The iPhone game DrawRace is free today (Jan. 1) only, the game publisher announced, making the top-rated paid game in the UK, Finland and Australia available to all on an unpaid basis. DrawRace has players draw the best possible driving path via their finger and decide the optimal speed for their path. Then it's a matter of watching how fast you're able to race through the game's 20 tracks. In addition to the single-player tracks, DrawRace also has a "Network" multiplayer mode for players to compete worldwide or a … [Read more...]

In a previous DailyGame column I wrote about my fantasy World of Warcraft-related iPhone apps. Since then none of them have come to fruition (not that I expected them to); it would have been really cool, but let's face it, people who are that interested in WoW who happen to own an iPhone are too busy playing the actual game or trolling the iPhone App Store for that "one good app" among the thousands out there. But with iPhone OS 3.0 due out this summer, there may be something else on the horizon that could revolutionize … [Read more...]

The social phenomenon known as the Apple iPhone has transformed how wireless users view their cell phone. Is it a phone? An MP3 player? A video player? A WiFi-enabled Web browser? Phones have included all of these aspects before, but never quite as gracefully as the iPhone. Yet one question remains unanswered: what all is available on the iPhone game front? With that big, pretty screen and accelerometer, do any videogames actually maximize the platform and make it viable for gaming on the go? Having spent some time … [Read more...]

It's not en vogue to say this, but Apple Inc. isn't King Midas. The company has certainly made a great recovery in the desktop space, and its "fashionable computing" expertise translated brilliantly to the portable-music arena via the iPod. But like any technology company, Apple's not immune to missteps, and the iPhone might be just such an example. On the surface the iPhone is a great little gadget, and Apple's hardcore fans and techno-geek early-adopters will surely line up to get one. The Internet community buzzed … [Read more...]