‘Scurvy Scallywags’ Review – Not Yar Average Match-3
Let’s be honest: if you’re a fan of Ron Gilbert’s work you’re already playing Scurvy Scallywags [$0.99], only reading to make sure I give the game a score you can agree with. Scroll to the bottom, and...
View ArticleWWDC 2013: ‘Ridiculous Fishing,’‘Badland,’ And More Games Take Home Apple...
Every year during WWDC, Apple dishes out its Apple Design Award to a handful of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch apps that do the following: “raise the bar in design, technology, and innovation.” That’s...
View ArticleE3 2013: In Square Enix’s ‘Bloodmasque,’ You Are The Vampire Hunter Guy
Sunlight! Crosses! Garlic! These are all things vampires Do Not Want. I’ve learned this from reading the finest of literature, my friends. Oh, and another thing vampires don’t like? Your face. That’s...
View ArticleMarvel-Themed Social Game ‘Avenger’s Alliance’ Comes To iOS
Avengers Alliance [Free], an intriguing turn-based RPG that made its initial debut on Facebook, is now out and available across iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. It’s free, naturally, with a bunch of...
View Article‘XCOM: Enemy Unknown’ Hits the App Store This Thursday for $19.99
We’ve been all over Firaxis Games’ XCOM: Enemy Unknown since first rumors of its arrival hit the internet, and per a recent press release, the game is coming this Thursday the 20th (So, Wednesday at...
View Article‘Sonic CD’ Finally Gets Proper Widescreen Support
Here’s something I’ve been waiting anxiously for – the stellar iOS port of Sonic CD [$2.99] has finally received proper widescreen support for the iPhone 5 and newest iPod touch. I’ve been having a...
View Article‘Pirates vs. Corsairs: Davey Jones’ Gold’ Review – Turn Based Piratey Fun
Yaaarrrr mateys! Pirates vs. Corsairs: Davey Jones’ Gold [$0.99 / $2.99] is a simple, entertaining, colorful, turn-based tactical combat strategy game that is held back slightly by a few programming...
View ArticleThe TouchArcade Show – 109 – Under the Oppressive Thumb of Tom Nook
This week on the TouchArcade Show, we circle back around and finish our discussion about the big reveals at E3. Most of the conversation deals with DRM and the delivery of games on Xbox One and PS4. Of...
View Article‘Limbo’ Confirmed to be Coming to iOS on July 3rd for $4.99
Early last year we learned that Limbo developer Playdead was looking for a mobile programmer. Now, nothing specific was stated but everyone pretty much had a hung that the listing meant Limbo would be...
View ArticleOut Now: ‘League of Evil 3′, ‘Colin McRae Rally’, ‘Layton Brothers Mystery...
Well it’s Wednesday night again, and that means one thing: new iOS releases. And boy, what a week we have. There are so many games that came out today, and they really run the gamut of experiences. You...
View Article‘Cling Thing’ Review – Sticky Puzzle Platforming Awesomeness
Cling Thing [$0.99] is Chillingo’s latest physics-based puzzler, and it’s a simple idea executed masterfully. You control a sticky, colorful, gooey blob that must navigate through each level to collect...
View Article‘Miseria’ Review – Haunting Arcade Puzzle Action
Miseria: Worlds Apart [$0.99 / $1.99 (HD)] has seemingly come out of nowhere to create a winning game formula by melding action-arcade design sensibilities with eerie graphics, haunting music, tricky...
View ArticleTeam 17 Announces ‘Worms 3′ Exclusively for Mobile, Launching Later this Year
Did you know that today marks the 4 year anniversary of Team 17’s classic artillery game Worms [$2.99 / $4.99 (HD)] dropping in the iOS App Store? No? That’s ok, that would be sort of weird if you did...
View ArticleTA Plays: ‘Sine Mora’– The Bullet-Hell Hit Comes To iPad And iPhone
The other afternoon, Jared and I sat down to play a little bit of the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch version of Grasshopper Manufacture’s Sine Mora [$5.99]. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s a wonderfully...
View Article‘Block Fortress’ Gets a Huge Co-op Multiplayer Update
One of the most popular games in our community is Foursaken Media’s Block Fortress [$0.99], a tower defense type game set in a Minecraft-like world of building blocks. You’re tasked with building the...
View ArticleAwesomeness From Boredom: A Look At ‘Rymdkapsel’ And The Making Of
Grapefrukt’s Rymdkapsel is a RTS that cuts to the bone of what this genre is all about: building with an eye towards a big picture objective. In Rymdkapsel, you’re tasked with researching obelisks by...
View ArticleYahoo Updates Its Fantasy App and Adds Mobile Drafting
Fantasy football is kinda lame because you, generally, have to do most of the busy work from your main computer instead of something convenient, like, say, an app. Drafting in particular usually always...
View ArticleThe TouchArcade Show – 114 – Uno After Dark is a Scary Place
On this week’s episode of The TouchArcade Show, we make a big-time effort to stay on the topic of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. At the top of the show, we talk about Bloodmasque and what makes it so...
View Article‘War of the Zombie’ Review -Two (or more) Updates from Greatness
Some things are released into the world brimming with potential but ultimately unfinished or broken in some fundamental manner. Frankenstein’s monster. The Leaning Tower of Pisa. Battlecruiser 3000...
View ArticleThe TouchArcade Show – 115 – Mystery Man Number Twenty Three
This week on The TouchArcade Show, we spend a lot of our time talking about the latest, greatest, and sickest in iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. No, for real! At the top, we dig into Temple Run 2’s...
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