Silver Award-winning classic JRPG Final Fantasy VI has had its price slashed by 30% on the App Store.
It's still pretty damn expensive though. Where yesterday it would have set you back £10.99 / $15.99, now you can grab it for £7.49 / $10.99. Bargainous.
The game is the last in the 'tradtional' 2D Final Fantasy series, and is considered by many to be the peak of the franchise.
At revi...
There's not much you can really do to vary the endless runner genre.
You can lob in all the collectible trinkets you want, add an RPG-like levelling system, make it 3D, and place the action in a brand new setting. It doesn't matter - you're still tapping to make a character jump over obstacles.
Rob-O-Tap attempts to invert the core control system entirely, but even then it doesn't feel parti...
Like Far Cry 3 before it, the upcoming Far Cry 4 now has a companion app that will interact with the main title once it's out.
Far Cry 4 Arcade Poker, on iOS and Android, is a bit different than other companion apps, however.
It's actually a standalone poker game with puzzle elements, which you can play to earn in-game currency for the PC or console version of Far Cry 4.
In the game, you ...
As we grow up, we lose our passion for ripping open machinery to watch gears click and whirr.
Why is that? Are we, as adults, ashamed to take hammers and screwdrivers to everything with a mechanical heart? Do we become our parents, suddenly made aware of how expensive machinery is?
Either way, Skyfish Studios's A Mechanical Story offers a cheap, clean, and fun way to muck around with gears. ...
Wire Defuser takes that tense, brow-sweating moment from films when the hero cuts the right wire to defuse a bomb, and turns it into a game.
SneakyBox originally released it under the name Defuser on the Windows Phone Store [download] earlier this year.
Now the studio has expanded the game and will be releasing it as Wire Defuser on iOS soon. It has more levels and new machine-bits to fumble...
Ever find yourself in the mood for an old school action platformer? Maybe something sci-fi, explosive, and metroidvania in layout?
You probably won't find much to satisfy that craving on iOS. But developer Mobirate is adding to the pot with the newly released Space Expedition: Classic Adventure.
You play as an astronaut who heads into a space station to find out what happened there.
Whi...
If the name given to you at birth (or, in this case, at manufacture) is Odd, then it seems likely that you're fated to live a peculiar life.
Odd is the name of the robot in upcoming iOS puzzler Odd Bot Out. And yes, you could say that Odd is having a bit of an odd life.
Odd was thrown into a recycling plant, either by mistake or out of, presumably, despise. Your task is to help Odd get out ...
Fancy flattening some undead cannibals this week? How about on Thursday - you free then?
You better be, as that's when Toffee Games and publisher Not Doppler is releasing Earn to Die 2 on iOS.
It needn't be said, but this is the sequel to the quite popular Earn to Die. This time around you'll be running over zombies around multi-tiered city levels rather than a dull, flat desert.
Mo...
When iOS 8.1 was released last month it took away the "Date Trick" that allowed you to run emulators such as GBA4iOS on your iOS phone or tablet.
By rolling back the date on your iOS device far enough, you could install apps that Apple hadn't approved, such as these emulators. That's what iOS 8.1 disallows.
Despite that, iOS developer and GBA4iOS creator Riley Testut has found a way to get G...
Earlier in the year you might remember us telling you about Yak Dash: Horns of Glory. It's a side-scrolling racer from Mutant Labs that's all about speed and twitchy reflex testing.
Back then we said it was coming to iOS in August, but as you probably noticed that didn't pan out. But, we've got the first trailer of the game right here, and according to that it should be out soon.
The gam...
Forgotten Shores is available as an in-app purchase inside the original Monument Valley.
Monument Valley's Forgotten Shores update feels more like a sequel than an expansion pack.
Sure, at the highest level it offers the same experience: as diminutive princess Ida you explore seemingly impossible architectural spaces by tapping, poking, and sliding the screen.
The only way to reach the go...
Some screenshots that appear to show Telltale's upcoming Game of Thrones point-and-click-adventure have leaked online. You can check them out in the gallery at the top of the page.
The images show several familiar characters, including Cersei, Jamie, and Tyrion Lannister, as well as apparently giving us our first glimpse of the Forrester house that you'll be playing as when the game lands.
T...
Silver Award-winning swipey action platformer Duke Dashington is free until tomorrow to celebrate the release of a new update.
That's an especially tempting price for a surprisingly entertaining game.
The update adds a few tweaks and a new control system, but doesn't do that much to alter the sharp and delightful speedy swipe platforming that made us love the game in the first place.
