More

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Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:43:50 UTC +00:00

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Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:40:32 UTC +00:00

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'Words with Friends HD' – An iPad Edition Announced

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:03:23 UTC +00:00

Touch Arcade

If you're a word game fan, I have little doubt that you don't already know about Words with Friends - Newtoy Inc's excellent turn based Scrabble-like iPhone game that you can play with your friends at your own pace. If you are a fan of the game, here's another reason to get an iPad. Newtoy just sent us the first screenshots from the iPad version of their game shown here (click for full size): If you happen to be located in or near Frisco, TX, Newtoy is holding a party/mixer at the Apple Store in Stonebriar Mall. They will be giving away Words with Friends T-Shirts and promo codes for the HD version. Shelly Data Doodles is pleased to announce the App Store Availability for both versions of our first iOS game - Puffer's Train Challenge! and Puffer's Train Challenge Lite! A retro train puzzle game, built on the cocos2d game Read More

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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:25:20 UTC +00:00

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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:27:52 UTC +00:00

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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:26:19 UTC +00:00

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Desert Island Apps – Number 9, with Robin Rhys

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:29:33 UTC +00:00

iSource

Today we ‘re continuing our series called Desert Island Apps. It ‘s based on a very long-running and brilliant BBC Radio show called ‘Desert Island Discs ‘. The premise of Desert Island Discs is simple and wonderful “ a guest is invited to choose the eight musical pieces (originally records) they would take with them if they were stranded on a desert island. In our case of course we ‘re not interested in our guests ‘ choice of music. What we want to know is which six iPhone apps they would take with them if stranded on an island. We ‘re leaving the playing field pretty wide open for them “ letting them assume they ‘ve got WiFi and full connectivity on their island. Today ‘s guest is Robin Rhys. Robin hosts, writes and produces the superb App Advice Daily video podcast, which I ‘m a huge fan of. Here ‘s Read More

Ngmoco Reveals Gameplay Details For We Rule

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:12:19 UTC +00:00

Apple iPhone Apps

Nearly one month ago, two previously unannounced ngmoco games were unearthed via an employee’s Plus+ account. One of those two games, GodFinger, was recently detailed, and now the other, We Rule, has been given the green light to be spoken about in public. In an announcement posted on ngmoco’s blog, the company indicates that We Rule is being developed by Newtoy, the creative minds behind the wonderful iPhone and iPod touch game Words With Friends. This is also the same team that once had a hand in creating Age of Empires and Halo Wars, which can only bode well for the game’s success. Below is ngmoco’s description of We Rule‘s gameplay: In We Rule, you will govern your very own kingdom. You will act as a city planner and landscaper—customizing your realm with buildings, banners, and botany. You’ll decide what crops to plant and ensure they are harvested on time. You will Read More

The 53 Best iPhone Games [IPhone Apps]

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:40:00 UTC +00:00

Gizmodo

Scouring the App Store for the best games is a full time job. Luckily, it's a job held by the guys over at Touch Arcade. Here are their picks for the best games—and only games—available on the iPhone. While the App Store had clearly been a huge success in 2008, the continued growth and explosion of iPhone game releases in 2009 was beyond everyone's expectations. The number of apps in the App Store soared past 100,000 with hundreds of new games being released every day. We sat down trying to figure out the best iPhone games of 2009 and found the task of narrowing down the list to a select few to be near impossible. Instead, we've organized our year in review into categories with what we feel is an excellent cross section of games from 2009. If you just got an iPhone or iPod Touch for Christmas, this list is Read More

Podcast #123: Tablet and iPhone Rumors - THEY NEVER STOP!!!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:04:00 UTC +00:00

Mac|Life

Posted 01/12/2010 at 3:04pm | by Mac|Life Staff We discuss two of the recent Apple tablet rumors. How did we pick just two? The same way the rumors are created, magic. Actually, we had a hat full of rumors and pulled two of them out of that. We call it, "The Magical Hat of Rumors." We wonder how many red-eye pictures we'll start seeing on Facebook if the iPhone gets an LED flash and we make fun of companies using the name Slate. Plus, we answer your hard-hitting Twitter and Facebook questions! Okay, they weren't that hard-hitting. Got a question, but you're afraid to leave a voice message because of Witness Relocation Dept. rules? Drop us a question via Twitter twitter.com/maclife. This week's Battlestar Applactica picks: Don't forget, the Mac|Life staff would love to hear your thoughts, comments and ideas for the new podcast. Just leave a message on the Mac|Live Read More

Our favorite iPhone games of 2009

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:00:00 UTC +00:00

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

The first full year of the App Store is coming to a close, and so let's take a look back at our favorite games of 2009. Note that these aren't best-selling, most important, or even the best games of the year -- we'll leave those lists to other sites. But these are our favorite games -- the games we played this year that we feel stand out as our favorite experiences on the App Store. The list begins after the read more link below, and be sure to agree, disagree, or share your own favorite games as usual in the comments. Ramp Champ [iTunes, $1.99] Words with Friends [iTunes, $1.99, or a free trial] Doodle Jump [iTunes, $.99] Canabalt [iTunes, $2.99] Sway [iTunes, $4.99] [iTunes, $1.99, or a free trial] wasn't a game created for the iPhone, but it found its home there -- the touchscreen is perfect for the slow, Read More

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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:37:50 UTC +00:00

