Alone is a super-sharp one-finger arcade space blast from the developer behind Silver Award-winning PUK. And it's set to hit the App Store this Thursday.
The game starts with you controlling a tiny spaceship that's shooting through a tunnel of collapsing rock. Move your finger down to go up, move your finger up to go down. Race a certain distance and you'll unlock the next level.
You can...
The Firm's grey setting and plot clashes with the name of the studio it was developed by: Sunnyside Games.
When you think of anything "sunny," you think of rainbows and blue skies and spring-scented unicorn flatulence. The Firm offers none of these things.
Though not as darkly humourous as Lucas Pope's dystopian hit Papers, Please, The Firm nevertheless carries a similar gene or two.
Both...
The sound of crickets chirping fill my earphones as a small, white hole appears over the screen's black backdrop.
Wait, what's that jutting out of the hole? A fingernail?
I prod it
Oh dear. It’s a wobbly, wrinkly finger. Another hole appears horizontally across from it, so I guide it through. Naturally.
A new, or perhaps even the same finger appears above, practically begging to be pul...
Do you remember that bit in Cannonball Run when Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise are trying to think of a clever disguise for their motor, and Dom shouts, to Burt's disapproval, "Ooo! An ice cream truck! An ice cream truck!"?
Ice Cream Nomsters is kinda like that.
It's a line-drawing game, crossed with time management, that considers ice cream a matter of urgency, and while the gameplay does ev...
The Nightmare Cooperative, a puzzling roguelike variant from Bad Hotel and Wave Trip maker Lucky Frame, is coming to iOS this week.
At a first glance, it might look like your typical dungeon crawler. There's permadeath, randomly generated levels, and enemies that only move when you do.
But, things change when you have multiple heroes on screen at once and you realise that all team member...
It might come as a surprise to many, but some people don't like football. Yep, even here in England. Nope, not even during the World Cup.
That's why this period, during the start of the European football season, can be a glum time for those averse the game. All those football top-wearing, drunken fans taking over pubs, and the bores at work talking about the weekend's game.
Hey, I'm a fan of...
The very best shooters suck you in and you hold you in their arcade fingers until you've lost all track of time, until all there is is the high score table and the waves of enemies.
Spooklands manages to do that with aplomb. It's not perfect, and sometimes its control scheme feels like it's working against you, but there are moments of pure exploding bliss to be found here.
It's gorgeous, it...
It's taken a year and a half to get here, but the second chapter of revered Afro-Caribbean adventure game The Journey Down is now finally available on the App Store.
This series follows Bwana, Kito, and Lina through the belly of St. Armando, as they search for Bwana's lost father. Along the way they'll stumble upon a dark conspiracy concerning the fate of Captain Kaonandodo.
In chapter t...
This week, with GDC and Gamescom finally over, it was Unity's turn to step into the spotlight and wow the industry at Unite 2014 in stunning Seattle.
Naturally, the news came thick and fast, with Unity CEO David Helgason claiming some bragging rights by revealing that 45 percent of all mobile games with third party engines now use Unity.
Helgason also offered some thoughts on going "end to e...
The Gold Award-winning Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies is on sale for £1.49 / $1.99.
This is the lowest price the game has ever been, priced normally at £2.99 / $4.99.
The strategic aircraft combat game features over 180 missions set during World War II, and lets you take control of both American and Japanese fleets.
You can customize your pilot and aircraft, and do epic air battle ...
The chaotic Toast Time by Force of Habit is getting nine new levels next week, as well as a Steam release.
Developer Ashley Gwinnell spoke to us earlier about the update, called Uncle Martin's Freezer Cabinet, hinting at some of the new level names.
"One of the level names is a 'cool' pun - 'Goodbye Cool World,'" Gwinell explained. "Though the magnificence of that one is spoiled by the other...
Pentumble works on a number of levels. There's a puzzling element to its tightly packed levels, but if you take your time and consider each move you'll only get a single star.
If you want to get all three you need to be bold and reckless, leaping before your brain has even had a chance to figure out the terrible danger you're in.
Both approaches work perfectly well, and the platforming on of...
Google has removed dozens of Swing Copters clones from its Play store after they obscured the release of the Flappy Bird creator's latest game.
Dong Nguyen released Swing Copters yesterday, August 21st, but there were already loads of clones of his game by that time.
