Rumor: Google working on a Game Center rip-off for Android

by Christian Zibreg on May 10, 2012

The search giant Google is reportedly looking to replicate Apple’s Game Center with a native Android app of its own.

Despite the ongoing patent war waged between Apple and a bunch of Android backers over the look and feel of iOS software, Google is reportedly looking to simply copy Game Center.

The search firm needs own social gaming service so Android gamers have a central place to connect with each other, check out leaderboards, scores and challenge friends.

And if their other products are anything to go by, Google’s thing is likely to feature deep integration with Google+, their another social thing… Read More

 

Overachiever: Auto-Fill in Your Missing Game Center Achievements

by Cody on Feb 3, 2012

It looks like we may never be able to trust the legitimacy of an impressive Game Center account ever again, thanks to this new jailbreak tweak from Ingmar Stein.

Aptly named Overachiever, Stein’s new tweak allows users to earn Game Center achievements without actually playing the required games or levels… Read More

 

Doodle Jump Finally Receives Update For Multiplayer Support

by Kickstar13 on Mar 31, 2011

Doodle Jump has been one of the most popular iOS games ever since its launch, and it has received several updates throughout the year. The latest update brings one of the most highly awaited features: online multiplayer.

Similar to other multiplayer games available in the App Store, you can play against another friend via Game Center or randomly be matched up against another player…

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Apple’s Latest “If You Don’t Have an iPhone” Ad Highlights Game Center

by Kickstar13 on Mar 25, 2011

Apple continues their “If You Don’t Have an iPhone” marketing campaign with the latest ad focusing on Apple’s iOS online multiplayer social gaming network, Game Center.

The 30 second commercial opens up by showcasing the huge library of games available in the App Store, such as Infinity Blade, and then shows the capabilities of Game Center, including friends requests, starting a multiplayer game through matchmaking, tracking achievements, and comparing high scores on a leader board.

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Tutorial: How To Save Your iOS Game Progress Before A Restore [Jailbreak Only]

by Alex Heath on Jan 17, 2011

There are a ton of great games to play on the iPhone. Most of them have multiple levels and achievements to unlock. You wouldn’t want to lose your game progress and achievements in the event that you have to restore your iPhone.

For jailbreakers, backing up data is essential. To upgrade to a new version of iOS, a jailbroken iPhone is completely wiped and updated to the default setup of the next iOS release. A new jailbreak has to then be applied, and all personal data (media, contacts, jailbreak apps, etc) has to be synced back onto the iPhone.

Through the magic of SSH, you can save your iOS game data on your computer in the event that you have to restore. Here’s how to do it…

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New iPhone Hack Allows You to Fake Your Game Center Scores

by Sebastien on Jan 14, 2011

Earlier today we saw an application that allows you to fake your email identity, and now we’ve learned about Hack Center, a new jailbreak app to be available on Cydia soon, which will let you send fake scores to Game Center.

As you can see on the demo video below, this tweak is pretty straightforward. At the end of a game, it will simply ask you what you want your score to be and will submit it to Game Center… Read More

 

Capcom Arcade Games on the iPhone Go Freemium

by Alex Heath on Nov 8, 2010

The video game titan Capcom recently released an official iPhone app called “Capcom Arcade.” The arcade-styled app lets you play the original versions of some of Capcom’s classic games. Street Fighter, Ghouls ‘N Ghosts, 1942, and Commando are all available to be played in their entirety on iOS.

“Wow. That’s a lot of awesome gameplay in one app. I bet that’s expensive.” That’s what I thought too when I first heard that Capcom was releasing an app with bundled games. The interesting thing is that Capcom Arcade is not an expensive app at all, in fact, it’s free…

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Laser Tag, It’s Coming to the iPhone

by Alex Heath on Nov 5, 2010

Apple has filed another interesting patent detailing some extremely interesting multi-player gaming possibilities. Patently Apple has referred to the patent as an “Interactive Laser Gaming Application and/or Framework.” Essentially, the new framework would allow iPhones to recreate what amounts to a game of laser tag.

Most people are familiar with laser tag, a game in which players wear light-sensitive vests that register a “hit” when shot by an infrared laser from another player’s gun. This new Apple patent describes a similar environment, in which the iPhone would act as the vest and gun…

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Need More Proof that iOS 4.2 is Right Around The Corner?

by Jeff Benjamin on Nov 3, 2010

I can’t say I’m a big fan of Sudoku, but Big Bad Sudoku Book has piqued my interest due to it being one of the first iPhone Apps in the App Store that touts full support for iOS 4.2. If that’s not proof that iOS 4.2 is mere hours or days away, then I don’t know what is.

Although iPhone users running iOS 4.1 already have access to Game Center, remember that our iPad toting friends currently do not, along with many other features like multitasking, and folders. If Big Bad Sudoku Book’s latest App Store approval is any indicator, I’d say that the wait is just about over.

[9 to 5 mac]

 

Game Center for iPhone: Where’s the Party?

by Guest Author on Oct 14, 2010

I’m a little late to the Game Center party, because I was waiting to jailbreak 4.1. But now that I’ve arrived, it doesn’t feel like much of a party. Apple’s much touted Game Center app is supposed to be an “out of the box” focal point for all your iPhone (3GS/4), iPad, and iPod touch (2G-4G) games.

Compare your scores with friends, see how you rank worldwide, and try to achieve game goals to earn bragging rights (or to let people know how much free time you have to waste). You can also challenge friends to matches or play strangers in a multiplayer matchup.

Game Center does everything advertised above, so why am I not having any fun? Because this is what I was greeted with upon logging in:

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