Mere weeks after release, Trivia Crack has made it to the number one spot on the US iTunes Store, beating the likes of Candy Crush Soda Saga, Instagram, and Facebook. That's no easy feat.
Neither, though, is featuring in the iTunes 'Best of 2014' ranking on the App Store, which it also did. Google also took a shine to it, placing it at a whopping third in its 'Top 100 Best Games of 2014' chart.
Just in case you've been living in an abandoned airport hangar, Trivia Crack pits you against your friends in a battle of wits to determine who knows more useless information in each of the six categories of science, entertainment, art, geography, sports, and history. Win a category and you unlock the character associated with it - gather all six and you're officially the finest mind amongst your friends.
RedLynx and Ubisoft have updated the tricky Bronze Award-winning motorbike racer with PvP multiplayer.
You may recall that we at PG Connects back in June.
In these head-to-head showdowns, you'll be riding against another opponent's ghost while trying to will your tyres over the game's ridged and twisted tracks.
If you're good at it, and manage to beat these ghosts, you'll climb up the season rankings toward becoming a "Legend of the Frontier."
But that's not all. Beating other riders unlocks 16 new tracks in a swanky cave environment. Now that's got to be worth taking on the challenge, right?
Ever tried to dodge raindrops? It's a barmy idea, but one that entered my head as a child. It didn't go very well, of course, and the same can be said of my efforts in Don't Get Wet.
It's a free iOS and Android game that has you dodging large drops of rainwater with your taps. Easier said than done.
It's made extra tricky as you need to control two characters at once.
They're both adorabl...
Classic RPG Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is coming out for Android and iPhone on December 16th.
It was released for iPad about a year ago now. So this news is for those who play on smaller iOS screens, or on Android only, really.
There's no pricing details for these versions as of yet. However, given that the iPad version costs £10.49 / $14.99 you can probably expect it to be the s...
Where do I even begin with Dungeon of Genesis?
Do you like Wizardry? Well if you do, then go play Wizardry. Don't be tempted by this game's attempts at replicating the Wizardry experience.
I say this not as a series purist, but as someone who simply can't stand broken, bad games.
From humble beginnings
Dungeon of Genesis begins with you creating a team of adventurers by choosing names,...
Off the back of SimplePhysics and SimpleRockets, Jundroo has now released SimplePlanes on iOS and Android.
The concept is simple enough. You construct planes by snapping wings, cockpits, and engines together. There are WW2 warbirds, civilian planes, and next-generation fighters.
But you can build much more due to the flexibility of the system. You can download models that people have built o...
Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new Android games.
Roller Polar
By Nitrome - buy on Android (Free)
Sometimes, Nitrome makes massive, inventive, varied puzzle games like Icebreaker. And at others, it makes simple time-wasting freebies with all the depth of a paddling pool.
Roller Polar falls into the latter camp: it's a super simple game...
One of the great trends in gaming in recent years has been the opening up of development.
Where before you needed to learn reams of specialist code to build something even vaguely playable, nowadays there are platforms that let anyone create something from scratch.
ROBLOX is one such platform. It's a free program for PC or Mac that lets you build and distribute your own games. Not just to ho...
Gold Award-winning leap-'em-across Crossy Road is coming to Android devices over the next month and a half. We like it. We like it a lot. And we think you'll like it too, otherwise we wouldn't mention it.
The game sees you bouncing across a series of roads, avoiding oncoming traffic and trying to set a new high score. There are characters to unlock, and plenty of simple gameplay to get your...
Bronze Award-winning comic book FPS bike racer SXPD has finally made its way to the Google Play Store.
So if you fancy some black and white stylised violence, and you're of an Android persuasion, you’re in luck.
The game sees you playing through a graphic novel set in a grim dystopian future. Occasionally you'll jump into first person, driving a tricked-out bike through black and white e...
iOS is absolutely crammed with free-to-play RTSs such as Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, and Game of War – Fire Age. So just how do you stand out in a crowd of fine competitors such as these?
That's an issue that independent mobile developers Dawn Patrol Games are trying to solve with Nitropia: War Commanders.
We spoke to Studio Head, Prithvi Virasinghe about the new title and how he believes th...
It's been a miserably rainy day here, and so I'm glad to be writing about the sunny and superb Pixel Boat Rush, as it's now available on Android.
It's a competitive 2D speedboat racer about reducing air time to increase speed, and shooting your opponents until they blow up.
Pretty vicious, you might think, exploding boats with people inside of them. But hey, it's all in the name of crossing ...
Over the past few years, Lucky Frame has proven to be one of our favourite studios making games for iOS.
