Building boxing could be the next big reality TV show, once we've all had our fill of Celebrity Diving, and Dancing With Dogs, and Uzbek Idol, and any other crazy ways that the C-list have discovered to keep the spotlight on themselves a few minutes longer.
If Tower Boxing is any measure of entertainment value, that trite reality show could actually be a lot of fun to watch.
Beat your buildi...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
Last week was a bit of a damp squib, when it came to fresh mobile games. It was held up almost entirely with the terrific Motorsport Manager. Which, by the way, we've got some tips for.
But, as if to make up for this injustice, the cosmos has only gone and dumped three Gold A...
Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know that the biggest news of the week was Amazon's $970 million acquisition of Twitch.
However, even though Amazon's deal, quite rightly, stole the show, the rest of the industty has been doing its best to grab our attention.
HandyGames' CEO Christopher Kassulke and Funky Whale CEO Antonio Rabanera both revealed how they plan to break into the ...
Noodlecake Studios announced their newest game Joinz in late July.
Now, the sliding block puzzler has a new trailer and an official release date of September 18th.
You'll be able to purchase Joinz on iOS for a premium £1.49 / $1.99.
A marriage of Threes! and Tetris, Joinz will have you sliding around colored blocks and joining them together to build various shapes on a grid.
You can ea...
With the current success of Guardians of the Galaxy at the box office, the combination of far-out sci-fi and grounded humour is very much in fashion.
It's the perfect time, then, to launch Ace Ferrara and the Dino Menace.
After all, here is a game in which you play an "intern" star pilot who joins the fight against a race of power-crazed dinosaurs, whose hotshot coworker is a 12 year old gir...
Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new iPhone and iPad games.
ALONE
By Laser Dog - buy on iPhone and iPad (£1.49 / $1.99)
ALONE is basically Canabalt in a ship. You career along in a blisteringly fast pod, swiping upwards to descend and downwards to ascend, travelling as far as you can before you hit too many floating rocks or plough into the...
Qubic Games has told us that Bronze Award-winning 3DS time-trial racer AiRace Speed is coming to iOS very soon.
The iOS version will contain all of the levels in the 3DS version as well as extra levels from AiRace Xeno.
We were able to go hands-on with Speed on iOS and can confirm that, as Qubic says, it runs very smoothly.
AiRace Speed may look like WipEout and F-Zero but it plays more...
My hands pump in my peripheral vision as I gain tremendous speed across FOTONICA's first level, Brenta. It throws railroads at me is if I were a train.
I find out why when I hit a speed threshold and the black-and-white line art turns yellow. Suddenly, my head swells with endorphins, and I'm travelling close to 90mph on foot.
I forget to breathe for a few seconds.
FOTONICA is a first-pers...
Did you know that September always begins on the same day of the week as December? Every year? That's because there's 91 days separating the two months, which is a multiple of seven.
It's not a particularly interesting fact, I'll grant you, but when you're struggling to think of an interesting way to start an article about upcoming games in September, beggars can't be choosers.
And that's ex...
Duke Dashington is about a charming pixely platformer about the world's clumsiest adventurer. Well, he probably is.
You see, old Dukey tends to trigger the treasure-filled tombs he intends to raid before he even gets inside. Smart idea, Dukey.
This means that he only has 10 seconds to grab all the treasure before it disappears for good. Being a gutsy, greedy fella, Duke takes the risk.
...
There's a lot of Canabalt in ALONE. It's a ridiculously fast paced one-finger auto-runner with gorgeous graphics that's set in a world that's collapsing all around you.
It magnificently captures the desperation of being a tiny speck of life in a giant space that's trying to kill you.
And it's painfully addictive. The bite-sized runs stitch themselves together into hours-long play sessions as...
Motorsport Manager is by no means the most complicated of sims, but there are a few things you need to keep an eye on if you want to make sure you're sitting on top of the podium, doused in champagne at the end of every race.
In this guide we'll walk you through some of the tips and tricks you need to make sure you're always ahead of the pack, and ensure that your motorsport team is expanding i...
There's a point when you realise The Nightmare Cooperative isn't taking roguelike turn-based dungeon crawling entirely seriously.
And that point is when your entire party is mercilessly and abruptly devoured by a giant goofy-looking snail and his werewolf cohort, dubbed 'puppydog'.
This kind of gentle humour is infused throughout, and it's probably just as well, as it enables you to cling to...
