Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the RPG Reload, the weekly feature where we don't have much better to do than grind our daily quests. Each week, we take a look at an RPG from the App Store's past to see how it holds up in the light of our futuristic society of today. It's | Continue reading
A few months back, I wrote about Chronicle: Runescape Legends, an upcoming cross-platform CCG that promises an interesting twist on the genre formula. While the iOS version is still in the works with no release date yet, the PC version is coming along nicely and it's giving us a … | Continue reading
If you've been enjoying your virtual adventures in Aralon: Forge and Flame [$2.99] but feel like you'd enjoy it even more if you could play as a Paladin class, well, today's update is for you. The oft-requested Paladin class has been added to the game, along with a brand new dung … | Continue reading
Level 5's Yo-Kai Watch series has been rapidly expanding, with a TV cartoon, several 3DS games, and now a mobile game of its very own, available in the US, Canada, and Australia: Yo-Kai Watch: Wibble Wobble [Free]. This game has you swiping to connect various Yo-kai creatures in … | Continue reading
Good news, baseball fans: if you enjoy the field and team management side of baseball and want to play through endless seasons managing your franchise to victory, then you'll be glad to know MLB Manager 2016 [$4.99] is out right now. This is the latest edition in the mobile versi … | Continue reading
If you heard any whispers from the ocean's depths, it was N'Zoth the Corruptor, the second God to be revealed from Hearthstone's [Free] upcoming Whispers of the Old Gods expansion. And if you like Deathrattle minions in your decks, this legendary is going to make you one happy ca … | Continue reading
Gamevil's third-person multiplayer shooter Afterpulse [Free] launched worldwide last October following a short soft-launch period. It offered great visuals, but more importantly it streamlined the shooter experience to create something that felt satisfying but still highly playab … | Continue reading
Rusty Moyher's Astro Party [Free] is a pretty cool game, being a phone-friendly version of Astro Duel [$4.99 (HD)] which is on iPad and Apple TV. The one downside to Astro Party is that it has only supported 2 players on one iPhone, compared to the 4 of its bigger sibling. But no … | Continue reading
In late 2015, Vivid Games released Real Boxing 2 [Free] with tie-in branding to the movie Creed, adding Creed to the game's title. Well, with the movie having run its course in theaters and out now on video, the game has gotten a rebrand with some new content staying in the same … | Continue reading
One of the things we saw at GDC was a super secret game which was so clandestine we had to go up to a hotel room to see it. A quick elevator ride later and I was sitting on a couch watching the reveal of Infinite Arms, another mobile game which also leans heavily on | Continue reading
There's massive potential in Clash Royale [Free] as a competitive game, and Supercell is taking their first steps towards that being a reality. The studio is hosting an official Clash Royale tournament on April 16th in Helsinki, Finland. If you're in the area, then you'll want to … | Continue reading
As mentioned last week, and included in our "Out Now" post yesterday, Sega has officially launched Total War Battles: Kingdom [Free] following a lengthy Canadian soft launch. We've had a thread rolling in our forums for a while now, and the response the game has gotten has been.. … | Continue reading
Last week when we posted footage of what appeared to be Pokemon Go, and while we weren't entirely sure if it was legit at the time, news coming out of the Pokemon Company and Niatic confirms a bunch of details we were speculating on. There's still no solid launch date aside from … | Continue reading
Earn extra cards, guild fame, and glory in 'Vainglory' right now with during their Halcyon Days Celebration | Continue reading
Welcome to another week of new iOS games! First off, I apologize for not having one of these posts last week, GDC just took up too much of our time and it just plain wasn't possible to put one of these posts together. The good news is that since the App Store release schedules ha … | Continue reading
Foursaken Media originally began teasing their upcoming fixed-shooter-with-the-soul-of-an-idle-clicker War Tortoise back in late February, and we were able to go hands-on with the game at GDC just last week. Now Foursaken has released an official trailer for War Tortoise along wi … | Continue reading
2015 was a great year for fans of Pac-Man on iOS, with Pac-Man Championship Edition DX [$4.99] finally seeing release on mobile in premium form instead of the weird free-to-play version that was soft launched. But then we got the surprise Pac-Man 256 [Free], which was this amazin … | Continue reading
Well, This War of Mine [$3.99] is about to get even more depressing. The developers announced today that This War of Mine: The Little Ones will be coming to mobile at some time in the future (no release date yet). As the line "How far will you go, to protect the little ones" poi … | Continue reading
For the first half of my 20 hours and change with 7 Mages [Free], I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. For whatever reason, the game wasn't on my radar at all, and when it released seemingly out of nowhere with gorgeous screenshots and some lofty comparisons being thrown ar … | Continue reading
Have you longed for pinball and Breakout to combine into one delicious hybrid game? Well, I hope you're not specific about the number, because it's becoming a surprisingly busy time for pinball-Breakout hybrids. After Pinball Breaker Forever was announced, Neonchimp (developers o … | Continue reading
I owned a Virtual Boy. There, I said it. For most of my life I’ve been obsessed with virtual reality, and Nintendo’s infamous failure of a system was my first real taste. Sure, it only had one color, and it looked silly sticking your face into what looked like a cross between E.T … | Continue reading
[appicon]Remember how last week Blizzard briefly advertised An Evil Exchange as that week's Tavern Brawl only for us to find out that we were actually getting a different Hearthstone [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hearthstone-heroes-warcraft/id625257520?mt=8"] Bra … | Continue reading
We've been posting about the dreaded months-old Game Center bug quite a bit for a number of reasons. First off, the thread in our forums is hitting critical mass, even more annoying is it's impacting how we cover games here on TouchArcade as we straight up can't play a lot of iOS … | Continue reading
Can you believe it's already been a year since the last National Puppy Day? Arguably the best day of the whole year, National Puppy Day is also host to an odd mix of iOS game releases. Noteworthy standouts include ballr. which was made by the mastermind behind Trump Dump and ther … | Continue reading