...
San Francisco startup Proxy42 has launched an ambitious crowdfunding campaign for an equally ambitious multiplayer augmented reality sci-fi shooter, Father.io, which turns your smartphone into a laser tag game.
The idea is extremely bold, especially given the lukewarm reception augmented reality gaming has enjoyed so far, but Father.io could be the one to finally break down that barrier between...
Here's a great fact to make you feel old on a dreary Monday morning. The very first Worms game came out 19 years ago today.
But fret not, because Team 17 has put a bunch of classic invertebrate strategy games on sale on the App Store and the Google Play Store to celebrate the never-ending passage of time.
And, because we're good to you, we've put together a list of the games on sale with...
What is the core concept of the average RPG but a grind for experience spread out over hundreds of battles, in the name of grabbing higher-level stuff for even more battles?
Well that's kind of what Heroes Legends: Conquerors of Kolhar is, only it all happens rapid-fire.
The resulting fast-forward RPG is bizarre and a little awkward, but it's also fairly easy to get wrapped up in.
Slide...
Team17 Software is putting on a sale to celebrate 19 years of Worms games.
That means Worms 3, among other cartoonish, yet tactical artillery games from Team17, is on sale now for 69p / 99c on iOS and Android.
This is down from its usual price of £2.99 / $4.99, so it's a pretty good deal.
Worms 3 earned a Silver Award from us last year for its solid multiplayer and entertaining campaign m...
A sequel to Hatchi, the 2012 virtual pet app from Portable Pixels, has been released.
This follow-up, called Hatchi 2, costs 69p / 99c on the App Store.
Unlike its predecessor, Hatchi 2 features much more colorful art, still retro in style, but not quite as much of a visual throwback to old Tamagotchi games as Hatchi the first.
In Hatchi 2, you'll get to collect over 25 "Hatchis," virtual...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
This has been one of the craziest weeks in a long time for mobile games.
We had the long-awaited comic book caper Framed, which had a surprise launch on iOS this week. We've started on a walkthrough to the game's tricky panel shuffling puzzles.
And there was XCOM: Enemy Wi...
With the Samsung Developer Conference 2014 in full swing, you won't be surprised to find that some of this week's big hitters come from San Francisco.
PocketGamer.biz events editor, George Osborn, was our man on the ground, and, like a news seeking missile, he didn't miss a beat as Samsung looked to make a splash in the world of wearables.
Indeed, the mobile manufacturer made its focus on we...
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Silver Award-winning classic JRPG Final Fantasy VI has had its price slashed by 30% on the App Store.
It's still pretty damn expensive though. Where yesterday it would have set you back £10.99 / $15.99, now you can grab it for £7.49 / $10.99. Bargainous.
The game is the last in the 'tradtional' 2D Final Fantasy series, and is considered by many to be the peak of the franchise.
At revi...
There's not much you can really do to vary the endless runner genre.
You can lob in all the collectible trinkets you want, add an RPG-like levelling system, make it 3D, and place the action in a brand new setting. It doesn't matter - you're still tapping to make a character jump over obstacles.
Rob-O-Tap attempts to invert the core control system entirely, but even then it doesn't feel parti...
Like Far Cry 3 before it, the upcoming Far Cry 4 now has a companion app that will interact with the main title once it's out.
Far Cry 4 Arcade Poker, on iOS and Android, is a bit different than other companion apps, however.
It's actually a standalone poker game with puzzle elements, which you can play to earn in-game currency for the PC or console version of Far Cry 4.
In the game, you ...
As we grow up, we lose our passion for ripping open machinery to watch gears click and whirr.
Why is that? Are we, as adults, ashamed to take hammers and screwdrivers to everything with a mechanical heart? Do we become our parents, suddenly made aware of how expensive machinery is?
Either way, Skyfish Studios's A Mechanical Story offers a cheap, clean, and fun way to muck around with gears. ...
Wire Defuser takes that tense, brow-sweating moment from films when the hero cuts the right wire to defuse a bomb, and turns it into a game.
SneakyBox originally released it under the name Defuser on the Windows Phone Store [download] earlier this year.
Now the studio has expanded the game and will be releasing it as Wire Defuser on iOS soon. It has more levels and new machine-bits to fumble...
Ever find yourself in the mood for an old school action platformer? Maybe something sci-fi, explosive, and metroidvania in layout?
You probably won't find much to satisfy that craving on iOS. But developer Mobirate is adding to the pot with the newly released Space Expedition: Classic Adventure.
