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War. What is it good for? For hammering online, apparently. Mythic Entertainment and Electronic Arts have announced that the critically acclaimed MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), is now available for the Macintosh. The Mac version is available to new subscribers via digital download at Gametreeonline.com for $19.95. Current… Continue Reading »

There’s certainly no shortage of Halloween-themed apps in the iTunes App Store. Search “Halloween,” and nearly 200 apps show up. Now, the connection to Halloween with some of these is dubious at best, but that’s still a lot of material. The question is, how many of these apps are actually… Continue Reading »

Movie tie-ins generally suck when it comes to gaming. They’re often made cheaply, they’re rushed through production to drop on or before the movie release date, and they’re often hampered by restrictions on story and characters that may not be conducive to gaming. In the case of Pandorum for the… Continue Reading »

Keep Defenders is a real-time strategy game where your disturbingly-cute warriors attempt to prevent their clubhouse-like castle from being destroyed by wave after wave of equally cute enemy armies. The whole thing would be adorable if it weren’t for fact that they’re beating the crap out of each other with… Continue Reading »

Gamers rejoice; this is the week for free games. Racing, pinball, finger running, what else could you possibly want? I know…an RPN calculator! And to top it all off, VW announced their 2010 GTI with a special version of Real Racing. I know you’ll find some fun stuff in my… Continue Reading »

Yesterday’s video of Star Wars: Trench Run for iPhone left a lot of unanswered questions, the most notable being, “Is this fake?” Well, I’m happy to say that Star Wars.com has posted an article not only confirming that the game will be launching “soon,” but also detailing some of the… Continue Reading »

Whac-a-Mole is that game you always pass up at Chuck E. Cheese’s to play Skee Ball or those two actual arcade games in the back corner where the creepy guy hangs out. The game is obviously much more entertaining with the physical feedback of the arcade version, but four game… Continue Reading »

We know virtually nothing except for a YouTube video—a rather good looking one at that, but it appears that THQ Wireless will be bringing a new version of the classic Star Wars game to the iPhone. As in the original, you’ll dogfight with TIE fighters above the Death Star before… Continue Reading »

The developers will tell you that Hybrid: Eternal Whisper is “a new breed of stylish action adventure.” I’ll tell you it’s the type of game that’ll have you believing the iPhone and iPod touch are legitimate contenders amongst portable gaming devices. Hybrid wasn’t designed for iPhone owners who play games,… Continue Reading »

Sadly, this is not Goremania, which would’ve been appropriate for this time of year. Rather, Gourmania is a tasty stew of time management games such as Diner Dash and hidden object games like Mystery Case Files, with a dash of Cooking Mama tossed in just to spice things up. Continue Reading »