Namco Bandai has finally ported Tamagotchi Angel over to iOS and Android, a full seven years after we reviewed the original mobile version.
If you are in the slightest bit familiar with the Tamagotchi virtual pet games, then you won't need much background here.
In essence, you raise your little Angel in Angel City from a tiny baby to an adult. It's necessary to nurture it at every stage, att...
One Man Left has just slashed the price of its tilt-based dot battler Tilt to Live 2: Redonkulous on iOS to 69p / 99c and on Android to 59p.
If that's not enough of a reason for you to run out and purchase it immediately, the recently released free demo versions of the game just might be.
Calling these 'demos' isn't quite doing them justice, though, for these freebies contain the entire Clas...
Playing football with cars. It might sound like another "hilarious" sketch from the Top Gear archives, but it also happens to make for a surprisingly entertaining mobile game.
Soccer Rally 2 has you ramming a ball into a goal, but with an entirely different sort of boot.
It's as knockabout and frivolous as it sounds, but there's a bit more to the game than its daft premise would suggest.
...
Hack, Slash, Loot made a fair ol' splash on PC back in 2012. Tonight, however, it'll finally be available on iPad and Android tablets.
That's particularly exciting given that Hack, Slash, Loot is the type of "retro-styled turn-based dungeon crawler" (i.e. roguelike) that's just perfect for mobile gaming.
It contains the depth of more complex roguelikes but boasts incredibly simple controls. ...
At midnight tonight, loopy physics-puzzler Bridge Constructor will go back in time and turn into Bridge Constructor Medieval. In doing so, it will become an old-timey twist on the Silver Award-winning bridge builder.
Like before, you're tasked here with building a strong and stable structure to get units over a big chasm. This time, however, you're dealing with horses and soldiers (instead ...
League of Geeks's Armello is one of the prettiest strategy games I've ever seen.
But this isn't just a thing of beauty. You see, League of Geeks's idea here is to combine the adventure of RPGs with the strategy of card and boardgames.
You'll be playing a hero in the animal kingdom of Armello. Your journey to the King's palace is precipitated by the ruler's downfall to the Rot. It's turn...
It takes a lot for a top-down shmup to get my attention these days. But Awaken: Underwater Odyssey has managed it.
It was the backgrounds and choice of colours that initially piqued my interest. Cold blues and murky yellows reflect off the rocky details and glowing alien tech here.
Awaken: Underwater Odyssey is set miles below the icy surface of the planet Neptune, you see. It's an underwate...
Here's some sad news for fans of stories where birds are intergalactic heroes. None of the Star Wars video games are canon any more.
That means your dreams of a JJ Abrams-directed Episode VII starring Red Bird are all but dead in the water. It's a tragedy, I know.
It also means that any stories you've concocted in Tiny Death Star are, unfortunately, not true. I mean true here in the sense th...
What is it about watching progress bars fill up that's so satisfying? If there's one game known for its addictive properties in this regard, it's Zynga's infamous FarmVille series.
The original version of FarmVille 2 launched on Facebook back in 2012. Now it's back for iOS and Android devices with plenty of supposed optimisations saving both time and social spamming.
I have to admit, this is...
Exploration is a big part of many games, but it’s a tricky beast to tame. The act of exploring can be a hell of a lot of fun, adding depth and dimension to a game by allowing you to delve into every corner, shadow, and character.
But get it wrong and exploration becomes an onerous task - a neverending schlep that simply exasperates players with too much stick, and a carrot that turns out to be ...
How do you do free-to-play gaming in a way that doesn't upset and alienate the people who are actually going to be playing the game?
That's a question that Butterscotch Shenanigans has been mulling over as it tried to work out how best to - sorry for the dirty word - monetize its next 'big' game Crashlands.
And it thinks it's come up with a solution that benefits players and devs alike. It's...
One of the things mobile gaming is lacking is solid online multiplayer experiences.
Don't get me wrong, there are some games that do PvP brilliantly, but they're a little thin on the ground.
Dethroned wants to change that. It's an action focused strategy battler that sees you building bases, capturing nodes, and leading your hero into battle against friends and strangers.
And right now an...
Way back in 2000, Nintendo set the bar impossibly high for fast food tie-ins when it unveiled the "gold card" line Pokemon toys for Burger King Kids Meals.
Now almost 15 years later, the Big N is hoping to recapture that magic with a line of Pokemon X / Y toys for McDonald's Happy Meals.
From what we've seen of the upcoming line, it doesn't look like the toys themselves actually do much of a...
Funcom has confirmed that Lego Minifigures Online will be heading to iPad and Android tablets later this year.
