Human Crasher finally lets you abduct humans and turn them into an energy source. It's a game that says "Serve your motherland, alien pilot."
It combines two things: on one hand it's a UFO dodge 'em up, on the other it's Flappy Bird with a tractor beam.
I'll explain. Your flying saucer travels across the screen on its own accord. Below you are the unseeing humans walking along city streets, ...
Every week Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new iPhone and iPad games.
Drift'n'Drive
By Kimmo Lahtinen - buy on iPhone and iPad (£1.49 / $1.99)
It's amazing that Drift'n'Drive isn't free to play, because its steady rhythm of upgrades and currency-collecting rounds of drifty pixel-art-clad gameplay seems like a natural environment for IAPs, whales, and ot...
Tanks usually go BOOM, but in Bumper Tank Battle their cannons are only show, so they're limited to BUMP.
Your mission is one of destruction: smash at high-speed into other tanks to turn them into flaming wrecks. The other tanks are trying to do the same, so it's a case of bump or be bumped.
There are two aspects of the game's design that make this simple task a challenging one.
Firstly, ...
Controller specialist Hori is releasing a pad for iPad and iPhone. It's got lots of buttons, it's called the Horipad Wireless, and it looks like a cross between a 360 controller and a Dual Shock.
You can find a lot formation about the pad at Hori's official site by clicking right here. It's all in Japanese though unfortunately.
The pad appears to come with a stand that lets you pr...
Audio Defence: Zombie Arena is the latest game from the devs behind Papa Sangre II, and it's available to download from the App Store right this second.
Where the Papa Sangre series focused on creepy sneaking and avoiding awful creatures, Audio Defence: Zombie Arena is all about shooting the undead things stumbling and groaning all around you.
It uses the same binaural sound technology to im...
The third episode of Republique picks up right where the second, Metamorphosis, left off. So you're still leading Hope through the grey confines of a totalitarian, apparently subterranean state.
You're still jumping from camera to camera, nudging the heroine around and trying to avoid the attention of the hunch-shouldered Prizrak who patrol the corridors and spaces.
But this time around ther...
As technologically advanced as our smartphones and tablets are, they also offer some tantalising glimpses into the dim history of videogaming.
And that's precisely what Dragon Quest II is. It's a scratchy, retro throwback that gives you look at the building blocks of one of the most famous JRPG franchises.
It's interesting to see how the series moved on from the original Dragon Quest, and as...
Like Space Invaders gone 3D, Jet Run: City Defender puts you in control of a fighter jet trying to fend off waves of blocky aliens from destroying the city.
It's free to play for both iOS and Android.
Jet Run is an autorunner with different missions to complete.
You can swipe left, right, up, or down to change lanes, but you'll always remain on a fixed path. Forks in the road will let you...
It's a shame that virtual pet games never quite took off past the Tamagotchi era, especially given how common it is, now, to own some kind of mobile device that you carry around with you everywhere.
Despite this, there's still the occasional Tamagotchi-like that pops up here and there.
Hatchi was one of them, a 69p / 99c app for iOS and Android that embraces the old-school look of its predec...
Fathers seem to lose the capacity to understand modern TV shows and films at around the age of 50.
It's as if the male human brain calcifies two thirds of the way through its existence, and suddenly modern production techniques and pop culture references become like foreign languages.
Playing Splot makes me feel a twinge of sympathy for my poor old dad.
Notes on Splot
A wordless comic-...
Underworld: Drug Lords is a 2008 resource management game that was rejected from the App Store by Apple. Now, it's returned as Underworld: Sweet Wars.
Yes, that means the weed and cocaine has been replaced with bon-bons and chocolate.
It's known that some drug dealers drive around in ice cream trucks to deliver their illegal goods without being detected by the cops.
But this is not w...
Bossa Studios has released the iPhone version of its organ squishing, rib cage-slicing Surgeon Simulator.
If you already own the iPad version of the game then you don't have to pay anything extra - it will automatically transfer to your iPhone.
And, you'll be pleased to know, it's the exact same game as it is on iPad, just outfitted for the smaller screen.
The only thing to note is th...
Nicolas Bevillard has released his love letter to the Danmaku shooters of the '90s that he calls Bullet Hell Infinite on iOS.
There's no sign of the Android version as of yet, it would seem. So, if that's your platform of choice, you've got just a bit longer to wait.
Bullet Hell Infinite gives away its two main components in that title.
So, yes, you fly a spaceship through hordes of enem...
Peter Liepa and Chris Gray have released a freemium remake of their classic arcade dirt-puncher Boulder Dash for its 30th anniversary.
