I'll admit that if I had known Muertitos was a match-3 puzzler before I had played it, I may have skipped it. I'm glad I didn't.
Not only does it have an art style and set of characters taken from traditional Mexican culture, it has an interesting take on the genre.
Rather than swapping the tiles in the grid, in Muertitos you push them in from the edges of the grid.
So, there are tiles - ...
Are you an up and coming indie dev trying to get your latest title out there, in front of the public and members of the industry and press?
Well, this year's Apps World, taking place in the ExCel Centre on November 12th and 13th, is the prime place to prove your stuff on the big stage in the Big Indie Pitch, sponsored by Immersion.
Previous Big Indie Pitch entrants have gone on to top charts...
There's a hush. The arcade is entranced. The rattle of coins has dulled to almost total silence.
Only one controller is clacking, only one machine beeping. It's going to happen. Someone is going to beat the high score.
Concentration is etched on the challenger's furrowed brow. The arcade is holding its breath. The score inches up, a painstaking crawl towards something spectacular.
But no!...
Like word games?
Excellent Connection - Words is a free one for iOS and Android that uses unlockable hints to help you fill in the blank letters.
There are over 300 puzzles in the game.
Each one starts out with a grid of draggable letters and an incomplete word.
At the top, a list of associated hints - synonyms, antonyms, or generally related words - are listed for assistance.
Only ...
Gamevil's newest free to play title, Mark of the Dragon, landed on iOS and Android yesterday.
The combat strategy game lets you choose an element from fire, water, earth, and air, and then build up a kingdom to do battle with others.
As its name suggests, Mark of the Dragon also features dragons, which can be bred and flown into battle in third-person 3D. There are over 130 dragons available...
Bart Bonte has released his playful action-puzzler Sweet Drmzzz on iOS and Android today.
I had a look at the game a couple of weeks ago, and came away saying that it's like a slightly more friendly take on the Warioware style of game.
It starts with you going to sleep, and then a mini version of you sneaking out of your ear, hopping onto an alarm clock, and riding it to space.
The levels...
King Art's massive strategy battler Battle Worlds: Kronos has been released for iPad and Android tablets today.
It's a cross-platform online turn-based game that was funded on Kickstarter last year. The idea is to bring back the type of tough and pure tactical strategy of Battle Isle and Advance Wars.
If you've been following Kronos for a while, you've probably either seen it or already play...
Publisher Paradox has revealed a Halloween update for Behold Studio's Silver Award-winning RPG Knights of Pen Paper today.
OK, so Halloween was nearly a week ago now, but according to Paradox, " every day of the year is a good time for ghosts."
This update should roll out on Android and iOS later on if it hasn't already.
It adds a new Witch class, who can heal party members and wea...
The latest episode of the long-running comedy show South Park digs into the unethical side of freemium mobile games.
We're talking about grinding, wait-timers, and multiple in-game currencies used to encourage you to spend your real money inside a game.
If you play mobile games in any capacity then you're bound to be familiar with the pressure that comes with freemium games. It's this th...
EA has sort of accidentally had to reveal that Need for Speed: No Limits is a mobile game. All thanks to Ken Block, who is famous for doing elaborate skids.
Block revealed a new car on his Facebook page, an image of which you can see above. And if you look closely you'll spot ads for a new Need for Speed game on it. This it turns out is EA's first mobile exclusive Need for Speed game.
We...
We need to talk about Record of Agarest War Zero's hero, Sieghart. No really, a stern conversation is in order.
Sure we can overlook his cocky quips, tireless pursuit of the ladies, and that time he abandoned his troops to go off on a self-serving baddie-bashing mission.
But now he's inexplicably made off with all the magical powers of a young girl with pink bunchies, and on top of that fire...
PocketGamer.biz, Pocket Gamer's industry-focused sister site, is looking for writers.
The successful candidates will have an interest in free-to-play mobile games and the business disciplines that have created billion dollar companies like Supercell, King, and GungHo Online.
This is a varied and exciting role that will give you the opportunity to write about a broad range of subjects, travel...
When it comes to mobile gaming, tablets are becoming an increasingly vital part of every player's lifestyle.
While Apple's iPad range offers options at the high end of the market, you'll find a greater degree of choice when looking at Android-powered slates, with budget choices and premium challengers all vying for your attention - and cash.
Android tablets had a painfully slow start compare...
