Just when you thought you were out, they drag you back in.
Vietnamese indie dev Dong Nguyen says his monumental timewaster, and frequent clone target, Flappy Bird will be returning to the App Store in some form. Just don't expect it any time soon.
Flappy Bird is the inauspicious one-tap iOS game that enjoyed a supernova-sized explosion of popularity at the start of the year. Amid a storm of ...
The 16th Annual Independent Games Festival awards were handed out last night. And, as luck would have it, almost every winner is available on or will be heading to mobiles and Vitas and other devices we write about.
Corrupt passport inspector sim Papers, Please walked home with the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and the Excellence in Narrative and Excellence in Design awards.
Papers, Please crea...
Madfinger Games has updated bloodthirsty zombie blaster Dead Trigger 2 with a new mode that enables you to earn cash and rewards by killing the undead in a twisted post-apocalyptic game show.
This new Arena of Death mode is hosted by presenter Titan Newton Tourmaline (TNT, naturally), and pits you against wave after wave of walkers. To even the odds, you get to lay traps and grab lucky boxes (t...
At GDC 2014 in San Francisco we caught up with storied Russian studio HeroCraft to see its take on the Warhammer 40K license: turn-based strategy game Space Wolf.
Which is not to be confused, of course, with the hundreds of other Warhammer 40K games on mobile, including Storm of Vengeance, Armageddon, Eisenhorn Xenos, Carnage, and Space Hulk.
HeroCraft's take, which lets you use trading ...
Activision has confirmed that it will be deleting its Bronze Award-winning Guitar Hero iOS and Android game on March 31st.
The news of Guitar Hero's impending 'retirement' was posted on the official Guitar Hero Facebook page.
On top of that, the DLC songs for Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, and Band Hero will no longer be available after this month is out.
If you purchase any downloadable songs bef...
There hasn't been a new Warhammer game announcement for at least a week. What's going on?
Oh, wait: Pixel Hero Games has just confirmed that Eisenhorn: Xenos will be heading to mobile.
There we go.
Anyway. Eisenhorn: Xenos is based on the first book of Dan Abnett's Eisenhorn trilogy of novels, also called Xenos.
Eisenhorn is an Inquisitor (a group of secret enforcers and the intell...
Have you ever fallen in love with an AI companion?
That's the question Papo Yo developer Minority Media will present you with in its newly announced iOS and Android game Cali.
Minority Media's creative director Vander Caballero teased this much and no more stage on stage at GDC. But All Games Beta dug up more details on Cali through the Canada Media Fund website.
In the Clouds
And he...
GDC in San Francisco gave us a chance to catch up with One Man Left's two-man team Alex Okafor and Adam Stewart. Here, they showed us a cool new mode that'll soon be available in barmy avoid-'em-up Tilt to Live 2.
It's called Brimstone Pinball, and it takes one of the most fun weapons from the main game - the bouncy red-hot ball of brimstone - and makes it the star of an entire new mode.
...
Indie game developer Rogue Play has just unveiled action-puzzler Godzilla - Smash3, a mobile game adaptation of Gareth Edwards's upcoming Godzilla movie reboot.
Developed in collaboration with Warner Bros. and set to go live on iOS and Android on May 16th, Godzilla - Smash3 is a puzzler at heart.
Here, then, you are required to match a set of specific tiles such as "stomp", "slash", or "bite...
So, you've dug everything there is to be dug in Codeglue's Terraria. And you've explored every corner of the universe in Chucklefish Games's Starbound.
Now, you probably need a new side-scrolling sandbox platformer to sink your teeth into. You know, games with mining, crafting, and multiplayer. Oh, and enormous worlds to explore at your leisure.
Luckily, the iOS App Store and Android's Googl...
Wizard Golf RPG is a unique combination of dungeon-crawling and, you guessed it, golf.
Just let that soak in for a moment. I've never heard of anything like this before. It's brilliant.
Playing as a wizard, you charge your spell up with a power bar (just like the swing in a golf game), aim, and then release.
The wizard turns into a blue streak as you release him. And this is the only way ...
Dungeon Rushers's title may make it sound like your typical dungeon-crawler. You know, kill the rat, level-up, kill the goblin, grab the loot.
But it's not your typical dungeon-crawler. In fact, it's surprisingly refreshing for two reasons.
Firstly, the artwork is elaborate. There's the detailed cracks of a skeleton's wooden shield, for one. There's the slow flicker of a torch.
Secondly, ...
Glu is a master of the free-to-play arena, having released many games that offer no barrier to entry but constantly pepper the player with requests to spend real-world cash on in-game items and currency.
The studio has honed this approach with Frontline Commando 2.
By that, we don't mean that it has finally created the perfect freemium experience. Nope, we actually mean that this title is su...
