In a way, cooperative board games like Matt Leacock's Forbidden Island and Forbidden Desert [$6.99 (HD)] are peculiar animals because for most players, playing a competitive game means competing against other players rather than alongside them. And yet, there are fantastic moment … | Continue reading
The latest game by Australia-based Prettygreat, is, well, pretty great. Slide the Shakes [Free] is another free iPhone game which takes an incredible simple concept and executes on it flawlessly. Using a slingshot mechanic of sorts, all you do is slide shakes across a variety of … | Continue reading
Pay-to-win is a flawed concept, overused by critics of free-to-play games. It's true that to reach the top levels of many free-to-play games, you'll have to spend money. But these games are hardly a direct correlation between money spent and top players. And where do you draw the … | Continue reading
I think there's a pretty good game buried somewhere in The First Tactics [$0.99]. It's hard to be sure at times because there are so many bad choices with the presentation. If you can cut through the obvious vestiges of the game being designed as free-to-play, and somehow compreh … | Continue reading
Well, the long, strange trip of the latest Assassin's Creed mobile game finally comes to an end as Assassin's Creed Identity [$4.99] has just launched worldwide. The saga began when Identity soft-launched in select countries way back in September of 2014. The game was built aroun … | Continue reading
2016 has decided that it's just not going to slow down and it continues to blast me with dozens of awesome new games week in and week out, ensuring that my head just continues to spin. Thanks a lot 2016, ya jerk! Actually despite how frantic these weekly posts can be, I wouldn't … | Continue reading
Mika Mobile are legends in the world of mobile gaming. After storming the top of the in the earlier days of the App Store with virtual button-fueled action games like Zombieville USA [$0.99 / Free] and OMG Pirates! [$1.99], they created Battleheart [$2.99], a beloved and genre-de … | Continue reading
State of Play, who are most well-known for their visually stunning adventure games Lume [$1.99] and Lumino City [$4.99] which were created with intricate real-world models and painstaking stop-motion animation, have just announced their next mobile project called Ink. According t … | Continue reading
These GDC announcements almost feel like a formality at this point, but, once again, we will be at GDC in San Francisco. This year it falls on the week of March 14th, and if you're a reader, strap in for what's typically an avalanche of game previews as all sorts of developers pi … | Continue reading
Riot's PC and Mac free to play MOBA League of Legends is one of the most, if not the most popular games in the world. Riot doesn't release statistics often, but when they do it's consistently mind-blowing just how many millions of people, from every corner of the world, are playi … | Continue reading
It would be an understatement to say that we really like Rayark's Implosion - Never Lose Hope [$9.99]; we gave it 5 stars in our review and haven't stopped looking for more content to play through. A couple of months ago, we wrote that the game was getting a new character somewhe … | Continue reading
As promised, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Identity has started rolling out on the App Store. As of this writing, there's a bit of a weird wrinkle though: We've scanned through a bunch of common iTunes regions and it seems like so far it's only available in India? But, hey, at leas … | Continue reading
I think it's safe to say that Radiangames, aka solo developer Luke Schneider, is one of the preeminent developers on mobile. For many years now Luke has been putting out some of the very best dual-stick shooters on the platform, and whenever he's not releasing a new shooter he's … | Continue reading
Another Wednesday, another Hearthstone [Free] Tavern Brawl, and this one is a new one. Clash of Minions has you building your own deck, and then you lead your minions to battle against the opponent. Every minion you play from your hand gets Charge and Taunt, which is an interesti … | Continue reading
If you're looking for something to do while you celebrate National Tortilla Chip Day today, well, I've got some great news: There's a ton of new iOS games on the App Store. How these facts go together are up to you to decide, but hopefully some kind of bean dip is involved. Eithe … | Continue reading
Just about a month ago developer Lucky Kat launched Sky Chasers [Free], a game with the heart and soul of a 16-bit platformer but the mechanics of a cave flyer. To be honest, as much as I loved the pixel art and overall charm of Sky Chasers, I can't say I loved it right off | 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
Earlier this month we caught a glimpse of an awesome-looking upcoming platformer from Emergency Studios called Chel-Z [Free]. With colorful 8-bit style pixel art, similarly 8-bit chiptunes, one big 36 room map that you could explore and slowly gain access to Metroidvania style, a … | Continue reading
The newest season of Better Caul Saul is currently airing and it's amazing, so this seems like a pretty good time to talk about this Breaking Bad mobile game that's soft-launched on iOS, right? You may recall that a trademark was filed in June of last year which hinted that some … | Continue reading
Cartoon Network has been my go-to animated block for years. I remember when it first debuted (complete with plenty of teaser commercials) and hosted master-crafted shows like Dexter's Lab and Powerpuff Girls (which is coming back by the way!) and smiling throughout. Over time Adu … | Continue reading
In a lot of ways, Redshift's The Quest [$4.99] is one of the best mobile RPGs. Its huge open world is a great place to lose hours in, but its quest-based structure makes it equally suitable for shorter play sessions. You can enjoy it as a straightforward hack 'n' zap, skipping ar … | Continue reading
We've known Magic Cube for years as makers of simple but fun mobile games like the Infect Them All series, Call of Snakes [$0.99] and its various spinoffs, and plenty more. This week however they've launched their first game as a publisher, called Karma Ball Z [$0.99]. The game i … | Continue reading
