Developers Full Fat have just announced that their title Flick Golf, the top sports game in over 100 countries, has come back on the Android and iOS platforms and is absolutely free! But the title wont be just a direct port, Full Fat has added updated visuals, more challenges, and faster to bring fans and newcomers alike in for the action.
The game brings you the challenge of competing on several extremely detailed courses, but not in the manner you would expect from a golf game. Instead of selecting various clubs a la most other golf titles, you just flick your shots as you try your best to spin the coveted hole in one. Its not as easy as it sounds though, as hazards are ever present on the courses like the usual bunkers, trees, and water and lest we forget the effect the wind can have on an otherwise great shot.
Intense head-to-head action is also available via the Flick Golf Challenge mode, or race against the clock in the time-trial based Quickshot mode as well as a World Tour mode and put your skills against ridiculous conditions in Legends mode.
Additional information on Flick Golf as well info on their other releases can be found at Full Fat’s official site.
Gameloft’s newest FPS has been released on iTunes and Google Play. Blitz Brigade is a cartoony WW2 themed first person shooter featuring five classes, three vehicles, and over a hundred different weapons to equip. The classes are Soldier, Gunner, Medic, Sniper, and Stealth. Each class has a unique taunt, kill phrases, and arsenal of weapons. The game can be played alone across 120 training missions or online with up to eleven other players. Real time voice communication is supported for online play.
Blitz Brigade is available for free oniTunesfor the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Android users can download a copy on Google Play.
Welcome back for this week’s iOS Game Suggestions. If you missed last week’s, or are new to the suggestions, click on the link below and check out what cool games you should be picking up for your iOS device along with the introduction on how the suggestions work. (suggestions 1 has how it all works)
A very quiet week on iTunes! Not sure what happened but not many games were released that took my fancy. But from the ones that did they they are well worth taking a look at. This week I’ve suggested a total of 14 great quality titles. Make sure you check them all especially… Special Enquiry Details, Tasty Tadpoles, Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol, Blitz Brigade just to name a few.
Break down below :
8 – FREE Games
2 – $0.99c Games
4 – Over $0.99c Games
As always for this week’s suggestions are all new titles that you should take a look at and consider spending your hard earned iTunes cash / time on. Well the Free games just below certainly should all be given a shot as they won’t cost you anything!
For The Cheapskates – FREE GAMES
MASTERABBOTT’S FREE GAME PICK OF THE WEEK!
Sid Meier’s Ace Partrol – Price : FREE – Publisher – 2K Games (The skies over Europe are a dangerous place, where ace pilots lead their squadrons to glorious victory or crushing defeat! Take control of dozens of the most famous fighter planes of WWI and head into the dogfight. Roll, slip, and loop to get the drop on enemy aces. Upgrade your fighters over the course of your campaign and promote your best pilots so they learn new skills to give them an edge in battle. Can you change the tide of the war? Or will you go down in flames to an enemy ace?) on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Blitz Brigade – Online multiplayer shooting action! – Price : FREE – Publisher –Gameloft (You ready for the gun show? Axis or Allies, victory or defeat, mayo or mustard… All will be decided in the ultimate FPS showdown, Blitz Brigade! Become one of five highly skilled and totally badass classes and team up with other players to pound your enemies into the dirt and call them mean names.) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Flick Golf! Free – Price : FREE – Publisher –Funky Bee Games (No clubs. No rules. Just flick, spin and curve your shots to try and sink that perfect hole in one. Watch out for the usual hazards; bunkers, trees, sand, water… and of course the wind! Flick Golf is just the most fun you’ll have on any fairway! We’ve added our trademark spin control, created the most beautiful hole-in-one courses around and what you have is the most addictive golf game ever!) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Reign Of Dragons – Price : FREE – Publisher –Drecom Co (Who will be the next Dragon King? CONQUEST, LEVEL UP, and EVOLVE epic dragon cards! Engage in head-to-head COMBAT and take place in TOURNAMENTS for WORLDWIDE GLORY.) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Mega Jump – Price : FREE – Publisher –Get Set Games (Get ready to blast off on an epic jumping journey with Mega Jump! Collect coins, grab crazy powerups, and evade monsters to boost yourself to the edge of the Universe and beyond!) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