As you can probably remember, Obsidian's Pathfinder Adventures was supposed to come out March 29th, and I, along with many of you, had been waiting for that date quite impatiently. Alas, it was not to be. As Obsidian announced yesterday, the developers decided to push back the re … | Continue reading
If you've been frustrated by units like the X-Bow and the Tesla, you can now go into your next Clash Royale [Free] match feeling slightly relieved as the update that just hit the servers has nerfed both of those units and made some other significant changes, too. As we wrote abou … | Continue reading
Nearly two years ago now, Infinite Dreams released Sky Force 2014 [Free], a remake of their original Sky Force which released for Symbian and Pocket PC devices back in 2004. Sky Force 2014 was nearly identical to the original game except for being completely remade with stunning … | 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
It was just about a year ago that we reviewed Odd Bot Out [$1.99], an extremely clever and challenging physics puzzler that was entirely the work of solo developer Martin Magni who created the engine from scratch, implemented a custom physics engine, drew all the artwork, designe … | Continue reading
Every time we attend any kind of event where we're meeting tons of indie developers excited to show us their games, I always find myself thinking, "Man, I should write a guide on how to pitch your game." I eventually decide not to do it, as I really don't want it to feel like I'm | Continue reading
If you haven't played Nimian Legends: BrightRidge [$1.99] when it came out some time ago, you missed out on a lovely open world experience which was a commendable effort by its sole developer despite some issues (like repetitive music, for instance). The developer hasn't stopped … | Continue reading
Shadow Bug is a stylish upcoming platformer that was originally introduced on our forums way back in July of last year. Developer Muro Studios used our forum members to run a beta in August, and then did another round of beta testing in early January just to be sure to smooth out … | Continue reading
Game Center, or as it has become known on our forums, "Shame Center" has been broken for months and months now. The thread on our forums surrounding what is simply called "The Game Center Bug" started last year, and we posted about it once it became apparent that this was becomin … | Continue reading
We've been updating our Minecraft: Story Mode review with each passing episode release, and like many fans of the game, we're stoked to see the exciting conclusion to the surprisingly in-depth story Telltale has managed to spin inside a universe which has no story to speak of. Ne … | Continue reading
Shoot 'em ups will keep me company until the hour of my death. They were one of the first genres I ever played in the arcade, and it's one of my most played genres for pleasure to date. Whether it's a bullet hell Cave joint (which has become even more prolific on iOS) or a | Continue reading
It's always seemed a little weird to me that we don't have more boxing games on the App Store, as the few that have come out have all worked so great with touchscreen and gesture controls. Well, a new game got posted to our upcoming games forum titled Mean Streets which takes Pun … | Continue reading
The original 9th Dawn [$2.99] was released almost three years ago. It didn't look like much, but as long as you could get past the humble presentation, you would have found an open world action-RPG with a scale few other iOS games can match. It had a clunky user interface and for … | Continue reading
Yes, I know, another upcoming digital card game, but GalaCollider is truly trying to carve its own niche space by fusing a digital card game and a space exploration game with the hope of creating an accessible game that boasts deep strategy without the micromanagement. The develo … | Continue reading
When I write about card games, there's often at least one commenter talking about how much they would love more Yu-Gi-Oh! games on iOS. Well, wish granted. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links for iOS and Android will be coming to Japan in late April and then should release globally before the e … | Continue reading
Supergiant's Transistor [$9.99] is one of my favorite mobile games because of its very clever battle system, its lovely visuals, and, perhaps most of all, its amazing soundtrack. It's one of the very few game soundtracks that I listen to quite often. If you, like me, enjoy Transi … | Continue reading
My favorite Kemco RPG developer, EXE-Create, has found their groove over the last couple of years. Their games typically have enjoyable characters, solid mechanics, and genuinely good localizations. They've also pushed the technical side of things more than Kemco's other teams, i … | Continue reading
If you listen to the Touch Arcade Show podcast every week (and you should), then you might recall what a frustrating experience Jared had trying to play Rocky Hong's Beat Stomper [$1.99] on a recent episode. The game seemed sorta like Doodle Jump [$0.99], but the timing was all w … | Continue reading
We've all been Clashin' up a storm in the last two weeks. Our forums are still buzzing about climbing through the ranks and I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about how you can get pretty far in this game without even dropping a penny. I'd like to ask you guys to take | Continue reading
Well, whoever is keeping score when it comes to the accuracy of the rumor mill lately, they pretty much nailed it this time around. As expected, the 4" iPhone SE was revealed, which more or less is an iPhone 6S inside of a 4" iPhone case, it seems like almost nothing was sacrific … | Continue reading
Apple's latest keynote is starting in just a few minutes, and you can watch it live on the Apple site. Alternatively, you can watch it on the Apple TV. If you've got the new Apple TV, head into the Apple TV App Store and grab the Apple Events app. Expectations for the keynote inc … | Continue reading
Team SoloMid and Team Secret take their respective Vainglory seasonal tournaments. | Continue reading
Swinging from ropes is fun. I don’t know why, but it is. Many of my favorite games on the App Store use some kind of swinging as a mechanic, from Hanger World [Free] and Mikey Hooks [$1.99] to the long forgotten Rock Runners and Slingshot Racing [$0.99]. In preparation for this r … | Continue reading
We have officially hit Touchstone Number 40. That's a lot of Hearthstone [Free] news, isn't it? Thank you for reading every week, and hopefully you'll continue to enjoy this column. On with the news, now. Blizzard continues to tease us with Whispers of the Old Gods spoilers, and … | Continue reading