Every now and then, we like to look off the sides of the Pocket Gamer mothership to see if anyone else appreciates mobile games as much as we do.
Usually, there isn't that much love for our pocket-sized play things to shout or cheer about. Apparently, a lot of people look down on mobile games.
But, as these games get better with every passing year, more people and publications are sharing in...
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has warned that YouTubers need to make it clear when they are paid to make a promotional video.
This came from an investigation by a BBC reporter who looked into a number of prominent UK YouTubers who participated in promotional "Oreo Lick Race" videos.
The problem wasn't that these YouTubers had made these videos but that they had not marked them a...
When the inevitable nuclear /zombie/ killer-space-mice apocalypse arrives, only three things will remain.
Cockroaches, Matthew McConaughey's adamantium-coated teeth, and the 1,235,884,345.5 smartphones loaded with Candy Crush Saga, scattered among the world's ashes. Love it or loathe it, King's saccharine match-three puzzler isn't going away any time soon.
The original Candy Crush Saga wasn'...
We don't celebrate Thanksgiving over here in the gloomy UK, but we can still benefit from the sales that this foreign holiday brings.
Take this for an example: Bossa Studios is holding a half-price Thanksgiving sale on the games it has published on iOS and Android.
Three of the games below would usually cost you £3.99 / $5.99, but you can buy them for £1.99 / $2.99 right now.
The excepti...
Chillingo's Rescue Quest is a match-stuff puzzler that wears its Candy Crush influences on its sleeve. The twist is, this time you're matching gems to clear a path to some trapped fairies.
It's all nicely presented, with lots of shiny colours and glittery glowy power-ups, and the puzzling is smooth and easy in its own way.
There's nothing here that will suddenly convert you to the side o...
First impressions of One More Line are like your device has been propelled into some kind of retro-futurism in space.
Everything's all minimalism, bright colours, and burbling synth riffs. Tap the screen and an electronic voice hisses "One More Line", and you're off.
Seemingly standing by your side, Giorgio Moroder plays his latest instrumental classic, while being remixed live by the Chemic...
Dynasty of Dungeons from Chinese developer Playcrab is arriving on iOS tomorrow, and looks to offer a free to download experience that appeals to both Western and Eastern audiences.
A turn-based RPG title that combines a 2D interface with 3D visuals, it mixes exciting special effects and individual character movements to create a truly immersive world.
The game allows you a great amount of f...
Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake, the top-down puzzling adventure, has been updated with some new content because it's nearly Christmas. Yay.
There's a new character called Codger the Elf in Powder Peaks who'll set you on an island-spanning quest to collect up a load of lost presents. Finish the quest and you'll get a new costume for Niko.
When we reviewed the pre-holidays version of the ga...
Do you want to get your hands on the iOS version The Witcher Battle Arena, the MOBA based on the hugely successful console RPG, before anyone else?
Well CD Projekt Red is offering places on an iOS beta, which you can sign up for by clicking this link right here. There's no guarantee that you'll get on, but it's worth a punt anyway, right?
We did a hands-on preview of the game, which offe...
Rock Zombie is a side-on old-school button-masher, where you inch your way through typical videogame locations (graveyards; grimy streets; an abandoned hospital), beating the tar out of generic videogame nasties (zombies and their equally hungry associates), while hammering the screen like a maniac.
The twist, such that it is, revolves around the heroes of the hour being three women who are in ...
Ravenous Games, the developer behind Random Heroes and the League of Evil trilogy, posted new screenshots of its upcoming iOS and Android game Paranormal Minis.
Paranormal Minis was announced almost exactly a year ago on the TouchArcade forums.
Formerly a twin-stick shooter, the game has been undergone some "major design changes," most prominently its transformation into an "action brawler."...
Wild Wild West has been something of a surprise for me. Not because it isn't based on the Will Smith movie (I sort of figured as much going in), but because it wasn't the sort of game I was expecting.
It might look like a 2D brawler, but in reality it bears far more of a resemblance with a shoot-em-up. I know it sounds weird, but it actually works pretty doggone well. Pardner. Okay that's enoug...
Square Enix has put the first drop on its Silver Award-winning RPG Dragon Quest IV on iOS and Android.
For a limited time it's available with 33 percent off. So, instead of buying it for £10.49 / $14.99, you can grab it for £6.99 / $9.99 right now.
In our review, we called Dragon Quest IV a "solid port of a remarkable game," also noting that it "might creak at the joints nowadays, but it's ...
Gameloft's third-person shooter Brothers in Arms 3 is coming out on iOS and Android in December.
