The best stealth game I’ve played in years, yours this week for a humble donation. In Mark of the Ninja by Klei Entertainment you become a master assassin who must avenge betrayal to his clan using special powers from a cursed tattoo. Of course very little is as it seems, but I won’t spoil anything. […]
Get Trapped Inside Pixel Dungeon by Watabou
A playable work in progress, Pixel Dungeon is already one of the best Android has to offer. Pixel Dungeon is a rougelike dungeon crawler. You pick a class and descend in killing everything that moves on your way down swinging swords, casting spells, drinking potions, and tripping traps. The usual stuff, but updated perfectly for touch […]
Swallow the Universe in Osmos by Hemisphere Games
The beauty and simplicity of Osmos is incredibly absorbing. The award wining music is ambient and mellow, the mechanic is elementary and enjoyable, the controls are intuitive. Easily one of the best mobile games to date. You play as a mote. Are you a cell? A galaxy? Doesn’t seem to matter. You can shoot bits […]
The RTS You Didn’t Know You Were Waiting For, Rymdkapsel by Grapefrukt Games
Finally the RTS mobile deserves. A game truly well designed for mobile is above all, lite. Rymdkapsel floats. Martin Jonasson who is Grapefrukt Games has created the perfect mobile RTS by stripping away the traditional RTS to the core and distilling it to its finest essence. Jonasson’s streamlined minimalist approach is so beautiful that with the help […]
Master the Quick Draw with Ready Steady Bang from Hover Studio
Get ready to test your reflexes in a gun dual to the death. In reality Ready Steady Bang is much more lighthearted than all that. A recently released video short (embedded below) shows you just the kind of humor you can expect from this Hover Studio title. One touch game play; after the “ready, steady” […]
Cultivate New Worlds, Walking Mars by Tiger Style
Walking Mars is an amazing tale of discovery. What strikes me most about Tiger Style’s title is that the story more than anything keeps you playing, like the SNES RPGs I played as a kid. Only in Walking Mars, the graphics aren’t grainy pixels, but beautiful (and accurate) portraits of our neighboring planet. You play Liang, a […]
Pixelscopic Interview with Coby Utter
Coby Utter Interview The full transcript is below, but here are the main points; Coby’s biggest takeaway from mainstream development was an understanding of the many elements that have to come together not only to produce a game, but put it on the shelf Pixelscopic’s success on Kickstarter was no accident, meticulous planning went into their […]
Fight for Pixelated Justice Against, The League of Evil by Ravenous Games
The League of Evil does it right by keeping it simple. Retro styled with pixel graphics, a chiptune soundtrack and simple attack or jump controls, League of Evil is a solid platformer with everything you need and nothing you don’t. Ravenous Games has bolstered the title with modern adaptations like the double jump, air attack, […]
Sensational, Pulse by Cipher Prime Studios
Pulse is immediately immersive. Sight, sound and touch are invited to play together in an incredibly rewarding experience. Pulse can easily be classified as a rhythm game, your objective is to tap notes as the pulse moves through them, but it’s a serious upgrade to rhythm classics like Guitar Hero or Dance Dance Revolution. A most […]
Run, Die, Repeat. Canabalt by Semi Secret Software
It is impossible to play only a single round of Canabalt. You will find yourself retrying again, and again, and again, because the game sucks you into a place where you know that this time you will outdo yourself (and maybe others). Canabalt is hardly revolutionary as a game concept but manages to be addictive. […]
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