Unity Technologies has announced that it will now provide support for games development for the Apple iPhone. Good news for the mobile's third-party devs we imagine, given that even Apple's decided to give them a care package just last month. Details are in the full article.

With their strong library of annual franchises, Electronic Arts has gone out on a limb to say that games have longer lifespans today. To prove their point, EA talked about MMOs, DLCs, and their ten-year plan for the upcoming game, Spore (PC, Nintendo Wii, DS,  Mac, Mobile). More details after the jump.

While some may be impressed at the fact that games such as Spore (also available on PC, Nintendo DS, Wii, Mac, and Mobile) will be coming out on the iPhone, others such as Wedbush Morgan Analyst Michael Pachter have questioned the viability of the phone as a gaming platform. To find out more, check out the full article.

Sci-Fi-London, the UK's one and only science fiction film festival, will be hosting a score of playable video games from Electronic Arts this year including the upcoming Spore, and Dead Space. Follow the "read more" link for more details on the event and more on the games.

Seventeen games lacked challenge so it seemed. In just a week, Puzzlemaniak developer Alex is back with version 0.3 for the iPhone - now with five more games and the Hall of Fame feature. Ready to sit atop the global puzzle gaming food chain? Read on to the full article for more details.

Download: Puzzlemaniak v0.3

If you still haven't had enough fun playing those Helicopter game clones, then here's another one developed for the iPod Touch, courtesy of developer squimmy. This homebrew game features the same finger mashing, side-scrolling fun found on similar titles on different platforms. You can check out further details about the game in our full article.

Download: iCopter

Wondering just when you'll be playing retail games on your Apple iPhone? Then wonder no more, as this update straight from Gameloft, we get a confirmation that yes, they'll be developing games for the iPhone and they have no less than 15 planned games for 2008. That's fifteen titles right out of the gates, and knowing Gameloft, each one will definitely be awesome. Check out the full article for all the info.

Apple's ticket into the handheld gaming scene successfully impressed crowds when the company unveiled three new games running on the iPhone. With OpenGL and OpenAL support together with the accelerometer, high quality motion-based games were proven to be possible on the platform. Make your to the full article to see what games Apple has in store.

If you are wondering what new games you can find on iTunes for your iPod, let us inform you that Electronic Arts is currently contributing two games, Scrabble and an updated version of Mini Golf. To know how much they cost and their other details, refer to the "read more" link below.

Enjoying the quirky game physics of Apple iPhone homebrew developer r4m0n's homebrew, iPhysics? Then good news, as he's rolled out another version for us to enjoy. This one sports a very thin (but very important) changelog, so you'd do well to check it out and upgrade if you want to keep on playing with iPhysics with your upgraded iPhone. More on the full article.

Download: iPhysics v1.1