Hey everyone, it's Friday and we're close to the end of the week of TouchArcade blasting stories out (unless anything cool happens over the weekend we need to cover), but the fact still remains: To survive, we very much need your support. The business of running a web site is tri … | 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
Everyone knows that Jean Claude Van Damme is the true Master of the Splits, but now you can a master of splits yourself and you (probably) won't even pull a muscle trying. Split Masters [Free] is a new high-score game that is best described as a vertical Daddy Long Legs [Free]. Y … | Continue reading
More vehicular combat-related news coming out today, as Dogbyte Games have announced that their zombie-survival-driving game Dead Venture, which we first talked about a few weeks ago, is all set to launch next Thursday, July 7th. Dead Venture is an isometric game where you'll dri … | Continue reading
A few weeks back, we posted about Auto Warriors, an upcoming car combat game that was taking the interesting route of being a turn-based strategy game. Auto Warriors was in soft-launch at that time, and early feedback in our forums about the game was quite positive. Today develop … | Continue reading
It's about 10am here in the Pacific time zone, which means it's about 2am in Japan. Which means I can't wake up Shaun Musgrave to explain all this Dynasty Warriors stuff to me. So bear with me, folks. Anyway, Nexon Korea has just announced a new Dynasty Warriors mobile game, tent … | Continue reading
From the moment the first details on Tap My Katamari [Free]were released, the overwhelming sentiment seemed to be that this game shouldn't be. The original Katamari Damacy was a small, creative, sincere game that somehow managed to become a big hit even though such qualities don' … | Continue reading
We've been enjoying Mi-Clos Studio's Out There [$4.99] - and all its sequels/expansions - over at TouchArcade tower, so we are always glad to hear there's more coming out of the French studio. A few months back, we wrote about Out There Chronicles, an upcoming interactive fiction … | Continue reading
We finally have a release date for the Minecraft movie, but it's a long way off. Excited? Well, I can understand any trepidation. Video game movies have been around for many years and, by general admission, haven't really shone at the box office. Take for example a movie like Sup … | Continue reading
If you're tired of seeing the same Arenas over and over again in Clash Royale [Free], the upcoming update should provide some relief to those tired eyes. As announced today in the first Sneak Peek (Supercell sure loves its sneak peeks), we are getting a new Arena 8 that will bump … | Continue reading
Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the RPG Reload, the weekly feature where we all know at least one mysterious girl. Each week, we take a look at an RPG from the App Store's past to see how it holds up in the here and now. It's a chance to revisit old favorites, reflect on | Continue reading
We're streaming live on Mobcrush right now. There's a couple different ways you can watch the stream, and they all work equally well and it's really just a matter of personal preference as to which method you prefer. The easiest way to watch is just watching the embedded player r … | Continue reading
Our weekly post about all the new iOS game releases has come and gone, but as usual there were quite a few stragglers that launched a bit later than the others and as such missed out on being part of our list. So we figured what the heck, let's do another mini-roundup of some of | Continue reading
I've talked about shoot 'em ups ad nauseum, and for good reason -- they're one heck of a genre, and they're making a big comeback on mobile devices. They're just so fun to play and prey off of your ability to react to any given situation. I mean, who doesn't love blowing up alien … | Continue reading
For all you Warhammer and strategy game fans out there, the wait is over. Battlefleet Gothic: Leviathan, the turn-based strategy game based on the Battlefleet Gothic tabletop miniatures game, releases next Thursday, and personally I can't wait to play it. The game tries to be as … | Continue reading
Brace Yourself Games has just launched the fantastic rhythmic roguelike Crypt of the NecroDancer [$4.99] for iOS and Apple TV. The game's been out on desktop and console for a while now, but finally you can play this game on mobile. The hook is that it's similar to many roguelike … | Continue reading
One of my favorite iOS wargames is Shenandoah Studio's Battle of the Bulge [$9.99], so I've always kept an ear out for any game that has anything to do with that company. Unfortunately, as you might already know, after releasing some really good wargames, Shenadoah went bankrupt … | Continue reading