The side-scrolling beat-'em-up is a genre very much of its time. With basic plotlines which echoed the vengeance-soaked action flicks of the era, a focus on local co-op play, and a fondness for coin-guzzling bosses, some would argue that the genre died with the arcades.
But there's clearly a sense of nostalgia for this kind of game, even on systems which aren't traditionally suitable to acc...
Konami is on the ball in bringing the newly announced Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Generation to iPad and Android tablets this autumn.
There's no doubt that it's going to be boxing in the same ring as Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, which was released a little over a month ago.
Sure, there have been Yu-Gi-Oh! games on mobile and tablets before. But the selling point that's being pushed with Duel Genera...
The Italian Racing update is now live for Real Racing 3 on the App Store and the Google Play Store, and as you might imagine from the name, it adds some silly Italian cars to the Gold Award-winning racer.
There's the Ferrari LaFerrari, which is a ridiculous production car equipped with a hybrid engine derived from the ones Ferrari uses in Formula One.
You also get the Maserati GranTurism...
Adding Star Wars into the tower defence genre mix is an odd choice.
There aren't actually that many towers in the entire canon of Star Wars, and they certainly don't play a pivotal role in any scene from the series - or at least not from what I can recall about the six main movies.
But there must be a good reason to make a TD game out of this cherished licence, beyond just the potential for ...
Ah, October. The month where everything in the northern hemisphere seems to get colder and darker earlier than ever.
Fortunately, this has been a fine month in which to snuggle up with a good Android game or ten. We've had the usually strong mix of releases, but it's heartening to note that several of the strongest games have been simultaneous launches on iOS and Android.
This is a month whe...
Despite being an in-progress game, the title Legends of Fore might ring a couple of bells for you.
Why? It's the "spiritual successor" to the Bronze Award-winning fantasy roguelike Legends of Yore. Yes, that's where you recognize it from.
After releasing Yore three years ago, Welsh developer Coke and Code is returning to the ideas in its top-down roguelike, but this time it's working in a s...
At some point in time, film tie-in games on mobile won't consist of only endless runners and match-3 games. That time is not now.
Disney has released Big Hero 6 Bot Fight which isn't, as the title may suggest, a fighting game. No, don't be misled, this is a match-3 puzzle game as straight as they come.
You match Power Cells in a grid, connecting colours to trigger attacks, and combos for big...
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I'll admit that if I had known Muertitos was a match-3 puzzler before I had played it, I may have skipped it. I'm glad I didn't.
Not only does it have an art style and set of characters taken from traditional Mexican culture, it has an interesting take on the genre.
Rather than swapping the tiles in the grid, in Muertitos you push them in from the edges of the grid.
So, there are tiles - ...
Are you an up and coming indie dev trying to get your latest title out there, in front of the public and members of the industry and press?
Well, this year's Apps World, taking place in the ExCel Centre on November 12th and 13th, is the prime place to prove your stuff on the big stage in the Big Indie Pitch, sponsored by Immersion.
Previous Big Indie Pitch entrants have gone on to top charts...
There's a hush. The arcade is entranced. The rattle of coins has dulled to almost total silence.
Only one controller is clacking, only one machine beeping. It's going to happen. Someone is going to beat the high score.
Concentration is etched on the challenger's furrowed brow. The arcade is holding its breath. The score inches up, a painstaking crawl towards something spectacular.
But no!...
Like word games?
Excellent Connection - Words is a free one for iOS and Android that uses unlockable hints to help you fill in the blank letters.
There are over 300 puzzles in the game.
Each one starts out with a grid of draggable letters and an incomplete word.
At the top, a list of associated hints - synonyms, antonyms, or generally related words - are listed for assistance.
Only ...
Gamevil's newest free to play title, Mark of the Dragon, landed on iOS and Android yesterday.
The combat strategy game lets you choose an element from fire, water, earth, and air, and then build up a kingdom to do battle with others.
As its name suggests, Mark of the Dragon also features dragons, which can be bred and flown into battle in third-person 3D. There are over 130 dragons available...
Bart Bonte has released his playful action-puzzler Sweet Drmzzz on iOS and Android today.
I had a look at the game a couple of weeks ago, and came away saying that it's like a slightly more friendly take on the Warioware style of game.
It starts with you going to sleep, and then a mini version of you sneaking out of your ear, hopping onto an alarm clock, and riding it to space.
The levels...
King Art's massive strategy battler Battle Worlds: Kronos has been released for iPad and Android tablets today.
It's a cross-platform online turn-based game that was funded on Kickstarter last year. The idea is to bring back the type of tough and pure tactical strategy of Battle Isle and Advance Wars.