Those include Bad Hotel, Wave Trip, Gentlemen!, and The Nightmare Cooperative, which is currently free for our Advent Calendar (go get it!).
Now, unfortunately, the Edinburgh-based studio has disbanded and will be making no more games in the foreseeable future.
This is due to a number ...
As was promised last week, Mojang has released its tactical turn-based battler Scrolls for Android tablets.
It combines what Mojang consider to be the best bits of collectible card games and tactical wargames.
It's played by two players who aim to destroy three of their opponent's six idols.
To this end, you collect scrolls (cards, basically) that you "sacrifice" to the hex-based map.
...
Liverpool-based studio Starship has revealed its upcoming crafting and action-based adventure game Playworld Superheroes.
This is to be the first in the Playworld series, which is clearly a child of Minecraft's popularity in as much as it aims to inspire creativity through crafting and adventure.
This first superhero-themed game is due to be released on mobile in January 2015.
The series ...
Today marks Angry Birds's fifth birthday, and to celebrate Rovio has release a bunch of new levels based on fan art submissions.
You might remember we told you about the competition a few months back. It tasked fans with creating some art based on a number of different themes, with the winners getting their scrawlings turned into a level of the bird-flinging, pig-antagonising smash hit.
...
The Witcher Adventure Game is a fully functioning version of Fantasy Flight's recent physical game, transported to touchscreen, and it works surprisingly well.
Rather than rolling dice, collecting fiddly chits, and moving plastic pieces around a board, you're tapping on the screen. It takes a good deal of the tangible nature of the boardgame away, but leaves you with enough meat to sink your te...
DeNA and Hasbro have announced Transformers: Battle Tactics today. It'll be free to play and is coming to iOS and Android in 2015.
As the title suggests, Battle Tactics is a fast-paced, turn-based combat game.
It has a cartoon-look to it, which you may recognize as being based upon the Transformers Generations Combiner Wars comic books.
Central to constructing winning tactics is building ...
Tilt to Live creator One Man Left is bringing its Bronze Award-winning multiplayer strategy game Outwitters to Android in January.
It's an odd little game that lets you battle it out against friends and strangers around the world on a tile-based map.
Each match requires between two to four players to start. Once you do, you invest your Wits (resources) in summoning reinforcements, moving uni...
Radiangames's Silver Award-winning twin-stick action-RPG Inferno 2 has blasted its way on to Android.
It's the sequel to Inferno+, which means 80 more neon mazes for you to bounce bullets around. It also has more weapons, more upgrades and powers, more enemies to tackle.
Not to mention how pretty the darn thing is. Expect huge explosions drenched in colour practically every five seconds...
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Mere weeks after release, Trivia Crack has made it to the number one spot on the US iTunes Store, beating the likes of Candy Crush Soda Saga, Instagram, and Facebook. That's no easy feat..jpeg)
Neither, though, is featuring in the iTunes 'Best of 2014' ranking on the App Store, which it also did. Google also took a shine to it, placing it at a whopping third in its 'Top 100 Best Games of 2014' chart.
Just in case you've been living in an abandoned airport hangar, Trivia Crack pits you against your friends in a battle of wits to determine who knows more useless information in each of the six categories of science, entertainment, art, geography, sports, and history. Win a category and you unlock the character associated with it - gather all six and you're officially the finest mind amongst your friends. 
Ever tried to dodge raindrops? It's a barmy idea, but one that entered my head as a child. It didn't go very well, of course, and the same can be said of my efforts in Don't Get Wet.
It's a free iOS and Android game that has you dodging large drops of rainwater with your taps. Easier said than done.
It's made extra tricky as you need to control two characters at once.
They're both adorabl...
Classic RPG Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is coming out for Android and iPhone on December 16th.
It was released for iPad about a year ago now. So this news is for those who play on smaller iOS screens, or on Android only, really.
There's no pricing details for these versions as of yet. However, given that the iPad version costs £10.49 / $14.99 you can probably expect it to be the s...
Where do I even begin with Dungeon of Genesis?
Do you like Wizardry? Well if you do, then go play Wizardry. Don't be tempted by this game's attempts at replicating the Wizardry experience.
I say this not as a series purist, but as someone who simply can't stand broken, bad games.
From humble beginnings
Dungeon of Genesis begins with you creating a team of adventurers by choosing names,...
Off the back of SimplePhysics and SimpleRockets, Jundroo has now released SimplePlanes on iOS and Android.
The concept is simple enough. You construct planes by snapping wings, cockpits, and engines together. There are WW2 warbirds, civilian planes, and next-generation fighters.