This is a kid-friendly MMO that will have you playing co-operatively with other online players.
The action in this one isn't so different from the action in regular Lego game series. So, you can expect to be constructing objects and buildings from Lego bricks, and fighting hordes of...
I'm a fool. I thought I was better than Hazumino. I was wrong.
The challenge here, you see, is to spin tetrominoes and line them up correctly to create a bridge. A quirky character of your choice then runs across this bridge. Any holes you create need to be jumped over. So, your attention is divided between the blocks and the character.
"An easy task," I said to myself.
It even starts off...
Updated on April 28th, at 14:00: Don't worry, Windows Phone users: you haven't been forgotten.
Gameloft has now updated the Windows Phone version of Asphalt 8: Airborne with all the new content detailed below. So, yes, that includes the Great Wall of China tracks, new dream cars, and a few requested tweaks.
You can download the freshly updated Asphalt 8: Airborne from the Windows Phone Store...
Freeway Mutant is a product of Butterscotch Shenanigans's recent speedcrafting splurge.
The two man dev team behind Quadropus Rampage and Towelfight 2 built a bunch of games in ten hour bursts, recorded the whole thing live on Twitch, and released the outcome, first on the Google Play Store, then on the App Store.
The game is all about weaving through a shattered road, dodging other mutants,...
This week, you can expect a pill-popping arcade game; a 1,000-year-old physics-puzzler; and a golf game featuring a chimpanzee and a ghost.
These are far from the only games that are coming this week, though. They're just the noteworthy ones, the ones with concrete release dates, and the ones we've heard of ahead of time.
Plenty more good pocket gaming stuff will surface throughout the week,...
Super hard retro platformer VVVVVV is finally set to land on the App Store and the Google Play Store, according to a blog post by dev Terry Cavanagh.
Kinks have been ironed out, the controls are sorted, and the game is just about ready to be submitted for approval.
If you're not familiar with VVVVVV it's from the dev behind Super Hexagon, and it sees you adventuring through a blocky planet, ...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
Not to turn this into a hospital waiting room pamphlet or anything, but I wanted to take a second to warn you about the dangers of repetitive strain injury.
This is when a repetitive task takes a toll on your nerves, muscles, and tendons, leaving you in discomfort and pain. I...
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Namco Bandai has finally ported Tamagotchi Angel over to iOS and Android, a full seven years after we reviewed the original mobile version.
If you are in the slightest bit familiar with the Tamagotchi virtual pet games, then you won't need much background here.
In essence, you raise your little Angel in Angel City from a tiny baby to an adult. It's necessary to nurture it at every stage, att...
One Man Left has just slashed the price of its tilt-based dot battler Tilt to Live 2: Redonkulous on iOS to 69p / 99c and on Android to 59p.
If that's not enough of a reason for you to run out and purchase it immediately, the recently released free demo versions of the game just might be.
Calling these 'demos' isn't quite doing them justice, though, for these freebies contain the entire Clas...
Playing football with cars. It might sound like another "hilarious" sketch from the Top Gear archives, but it also happens to make for a surprisingly entertaining mobile game.
Soccer Rally 2 has you ramming a ball into a goal, but with an entirely different sort of boot.
It's as knockabout and frivolous as it sounds, but there's a bit more to the game than its daft premise would suggest.
...
Hack, Slash, Loot made a fair ol' splash on PC back in 2012. Tonight, however, it'll finally be available on iPad and Android tablets.
That's particularly exciting given that Hack, Slash, Loot is the type of "retro-styled turn-based dungeon crawler" (i.e. roguelike) that's just perfect for mobile gaming.
It contains the depth of more complex roguelikes but boasts incredibly simple controls. ...
At midnight tonight, loopy physics-puzzler Bridge Constructor will go back in time and turn into Bridge Constructor Medieval. In doing so, it will become an old-timey twist on the Silver Award-winning bridge builder.
Like before, you're tasked here with building a strong and stable structure to get units over a big chasm. This time, however, you're dealing with horses and soldiers (instead ...
League of Geeks's Armello is one of the prettiest strategy games I've ever seen.
But this isn't just a thing of beauty. You see, League of Geeks's idea here is to combine the adventure of RPGs with the strategy of card and boardgames.
You'll be playing a hero in the animal kingdom of Armello. Your journey to the King's palace is precipitated by the ruler's downfall to the Rot. It's turn...
It takes a lot for a top-down shmup to get my attention these days. But Awaken: Underwater Odyssey has managed it.
It was the backgrounds and choice of colours that initially piqued my interest. Cold blues and murky yellows reflect off the rocky details and glowing alien tech here.
Awaken: Underwater Odyssey is set miles below the icy surface of the planet Neptune, you see. It's an underwate...