Aptly named Boulder Dash - 30th Anniversary, this iOS and Android game is a cuter, less Atari-crunchy iteration of the arcade game's original formula. As you'd expect, really.
The dirt is still brown, the boulders still fall from overhead to crush whatever li...
Proun+ will be released on November 27th and will cost £2.49 / $3.99.
That's Thanksgiving in the US, which means you can rinse your turkey down by racing through Mondrian-inspired abstract worlds.
I've been playing this modern art racer, trying to conquer the faster racing modes while alert during the day, and going to sleep to its scribbly jazz tracks on the "Relaxed" mode at night.
You...
Trying to figure out everything in Captain Strike is a bit like being asked for a secret password to get into a special club. The promise of something enjoyable is within reach, apparently, but only to those in the know.
A free-to-play online-only third-person shooter that allows iOS and Android players to shoot one another, Captain Strike is, as you'd rightly imagine, all about running, gunnin...
Drift'n'Drive might be the Ridiculous Fishing of racing games.
Sure, it doesn't have the angular art style, or the social media-led narrative.
But it does have the ups-and-downs and the gasp-inducing side dodging of Vlambeer's game, plus the descriptions of each upgrade you can buy have the same endearing character.
To race, you tap the sides of the screen to weave up a chicaning tr...
The mountains shift, the wind blows, the weeks pass, and like clockwork, Kemco releases yet another of its RPGs for iOS and Android.
This time it's called RPG Asdivine Hearts, but the important detail is that the game stars a cat. Yes, a furry feline, and a chubby one at that.
This cat tells Zack and Stella that it's the Light of Deity and will lead them to save the world from the powers of...
TouchFish is a weird instruction. Oh, sorry, it's the title of a new virtual pet game. Right. I knew that. Ahem.
Yes, TouchFish, a game in which you, er, touch... fish. OK, it's a little more than that: you're nurturing fish, building out their tank, and playing mini-games with them.
It's a game for the Finding Nemo generation, as in, every kid who had an obsession with fish when the fil...
Crossy Road is the most modern version of Frogger you could imagine. It's still about avoiding traffic, but it's now an endless runner, free to play, and has chunky Minecraft-style visuals.
The controls are super simple. You tap to hop one step forward, and swipe left and right to move. There are safe spots to grab your bearings, but plenty of hazards like cars, bullet trains, and rivers.
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Human Crasher finally lets you abduct humans and turn them into an energy source. It's a game that says "Serve your motherland, alien pilot."
It combines two things: on one hand it's a UFO dodge 'em up, on the other it's Flappy Bird with a tractor beam.
I'll explain. Your flying saucer travels across the screen on its own accord. Below you are the unseeing humans walking along city streets, ...
Every week Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new iPhone and iPad games.
Drift'n'Drive
By Kimmo Lahtinen - buy on iPhone and iPad (£1.49 / $1.99)
It's amazing that Drift'n'Drive isn't free to play, because its steady rhythm of upgrades and currency-collecting rounds of drifty pixel-art-clad gameplay seems like a natural environment for IAPs, whales, and ot...
Tanks usually go BOOM, but in Bumper Tank Battle their cannons are only show, so they're limited to BUMP.
Your mission is one of destruction: smash at high-speed into other tanks to turn them into flaming wrecks. The other tanks are trying to do the same, so it's a case of bump or be bumped.
There are two aspects of the game's design that make this simple task a challenging one.
Firstly, ...
Controller specialist Hori is releasing a pad for iPad and iPhone. It's got lots of buttons, it's called the Horipad Wireless, and it looks like a cross between a 360 controller and a Dual Shock.
You can find a lot formation about the pad at Hori's official site by clicking right here. It's all in Japanese though unfortunately.
The pad appears to come with a stand that lets you pr...
Audio Defence: Zombie Arena is the latest game from the devs behind Papa Sangre II, and it's available to download from the App Store right this second.
Where the Papa Sangre series focused on creepy sneaking and avoiding awful creatures, Audio Defence: Zombie Arena is all about shooting the undead things stumbling and groaning all around you.
It uses the same binaural sound technology to im...
The third episode of Republique picks up right where the second, Metamorphosis, left off. So you're still leading Hope through the grey confines of a totalitarian, apparently subterranean state.
You're still jumping from camera to camera, nudging the heroine around and trying to avoid the attention of the hunch-shouldered Prizrak who patrol the corridors and spaces.
But this time around ther...
As technologically advanced as our smartphones and tablets are, they also offer some tantalising glimpses into the dim history of videogaming.
And that's precisely what Dragon Quest II is. It's a scratchy, retro throwback that gives you look at the building blocks of one of the most famous JRPG franchises.
