Next Gen News

TopWare and in-house developer Reality Pump have announced the Two Worlds II: Castle Defense will feature 3D-ET. The Eyetracking system allows the player to “look around corners” in a strict sense of words. All without the annoyance of any extra needed equipment like special glasses, the camera inside the iPad 2 recognizes the position of the viewer and changes the perspective of the game regarding the player’s point of view.

To allow everyone to experience this new technology, 3D-ET is free [...]

2K Games has announced that Sid Meier’s Pirates! is now available on the App Store for iPad for $6.99. The game is currently on sale for $3.99 through July 25th, [...]

Futuremark Games Studio has announced Unstoppable Gorg, a new space defense game that is coming to PC, Xbox LIVE Arcade and iPad. In Unstoppable Gorg the player defends our solar system from the relentless march of a fearsome alien race by sending satellites into orbit around planets, moons and space stations. Unlike other tower defense style games, in Unstoppable Gorg the player can move his satellites even after he placed them. When the Gorg armada attacks the player can move [...]

UTV Ignition Games has announced at E3 2011 the next two releases in the Mercury franchise – Mercury Meltdown for iOS and Mercury Hg for Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network. Mercury Hg features 60 all-new levels filled with hazards and obstacles while adding improvements and polish to almost every aspect of the [...]

Capcom has released Monster Hunter: Dynamic Hunting for the iPhone and iPod touch for $4.99. In Monster Hunter: Dynamic Hunting, players interact with the game using a new control system. Eschewing the typical D-pad, players swing their weapon in Monster Hunter: Dynamic Hunting by tapping the target with one finger. Blocks can be performed by tapping the screen with two fingers while evading is accomplished by sliding two fingers left or right. Basic movement can be accomplished by sliding a [...]

Launching Pad Games, the team behind Zoo Lasso and Scarlett and the Spark of Life, have announced that Mighty Fin, a new side-scrolling arcade game, will hit the App Store on June 2nd for $0.99.

Fin is in desperate need of a holiday, so he’s signed up for Shady Sal’s suspiciously cheap Round the World Tour. Now it’s up to the player to guide him through eight levels – grabbing bonus bubbles and souvenir costumes, competing for medals and high scores, [...]

Remedy, developer of Death Rally, has joined forces with Finland-based social media company, Liilak, to create community development challenges.

Peter Papadopoulos, Community Manager at Remedy Entertainment:

“After closely watching players’ interaction with the game and listening to the community’s discussions, it’s clear that our fans have great ideas on how to improve Death Rally. Now we have an organised way to directly include them in the development process. Liilak allows us to give the fans the power to bring their wildest ideas [...]