‘RPG Covenant of Solitude’ Review – Entertaining, If Not Surprising
While the JRPG genre is mostly famous through the works of Square-Enix, Atlus, Namco, and Falcom, one little publisher keeps plugging away at the genre on iOS. RPG Covenant of Solitude [$8.99] is the...
View Article‘Spiral Episode 1′ is a Slick Action RPG for Touchscreen Devices
Way back at last year’s GDC we got our first look at Spiral Episode 1, an action RPG from Pixel Hero Games built in the Unreal Engine. At that time, even though it was early in its development, Spiral...
View ArticleOut Now: ‘Cover Orange 2′, ‘Rivals for Catan’, ‘Spiral Episode 1′, ‘XCOM:...
It’s another huge week tonight, both with actual big-name titles as well as oodles of indie games that look pretty interesting as well. We’ve already gone totally H.A.M. on an XCOM review, so be sure...
View Article‘Puzzle Pirates’ Hits the App Store for iPad, My Real-World Social Life Now...
Guys. Real talk for a minute: Puzzle Pirates [Free (HD)] is good. Real good. Originally released in 2003, there’s been a slow drizzle of new content added to the game since them in the form of new...
View Article‘9th Dawn’ Review – On A Quest to Remember Classic RPGs
I remember when role-playing games emphasized discovery, and exploration, as much as the stories it was telling. You were instantly dropped into a world with nothing but your instincts to guide your...
View Article‘Maximus’ Review – Arcade Hack ‘n Slash Action with More than a Few Nods to...
Hack’n slash beat’em ups aren’t exactly a new thing on any platform, and since the arrival (and success) of Castle Crashers many have tried and many have failed to recapture the essence of the genre....
View Article‘RPG End of Aspiration’ Review – All Your JRPG Cliche are Belong to Us
I used to love JRPGs. I played all the classics. The Final Fantasies, the Dragon Warriors, the Breath of Fires and the Phantasy Stars. I’ve also played the games that came later, the corrupted blood...
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 ArticleNew Screens for ‘The Shadow Sun’ Appear, Currently in Beta and On Track for...
Following the development of a game you’re excited about can be an emotional ride. We originally got excited for the action-RPG The Shadow Sun from Ossian Studios way back in October of 2010. The...
View Article‘Spiral Episode 1′ Review – A Fast-paced Action-RPG with an Interesting Story...
While I’m a fan of action-RPGs on iOS, I always seem to encounter the same problem while playing them: an incessant forcing of the ‘console experience’ on a touch-screen device. This usually means an...
View Article‘Fighting Fantasy: The Forest of Doom’ Review: A Loving Recreation of the...
When game books first started appearing on the App Store, I wasn’t quite sure how well they would be received. For our younger readers, game books were basically the only handheld RPGs we had for the...
View ArticleHey, Here’s A New ‘Football Heroes’ Trailer
The zanier the sportsball action is, the more we like it. This pretty much explains why our all-seeing eye has been all sorts of over Football Heroes. It’s a throwback sort of game that channels Mutant...
View Article‘RPG Machine Knight’ Review – The Machines Are Learning
Another month, another RPG from Kemco. They’ve made so many of these already that one would be forgiven for thinking each is as good (or bad, depending on your point of view) as the next, but there are...
View Article‘Deus Ex: The Fall’ Review – Console Gaming Stuffed into a Mobile Package
When Square Enix announced that the next entry in the highly regarded Deus Ex series would be a mobile-only title, there was a lot of blowback. The original Deus Ex was a landmark PC title back in...
View Article‘Knights of the Old Republic’ for iPad is Half Off Today
The iPad version of BioWare’s tremendous Star Wars RPG, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic [$4.99 (HD)], is on sale. Starting now, you can grab it for $4.99 instead of its original $9.99 price...
View Article‘Drakerider: Chains Transcendent’ Review – Bold in More Ways Than One
It would be a bit of an understatement to say that Square Enix enjoys a mixed reputation among iOS gamers. On the one hand, their iOS offerings are often extremely substantial compared to other titles...
View ArticleTwo Legendary Video Game Composers Sign On to Create Music for ‘Oceanhorn’
We’ve been patiently (or impatiently, depending on who you ask) waiting for Oceanhorn, a beautiful adventure RPG from Cornfox Bros. and FDG Entertainment, since its original announcement way back in...
View ArticleOut Now: ‘Breach & Clear’, ‘Futuridium EP’, ‘Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded’,...
Hey, it’s Wednesday! As mentioned this morning, there’s oodles of new iOS games now available. Breach & Clear First Look: First Look at ‘Breach & Clear’, an ‘XCOM’-like Modern Military Tactics...
View Article‘Bloodmasque’ is an Amazing Photo Importing Game with Some Vampire Fighting...
When Square Enix announced a vampire-themed brawler at E3 this year, the biggest feature that stood out about it was the ability to import your own face right into the game and onto your character....
View ArticleOut Now: ‘Bloodmasque’, ‘Chillaxian’, ‘Delta-V Racing’, ‘Riptide GP 2′, ‘Sky...
Wow, so this turned in to one hell of a night of game releases. Also, to make this post even more filled with awesome, I’m also including some random games that snuck out earlier this week that we...
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