It's interesting to see how the series moved on from the original Dragon Quest, and as...
Like Space Invaders gone 3D, Jet Run: City Defender puts you in control of a fighter jet trying to fend off waves of blocky aliens from destroying the city.
It's free to play for both iOS and Android.
Jet Run is an autorunner with different missions to complete.
You can swipe left, right, up, or down to change lanes, but you'll always remain on a fixed path. Forks in the road will let you...
It's a shame that virtual pet games never quite took off past the Tamagotchi era, especially given how common it is, now, to own some kind of mobile device that you carry around with you everywhere.
Despite this, there's still the occasional Tamagotchi-like that pops up here and there.
Hatchi was one of them, a 69p / 99c app for iOS and Android that embraces the old-school look of its predec...
Fathers seem to lose the capacity to understand modern TV shows and films at around the age of 50.
It's as if the male human brain calcifies two thirds of the way through its existence, and suddenly modern production techniques and pop culture references become like foreign languages.
Playing Splot makes me feel a twinge of sympathy for my poor old dad.
Notes on Splot
A wordless comic-...
Underworld: Drug Lords is a 2008 resource management game that was rejected from the App Store by Apple. Now, it's returned as Underworld: Sweet Wars.
Yes, that means the weed and cocaine has been replaced with bon-bons and chocolate.
It's known that some drug dealers drive around in ice cream trucks to deliver their illegal goods without being detected by the cops.
But this is not w...
Bossa Studios has released the iPhone version of its organ squishing, rib cage-slicing Surgeon Simulator.
If you already own the iPad version of the game then you don't have to pay anything extra - it will automatically transfer to your iPhone.
And, you'll be pleased to know, it's the exact same game as it is on iPad, just outfitted for the smaller screen.
The only thing to note is th...
Nicolas Bevillard has released his love letter to the Danmaku shooters of the '90s that he calls Bullet Hell Infinite on iOS.
There's no sign of the Android version as of yet, it would seem. So, if that's your platform of choice, you've got just a bit longer to wait.
Bullet Hell Infinite gives away its two main components in that title.
So, yes, you fly a spaceship through hordes of enem...
Peter Liepa and Chris Gray have released a freemium remake of their classic arcade dirt-puncher Boulder Dash for its 30th anniversary.
Aptly named Boulder Dash - 30th Anniversary, this iOS and Android game is a cuter, less Atari-crunchy iteration of the arcade game's original formula. As you'd expect, really.
The dirt is still brown, the boulders still fall from overhead to crush whatever li...
Proun+ will be released on November 27th and will cost £2.49 / $3.99.
That's Thanksgiving in the US, which means you can rinse your turkey down by racing through Mondrian-inspired abstract worlds.
I've been playing this modern art racer, trying to conquer the faster racing modes while alert during the day, and going to sleep to its scribbly jazz tracks on the "Relaxed" mode at night.
You...
Trying to figure out everything in Captain Strike is a bit like being asked for a secret password to get into a special club. The promise of something enjoyable is within reach, apparently, but only to those in the know.
A free-to-play online-only third-person shooter that allows iOS and Android players to shoot one another, Captain Strike is, as you'd rightly imagine, all about running, gunnin...
Drift'n'Drive might be the Ridiculous Fishing of racing games.
Sure, it doesn't have the angular art style, or the social media-led narrative.
But it does have the ups-and-downs and the gasp-inducing side dodging of Vlambeer's game, plus the descriptions of each upgrade you can buy have the same endearing character.
To race, you tap the sides of the screen to weave up a chicaning tr...
The mountains shift, the wind blows, the weeks pass, and like clockwork, Kemco releases yet another of its RPGs for iOS and Android.
This time it's called RPG Asdivine Hearts, but the important detail is that the game stars a cat. Yes, a furry feline, and a chubby one at that.
This cat tells Zack and Stella that it's the Light of Deity and will lead them to save the world from the powers of...
TouchFish is a weird instruction. Oh, sorry, it's the title of a new virtual pet game. Right. I knew that. Ahem.
Yes, TouchFish, a game in which you, er, touch... fish. OK, it's a little more than that: you're nurturing fish, building out their tank, and playing mini-games with them.
It's a game for the Finding Nemo generation, as in, every kid who had an obsession with fish when the fil...
Crossy Road is the most modern version of Frogger you could imagine. It's still about avoiding traffic, but it's now an endless runner, free to play, and has chunky Minecraft-style visuals.
The controls are super simple. You tap to hop one step forward, and swipe left and right to move. There are safe spots to grab your bearings, but plenty of hazards like cars, bullet trains, and rivers.
...
