By Neil Hughes Published: 10:58 AM EST (07:58 AM PST) With the addition of Game Center to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac users will be able to play online competitively and cooperatively against gamers who have the same title for iOS. Game Center for Mac will even replicate the user interface of the existing Game Center offerings for iPad, iPhone and iPod to... more.

Classic toy brand Hasbro thinks game night is in dire need of a tech edge, based on their just-revealed spin on classic games Monopoly and The Game of Life. At this year's Toy Fair, the company is previewing tech savvy versions of the games that use iOS devices during play. Monopoly zAPPed plays generally like the classic real estate game you know, but instead of fake paper money players tap "deb... more.

Zynga launched its Dream Heights mobile game for the iPhone and iPad today. The title enables players to build the “skyscraper of the century,” but the game is sure to get a lot of press because Zynga has been accused of ripping off the game from independent developer Nimblebit, creator of Tiny Tower. Zynga acknowledged its entry into the popular genre wasn’t the first. “While Zyn... more.

Zynga has launched its Dream Heights mobile game for the iPhone and iPad today. The title enables players to build the “skyscraper of the century,” but the game is sure to get a lot of press because Zynga has been accused of ripping off the game from independent developer Nimblebit, creator of Tiny Tower. Zynga acknowledged its entry into the popular genre wasn’t the first. “While ... more.

Last week, I offered my fair readers a heaping helping of iPhone games, both fresh releases of older games and some nice franchise extensions. But what about new games? Hardcore gamers want hardcore games, so when Epic Entertainment -- the developers behind such hits as "Gears of War" and the "Unreal" series -- decided to release an iOS game, gamers took notice. In fact, Epic used its Unreal Engin... more.

MolleindustriaTian Yu, the Foxconn employee that survived a suicide attempt.In addition to conveying information about the suicides that have plagued the Foxconn factory in which the iPhone is assembled (among many other electronic consumer goods), now proceeds from the game "Phone Story" are going directly to one worker who sustained injuries after a failed attempt.Kotaku reports on the game's ... more.

Molleindustria's critical protest game Phone Story was designed to achieve two ends: to raise consumer awareness of the conditions under which smartphones like the iPhone are produced, and to help serve as a fundraising tool. The game, originally released for iPhone last September, traces the life of a modern mobile handheld device. It starts with coltan mining in the Congo, carries throug... more.

The new arcade on the iPhone is a whole lot like the old arcades of the 1970s and 1980s, according to a team of veterans from Atari. That means you can learn lessons for today’s game designs from the history of the arcades. That thinking is driving Innovative Leisure, a startup that is pulling the veterans into a kind of reunion company headed by Seamus Blackley (pictured far right and ... more.

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It's not often I can be completely sucked into a world on the tiny screen of my iPhone. Don't get me wrong, it happens, but in the back of my mind I always know that there are dozens of other games waiting for me at the press of the Home button, all ready to feed my ADD-riddled gaming habits at a moment's notice. It's like I can never fully forget all the cool stuff my iPhone is capable of... more.