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Digital marketplaces like the App Store and Google Play are governed by a set of unwritten rules. RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile from Atari breaks a biggie by charging players admission for a game packed with the waiting and premium currency purchases typical of a free-to-play title. RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile has another problem: It's just not very good. It's not unplayable by any means, but there's little about the game that differentiates it from other mobile games based around developing and running an amusement park. That's kind of a sad thing to have to say about a title that bears the legendary RollerCoaster Tycoon moniker. |
Remember how you were nursing a serious Bridge Constructor addiction a few weeks back? Don't be ashamed - we all were. And if today's announcement is any indication, you should ready yourself for a relapse: Bridge Constructor Medieval will be available on iOS and Android on May 1st. Travelling back to the days of yore, amateur bridge builders will need to use their old skills in some new ways. The Middle Ages were rife with war, and as such you'll need to build bridges sturdy enough to withstand cannon fire and get your troops across, but also weak enough to collapse under the weight of enemy troops, sending them spilling to their deaths below. We're not quite sure how the yin/yang of bridge design can balance such contrasting goals, but we're excited to find out. |
Along with death and taxes, the only other certainty in life is that casual gamers love farming. It's a good thing too, because otherwise Zynga's FarmVille 2: Country Escape would be showing up unfashionably late to a party the company started itself with back in the halcyon days of Facebook gaming. As it is, this fully mobile installment has much improved graphics and a fair bit of charm, but at the expense of the creative freedom that made the original such a monster hit. |
Here's something I bet you weren't expecting: Albert Ransom's trademark troubles are officially a thing of the past. Ransom, whose company Runsome Apps created CandySwipe, by purchasing the trademark rights to Candy Crusher, a 2004 game, and using those older rights to try and have Ransom's mark on CandySwipe revoked. In a word, things were getting ugly. |
Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff is a city-building / simulation game from TinyCo. In this game, you take charge of the resurrection of Quahog, which has been flattened by Peter Griffin's antics. Gamezebo's walkthrough will provide you with some tips and hints that will help you make your town an almost-pleasant place to live. |
The Simpsons: Tapped Out was released for iOS in the first quarter of spring 2012, and later on Android in 2013. Not only has the Springfield-themed city-building game remained a consistently popular download since its launch dates, but it's also one of the top-monetizing free games on the App Store and Google Play. So it's not at all surprising that TinyCo looked over in EA's direction and said, "Say - look at what they're doing!" before taking pictures and frantically scribbling on a pad of paper. What is surprising is that it's taken this long for a Simpsons-style mobile game to get wrapped up in a Family Guy skin and slapped on the digital market.
Sadly, the wait hasn't been worth it. With its aggressive panhandling for in-app purchases, long wait times, and (mostly) flat jokes, playing Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff is as sad as watching Rupert the teddy bear grow soggy in a torrential rainstorm. |
The previous game from Drinkbox Studios, Guacamelee! was a wonderful send up of the Metroidvania genre that's colorful in more ways than one. Its bright Day of the Dead/luchador aesthetic was a cheerful celebration of Mexican culture, while its story and characters were frenetic and entertaining without becoming cloying or clichéd. Severed looks similarly Central American, but a whole lot more serious. Guacamelee! had its sullen side, but Severed sounds like a tale of revenge. Our warrior protagonist has lost her arm (and possibly more, if I'm interpreting the above trailer correctly) and seeks retribution against supernatural forces. So far it's only been announced for mobile platforms, but the devs haven't ruled out the possibility of bringing Severed to touchsreen devices like Vita, 3DS and even the Wii U. Considering the company's history with Sony, at least one of those is probably a safe bet. |
Ciro Continisio of Tiny Colossus for $3.99. UFHO2, which stands for Unidentified Flying Hexagonal Object, was posted to Steam Greenlight in August of 2012. Six months prior the game managed to pull in over $10,000 through a successful Kickstarter campaign. However, it is worth noting that about half of those earnings came from just around 10% of the backers. |
Butterscotch Shenanigans first appeared on my radar thanks to turned up and sent me on a quest to destroy Pete, the Mad God of the Sea. I'm still playing that one. I don't want to say that Sam and Seth Coster are a strange pair, but the games they create do make me wonder what's in the water they drink and where I can get some. And now they're in the midst of an even more unusual project: "Speedcrafting," a sort of weekly game jam in which they give themselves ten hours to develop a small but complete game - a "Butterscotch Mini" - from start to finish. |
When developing a free-to-play game, there's one question every developer faces: how is it going to make money? In-app purchases are one way to go. Ad revenue is another. In many cases, you'll see a mix of both. Phil Hassey's BREAKFINITY is no exception - but it's the way he balances the two that makes it so compelling. BREAKFINITY is what would happen if Breakout or Arkanoid were an endless runner. Players will clear just enough blocks to see their ball move up to the next stage in a never-ending quest for points. You'll only get one ball, but - and here's where things get interesting - you can buy more with premium currency OR get a free ball by watching a video advertisement. You can get two free balls every game in this manner, but since it caps out at two there's still a sense of competition. Your high score is going to be based on those combined three balls alone, not upsetting the leaderboards (unless you want to buy more with premium currency, of course). |
Episode Three of The Wolf Among Us is a point-and-click adventure game created by Telltale Games. In this game, you take on the role of Bigby Wolf, a tough law enforcer who tries to keep the peace among New York's fantastic population of "Fables." Episode Three sends Bigby Wolf and Snow White on the trail of suspected murderer, Ichabod Crane. Gamezebo's walkthrough will provide you with detailed images, tips, information, and hints on how to play your best game. |
In my time spent sampling the many, many freemium flavors on the App Store I feel like I've gotten familiar with just about everything that's out there. And yet here I find myself somewhat smitten with Evolution: Battle for Utopia - a game that doesn't so much reinvent the wheel as it tries to be a whole bunch of different wheels all at once. The weird thing is it actually kind of works. |
I won't lie - that was a fun headline to type. I don't know what a "Fruity Robo 3" is, and there's a good chance that you don't either. But if you're in China, there's a very good chance you do - and you're no doubt excited to learn that it's about to be adapted into the mobile game Three Kingdoms of Fruit. What does it all mean? Read on to find out the answer to that and other questions, like "is Capcom looking for Chinese investment to enter the market?," and "how do the Chinese feel about Papaya?" Thanks again to Laohu.com for sharing the top stories out of China this week. For a daily dose of Chinese gaming news, be sure to bookmark .
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