Capcom's Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [$14.99] has been broken for... What feels like forever. It was one of the many games that got smoked out with the release of iOS 9, and somewhere along the timeline of this whole cluster-you-know-what they eventually just removed it from the … | Continue reading
The ease of development for iOS devices may mean the ecosystem is oversaturated with a lot of clones and games not worth your time, however it is also the perfect opportunity for any aspiring developers to throw their hat into the industry. With this comes the stories of sudden, … | Continue reading
Disney films were a big part of my childhood, and I'm sure that sentiment is shared by many people. This means that even though Disney Crossy Road [Free] and the ever growing roster of stars are mainly an aesthetic change on the original formula, playing as the cast of characters … | Continue reading
The days of every new iOS game dropping uniformly at midnight on Thursday morning seem like a distant memory. Owing to the evolution of the App Store and the emergence of soft launches for many new titles, the release schedule is significantly more fluid. This means that, while t … | Continue reading
Here we are again with another week and another big batch of new iOS games. It's a surprisingly beefy week in terms of games, with several big-name titles hitting the App Store for the first time but also several high-profile games that are exiting their soft-launch period and la … | Continue reading
Back in late January, developer Kenny Sun released Circa Infinity [$2.99] to the App Store, describing it as a "brain-melting circular platformer." Well, seeing as actually describing in detail what it is you do in Circa Infinity is nearly impossible, "brain-melting circular plat … | Continue reading
It's no secret that I'm a True Skate [$1.99] addict. It's my daily habit, and thankfully, I've been told it's a lot healthier than smoking. This little skateboarding simulator has come a long, long way since its original release in the fall of 2012, and a constant flow of updates … | Continue reading
Back in April, a new game called Tap Hero was announced on our forums, and as the name alludes to, it's a frantic tapping game where you play as a character defending yourself from enemies approaching from both sides of the screen. What really stuck out about Tap Hero is its wond … | Continue reading
Unfortunately, we live in a world where games can come and go on a whim, and it feels like at least once every week there's some popular game that's getting pulled from the App Store and going permanently offline. However, if there's one brand that's got a bigger graveyard than t … | Continue reading
I'm based in the Chicago area, and I love everything about this part of the USA except for one very significant problem: When I'm craving Waffle House I've got to drive all the way to Indianapolis to get my fix of scattered, smothered, and covered hash browns. Sure, we have objec … | Continue reading
In a surprising move this morning, the highly awaited Galaxy on Fire 3: Manticore has launched on iOS - however, only on the Netherlands App Store so far. The Galaxy on Fire series by Deep Silver Fishlabs has been a truly iconic IP for iPhone gaming, with previous iterations rece … | Continue reading
We knew it was coming soon, and here it is. So, let's be honest: Square Enix has been throwing a lot of mud at the social RPG wall hoping something will stick. They've done some relatively small-scale original productions, brought in major staff members from the core Final Fantas … | Continue reading
A few months ago, Kairosoft released a pair of interesting new titles worldwide, one based on managing a train station, and the other putting you in charge of your own arcade. They were both cool simulation games in their own ways, but there was a catch to those versions: they on … | Continue reading
We're streaming live on Mobcrush right now. There's a couple different ways you can watch the stream, and they all work equally well and it's really just a matter of personal preference as to which method you prefer. The easiest way to watch is just watching the embedded player r … | Continue reading
Both of the major Puzzle Quest games out there right now are getting some nifty new updates. First up is Marvel Puzzle Quest [Free], which has added a new Captain America: Peggy Carter. Yes, the character who has become a standout among the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making appea … | Continue reading