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iPhone Gaming: Looking Back on 2009 and Forward to 2010

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:20:34 UTC +00:00

Touch Arcade

With the year coming to a close, I feel confident in saying with as much authority as I can muster that 2009 has been an amazing year. Soon we will be posting the results of weeks of deliberation on what we feel were the best games, a holiday buyer's guide for people who opened an iPod touch or iPhone this Christmas, and other year-end stories highlighting the various games we feel are the "must-haves" of 2009-- But it hardly seems right to summarize the year in a few simple lists of game titles, brief synopses and links to reviews when so many remarkable games were created and events transpired that were still highly noteworthy or influential but fall outside of the rigid boundaries of "best of" listings. When the App Store first launched on July 10th, 2008, very few people, myself included, realized the full potential of a reasonably open platform Read More

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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:31:51 UTC +00:00

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I would like to thank all my coworkers f...

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:35:44 UTC +00:00

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Words With Friends

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:20:32 UTC +00:00

AppVee

Words With Friends is a word puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Most of you will recognize it as an exact copy of one of the most popular board games of all time, Scrabble. The game is created by two developers who helped create the popular RTS games Age of Empires and Halo Wars. The entire point of the game is to offer a multiplayer experience that can be enjoyed at a slow pace. Players can connect with there friends over Edge, 3G, or Wifi and play a turn-based match or hop into a game with a random opponent from around the world. It's one of those games where the player will play their move and then forget about the game until it notifies you that it's your turn. The animation was great and the game played extremely smooth with no issues whatsoever. It played exactly like a Scrabble Read More

Monday Morning App HQ

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:29:55 UTC +00:00

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Food For Thought Over the past few weeks/months/years, I’ve heard a good deal of rumors regarding the iPhone going to other carriers such as Verizon, or maybe even T-Mobile. I’m not here to debate whether or not this will happen, but whether such a change would be good for the App Store. With more and more people being exposed to the iPhone, we’ll see more and more people buying apps, creating a huge market base for developers. Here’s where it gets tricky though. With more and more people buying apps, will the larger companies (EA, Gameloft) start putting real advertising money into the system, only to edge out the small guys? There was a time, not all that long ago, where indie devs, many of which are developing for the iPhone today, were creating PC games. I don’t want to create a ruckus or anything, but I just hope that you Read More

Three Great Word Games: 'Guess the News', 'Word Spin' and 'Words with Friends'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:01:36 UTC +00:00

Touch Arcade

While this week has been filled with news and reviews of fast paced games, I've always had a weakness for word games on the iPhone, even though I'm fairly terrible at them. Here are three recently released or recently updated word games that are all worth checking out-- Guess the News [99¢ / Free] - Surprisingly enough, the news is good for more than material to auto-tune. Guess the News pulls news stories down from various RSS feeds, and turns them in to puzzles to be solved. You're given a brief description of the article, then need to guess the headline from the pile of letter tiles on the game board. Puzzles are broken out in to several categories such as health, sports, and even "odd stories". For instance, I recently played a few games in the technology category that had me guessing the titles of Engadget posts. Guess the News Read More

Tuesday Morning App HQ?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:06:13 UTC +00:00

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It’s a fairly big week in the app store for game releases. Maybe the developers and Apple are teaming up to scare us reviewers (get it, Halloween… I thought it was clever) into working overtime to get all these reviews done. Just to name a few of them, we now have Doom Classic, Command and Conquer, Eliminate, NBA Live (last week), Asphalt 5, and Alice in Bomberland running wild in the app store, most of which are just dying for a review. Productivity, Lost I must say that working for an app review website is just about the best thing ever, but there is a major drawback. The reason half of the apps were made was to completely wipe out productivity. Some of the apps that are self proclaimed ‘master time wasters’ are in fact master time wasters. Every once in a while I’ll download something, you know, for work, and Read More

Official 'Catan' Game Builds Settlement on App Store

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:38:25 UTC +00:00

Touch Arcade

Following apparent removal from the App Store, Catan [App Store] fans were left without an outlet for their need to build roads and settlements along with gathering various resources on the go-- That is, until USM and Exozet Games' recently released official Catan hit the App Store. Catan for the iPhone is a faithful reproduction of the board game, which was first published in Germany in 1995 and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide since. The game is played with up to four players (or more with expansions not present in the iPhone game) on a board game with 19 hex tiles that randomly go together to create a different layout for each game played. Players then build settlements, cities, and roads as they gather resources and settle the island. To win the game, you need to have a certain number of victory points on your turn which are earned Read More

Updates: Words With Friends, Harbor Master, Run, Bobby Carrot Forever, Lion Pride, and Hi, How Are You

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:30:08 UTC +00:00

Touch Arcade

In the midst of all the various approvals last night, Apple also let loose a tidal wave of updates. It's probably a good idea to mash the "Check for Updates" button in iTunes to see what is available. Here's a list of the more notable updates that went live tonight that added some new features or functionality to some games that we have posted about in the past. , $2.99 - Aside from Facebook and Twitter integration, Newtoy also finally added push notifications to the game. With them enabled, you will get an alert whenever it's your move in an active game. There is also a lite version available, but so far push alerts are only in the premium version. , 99¢ - Version 1.6 adds bluetooth multiplayer, fast forward, and the ability to toggle auto-docking. In the multiplayer mode, when you send a ship off screen, it appears on the Read More

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