**UPDATED: Looks like an official Activision port! See after the jump!**
While GDCfestivities are almost about to die down, Tony Hawk and what he calls “going rogue” PR just hit us with the BIGGEST news so far. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 iPhone is finally official… considering Tony Hawk tweeted about it HIMSELF:
If you may remember, an unofficial build of the game circled on the interwebs and last year’s GDC and E3 as well. The company who ported the game said they hope to make it official and today, it looks like it finally is.
Because Gameloftjust needs to absolutely have their own version of almost ALL iPhone gaming genres, check out their own take on the fishing games genre in Fishing Kings:
“Experience realistic fishing with a wide range of options and abilities. Even if you don’t know a thing about fishing, the accessible gameplay will allow you to enjoy this fun and intense experience! Grab your rod and your best lures and join the most intense fishing game.”
IUGO is known for their bright graphics and highly controversial games including Daisy Mae’s Alien Buffetand A.D.D. so when we saw a mostly black and white game with almost a zen like feel, we were STUNNED (in a good way). Check out ESCAPE: Norm’s World:
The first thing that popped into my mind when I saw the game was Totemo with the main difference being the contrast in game difficulty. Totemo introduces 3 or more at a time block clearouts while Norm’s World moves one by one block.
If you looked at the video above, you’ll see that though the game is black and white, the animations for when you complete and fail at a level are pretty awesome. Birds fly out of your head for completion and a dark cloud is cast above Norm when you fail.
Namco has already showed they can port retro titles to the iPhone (see: Pacman) and develop in house games likethe just released Pool Pro Online 3. Check out Lieutenant Fly, a puzzle game mix they’re publishing soon:
On one side of the screen your trying to match up as many of the same blocks to gain more ammo. On the other side, you have to destroy spiders while they randomly fall and impact your health.
While I know there’s a huge market for Namco’s retro titles, I’ve always wished they’d start busting some developing chops for new and more mass friendly games. Pool Pro Online 3 ($4.99)was demo’d to us and boy isn’t it amazing!
The game also serves as Namco’s introduction to the iPhone world of their new social-cross platform network called Unite SDK. Yes the game does feature online multiplayer as well as matches against Android phones (BLECH!), PC and Mac devices.
While we did tell you yesterday about this game, I kinda felt bad that we didn’t have any more information about the game as well as screens so let’s Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction:
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction continues Splinter Cell Double Agent’s story. To add to that, Splinter Cell Conviction is exactly faithful to the 360 version including projective screens and tag and kill (mark and execute).
The game’s location includes Malta and DC. This game according to Gameloft should be an “introduction of the series to new fans as well as homecoming to the series’ biggest fans”.
The Red Star is a pretty popular PS2 game so naturally XS Games would want to port it to the iPhone. And lo and behold, yesterday at GDCwe got to see the game and here it is in action:
The game is about alternate universe Russia where sorcery and technology. To be exact, the name of the country is United Republic of the Red Star aka URRS (ha!). We got more screens and info after the jump.
You were the first to know about Gameloft’s upcoming zombie/Resident Evil 5-like game Zombie Infection earlier today. I also promised we’ll get you screens and info. Here they are:
Zombie Infection is a third person shooter in which you can play as Shanna OR Anderson. The story is that your character’s brother gets lost in South Africa and it’s YOUR job to look for him.
Glu Mobile keeps a good catalogue of mobile games outside of the iPhone world so don’t be surprised if they port games from that collection to the iPhone, such as this one. Take a look at the upcoming puzzle game: Stranded: Mysteries of Time iPhone:
Where as the first version of this series on the mobile is very survival driven, Stranded for the iPhone promises to be much more story driven. You start the game being chased with a T-Rex then it’s YOUR task to avoid getting killed.
We already told you about Gameloft’s Zombie Infection and now this title. They didn’t allow video but they will be sending us screens later today. The first game they showed is…
360 Art!
You guessed it! Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction iPhone!
The game follows up where Splinter Cell Double Agent left off with the same story as the console version. The game uses a lot of the same features as the console version as well(i.e. Projective objectives, tag and kill, etc.) Gameloft said that this game can be enjoyed by players new to Splinter Cell, and the old school Splinter Cell gamers.
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction uses joystick controls and you touch the screen to move the camera view. Conviction feels a lot like Terminator Salvation, maybe that’s because it’s running on Gameloft’s famous engine!
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