Rockstar smashes iPhone

Rockstar has announced that it's bringing GTA: Chinatown Wars and the music creation app Beaterator to the iPhone and iPod touch. The former was originally released on the Nintendo DS to huge critical acclaim xxx, while the latter arrived on PSP in xxx. Both were originally created by the Rockstar Leed studio and will arrive on Apple's handsets this autumn

Civilization Revolution

Greg Howson: The great strategy franchise's iPhone version retains the pleasures – and some of the issues – of the console ones

Barcodes – the next net revolution

Victor Keegan: Japan has woken up to the interactive potential of 2D barcodes, but smartphone manufacturers have been slow to provide support

Even better than the real thing

You can analyse a tennis ball's flight and play with a stegosaurus. Charles Arthur reports on augmented reality, coming soon to a smartphone near you