Dec 7, 2010

Research firm EEDAR’s Jesse Divnich talks to Critical Gamer about how the success of Move, Kinect and the 3DS is crucial to the future of their respective companies. We also hear his thoughts on the likelihood of Apple entering the console race, and what next year is likely to hold. We’ve seen a lot of aggressive hardware price cuts, both online...

Sep 12, 2010

Apple have just released a new firmware update for the iPhone and iPod Touch. iOS 4.1 lets users access the GameCenter app, which appears on the home screen of the device. GameCenter is Apple’s answer to Xbox Live on mobile devices, and gives users the ability to create friends lists, invite friends to games, compare high scores on leaderboards, and adds...

Sep 6, 2010

A demo has been released on Apple’s App Store for upcoming release Project Sword, which has been designed by Chair Entertainment, a subsidiary of Epic Games. The demo is called Epic Citadel, and it is quite frankly staggering. The demo takes you on an exploration of a medieval citadel, which is reminiscent of Oblivion or Fable. There isn’t anything...

I’m an App virgin, which is not to say that I am completely oblivious to the kind of applications available to Apple iPhones, iTouches, iPads, iPencils, iLawnmowers and iRan-out-of-dears, but that as far as hands-on time goes, prior to about two weeks ago I had none. It has been argued in some corners of the media that Apple products (particularly the...

Apr 8, 2010

Apple have just unveiled their new OS 4.0 for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. In amongst the 100 new features, like the addition of multi-tasking and the ability to group Apps into folders, they have announced GameCenter. This new feature adds Xbox Live or PSN-style features to the handheld devices, with the addition of friends lists, achievements,...