Did you know everyone in the UK is rubbish at maths? I know that I'm rubbish at maths, and I don't really speak to anyone else, so I'm happy to just roll with it.
That's where cZeus wants to come in. It's a slightly more complicated game of sudoku that sees you adding numbers to a grid. But there's a bunch of sums involved, and a ticking clock, and some questions about mythology for some reason...
Square Enix has revealed a new game streaming service for iOS and Android. It's called Dive In and it's set to launch in Japan on October 9th.
The Dive In app is free to download, and then you pay a per-game subscription to stream titles to your device. Final Fantasy VII, for example, costs ¥200 for three days, ¥400 for 10 days, ¥1,000 for one month, and ¥1,429 for one year.
Other games ...
The mobile run 'n gun series Random Heroes is getting a third installment.
That's right: Random Heroes 3.
If that wasn't exciting enough, the developers at Ravenous Games revealed two screenshots from their work-in-progress over on the Touch Arcade forums today. You're looking at them!
Random Heroes is an action-packed series of platformers that puts you in control of a variety of...
Foursaken Media's blocky dungeon crawler Phantom Rift will be hitting Google Play and the App Store this Thursday, September 11th.
Phantom Rift is an action RPG inspired by Mega Man Battle Network in both looks and combat style.
Dungeons are composed of floating blocks, which you're free to roam around until a battle begins. That's when the tile-based combat system comes into play.
If you...
Diamond Digger Saga is a quintessential release by the developer behind of some of the most popular video games made by human hands, King.
It's not amazing in any way. It doesn't break any new ground. It's almost completely derivative of the company's previous titles.
But it's also super addictive, very casual-friendly, and extremely well-made.
A familiar tale
Upon firing up the game y...
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi's upcoming strategy RPG Terra Battle will have an energy system you can pay to bypass.
It's not a feature we can honestly get excited about, unlike the rest of the game.
We've known that Terra Battle is free to play since finding out about it in July this year. We were hoping its monetisation wouldn't be too icky.
It seems that it might be, thoug...
The most common comment we get here on Pocket Gamer is some variation on "is it coming to Android?".
However it's phrased, you can almost hear the anguished plea behind each one. While developers shower iOS gamers with lavish premium titles, Android users are often left feeling short-changed.
But why? Android is more popular than iOS as a mobile operating system, so sidelining the former gro...
How are you with first dates? If you groaned and retreated to the fetal position just then, consider playing Kitty Powers' Matchmaker.
It's a dating sim that has you working with drag queen Kitty Powers at her Matchmaking Agency. Powers is a pro when it comes to dating and, I dare say, some of her tips might rub off on you.
In the game, your role is set-up dates between the procedurally gene...
Beavl Games tells us that Kapsula is coming to iOS this week.
Not familiar? Not to worry. Kapsula was originally released on Android and in browsers back in July. This iOS version isn't any different than those, essentially.
What that means is it's an infinite racer that takes place in a Soviet space colony. I've never raced through one of those before, as far as I can remember.
It's ...
Wearables are all the rage right now. We've got Google goggles that let you read text messages with your eyes without moving your head, and smartwatches that mean you can find out if you've got an email before you even look at your phone.
These are truly amazing developments, and they mean that gaming is set to change. You might be able to press a button on a watch to make a bird do a jump on y...
It looks like Samsung's Gear VR headset is set to cost £150 when it launches in the UK. That's according to a listing on the mobilefun website, where you can preorder the goggles.
Of course you'll also need a Galaxy Note 4 to strap into the stylish harness, and that's likely to cost you upwards of £500 sim free.
That sounds like quite a lot of money for the first wave of mobile VR. Especiall...
Updated on September 8th, at 10:06: Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake was recently patched and updated, which fixed a few bugs that would stop you from finishing the game.
With those nuisance glitches out of the way, we have been able to finish up this guide. That includes solutions for levels 3-2C and 4-10, and the last three messages in bottles (below).
With this guide you can now get three st...
Google is set to pay back $19 million worth of in-app purchases after reaching a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission.
The repayments are due to the lack of password protection for purchases when the Play Store launched in 2011, and a lack of information about the 30 minute no-password purchase window that occurred after making purchases.
It's less than the $32 million Apple h...
NimbleBit's Tower games have always done alright by us. We thought the ever-so generous Tiny Tower was worthy of a Bronze Award, and the Force-flavoured Star Wars: Tiny Death Star deserved every little bit of its Silver Award.
