Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new Android games.
This time, Android gamers will get to blow up the world, choose their own adventure, and waste several weeks matching up tiles.
Threes!
By Sirvo - buy on Android (£1.20 / $1.99)
Threes! can have such a strong grasp on the human psyche that you'll swear it was brewed in a lab for maximum...
TinyCo and Fox have released a couple of new images to show off their upcoming and highly anticipated Family Guy game for mobile.
We first heard about the game back in December - and we still don't have a working name for it yet, nor do know what it'll actually play like.
But based on the images we've seen, it looks like it's aiming for gameplay similar to The Simpsons: Tapped Out.
Those ...
Being a superhero's a tough enough job, but what about if you woke up with amazing superpowers and no memory of who you are or how you got them?
That, we expect, would be way tougher - but thankfully Gree's given us a chance to get a handle on this situation with the new free-to-play RPG Rage of the Immortals.
Exclusive to Google Play, Rage of the Immortals pits players and their superheroes...
We first spied Rainbow Train's dodge-em-up Oo last year. If you enjoy testing your reactions then you should know that it's now out on Android.
Oo takes the gameplay of Ring Run Circus and strips out all of the lavish decoration in favour of a minimalist presentation. It's inspired by Pivvot and Super Hexagon, after all.
So it's just you and a bunch of circles. Your task is to tap the screen...
Console Saga isn't just retro in sounds and soul, it actually features a retro handheld console as its main character.
You'll be playing the part of a Game Boy-looking handheld that was brought to life by radiation. From there, you'll be jumping and swinging across the retro-themed levels.
It's a platformer and it's supposed to be a tough one, too.
"You'll need to master several skills t...
LA Cops has style. That's the upcoming Syndicate-inspired isometric shooter and not, you know, the actual cops of Los Angeles.
Set in the 1970s, LA Cops has you controlling two armed police as they infiltrate buildings to shoot up the criminals inside.
While twitch reactions will be your best ally, thinking up a decent strategy to get a clear shot without taking one yourself will be vital.
...
Pixel Piracy is a pirate-themed adventure sandbox with roguelike elements. It's currently in alpha on PC and is picking up an enthusiastic fan base.
Yesterday, developer Quadro Delta revealed that Pixel Piracy is to be published by Terraria developer Re-Logic.
As Re-Logic brought Terraria to Vita, iOS and Android, we asked Pixel Piracy producer Alexander Poysky to find out if his game would...
The problem with falling in love with a missile, I've found, is that invading spaceships are always trying to come in and dismantle your deadly nuclear girlfriend.
That's the problem for Clarc #37, at least.
Clarc #37 is the star of popular Ouya game (as much as an Ouya game can be popular) Clarc, which will be heading to iOS and Android in a week or two.
You play as a pint-size maintenan...
Updated on March 13th, at 09:30: As you might have read in the comments section below, PlunderNauts is now available for iPad and iPhone in Canada and the UK.
If you live in one of those splendid places, you can grab the game right now for free [download].
Folks in other territories will be able to download the game soon. We'll let you know when PlunderNauts swings onto Android.
Original ...
11 Bit Studios, the team behind the immensely popular Anomaly franchise, has announced its latest upcoming mobile title, This War of Mine.
Set in a modern, war-torn area, This War of Mine shifts the focus away from the armed and armoured combatants that you'd expect to find in first-person shooters.
In their place is a band of everyday civilians, unfortunate enough to have this war of theirs...
Remember that 'epic' Angry Birds tease we saw last week? It turns out it's way more epic than we could have imagined.
Kotaku reports that the new game in question, Angry Birds Epic, is actually an adventure RPG with turn-based combat.
Intriguingly, it'll also feature hidden endgame content and an "extensive" crafting system - both of which should set the hearts of MMO players aflutter.
...
Space pirates love nothing more than blowing up starships and exploring vast galaxies for loot.
And that's precisely what you can expect to be doing in LightBox Interactive's upcoming iOS and Android space pirate game PlunderNauts.
This will represent LightBox's first foray into mobile gaming, after having worked on Twisted Metal: Black, Warhawk, and Starhawk for PS3.
For PlunderNauts, Li...
My pickaxe smashes into the rock in front of me, the bronze glittering in the dim light my head torch gives off.
At my feet there's a space iguana, stumbling around, minding its own business, half-trapped by my excavations.
The rock gives way and I walk forward, pocketing the chunks of ore that I've hacked out of the planet. On the other side there's a chamber, thick with the sort of darknes...
