If being as quiet as possible about the Back to the Future episodic series was a goal of Telltale Games, well, mission accomplished. The first of five episodes is set to hit PC and Mac in December, with an iPad version slated to follow at some mysterious point after the fact. It’s clearly an ambitious project. The series takes place after the events in the time-twisting third movie and boasts the on-hands support of BTTF stars, writer Bob Gale and actor Christopher Lloyd.

And that’s about all we know. Actually, until earlier this week, we didn’t even know what the series would look like until Telltale slipped some images to IGN. Perhaps it was worth the wait because, as you can see, the game looks magnificent.

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It looks like another seasonal addition of Angry Birds [$.99, Light, HD] is coming our way. Developer Rovio has switched its Facebook profile image to what could be an “Angry Birds Christmas” logo, perhaps teasing a new, presumably level-packed version of the global success.

All we’ve got is speculation. As of right now, Rovio hasn’t made an official comment revealing “Angry Birds Christmas” edition, but it’s hard to shake the feeling that one will be coming. Angry Birds Halloween [$.99, HD], an iOS-exclusive joint released on October 21 for $.99, charted and amused fans of the game with its 45 levels and themed content, which included new visuals and pumpkins.

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If you were a PC gamer back in the early 90s, you may remember a point-and-click adventure game by the name of Gobliiins [99¢]. In the game you took control of three different goblin characters who each had their own unique abilities that would need to be utilized to solve a series of (sometimes nonsensical) puzzles. A charming art style and humorous story complimented the clever use of the different characters in Gobliiins, which went on to spawn 3 sequels in the two decades since its original release.

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Alexander Pick has ported the iPhone version of Quake 3 Arena to iPad along with several bugfixes and improvements including a full all new control system.

The game is controlled by a joystick for looking around and multiple keys on the left to move around and do your action. The controls were designed for the best game play experience we could get you with the iPad.

The game runs constantly at 55-60 FPS during our tests at 1024×768 native solution.

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Developer THQ Wireless is flexing their Star Wars license once again with the announcement of Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner. THQ has brought a number of Star Wars licensed games to the App Store, including Star Wars: Battle for Hoth [$2.99/Lite] and Star Wars: Trench Run [$2.99]. This newly announced Falcon Gunner game takes a slightly different approach, unsurprisingly placing you in the gunner’s seat on the Millenium Falcon and having you blast away at enemies in an augmented reality style overlay.

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Early this morning, Trilobyte Games, developers of the classic CD-ROM game The 7th Guest, started pushing out tiny whispers on their Twitter account that they would be bringing that game to the iOS platforms. Just moments ago, they again confirmed the existence of a The 7th Guest port coming to iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on their Facebook page. Trilobyte was closed down in the late 90s, and is now being resurrected to bring this official port to the App Store.

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Just in time for Halloween comes word of an official Evil Dead game coming to the App Store. For those that don’t know, Evil Dead is a campy 80s horror movie directed by Sam Raimi (yes, the director of the Spider-Man movies) that follows a group of college kids as they spend the weekend in a remote cabin in the Tennessee woods. They accidentally unleash demons into the world by using The Book of the Dead, and all manner of Hell breaks loose. Main character Ash (the “King of All B-Movies” Bruce Campbell) spends all night fending off his friends as they each become infected with evil spirits. Evil Dead has become a cult classic horror film in the nearly 30 years since it was released.

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After taking a look at Lil’ Pirates a couple of weeks ago, Capcom Mobile is keeping the casual social freemium game trend going with their recently announced Smurfs’ Village. Smurfs’ Village looks to mimic some of the same mechanics of other similar titles like We Farm [Free] and Farmville [Free], but wraps it up in gorgeous artwork based on the classic Smurfs franchise. While these kinds of games have proved to be insanely popular as of late, they aren’t typically my kind of game personally. But as a fan of the Smurfs growing up, I must admit I’m intrigued by the concept of Smurfs’ Village and can’t deny that the screens are looking fantastic.

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Halfbrick, creators of Fruit Ninja [99¢ / HD], Monster Dash [99¢] released a new trailer for their next iPhone game today, Age of Zombies. This dual stick shooter actually started its life as a PSP Mini earlier this year, and while it was yet another zombie game and yet another dual stick shooter, it still was reviewed quite well.

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Freeverse has recently released — in the Canadian App Store — a social arcade-style bowling game called We Bowl [CA App Store] that utilizes Flick Bowling mechanics and lets you play friends online with integrated Plus+ awards and leaderboards. It’s a freemium game that serves as the launch platform for the studio’s Wii-like avatar system that could see use in many upcoming Freeverse titles.

Trigger crazy game changing power-ups (or whammies) in head-to-head competition with friends, or hone your skills to level up and win great prizes. We Bowl is fast paced frenetic action — bowling has never been this much fun!

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Game name: Samurai II: Vengeance
Device: iPhone
Article type: Preview

We are mere days away from the release of the sequel to Samurai: Way of the Warrior [$1.99] by Madfinger Games. We thought the original was great in our review, and was one of the most gory games to be released on the App Store when it first hit. The sequel, Samurai II: Vengeance will be available on Thursday of this week (or, more accurately, late Wednesday night) and we can’t wait.

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Earlier this morning, developer Taito briefly announced on their Twitter the existence of a game called Bubble Bobble Double for iPhone and iPod touch devices.



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Modern Combat 2, if you didn’t know it was a separate series, is virtually indistinguishable from Call of Duty. Two giant improvements set this sequel apart from the first Modern Combat: a variety of new locations, and much smarter enemy A.I.



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Time Geeks: Find All! is a hidden object game with a retro presentation and an affinity for geek culture. So while the game as a whole features catchy chiptune music and stylish pixel art, the first level includes a hatch, a polar bear, and the tail section of a plane. Yes, the word “geeks” in the title is well deserved, but that’s not a bad thing.



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On an overcast day in Irvine CA, we made our way to Billabong headquarters. Billabong and Chillingo have been working on a new surfing game called Billabong: Surf Trip, and we were invited to be a part of the official announcement event. In addition to some time in the water, we also got some hands-on time with the upcoming game.



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