Romance of the Three Kingdoms Touch Plus
Romance of the Three Kingdoms has a devoted following. The series has been active since the SNES days, and though a few tweaks have come along with new iterations, it has, for the most part, the same...
View ArticleRock Band Reloaded
While the Rock Band series was brought to the iPhone with the last installment, it’s making its first appearance on the iPad with Rock Band Reloaded HD. With a larger, more capable device and a higher...
View ArticleBattlestar Commander
It’s hard to balance real-time gameplay and a turn-based structure. Lately it’s been a trend to try a little more often, and on a system like the iPad, that makes sense. After all, you can’t have a...
View ArticleChuChu Rocket!
ChuChu Rocket!, the multiplayer Dreamcast gem, is a game that just makes sense in downloadable form. The premise is simple, the visuals are clean and the focus is on frantic party play online and off....
View ArticlePulse: Volume One
Sometimes, all you need to know about a game can be summed up in one sentence. Most games are convoluted enough and have so many elements that it’s hard to sum them up in that way, but occasionally you...
View ArticleChaos Rings Omega: Tapping the well again
Square Enix loves an epic storyline. From their marquee Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games to other projects like Kingdom Hearts and Star Ocean, the company likes their games to take place within a...
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iOS Roundup: Ionocraft Racing, War Grimoire, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Welcome to iOS Roundup! In this new feature, we’ll be providing mini-reviews of iPhone and iPad games each week. This time, we’re looking at two racing games that feel very different and a strategy...
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iOS Roundup: Luxor 2, Super Stickman Golf, Neuroshima Hex
In this week’s iOS Roundup, we look at three games, each with shots of different sorts. Luxor 2 (iPhone, iPad): We remember early in the casual gaming renaissance, when MumboJumbo was the Pepsi to...
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iOS Roundup: Kard Combat, GlowFish, Pocket Academy
This week, we’re looking at a card game co-designed by the creator of Magic: The Gathering, a school sim from Kairosoft and an adorable aquatic platformer. Kard Combat (Universal): Hothead, once on...
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iOS Roundup: Really, seriously free app special
The iOS platform is full of free games, but there’s usually a catch. Are there in-app purchases? Or is is just a “lite” version? We generally frown upon this stuff. Sometimes, though, you find games...
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iOS Roundup: Swords & Soldiers, Groove Coaster
This week, we look at the iOS port of Ronimo’s downloadable hit and another trippy title from Square Enix. Swords & Soldiers (iPhone, iPad): We loved Swords & Soldiers in its initial WiiWare...
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iOS Roundup: DOFUS Battles, Great Little War Game
This week, we’re looking at a game that heavily borrows from Advance Wars and a more turn-based RPG approach to tower defense. DOFUS Battles (iPhone, iPad): Online games DOFUS and Wakfu have their...
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iOS Roundup: Tapping squares for beats and beatings
This week, we take a look at rhythm title Jukebeat and the iOS port of Final Fantasy Tactics. Jukebeat (Universal): Jukebeat is just one of Konami’s recent music games to hit the market in the last...
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iOS Roundup: All the fun, none of the shuffling
This week, we’re looking at two adaptations of card games: Reiner Knizia’s Money! and Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer. Reiner Knizia’s Money! (Universal): Prolific game designer Reiner Knizia is...
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iOS Roundup: Quarrel, Fractal will test your wits
This week, we’re looking at anticipated titles from Denki and Cipher Prime. Quarrel Deluxe (Universal): We’ve been looking forward to playing Denki’s Quarrel since we tested the 360 version out at E3....
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iOS Roundup: Charting a course for victory
In this Labor Day edition, we look at two solid titles that use path-drawing as a mechanic: DrawRace 2 and Crimson Steam Pirates. DrawRace 2 (iPhone, iPad): For those who missed the original DrawRace,...
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iOS Roundup: Take on towers and party with pixels
In this installment, we evaluate “tower offense” title Anomaly: Warzone Earth and retro-tastic minigame collection P1XL Party. Anomaly: Warzone Earth (iPhone, iPad): With all the way-too-numerous...
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iOS Roundup: Rock the rim, but don’t rock the boat
In this installment, we evaluate basketball title Flick Hoops and cargo-loading game Ship It. Flick Hoops (iPhone): Flick Hoops is a free throw shooting game that combines changing wind patterns with...
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iOS Roundup: Placement’s key for matching, defense
This week, we’re talking about a Japanese take on Plants vs. Zombies and a take on the Match-3 genre. Samurai BloodShow: les vagues blanches, les nuages rouges (Universal): While we’re certainly not...
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iOS Roundup: Traveling to distant lands
This week, we’re looking at an update of the classic Another World and an adaptation of the unplugged game Ubongo. Another World (Universal): The iOS platform has become a haven for point-and-click...
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iOS Roundup: Roll, scratch, push, slide, love, party
This week, we’re rockin’ the turntables in Skillz and rollin’ the ball in Katamari Amore. Skillz: The DJ Game (iPad): While the plastic-instrument game market has crashed and burned, iOS games have...
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iOS Roundup: Conquer all of the lands everywhere
This week, we’re taking over all of the places in both LandGrabbers and Tiny Token Empires. Tiny Token Empires (iPad): The latest in a streak of Risk-style games with different battle systems, Tiny...
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iOS Quick Hits: Float, slash and do the robot dance
This week, we’re looking at the planning in advance of RoboHero, the physics-heavy slicing of Catch the Princess and the gravity-defying Inertia: Escape Velocity. RoboHero: This new release from...
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iOS Quick Hits: For fans of things tactile and tactical
In this installment, we out-maneuver our friends in Hero Academy, out-maneuver the AI in Time of Heroes and out-plumb the destructive tendencies of alligators in Where’s My Water. Hero Academy: Some...
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Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013: Tapped in
As a kid, I loved trading card games such as Konami’s Yu-Gi-Oh! or Nintendo’s Pokémon, playing matches with other kids at school, trading on the playground and arguing over the best cards and...
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Tone Sphere: Tap to the rhythm and enjoy the view
There’s been such an influx of new music games on iOS that it’s easy to overlook when a great one is slapping you right in the face. Before I played Tone Sphere, I had thought this would be something...
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Crazy Taxi: It all just happens again, way down the line
The delightfully wacky premise, exemplary and addictive arcade gameplay and an overarching sense of style that make Crazy Taxi a crazy-fun game that could have only come out of the bright-burning...
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Hitman Go: Thinking through all the right moves
I’ve never played a Hitman game before, but board games and I get along famously. There are rules that make sense, and I can survey the environment from above to make a calculated move. With a...
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Steven Universe: Attack the Light: Mobile done well
There has been a bit of a renaissance in American animation lately: shows are being aired that take more chances and explore more complex themes and characters. As with every new generation of talent,...
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