It's been a while since we heard anything about the game. It seemed to have disappeared. But last week we were able to find out what happened to it.
Turns out that Gameloft delayed Brothers in Arms 3 due to changing the game from an on-rails shooter to one with free movement.
Now you can use ...
Earlier this year, we named the tiny SteelSeries Stratus "the new gold standard for iOS controllers". But in a twist that would make George R. R. Martin proud, it looks like the company just dethroned itself.
Where the first controller looked like it was for ants, the XL is made for human-shaped hands. Overall it looks and feels like an Xbox One controller, but the thumbsticks are at the bottom...
You are a giraffe. No, don't argue with me - you are a giraffe.
As such, when playing oh my giraffe, you need to use your long neck to stretch your little face up to eat the tasty fruit hanging from trees.
One problem: there are lions chasing you with hunger in their eyes.
This is the set-up for oh my giraffe, which is an entirely silly arcade action game on iOS and Android. It's fun in t...
David Braben's huge space adventure Elite: Dangerous doesn't come out until December 16th on PC, but it's got a companion app on iOS already.
It's about on par with most companion apps if the description is anything to go by.
"Access Starport Services, track your Pilot status and keep up to date with the latest Galnet news," it reads.
To translate, accessing Starport Services means you ca...
Bean Dreams is the sequel to Silver Award-winning bouncy platformer Bean's Quest, and it's set to hit the App Store on December 4th.
The new game adds a mid-air chilli powered dash that adds an extra layer of spice to proceedings. You're still trying to complete your runs in as few bounces as possible, and you're still a bean. Obviously.
There'll be 48 levels in the game, and it'll set y...
Tainted Keep is a 3D action adventure that sees you stomping through the titular keep, slashing up skeletons and trying to stay alive for as long as you can.
It's pretty simple to play. You use one floating stick to wander around and another to fight.
Push the stick forward to slash, pull it back to block. The same stick controls your camera though, which can make things a little fiddly....
Apple added widgets to the iPhone and iPad with iOS 8. These let you access pertinent information from apps direct from the notification center, without having to boot anything up.
And now some bright spark has built a widget-based game. Inevitably it's a version of 2048, and you can play it simply by dragging down your notifications bar from the top of the screen.
We're not big fans of 2048...
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Every now and then, we like to look off the sides of the Pocket Gamer mothership to see if anyone else appreciates mobile games as much as we do.
Usually, there isn't that much love for our pocket-sized play things to shout or cheer about. Apparently, a lot of people look down on mobile games.
But, as these games get better with every passing year, more people and publications are sharing in...
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has warned that YouTubers need to make it clear when they are paid to make a promotional video.
This came from an investigation by a BBC reporter who looked into a number of prominent UK YouTubers who participated in promotional "Oreo Lick Race" videos.
The problem wasn't that these YouTubers had made these videos but that they had not marked them a...
When the inevitable nuclear /zombie/ killer-space-mice apocalypse arrives, only three things will remain.
Cockroaches, Matthew McConaughey's adamantium-coated teeth, and the 1,235,884,345.5 smartphones loaded with Candy Crush Saga, scattered among the world's ashes. Love it or loathe it, King's saccharine match-three puzzler isn't going away any time soon.
The original Candy Crush Saga wasn'...
We don't celebrate Thanksgiving over here in the gloomy UK, but we can still benefit from the sales that this foreign holiday brings.
Take this for an example: Bossa Studios is holding a half-price Thanksgiving sale on the games it has published on iOS and Android.
Three of the games below would usually cost you £3.99 / $5.99, but you can buy them for £1.99 / $2.99 right now.
The excepti...
Chillingo's Rescue Quest is a match-stuff puzzler that wears its Candy Crush influences on its sleeve. The twist is, this time you're matching gems to clear a path to some trapped fairies.
It's all nicely presented, with lots of shiny colours and glittery glowy power-ups, and the puzzling is smooth and easy in its own way.
There's nothing here that will suddenly convert you to the side o...
First impressions of One More Line are like your device has been propelled into some kind of retro-futurism in space.
Everything's all minimalism, bright colours, and burbling synth riffs. Tap the screen and an electronic voice hisses "One More Line", and you're off.
Seemingly standing by your side, Giorgio Moroder plays his latest instrumental classic, while being remixed live by the Chemic...
Dynasty of Dungeons from Chinese developer Playcrab is arriving on iOS tomorrow, and looks to offer a free to download experience that appeals to both Western and Eastern audiences.
