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The Apple rumor mill has been going absolutely wild with speculation lately on what could be in store for us at Apple's event on the 27th where some form of Apple tablet is expected to be revealed. From a gaming perspective, there have been several hints that App Store gamers could be in for a treat, with the Wallstreet Journal reporting that Apple has been working with EA to show off the gaming capabilities of the rumored tablet device.

Considering the mysterious delay in the release of Mirror's Edge, a game we got a preview of last month, with this recent news it may not be that far fetched to expect to see it as part of a demonstration of the tablet's array of games. Other developers have also been asked by Apple to produce versions of their games that are resolution independent, allowing them to seamlessly scale up to the presumably higher resolution display.

To make things even more interesting, Kotaku and several other general gaming sites have also been invited to the event, along with representatives from quite a few popular iPhone game studios. Of course trying to discern what Apple is up to by reading between the lines of rumors and event invitations is open to all forms of interpretation, but it seems the stars are aligning to a serious gaming announcement on the 27th.

We will have live keynote coverage of the event, and if the Apple tablet does turn out to be a gaming device, you can expect to see reviews of any noteworthy tablet games to supplement our existing iPod touch and iPhone game focus.

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If you've been paying attention at all the tech media, you will have heard about the rumored Apple tablet. Apple is widely expected to announce a new tablet device at the end of January, for possible release as early as March. The upcoming 10" tablet (or iSlate) is believed to be based on the iPhone operating system and adopt the App Store model for 3rd party developers.

We discussed the implications of such a device for gaming in our recent podcast, but weren't entirely sure what it would mean. A large screen multi-touch device might open up some interesting possibilities in the realm of gaming, but the adoption of a more expensive device will certainly be slower than the explosive growth of the iPhone and iPod Touch.

We were reminded, however, of Illusion Labs tech demo showing their iPhone games Sway [$4.99] and TouchGrind [$4.99] on a massive multi-touch table:

We thought it would be a good discussion piece as we await to see what Apple will unveil later this month.

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