Friday, August 21, 2009

Tricky Tracks Receives GOLD Award from Pocketgamer!


It was hard enough trying to be upbeat about virtual train spotting when reviewing Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon recently, but landing yet another steam train-based game is enough to make anyone want to burn their anorak, rip up their notebook, smash their binoculars and go and get a life.

Fortunately, Tricky Tracks quickly reveals itself to be an ingenious puzzle game, and nothing to do with standing around on platforms clutching a Thermos and wearing national health service glasses.

There are vague similarities to Sid Meier's serious steam train strategising, but this is a far more light-hearted affair aimed directly at lateral thinking puzzle fans, and it hits its mark.

Watch the game play video of TrickyTracks

Read full article at Pocket Gamer mobile reviews

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Merlin's Legacy in top 35 iPhone apps of 2009


Merlin's Legacy chosen as number 28 in the top 35 iPhone apps in 2009

The post was written by Alex Ahlund, founder of AppVee.


We are just past of a year since the App Store launched and there are more than 60,000 applications released for the iPhone and iPod Touch. When we wrote our 2008 year-end app wrap-up, we had just surpassed the 10,000 app milestone. In early June 2009, the store reached 50,000 apps. At present, we are looking at a staggering 300 new applications being released every single day. How does the average iPhone user find the gems in this deluge?

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