The Oregon Trail: American Settler – Price : FREE – Publisher – Gameloft(You’ve conquered the trail, now it’s time to tame the frontier! Experience the next step in The Oregon Trail story, where you and your family can finally settle down and build a new home in the Wild West…) on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Running With Friends – Price : FREE – Publisher –Zynga (Outrun and outscore your friends as you stay one step ahead of charging bulls on the streets of Pamplona, Spain. DODGE charging bulls, speeding cars, flying barrels and more! JUMP off ramps and soar above buildings. RIDE bucking bulls for bonuses. CHALLENGE your friends or run with new ones. RUN as a ninja, ballerina, or zombie. COMPETE to be on top of the leaderboard. EXPLORE cool locations.) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Say The Same Thing – Price : FREE – Publisher – Space Inch (From the band OK Go, a totally new kind of word game. It’s creative, with no preset answers — a funny, unpredictable, mind-melding, turn-by-turn game where you have to think like your friends! Say the Same Thing is the word game where you and a friend win together! You each start by entering a random word and then you each guess a word that connects those two, something they both have in common or a bridge between them (see some examples in the screenshots). Repeat with each new pair of words until you Say the Same Thing!) on iPhone & iPad. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
For The Bargain Hunters – 99c Games
Tasty Tadpoles – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Mark White (Tasty Tadpoles is a deliciously addictive trial of survival, available now on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Tap your tenacious tadpole triumphantly through three puzzling ponds of peril.) runs on iPad & iPhone. BUY NOW
Bellyfish – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Duello Iletism (An endless adventure from the creators of iSlash! Swim freely with intuitive tilt controls through beautiful underwater environments. Fight your evil enemies with unique and fun power-ups. Join the adventure and see how high you can go!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
For The Millionaires – All games over $0.99
Special Enquiry Detail: Engaged to Kill – Price : $5.49 – Publisher – G5 Entertainment (Try your hand at investigating a murder and bring the killer to justice! Detectives Turino and Lamonte have been assigned to a new investigative unit: Special Enquiry Detail. Their first case is the shocking death of the daughter of two charity fundraisers. So the list of suspects is growing. With pressure from the captain and the mayor to solve the case quickly, the two detectives must uncover the trail that leads to the murderer.) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Las Vegas!– Price : $2.99 – Publisher – Ravensburger Digital (Las Vegas combines simple gameplay with challenging strategy for a motivating, addictive gaming experience. Once you have started a game, you’ll want to play second round, then another… and another. The digital version of the game has been given a new look, and sets the player in the middle of the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas. The clatter of slot machines and jazzy tunes provide a typical casino atmosphere.) runs on iPad. BUY NOW
Go Home Dinosaurs– Price : $5.49 – Publisher – Fire Hose Games (Todd Rex wants steak. Todd Rex wants YOUR steak. Are you gonna let him take it? No way! Go Home, Dinosaurs! Stop hordes of marauding Dinos from crashing your party in the world’s premier BBQ defense simulator! Unlock powerful towers that act like weaponized puzzle pieces. Take control of a rock-throwing, coconut-gathering gopher to build your defenses. With adorable characters and intense strategy, Go Home Dinosaurs is accessible enough for kids and challenging enough for adults.) runs iPad & iPhone. BUY NOW
Doodle God – Price : $1.99 – Publisher – Joybits (The power of creation is in your hands! In this addictive, ALL ages, puzzle game mix and match different combinations of fire, earth, wind and air to create an entire universe! Of course the universe was not created in a day. You’ll have to work your up from a simple microorganism to create animals, tools, storms and even build armies before you have what it takes to build the universe!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
There you have it folks these games should keep you busy for quite some time well until next week at least. I’ll be back next week for another dose of iOS goodness, in the meantime if you would also like to suggest your own suggestions, please feel free to share them in the comments section below or in the iOS forum section on the site here.
A new Civilization V : Brave New World expansion trailer, which can be seen below, has been released by 2K Games, and this explains how one can now conquer the world by trade or culture. A Brave New World will also include other new features such as 8 new wonders of the world, and international trade routes, which can be found in an article detailing its release here.
Civilization V ushers in a new cultural experience, and the challenging expansion adds new ways for you to artfully dominate empires to gain the upper hand and achieve victory. With this expansion new great people including artists, writers and musicians can now create great works such as the Mona Lisa or Beethoven’s Fifth symphony. These can be installed in culture buildings or wonders of the world to help spread your empires influence, which in turn generates tourism to further increase influence.
The expansion also brings the discovery of archaeology to the game. You can now send archaeologists to work on antiquity sites, these locations form from earlier events in the game, and once uncovered yield artefacts with generate culture and tourism.When your empire has a cumulative amount of influence which surpasses the total culture of every other civilization you will win the cultural victory and enter a Brave New World.
