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. It feels like an oddly light week this time around, something that's been happening more often than usual of late. Well, no worries, because I found a … | Continue reading
Well, I'm sure you didn't expect to read this story since I don't think I expected to write it. Have you heard of the "upcoming" survival game called The Wild? Most of our readers have judging by the forum thread that currently sits at almost 340 pages long. This survival game wa … | Continue reading
I know, everyone's been anxiously waiting for Pathfinder Adventures for some time, but we'll have to wait for (hopefully) just a few more days until we get the game on our devices. After delaying the game for about a month in order to take beta feedback under consideration, the d … | Continue reading
After trying to - unsuccessfully - move away from Five Nights at Freddy's [$2.99] games, it looks like Scott Cawthon is back to his old tricks if the teaser on his webpage is to be believed. If you remember, Cawthon released FNAF World, an bright and happy RPG using FNAF characte … | 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
[appicon]After watching the first official Clash Royale [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/app/clash-royale/id1053012308?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4"] tournament a couple of weeks ago, it became pretty clear to me that the game is a great spectator esport (despite its balance issues … | Continue reading
It seems I've somehow caught whatever Jared had last week, through the internet, and spend this whole week randomly muting myself to cough but we push through anyway and talk about a whole heaping helping of brand new iOS games. Game chat includes Loud on Planet X [$3.99], Loop M … | 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
If you've been following the mobile streaming scene, you're no doubt fully familiar with Fishdix. When Gameloft was making a big push to having a whole team of people streaming their games, he was on the frontlines, and like us has since moved over to his own channel on Mobcrush. … | 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
During GDC last month I was able to sit down and try out an early version of Le Parker - Sous Chef Extraordinaire, an atmospheric platformer from developer Play Pretend that looked to hit all the exact right notes in terms of things I enjoy in a platforming game. It had a lighthe … | Continue reading
Apple's been known for their Apple Design Awards, honoring the best apps and games on the App Store. Google hasn't had anything similar, but they're doing that starting this year, with the Google Play Awards debuting at Google I/O 2016. On May 19th at 7:00pm PDT, Google will hono … | Continue reading
If the world's gonna keep making clickers, I might as well keep talking about them. I'm a sucker for retro-inspired games, you might have noticed. But still, Final Meteor looks like it's up my alley. This game will have you clicking and building up your idle generators to fight a … | Continue reading
What is our fascination with post-apocalyptic media? Maybe it's the fear of the unknown, in that things may actually be that dire one day, and a peek into the future is relatively harmless. Maybe it's because some of the greatest filmmakers of our time, including George Miller, f … | Continue reading
If you've been following Hearthstone [Free] news the last few weeks, you'll know that Blizzard has been constantly spoiling cards from the upcoming Whispers of the Old Gods expansion. With the expansion releasing April 26th, Blizzard went ahead and revealed all 134 WoG cards yest … | Continue reading
We got our first glimpse at Kiloo and Funday Factory's MOBA-inspired PvP battler Spellbinders during GDC last month, and then again when they released a gameplay trailer at the beginning of this month. Today another new trailer has hit, this time more of a humorous cinematic trai … | Continue reading
2016 is the year where mobile gaming overtakes console and PC gaming, according to Newzoo. Between 'personal screens' (phones, watches) and tablets, they are estimated to represent 37% of the total gaming market, versus 29% for TV-based gaming (plus 2% for handheld systems), and … | Continue reading
If you've been checking out our Upcoming Games Forum thread at any time during the last couple of years, you've probably seen Happymagenta's Joan Mad Run, or Project "Joan", pop up on the front page quite often. The thread has been around since 2013, and while there were plenty o … | Continue reading
I really don't think free-to-play is as bad as its vocal haters claim it is, but I totally get that it changes games' structures. Look at something like the soft-launched Micro Machines; if you just wanted a way to play the classic Micro Machines game on your iPhone or iPad, all … | Continue reading
At a very young age, I was trained for puzzle games. You know, putting those square pegs into their appropriate holes, Operation to meticulously work on my reaction times, and so on. All of those tabletop experiences trained me for what was to come down the road, when I had to pu … | Continue reading
If you haven't played Plague Inc. [$0.99] yet, well, the game is on the verge of giving you one more huge reason to flop out 99¢. An update due to hit in the next few weeks is going to be bringing the ability for mobile players of the game to play the community created custom | Continue reading
Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the RPG Reload, the weekly feature where you can't have a boat until you get yourself a map. Each week, we take a look at an RPG from an older time to see how it's doing in the modern day. It's a chance to revisit old favorites, dig up | 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
A little more than a year ago, we sat down with Ludoko Studios during GDC 2015 and took a look at their unique arcade dodging/reflecting game Outdodge. At that time, Ludoko expected the game needed maybe another couple of months of work before release. Boy were they wrong! As it … | Continue reading
It was just a couple of days ago that we learned about the release date for episode 3 of Telltale's The Walking Dead: Michonne [$4.99] mini-series, and today we now have a trailer to go along with that announcement. And boy what a trailer it is. This third episode, which is title … | Continue reading
