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Castle Combat iPhone

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Following up on the successful launch of Castle Combat HD for the iPad, we’ve taken the game and brought it down to the small screen with Castle Combat for the iPhone. We’ve also added a multitude of features, and we’ve added more cards and rebalanced gameplay based on user feedback. We listen to our players, [...]

Server issues resolved (hopefully)

If you were trying to get to the site in the last week or so, you may have noticed that it may not have always worked. There was a hardware issue on the server which we think is now resolved. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks for the patience!

Castle Combat iPhone status

Much to my chagrin, development of the iPhone version of Castle Combat has been a lot slower than I expected. The addition of online multiplayer has caused considerable delay in the project, due to the half-assed OpenFeint multiplayer library. Consistency is not its strong points. I would consider building it from scratch and offering it [...]

Castle Combat HD

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Attack his weapons supplies or fortify my defenses? Burn his wood supplies or hire another wizard? Your next move will determine your fate… Step into the world of Castle Combat, a card strategy game set in medieval times. Opposing castles battle it out to reach supremacy. Carefully think through your strategies to become the ruler [...]

Castle Combat HD Preview Pics (post 1)

Our newest game for the iPad, Castle Combat HD has been sent in for review. Here’s a sneak peek at this addictive card strategy game set in medieval times.

Apple News Conference on iPhone 4 problems

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Apple will will a news conference tomorrow, Friday the 16th, 2010 regarding the iPhone 4 antenna problems. We can only speculate on what they will say tomorrow, but as a new beta of the iOS4 came out yesterday, we can figure on a software update as well as [...]

iPhone 4 early release?

I woke up this morning to a surprising email from the Apple Store concerning my iPhone 4 order: Delivery will be 1 day ahead of the advertised schedule of June 24th. So I will be getting the new phone tomorrow on June 23rd. Sure enough, I go and check the tracking info on the FedEx [...]

AT&T allowing early upgrades?

As reported by TUAW among others, it seems that in light of the new iPhone being announced tomorrow by Apple at WWDC, AT&T is allowing early upgrades to a new iPhone with a new 2 year contract. Considering I had gotten my contract sometime last July or August, I didn’t think that I would be [...]

Predictions for Apple’s WWDC announcements

Apple’s annual conference for developers, the WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) is set to kick off tomorrow, June 7th at the Moscone Center in SF. This is Apple’s showcase moment, the day in the year where all big announcements and surprises are unleashed on the world. It’s always a good bit of fun to predict [...]

Is AT&T preparing for divorce?

We’ve all heard about AT&T’s price changes coming on June 7th, not-so-coincidentally coinciding with Apple’s WWDC talks, and Steve Jobs keynote announcements. For those under a rock, AT&T is rolling out a new tiered plan, where the DataPlus plan will cost you $15 a month for 200 MB/month, and the DataPro plan will cost you [...]