What with all the ultraviolent Greek mythology and gleaming polygons, it's not difficult to see where Godfire: Rise of Prometheus gets its ideas from.
Vivid's mobile answer to God of War is well tailored to touchscreens, with big context-sensitive on-screen buttons for the key movements (dodge / move, block, light attack, heavy attack) and a manageable number of chumps to slaughter at any o...
Ah, spring time. The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and the free Bird Coins have come to Angry Birds Star Wars II.
At least, they have now thanks to the Galactic Giveaway update (1.4, for those who like numbers) which hides 1,000 coins in the various levels of the Bronze Award-winning fowl flinger.
Collecting the coins is relatively simple: once you see them in a level, hit them w...
There's no doubt about it: Chilie is one gorgeous game.
It has slick animation and is easy on the eyes. To look at it, you'd never guess it's a brain training adventure game. And the fact it makes me do basic maths is probably my biggest gripe about it.
In between animated scenes, you have to create a target number using addition, multiplication, and subtraction. When you're not doing this, ...
Dead End combines old-school arcade racing games with the splatter of grindhouse movies. Oh, and with some dirty red-and-white art.
The idea here is that you drive along a long stretch of road, running over zombies for cash, and avoiding holes and spike traps.
There's a problem, though: by splatting zombies with your car, their guts are smeared all over your windscreen.
Given that fact an...
As expected, Rovio has just released a brand-new episode for its Bronze Award-winning point-and-click puzzler Tiny Thief.
After purchasing this new "Bewitched" episode, you'll be pointing a wand instead of your finger. That's because this chapter is all about witches and magic.
This fresh Tiny Thief DLC actually features five new magic-themed environments designed by the talented team over a...
Bridge Constructor is going medieval in its next instalment on iOS and Android. Out with the new and in with the old, I guess.
Instead of building sturdy-ish bridges out of steel girders and tarmac roads, then, you'll be constructing them from wood and stone pillars in Bridge Constructor Medieval.
These flimsier construction materials will be a problem during this time of knights and castles...
11 bit studios isn't being shy about the nature of Anomaly Defenders.
The firm's Platinum Award-winning Anomaly Warzone Earth turned the tower defence template on its head, you see, with its tower offence concept. Here was a studio taking a fresh approach to the genre.
Anomaly Defenders isn't quite so. In fact, it's a complete reversal of Anomaly Warzone Earth.
In this forthcoming tower d...
If you've just started playing Crytek's latest action-packed game for mobile (and you probably should be), then you're probably looking for a handy little guide.
You know, one to make your progress through the game that little bit easier.
You're in luck, then. That's because I have put together precisely that for you here.
So, yes, you can expect a few hundred words of advice for new play...
Sleeping Beast Games's Spaceteam is brilliant.
It ranks among my favourite uses of multiple iOS and Android devices, and is a perfect example of the ingenuity of some of the developers who work in the mobile sphere.
So, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to find that Sleeping Beast's Henry Smith has found an intriguing way to use crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.
Fund me
Instead ...
Fairway Solitaire Blast is the sequel to Fairway Solitaire. More importantly, Fairway Solitaire Blast is out right now on the App Store and Google Play Store.
Fairway Solitaire Blast is built using the template of the original, with the dev chucking in power-ups, a weird story about vengeful animals, and a free-to-play system to hold it all together.
You're still playing ever-more comple...
Blizzard's hugely successful free-to-play digital CCG Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is finally out for iPad in some territories.
It's available now in soft launch mode in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. So, if you live in any of those places, you can grab the game right now.
Hearthstone has already proven a massive hit on PC, with more than 10 million registered accounts for this m...
Following the announcement of its Fire TV streaming media box, that's "great for gaming too", Amazon has sneak-peaked footage of some of the exclusive games it's working on.
No further details have been provided, although it's clear there's a range of different genres in development.
Also, as with shooter Sev Zero, it looks like many of these games will be best played using Amazon's game con...
On a rainy morning in New York City, Amazon unveiled its long-anticipated Android-powered microconsole, the Amazon Fire TV.
Only, it's not just a microconsole.
It's a capable video streaming device powered by a quad core CPU, a dedicated GPU, and 2GB of RAM that can stream music and photos to your big screen TV.
Also, it can handle games - something which Amazon mentioned almost as an aft...
There are two possibilities for what Deadman's Cross has in store.
