1979 Revolution: Black Friday is set to release on iOS soon. The game is a unique experience as it's a narrative-driven experience taking place in the midst of the Iranian Revolution. You play as Reza Shirazi, a photojournalist who returns to Iran as the revolution against the Sh … | Continue reading
Are you ready for some more Minecraft: Story Mode [$4.99]? I am. After playing and reviewing all five episodes, I've been waiting to see where the story would go from here, and I had a hunch that we'd be getting independent story arcs. As we wrote a few days ago, the first of the … | Continue reading
Welcome to another weekly roundup of all things Hearthstone [Free] here at TouchArcade. As you'll see this week, many Hearthstone articles have to do with how to build or understand the strongest (or most fun) decks in the current meta, and I suppose that makes sense considering … | 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. To be honest, this was kind of a so-so week for interesting updates, but I've still managed to find a few worth looking at. Of course, you can keep an … | Continue reading
It's not a reach to say that when Telltale announced back in December that it's developing a Batman game, even those who don't usually play Telltale games got excited. Batman has always been very popular - even more so in the last decade - and all the recent Arkham games definite … | 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
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
On a week like this where there's an avalanche of great games to talk about, it's really hard to choose which to focus on, but we persevere and manage to pull our heads out of our collective butts long enough to chat about some of our favorites. Following a brief tip on installin … | Continue reading
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
Slightly more hyped than usual, Samurai Rising is RPG giant Square Enix's latest attempt to get a slice of the booming social RPG market. As with many of their other efforts in this market, Samurai Rising takes strongly after another popular free-to-play game, in this case White … | Continue reading
It's rather telling that the best soccer titles on handheld devices are the simplest. The reductionist approach of games such as New Star Soccer [Free] - where only a few elements of the sport such as scoring goals are focused on - fits mobile gaming so much better, as instead of … | Continue reading
When a developer puts a spin on the typical auto-running formula, I'm usually there to check it out. While virtual buttons work just fine after years of acclimating to the concept, certain experiences lend themselves well to automatic movement, but there can be concessions in ter … | Continue reading
As we all know, love it or hate it, freemium is a concept that is never going away. That said, there is a very specific subset of freemium that I like to call freemium fan service games. When a popular franchise or intellectual property wants to cash in on their loyal fan-base, s … | Continue reading
One of the games we highlighted during our GDC coverage was Super Stickman Golf 3, the third game in the very successful mobile franchise. At the time of our preview, the developers didn't have a release window in mind yet, but today they announced that the game will be releasing … | Continue reading
The Minecraft Pocket Edition [$6.99] developers wasted no time jumping into the beta for the 0.15 update, also called The Friendly Update, so today we got a crazy trailer showcasing many of the upcoming features. And it really is a fantastic trailer both because it shows off what … | Continue reading
iDreams' Sky Force Reloaded [Free] is a great example of how to make a fun shoot 'em up that is traditional yet fresh. The situation isn't really surprising: you fly upward through levels, shooting both moving enemy formations and ground-based enemies, while trying to rescue huma … | Continue reading
Chances are good that if you know any Japanese RPGs at all, you know Final Fantasy [$7.99]. It's also quite likely you've at least heard of Dragon Quest [$2.99], even if you haven't played it. Chrono Trigger [$9.99] and Secret Of Mana [$7.99] are both quite well-known worldwide, … | Continue reading
Snake-chasing game Slither.io [Free] continues to rule the App Store, comfortably sitting at the top spot of the free games charts. Despite this amazing success, the developer doesn't seem intent on resting on his laurels and has continued to improve the game. This latest update, … | Continue reading
Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the RPG Reload. This week, we're continuing our little monthly project looking at the history of handheld RPGs. That means that we will not be taking a look at a specific RPG from the App Store's past this time around. Last month, we looked a … | 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
Badland 2 [$3.99] may have released back in December and been quite an improvement over the already phenomenal Badland [$2.99], but that doesn't mean that the first game doesn't still have some gas left in the tank. We used to joke about Badland being the best value for money on … | Continue reading
Even though the Verby Noun game phenomenon is wearing a bit thin at this point, I've really been enjoying Taco Illuminati's Looty Dungeon [Free], which we even chose as our Game of the Week when it released back in April. It utilized the core mechanics of any good Crossy Road-ali … | Continue reading
If there's one thing that we can all agree on, it's that the world of free to play games can be really weird- Particularly when you consider that nearly everything any of the big free to play developers does is driven by analytics and performance metrics. If you ever wonder why a … | Continue reading
It seems like ever since these monthly swag packs have become a thing, everyone has their own variation on the Loot Crate (I have no idea if they were even the first to do it, either). Well, Minecraft is bigger than Jesus so it only made sense that they would also have their own … | Continue reading
As its webpage puts it, Voyageur is "a literary space exploration game, a procedurally-generated science fiction novel," and though there's more detail regarding the game, I'm already sold. I enjoy both science fiction and choose-your-own-adventure games, so Voyageur is definitel … | Continue reading