Now the company is back with another spin on the blueprint it laid out with the original game back in 2011, this time with a gambling theme.
How does it stack up again...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
Mobile gamers: the virtual reality revolution has begun.
This week, Samsung announced a new phone called the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, which can slot into a fancy head-mounted gizmo to become an impromptu virtual reality headset.
It's built in collaboration with Oculus, and t...
The role of VR and wearables remains uncertain, with the industry divided on whether such tech is the future of gaming, or simply a fad that will fade into obscurity.
In reality though, it doesn't really matter what we think, because it seems more and more companies just can't wait to jump on the VR bandwagon - which is exactly what Samsung did this week.
The South Korean firm stole headline...
The free space shmup and endless runner hybrid Galaxy Dash: Race to the Outer Run is arriving worldwide on iOS and Android on September 18th, following a limited release.
Developed by SuperMoon Games, Galaxy Dash will allow you to customize your own space ship, and send it on missions all across the galaxy.
It has a colorful, low-poly art style that looks great on mobile, and an oldschool ac...
SomaSim's city-building game 1849 will be getting an expansion pack in mid-September called 1849: Nevada Silver.
This expansion takes place 10 years after the Californian Gold Rush, just across the mountains where silver has been discovered, in Comstock Lode.
There will be six Northern Nevada towns where you'll aim to strike it rich by mining silver and trading with nearby settlements for vi...
Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new Android games.
Block Fortress
By Foursaken Media - buy on Android (£1.49 / $1.99)
At a first glance, Block Fortress might look like yet another Minecraft knock-off. It's got the same low-fi aesthetic, and the same obsession with plopping down building blocks.
But this game has more of a set structure,...
Sukeban Games is hoping to bring VA-11 HALL-A, its cyberpunk bartending sim, to iOS, Android, and Vita.
It's a game in which you mix drinks according to the preference of each customer, and then talk them through personal, political, and social issues.
It takes place in a "post-dystopian" future, you see. The people are being oppressed: corporate nanomachines monitor them while White Knights...
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Did you know everyone in the UK is rubbish at maths? I know that I'm rubbish at maths, and I don't really speak to anyone else, so I'm happy to just roll with it.
That's where cZeus wants to come in. It's a slightly more complicated game of sudoku that sees you adding numbers to a grid. But there's a bunch of sums involved, and a ticking clock, and some questions about mythology for some reason...
Square Enix has revealed a new game streaming service for iOS and Android. It's called Dive In and it's set to launch in Japan on October 9th.
The Dive In app is free to download, and then you pay a per-game subscription to stream titles to your device. Final Fantasy VII, for example, costs ¥200 for three days, ¥400 for 10 days, ¥1,000 for one month, and ¥1,429 for one year.
Other games ...
The mobile run 'n gun series Random Heroes is getting a third installment.
That's right: Random Heroes 3.
If that wasn't exciting enough, the developers at Ravenous Games revealed two screenshots from their work-in-progress over on the Touch Arcade forums today. You're looking at them!
Random Heroes is an action-packed series of platformers that puts you in control of a variety of...
Foursaken Media's blocky dungeon crawler Phantom Rift will be hitting Google Play and the App Store this Thursday, September 11th.
Phantom Rift is an action RPG inspired by Mega Man Battle Network in both looks and combat style.
Dungeons are composed of floating blocks, which you're free to roam around until a battle begins. That's when the tile-based combat system comes into play.
If you...
Diamond Digger Saga is a quintessential release by the developer behind of some of the most popular video games made by human hands, King.
It's not amazing in any way. It doesn't break any new ground. It's almost completely derivative of the company's previous titles.
But it's also super addictive, very casual-friendly, and extremely well-made.
A familiar tale
Upon firing up the game y...
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi's upcoming strategy RPG Terra Battle will have an energy system you can pay to bypass.
It's not a feature we can honestly get excited about, unlike the rest of the game.
We've known that Terra Battle is free to play since finding out about it in July this year. We were hoping its monetisation wouldn't be too icky.
It seems that it might be, thoug...
The most common comment we get here on Pocket Gamer is some variation on "is it coming to Android?".
However it's phrased, you can almost hear the anguished plea behind each one. While developers shower iOS gamers with lavish premium titles, Android users are often left feeling short-changed.