Here's some sad news for fans of stories where birds are intergalactic heroes. None of the Star Wars video games are canon any more.
That means your dreams of a JJ Abrams-directed Episode VII starring Red Bird are all but dead in the water. It's a tragedy, I know.
It also means that any stories you've concocted in Tiny Death Star are, unfortunately, not true. I mean true here in the sense th...
What is it about watching progress bars fill up that's so satisfying? If there's one game known for its addictive properties in this regard, it's Zynga's infamous FarmVille series.
The original version of FarmVille 2 launched on Facebook back in 2012. Now it's back for iOS and Android devices with plenty of supposed optimisations saving both time and social spamming.
I have to admit, this is...
Exploration is a big part of many games, but it’s a tricky beast to tame. The act of exploring can be a hell of a lot of fun, adding depth and dimension to a game by allowing you to delve into every corner, shadow, and character.
But get it wrong and exploration becomes an onerous task - a neverending schlep that simply exasperates players with too much stick, and a carrot that turns out to be ...
How do you do free-to-play gaming in a way that doesn't upset and alienate the people who are actually going to be playing the game?
That's a question that Butterscotch Shenanigans has been mulling over as it tried to work out how best to - sorry for the dirty word - monetize its next 'big' game Crashlands.
And it thinks it's come up with a solution that benefits players and devs alike. It's...
One of the things mobile gaming is lacking is solid online multiplayer experiences.
Don't get me wrong, there are some games that do PvP brilliantly, but they're a little thin on the ground.
Dethroned wants to change that. It's an action focused strategy battler that sees you building bases, capturing nodes, and leading your hero into battle against friends and strangers.
And right now an...
Way back in 2000, Nintendo set the bar impossibly high for fast food tie-ins when it unveiled the "gold card" line Pokemon toys for Burger King Kids Meals.
Now almost 15 years later, the Big N is hoping to recapture that magic with a line of Pokemon X / Y toys for McDonald's Happy Meals.
From what we've seen of the upcoming line, it doesn't look like the toys themselves actually do much of a...
Funcom has confirmed that Lego Minifigures Online will be heading to iPad and Android tablets later this year.
This is a kid-friendly MMO that will have you playing co-operatively with other online players.
The action in this one isn't so different from the action in regular Lego game series. So, you can expect to be constructing objects and buildings from Lego bricks, and fighting hordes of...
I'm a fool. I thought I was better than Hazumino. I was wrong.
The challenge here, you see, is to spin tetrominoes and line them up correctly to create a bridge. A quirky character of your choice then runs across this bridge. Any holes you create need to be jumped over. So, your attention is divided between the blocks and the character.
"An easy task," I said to myself.
It even starts off...
![[Update] Asphalt 8: Airborne updated with six Great Wall of China tracks, new dream cars, and Twitch integration](http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/artwork/thumbs/na-ynmasu_asphalt8_1_650_jpg_100.jpg)
Updated on April 28th, at 14:00: Don't worry, Windows Phone users: you haven't been forgotten.
Gameloft has now updated the Windows Phone version of Asphalt 8: Airborne with all the new content detailed below. So, yes, that includes the Great Wall of China tracks, new dream cars, and a few requested tweaks.
You can download the freshly updated Asphalt 8: Airborne from the Windows Phone Store...
Freeway Mutant is a product of Butterscotch Shenanigans's recent speedcrafting splurge.
The two man dev team behind Quadropus Rampage and Towelfight 2 built a bunch of games in ten hour bursts, recorded the whole thing live on Twitch, and released the outcome, first on the Google Play Store, then on the App Store.
The game is all about weaving through a shattered road, dodging other mutants,...
This week, you can expect a pill-popping arcade game; a 1,000-year-old physics-puzzler; and a golf game featuring a chimpanzee and a ghost.
These are far from the only games that are coming this week, though. They're just the noteworthy ones, the ones with concrete release dates, and the ones we've heard of ahead of time.
Plenty more good pocket gaming stuff will surface throughout the week,...
Super hard retro platformer VVVVVV is finally set to land on the App Store and the Google Play Store, according to a blog post by dev Terry Cavanagh.
Kinks have been ironed out, the controls are sorted, and the game is just about ready to be submitted for approval.
If you're not familiar with VVVVVV it's from the dev behind Super Hexagon, and it sees you adventuring through a blocky planet, ...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
Not to turn this into a hospital waiting room pamphlet or anything, but I wanted to take a second to warn you about the dangers of repetitive strain injury.
This is when a repetitive task takes a toll on your nerves, muscles, and tendons, leaving you in discomfort and pain. I...