A turn-based RPG title that combines a 2D interface with 3D visuals, it mixes exciting special effects and individual character movements to create a truly immersive world.
The game allows you a great amount of f...
Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake, the top-down puzzling adventure, has been updated with some new content because it's nearly Christmas. Yay.
There's a new character called Codger the Elf in Powder Peaks who'll set you on an island-spanning quest to collect up a load of lost presents. Finish the quest and you'll get a new costume for Niko.
When we reviewed the pre-holidays version of the ga...
Do you want to get your hands on the iOS version The Witcher Battle Arena, the MOBA based on the hugely successful console RPG, before anyone else?
Well CD Projekt Red is offering places on an iOS beta, which you can sign up for by clicking this link right here. There's no guarantee that you'll get on, but it's worth a punt anyway, right?
We did a hands-on preview of the game, which offe...
Rock Zombie is a side-on old-school button-masher, where you inch your way through typical videogame locations (graveyards; grimy streets; an abandoned hospital), beating the tar out of generic videogame nasties (zombies and their equally hungry associates), while hammering the screen like a maniac.
The twist, such that it is, revolves around the heroes of the hour being three women who are in ...
Ravenous Games, the developer behind Random Heroes and the League of Evil trilogy, posted new screenshots of its upcoming iOS and Android game Paranormal Minis.
Paranormal Minis was announced almost exactly a year ago on the TouchArcade forums.
Formerly a twin-stick shooter, the game has been undergone some "major design changes," most prominently its transformation into an "action brawler."...
Wild Wild West has been something of a surprise for me. Not because it isn't based on the Will Smith movie (I sort of figured as much going in), but because it wasn't the sort of game I was expecting.
It might look like a 2D brawler, but in reality it bears far more of a resemblance with a shoot-em-up. I know it sounds weird, but it actually works pretty doggone well. Pardner. Okay that's enoug...
Square Enix has put the first drop on its Silver Award-winning RPG Dragon Quest IV on iOS and Android.
For a limited time it's available with 33 percent off. So, instead of buying it for £10.49 / $14.99, you can grab it for £6.99 / $9.99 right now.
In our review, we called Dragon Quest IV a "solid port of a remarkable game," also noting that it "might creak at the joints nowadays, but it's ...
Gameloft's third-person shooter Brothers in Arms 3 is coming out on iOS and Android in December.
It's been a while since we heard anything about the game. It seemed to have disappeared. But last week we were able to find out what happened to it.
Turns out that Gameloft delayed Brothers in Arms 3 due to changing the game from an on-rails shooter to one with free movement.
Now you can use ...
Earlier this year, we named the tiny SteelSeries Stratus "the new gold standard for iOS controllers". But in a twist that would make George R. R. Martin proud, it looks like the company just dethroned itself.
Where the first controller looked like it was for ants, the XL is made for human-shaped hands. Overall it looks and feels like an Xbox One controller, but the thumbsticks are at the bottom...
You are a giraffe. No, don't argue with me - you are a giraffe.
As such, when playing oh my giraffe, you need to use your long neck to stretch your little face up to eat the tasty fruit hanging from trees.
One problem: there are lions chasing you with hunger in their eyes.
This is the set-up for oh my giraffe, which is an entirely silly arcade action game on iOS and Android. It's fun in t...
David Braben's huge space adventure Elite: Dangerous doesn't come out until December 16th on PC, but it's got a companion app on iOS already.
It's about on par with most companion apps if the description is anything to go by.
"Access Starport Services, track your Pilot status and keep up to date with the latest Galnet news," it reads.
To translate, accessing Starport Services means you ca...
Bean Dreams is the sequel to Silver Award-winning bouncy platformer Bean's Quest, and it's set to hit the App Store on December 4th.
The new game adds a mid-air chilli powered dash that adds an extra layer of spice to proceedings. You're still trying to complete your runs in as few bounces as possible, and you're still a bean. Obviously.
There'll be 48 levels in the game, and it'll set y...
Tainted Keep is a 3D action adventure that sees you stomping through the titular keep, slashing up skeletons and trying to stay alive for as long as you can.
It's pretty simple to play. You use one floating stick to wander around and another to fight.
Push the stick forward to slash, pull it back to block. The same stick controls your camera though, which can make things a little fiddly....
Apple added widgets to the iPhone and iPad with iOS 8. These let you access pertinent information from apps direct from the notification center, without having to boot anything up.
And now some bright spark has built a widget-based game. Inevitably it's a version of 2048, and you can play it simply by dragging down your notifications bar from the top of the screen.
We're not big fans of 2048...
