A trailer for a tough new platformer called GiveItUp! popped up in the TouchArcade forums recently.
The video features an inky black blob bouncing along a series of pipes to the beat of music, sometimes leaping over gaps or spiked obstacles.
According to the game's forum thread and description on YouTube, GiveItUp! will provide quite a challenge for those who are up for it.
Expect the...
We first covered Zoi in August, back when it was an abstract platformer and iOS exclusive by Roman Code.
Zoi has since been purchased by Gamesysmedia, completely redone, and re-released on both iOS and Android, once again for free.
Instead of controlling a jumpy triangle trying to make it to the top of a gradually assembling pyramid, now you're a little pink alien.
You're still trying to ...
I don't know about everyone else, but I've crushed about all the candies I can stand, and jeweled more than enough bees to last me a lifetime. Wait, that's not quite right…
My point is, it can be difficult to maintain enthusiasm for the match-three genre. Thankfully, Rescue Quest isn't just another jewel-matching game.
I mean it is, but it does things a bit differently. And that makes all th...
Square Enix has released Tomb Raider II on iOS today. I bet you weren't expecting that, huh?
Obviously, this is the follow-up to the Bronze Award-winning Tomb Raider I. It was originally released back in 1997 on PC and PlayStation.
This time, Lara is after the Dagger of Xian, which is guarded by a large dragon, and also pursued by warrior monks and obsessed cults.
You'll have to shoot you...
I am a monster. I'm also a cute space kitty, but I am a monster, mostly. I'll tell you why...
While playing Space Kitty Puzzle, it took me at least four levels to realise that you're supposed to save the orange alien blobs rather than shoot them.
I'm so sorry you adorable, screaming weirdos.
But, also, I'm a cat and, in my experience, cats tend to enjoy ripping up smaller creatures at any...
Mobile roguelikers will be pleased with the news that bit Dungeon II should be heading to iOS and Android this month of December.
You may not be familiar with the first game but you'll sure as hell get to know this sequel if you're a fan of action roguelikes.
As with every game with a sword in it, bit Dungeon II is inspired by Zelda, Diablo, and Dark Souls. Take that information and do with ...
I don't trust Peggle Blast.
That's because the whole game is built around an economy where Popcap's best chance of getting paid is making me lose.
If I'm on the cusp of losing, I can pay for a super guide that reveals the full trajectory of my next shot, or a fireball that makes my ball roast any pegs it gets near.
And if I actually lose, I can pay for a few extra balls to keep playing. A...
Fist of Jesus is a game in which you play Jesus and punch zombies. I can't be any more plain than that about it.
It's based on a short, award-winning splatter film of the same name. In it, one of Jesus performs the miracle of bringing the dead back to life. Hence, there are zombies everywhere.
Thanks, Jesus.
The game version of Fist of Jesus is a gory cartoon beat-em-up based on the same ...
Today's pre-Christmas treat is the wonderfully violent Obslashin'. It's a hacky slashy dungeon crawler that lets you use fish as deadly weapons. What's not festive about that?
You play a cat that has to swing a swordfish around, hacking down waves of enemies to earn loot. Everything's presented in gorgeous cartoon style, with comic-book sound effect pop-ups and wonderfully designed enemies....
Last week, we held one of the last Big Indie Pitch events of 2014. This where we invite developers to show their games to journalists, in speedy three minute sessions.
We've already written about the winners of our event at HoPlay in Bilbao - including Vita puzzler Soft Body, depressing point and click Dead Synchronicity, and intriguing hint-free puzzler Missing Translation.
But as the quali...
Spooky Pop is a haunted free to play match-three puzzler from Supercell that's been soft launched just in time for the scariest time of the year – Christmas.
The game is available in Canada right now, and it sees you matching coloured blobs in order to ward off ghosts.
You've got a team of supernatural hunters along the bottom of the screen, and each of them has their own colour of gem.
M...
Drift Stage is a racer that harks back to a time when the ultimate goal of gaming was getting ridiculously powerful sportscars sideways for the longest time possible. And it could be heading to mobile.
As you can tell from the trailer above the game is all bright neon colours and '80s guitar solos, with glorious puffs of smoke and streamlined, boxy vehicles.
It's set to hit PC and Mac fi...
Earn to Die 2 is, as you might expect, the sequel to Earn to Die, which was met with a somewhat tepid response a little over two years ago here on Pocket Gamer.
In this follow-up you play as some bloke. Let's call him Quentin. That'll work. For all the game tells you, he might have been in the first game. I haven't a clue.
Surrounded by zombies, and with a tone closer to Dead Rising than The...
Mini Motor Racing WRT, a sequel to The Binary Mill's first Mini Motor arcade racer, is set for launch December 11th on iOS and Android.
