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iPhone Unleashed Now Available in App Store!

What? Why are you still reading this? Lightsaber Unleashed, the THQ’d official re-release of the PhoneSaber application, is now available from the App Store.

Got it? Good. What do you think? Better than the original? Or totally prequel’d?

Our take after a quicky first look? The UI is… er… underwhelming considering the LucasArts resources. The advertising for [...]

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Phone Saber Unleashed Coming This Month?

iPhone SDK: Hardcore Gaming

Phone Saber was one of the most popular and talked about apps pretty much since the day Apple’s on-board store launched. Hey, turn your iPhone into a sound-a-like Star Wars lightsaber? What’s not to love?

Well, for THQ — exclusive Lucas licensor of all things Star Wars for all things Mobile — infringement for one. Too [...]

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PhoneSaber Pulled, but will (ahem) Return

MacBox, the developer of PhoneSaber, has given word that they’ve had to pull the app from iTunes after a request from THQ wireless. The chat: friendly. The news: THQ has the rights to Star Wars IP on mobiles. The result: MacBox had to pull the app.

That’s the bad news. Here’s the [...]

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