The Amazon Appstore is turning two years old later this week.
To celebrate this fact, the giant internet retailer is having a medium-sized sale. In fact, you could justifiably call it a 'small sale'. Because right now it only features three games. And one of them is probably rubbish.
There are also some deals on IAPs in a select few games, mind. Buy some in-game stuff in one of these tit...
If you like nothing better than bizarrely mashed-together concoctions involving a ball-thwacking sport and a solo card game, then you're going to be delighted to read that Fairway Solitaire Blast will pitch up on the App Store and Google Play on April 3rd.
It's the long-awaited - by some anyway - sequel to Fairway Solitaire. So, everything is going to be faster, bigger, shinier, and explodier t...
Konami has just launched a free companion app for sneaky sneaky stealth game Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes on the App Store and Google Play.
The app can connect to any version of the game - whether you're on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, or Xbox One - and, in iDROID mode, provide a handy support terminal to display overhead maps and call in choppers.
There's also bizarre base-building sim Mother B...
'Three' may be a magic number, but not even David Blaine can conjure up the magnificence of winning a trio of Pocket Gamer Awards.
And, yet, that's exactly what Rovio Stars, Gameloft, and Nintendo did while the whole of Europe slept.
Voted for by PG's readership (in unprecedented numbers, I might add), the recipients of the Pocket Gamer Awards 2014 were announced over in splendid San Francis...
Flush from its success with the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5, LG now has its sights set on claiming a portion of the tablet arena with the LG G Pad 8.3.
It's rocking the same Snapdragon 600 chipset as the Nexus 7 but comes with a slightly larger display and a price point which is almost comparable.
This is one of the most promising small-scale Android slates of 2014, then, but can it really topple Go...
How's this for a good start to the week: turn-based strategy adventure Braveland has just come out on iOS.
We've been quietly watching Braveland during its development due to its charming cartoon art, and developer Tortuga Team's interest in creating a game "inspired by old-school strategies".
It starts off with bandits ravaging your village's winter stocks. Seeking revenge (and wanting to g...
Last week, the iOS and Android-bound rhythm-action game Size Does Matter won the BAFTA Ones To Watch award.
Inspired by Super Hexagon, Size Does Matter challenges you to move a square through a neon gauntlet of unending walls.
You swipe up and down to move it through the gaps, but to score you have to fill the gaps, whether they're one block tall, or five blocks tall.
Importantly, as it'...
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Just when you thought you were out, they drag you back in.
Vietnamese indie dev Dong Nguyen says his monumental timewaster, and frequent clone target, Flappy Bird will be returning to the App Store in some form. Just don't expect it any time soon.
Flappy Bird is the inauspicious one-tap iOS game that enjoyed a supernova-sized explosion of popularity at the start of the year. Amid a storm of ...
The 16th Annual Independent Games Festival awards were handed out last night. And, as luck would have it, almost every winner is available on or will be heading to mobiles and Vitas and other devices we write about.
Corrupt passport inspector sim Papers, Please walked home with the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and the Excellence in Narrative and Excellence in Design awards.
Papers, Please crea...
Madfinger Games has updated bloodthirsty zombie blaster Dead Trigger 2 with a new mode that enables you to earn cash and rewards by killing the undead in a twisted post-apocalyptic game show.
This new Arena of Death mode is hosted by presenter Titan Newton Tourmaline (TNT, naturally), and pits you against wave after wave of walkers. To even the odds, you get to lay traps and grab lucky boxes (t...
At GDC 2014 in San Francisco we caught up with storied Russian studio HeroCraft to see its take on the Warhammer 40K license: turn-based strategy game Space Wolf.
Which is not to be confused, of course, with the hundreds of other Warhammer 40K games on mobile, including Storm of Vengeance, Armageddon, Eisenhorn Xenos, Carnage, and Space Hulk.
HeroCraft's take, which lets you use trading ...
Activision has confirmed that it will be deleting its Bronze Award-winning Guitar Hero iOS and Android game on March 31st.
The news of Guitar Hero's impending 'retirement' was posted on the official Guitar Hero Facebook page.
On top of that, the DLC songs for Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, and Band Hero will no longer be available after this month is out.
If you purchase any downloadable songs bef...
There hasn't been a new Warhammer game announcement for at least a week. What's going on?
Oh, wait: Pixel Hero Games has just confirmed that Eisenhorn: Xenos will be heading to mobile.
There we go.
Anyway. Eisenhorn: Xenos is based on the first book of Dan Abnett's Eisenhorn trilogy of novels, also called Xenos.
Eisenhorn is an Inquisitor (a group of secret enforcers and the intell...
Have you ever fallen in love with an AI companion?
That's the question Papo Yo developer Minority Media will present you with in its newly announced iOS and Android game Cali.