Just when you thought the tower defence genre had shot its last bullet into one final wave of baddies, along comes Alien Creeps TD, another crack at a genre now so well-established that one wonders whether there any new ideas left to implement.
This one has an alien theme, as you might have guessed, and involves a big brash human army attempting to drive back the invading threat.
It's free-t...
Playdek is bringing their strategic card battler, Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer, to the PS Vita, as detailed in an announcement on the PlayStation blog.
We reviewed the iOS version of Ascension back in 2011, calling it a "clever and tactical game."
The Bronze Award-winning card battler has received several card updates and expansions since its launch.
According to Playdek, the upc...
Luca Redwood, creator of 10000000, has told us that he's releasing his cheekily (but appropriately) named game Smarter Than You on Septmeber 25th.
Redwood has been deliberately elusive when describing Smarter Than You previously. Which is why you may not know exactly what it is.
We had a look at it before and offered an explanation. But if you're short on time, just know that it's asynchron...
Future Games of London and Ubisoft released Little Raiders: Robin's Revenge on iOS today.
It's a free to play action adventure in which you build a village on Robin Hood's oak tree, train an army of Raiders, and then take down nasty bandits.
Little Raiders is undeniably cute, with its little pixel people and their excited celebrations every time you complete a mission.
This adorablen...
Bioshock is a marvel. It's close to being a masterpiece, and it stands tall as one of the greatest games of the previous console generation.
What you probably want to know is, how does it play on an iPhone or iPad. And we'll get to that. But for those of you who never had the pleasure of playing Bioshock before, let's start by talking about the game itself.
The game takes place in Rapture - ...
The Silver Award-winning abstract puzzler Pathogen has had its price dropped to free.
Yep, for a short time, you can pick this single player and multiplayer iOS adaptation of the boardgame up without the £1.99 / $2.99 price attached to it.
In our review, we called Pathogen a "novel abstract strategy game that checks all the boxes for a fantastic digital experience and is charming enough, des...
The irresistibly cute Silver Award-winning puzzler Jellies! is the free app of the day.
Yep, that means you can download the game right now without having to pay the usual £1.49 / $1.99 asking price. Sweet.
In our review, we called Jellies! an "adorable little color-matching puzzle game with a fantastic style and an interesting arcade-like twist".
Sound good? Heck, it's free on the App St...
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Building boxing could be the next big reality TV show, once we've all had our fill of Celebrity Diving, and Dancing With Dogs, and Uzbek Idol, and any other crazy ways that the C-list have discovered to keep the spotlight on themselves a few minutes longer.
If Tower Boxing is any measure of entertainment value, that trite reality show could actually be a lot of fun to watch.
Beat your buildi...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
Last week was a bit of a damp squib, when it came to fresh mobile games. It was held up almost entirely with the terrific Motorsport Manager. Which, by the way, we've got some tips for.
But, as if to make up for this injustice, the cosmos has only gone and dumped three Gold A...
Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know that the biggest news of the week was Amazon's $970 million acquisition of Twitch.
However, even though Amazon's deal, quite rightly, stole the show, the rest of the industty has been doing its best to grab our attention.
HandyGames' CEO Christopher Kassulke and Funky Whale CEO Antonio Rabanera both revealed how they plan to break into the ...
Noodlecake Studios announced their newest game Joinz in late July.
Now, the sliding block puzzler has a new trailer and an official release date of September 18th.
You'll be able to purchase Joinz on iOS for a premium £1.49 / $1.99.
A marriage of Threes! and Tetris, Joinz will have you sliding around colored blocks and joining them together to build various shapes on a grid.
You can ea...
With the current success of Guardians of the Galaxy at the box office, the combination of far-out sci-fi and grounded humour is very much in fashion.
It's the perfect time, then, to launch Ace Ferrara and the Dino Menace.
After all, here is a game in which you play an "intern" star pilot who joins the fight against a race of power-crazed dinosaurs, whose hotshot coworker is a 12 year old gir...
Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new iPhone and iPad games.
ALONE
By Laser Dog - buy on iPhone and iPad (£1.49 / $1.99)
ALONE is basically Canabalt in a ship. You career along in a blisteringly fast pod, swiping upwards to descend and downwards to ascend, travelling as far as you can before you hit too many floating rocks or plough into the...
Qubic Games has told us that Bronze Award-winning 3DS time-trial racer AiRace Speed is coming to iOS very soon.
The iOS version will contain all of the levels in the 3DS version as well as extra levels from AiRace Xeno.
We were able to go hands-on with Speed on iOS and can confirm that, as Qubic says, it runs very smoothly.
