iPhone Hacks

Hero of Sparta for iPhone: An Entertaining, Graphic Rich Game [iPhone Game Review]

Hero of Sparta, a Gameloft creation ranks among the best  iPhone apps available on the App store and for all the right reasons. The game has some amazing graphics and concepts that are fairly new to the world of iPhone gaming.

This game has been around for some time but I just downloaded it and liked it so much that I wanted to share it with you folks. Worth mentioning is that this game is available at a discounted price of $.99, which is $9 less compared to its actual price and according to me is a steal.

Apple to Charge for Redownloading iPhone Apps in iPhone OS 3.0?

iPhoneDocked tweeted that he was asked to 'purchase' an app while trying to redownload it. Other developers have also reported similar behavior on iPhone OS 3.0 beta, while trying to redownload apps.

Redownloading iPhone apps is a very common practice among iPhone users, I have deleted and redownloaded iPhone apps many times. The current App Store FAQ states that the user does not have to pay twice for redownloading but the new message could mean that Apple is looking to introduce this change with iPhone OS 3.0.

Flight Control 1.1: Addictive iPhone Game gets even Better

Firemint recently released the new version of Flight Control. The simplicity and addictiveness of Firemint's iPhone game continues to grow.

Its back at the number one spot on the App store. The price remains at $.99 (which is 60% off its full price) but for a limited time!

I had enjoyed reviewing Flight Control as mush as I enjoyed playing it. The latest version has taken player feedback in to consideration and has come up with a set of good features and fixes.

World of Warcraft (WOW) Coming to iPhone?

There were early rumors about the World of Warcraft (WOW) coming to iPhone but then nothing happened. This time, we have a video that seems more like a beta version of WOW running on the iPhone.

A combination of 11 million WOW gamers and more than 20 million iPhone units could mean that it could be quickly become one of the hottest iPhone games.

Apple Removes Deeply Offensive iPhone Game "Baby Shaker" from App Store; Issues an Apology for Approving it

We have seen quite a few iPhone apps removed or banned from the App Store by Apple for reasons such as copyright issues, duplicating functionality, offering tethering functionality, based on limited utility, content or materials found objectionable, just a ridiculous app etc.

This time Apple has removed a controversial iPhone game called "Baby Shaker" that generated outrage as the animation in the game suggested that a player was silencing the baby by murdering it as a proper shake caused two large red Xs to appear on the baby's eyes.

Apple has also issued an apology for approving the iPhone game.

Flight Control for iPhone: Simply Addictive [iPhone Game Review]

Flight Control is a simple and addictive touch based iPhone game. I must have played this game more than any other game that I have bought so far.

This game comes from the Firemint team and what started as a personal project for it's CEO has turned out to be one of the most popular games for the iPhone, in fact is currently the top paid iPhone app on the App Store.

Monopoly for iPhone: Most Played Board Game comes to iPhone [iPhone Game Review]

Monopoly, one of the most played board game in the world, has been made available for iPhone. It is a colorful game with an interface that is very simple to understand.

Monopoly Here & Now, as its called on the iPhone involves negotiations, resource management and some amount of luck with the dice.

Electronic Arts (EA) has managed to neatly squeeze the board game of yesteryear onto iPhone's 3.5-inch screen.

"Wolfenstein 3D Classic" Available on the App Store for $4.99; But Exact Same Game "Wolf3D" Available on Cydia for Free

The App Store version of id Software's iPhone game Wolfenstein 3D Classic is now available on the App Store. Its available on the App Store for $4.99.

Interestingly, iPhone hacking expert ZodTTD has also released Wolf3D which is a free version of the game on Cydia for the jailbroken iPhone.

ZodTTD has compiled the source code which was published yesterday by John Carmack, co-founder of id Software so it's the exact same game as the one available on the App Store.

id Software Release Wolfenstein for Jailbroken iPhone; App Store Version of Wolfenstein & Doom Coming Soon

John Carmack, co-founder of id Software, developer of very popular games such as Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake has just released an open-source port of Wolfenstein for jailbroken iPhone.

He has also announced that they have submitted a version of Wolfenstein; Wolfenstein 3D Classic to the App Store for approval. He has also confirmed that Doom will be available fairly soon.

TouchSports Tennis '09: Impressive 3D Tennis Game for the iPhone

We had mentioned TouchSports Tennis '09 back in November 2008 when Handheld Games Corp’s CEO Thomas Fessler had revealed that performance of their 3D TouchSports Tennis iPhone game is noticeably better on the 2nd generation iPod Touch as compared to the iPhone 3G, iPhone and 1st generation iPod Touch.

After watching the impressive demo video of Tennis '09; I had purchased the iPhone game, but it had issues running on my jailbroken iPhone 3G.

However, I didn't remove it from my iPhone, so couple of days back when I tried to launch it again; to my surprise it worked (as the developer had released an update to fix the compatibility issues). So I got a chance to finally play the iPhone game and was impressed.