Simogo's latest narrative experiment, The Sailor's Dream, has just landed on the New Zealand App Store. That means it'll be winging its way to the UK from midnight tonight.
The game, such as it is, lets you explore a strange ocean-bound world, discovering secrets and new experiences as you go.
We obviously don't want to give too much of the story away, because that's really all there is ...
Adult Swim's new game is ostensibly a tower defence game. But instead of setting up automated turrets and then wandering off to have a cup of tea, you actually have to get involved yourself.
So as your castle is besieged by angry Nords, you'll have to tap to fire arrows, pull back on a catapult to fling rocks, and use power-ups to unleash special defences.
It's got 80 levels, some bonus ...
Do you remember Bitcoins? The hip cryptocurrency that was all over the news for a week or two? FizzPow and Noodlecake sure do, and have made a slightly belated game about mining them.
Bitcoin Billionaire is a new take on fleeting App Store phenomenon Make it Rain, but you're tapping on a computer instead of peeling off bank notes
So, you earn bitcoins by tapping but you also unlock items...
It seems like the original Briquid for iPad passed us by at Pocket Gamer. But we won't miss the iPhone-friendly spin-off Briquid Mini, which is coming to the App Store this evening.
The game is all about re-routing pools of water to fill up yellow drop-off zones.
Your options include breaking bricks, placing bricks, and tilting your phone to change gravity - but you only have a limited n...
Subterfuge is an intriguing multiplayer strategy game that sees you and a bunch of friends trying to out-think and out-plot one another.
It's got some pedigree too. The three man dev team can boast World of Goo, Casey's Contraptions (the game that became Amazing Alex), and Zombie Gunship on its collective CV, which isn't too shabby.
The trailer above gives you an idea about the real-life...
Seabeard is delightfully cute. Its characters are energetic and excited, its lands are painted in primary colours and chunky shapes.
It's that level of adorable endearment that you'd usually find on a Nintendo console with the likes of Animal Crossing.
It's as busy as those games as well, always giving you little jobs to perform here and there. Build a house, add a fishmongers, sail to a...
The Italian Racing update is now live for Real Racing 3 on the App Store and the Google Play Store, and as you might imagine from the name, it adds some silly Italian cars to the Gold Award-winning racer.
There's the Ferrari LaFerrari, which is a ridiculous production car equipped with a hybrid engine derived from the ones Ferrari uses in Formula One.
You also get the Maserati GranTurism...
Adding Star Wars into the tower defence genre mix is an odd choice.
There aren't actually that many towers in the entire canon of Star Wars, and they certainly don't play a pivotal role in any scene from the series - or at least not from what I can recall about the six main movies.
But there must be a good reason to make a TD game out of this cherished licence, beyond just the potential for ...
For its next trick, Neutronized is going to drop a wizard out of its hat. That's my lame way of saying the studio has announced Drop Wizard.
It's the next game from Neutronized after its icy puzzler Lost Yeti and the superb dino skyscraper-punching game Roar Rampage.
It has the sprightly visuals and arcade action feel that we're more of less come to expect of Neutronized. That's a very good ...
Every month, we take a step back and reflect on the last 30-odd days of new games. We consider every single iOS game that came out in the last month, and pick the best.
As always, it's a diverse list. October's best games included retro throwbacks, PC ports, barmy score-chasers, board game adaptations, and platformers. Freebies and expensive apps.
We implore you to check the lot out, and sha...
By complete coincidence, A Dark Room and Darkin are both much cheaper on iOS right now. In fact, A Dark Room is free right now for its one year anniversary.
So, yes, thanks to both of these games as well as the gloomy wintry season, it seems that dark days are upon us.
A Dark Room never got a PG review, but I can assure it's a must-play incremental RPG that I've happily sunk hours into. ...
Much as I love Game of Thrones, aspects of it are screaming out for parody. And that's what Twitchy Thrones does, with a gleefully keen eye. No wonder the splash screen implores "please don't sue us".
Amusing as it is to see the show skewered, it's the game that we're really here for. This is a super-light strategy affair.
Twiddly thrones
You progress through a campaign, unlocking new map...
Despite being an in-progress game, the title Legends of Fore might ring a couple of bells for you.
Why? It's the "spiritual successor" to the Bronze Award-winning fantasy roguelike Legends of Yore. Yes, that's where you recognize it from.
After releasing Yore three years ago, Welsh developer Coke and Code is returning to the ideas in its top-down roguelike, but this time it's working in a s...
At some point in time, film tie-in games on mobile won't consist of only endless runners and match-3 games. That time is not now.