I think we'll be playing stealth games forever. While combat is what most people crave, there's a definite appeal to sneaking around and avoiding conflict that so many people resonate with. That's where Rogue Agent [$2.99] comes in, providing tons of subversion in the shadows whi … | Continue reading
Behind the back runners are so… behind the back, you know? With so many endless runner games in the world every new one needs to find something to do that makes them stand out from the pack. In the case of Fabled Realm's upcoming Jump Legends, that differentiating factor is a new … | Continue reading
We haven't had good racing games on iOS in some time (at least not the kind I like), so when I saw the trailer for the upcoming Street Kart game in our forums, I got immediately interested. The game looks very nice, but what's even more interesting is the fact that it's primarily … | 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
Roofdog Games, makers of some rather enjoyable free-to-play games like Pocket Mine 2 [Free], recently soft launched their next game, Fishing Break. While soft launches are unpredictable as to how long they'll last, the good news is that you don't have too much longer to wait to p … | Continue reading
Some games we play for the excitement, some we play for scares, and some we play for the challenge. And then there are games like Tsuro [$4.99], the digital port of the 2004 board game, that are all about introspection, the kind of game you play while lying on a couch with a glas … | Continue reading
If there's one thing I'm certain of about the folks over at Prettygreat, it's that they love sliding things! This all started with them sliding land in our 2015 Game of the Year Land Sliders [Free], and the sliding continues this Thursday with the release of their second game cal … | Continue reading
Developer Joshua Burr has revealed I Love My Circle, an arena survival game that releases next week on Tuesday, March 1st, for iOS and Android. The game has you playing as a dot in a circle, that's quite happy in that circle. It doesn't really feel like leaving. However, deadly t … | Continue reading
Lest you forgot about Burly Men at Sea, the developers have revealed a new trailer for the game, along with some new info on how it plays. The idea is that you don't actually interact with the characters, but you manipulate the viewport of the world, in order to explore the world … | Continue reading
It's been a while since we've heard some news about Breath of Fire 6, the MMORPG take on Capcom's seminal RPG series, surprise! The game is launching in Japan this week, if not right now. The game is currently in pre-launch on Windows and Android, though the official launch and p … | Continue reading
Nothing like starting off the week with a surprise, and I'd have to say that Dungeon Raid [$0.99 / Free] developer Fireflame Games releasing a brand new puzzle RPG is about as big of a surprise that there is. For a little backstory, Dungeon Raid was released more than 5 years ago … | Continue reading
Do you enjoy endless high score chasers? This is a friendly place, we can all admit that we love a no-thinking, just fast-reacting quest for longer times and higher scores even once in a while. But let's say you're a real tough person. You enjoy only real games with hex grids. An … | Continue reading
The problem with gaming headsets is that you're often trading quality for convenience. And the expensive gaming headsets don't often mean that you're getting a better product if you care about sound quality. Many premium brands focus on style and branding and the sound quality su … | Continue reading
One could make a pretty strong argument that Michonne is the most bad ass character in The Walking Dead (actually, there's plenty of bad asses, but she's my favorite) which has got me extra-stoked that Telltale is on the verge of releasing an entirely new Walking Dead game featur … | Continue reading
Gameloft just can't seem to catch a break lately- They've got studios closing up left and right, and this weekend hackers have absolutely been going crazy in Order & Chaos Online [Free], their WoW-like MMO which launched in late 2011. This is one of those pieces of MMO history th … | Continue reading
We are one week closer to the introduction of Standard and Wild in Hearthstone [Free], and everyone is looking to the future. Similarly to last week's news, this week's were also on the thin side since everyone is either talking about the upcoming format changes or silently waiti … | 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. Some big names updated this past week, along with a nice selection of smaller fan-favorites. Of course, you can keep an eye out for updates yourself u … | 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
We kick off the show this week talking about my recent foray into police work, which is somehow vaguely relevant to discussing the recent drama surrounding Apple taking a stand on iPhone encryption. Since this is an iOS games podcast and all, we talk about the big releases of the … | Continue reading
Hey guys, we don't publish too many of these Patreon posts as I try to not be obnoxious about fundraising, but the very important fact remains: To survive, we very much need your support. The business of running a web site is tricky, and as we pointed out in our original cry for … | 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
You may have heard of a game called Byte Rider [Free] which quietly released back in December and is an extremely stylish behind-the-back runner type game that takes place in a dystopian cyber future. It didn't reinvent the wheel of runners or anything, but was quite memorable fo … | Continue reading
Developer John Kooistra and his studio Cat in a Box Games go way, way back to the earliest days of the App Store. His debut title Blue Defense! [$0.99] reminds me of how fun those early days were, when quirky new experiences were dropping all the time taking advantage of the nove … | Continue reading
TouchMint's latest in their Adventure to Fate series hits the App Store on March 3rd, with Quest to the Future (formerly Future Apocalypse) releasing for $2.99 without in-app purchases. The game has you traveling through time to portals that can help save the world, playing as se … | Continue reading