Either this is a game about an irate man called Mr Deadman, or it's another zombie game for your mobile device. The safe money's on the latter from what I've seen of the game in the App Store description.
Can this latest release from Square Enix shuffle to the edge of the horde and stand out from the undead crowd, or is it ju...
The brave yet clumsy superhero Major Magnet will soon be returning in free-to-play sequel Major Magnet Arcade.
Unlike the Silver Award-winning Major Magnet, though, PagodaWest's Major Magnet Arcade won't be an iOS exclusive. Yep, it will be available on Android, too.
It will, however, feature similar gameplay to its predecessor's. So, you'll be tapping on magnets to send the Major spinning a...
Hey there, Android folks. Yes, YOU.
Listen: Pixel on Toast's Silver Award-winning iOS game Impossible Road is heading your way at last. Seriously, it's no longer April Fools' Day, so this has to be true.
Pixels on Toast has told us that Impossible Road will be going live for Android and Kindle Fire on April 8th.
Downward spiral
If you're unfamiliar with Impossible Road, it has you guid...
Digital marketplaces like the App Store and Google Play have their share of endless-running games. Oh boy, do they ever. And most of these titles share certain characteristics that practically define the genre.
One: the games usually have something cute and colourful toddling across the screen, like a pudgy ninja or a candy-munching monster. Two: the games are almost invariably free-to-play, me...
Today, I have two bits of good news for you regarding the Joe Dever's Lone Wolf series of digital gamebooks.
Firstly, the original, Gold Award-winning entry is free on the App Store right now.
At review, we said that "half gamebook and half action RPG, Joe Dever's Lone Wolf is one adventure that fans of either genre will enjoy from start to finish."
Hunted
The other chunk of news c...
Would you like a bunch of games for Android and Steam that are DRM free, contain audio recordings of their soundtracks, and cost about $4 in total?
Who wouldn't, right?
Which is good, because Humble Bundle 9 is all about Android and Steam. This collection actually features four pretty good games if you pay below the odds (and six if you fork out a bit more).
The four games you get if you...
As well as being one of the largest mobile game markets by revenue, Japan is currently also one of the most dynamic.
It's a good opportunity, then, for PocketGamer.biz to hook up with Indie Navi, a site which is dedicated to the coverage of Japanese mobile and indie development.
Set up by two enthusiastic and experienced translators, you can find out more about the services they offer here o...
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What with all the ultraviolent Greek mythology and gleaming polygons, it's not difficult to see where Godfire: Rise of Prometheus gets its ideas from.
Vivid's mobile answer to God of War is well tailored to touchscreens, with big context-sensitive on-screen buttons for the key movements (dodge / move, block, light attack, heavy attack) and a manageable number of chumps to slaughter at any o...
Ah, spring time. The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and the free Bird Coins have come to Angry Birds Star Wars II.
At least, they have now thanks to the Galactic Giveaway update (1.4, for those who like numbers) which hides 1,000 coins in the various levels of the Bronze Award-winning fowl flinger.
Collecting the coins is relatively simple: once you see them in a level, hit them w...
There's no doubt about it: Chilie is one gorgeous game.
It has slick animation and is easy on the eyes. To look at it, you'd never guess it's a brain training adventure game. And the fact it makes me do basic maths is probably my biggest gripe about it.
In between animated scenes, you have to create a target number using addition, multiplication, and subtraction. When you're not doing this, ...
Dead End combines old-school arcade racing games with the splatter of grindhouse movies. Oh, and with some dirty red-and-white art.
The idea here is that you drive along a long stretch of road, running over zombies for cash, and avoiding holes and spike traps.
There's a problem, though: by splatting zombies with your car, their guts are smeared all over your windscreen.
Given that fact an...
As expected, Rovio has just released a brand-new episode for its Bronze Award-winning point-and-click puzzler Tiny Thief.
After purchasing this new "Bewitched" episode, you'll be pointing a wand instead of your finger. That's because this chapter is all about witches and magic.
This fresh Tiny Thief DLC actually features five new magic-themed environments designed by the talented team over a...
Bridge Constructor is going medieval in its next instalment on iOS and Android. Out with the new and in with the old, I guess.
Instead of building sturdy-ish bridges out of steel girders and tarmac roads, then, you'll be constructing them from wood and stone pillars in Bridge Constructor Medieval.
These flimsier construction materials will be a problem during this time of knights and castles...