It's a big day for Android gamers. That's because the Gold Award-winning iOS puzzler Threes! has just gone live on Google Play.
Although we were aware that an Android version of Threes! could be in the works, we didn't expect this block-sliding beauty to surface on Google Play THIS soon.
Your task here is to match pairs of multiples of '3' to make the largest numbers you can. Before runn...
Spring is almost here, which means the release of RBI Baseball 14 is just around the corner.
When we first heard about this title back in January, we didn't know quite what to expect - but now MLBAM has assuaged a great many fears by releasing some new screenshots and details of the baseball sim.
First off, it'll be a paid download with no microtransactions.
Secondly, it's described as a ...
DotEmu has confirmed that its port of retro action-adventure game Little Big Adventure will debut on iOS and Android on March 27th.
We've actually been waiting patiently for this one since March 2012, so, yes, expectations are high.
Little Big Adventure sees you taking on the role of Twinsen. You'll need to help him escape from the insane asylum in which the evil dictator Dr FunFrock loc...
"Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does some of the things that a spider can."
Unlike regular spiders, though, Spider-Man is a movie star.
And a smartphone and tablet tie-in for his latest motion picture, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, is set to swing onto a variety of app stores in the not-too-distant future.
It's made by Gameloft (again), and sees you leading Peter Parker's alter ego through an open-w...
Nintendo might not be making mobile games just yet, but that doesn't mean you can't feel the Japanese giant's influence reverberating around the App Store on a regular basis.
Take Seabeard, for example.
This newly announced game is from the team behind Rolando, one of the earliest breakout hits of the smartphone era.
I can see the sea
Published by Backflip Studios as part of a new init...
Silver Award-winning lute-'em-up Bardbarian will go live on the Google Play Store tomorrow, delivering all the silliness and strategy that made the original iOS release such a success.
The game sees you playing a barbarian who got sick of the violent life and picked up a lute. You wander around a village strumming out solos to call different units to your aid, then use them to smite streams...
As expected, the first part of inkle's Gold Award-winning gamebook adventure classic Steve Jackson's Sorcery! has just made the perilous journey from the App Store to Google Play, meaning gamers of an Android persuasion can finally get their paws on it.
At review, we called the game "a thrilling combination of fantasy novel and RPG". We then added that "Sorcery! offers a wonderfully fresh t...
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Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new Android games.
This time, Android gamers will get to blow up the world, choose their own adventure, and waste several weeks matching up tiles.
Threes!
By Sirvo - buy on Android (£1.20 / $1.99)
Threes! can have such a strong grasp on the human psyche that you'll swear it was brewed in a lab for maximum...
TinyCo and Fox have released a couple of new images to show off their upcoming and highly anticipated Family Guy game for mobile.
We first heard about the game back in December - and we still don't have a working name for it yet, nor do know what it'll actually play like.
But based on the images we've seen, it looks like it's aiming for gameplay similar to The Simpsons: Tapped Out.
Those ...
Being a superhero's a tough enough job, but what about if you woke up with amazing superpowers and no memory of who you are or how you got them?
That, we expect, would be way tougher - but thankfully Gree's given us a chance to get a handle on this situation with the new free-to-play RPG Rage of the Immortals.
Exclusive to Google Play, Rage of the Immortals pits players and their superheroes...
We first spied Rainbow Train's dodge-em-up Oo last year. If you enjoy testing your reactions then you should know that it's now out on Android.
Oo takes the gameplay of Ring Run Circus and strips out all of the lavish decoration in favour of a minimalist presentation. It's inspired by Pivvot and Super Hexagon, after all.
So it's just you and a bunch of circles. Your task is to tap the screen...
Console Saga isn't just retro in sounds and soul, it actually features a retro handheld console as its main character.
You'll be playing the part of a Game Boy-looking handheld that was brought to life by radiation. From there, you'll be jumping and swinging across the retro-themed levels.
It's a platformer and it's supposed to be a tough one, too.
"You'll need to master several skills t...
LA Cops has style. That's the upcoming Syndicate-inspired isometric shooter and not, you know, the actual cops of Los Angeles.
Set in the 1970s, LA Cops has you controlling two armed police as they infiltrate buildings to shoot up the criminals inside.
While twitch reactions will be your best ally, thinking up a decent strategy to get a clear shot without taking one yourself will be vital.
...
Pixel Piracy is a pirate-themed adventure sandbox with roguelike elements. It's currently in alpha on PC and is picking up an enthusiastic fan base.