According to The Guardian, when Swing Copters was released on Thursday, it had been pushed down to the 63rd listed game in sea...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
It's been another strange week in Pocket Gamer Towers. Mark is on holiday recovering from Gamescom, and Harry is on holiday recovering from Mark being at Gamescom, so it falls to me to emerge from my panic room and write the weekly post about the most interesting things to have...
Harvest Crossing wears its inspirations in its name.
It's a free to play, casual farming simulator and virtual world. So, yep, you're able to build a farm, grow crops, and make friends with the local community, just as you do in Harvest Moon.
It also has animal villagers (including Mayor Farnum the Owl) whom you can befriend and trade with. You can also explore the vast virtual world, includ...
Time is limited. Apps are plentiful.
How can you make sense of the ever-increasing number of new games in the App Store? Well, by reading Pocket Gamer, of course. But we can't possibly cover everything, and there are some games that just don't fit in our wheelhouse.
Thankfully, our friends over at 148Apps are here to save the day. Take a look at some of the casual games that have caught the ...
One of the games I've played on my PlayStation 4 is Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. It rekindled my love of the franchise to the point that I'm very keen to see the next AC instalment: Assassin's Creed Unity.
And when I learned that a new Assassin's Creed mobile game was being made - entitled Memories - I was really rather excited.
Imagine my disappointment when I discovered this early vers...
Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's best new iPhone and iPad games.
Motorsport Manager
By Christian West - buy on iPhone and iPad (£2.99 / $4.99)
Motorsport Manager is the creation of an ex-Hello Games fella. It shows in the level of polish it boasts, equalling what the Joe Danger developer regularly achieves.
As the game's name says, you play the hea...
They Need To Be Fed 3 is a game that's just as full of swear-out-loud moments as its predecessors. But this time around it's had a little play around with the formula that made the original duo so entertaining.
A mini metroidvania adventure mode sees you legging it through interconnected bite-sized levels, grabbing keys on one side of the map to use in locks on the other.
Even the core gem-c...
Earlier this week we pondered which JRPGs were the absolute finest on the iOS App Store.
Then we took it a step further - why not choose the best Square-Enix JRPGs? After all, the company is an amalgamation of the two greatest RPG developers ever.
The broadcast below was from our Twitch channel, live each and every weekday from 5pm BST / 9am PDT. Remember to follow us and tune in to catch th...
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Alone is a super-sharp one-finger arcade space blast from the developer behind Silver Award-winning PUK. And it's set to hit the App Store this Thursday.
The game starts with you controlling a tiny spaceship that's shooting through a tunnel of collapsing rock. Move your finger down to go up, move your finger up to go down. Race a certain distance and you'll unlock the next level.
You can...
The Firm's grey setting and plot clashes with the name of the studio it was developed by: Sunnyside Games.
When you think of anything "sunny," you think of rainbows and blue skies and spring-scented unicorn flatulence. The Firm offers none of these things.
Though not as darkly humourous as Lucas Pope's dystopian hit Papers, Please, The Firm nevertheless carries a similar gene or two.
Both...
The sound of crickets chirping fill my earphones as a small, white hole appears over the screen's black backdrop.
Wait, what's that jutting out of the hole? A fingernail?
I prod it
Oh dear. It’s a wobbly, wrinkly finger. Another hole appears horizontally across from it, so I guide it through. Naturally.
A new, or perhaps even the same finger appears above, practically begging to be pul...
Do you remember that bit in Cannonball Run when Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise are trying to think of a clever disguise for their motor, and Dom shouts, to Burt's disapproval, "Ooo! An ice cream truck! An ice cream truck!"?
Ice Cream Nomsters is kinda like that.
It's a line-drawing game, crossed with time management, that considers ice cream a matter of urgency, and while the gameplay does ev...
The Nightmare Cooperative, a puzzling roguelike variant from Bad Hotel and Wave Trip maker Lucky Frame, is coming to iOS this week.
At a first glance, it might look like your typical dungeon crawler. There's permadeath, randomly generated levels, and enemies that only move when you do.
But, things change when you have multiple heroes on screen at once and you realise that all team member...
It might come as a surprise to many, but some people don't like football. Yep, even here in England. Nope, not even during the World Cup.
That's why this period, during the start of the European football season, can be a glum time for those averse the game. All those football top-wearing, drunken fans taking over pubs, and the bores at work talking about the weekend's game.
Hey, I'm a fan of...
The very best shooters suck you in and you hold you in their arcade fingers until you've lost all track of time, until all there is is the high score table and the waves of enemies.
