Amanita's Gold Award-winning point-and-tap adventure Machinarium has finally completed its long and winding journey to Windows Phone.
In this one, you can expect a vaguely steampunk tale of wonky robots; tin-can love; and sneaking back into a city of metal and bullies.
You see, you play a ramshackle little automaton who's trying to make his way back into a walled town out of which he's been ...
We've already revealed the winner of the latest Big Indie Pitch in San Francisco - innovative gyroscope-driven dancing game Bounden - but there were several other outstanding games on display that afternoon.
Here are some of the best, including the games that came second and third.
Bullet Boy (second place)
By Pomelo Games - iOS/Android - by August - price undecided
The first runner-up w...
Last night, Peter and I ventured over to AppSpy's Twitch channel to broadcast the first-ever LIVE episode of the Pocket Gamer Podcast.
And thanks to a good crowd and a surprising low number of technical hiccups, we had a blast.
Despite having unseen eyes trained on our faces, we tried to stay true to the established formula. We talked about the release date for the BAFTA-winning Size Does Ma...
The promise from Beartrap Games is that its upcoming strategic shooter Sky Patrol won't be easy.
The skies will be rough.
Sky Patrol involves escorting a convoy over dangerous territory. The enemies line up across the ground below, and will also invade the sky. The clear and colourful 3D graphics help you to distinguish each layer of action.
Need a steer
There's no steering to be done ...
The Frostrune reminds me of Year Walk for all the right reasons.
It's a first person point-and-click adventure game for mobile steeped in European mythology and ritual. The Frostrune also has no small amount of mystery hiding behind the strokes of its hand-painted world.
But instead of Swedish folklore, The Frostrune is interested in viking culture and Norse myths.
There are effigies of i...
'Three' may be a magic number, but not even David Blaine can conjure up the magnificence of winning a trio of Pocket Gamer Awards.
And, yet, that's exactly what Rovio Stars, Gameloft, and Nintendo did while the whole of Europe slept.
Voted for by PG's readership (in unprecedented numbers, I might add), the recipients of the Pocket Gamer Awards 2014 were announced over in splendid San Francis...
T.S. Eliot famously called April the cruelest month - and we're prepared to label March as the busiest.
With the 28th annual Game Developers Conference looming in a few days and two high-profile acquisitions announced, it would take a lot to dethrone March of this dubious honour.
Oh, and Flappy Bird might be coming back.
No one knows what the weeks ahead have in store for us, but if you'r...
This week, Peter, Keith, and I sat in front of our respective mics as usual to discuss the most pressing and pertinent developments in the world of mobile gaming.
However, it's not long before I'm complaining about my kitchen being flooded, and Peter's telling stories about developers inviting him behind curtains to see what's under their raincoats.
The subject of games does eventually raise...
Remember that 'epic' Angry Birds tease we saw last week? It turns out it's way more epic than we could have imagined.
Kotaku reports that the new game in question, Angry Birds Epic, is actually an adventure RPG with turn-based combat.
Intriguingly, there will also be hidden endgame content and an "extensive" crafting system - both of which should set the hearts of MMO players aflutter.
...
"Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does some of the things that a spider can."
Unlike regular spiders, though, Spider-Man is a movie star.
And a smartphone and tablet tie-in for his latest motion picture, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, is set to swing onto a variety of app stores in the not-too-distant future.
It's made by Gameloft (again), and sees you leading Peter Parker's alter ego through an open-w...
Maths is all the rage nowadays.
Calculords is all about maths, Threes! is all about maths, and now Numolition is all about maths.
At its core, Numolition is a match-stuff tapper that sees you clearing the screen of stacks of numbers in explosive fashion. After a sedate start, you'll soon be bundling numbers together, sliding them around, and tackling challenges to earn more stars.
These c...
This week is a study in contrasts - as is almost every week in the world of business.
As some companies trumpeted their successes - hitting 25 million downloads, or 10 million players a month - others felt the sting of failure and had to axe hundreds of employees to refocus their business model.
The good news is that, ultimately, both the successful and unsuccessful from this week will live ...
On this week's show, Keith, Peter, and I complain about British Airways, IKEA delivery policies, and abandonment.
Then, we remember we're doing a podcast about mobile gaming and start talking about Flappy Bird clones instead.
Bullet dodged, we run through the newest games to hit the App Store, including the second episode of The Walking Dead: Season 2, Minecraft-inspired RTS Block Fortress W...
You know the bit in action blockbusters where the main protagonist prepares for the challenge ahead via a suitably soundtracked training montage?
Well that moment is now.
Right now, the Pocket Gamer Awards 2014 are running increasingly faster on the beach, getting coconuts dropped on a perfect – and perfectly oiled – six-pack, and chasing a chicken around a courtyard to the rousing sound of ...
The Chinese Zodiac contends that we’re sitting in the year of the horse, but if you've an eye for mobile you'd be right to think we're in the year of Candy.
While the success of King's Candy Crush Saga is impressive in every sense of the word, no less impressive is the amount of opinions it engendered with its decision to trademark the word 'Candy' and go on a legal campaign to protect its IP.
...
Things get vitriolic in this week's podcast, as Peter unleashes an astonishingly long anti-fanatic rant provoked by the comments of a Nintendo shareholder who thinks we should be able to pay to make Mario jump higher.
Once Peter's got that out of his system, he and I tackle the tsunami of new releases which has washed over the App Store this week.
This tidal wave of fresh iOS games includes ...
EA has just kicked its Bronze Award-winning football game FIFA 14 onto Windows Phone 8. About time, right?
As on all the other platforms, FIFA 14 for Windows Phone 8 is free to download. There are, of course, IAPs available for those that want them.
