You know the saying about how every cloud has a silver lining? Well, that's pretty much the case with Arena of Valor. If you remember, we were expecting the game to launch in the US this month, but, unfortunately, Tencent had to push the game back to 2018 in order to polish it an … | Continue reading
If you're a Minecraft [$6.99] player, I've got some pretty big news for you. For the first time in the history of the game, players will get to vote which new mob will be added to the game. The developers have designed four new mobs, and during the Minecon Earth livestream on Nov … | Continue reading
If you like Iron Marines [$2.99], you'll be happy to know that there's plenty more content coming our way in the relatively near future. The developers are planning on increasing the playable content by almost a third, but because that big update is going to take a while to be do … | Continue reading
We've had quite a few mobile games based on pop singers (Britney Spears, Katy Perry), but not as many based on bands and definitely not a game based on a legendary rock band such as KISS. KISS Rock City [Free], which is out now, has you going through the struggles of building a r … | Continue reading
Now that players have spent a considerable amount of time in the Animal Crossing Pocket Camp soft launch, a few complaints seem pretty common and they all come down to how little depth there is in the game. In some respects, it's expected, as the whole point of Nintendo's mobile … | Continue reading
Crescent Moon Games have historically been one of my favorite indie publishers on the App Store, ever since Ravensword: The Fallen King left my 13-year-old self stunned by the immense possibilities of the iPhone. While not every title released under their moniker is perfect, Cres … | Continue reading
At the end of August Gumi, Inc. announced that they'd be bringing their popular Japanese mobile strategy RPG For Whom The Alchemist Exists to global markets later this year under the title The Alchemist Code. Then just a couple of weeks ago they opened up a pre-registration campa … | Continue reading
It's hard to believe it's already November 1st, this year is truly flying by with these week to week iOS game releases. We're less than two months away from the customary iTunes holiday freeze, and all of our annual best-of and game of the year stuff! JEEZ. Anyway, today is home … | Continue reading
With a name that makes no sense, an even more incomprehensible trailer and an app description that is really epitomised by 'strange mysterious game that you've never seen before', you may be wondering what exactly Million Onion Hotel is. I wish I could help remove some of this co … | Continue reading
South Park: Phone Destroyer, the collectible card game based on the irreverent animated show, has been in soft launch for quite some time now, but on November 9th it will destroy every iOS and Android device worldwide. The (as to be expected) inappropriate card game lets you play … | Continue reading
Strain Tactics, the real-time-with-pause tactical game by the developers behind Autumn Dynasty, is about to rappel onto your devices November 2nd, and it looks like it's going to be a fun one, provided the controls work well. In Strain Tactics, you control a squad of soldiers who … | Continue reading
The Elder Scrolls: Legends [Free] continues to expand, and this time next month it will get a brand new story expansion called Return to Clockwork City. As you can guess from the title, this expansion brings all kinds of mechanical creations to the game and a locale first introdu … | Continue reading
There's something very cute about little robots acting like humans (Wall-E and BB-8 are just some examples), and I think Abi and DD, the two robot stars of the upcoming adventure game Abi, might join your list of favorite mechanical devices. Abi is a melancholic story of two robo … | Continue reading
Roblox [Free] is an incredibly popular cross-platform game that lets its players do pretty much whatever they want, and now it's grown even more by allowing Xbox One players to play along with the ones on mobile (and PC). This new update brings the over 60 million active players … | Continue reading
Today is Halloween, and for the vast majority of people this means elaborate costumes, spooky trick-or-treating and binging Stranger Things 2. However, for us mobile gaming enthusiasts, this 'holiday' also brings along with is a slew of brilliant price reductions on the App Store … | Continue reading
It was just about a year ago that Square Enix announced a proper sequel to their mobile-exclusive premium RPG Final Fantasy Dimensions, known as Final Fantasy Legends in Japan, and it was just last Friday that they announced that the game would be launching on November 1st. Well, … | Continue reading