Hit 1981 arcade game Defender is the grandaddy of horizontal scrolling shooters, and was one of my favorites when I was a kid. It sounds rather quaint nowadays, but there was something so freeing about being able to switch directions and chase down enemies in the "open world" lev … | Continue reading
The Gentlebros is the studio that brought you the fun Halloween-themed action-RPG, Slashy Hero [Free], which Kongregate wound up publishing last year. The ex-Koei-Tecmo developers aren't resting on their laurels, as they're hard at work on a brand new game, Cat Quest. You play as … | Continue reading
Door Kickers [$0.99 (HD)] hit the App Store almost exactly a year ago now and following the PC game dropping in price courtesy of the Summer Steam Sale, the iOS version also saw an extreme price drop. 99¢ is the cheapest Door Kickers has ever been on iOS, and if you're in to top- … | Continue reading
Fallen Tree Games is set to introduce the latest in their popular series of Quell games, with Quell Zen. A followup to 2015's Quell Memento [$2.99], this game where you slide a ball around puzzle mazes, using walls and endless looping walls to help solve the tricky puzzles ahead … | Continue reading
Remember Avatar? That movie with the weird jungle planet filled with blue skinned humanoids getting rampaged by humans that for some reason did obscenely well at the box office? Well, they're not only making four more sequels (WTF) but they've also teamed up with Kabam to make a … | Continue reading
Warner Bros. has been great about publishing the many LEGO video games on iOS, whether that be in a pared down version of the PC and console counterparts or in a more tailored for mobile/handheld fashion. Today they're continuing this trend but taking it up a notch, as today is t … | Continue reading
While I'm sure when it comes to super sagas, people around here would be way more excited to hear about a Superstar Saga, I've got no doubta that King's new Farm Heroes Super Saga [Free] won't be stupidly popular. We liked the original Farm Heroes Saga [Free] in our review, but n … | Continue reading
For all the years that mobile gaming has been around, there are still a lot of publishers and developers who still don't quite get the platform. I don't mean to complain about that. After all, even games ported directly from consoles or PCs essentially untouched can add to the di … | Continue reading
It is an unequivocal law of the universe that anything is better with cats. This is especially true on the App Store - whether it's the adorable yet dangerously compelling Neko Atsume [Free], or a more high-octane adventure like Cat Puncher [$0.99], our feline friends make up a c … | Continue reading
The relative dearth of traditional first person perspective racing games beyond Real Racing 3 [Free] and what’s left of the Asphalt series has been a blessing in disguise for fans of the top down driving genre. From classics such as Reckless Racing 3 [$2.99] to recent offerings l … | Continue reading
Glu's Cooking Dash [Free] and similar Dash games have been incredibly popular over the years. If you haven't played one yet, gameplay is a mix between time management and a memory game where you need to recall the steps needed to fill orders. For instance, you might have a custom … | Continue reading
We're streaming live on Mobcrush right now. There's a couple different ways you can watch the stream, and they all work equally well and it's really just a matter of personal preference as to which method you prefer. The easiest way to watch is just watching the embedded player r … | Continue reading
Square Enix has just put Adventures of Mana [$13.99] on sale, and if you've been looking to play this one, the $9.99 price point is the game's first sale. If you're used to mobile game prices, that might not seem cheap, but it's still less than the regular $13.99 price. Which is … | Continue reading
Tapinator has published a couple of really cool games from Boarding Party Games in Combo Quest [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/combo-quest/id945118056?mt=8"] and Dice Mage [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dice-mage/id970327258?mt=8"], each showing som … | Continue reading
Following a successful launch on Android, developer Toka Loka Games brought their gooey platformer Goo Saga [$0.99] to iOS in late April, and it absolutely floored me. You played as a ball of goo with a huge personality (as far as balls of goo go) making your way through tricky p … | Continue reading
For far too long, fans of stylish-yet-cute games have had to trade their love of easy-to-learn, difficult-to-master games with the fact that they aren't real games. You see, many of these games don't have hex grids, so they're not real games. So disappointing. But every so often, … | Continue reading