But why? Android is more popular than iOS as a mobile operating system, so sidelining the former gro...
How are you with first dates? If you groaned and retreated to the fetal position just then, consider playing Kitty Powers' Matchmaker.
It's a dating sim that has you working with drag queen Kitty Powers at her Matchmaking Agency. Powers is a pro when it comes to dating and, I dare say, some of her tips might rub off on you.
In the game, your role is set-up dates between the procedurally gene...
Beavl Games tells us that Kapsula is coming to iOS this week.
Not familiar? Not to worry. Kapsula was originally released on Android and in browsers back in July. This iOS version isn't any different than those, essentially.
What that means is it's an infinite racer that takes place in a Soviet space colony. I've never raced through one of those before, as far as I can remember.
It's ...
Wearables are all the rage right now. We've got Google goggles that let you read text messages with your eyes without moving your head, and smartwatches that mean you can find out if you've got an email before you even look at your phone.
These are truly amazing developments, and they mean that gaming is set to change. You might be able to press a button on a watch to make a bird do a jump on y...
It looks like Samsung's Gear VR headset is set to cost £150 when it launches in the UK. That's according to a listing on the mobilefun website, where you can preorder the goggles.
Of course you'll also need a Galaxy Note 4 to strap into the stylish harness, and that's likely to cost you upwards of £500 sim free.
That sounds like quite a lot of money for the first wave of mobile VR. Especiall...
![[Update] Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake walkthrough - secrets, side quests, costumes, and monsters](http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/artwork/thumbs/na-gwoj_image_jpg_100.jpg)
Updated on September 8th, at 10:06: Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake was recently patched and updated, which fixed a few bugs that would stop you from finishing the game.
With those nuisance glitches out of the way, we have been able to finish up this guide. That includes solutions for levels 3-2C and 4-10, and the last three messages in bottles (below).
With this guide you can now get three st...
Google is set to pay back $19 million worth of in-app purchases after reaching a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission.
The repayments are due to the lack of password protection for purchases when the Play Store launched in 2011, and a lack of information about the 30 minute no-password purchase window that occurred after making purchases.
It's less than the $32 million Apple h...
NimbleBit's Tower games have always done alright by us. We thought the ever-so generous Tiny Tower was worthy of a Bronze Award, and the Force-flavoured Star Wars: Tiny Death Star deserved every little bit of its Silver Award.
Now the company is back with another spin on the blueprint it laid out with the original game back in 2011, this time with a gambling theme.
How does it stack up again...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
Mobile gamers: the virtual reality revolution has begun.
This week, Samsung announced a new phone called the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, which can slot into a fancy head-mounted gizmo to become an impromptu virtual reality headset.
It's built in collaboration with Oculus, and t...
The role of VR and wearables remains uncertain, with the industry divided on whether such tech is the future of gaming, or simply a fad that will fade into obscurity.
In reality though, it doesn't really matter what we think, because it seems more and more companies just can't wait to jump on the VR bandwagon - which is exactly what Samsung did this week.
The South Korean firm stole headline...
The free space shmup and endless runner hybrid Galaxy Dash: Race to the Outer Run is arriving worldwide on iOS and Android on September 18th, following a limited release.
Developed by SuperMoon Games, Galaxy Dash will allow you to customize your own space ship, and send it on missions all across the galaxy.
It has a colorful, low-poly art style that looks great on mobile, and an oldschool ac...
SomaSim's city-building game 1849 will be getting an expansion pack in mid-September called 1849: Nevada Silver.
This expansion takes place 10 years after the Californian Gold Rush, just across the mountains where silver has been discovered, in Comstock Lode.
There will be six Northern Nevada towns where you'll aim to strike it rich by mining silver and trading with nearby settlements for vi...
Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new Android games.
Block Fortress
By Foursaken Media - buy on Android (£1.49 / $1.99)
At a first glance, Block Fortress might look like yet another Minecraft knock-off. It's got the same low-fi aesthetic, and the same obsession with plopping down building blocks.
But this game has more of a set structure,...
Sukeban Games is hoping to bring VA-11 HALL-A, its cyberpunk bartending sim, to iOS, Android, and Vita.
It's a game in which you mix drinks according to the preference of each customer, and then talk them through personal, political, and social issues.
It takes place in a "post-dystopian" future, you see. The people are being oppressed: corporate nanomachines monitor them while White Knights...