AiRace Speed may look like WipEout and F-Zero but it plays more...
My hands pump in my peripheral vision as I gain tremendous speed across FOTONICA's first level, Brenta. It throws railroads at me is if I were a train.
I find out why when I hit a speed threshold and the black-and-white line art turns yellow. Suddenly, my head swells with endorphins, and I'm travelling close to 90mph on foot.
I forget to breathe for a few seconds.
FOTONICA is a first-pers...
Did you know that September always begins on the same day of the week as December? Every year? That's because there's 91 days separating the two months, which is a multiple of seven.
It's not a particularly interesting fact, I'll grant you, but when you're struggling to think of an interesting way to start an article about upcoming games in September, beggars can't be choosers.
And that's ex...
Duke Dashington is about a charming pixely platformer about the world's clumsiest adventurer. Well, he probably is.
You see, old Dukey tends to trigger the treasure-filled tombs he intends to raid before he even gets inside. Smart idea, Dukey.
This means that he only has 10 seconds to grab all the treasure before it disappears for good. Being a gutsy, greedy fella, Duke takes the risk.
...
There's a lot of Canabalt in ALONE. It's a ridiculously fast paced one-finger auto-runner with gorgeous graphics that's set in a world that's collapsing all around you.
It magnificently captures the desperation of being a tiny speck of life in a giant space that's trying to kill you.
And it's painfully addictive. The bite-sized runs stitch themselves together into hours-long play sessions as...
Motorsport Manager is by no means the most complicated of sims, but there are a few things you need to keep an eye on if you want to make sure you're sitting on top of the podium, doused in champagne at the end of every race.
In this guide we'll walk you through some of the tips and tricks you need to make sure you're always ahead of the pack, and ensure that your motorsport team is expanding i...
There's a point when you realise The Nightmare Cooperative isn't taking roguelike turn-based dungeon crawling entirely seriously.
And that point is when your entire party is mercilessly and abruptly devoured by a giant goofy-looking snail and his werewolf cohort, dubbed 'puppydog'.
This kind of gentle humour is infused throughout, and it's probably just as well, as it enables you to cling to...
Just when you thought the tower defence genre had shot its last bullet into one final wave of baddies, along comes Alien Creeps TD, another crack at a genre now so well-established that one wonders whether there any new ideas left to implement.
This one has an alien theme, as you might have guessed, and involves a big brash human army attempting to drive back the invading threat.
It's free-t...
Playdek is bringing their strategic card battler, Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer, to the PS Vita, as detailed in an announcement on the PlayStation blog.
We reviewed the iOS version of Ascension back in 2011, calling it a "clever and tactical game."
The Bronze Award-winning card battler has received several card updates and expansions since its launch.
According to Playdek, the upc...
Luca Redwood, creator of 10000000, has told us that he's releasing his cheekily (but appropriately) named game Smarter Than You on Septmeber 25th.
Redwood has been deliberately elusive when describing Smarter Than You previously. Which is why you may not know exactly what it is.
We had a look at it before and offered an explanation. But if you're short on time, just know that it's asynchron...
Future Games of London and Ubisoft released Little Raiders: Robin's Revenge on iOS today.
It's a free to play action adventure in which you build a village on Robin Hood's oak tree, train an army of Raiders, and then take down nasty bandits.
Little Raiders is undeniably cute, with its little pixel people and their excited celebrations every time you complete a mission.
This adorablen...
Bioshock is a marvel. It's close to being a masterpiece, and it stands tall as one of the greatest games of the previous console generation.
What you probably want to know is, how does it play on an iPhone or iPad. And we'll get to that. But for those of you who never had the pleasure of playing Bioshock before, let's start by talking about the game itself.
The game takes place in Rapture - ...
The Silver Award-winning abstract puzzler Pathogen has had its price dropped to free.
Yep, for a short time, you can pick this single player and multiplayer iOS adaptation of the boardgame up without the £1.99 / $2.99 price attached to it.
In our review, we called Pathogen a "novel abstract strategy game that checks all the boxes for a fantastic digital experience and is charming enough, des...
The irresistibly cute Silver Award-winning puzzler Jellies! is the free app of the day.
Yep, that means you can download the game right now without having to pay the usual £1.49 / $1.99 asking price. Sweet.
In our review, we called Jellies! an "adorable little color-matching puzzle game with a fantastic style and an interesting arcade-like twist".
Sound good? Heck, it's free on the App St...