It's always fantastic to see critically acclaimed masterpieces on other consoles be reimagined for iOS, and today we have received one of 2014's best games in the form of Never Alone: Ki Edition [$4.99] from publisher E-Line Media. On the surface, it appears to be your standard p … | Continue reading
App Shopping is so much like clothes shopping, without the stress of battling shopping carts and old ladies, plus there is an infinite supply of apps. I buy so many games that don't get the attention they deserve, some are never opened just waiting for that rainy day internet goe … | Continue reading
It's no secret that we really loved Downwell [$2.99] here at the TouchArcade lair, with Eli giving it a full 5 stars in his review and many of the writers including it in their Best of 2015 lists. And it's no wonder why since, as Eli put it in his review, the "gameplay is easily … | Continue reading
If you managed to play some Armajet during its relatively short Alpha, then you'll know why mobile players are very excited. Armajet is a very entertaining 2D shooter that brings to mobile the quick, competitive fun of classic PC shooters. I played it pretty much daily throughout … | Continue reading
Mojang is steadily working on Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.15 [$6.99] update, and it's almost ready to open up the Beta for Android testers. Hopefully, that means we are getting much closer to release, and I'm excited about that. If you haven't been following the 0.15 development, … | Continue reading
Well it's once again that time of week when a veritable truckload of new iOS games hit the App Store. Not just any truck either, a pretty darn large truck. Also, this is a pretty special week as there's a new Mika Mobile game, Lost Frontier, and they don't often release games but … | Continue reading
Silly, competitive multiplayer games with crazy, over-the-top physics are among my favorite genres on mobile, enough so that I have an entire folder dedicated to them. One of the more underrated titles that fits this mold is Cloud Knights [$2.99] from solo developer Henri Kuismin … | Continue reading
Wubba lubba dub dub! Yet another free content update has hit Pocket Mortys [Free] and adds even more incentives for fervent Morty trainers to collect 'em all. First and foremost, 11 brand new Mortys are added into the wild, providing even more bizarre, disgusting and/or incredibl … | Continue reading
Well, it's mid-week and there are a ton of new games hitting the App Store as usual, but as far as I can tell there's only one sausage-themed fighting game releasing this week: Sausage Legend [Free]. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's the only sausage-themed fighting game to ever be r … | 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
I like playing Hitman: Sniper [$1.99] quite a bit; there's something serene about trying to trick people into standing right where you want them for a nice, clean, headshot. Hitman: Sniper really managed to blend clever tricks with sniping and went beyond the usual sniper gamepla … | Continue reading
Apologies for posting our morning new games roundup in the afternoon, but, so far we have had two problems today: Not a whole lot of games had popped up on the App Store yet when we usually post this, and TouchArcade forum member sstrngmnm told me that today was National Milk Day … | Continue reading
[appicon]When it comes to Hearthstone's [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hearthstone-heroes-warcraft/id625257520?mt=8"]Tavern Brawls, sometimes we get the slightly boring (or simply tired ones), and sometimes - like today for example - we get a very entertaining one … | Continue reading
When it initially launched in early 2015, Alto's Adventure [$3.99] by proved to be the antithesis to the adrenaline-pumping auto runner games such as Canabalt [$2.99] that were so prominent in the early years of the App Store. With an atmospheric backdrop and soothing piano music … | Continue reading
In just a week and a day, June 9th to be precise, you'll get to once more ride your greenish horse along the greenish levels as that greenish cowboy in 2-bit Cowboy Rides Again, the sequel to the very entertaining 2-bit Cowboy [$0.99]. As we wrote a few days ago, the sequel isn't … | Continue reading
Over the years, Rayark have made a name for themselves in the iOS community for consistently rolling out quality premium games on the App Store. 2015’s Implosion - Never Lose Hope [$9.99] was extremely well received both in our review and on the forums, and left us waiting for wh … | Continue reading
After waiting for quite some time for Solforge [Free]to get its much-needed UI and economy update, the day has finally come, and now you can finally enjoy what the game has to offer without too many UI issues. The lane-based CCG with its very clever leveling mechanic was one of m … | Continue reading
[appicon][applink url="http://toucharcade.com/link/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/human-resource-machine/id1005098334?mt=8"]Seemingly out of nowhere this morning, a port of the PC game Human Resource Machine [appprice url="http://toucharcade.com/link/https://itunes.apple.com/us/ … | Continue reading
The German-based developers Tinytouchtales, in collaborating with artist Max "Mexer" Fiedler, have a childish yet satisfying distinguishable art direction. I urge you to try Card Crawl [$2.99], their 2015 solitaire style dungeon crawler to see what I am talking about. The upcomin … | Continue reading
As far back as August 2015 we caught our first look at auto runner/platformer hybrid The Amazing Bernard [$3.99], which caught our eye with its interesting take on the genre with innovative mechanics such as being able to create platforms and springs using the touch screen to kee … | 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
Earlier this month we showed you the trailer for a clever upcoming arcade/tower defending game from developer Ogre Pixel called Warcher Defenders [$0.99], and as of late last night the game is now available in the App Store. It's tough calling Warcher Defenders a "tower defense" … | Continue reading