[appicon]The propular fitness app/zombie apocalypse surviving simulator Zombies, Run! [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zombies-run!/id503519713?mt=8"] is starting Season 5, and it promises some big expansions of the concept. But for users of the current app, they'll … | Continue reading
Tilting Point and Pokoko Studio are bringing their game of caveman and dinosaur strategy worldwide to the App Store next week on April 28th. Dino Bash will have you commanding an army of dinosaurs, trying to fight off those dastardly humans by strategically deploying your dino tr … | Continue reading
Back in December, Ubisoft soft-launched a brand new game in the Hungry Shark series called Hungry Shark World. It featured the most impressive graphics for the series to date, the largest open-world environments to date, and the largest cast of unique sharks to unlock and wreak h … | Continue reading
A few weeks back I wrote about World of Tanks Blitz Update 2.8 adding a new consumable called Provisions that many felt pushed the game into Pay-to-Win territory. The complaints | Continue reading
The multiplayer update for Crossy Road [Free] has just released on Android. Now, up to 4 players on local wi-fi can try to become top road crosser. The mode has a mixture of competitive and cooperative play, as you can revive dead players to come back to life, in order to get hig … | Continue reading
Back at E3 last year, Bethesda announced their collectable card game, The Elder Scrolls: Legends. Speculation ran wild about when the game would be coming, as well as how it would be played. "When" is still super ambiguous, as Bethesda has mentioned that it'll be a surprise relea … | Continue reading
Following its big crafting update from early last month, Bethesda has launched yet another update for their apocalypse survival simulator Fallout Shelter [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fallout-shelter/id991153141?mt=8"] today, this time adding the ability to break … | Continue reading
Now that we officially know Hearthstone's [Free] latest expansion, Whispers of the Old Gods, is coming out April 26th and we know all the lovely nerfs, everyone should start preparing for the upcoming shift to Standard and Wild modes, a shift that should drastically change the ga … | Continue reading
Do you like Advance Wars? The 2001 Game Boy Advance turn-based strategy game holds a special place in a lot of folks' hearts because it was an interesting and accessible game, being the first strategy game that many people played, myself included. Many turn-based strategy games t … | Continue reading
Two great games went on sale this morning which are both responsible for sucking up so much of my time it's hard to really estimate. If you've been playing Butterscotch Shenanigans' amazing Crashlands [$4.99] and found yourself saying, "You know, this game isn't brutally difficul … | Continue reading
It's that time of week again when all the new iOS games hit the App Store, and as we pointed out earlier today, with Apple's massive Earth Day promotion still going strong, it seems like lots of developers have opted to skip releasing games this week. So it's kind of a light week … | Continue reading
There are a lot of different ways a piece of interactive fiction can succeed. Some of them tell a great story, some of them give the player a genuine feel of agency in the plot, and some of them have interesting puzzles. Some have tense, RPG-like battles, while others have no fig … | Continue reading
Namco's Outcast Odyssey [Free] CCG is getting an update that ties in with Dark Souls 2, From Software's brutal action-RPG that just got a sequel in Dark Souls 3. If you're still clinging to the second game in the series, you'll be glad to know there's some nifty content in this C … | Continue reading
Have you ever wanted to go dungeon crawling with an army of battle pets, while wearing a duck outfit? Of course you have, you're a rational human being. Then, you'll be glad to know that NetEase is set to satisfy your ducky desires by releasing Tome of the Sun in western markets … | Continue reading
Back in February, Lume [$1.99] and Lumino City [$4.99] developer State of Play announced INK, a stylish mashup of pinball and painting and puzzles. However, due to its similarity to Zack Bell's Steam platformer also called INK, State of Play slightly tweaked the name of their rel … | Continue reading
I know that this week's Hearthstone [Free] Tavern Brawl is possibly the last thing on players' minds because of the expansion release date announcement and the upcoming nerfs, but it's still a fun one and still a good way to get some gold to use for expansion packs. So, this wee … | Continue reading
The RTS genre is one I remember fondly. Micromanaging troops and building an empire is an unparalleled joy in some cases. For some titles, it was all about just getting through the day, and taking out an enemy force. But for others, it was about managing an economy, and growing o … | Continue reading
Back in March, husband and wife development team Queen Bee Games released their action tower defense title Onion Force [Free] to a small but positive reaction. Being sick of the casual, free to play vibe of mobile gaming, Queen Bee created Onion Force to be a very challenging but … | Continue reading
Hearthstone has been in an interesting place for a while now as a CCG. It's safe to say its incredible popularity has surprised everyone, but with any game that involves collecting things to play, even ridiculously popular games can begin to ask too much of new players. It's a pr … | Continue reading
After charming the App Store with its quirky theme and great art, Exploding Kittens is now available on Android, too, and I suggest you go pick it up. If you don't know anything about the game, Exploding Kittens is the digital version of the Kickstarter-darling card game that bro … | 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
While the beloved Monster Hunter Freedom Unite remains broken and unavailable on the App Store, Capcom is moving ahead with the series on mobile and has just soft-launched their free to play'd out version of the game called Monster Hunter Explore. The game has been out in Japan f … | Continue reading
If you haven't done the whole Massdrop thing before, here's the basic gist of how it works: Someone says, "Hey I want this thing, does anyone else want one?" Once enough people say they want it, Massdrop contacts the manufacturer and says, "Hey if we buy X of these, what kind of … | Continue reading