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Hands-on With Infinity Blade 2: The iPhone 4S’s First Graphics Test

Chair Entertainment’s Infinity Blade is already recognized as one of the most gorgeously rendered games on the iOS platform. Infinity Blade 2 takes it to the next level. Mashable got an early preview of the first-person action/castle quest game and, after playing it on the Apple iPhone 4S, found it just as fun and thrilling as ever, but with a level of graphics detail rarely seen in a mobile game.

When Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S in October, it not only promised a more powerful A5-driven phone, but one that would support impressive graphic feats. The company even used Infinity Blade 2 to show off the new graphics chops. Sadly, when we got the phone, there were exactly zero games and apps that could actually demonstrate this new graphics prowess. We resorted to running the original Infinity Blade on the mobile device. It looked good, but was not demonstrably better than on the original iPhone 4.

Infinity Blade 2 is another story.

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iPhone/iPad from Hell 1 October 2011

1. SEGA has announced that Brick People for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch is now available on the App Store. You will build brick steps and structures to help the hungry Brick People reach a collection of delicious snacks. Brick People utilizes the Multi-Touch capabilities of iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, enabling quick brick stacking and allowing players to race against each other to become the best bricklayer. Use Bluetooth® to compete against friends in multiplayer match-ups, or use iPad to compete head-to-head on a single device. Players can also compete with others around the world when posting high scores on the Game Center leaderboards. Get on iTunes

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