Spooklands manages to do that with aplomb. It's not perfect, and sometimes its control scheme feels like it's working against you, but there are moments of pure exploding bliss to be found here.
It's gorgeous, it...
It's taken a year and a half to get here, but the second chapter of revered Afro-Caribbean adventure game The Journey Down is now finally available on the App Store.
This series follows Bwana, Kito, and Lina through the belly of St. Armando, as they search for Bwana's lost father. Along the way they'll stumble upon a dark conspiracy concerning the fate of Captain Kaonandodo.
In chapter t...
This week, with GDC and Gamescom finally over, it was Unity's turn to step into the spotlight and wow the industry at Unite 2014 in stunning Seattle.
Naturally, the news came thick and fast, with Unity CEO David Helgason claiming some bragging rights by revealing that 45 percent of all mobile games with third party engines now use Unity.
Helgason also offered some thoughts on going "end to e...
The Gold Award-winning Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies is on sale for £1.49 / $1.99.
This is the lowest price the game has ever been, priced normally at £2.99 / $4.99.
The strategic aircraft combat game features over 180 missions set during World War II, and lets you take control of both American and Japanese fleets.
You can customize your pilot and aircraft, and do epic air battle ...
The chaotic Toast Time by Force of Habit is getting nine new levels next week, as well as a Steam release.
Developer Ashley Gwinnell spoke to us earlier about the update, called Uncle Martin's Freezer Cabinet, hinting at some of the new level names.
"One of the level names is a 'cool' pun - 'Goodbye Cool World,'" Gwinell explained. "Though the magnificence of that one is spoiled by the other...
Pentumble works on a number of levels. There's a puzzling element to its tightly packed levels, but if you take your time and consider each move you'll only get a single star.
If you want to get all three you need to be bold and reckless, leaping before your brain has even had a chance to figure out the terrible danger you're in.
Both approaches work perfectly well, and the platforming on of...
Google has removed dozens of Swing Copters clones from its Play store after they obscured the release of the Flappy Bird creator's latest game.
Dong Nguyen released Swing Copters yesterday, August 21st, but there were already loads of clones of his game by that time.
According to The Guardian, when Swing Copters was released on Thursday, it had been pushed down to the 63rd listed game in sea...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
It's been another strange week in Pocket Gamer Towers. Mark is on holiday recovering from Gamescom, and Harry is on holiday recovering from Mark being at Gamescom, so it falls to me to emerge from my panic room and write the weekly post about the most interesting things to have...
Harvest Crossing wears its inspirations in its name.
It's a free to play, casual farming simulator and virtual world. So, yep, you're able to build a farm, grow crops, and make friends with the local community, just as you do in Harvest Moon.
It also has animal villagers (including Mayor Farnum the Owl) whom you can befriend and trade with. You can also explore the vast virtual world, includ...
Time is limited. Apps are plentiful.
How can you make sense of the ever-increasing number of new games in the App Store? Well, by reading Pocket Gamer, of course. But we can't possibly cover everything, and there are some games that just don't fit in our wheelhouse.
Thankfully, our friends over at 148Apps are here to save the day. Take a look at some of the casual games that have caught the ...
One of the games I've played on my PlayStation 4 is Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. It rekindled my love of the franchise to the point that I'm very keen to see the next AC instalment: Assassin's Creed Unity.
And when I learned that a new Assassin's Creed mobile game was being made - entitled Memories - I was really rather excited.
Imagine my disappointment when I discovered this early vers...
Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's best new iPhone and iPad games.
Motorsport Manager
By Christian West - buy on iPhone and iPad (£2.99 / $4.99)
Motorsport Manager is the creation of an ex-Hello Games fella. It shows in the level of polish it boasts, equalling what the Joe Danger developer regularly achieves.
As the game's name says, you play the hea...
They Need To Be Fed 3 is a game that's just as full of swear-out-loud moments as its predecessors. But this time around it's had a little play around with the formula that made the original duo so entertaining.
A mini metroidvania adventure mode sees you legging it through interconnected bite-sized levels, grabbing keys on one side of the map to use in locks on the other.
Even the core gem-c...
Earlier this week we pondered which JRPGs were the absolute finest on the iOS App Store.
Then we took it a step further - why not choose the best Square-Enix JRPGs? After all, the company is an amalgamation of the two greatest RPG developers ever.
The broadcast below was from our Twitch channel, live each and every weekday from 5pm BST / 9am PDT. Remember to follow us and tune in to catch th...