You play as an astronaut who heads into a space station to find out what happened there.
Whi...
If the name given to you at birth (or, in this case, at manufacture) is Odd, then it seems likely that you're fated to live a peculiar life.
Odd is the name of the robot in upcoming iOS puzzler Odd Bot Out. And yes, you could say that Odd is having a bit of an odd life.
Odd was thrown into a recycling plant, either by mistake or out of, presumably, despise. Your task is to help Odd get out ...
Fancy flattening some undead cannibals this week? How about on Thursday - you free then?
You better be, as that's when Toffee Games and publisher Not Doppler is releasing Earn to Die 2 on iOS.
It needn't be said, but this is the sequel to the quite popular Earn to Die. This time around you'll be running over zombies around multi-tiered city levels rather than a dull, flat desert.
Mo...
When iOS 8.1 was released last month it took away the "Date Trick" that allowed you to run emulators such as GBA4iOS on your iOS phone or tablet.
By rolling back the date on your iOS device far enough, you could install apps that Apple hadn't approved, such as these emulators. That's what iOS 8.1 disallows.
Despite that, iOS developer and GBA4iOS creator Riley Testut has found a way to get G...
Earlier in the year you might remember us telling you about Yak Dash: Horns of Glory. It's a side-scrolling racer from Mutant Labs that's all about speed and twitchy reflex testing.
Back then we said it was coming to iOS in August, but as you probably noticed that didn't pan out. But, we've got the first trailer of the game right here, and according to that it should be out soon.
The gam...
Forgotten Shores is available as an in-app purchase inside the original Monument Valley.
Monument Valley's Forgotten Shores update feels more like a sequel than an expansion pack.
Sure, at the highest level it offers the same experience: as diminutive princess Ida you explore seemingly impossible architectural spaces by tapping, poking, and sliding the screen.
The only way to reach the go...
Some screenshots that appear to show Telltale's upcoming Game of Thrones point-and-click-adventure have leaked online. You can check them out in the gallery at the top of the page.
The images show several familiar characters, including Cersei, Jamie, and Tyrion Lannister, as well as apparently giving us our first glimpse of the Forrester house that you'll be playing as when the game lands.
T...
Silver Award-winning swipey action platformer Duke Dashington is free until tomorrow to celebrate the release of a new update.
That's an especially tempting price for a surprisingly entertaining game.
The update adds a few tweaks and a new control system, but doesn't do that much to alter the sharp and delightful speedy swipe platforming that made us love the game in the first place.
...
San Francisco startup Proxy42 has launched an ambitious crowdfunding campaign for an equally ambitious multiplayer augmented reality sci-fi shooter, Father.io, which turns your smartphone into a laser tag game.
The idea is extremely bold, especially given the lukewarm reception augmented reality gaming has enjoyed so far, but Father.io could be the one to finally break down that barrier between...
Here's a great fact to make you feel old on a dreary Monday morning. The very first Worms game came out 19 years ago today.
But fret not, because Team 17 has put a bunch of classic invertebrate strategy games on sale on the App Store and the Google Play Store to celebrate the never-ending passage of time.
And, because we're good to you, we've put together a list of the games on sale with...
What is the core concept of the average RPG but a grind for experience spread out over hundreds of battles, in the name of grabbing higher-level stuff for even more battles?
Well that's kind of what Heroes Legends: Conquerors of Kolhar is, only it all happens rapid-fire.
The resulting fast-forward RPG is bizarre and a little awkward, but it's also fairly easy to get wrapped up in.
Slide...
A sequel to Hatchi, the 2012 virtual pet app from Portable Pixels, has been released.
This follow-up, called Hatchi 2, costs 69p / 99c on the App Store.
Unlike its predecessor, Hatchi 2 features much more colorful art, still retro in style, but not quite as much of a visual throwback to old Tamagotchi games as Hatchi the first.
In Hatchi 2, you'll get to collect over 25 "Hatchis," virtual...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
This has been one of the craziest weeks in a long time for mobile games.
We had the long-awaited comic book caper Framed, which had a surprise launch on iOS this week. We've started on a walkthrough to the game's tricky panel shuffling puzzles.
And there was XCOM: Enemy Wi...
With the Samsung Developer Conference 2014 in full swing, you won't be surprised to find that some of this week's big hitters come from San Francisco.
PocketGamer.biz events editor, George Osborn, was our man on the ground, and, like a news seeking missile, he didn't miss a beat as Samsung looked to make a splash in the world of wearables.
Indeed, the mobile manufacturer made its focus on we...