Minority Media's creative director Vander Caballero teased this much and no more stage on stage at GDC. But All Games Beta dug up more details on Cali through the Canada Media Fund website.
In the Clouds
And he...
GDC in San Francisco gave us a chance to catch up with One Man Left's two-man team Alex Okafor and Adam Stewart. Here, they showed us a cool new mode that'll soon be available in barmy avoid-'em-up Tilt to Live 2.
It's called Brimstone Pinball, and it takes one of the most fun weapons from the main game - the bouncy red-hot ball of brimstone - and makes it the star of an entire new mode.
...
Indie game developer Rogue Play has just unveiled action-puzzler Godzilla - Smash3, a mobile game adaptation of Gareth Edwards's upcoming Godzilla movie reboot.
Developed in collaboration with Warner Bros. and set to go live on iOS and Android on May 16th, Godzilla - Smash3 is a puzzler at heart.
Here, then, you are required to match a set of specific tiles such as "stomp", "slash", or "bite...
So, you've dug everything there is to be dug in Codeglue's Terraria. And you've explored every corner of the universe in Chucklefish Games's Starbound.
Now, you probably need a new side-scrolling sandbox platformer to sink your teeth into. You know, games with mining, crafting, and multiplayer. Oh, and enormous worlds to explore at your leisure.
Luckily, the iOS App Store and Android's Googl...
Wizard Golf RPG is a unique combination of dungeon-crawling and, you guessed it, golf.
Just let that soak in for a moment. I've never heard of anything like this before. It's brilliant.
Playing as a wizard, you charge your spell up with a power bar (just like the swing in a golf game), aim, and then release.
The wizard turns into a blue streak as you release him. And this is the only way ...
Dungeon Rushers's title may make it sound like your typical dungeon-crawler. You know, kill the rat, level-up, kill the goblin, grab the loot.
But it's not your typical dungeon-crawler. In fact, it's surprisingly refreshing for two reasons.
Firstly, the artwork is elaborate. There's the detailed cracks of a skeleton's wooden shield, for one. There's the slow flicker of a torch.
Secondly, ...
Glu is a master of the free-to-play arena, having released many games that offer no barrier to entry but constantly pepper the player with requests to spend real-world cash on in-game items and currency.
The studio has honed this approach with Frontline Commando 2.
By that, we don't mean that it has finally created the perfect freemium experience. Nope, we actually mean that this title is su...
The Amazon Appstore is turning two years old later this week.
To celebrate this fact, the giant internet retailer is having a medium-sized sale. In fact, you could justifiably call it a 'small sale'. Because right now it only features three games. And one of them is probably rubbish.
There are also some deals on IAPs in a select few games, mind. Buy some in-game stuff in one of these tit...
If you like nothing better than bizarrely mashed-together concoctions involving a ball-thwacking sport and a solo card game, then you're going to be delighted to read that Fairway Solitaire Blast will pitch up on the App Store and Google Play on April 3rd.
It's the long-awaited - by some anyway - sequel to Fairway Solitaire. So, everything is going to be faster, bigger, shinier, and explodier t...
Konami has just launched a free companion app for sneaky sneaky stealth game Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes on the App Store and Google Play.
The app can connect to any version of the game - whether you're on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, or Xbox One - and, in iDROID mode, provide a handy support terminal to display overhead maps and call in choppers.
There's also bizarre base-building sim Mother B...
'Three' may be a magic number, but not even David Blaine can conjure up the magnificence of winning a trio of Pocket Gamer Awards.
And, yet, that's exactly what Rovio Stars, Gameloft, and Nintendo did while the whole of Europe slept.
Voted for by PG's readership (in unprecedented numbers, I might add), the recipients of the Pocket Gamer Awards 2014 were announced over in splendid San Francis...
Flush from its success with the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5, LG now has its sights set on claiming a portion of the tablet arena with the LG G Pad 8.3.
It's rocking the same Snapdragon 600 chipset as the Nexus 7 but comes with a slightly larger display and a price point which is almost comparable.
This is one of the most promising small-scale Android slates of 2014, then, but can it really topple Go...
How's this for a good start to the week: turn-based strategy adventure Braveland has just come out on iOS.
We've been quietly watching Braveland during its development due to its charming cartoon art, and developer Tortuga Team's interest in creating a game "inspired by old-school strategies".
It starts off with bandits ravaging your village's winter stocks. Seeking revenge (and wanting to g...
Last week, the iOS and Android-bound rhythm-action game Size Does Matter won the BAFTA Ones To Watch award.
Inspired by Super Hexagon, Size Does Matter challenges you to move a square through a neon gauntlet of unending walls.
You swipe up and down to move it through the gaps, but to score you have to fill the gaps, whether they're one block tall, or five blocks tall.
Importantly, as it'...
