Games News

"Shadowgun," third-party shooting game for Apple devices, gives users a engaging way to pass the time on the go.

Scandinavian Airlines released an iPhone app, called "The TimeKiller," which offers games to pass time, but cleverly promote its on-time flight record.

Fans of the game "Rage" have less than two days to download the app for free from Apple's App Store, giving one last shot as the developer's special offer is set to expire.

Electronic Arts is slashing up to 80 percent off the price of popular iPhone and iPad games -- such as Monopoly, Tetris, Scrabble and Madden NFL -- for just this weekend, as part of its "Back to School" sale.

A new app allows a user to turn spoken words into song form, in yet another effort to get music, or at least musical fun, out of mobile technology.

A new app aims to curb a sedentary lifestyle by making walking a competitive game, a sign suggesting that people today need rewards to do even the most mundane things.

Pioneering video game-maker Atari SA is looking to mobile apps to finally help the company make a return to prominence, another sign of how the mobile platform is shaking up the gaming industry.

Seminal gaming title "The Sims" is coming to Facebook, spelling trouble for fellow gaming giant Zynga and threatening to put countless users under its addicting spell.

Bjork's next album will be an "app album," with each recorded track having its own related iPad app, another sign that mobile technology is becoming a critical part of pop music promotion.

Jimmy Buffett is producing an original online social game, recognizing social gaming as a new medium for musicians to cross-promote within.

A five-year-old girl has created a new Web-based children's game, with assistance by her dad, the latest in what seems to be a trend toward more games developed by youth.

Apple users download 5 million games per day, lending credence to the idea that mobile devices are the future of handheld gaming.

Apps are an increasing way for a person to go green, or become more environmentally conscious.

Zynga today hired two developers from an open-source iPhone development engine, hinting at the company's future mobile ambitions.

Atari's "Greatest Hits" apps bring over 100 classic games to the iPhone, joining others like Nintendo and Sega to add old-school gaming to a new platform.