One of the more surprising iOS ports of recent times is undoubtedly Rome: Total War [$9.99 (HD)], and when it was announced late last year I was truly blindsided by seeing such a legendary PC strategy classic on a tablet device. As with many similar titles, the touchscreen of the … | Continue reading
The early 1990s were a strange time for video game characters. Side-scrolling platformers were without question the most popular games, to the point that just about every company had to come up with a mascot or three to put in their own spin on the genre. An awful lot of those ch … | Continue reading
In the PC world, Razer has been a legendary brand as long as I can remember. What kicked off what we now know as "Razer" actually was a product by a company called Karna- The Razer Boomslang mouse. The Boomslang was unlike anything else available at the time, as the level of prec … | Continue reading
Minecraft Story Mode Season 2 [$4.99] continues with Episode 4 hitting devices on November 7th. If you’ve been wanting to play Season 2 of Telltale’s Minecraft Story Mode I’d advise you to read Tasos’ review of Episode 1 and avoid reading anything about the latter episodes for sp … | Continue reading
I think just about every iOS gamer out there has their own personal list of golden App Store oldies that they want to see updated with 64-bit compatibility. I don't know about your lists, friends, but I've just scratched another one off of mine with the arrival of the latest upda … | Continue reading
Welcome to another Touchstone Tavern, our weekly roundup of all things Hearthstone [Free]. Last week was quite a fun one as Blizzard is gearing up for this weekend's BlizzCon, so there were plenty of interesting stories and expansion hints. You see, by this time next week, we'll … | Continue reading
Card collection elements in sports games aren't new; EA's FIFA games have made Ultimate Team, the mode where you build your teams by collecting cards, into an essential part of sports games. And, after Ultimate Team became a huge cash cow for FIFA, EA went on to add similar modes … | Continue reading
If you're one of those who have either bought the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket or are attending BlizzCon in person, you'll be happy to know that we are getting a brand new Golden Legendary Hearthstone [Free] card as one of our in-game goodies: Marin the Fox. However, we still don't kn … | Continue reading
If you've ever watched the popular—and often creepy—TV show Black Mirror, you've probably seen its creators make the show feel futuristic while at the same time tethered to reality by (usually) iterating on existing technologies rather than inventing something that feels complete … | Continue reading
Leading up to the release of Slayaway Camp [$1.99] back in February, I was relatively excited for the title but not blown over. Being the first game from PopCap co-founder Jason Kapalka's new studio Blue Wizard Digital was certainly noteworthy, but it also kind of looked like yet … | Continue reading
Stranger Things: The Game [Free] came out pretty much out of nowhere (a bit like the show) and garnered plenty of acclaim by offering really cool throwback gameplay that fit with the theme and tone of the show. If you're curious how the game came about and how it managed to catch … | Continue reading
It's safe to say that the last week has been pretty incredible for everyone at Nintendo, as it seems the Japanese gaming giant has perpetually dominated industry news in some extremely encouraging ways. Whether it's the sudden announcement and subsequent soft-launch of Animal Cro … | Continue reading
Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It's time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. With Hallowe'en not more than a handful of hours away, it's only natural that the bulk of the featured updates are Hallowe'en related. There are a cou … | Continue reading
The Room series on iOS and Android really needs no introduction. Within dedicated mobile gaming circles, and also amongst more casual users who may only download the rare title once in a blue moon, The Room [$0.99 (HD)] has made a name for itself with stunning graphics, excellent … | Continue reading
League of Geeks’ Armello has finally arrived on the App Store in Australia and New Zealand. Having initially been announcd for release in 2011, Armello was then a Steam and console title and it has seen a lot of success on those platforms. It was then announced for 2015 release w … | Continue reading
We kick off this week's show with some absurd stories of dealing with people in cell phone stores before shifting gears to some of the biggest recent news stories in the world of iOS gaming. We actually recorded this yesterday, so we weren't able to talk about our iPhone X preord … | Continue reading
