Added: 22.03.2013 13:44 | 7 views | 0 comments


With half of the Pocket Gamer office readying itself for the Games Developers Conference, Peter and I step behind the mics for a late-night edition of the podcast. First, we peer into the future to highlight the most interesting games preparing to clamber over the App Store horizon. These potential iOS gems include New Star Soccer 2 (goal!), Fez (spinny!), Transistor (phwoar!), and Draw Some...

Added: 22.03.2013 9:46 | 0 views | 0 comments


Gamer X was, quite frankly, given a thrashing in our last competition. So much so, in fact, that the Pocket Gamer powers that be were considering giving him / her (Gamer X's identity is a secret, you see) the boot after that poor Joe Danger showing. However, it turns out Gamer X was playing mind games and lulling everyone into a false sense of security. Keep on running What do we mean?...

Added: 20.03.2013 14:30 | 0 views | 0 comments


It's a huge surprise that anyone at Pocket Gamer got any work done during 2012. That's primarily because we all downloaded New Star Soccer, and subsequently became far too hooked on Simon Read's football sim for our own good. For me, it was a very strange addiction, and one that I found difficult to explain to friends. As someone who doesn't care for real-world football at all, why exactly c...

Added: 19.03.2013 18:40 | 34 views | 0 comments


Nintendo is stepping up its DLC release schedule for Fire Emblem: Awakening, which is great news for those who have been enjoying their time with the Pocket Gamer Platinum Award-winner. Following last week's release of the Smash Brethren 1 DLC map, Nintendo announced via its 3DS Facebook Page that Smash Brethren 2 would be available on Thursday, March 21. Excitingly, this map not only offers...

Added: 19.03.2013 16:11 | 1 views | 0 comments


Every day, the Pocket Gamer news team has to take a virtual shovel to the heaps of Kickstarter-funded games piling up around our inbox. In among all the unpromising tat, we'll occasionally come across a gleaming nugget of genuine promise. Something like Shovel Knight for Nintendo 3DS, say. While this is developer Yacht Club's first game, the team has some pedigree. It's made of up of ex-empl...

Added: 19.03.2013 14:07 | 0 views | 0 comments


One of our jobs here at Pocket Gamer is to sieve through the hundreds of apps that hit the App Store and Google Play every single day, and unearth those glittering gems. Lately, though, we've been giving you the chance to have YOUR say, too. Basically, we've been giving you the opportunity to tell us your favourite game from a shortlist of the week's best releases. This week's votes have bee...

Added: 19.03.2013 14:07 | 1 views | 0 comments


One of our jobs here at Pocket Gamer is to sieve through the hundreds of apps that hit the App Store and Google Play every single day, and unearth those glittering gems. Lately, though, we've been giving you the chance to have YOUR say, too. Basically, we've been giving you the opportunity to tell us your favourite game from a shortlist of the week's best releases. This week's votes have bee...