Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
We had to analyse 300 Flappy Bird clones
To make sure we never miss an interesting new iOS game, we look at every single game that hits the App Store. Yes. Seriously. And, yes, it is unbelievably boring.
It's become even worse since the death of Flappy Bird, as the App Sto...
This week is a study in contrasts - as is almost every week in the world of business.
As some companies trumpeted their successes - hitting 25 million downloads, or 10 million players a month - others felt the sting of failure and had to axe hundreds of employees to refocus their business model.
The good news is that, ultimately, both the successful and unsuccessful from this week will live ...
Way back in August, we caught wind of an oddball mash-up that put RPG characters on the fairway in the aptly named Dungeons Golf.
It fell off our radar since then, but - like so much a birdie from the rough - it's made its way to the green pastures of the App Store and Google play.
And, better still, it won't cost you a dime to download.
The title's a bit misleading, however, as there a...
The endless-runner genre has begun to resemble, rather appropriately, an endless-runner game.
It's become an interminable trudge through the same basic motions, with the same familiar sights whizzing past.
Platforms Unlimited initially appears to embrace these cliches, but it's actually the freshest and most compelling take on the endless-runner I've played in ages.
Cool runnings
Usual...
Apple might approve a new Flappy Bird clone every 24 minutes, but it has rejected a parody game where you troll a fake app store and send cease and desist emails to developers who are using your various trademarks.
Intern Saga: Trademark Lawyer is the brainchild of Organ Trail developer The Men Who Wear Many Hats (TMWWMH).
According to the game's site, TMWWMH made the game "in protest of [Ca...
Rovio has just teased a new Angry Birds game for mobile on its YouTube profile.
In the video (embedded above), the camera slowly pans around a knight in shining armour to reveal Red Bird 'hiding' inside the suit.
Underneath the video on YouTube, the Finnish firm notes that this is "perhaps the most Epic soft launch ever - whatever that means!? Starting in Australia, Canada and New Zealan...
Reece Millidge is the man behind the really rather sublime Icycle: On Thin Ice. And he's got a thing or two to say about touchscreen platformers.
He should know his stuff about this subject, by the way, for he only went and made a Silver Award-winning touchscreen platformer, didn't he.
But it's not just modern platformers that sit proudly on Millidge's CV.
Might as well jump
At the end...
QuizUp is a ludicrously popular trivia game on iOS. Guess what? Yep, it's now available on Android, too.
Do you like answering questions on music, science, The Oscars, video games, or sport?
Don't worry, then: you're covered here. And then some.
The popularity of QuizUp has got me thinking. Can I, too, gain huge popularity by simply asking you questions?
Try this one out: How would...
On this week's show, Keith, Peter, and I complain about British Airways, IKEA delivery policies, and abandonment.
Then, we remember we're doing a podcast about mobile gaming and start talking about Flappy Bird clones instead.
Bullet dodged, we run through the newest games to hit the App Store, including the second episode of The Walking Dead: Season 2, Minecraft-inspired RTS Block Fortress W...
There's nothing like a weird mashing together of games and ideas to set your weekend off with a bang.
And that's exactly what Super Digital Watch Soccer for Android is.
It's a blend of Street Fighter, football, and that game you used to play when you were a kid where you tried to stop a digital stopwatch when the milliseconds were on '00'.
Half-time
You choose a player, then face off e...
Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new Android games.
I won't lie: it was a struggle to find even three new Android games worthy of our full-bodied recommendation this week.
Google Play might have quantity on its side, but the quality is sometimes lacking. As such, it's much harder to find the diamonds in the rough than it is over on Apple's App S...
Mines of Mars went live on the App Store this week.
It's a big game with a focus on exploration, crafting, and not accidentally shooting robots in the face.
And the good news is that it will surface on the Google Play Store next week.
Mines of Mars sees you delving into massive cave networks, hacking minerals and gems out of the ground to turn them into new weapons, equipment, and pic...
We first heard about Recoil Games's gravity-twisting action-platformer Rochard during an Nvidia Shield showreel at MWC 2013.
Since then, things have gone a bit quiet on the ol' Rochard front.
Well, they had been. Not any more, though. That's because the game has just gone live on Google Play.
You'll need a Tegra 4-powered device and a gamepad to actually play Rochard, though. Your best be...
Updated on March 7th, at 09:11: If you're a gamer of a 'droid persuasion, you can now grab Smash Hit for Android, too. It won't cost you a penny [download]. And if you like smashing things, it's well worth it.
Original story follows...