You won't need these IAPs to play the game, mind. Just to unlock extra cups, competitions, and packs of players.
In our review of FIFA 14...
Mark your calendars - the next Steel Media Big Indie Pitch is going to be held at GDC in March.
Why should you care?
Well, ever since the Big Indie Pitch was conceived by Steel Media's most powerful American, a.k.a. Jeff Scott of 148Apps, this regular event has delivered a steady stream of interesting new games to the pages of Pocket Gamer and its sister sites.
Just look at them all, here...
If you've already cast your vote in the Pocket Gamer Awards 2014, it's unlikely you'll be reading these words. So, I'll assume this is all news to you.
No problem at all.
Anyway, here's a quick rundown: at the start of a new year, we gather what we consider to be the best games to have been released during the previous year; sort them into format- and genre-specific categories; and present t...
Nokia and Android. Who'd have thought it?
However, before anyone gets too excited about the launch of three new Android devices from the now Microsoft-owned Nokia, it's worth pointing out that all is not what it seems.
First, there's a good chance that none of the new 'X' phones announced will be released in the UK, at least for the time being. At best we might see the XL released, which is ...
Amanita's Gold Award-winning point-and-tap adventure Machinarium has finally completed its long and winding journey to Windows Phone.
In this one, you can expect a vaguely steampunk tale of wonky robots; tin-can love; and sneaking back into a city of metal and bullies.
You see, you play a ramshackle little automaton who's trying to make his way back into a walled town out of which he's been ...
We've already revealed the winner of the latest Big Indie Pitch in San Francisco - innovative gyroscope-driven dancing game Bounden - but there were several other outstanding games on display that afternoon.
Here are some of the best, including the games that came second and third.
Bullet Boy (second place)
By Pomelo Games - iOS/Android - by August - price undecided
The first runner-up w...
Last night, Peter and I ventured over to AppSpy's Twitch channel to broadcast the first-ever LIVE episode of the Pocket Gamer Podcast.
And thanks to a good crowd and a surprising low number of technical hiccups, we had a blast.
Despite having unseen eyes trained on our faces, we tried to stay true to the established formula. We talked about the release date for the BAFTA-winning Size Does Ma...
The promise from Beartrap Games is that its upcoming strategic shooter Sky Patrol won't be easy.
The skies will be rough.
Sky Patrol involves escorting a convoy over dangerous territory. The enemies line up across the ground below, and will also invade the sky. The clear and colourful 3D graphics help you to distinguish each layer of action.
Need a steer
There's no steering to be done ...
The Frostrune reminds me of Year Walk for all the right reasons.
It's a first person point-and-click adventure game for mobile steeped in European mythology and ritual. The Frostrune also has no small amount of mystery hiding behind the strokes of its hand-painted world.
But instead of Swedish folklore, The Frostrune is interested in viking culture and Norse myths.
There are effigies of i...
'Three' may be a magic number, but not even David Blaine can conjure up the magnificence of winning a trio of Pocket Gamer Awards.
And, yet, that's exactly what Rovio Stars, Gameloft, and Nintendo did while the whole of Europe slept.
Voted for by PG's readership (in unprecedented numbers, I might add), the recipients of the Pocket Gamer Awards 2014 were announced over in splendid San Francis...
T.S. Eliot famously called April the cruelest month - and we're prepared to label March as the busiest.
With the 28th annual Game Developers Conference looming in a few days and two high-profile acquisitions announced, it would take a lot to dethrone March of this dubious honour.
Oh, and Flappy Bird might be coming back.
No one knows what the weeks ahead have in store for us, but if you'r...
Remember that 'epic' Angry Birds tease we saw last week? It turns out it's way more epic than we could have imagined.
Kotaku reports that the new game in question, Angry Birds Epic, is actually an adventure RPG with turn-based combat.
Intriguingly, there will also be hidden endgame content and an "extensive" crafting system - both of which should set the hearts of MMO players aflutter.
...
"Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does some of the things that a spider can."
Unlike regular spiders, though, Spider-Man is a movie star.
And a smartphone and tablet tie-in for his latest motion picture, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, is set to swing onto a variety of app stores in the not-too-distant future.
It's made by Gameloft (again), and sees you leading Peter Parker's alter ego through an open-w...
Maths is all the rage nowadays.
Calculords is all about maths, Threes! is all about maths, and now Numolition is all about maths.
At its core, Numolition is a match-stuff tapper that sees you clearing the screen of stacks of numbers in explosive fashion. After a sedate start, you'll soon be bundling numbers together, sliding them around, and tackling challenges to earn more stars.
These c...
You know the bit in action blockbusters where the main protagonist prepares for the challenge ahead via a suitably soundtracked training montage?
Well that moment is now.
Right now, the Pocket Gamer Awards 2014 are running increasingly faster on the beach, getting coconuts dropped on a perfect – and perfectly oiled – six-pack, and chasing a chicken around a courtyard to the rousing sound of ...
EA has just kicked its Bronze Award-winning football game FIFA 14 onto Windows Phone 8. About time, right?
As on all the other platforms, FIFA 14 for Windows Phone 8 is free to download. There are, of course, IAPs available for those that want them.
You won't need these IAPs to play the game, mind. Just to unlock extra cups, competitions, and packs of players.
In our review of FIFA 14...
Nokia and Android. Who'd have thought it?
However, before anyone gets too excited about the launch of three new Android devices from the now Microsoft-owned Nokia, it's worth pointing out that all is not what it seems.
First, there's a good chance that none of the new 'X' phones announced will be released in the UK, at least for the time being. At best we might see the XL released, which is ...