Yesterday, developer Quadro Delta revealed that Pixel Piracy is to be published by Terraria developer Re-Logic.
As Re-Logic brought Terraria to Vita, iOS and Android, we asked Pixel Piracy producer Alexander Poysky to find out if his game would...
The problem with falling in love with a missile, I've found, is that invading spaceships are always trying to come in and dismantle your deadly nuclear girlfriend.
That's the problem for Clarc #37, at least.
Clarc #37 is the star of popular Ouya game (as much as an Ouya game can be popular) Clarc, which will be heading to iOS and Android in a week or two.
You play as a pint-size maintenan...
![[Update] PlunderNauts is an upcoming space pirate sim from the maker of Starhawk and Twisted Metal: Black](http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/artwork/thumbs/na-lfxhh_screen3_jpg_100.jpg)
Updated on March 13th, at 09:30: As you might have read in the comments section below, PlunderNauts is now available for iPad and iPhone in Canada and the UK.
If you live in one of those splendid places, you can grab the game right now for free [download].
Folks in other territories will be able to download the game soon. We'll let you know when PlunderNauts swings onto Android.
Original ...
11 Bit Studios, the team behind the immensely popular Anomaly franchise, has announced its latest upcoming mobile title, This War of Mine.
Set in a modern, war-torn area, This War of Mine shifts the focus away from the armed and armoured combatants that you'd expect to find in first-person shooters.
In their place is a band of everyday civilians, unfortunate enough to have this war of theirs...
Remember that 'epic' Angry Birds tease we saw last week? It turns out it's way more epic than we could have imagined.
Kotaku reports that the new game in question, Angry Birds Epic, is actually an adventure RPG with turn-based combat.
Intriguingly, it'll also feature hidden endgame content and an "extensive" crafting system - both of which should set the hearts of MMO players aflutter.
...
My pickaxe smashes into the rock in front of me, the bronze glittering in the dim light my head torch gives off.
At my feet there's a space iguana, stumbling around, minding its own business, half-trapped by my excavations.
The rock gives way and I walk forward, pocketing the chunks of ore that I've hacked out of the planet. On the other side there's a chamber, thick with the sort of darknes...
It's a big day for Android gamers. That's because the Gold Award-winning iOS puzzler Threes! has just gone live on Google Play.
Although we were aware that an Android version of Threes! could be in the works, we didn't expect this block-sliding beauty to surface on Google Play THIS soon.
Your task here is to match pairs of multiples of '3' to make the largest numbers you can. Before runn...
Spring is almost here, which means the release of RBI Baseball 14 is just around the corner.
When we first heard about this title back in January, we didn't know quite what to expect - but now MLBAM has assuaged a great many fears by releasing some new screenshots and details of the baseball sim.
First off, it'll be a paid download with no microtransactions.
Secondly, it's described as a ...
DotEmu has confirmed that its port of retro action-adventure game Little Big Adventure will debut on iOS and Android on March 27th.
We've actually been waiting patiently for this one since March 2012, so, yes, expectations are high.
Little Big Adventure sees you taking on the role of Twinsen. You'll need to help him escape from the insane asylum in which the evil dictator Dr FunFrock loc...
"Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does some of the things that a spider can."
Unlike regular spiders, though, Spider-Man is a movie star.
And a smartphone and tablet tie-in for his latest motion picture, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, is set to swing onto a variety of app stores in the not-too-distant future.
It's made by Gameloft (again), and sees you leading Peter Parker's alter ego through an open-w...
Nintendo might not be making mobile games just yet, but that doesn't mean you can't feel the Japanese giant's influence reverberating around the App Store on a regular basis.
Take Seabeard, for example.
This newly announced game is from the team behind Rolando, one of the earliest breakout hits of the smartphone era.
I can see the sea
Published by Backflip Studios as part of a new init...
Silver Award-winning lute-'em-up Bardbarian will go live on the Google Play Store tomorrow, delivering all the silliness and strategy that made the original iOS release such a success.
The game sees you playing a barbarian who got sick of the violent life and picked up a lute. You wander around a village strumming out solos to call different units to your aid, then use them to smite streams...
As expected, the first part of inkle's Gold Award-winning gamebook adventure classic Steve Jackson's Sorcery! has just made the perilous journey from the App Store to Google Play, meaning gamers of an Android persuasion can finally get their paws on it.
At review, we called the game "a thrilling combination of fantasy novel and RPG". We then added that "Sorcery! offers a wonderfully fresh t...
