Stories by John Davison

Article | 10/11/2009 Another World, entirely in Javascript
Game developer Gil Megidish states that he has "some kind of obsession with this game." Another World, released as Out of This World in North America,...
Article | 7/11/2009 Game Boy admitted to Toy Hall of Fame
In a statement from the Strong National Museum of Play, a representative stated that the Game Boy was admitted to its "National Toy Hall of Fame" beca...
Article | 7/11/2009 Doom 2 RPG, Orcs & Elves and possibly Rage coming to iPhone
In a blog post regarding the release and ongoing support of Doom Classic on the iPhone, Id Software technical director John Carmack shared his musings...
Article | 3/11/2009 Nintendo considering Amazon Kindle-like service for DS
In an interview with the UK's Financial Times (registration required to read) newspaper Nintendo president Satoru Iwata states that the company is int...
Article | 3/11/2009 Command & Conquer: Red Alert available now on iPhone
Electronic Arts has been teasing the existence of its iPhone port of the classic real time strategy game Command & Conquer: Red Alert for a while now,...
Article | 29/10/2009 Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
The Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated TV show has proven to be a huge hit since it debuted last year. Despite the erratic level of quality when it ca...
Article | 23/10/2009 Need for Speed franchise has sold 100 million copies
Electronic Arts proudly announces that its 15 year-old racing franchise has now sold over 100 million units across 15 different titles.
Article | 24/10/2009 Star Wars: Trench Run coming to iPhone
Though no firm date has been set, THQ Wireless has confirmed that it is bringing the classic trench run sequence from Star Wars to the iPhone. Utilizi...
Article | 24/10/2009 Rock Band is the top grossing app on iTunes
It's not just the top grossing game on the app store, but Harmonix' Rock Band is pulling in more money than any other app in the app store right now. ...
Article | 22/10/2009 Need for Speed franchise has sold 100 million copies
The very first Need for Speed game was released in 1994 for the 3DO game console and completely changed gamers' expectations for racing games thanks t...
Article | 20/10/2009 Rock Band available now on iPhone
With some considerable fanfare, Electronic Arts and Harmonix released the latest version of Rock Band (iTunes link) today -- it's now a US$9.99 iPhone...
Article | 17/10/2009 Grand Theft Auto IV now available on demand from Xbox Live
Rockstar Games has announced today that Grand Theft Auto IV is joining the growing library of classic Xbox 360 titles available for download through t...
Article | 17/10/2009 GTA: Chinatown Wars gets exclusive character on PSP
Rockstar has been slowly revealing details about how the PSP version of Chinatown Wars will differ from its Nintendo DS (and ultimately iPhone) counte...
Article | 14/10/2009 Ace Combat XI coming to iPhone
Namco is using its Facebook fan page to communicate more and more about its upcoming titles these days, particularly for its mobile game and more casu...

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