It will be a free to play game that merges RPG elements with RC-style racing, featuring over 30 tracks, five different game modes, upgradable vehicles, and multiplayer.
Perhaps the most prominent feature is the franchise's career mode, which our review of th...
Five Night’s at Freddy’s 2 is full of unpleasant things that fall in front of your face, unpleasant things that want to remove your face, and then just the plain unpleasant. Lots of unpleasant. Unpleasant all over the place.
So it’s no wonder that, in your haste to find a nice corner of the room to rock back and forth in, you may be struggling to complete Scott Cawthon’s sequel to his first cul...
Impossible Draw has its moments. When it's flowing, when you're scribbling out symbols and passing through gates by the skin of your teeth, it feels great.
But then it starts to frustrate. There's too much inconsistency in your digital etchings. Sometimes a vague squiggle gets you through, other times it demands pixel perfect sketches.
It's a shame, because there's a neat idea here. It just ...
The Silver Award-winning Sometimes You Die proved to be one of the most interesting puzzle games on iOS this year.
If you haven't played it already, then now would be a good time to pick it up as it's on sale. Instead of £1.49 / $1.99 it's only 69p / 99c right now.
It's a 2D puzzle platformer in which you have to, well, die a few times in order to progress. I won't spoil it any further.
A...
Fancy riding some hot summer waves today? Good, because the Bronze Award-winning Pixel Boat Rush is on sale right now on iOS.
Rather than paying the full price of £1.49 / $1.99, you can get it for 69p / 99c for a limited time.
It's a one-touch racer in which you need to control the throttle of a speedboat while hopping across the gnarly curls of the sea.
Making matters harder is the fact ...
Briquid Mini is a clever game of liquid manipulation. It's all about clearing a path, tilting your device, and trying not to waste a single drop.
The ideas are all in place to create something special, and while they don't all gel properly, most of them bring enough to the table to make you keep playing.
There are some frustrating things here as well, but the progression is smooth enough tha...
Bertram Fiddle and his manservant Gavin the Cyclops will be yours to point-and-tap around Victorian London on December 11th.
Yep, this kooky cartoon adventure is heading to iOS on that date at a price of £4.99 / $6.99.
It'll also be available on Android but not until January or February 2015.
We had a little hands-on time with The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle earlier this year. Go hav...
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A trailer for a tough new platformer called GiveItUp! popped up in the TouchArcade forums recently.
The video features an inky black blob bouncing along a series of pipes to the beat of music, sometimes leaping over gaps or spiked obstacles.
According to the game's forum thread and description on YouTube, GiveItUp! will provide quite a challenge for those who are up for it.
Expect the...
We first covered Zoi in August, back when it was an abstract platformer and iOS exclusive by Roman Code.
Zoi has since been purchased by Gamesysmedia, completely redone, and re-released on both iOS and Android, once again for free.
Instead of controlling a jumpy triangle trying to make it to the top of a gradually assembling pyramid, now you're a little pink alien.
You're still trying to ...
I don't know about everyone else, but I've crushed about all the candies I can stand, and jeweled more than enough bees to last me a lifetime. Wait, that's not quite right…
My point is, it can be difficult to maintain enthusiasm for the match-three genre. Thankfully, Rescue Quest isn't just another jewel-matching game.
I mean it is, but it does things a bit differently. And that makes all th...
Square Enix has released Tomb Raider II on iOS today. I bet you weren't expecting that, huh?
Obviously, this is the follow-up to the Bronze Award-winning Tomb Raider I. It was originally released back in 1997 on PC and PlayStation.
This time, Lara is after the Dagger of Xian, which is guarded by a large dragon, and also pursued by warrior monks and obsessed cults.
You'll have to shoot you...
I am a monster. I'm also a cute space kitty, but I am a monster, mostly. I'll tell you why...
While playing Space Kitty Puzzle, it took me at least four levels to realise that you're supposed to save the orange alien blobs rather than shoot them.
I'm so sorry you adorable, screaming weirdos.
But, also, I'm a cat and, in my experience, cats tend to enjoy ripping up smaller creatures at any...
Mobile roguelikers will be pleased with the news that bit Dungeon II should be heading to iOS and Android this month of December.
You may not be familiar with the first game but you'll sure as hell get to know this sequel if you're a fan of action roguelikes.
As with every game with a sword in it, bit Dungeon II is inspired by Zelda, Diablo, and Dark Souls. Take that information and do with ...
I don't trust Peggle Blast.
That's because the whole game is built around an economy where Popcap's best chance of getting paid is making me lose.
If I'm on the cusp of losing, I can pay for a super guide that reveals the full trajectory of my next shot, or a fireball that makes my ball roast any pegs it gets near.