11 bit studios isn't being shy about the nature of Anomaly Defenders.
The firm's Platinum Award-winning Anomaly Warzone Earth turned the tower defence template on its head, you see, with its tower offence concept. Here was a studio taking a fresh approach to the genre.
Anomaly Defenders isn't quite so. In fact, it's a complete reversal of Anomaly Warzone Earth.
In this forthcoming tower d...
If you've just started playing Crytek's latest action-packed game for mobile (and you probably should be), then you're probably looking for a handy little guide.
You know, one to make your progress through the game that little bit easier.
You're in luck, then. That's because I have put together precisely that for you here.
So, yes, you can expect a few hundred words of advice for new play...
Sleeping Beast Games's Spaceteam is brilliant.
It ranks among my favourite uses of multiple iOS and Android devices, and is a perfect example of the ingenuity of some of the developers who work in the mobile sphere.
So, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to find that Sleeping Beast's Henry Smith has found an intriguing way to use crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.
Fund me
Instead ...
Fairway Solitaire Blast is the sequel to Fairway Solitaire. More importantly, Fairway Solitaire Blast is out right now on the App Store and Google Play Store.
Fairway Solitaire Blast is built using the template of the original, with the dev chucking in power-ups, a weird story about vengeful animals, and a free-to-play system to hold it all together.
You're still playing ever-more comple...
Blizzard's hugely successful free-to-play digital CCG Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is finally out for iPad in some territories.
It's available now in soft launch mode in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. So, if you live in any of those places, you can grab the game right now.
Hearthstone has already proven a massive hit on PC, with more than 10 million registered accounts for this m...
Following the announcement of its Fire TV streaming media box, that's "great for gaming too", Amazon has sneak-peaked footage of some of the exclusive games it's working on.
No further details have been provided, although it's clear there's a range of different genres in development.
Also, as with shooter Sev Zero, it looks like many of these games will be best played using Amazon's game con...
There are two possibilities for what Deadman's Cross has in store.
Either this is a game about an irate man called Mr Deadman, or it's another zombie game for your mobile device. The safe money's on the latter from what I've seen of the game in the App Store description.
Can this latest release from Square Enix shuffle to the edge of the horde and stand out from the undead crowd, or is it ju...
The brave yet clumsy superhero Major Magnet will soon be returning in free-to-play sequel Major Magnet Arcade.
Unlike the Silver Award-winning Major Magnet, though, PagodaWest's Major Magnet Arcade won't be an iOS exclusive. Yep, it will be available on Android, too.
It will, however, feature similar gameplay to its predecessor's. So, you'll be tapping on magnets to send the Major spinning a...
Hey there, Android folks. Yes, YOU.
Listen: Pixel on Toast's Silver Award-winning iOS game Impossible Road is heading your way at last. Seriously, it's no longer April Fools' Day, so this has to be true.
Pixels on Toast has told us that Impossible Road will be going live for Android and Kindle Fire on April 8th.
Downward spiral
If you're unfamiliar with Impossible Road, it has you guid...
Digital marketplaces like the App Store and Google Play have their share of endless-running games. Oh boy, do they ever. And most of these titles share certain characteristics that practically define the genre.
One: the games usually have something cute and colourful toddling across the screen, like a pudgy ninja or a candy-munching monster. Two: the games are almost invariably free-to-play, me...
Today, I have two bits of good news for you regarding the Joe Dever's Lone Wolf series of digital gamebooks.
Firstly, the original, Gold Award-winning entry is free on the App Store right now.
At review, we said that "half gamebook and half action RPG, Joe Dever's Lone Wolf is one adventure that fans of either genre will enjoy from start to finish."
Hunted
The other chunk of news c...
Would you like a bunch of games for Android and Steam that are DRM free, contain audio recordings of their soundtracks, and cost about $4 in total?
Who wouldn't, right?
Which is good, because Humble Bundle 9 is all about Android and Steam. This collection actually features four pretty good games if you pay below the odds (and six if you fork out a bit more).
The four games you get if you...
As well as being one of the largest mobile game markets by revenue, Japan is currently also one of the most dynamic.
It's a good opportunity, then, for PocketGamer.biz to hook up with Indie Navi, a site which is dedicated to the coverage of Japanese mobile and indie development.
Set up by two enthusiastic and experienced translators, you can find out more about the services they offer here o...