Disney has released Big Hero 6 Bot Fight which isn't, as the title may suggest, a fighting game. No, don't be misled, this is a match-3 puzzle game as straight as they come.
You match Power Cells in a grid, connecting colours to trigger attacks, and combos for big...
Sleep Attack TD takes place within a weird dream world populated by strange, impish creatures.
As someone who dreams constantly of twisted beings that drag themselves out of the crevices of my mind, I sympathise with the portly three-eyed dude that must endure the imp-y onslaught in every level.
I appreciate his resolve to keep on sleeping even as his dream-world contorts around him.
More...
Silver Award winning classic JRPG Shin Megami Tensei is on sale on the App Store. You can grab the 40 hour game for just £2.49 / $3.99, which is about half as much as it cost yesterday.
The game is a super-difficult dungeon crawling scrapper. It's all about collecting and fusing demons, and trying to save the world while you're at it. There's no hand-holding here though, you're very much to...
When you see a retro-themed game, your first reaction is to begin figuring out its source of inspiration.
Comparing retro games to their aged counterparts is an important aspect of discovering their identity, and deciding whether they rip off, evolve, or pay homage to a concept.
From there we know if the game is achieving its own purpose.
Interestingly, Woah Dave! falls into all three of ...
Music creation tools are a growing trend in games, and I don't mean rhythm games.
There are the more puzzle-oriented experiences, like Sentris, a digital toy that generates layers of musical bliss as you mix and match various synths.
Then there's the upcoming Imitone, more tool than game, that translates your own voice into different instruments.
It's an exciting landscape, but with most ...
Left, right, splat!
Those three words pretty much sum up the Meat Factory experience in its entirety.
It's a casual action game that narrowly escapes a pounding for its staggering simplicity - partly through charm, and partly because it's easier to play another game than it is to quit.
Big bad Bertha
You play frenzied meat packer Fred, who works a thankless job dealing with the product...
48h Studio has announced that its Bronze Award-winning psychedelic dodger Avoid: Sensory Overload has returned to iOS and Android.
It was removed from the App Store and Google Play before due to problems with publisher Nuoxygen, apparently. As such, 48h Studio has self-published the game this time around.
Not all of the creases have been ironed out, mind.
"All the people who bought the ga...
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Simogo's latest narrative experiment, The Sailor's Dream, has just landed on the New Zealand App Store. That means it'll be winging its way to the UK from midnight tonight.
The game, such as it is, lets you explore a strange ocean-bound world, discovering secrets and new experiences as you go.
We obviously don't want to give too much of the story away, because that's really all there is ...
Adult Swim's new game is ostensibly a tower defence game. But instead of setting up automated turrets and then wandering off to have a cup of tea, you actually have to get involved yourself.
So as your castle is besieged by angry Nords, you'll have to tap to fire arrows, pull back on a catapult to fling rocks, and use power-ups to unleash special defences.
It's got 80 levels, some bonus ...
Do you remember Bitcoins? The hip cryptocurrency that was all over the news for a week or two? FizzPow and Noodlecake sure do, and have made a slightly belated game about mining them.
Bitcoin Billionaire is a new take on fleeting App Store phenomenon Make it Rain, but you're tapping on a computer instead of peeling off bank notes
So, you earn bitcoins by tapping but you also unlock items...
It seems like the original Briquid for iPad passed us by at Pocket Gamer. But we won't miss the iPhone-friendly spin-off Briquid Mini, which is coming to the App Store this evening.
The game is all about re-routing pools of water to fill up yellow drop-off zones.
Your options include breaking bricks, placing bricks, and tilting your phone to change gravity - but you only have a limited n...
Subterfuge is an intriguing multiplayer strategy game that sees you and a bunch of friends trying to out-think and out-plot one another.
It's got some pedigree too. The three man dev team can boast World of Goo, Casey's Contraptions (the game that became Amazing Alex), and Zombie Gunship on its collective CV, which isn't too shabby.
The trailer above gives you an idea about the real-life...
Seabeard is delightfully cute. Its characters are energetic and excited, its lands are painted in primary colours and chunky shapes.
It's that level of adorable endearment that you'd usually find on a Nintendo console with the likes of Animal Crossing.
It's as busy as those games as well, always giving you little jobs to perform here and there. Build a house, add a fishmongers, sail to a...
The Italian Racing update is now live for Real Racing 3 on the App Store and the Google Play Store, and as you might imagine from the name, it adds some silly Italian cars to the Gold Award-winning racer.
