Tag Archives: RTS

Gameloft is giving Rise of Lost Empires away for free — next two hours only

by on May 17th, 2010 at 11:41 am

I posted this at around 1:30 PM EST, and my Twitter account has reported that Gameloft’s tweet went out about 10 minutes ago, meaning you only have a good hour and 50 minutes to download their RTS, Rise of Lost Empires. I’ve never tried this game out before, but I’ve …

Single and Multiplayer impressions: Red Conquest 1.1 for iPhone

by on April 6th, 2010 at 10:11 am

I ‘ve been on a real RTS binge lately, and I lay all of the blame on Red Conquest ‘s 1.1 update. Although several of the new campaign missions highlight some of the major weaknesses in the game ‘s controls, the experience is still some of the most fun I …

Video Review: Red Conquest! [iPhone App Reviews]

by on January 29th, 2010 at 3:14 pm

[reviewed version 1.01] John Kooistra has a great sense of style, and that really comes through in his games. Blue Defense wasn’t one of my favourite games, but it did have a very interesting little take on basic Missile Command gameplay: you rotated your iPhone literally 360 degrees to fight …

Review: Command & Conquer Red Alert for iPhone

by on November 6th, 2009 at 10:12 am

This is a story about a game called “Command and Conquer: Red Alert” on the iPhone. It features the same publisher, the same factions (the Soviets and the Allies), and a female voice still says “Building…” as you construct your own base. Many of the classic Red Alert elements are …

The iPhone gains more “serious” gaming cred with C&C Red Alert and Doom C...

by on November 2nd, 2009 at 2:54 pm

I think it’s safe to say that the casual gaming market is developing quite nicely on the iPhone, but with the release Doom Classic and C&C Red Alert , the platform is also starting to branch into more “serious” gaming territory. As an avid PC gamer it’s a change I …