With all the craze about Rock Band and Guitar Hero, Metallica unveils its own iPhone app version with the “Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica iPhone app. The Metallica app features the same tapping that you would do with other game consoles but on a miniature note. There are 10 songs included in the app like Enter the Sandman and is actually the top paid app to date at the App Store. So if you feel the urge to strum some strings, tap away with the Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica iPhone app. The app is now available for download at the iTunes app store for $4.99.

(Source) Winnipeg Free Press

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Remember that old tank game where you have to destroy the enemy tank on those old game consoles? Well it seems that this same game is now available on the iPhone, adding a new dimension towards strategy and arcade gaming using improved graphics. The game is played like before, search and destroy the enemy tank through the obstacles.

The iTank Battle for iPhones developed by Rockifone.com is certainly something retro gamers should have. It is now available at the iTunes store for $0.99.

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Four new game apps are scheduled to be released by the fourth quarter of the year, titles familiar under the Activision Publishing Inc. Most of these games are quite familiar in the modern day gaming industry particularly Guitar Hero 5 and Tony Hawk: RIDE. The other two new games made for the mobile phones are Blur and Crash Mutant.

“Activision titles have proven to be very successful on the mobile platform,” said Dave Anderson, head of business development at Activision Publishing, Inc. “Glu has demonstrated superior studio capabilities in addition to strong deployment and carrier relationships worldwide, and we look forward to continuing to work with their team to bring titles like these to mobile consumers worldwide.”

Already proven to be great draws in the other game consoles like PlayStation, expect these new games to be likewise a hit for Glu Mobile.

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Considering the apps that have come out at the Apple app store, you can bet that Apple has carefully taken that into consideration as far as conceptualizing the highly anticipated next iPhone. And while we all know that the iPhone has many uses, it seems Apple is planning to transform this mobile device into a gaming device as well, equipped with more features to complement the 3D graphics that is expected to highlight it as well.

As well as an improved 3D graphics chip for better visuals the phone will have better Bluetooth support for add-ons like game controllers and a higher-speed network suited to MMO games like World of Warcraft, which was earlier spotted on an iPhone.

This new features are to be expected. Today we see a lot of iPhone users going crazy over the apps they can get and a lot of them have come from familiar game consoles and platforms. The move is likewise seen as the incremental penetration of Apple into the gaming market so don’t be surprised to see Nintendo and Sony studying the moves of Apple from hereon.

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EA Mobile has unveiled 6 new games for the iPhone and iPod Touch, game titles that are surely going to be of interest for people familiar with popular games on game consoles and the PC. Among the new titles released included:

1. Star Trek
2. American Idol
3. Trivial Pursuit
4. Lemonade Tycoon
5. Pandemonium
6. Anytime Pool

These six new games need no further elaboration. They are marquee names familiar to anyone in the gaming and entertainment industry. So with that said, expect some great new game apps to come your way the next time you visit the Apple app store. Download the game app of your choice now!

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If you think that EA only made Tiger Woods PGA Tour and Need for Speed for the usual game consoles then guess again. EA Mobile has made them compatible with iPhones and are actually available at the Apple App Store.

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR and Need for Speed Undercover were created for the unique capabilities of the iPhone and iPod touch and providing the graphic quality and simulation experience that is core to these successful franchises. Tiger Woods PGA TOUR players will use the touch capabilities to draw back a golf club to tee off for a round at Pebble Beach. Need for Speed Undercover players will outrun the cops while navigating the roads using the accelerometer feature.

“Tiger Woods PGA TOUR brings the ultimate mobile golf experience to the iPhone and iPod touch, including the world’s No. 1 golfer, legendary courses and an interface that leverages these great devices,” said Adam Sussman, VP of Worldwide Publishing for EA Mobile. “Need for Speed players will lose themselves in the most intense 3D racing environment EA has brought to mobile phones.”

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR and Need for Speed Undercover are currently available worldwide from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore. Additional EA Mobile iPhone and iPod touch titles available include: TRIVIAL PURSUIT and Lemonade Tycoon, joining previously released Spore Origins, SimCity, SCRABBLE, Tetris, MONOPOLY Here & Now: The World Edition, YAHTZEE Adventures and Sudoku.

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For people who seek better quality video streams on their mobile phones, Ideaworks3D Ltd today announced that CRI Middleware have ported their Sofdec advanced video streaming technology to Airplay, and thus to a wide range of smartphone platforms.

Airplay is a unique cross-platform technology for creating best-in-class native applications on mobile and handheld devices, enabling developers to build a single application binary and deploy it unmodified to all supported operating systems and devices.

CRI Sofdec is an industry-leading high performance software movie decoder for games, which has been optimized for the underlying platform and CPU architecture to realize the highest possible quality movies on game consoles, mobile devices and embedded systems. CRI Sofdec enables more than simple movie playback; other unique features include in-game effects such as scene compatibility with movie and multi-stream movie playback.

Airplay was nominated in the “Technical Innovation” category, alongside leading PC and console middleware, at the European Develop Excellence Awards 2008.

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