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Mirror’s Edge joins C&C as most expensive iPad launch games

Mirror’s Edge has been one of the most mysterious and elusive iPhone games. Since being announced by EA late last year its never held a firm release date, despite tonnes of screenshots and videos showing just how complete it is. Mirror’s Edge has been supersized for an iPad launch this week and comes to the [...]

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Firemint, Linkin Park, others confirm iPad game titles

Firemint confirmed on Friday that its award-winning racing title for the iPhone, Real Racing (), is coming to the iPad later this week. Meanwhile, rap-rock icons Linkin Park announced on Tuesday its own iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad adventure game entitled, 8-Bit Rebellion. More via Firemint, Linkin Park, others confirm iPad game titles | Games [...]

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Words with Friends coming to iPad

Words With Friends, the insanely popular turn-based multiplayer Scrabulous-like word game for the iPhone and iPod touch is being enhanced for iPad and released as an “HD” version this coming weekend. via Words with Friends coming to iPad | Word | iPhone Central | Macworld.

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Fieldrunners marches onto iPad at launch

Following news that developer Subatomic Studios has indeed been working on an iPad version of Fieldrunners, we now can report that it will be available at launch.The game’s pending App Store listing details what you can expect for the $7.99 asking price: new higher resolution graphics and a more spacious interface. via Fieldrunners marches onto [...]

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Sea on Fire to set sail on the iPad

On Thursday, I-Play announced that Warships: Sea on Fire will be sailing the expansive screens of the iPad when the device launches next week. Set across three unique time periods, this naval strategy game promises to offer a dedicated iPad UI, 60 levels of combat, and full-screen HD graphics. You play as a fleet commander [...]

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Developers Testing Games, Entertainment Apps on iPad

Games are the predominant type of app being tested on the iPad, making up 44% of the total. Entertainment, which Apple has generally defined as videos and novelties like lava lamp apps, take second with 14%. Social networking programs made up 7% of the total, followed by sports, travel, lifestyle, and utilities. Instead, the chart [...]

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Illusion Labs preps iPad versions of Labyrinth 2 and Touchgrind

We’d suspected that Swedish developer Illusion Labs was planning iPad games, ever since Anders Mårtenssonn told us to expect “Expect to see some cool stuff from Illusion Labs very soon”, when iPad was announced. Now he’s let us know this means High Definition versions of the company’s excellent Labyrinth 2 and the evergreen multi-touch skateboarding [...]

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Ngmoco to release six iPad games

Ngmoco CEO Neil Young revealed that, “between us and () Freeverse, we will have about six or so iPad titles around the launch.“ He went on to confirm that the highly anticipated Freeverse-developed space trading title Warp Gate (see it in GamePro’s Under the Radar Games feature) “looks gorgeous” on the iPad, before going on [...]

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Parachute Panic coming to iPad in HD version

Not wanting to miss the bandwagon, developer FDG Entertainment has revealed to Pocket Gamer that a new version of Parachute Panic will be coming to the iPad when the device launches next month. Titled Parachute Panic HD, the new iPad exclusive includes armfuls of brand new features including social networking, downloadable skins, and a reworked [...]

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Why iPad Is the ‘Children’s Toy of the Year’

One of the challenges in predicting what will happen with iPad sales is that as of this writing, none of us has really used one yet. And certainly no children beyond the families of some Apple employees have used them. But the reaction among children will be different. I believe that in the under-12 market, [...]

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