iPhone as a gaming platform

Ah the 90′s! Seal was in the charts and everyone wore grunge clothes! I was a typical youth and on my birthday I was given a red Nintendo Game Boy with Killer Instinct as a present from my parents. Yeah, I’m old, I know! This day started my fascination with hand held gaming. The games were so simplistic but it… Continue »

Can Apple save PC gaming?

Apple is a company with a fairly strong gaming past. In years bygone, companies like Bungie and iD were all about the Mac platform – showing up to keynote speeches and bombing terribly on stage as the press sat silent, wondering why these coder kids were being allowed to share the same stage space as Herr Jobs. Today, though, with… Continue »

iPhone 4G – your next mobile...

Leaked photo’s appear to show the to-be-announced Apple mobile device, which is likely to push Apple’s newfound love of gaming. The leaked shots can be taken with a grain of salt, but given the anticipation it’s not unlikely that shots could be leaked before the rumoured June launch date. Keep in mind last time we saw such leaked shots, they… Continue »

iPad introduces us to 3D gaming

With the release of the iPad, gaming has been a bit of a focus, with many iPhone app store favourites coming to the venerable device. Furthermore, some games have been upgraded to HD resolution to take advantage of the iPad’s lush display. Firemint’s popular air traffic controller game, Flight Control, has not only been bumped up to HD resolution, but… Continue »

iCade

Anyone who visits YouTube regularly is likely to be bombarded with “unboxing” videos of Apple’s latest entrant into the techno-chic line, called the iPad. The device is set up to attack the netbook market, but using only the iPhone-esque screen as an input device, much to the chegrin of keyboard enthusiasts. The software interface on the device will be familiar… Continue »

iPad games

Most readers of shoryuken will recall the magnanimous launch of the iPad, Apple’s latest computing device for the home and, if you’re smug enough, Starbucks. However, just days before the retail launch in the US and UK (and maybe even Ireland!), PadGadget has gone iTunes hunting and found what games we’re likely to be playing at launch. How? Simple. The… Continue »

Apple gains gaming market share

With the app store being so huge, and the iPhone and iPod Touch both selling gangbusters, it’s no surprise that a look into NPD figures show that both Sony and Nintendo need to take Apple seriously in the mobile gaming market, especially with the iPad due to hit shelves next month and Steam coming to OS X too. “It’s clear… Continue »

Steam coming to Mac!

We first reported on these rumours here, so it’s worth getting some context on this story. As a long-time Mac user this news blows my mind in ways I couldn’t even fathom, but Valve have finally seen the white, brushed-steel light and decided that in April, us glorious users of OS X will legitimately get to play Source-enabled games, including… Continue »

VALVE to support MAC? What do you

Valve are extremely busy this week, updating Portal with hints to a sequel and as Kev eluded too earlier in the week, are gearing up for some Mac support! If your still not convinced about the OS X support you should probably take a look at the teaser images below. If you still have doubts, then there’s nothing more I… Continue »

Valve to support Mac?

In a surprising twist, the latest update and UI tweaks to Valve’s digital distribution platform, Steam, have unlocked a few interesting changes, as pointed out by steampowered.net forum users. Bringing your explorer to C:\Program Files\Steam\resource\menus\osx.menu will unlock some interesting code samples and files. As shown below: Of course, the addition of steam to Mac allows companies like EA who use… Continue »