But you can build much more due to the flexibility of the system. You can download models that people have built o...
Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new Android games.
Roller Polar
By Nitrome - buy on Android (Free)
Sometimes, Nitrome makes massive, inventive, varied puzzle games like Icebreaker. And at others, it makes simple time-wasting freebies with all the depth of a paddling pool.
Roller Polar falls into the latter camp: it's a super simple game...
One of the great trends in gaming in recent years has been the opening up of development.
Where before you needed to learn reams of specialist code to build something even vaguely playable, nowadays there are platforms that let anyone create something from scratch.
ROBLOX is one such platform. It's a free program for PC or Mac that lets you build and distribute your own games. Not just to ho...
Gold Award-winning leap-'em-across Crossy Road is coming to Android devices over the next month and a half. We like it. We like it a lot. And we think you'll like it too, otherwise we wouldn't mention it.
The game sees you bouncing across a series of roads, avoiding oncoming traffic and trying to set a new high score. There are characters to unlock, and plenty of simple gameplay to get your...
Bronze Award-winning comic book FPS bike racer SXPD has finally made its way to the Google Play Store.
So if you fancy some black and white stylised violence, and you're of an Android persuasion, you’re in luck.
The game sees you playing through a graphic novel set in a grim dystopian future. Occasionally you'll jump into first person, driving a tricked-out bike through black and white e...![Nitropia: War Commanders offers a lot of bang for a small amount of buck [Sponsored]](http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/artwork/stock_shots/11.jpg)
iOS is absolutely crammed with free-to-play RTSs such as Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, and Game of War – Fire Age. So just how do you stand out in a crowd of fine competitors such as these?
That's an issue that independent mobile developers Dawn Patrol Games are trying to solve with Nitropia: War Commanders.
We spoke to Studio Head, Prithvi Virasinghe about the new title and how he believes th...
It's been a miserably rainy day here, and so I'm glad to be writing about the sunny and superb Pixel Boat Rush, as it's now available on Android.
It's a competitive 2D speedboat racer about reducing air time to increase speed, and shooting your opponents until they blow up.
Pretty vicious, you might think, exploding boats with people inside of them. But hey, it's all in the name of crossing ...
Over the past few years, Lucky Frame has proven to be one of our favourite studios making games for iOS.
Those include Bad Hotel, Wave Trip, Gentlemen!, and The Nightmare Cooperative, which is currently free for our Advent Calendar (go get it!).
Now, unfortunately, the Edinburgh-based studio has disbanded and will be making no more games in the foreseeable future.
This is due to a number ...
As was promised last week, Mojang has released its tactical turn-based battler Scrolls for Android tablets.
It combines what Mojang consider to be the best bits of collectible card games and tactical wargames.
It's played by two players who aim to destroy three of their opponent's six idols.
To this end, you collect scrolls (cards, basically) that you "sacrifice" to the hex-based map.
...
Liverpool-based studio Starship has revealed its upcoming crafting and action-based adventure game Playworld Superheroes.
This is to be the first in the Playworld series, which is clearly a child of Minecraft's popularity in as much as it aims to inspire creativity through crafting and adventure.
This first superhero-themed game is due to be released on mobile in January 2015.
The series ...
Today marks Angry Birds's fifth birthday, and to celebrate Rovio has release a bunch of new levels based on fan art submissions.
You might remember we told you about the competition a few months back. It tasked fans with creating some art based on a number of different themes, with the winners getting their scrawlings turned into a level of the bird-flinging, pig-antagonising smash hit.
...
The Witcher Adventure Game is a fully functioning version of Fantasy Flight's recent physical game, transported to touchscreen, and it works surprisingly well.
Rather than rolling dice, collecting fiddly chits, and moving plastic pieces around a board, you're tapping on the screen. It takes a good deal of the tangible nature of the boardgame away, but leaves you with enough meat to sink your te...
Tilt to Live creator One Man Left is bringing its Bronze Award-winning multiplayer strategy game Outwitters to Android in January.
It's an odd little game that lets you battle it out against friends and strangers around the world on a tile-based map.
Each match requires between two to four players to start. Once you do, you invest your Wits (resources) in summoning reinforcements, moving uni...
Radiangames's Silver Award-winning twin-stick action-RPG Inferno 2 has blasted its way on to Android.
It's the sequel to Inferno+, which means 80 more neon mazes for you to bounce bullets around. It also has more weapons, more upgrades and powers, more enemies to tackle.
Not to mention how pretty the darn thing is. Expect huge explosions drenched in colour practically every five seconds...