There's the Ferrari LaFerrari, which is a ridiculous production car equipped with a hybrid engine derived from the ones Ferrari uses in Formula One.
You also get the Maserati GranTurism...
Adding Star Wars into the tower defence genre mix is an odd choice.
There aren't actually that many towers in the entire canon of Star Wars, and they certainly don't play a pivotal role in any scene from the series - or at least not from what I can recall about the six main movies.
But there must be a good reason to make a TD game out of this cherished licence, beyond just the potential for ...
For its next trick, Neutronized is going to drop a wizard out of its hat. That's my lame way of saying the studio has announced Drop Wizard.
It's the next game from Neutronized after its icy puzzler Lost Yeti and the superb dino skyscraper-punching game Roar Rampage.
It has the sprightly visuals and arcade action feel that we're more of less come to expect of Neutronized. That's a very good ...
Every month, we take a step back and reflect on the last 30-odd days of new games. We consider every single iOS game that came out in the last month, and pick the best.
As always, it's a diverse list. October's best games included retro throwbacks, PC ports, barmy score-chasers, board game adaptations, and platformers. Freebies and expensive apps.
We implore you to check the lot out, and sha...
By complete coincidence, A Dark Room and Darkin are both much cheaper on iOS right now. In fact, A Dark Room is free right now for its one year anniversary.
So, yes, thanks to both of these games as well as the gloomy wintry season, it seems that dark days are upon us.
A Dark Room never got a PG review, but I can assure it's a must-play incremental RPG that I've happily sunk hours into. ...
Much as I love Game of Thrones, aspects of it are screaming out for parody. And that's what Twitchy Thrones does, with a gleefully keen eye. No wonder the splash screen implores "please don't sue us".
Amusing as it is to see the show skewered, it's the game that we're really here for. This is a super-light strategy affair.
Twiddly thrones
You progress through a campaign, unlocking new map...
Despite being an in-progress game, the title Legends of Fore might ring a couple of bells for you.
Why? It's the "spiritual successor" to the Bronze Award-winning fantasy roguelike Legends of Yore. Yes, that's where you recognize it from.
After releasing Yore three years ago, Welsh developer Coke and Code is returning to the ideas in its top-down roguelike, but this time it's working in a s...
At some point in time, film tie-in games on mobile won't consist of only endless runners and match-3 games. That time is not now.
Disney has released Big Hero 6 Bot Fight which isn't, as the title may suggest, a fighting game. No, don't be misled, this is a match-3 puzzle game as straight as they come.
You match Power Cells in a grid, connecting colours to trigger attacks, and combos for big...
Sleep Attack TD takes place within a weird dream world populated by strange, impish creatures.
As someone who dreams constantly of twisted beings that drag themselves out of the crevices of my mind, I sympathise with the portly three-eyed dude that must endure the imp-y onslaught in every level.
I appreciate his resolve to keep on sleeping even as his dream-world contorts around him.
More...
Silver Award winning classic JRPG Shin Megami Tensei is on sale on the App Store. You can grab the 40 hour game for just £2.49 / $3.99, which is about half as much as it cost yesterday.
The game is a super-difficult dungeon crawling scrapper. It's all about collecting and fusing demons, and trying to save the world while you're at it. There's no hand-holding here though, you're very much to...
When you see a retro-themed game, your first reaction is to begin figuring out its source of inspiration.
Comparing retro games to their aged counterparts is an important aspect of discovering their identity, and deciding whether they rip off, evolve, or pay homage to a concept.
From there we know if the game is achieving its own purpose.
Interestingly, Woah Dave! falls into all three of ...
Music creation tools are a growing trend in games, and I don't mean rhythm games.
There are the more puzzle-oriented experiences, like Sentris, a digital toy that generates layers of musical bliss as you mix and match various synths.
Then there's the upcoming Imitone, more tool than game, that translates your own voice into different instruments.
It's an exciting landscape, but with most ...
Left, right, splat!
Those three words pretty much sum up the Meat Factory experience in its entirety.
It's a casual action game that narrowly escapes a pounding for its staggering simplicity - partly through charm, and partly because it's easier to play another game than it is to quit.
Big bad Bertha
You play frenzied meat packer Fred, who works a thankless job dealing with the product...
48h Studio has announced that its Bronze Award-winning psychedelic dodger Avoid: Sensory Overload has returned to iOS and Android.
It was removed from the App Store and Google Play before due to problems with publisher Nuoxygen, apparently. As such, 48h Studio has self-published the game this time around.
Not all of the creases have been ironed out, mind.
"All the people who bought the ga...
