The popular emulator GBA4iOS, which allows those running on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to relive the days of the standalone Nintendo mobile consoles by running old Game Boy Advance ROMs, has thrived since its release a couple of months back. But the company behind the famed gaming machine has brought the fun to an abrupt end by sending a DMCA take-down request to the emulator's author, and for now, the GitHub repository and website are both down "until further notice."
The introduction of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One late last year may have offered significant improvements in terms of graphics and general performance, but some are already looking ahead to what the future holds for the video gaming industry. A new hack for Crysis 3, which allows the resolution to be bumped to 8K, offers a vicarious look at the level of gaming we may be enjoying in years to come, and if you happen to be a big gamer, prepare to have your mind blown.
Thanks to services like Valve's Steam and EA's Origin, accessing new and exciting games is easier than it's ever been. Not only do these online portals make everything just that tad bit more convenient and streamlined, but it's also cheaper, and to offer even more value to customers, EA has kicked off a new monthly giveaway of popular titles. The free-game-a-month extravaganza commences with Dead Space, and if you're interested, you'll have to hurry since the deal will only run for the next couple of days.
The Call of Duty franchise has been running strong for the past few years, and although some gamers have expressed angst at the continual re-hash of a theme that doesn't appear to change much year-in, year-out, the sales figures suggest that Activsion's flagship first-person shooter is still immensely popular to this day. The first trailer for 2014's installment - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - has just been released, and features Hollywood veteran Kevin Spacey. Check it out after the break!
As smartphone owners, many of us have become experts in finding apps and games for free or on the cheap, but it's all the sweeter when said deal relates to a title or app that we're actually going to enjoy or use. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is both exhilarating and nostalgia-inducing in equal measure, and thanks to makers SEGA, it has just gone free.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie is about to launch next month, and as anticipated, the accompanying title is now also available to download for both Android and iOS.
In the earlier days of the modern smartphone, it was the new, casual games that really caught our attention, with the likes of Angry Birds and Cut the Rope really taking a stronghold. But as devices have improved considerably during the past few years, developers of famed PC and console apps have seen the mobile market as an important outlet, and joining the many classic titles to reach the mobile platforms, Age of Empires will soon be heading to the App Store, the Windows Phone Store, and Google's Play Store.
The App Store may already be choc-full of top games that are designed for the large touch screens that adorn iPads and iPhones, but that doesn't stop some of us from yearning for the games of yesteryear. If you're carrying a jailbroken iOS device then there is no shortage of ways to get your nostalgic fix, but it's not always quite so simple if you're not.
If iOS is your gaming platform of choice and old school desktop classics are your thing, then it looks like Atari has come good once again for you. The famous publishing company has filled a lot of gamers' hearts with joy with ports of classics like Breakout and Centipede to the small screen. The Atari Greatest Hits app also managed to bring back feelings of excitement and nostalgia when it landed many moons ago. Not content with previous releases, Atari has done it again by bringing RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 to the App Store for iPhone and iPad devices.
It's relatively rare that a mobile game comes along and manages to generate as much excitement and pre-release hype that the Family Guy announcement managed last December. Sure, there's been a string of extremely popular smash hit games that have immediately benefited from going viral and getting tons of downloads and success on the back of that. However, the Family Guy franchise is an existing household name that already boasts an animated TV series, along with a whole heap of official merchandise. Add to that a stunning, extremely fun and visually impressive mobile game that's now available to download for iOS and Android.