The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn't necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the hi … | Continue reading
Two years ago now we launched our Patreon and since then while support from our community has been encouraging, we're still only half way to our goal to get back to firing on all cylinders. As you've likely noticed, there haven't been any new names on the site since Brad Nicholso … | Continue reading
While we're primarily supported by a mixture of Patreon, Twitch subscriptions and Amazon referrals these days, site sponsors go a long way in making up for the funding shortfalls of our Patreon never reaching its goal. To show our appreciation, we are now publishing these posts t … | Continue reading
I'm pretty sure that because of all the .io games out on the App Store right now, you won't have a hard time figuring out what the upcoming game AXE IO is all about. In this pretty brutal game, you'll have to fling axes against different kinds of enemies—knights, rogues, etc—who' … | Continue reading
Unsurprisingly, Nintendo's upcoming Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp seems to be the next best thing in mobile gaming, even though the game is only out in Australia at the moment. Still, everyone is excited to finally have the very popular franchise on mobile phones. Animal Crossing: … | Continue reading
Thor: Ragnarok, Marvel's latest movie, is about to take over every movie theater on the planet, and Marvel Puzzle Quest [Free] couldn't stay out of the party. Starting today, a week before the film releases, the game will welcome a 5-Star Thor Gladiator and a new event called Sak … | Continue reading
Final Fantasy Dimensions II, the Japanese game titled Final Fantasy Legends II in Japan, is coming to our shores for iOS and Android November 1st, which I'm sure is good news for many of you. This new Final Fantasy game, woven in the expanse of time and space, as the tweet announ … | Continue reading
I know what you're probably thinking: there are too many Warhammer games out there. But that doesn't mean there isn't space for ones that take the IP in different directions. The Horus Heresy: Legions is going to turn all your favorite Space Marines into cards and turn the legend … | Continue reading
I love platforming games, and I love one-handed mobile games, so it stands to reason that I'd REALLY love a one-handed platforming game. And… I do! A bunch of them, in fact, like Super Mario Run [Free] and Leap Day [Free]. Well, get ready to add another onto the pile as developer … | Continue reading
Today is a momentous day in the world of video games at large as perhaps the most iconic video game character in history has launched his newest adventure on Nintendo's Switch console. Super Mario Odyssey launched at midnight Eastern today, which meant that I was already staying … | Continue reading
Everyone is caught up in the frenzy that is the new season of Netflix's (admittedly great) Stranger Things, and Minecraft [$6.99] couldn't sit this party out. So, starting today you can grab a Stranger Things skin pack from the Minecraft Marketplace. So now you and your friends c … | Continue reading
Competitive bubble gum blowing is the most underrepresented sport on the entire planet. It's true, that is a fact that you can totally look up on the internet or something. But Crimson Pine Games is here to rectify that great injustice with their new upcoming game Bubblegum Hero. … | Continue reading
L Pop! [Free] is a relatively straightforward puzzle game that, like most puzzle games, is built around one main mechanic. In this case, it's the idea that where you can place your pieces is restricted to within a Chess Knight's move of wherever you placed your last one. It's not … | Continue reading
Simulcara [$4.99] from the makers of Sara is Missing [Free] is finally available on the App Store. This is Kaigan Games’ sophomore release on iOS and will be another entrant to the ‘lost phone’ genre. I classify the likes of A Normal Lost Phone [$2.99] and its sequel Laura's Stor … | Continue reading
The vast majority of Nitrome's output strikes a chord with me, as their App Store releases tend to epitomise the characteristics of mobile gaming that I absolutely adore. Their games normally have one particularly innovative and memorable core mechanic, which tends to flip expect … | Continue reading
It may be a relatively tired genre, but I'm entirely behind shiny new takes on the auto-runner App Store archetype. The core principles may be consistent between each release, but there is so much scope to introduce interesting mechanics, exhilarating action and shiny graphics, a … | Continue reading