Brave New World will launch in North America on July 9th and internationally on July 12th.
The freshly announced anime project by Trigger, a studio founded by Gurren Lagann director Hiroyuki Imaishi and writer Kazuki Nakashima, is about colliding forces between hotheaded schoolgirl Ryuuko and her stern counterpart, Satsuki.
Now we have a detailed look at the heroines and an insightful interview from Newtype magazine of the men behind this endeavor who’ve expressed their sometimes conflicting nature into their new work.
Interviewer: What sort of characters are Matoi Ryuuko and Kiryuuin Satsuki? Imaishi: Ryuuko and Satsuki are developed through their clashing. Initially, Ryuuko was a bit of a gloomy/introverted character, but we gave her a brighter personality because Satsuki is cool and hard as ice. Nakashima: Both of them are main characters. Their universe has uniforms that match an individual’s talents/skills and give them respective powers, and Satsuki is trying to rule the Academy with that uniform’s power. Ryuuko resists this movement. It’ll be a sculptured drama centered around both of them. Interviewer: I see that you two make a great team. What do you like about working with each other? Imaishi: Ever since TTGL (Gurren Lagann), Nakashima balances out my irresponsible and childish impulses with adult rationale and reason, while keeping things fun. Not only that, the “fun” approach fits me very well. So the work is made really easy. I’d like to work with Nakashima loads more in the future, if he doesn’t mind. Nakashima: With Imaishi, I can go full throttle with my style. And the folks at Trigger can make that into an excellent work. It’s really too much fun.
BADLAND Developer: Frogmind Publisher: Frogmind Platforms: iPhone (reviewed), iPad Release Date: May 5th, 2013 Price: $4.49 – Available Here
Overview
It isn’t every day that a mobile game can take your breath away. But BADLAND does just that. It is a breathtaking game that can be enjoyed both casually on-the-go as well as in more serious gaming sessions. There is a certain magic to BADLAND thatis simply undeniable. What Frogmind have crafted is a beautiful game, that is as fun as it is absorbing. If you haven’t yet gone to the BADLAND, you are missing out on one of mobile gaming’s finest experiences.
Gameplay BADLAND is a simple game with an undercurrent on complexity, the likes of which are just about unmatched. It plays similarly to games such as Jetpack Joyride, with the player touching to fly and maneuver through the game’s awe-inspiring world.
With shades of Limbo and Rayman: Origins, BADLAND’s visuals feel just as much a part of the gameplay as anything else. With the darkened foreground, it becomes difficult to determine how an object will react to your presence or touch. Part of what makes this game so special is its world which feels so very alive. The small details of how the world reacts to you make this game all the more fun and simultaneously all the more challenging.
As you progress through levels in the single player mode, you will come across a number of different orbs that each have a different effect. Some orbs change your size to either bigger or smaller, others multiply your character forcing you to control a swarm of little critters. There are also orbs that change the way your character behaves, such as orbs that make him stick to things, roll on things or bounce off of things. All of this adds even further depth to the gameplay, creating multiple situations and possibilities for each and every level. The full extent of which is seemingly immeasurable, but regardless of that you have to use your head with this game otherwise your little critters will end up as mush.
The single player mode is very creative, with inventive level design that feels varied and complex. The game itself is relatively easy to play, with just about anyone being able to get a grasp of its mechanics, but it can be very difficult to master.
BADLAND’s also features a multiplayer mode which involves several players using one device for local play. On the iPhone the multiplayer mode can be rather frustrating as there is little room for each player to touch with players being designated a certain portion of the screen. I feel that this mode would work far better on the iPad, but it was still very much playable and enjoyable on smaller devices such as the iPhone.
This game is addictive to its core, it will hook you in and drag you into the BADLAND for an experience you’ll not be able to forget.
Visuals and Audio
Make no mistake about it, BADLAND is a beautiful game through and through. It is atmospheric, with an ominous tone that is counterbalanced with the cute design of the fluffball protagonist. The shadow drenched aesthetics serve BADLAND well in immersing the player into this mysterious yet compelling world. It is a visual delight that is among the best looking mobile games on the market.
The soundtrack of BADLAND is suitably dark, with slow moving tracks that build tension and excitement with the deftest precision. Using droning sound effects BADLAND builds upon its visual atmosphere with ease, bringing the game’s mood full circle.
Overall
If there is a mobile game out there as unique and captivating as BADLAND, I haven’t found it. This is a game that comes along once in a blue moon. With BADLAND, Frogmind have stamped out a place in the mobile market as one of the platform’s most inventive developers. This is a game that must be played. It proves that mobile games can be just as deep an experience as any other game. BADLAND is many things, but bad is not one of them. It is simply phenomenal.
