Chris Buffa (Modojo): This fall, Apple plans to release the newest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 6, and with it, presumably the new iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5. Perhaps the biggest smartphone launch of 2012, the iPhone 5 may revolutionize the industry, as the designers from Cupertino figure out ways to outsmart their rivals. This will also have a huge impact on the video game community, since we expect big improvements over the iPhone 4S. With this in mind, we listed our iPhone 5 most wanted features that'll impact future and existing iOS games.
The most successful first-person shooter franchise of all time is the Call of Duty series, but, aside from a few low-effort titles, it doesn’t have nearly as big of a presence on the mobile front. That’s where the Modern Combat series comes in, often considered the best first-person shooters available for mobile devices. This series is the mobile equivalent of Call of Duty and even surpasses it in some ways.
Free Android games are crap, most of them at least. Digital detritus, designed to manipulate rather than to entertain. The worst thing about them is that they take something that is good, even innocent, and by charging for elements that should be found, earned or experienced, they turn what is good in gaming into something crappy. By taking advantage of gamers’ desire to play and by charging piecemeal and aggressively for the stuff of play, they not only suck the fun out of our playtime, they slap a price tag on what should be just fun. In short, they suck.
Recent years, mobile gaming is booming. A lot of outstanding mobile games emerge one after another. But in the bustling mobile market, there are still some classical games that are insurmountable.