And if I actually lose, I can pay for a few extra balls to keep playing. A...
Fist of Jesus is a game in which you play Jesus and punch zombies. I can't be any more plain than that about it.
It's based on a short, award-winning splatter film of the same name. In it, one of Jesus performs the miracle of bringing the dead back to life. Hence, there are zombies everywhere.
Thanks, Jesus.
The game version of Fist of Jesus is a gory cartoon beat-em-up based on the same ...
Today's pre-Christmas treat is the wonderfully violent Obslashin'. It's a hacky slashy dungeon crawler that lets you use fish as deadly weapons. What's not festive about that?
You play a cat that has to swing a swordfish around, hacking down waves of enemies to earn loot. Everything's presented in gorgeous cartoon style, with comic-book sound effect pop-ups and wonderfully designed enemies....
Last week, we held one of the last Big Indie Pitch events of 2014. This where we invite developers to show their games to journalists, in speedy three minute sessions.
We've already written about the winners of our event at HoPlay in Bilbao - including Vita puzzler Soft Body, depressing point and click Dead Synchronicity, and intriguing hint-free puzzler Missing Translation.
But as the quali...
Spooky Pop is a haunted free to play match-three puzzler from Supercell that's been soft launched just in time for the scariest time of the year – Christmas.
The game is available in Canada right now, and it sees you matching coloured blobs in order to ward off ghosts.
You've got a team of supernatural hunters along the bottom of the screen, and each of them has their own colour of gem.
M...
Drift Stage is a racer that harks back to a time when the ultimate goal of gaming was getting ridiculously powerful sportscars sideways for the longest time possible. And it could be heading to mobile.
As you can tell from the trailer above the game is all bright neon colours and '80s guitar solos, with glorious puffs of smoke and streamlined, boxy vehicles.
It's set to hit PC and Mac fi...
Earn to Die 2 is, as you might expect, the sequel to Earn to Die, which was met with a somewhat tepid response a little over two years ago here on Pocket Gamer.
In this follow-up you play as some bloke. Let's call him Quentin. That'll work. For all the game tells you, he might have been in the first game. I haven't a clue.
Surrounded by zombies, and with a tone closer to Dead Rising than The...
Mini Motor Racing WRT, a sequel to The Binary Mill's first Mini Motor arcade racer, is set for launch December 11th on iOS and Android.
It will be a free to play game that merges RPG elements with RC-style racing, featuring over 30 tracks, five different game modes, upgradable vehicles, and multiplayer.
Perhaps the most prominent feature is the franchise's career mode, which our review of th...
Five Night’s at Freddy’s 2 is full of unpleasant things that fall in front of your face, unpleasant things that want to remove your face, and then just the plain unpleasant. Lots of unpleasant. Unpleasant all over the place.
So it’s no wonder that, in your haste to find a nice corner of the room to rock back and forth in, you may be struggling to complete Scott Cawthon’s sequel to his first cul...
Impossible Draw has its moments. When it's flowing, when you're scribbling out symbols and passing through gates by the skin of your teeth, it feels great.
But then it starts to frustrate. There's too much inconsistency in your digital etchings. Sometimes a vague squiggle gets you through, other times it demands pixel perfect sketches.
It's a shame, because there's a neat idea here. It just ...
The Silver Award-winning Sometimes You Die proved to be one of the most interesting puzzle games on iOS this year.
If you haven't played it already, then now would be a good time to pick it up as it's on sale. Instead of £1.49 / $1.99 it's only 69p / 99c right now.
It's a 2D puzzle platformer in which you have to, well, die a few times in order to progress. I won't spoil it any further.
A...
Fancy riding some hot summer waves today? Good, because the Bronze Award-winning Pixel Boat Rush is on sale right now on iOS.
Rather than paying the full price of £1.49 / $1.99, you can get it for 69p / 99c for a limited time.
It's a one-touch racer in which you need to control the throttle of a speedboat while hopping across the gnarly curls of the sea.
Making matters harder is the fact ...
Briquid Mini is a clever game of liquid manipulation. It's all about clearing a path, tilting your device, and trying not to waste a single drop.
The ideas are all in place to create something special, and while they don't all gel properly, most of them bring enough to the table to make you keep playing.
There are some frustrating things here as well, but the progression is smooth enough tha...
Bertram Fiddle and his manservant Gavin the Cyclops will be yours to point-and-tap around Victorian London on December 11th.
Yep, this kooky cartoon adventure is heading to iOS on that date at a price of £4.99 / $6.99.
It'll also be available on Android but not until January or February 2015.
We had a little hands-on time with The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle earlier this year. Go hav...