Capsule Computers review guidelines can be found here.
Free to play online game La Tale is about to be hit by a Storm. Season 2:Storm to be exact. OGPlanet today announced that the longstanding fantasy MMORPG will receive its biggest update since the game’s debut in the west almost five years ago.
Storm introduces several new features into the game including:
Completely Revamped Gameplay, everything reworked from the ground up
New Hybrid Class: Soul Breaker, for a total of 35 unique classes, harnessing the power of souls for a variety of attack and defensive styles
Classes Re-Imagined for Second and Third Class advancements, level up faster to reach the maximum with skill trees overhauled to reflect enhanced skills
Enhanced Skills for all classes to challenge boss monsters and opponents
Unified Weapon Enchantment with simplified items and interface
Quests and Towns re-mapped with shorter routes, more challenges, and greater rewards
New HD Settings to enjoy La Tale like never before
Executive Director of OGPlanet Jason H. Lee had this to say
“We’re thrilled to be finally rolling out Storm for our North American players…The La Tale community is incredibly enthusiastic and they bring so much to the online play experience. We’re very happy to have such a supportive group of players.”
La Tale is known for its fantasy setting, massive customization and a reputation for having one of the friendliest online communities, which is a pretty great title to see considering the state of some online communities. If you would like more information on La Tale, visit the official website. You can check out the epic animated and gameplay trailers for the update below.
Interested in the upcoming PC strategy title, Wargame AirLand Battle, by Eugen Systems but not sure how the units and armies come together? Creative Director Alexis Le Dressay talks you through the Deck system where players spend earned points and choose from over 820 authentic units from 12 nations to field in their army on the multiplayer battlefield.
In Wargame, players create specialised armies before fielding it in battle or choose from a set of presets to begin with. These armies, or “Decks”, are built on their personal preferences or to counter their opponents and complement their teammates. In hectic 10v10 clashes, having a set of customised decks to choose from seems vital.
An interesting bonus system is used too, so if you stick to a specific fighting tactic or nation in your deck you’ll get high performance prototype units or more reinforcements for example.
AirLand Battle’s Deck system is shaping up to be more flexible with more options for specific play than in its predecessor’s, European Escalation. The game is published by Focus Home Interactive and is due for release on May 23. Check out the video outlining this integral gameplay component below.
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge for the Wii U will launch tomorrow, May 11 2013, as a digital download on Nintendo’s eShop, according to Nintendo Australia.
As detailed in our review, Razor’s Edge offers a marked improvement over the original Ninja Gaiden 3 such as the return of dismemberment, playable Ayane, character progression, more weapons, Ryu and Ayane playable in co-op mode, Test of Valor battle areas and an all-round harder difficulty.
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge was one of the first games in Australia to be given the adult R18+ rating due to the level of violence and gore, following a revision of the nation’s classification laws.
US based (Stamford, Connecticut) publishers Digital Tribe Games, in partnership with publishers XYLA, have recently revealed that they are ready, set, and raring to release Rush Bros. (an intense blend of platform racing action, competitive and immersive multiplayer and original music from internationally acclaimed artists Infected Mushroom) for PC and Mac platforms on May 24th of this year.
The title will feature select tracks from Infected Mushroom’s musical repertoire as players experience more than 40 levels of fast-paced side-scrolling action (including a bonus stage where the player may play as Infected Mushroom founders and producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani. (Infected Mushroom is an Israeli psytrance/electronica duo formed in Haifa, in 1998.)
Gameplay features will include:
40+ pulse-pounding, music-infused, platform racing tracks packed to capacity with puzzles, obstacles and power-ups.
Single Player Mode offers Time Trial and Ghost Car features.
Two Player Local Split-Screen Play
Online Multiplayer that boasts Cross-Platform play between PC and Mac gamers.
Play stages using your own MP3 or OGG music library
Reactive level design fits traps, obstacles and more in real time to whatever music is used.
Updates will be released offering new Level Packs, Game Modes and more.
Full Steamworks™ integration (including Big Picture, Leaderboards and Achievements.)
Select musical tracks by Infected Mushroom complete with bonus themed levels and characters.
Digital Tribe Games’ John Kaiser III, said this regarding the new release:
“We’re excited to be working with XYLA on launching Rush Bros. and to finally announce the inclusion of the Infected Mushroom themed level and music…The multiplayer is as addicting as it gets.”