If you've been following Kronos for a while, you've probably either seen it or already play...
Publisher Paradox has revealed a Halloween update for Behold Studio's Silver Award-winning RPG Knights of Pen Paper today.
OK, so Halloween was nearly a week ago now, but according to Paradox, " every day of the year is a good time for ghosts."
This update should roll out on Android and iOS later on if it hasn't already.
It adds a new Witch class, who can heal party members and wea...
The latest episode of the long-running comedy show South Park digs into the unethical side of freemium mobile games.
We're talking about grinding, wait-timers, and multiple in-game currencies used to encourage you to spend your real money inside a game.
If you play mobile games in any capacity then you're bound to be familiar with the pressure that comes with freemium games. It's this th...
EA has sort of accidentally had to reveal that Need for Speed: No Limits is a mobile game. All thanks to Ken Block, who is famous for doing elaborate skids.
Block revealed a new car on his Facebook page, an image of which you can see above. And if you look closely you'll spot ads for a new Need for Speed game on it. This it turns out is EA's first mobile exclusive Need for Speed game.
We...
We need to talk about Record of Agarest War Zero's hero, Sieghart. No really, a stern conversation is in order.
Sure we can overlook his cocky quips, tireless pursuit of the ladies, and that time he abandoned his troops to go off on a self-serving baddie-bashing mission.
But now he's inexplicably made off with all the magical powers of a young girl with pink bunchies, and on top of that fire...
PocketGamer.biz, Pocket Gamer's industry-focused sister site, is looking for writers.
The successful candidates will have an interest in free-to-play mobile games and the business disciplines that have created billion dollar companies like Supercell, King, and GungHo Online.
This is a varied and exciting role that will give you the opportunity to write about a broad range of subjects, travel...
When it comes to mobile gaming, tablets are becoming an increasingly vital part of every player's lifestyle.
While Apple's iPad range offers options at the high end of the market, you'll find a greater degree of choice when looking at Android-powered slates, with budget choices and premium challengers all vying for your attention - and cash.
Android tablets had a painfully slow start compare...
The side-scrolling beat-'em-up is a genre very much of its time. With basic plotlines which echoed the vengeance-soaked action flicks of the era, a focus on local co-op play, and a fondness for coin-guzzling bosses, some would argue that the genre died with the arcades.
But there's clearly a sense of nostalgia for this kind of game, even on systems which aren't traditionally suitable to acc...
Konami is on the ball in bringing the newly announced Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Generation to iPad and Android tablets this autumn.
There's no doubt that it's going to be boxing in the same ring as Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, which was released a little over a month ago.
Sure, there have been Yu-Gi-Oh! games on mobile and tablets before. But the selling point that's being pushed with Duel Genera...
The Italian Racing update is now live for Real Racing 3 on the App Store and the Google Play Store, and as you might imagine from the name, it adds some silly Italian cars to the Gold Award-winning racer.
There's the Ferrari LaFerrari, which is a ridiculous production car equipped with a hybrid engine derived from the ones Ferrari uses in Formula One.
You also get the Maserati GranTurism...
Adding Star Wars into the tower defence genre mix is an odd choice.
There aren't actually that many towers in the entire canon of Star Wars, and they certainly don't play a pivotal role in any scene from the series - or at least not from what I can recall about the six main movies.
But there must be a good reason to make a TD game out of this cherished licence, beyond just the potential for ...
Ah, October. The month where everything in the northern hemisphere seems to get colder and darker earlier than ever.
Fortunately, this has been a fine month in which to snuggle up with a good Android game or ten. We've had the usually strong mix of releases, but it's heartening to note that several of the strongest games have been simultaneous launches on iOS and Android.
This is a month whe...
Despite being an in-progress game, the title Legends of Fore might ring a couple of bells for you.
Why? It's the "spiritual successor" to the Bronze Award-winning fantasy roguelike Legends of Yore. Yes, that's where you recognize it from.
After releasing Yore three years ago, Welsh developer Coke and Code is returning to the ideas in its top-down roguelike, but this time it's working in a s...
At some point in time, film tie-in games on mobile won't consist of only endless runners and match-3 games. That time is not now.
Disney has released Big Hero 6 Bot Fight which isn't, as the title may suggest, a fighting game. No, don't be misled, this is a match-3 puzzle game as straight as they come.
You match Power Cells in a grid, connecting colours to trigger attacks, and combos for big...