Smash Hit is a game for people who revel in the crashing noise of a smashed pane of glass. It's an ambient first-person pinball chucker, and it's availa...
February was a strong month for Android games, as our round-up of the finest 'droid releases of the month will hopefully show.
Half of the games we've picked for this February rundown were what you'd call 'no-brainers,' for they picked up Gold Awards (9/10) when we reviewed them.
The other half of the field is made up of tasty Silver Award (8/10) winners. So, no, they're not to be sniffed at...
You know the bit in action blockbusters where the main protagonist prepares for the challenge ahead via a suitably soundtracked training montage?
Well that moment is now.
Right now, the Pocket Gamer Awards 2014 are running increasingly faster on the beach, getting coconuts dropped on a perfect – and perfectly oiled – six-pack, and chasing a chicken around a courtyard to the rousing sound of ...
If you were wondering what the best-reviewed iOS and 'droid games on the web last month were, here are the iPhone Quality Index, iPad Quality Index, and Android Quality Index round-ups for February to fill you in.
The iPhone, iPad, and Android Quality Indexes boast over 650,000 reviews (in total) from websites like 148Apps, Pocket Gamer, and IGN, and use a unique metric to create a single defin...
Hey all you nautical naughties out there. The Bronze Award-winning Assassin's Creed Pirates got an update today.
The most exciting part of this update are the new Survival Missions, which add the ability to hunt whales. You'll be a regular Captain Ahab in no time.
On top of that, you'll be able to collect over 50 species of Caribbean fish. Also exclusive to Survival Missions are two new ship...
Are you sick of seeing zombies everywhere?
Well, Somethin' Else has the salve for your festering wound in the shape of Audio Defence: Zombie Arena.
It uses the same tech as the firm's Gold Award-winning supernatural audio drama Papa Sangre II, and sees you gunning down waves of zombies that only exist in your ears.
There also appears to be a banjo with which you can smash their brains in....
HonorBound ticks a lot of boxes on the role-playing game checklist.
High production values? Check. Lush visuals complemented by a rousing orchestral score? Check. A story about heroes banding together to save the land from chaos? You get the idea.
However, HonorBound lacks a key quality most great RPGs share: a sense of freedom and adventure. Unfortunately, this is a direct result of its fre...
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Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
We had to analyse 300 Flappy Bird clones
To make sure we never miss an interesting new iOS game, we look at every single game that hits the App Store. Yes. Seriously. And, yes, it is unbelievably boring.
It's become even worse since the death of Flappy Bird, as the App Sto...
This week is a study in contrasts - as is almost every week in the world of business.
As some companies trumpeted their successes - hitting 25 million downloads, or 10 million players a month - others felt the sting of failure and had to axe hundreds of employees to refocus their business model.
The good news is that, ultimately, both the successful and unsuccessful from this week will live ...
Way back in August, we caught wind of an oddball mash-up that put RPG characters on the fairway in the aptly named Dungeons Golf.
It fell off our radar since then, but - like so much a birdie from the rough - it's made its way to the green pastures of the App Store and Google play.
And, better still, it won't cost you a dime to download.
The title's a bit misleading, however, as there a...
The endless-runner genre has begun to resemble, rather appropriately, an endless-runner game.
It's become an interminable trudge through the same basic motions, with the same familiar sights whizzing past.
Platforms Unlimited initially appears to embrace these cliches, but it's actually the freshest and most compelling take on the endless-runner I've played in ages.
Cool runnings
Usual...
Apple might approve a new Flappy Bird clone every 24 minutes, but it has rejected a parody game where you troll a fake app store and send cease and desist emails to developers who are using your various trademarks.
Intern Saga: Trademark Lawyer is the brainchild of Organ Trail developer The Men Who Wear Many Hats (TMWWMH).
According to the game's site, TMWWMH made the game "in protest of [Ca...
Rovio has just teased a new Angry Birds game for mobile on its YouTube profile.
In the video (embedded above), the camera slowly pans around a knight in shining armour to reveal Red Bird 'hiding' inside the suit.
Underneath the video on YouTube, the Finnish firm notes that this is "perhaps the most Epic soft launch ever - whatever that means!? Starting in Australia, Canada and New Zealan...
Reece Millidge is the man behind the really rather sublime Icycle: On Thin Ice. And he's got a thing or two to say about touchscreen platformers.
He should know his stuff about this subject, by the way, for he only went and made a Silver Award-winning touchscreen platformer, didn't he.
But it's not just modern platformers that sit proudly on Millidge's CV.
Might as well jump
At the end...
QuizUp is a ludicrously popular trivia game on iOS. Guess what? Yep, it's now available on Android, too.
Do you like answering questions on music, science, The Oscars, video games, or sport?
Don't worry, then: you're covered here. And then some.
The popularity of QuizUp has got me thinking. Can I, too, gain huge popularity by simply asking you questions?
Try this one out: How would...
On this week's show, Keith, Peter, and I complain about British Airways, IKEA delivery policies, and abandonment.
Then, we remember we're doing a podcast about mobile gaming and start talking about Flappy Bird clones instead.
Bullet dodged, we run through the newest games to hit the App Store, including the second episode of The Walking Dead: Season 2, Minecraft-inspired RTS Block Fortress W...
There's nothing like a weird mashing together of games and ideas to set your weekend off with a bang.
And that's exactly what Super Digital Watch Soccer for Android is.
It's a blend of Street Fighter, football, and that game you used to play when you were a kid where you tried to stop a digital stopwatch when the milliseconds were on '00'.
Half-time
You choose a player, then face off e...
Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new Android games.
I won't lie: it was a struggle to find even three new Android games worthy of our full-bodied recommendation this week.
Google Play might have quantity on its side, but the quality is sometimes lacking. As such, it's much harder to find the diamonds in the rough than it is over on Apple's App S...
Mines of Mars went live on the App Store this week.
It's a big game with a focus on exploration, crafting, and not accidentally shooting robots in the face.
And the good news is that it will surface on the Google Play Store next week.
Mines of Mars sees you delving into massive cave networks, hacking minerals and gems out of the ground to turn them into new weapons, equipment, and pic...
We first heard about Recoil Games's gravity-twisting action-platformer Rochard during an Nvidia Shield showreel at MWC 2013.
Since then, things have gone a bit quiet on the ol' Rochard front.
Well, they had been. Not any more, though. That's because the game has just gone live on Google Play.
You'll need a Tegra 4-powered device and a gamepad to actually play Rochard, though. Your best be...
![[Updated] Smash Hit is a first-person ambient stuff smasher for iPad and iPhone](http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/artwork/thumbs/na-zbzek_noname__2__jpg_100.jpg)
Updated on March 7th, at 09:11: If you're a gamer of a 'droid persuasion, you can now grab Smash Hit for Android, too. It won't cost you a penny [download]. And if you like smashing things, it's well worth it.
Original story follows...
Smash Hit is a game for people who revel in the crashing noise of a smashed pane of glass. It's an ambient first-person pinball chucker, and it's availa...
February was a strong month for Android games, as our round-up of the finest 'droid releases of the month will hopefully show.
Half of the games we've picked for this February rundown were what you'd call 'no-brainers,' for they picked up Gold Awards (9/10) when we reviewed them.
The other half of the field is made up of tasty Silver Award (8/10) winners. So, no, they're not to be sniffed at...
You know the bit in action blockbusters where the main protagonist prepares for the challenge ahead via a suitably soundtracked training montage?
Well that moment is now.
Right now, the Pocket Gamer Awards 2014 are running increasingly faster on the beach, getting coconuts dropped on a perfect – and perfectly oiled – six-pack, and chasing a chicken around a courtyard to the rousing sound of ...
If you were wondering what the best-reviewed iOS and 'droid games on the web last month were, here are the iPhone Quality Index, iPad Quality Index, and Android Quality Index round-ups for February to fill you in.
The iPhone, iPad, and Android Quality Indexes boast over 650,000 reviews (in total) from websites like 148Apps, Pocket Gamer, and IGN, and use a unique metric to create a single defin...
Hey all you nautical naughties out there. The Bronze Award-winning Assassin's Creed Pirates got an update today.
The most exciting part of this update are the new Survival Missions, which add the ability to hunt whales. You'll be a regular Captain Ahab in no time.
On top of that, you'll be able to collect over 50 species of Caribbean fish. Also exclusive to Survival Missions are two new ship...
Are you sick of seeing zombies everywhere?
Well, Somethin' Else has the salve for your festering wound in the shape of Audio Defence: Zombie Arena.
It uses the same tech as the firm's Gold Award-winning supernatural audio drama Papa Sangre II, and sees you gunning down waves of zombies that only exist in your ears.
There also appears to be a banjo with which you can smash their brains in....
HonorBound ticks a lot of boxes on the role-playing game checklist.
High production values? Check. Lush visuals complemented by a rousing orchestral score? Check. A story about heroes banding together to save the land from chaos? You get the idea.
However, HonorBound lacks a key quality most great RPGs share: a sense of freedom and adventure. Unfortunately, this is a direct result of its fre...
