For those of you who have kept up with Valve news you might remember that they announced they will be releaseing some games on the Linux platform. Well this will come as a no shocker to all of you as it looks like Valve’s hit game Left 4 Dead 2 will be one of them and so far the Linux version of the game is performing the Direct X Windows version.
Even now, during development, the Valve team has L4D2 running at 315 frames per second on the Linux test platform, as compared to the standard Windows speed of 270.6 FPS. For those of you who like it in a more understandable way, the game is running about 15% faster on Linux than Windows. Keep in mind though that these are just tests since the game is still in development for the operating system but it does show some promise. If all goes well maybe we can expect to see more releases on the operating system in the future.
Welcome back for this week’s iOS Game Suggestions. If you missed or are new to the suggestions, click on the link below and check what cool games you should be picking up for your iOS along with the introduction and disclaimer on how the suggestions work. (suggestions 1 has the disclaimer and how it all works)
A great week on iTunes, as always it started slow and but ended with a bang! As always there certainly is a few must buy games this week in all departments, FREE, 99c and over 99c. This week i’ve suggested a total of 27 great quality titles. Make sure you check them all especially Monster Life, Funky Bee, The Infinity Project 2, Dungeon Village, Wizorb and Alien Breed just to name a few.
Break down below :
9 – FREE Games
8 – $0.99c Games
10 – 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!
Monster Life – Price : FREE – Publisher – Gameloft (Discover a magic world of cute monsters and exciting battles! This is the thrilling world of Monster Life!
A century ago, the islands of Numa were attacked by the mysterious Chaos. But a young monster keeper and his monsters fought back and brought peace to the islands!) on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Fix-it Felix Jr. – Price : FREE – Publisher –Funky Bee Games (DISNEY AND WRECK-IT RALPH PRESENT FIX-IT FELIX JR! IF THERE’S SOMETHING TO BREAK, THERE’S SOMETHING TO FIX AND THIS GAME’S GOT A LOT OF BOTH! Journey back to Wreck-it Ralph’s 8-bit origins in a brand new game with classic arcade looks and fun. Play as Fix-it Felix Jr. and use your magical hammer to fix whatever Ralph destroys! After all, it’s what you’ve been programmed to do. ) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Funky Bee – Price : FREE – Publisher –Funky Bee Games (Five hundred years ago, a terrible dragon destroyed the magical Funky Bee castle in a blaze of fire. Rallying around Her Royal Beeness, Queen Groovisma, the few survivors rebuilt the castle and peace was once again restored to the valley. And so it has been for centuries. But recently, a series of mysterious magic outages have plagued the castle and its inhabitants. To make matters worse, bears have been sighted on the banks of Honeydew River, near the Great Dam.) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Agent Dash – Price : FREE – Publisher –Full Flat (Run for Queen and country with a host of sidekicks in the blockbuster running game of the year! From the makers of Flick Golf, Flick Soccer and NFL Flick Quarterback comes the most intense, explosive, white-knuckle ride available! Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to destroy as many villainous bases as you can! Sprint through gorgeous environments, using secret agent skills to evade every hazard the evil megalomaniacs can throw at you, from laser beams and falling trees to skidding trucks and fiery lava.) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Clash Of Clans – Price : FREE – Publisher –SuperCell (Clash of Clans is an addictive mixture of strategic planning and competitive fast-paced combats. Raise an army of Barbarians, War Wizards, Dragons and other mighty fighters. Join a clan of players and rise through the ranks, or create your own Clan to contest ownership of the Realm. Driving back the goblins is just the first step – your quest isn’t over until your clan reigns supreme over all others!) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
16bit Trader – Price : FREE – Publisher – Forever Entertainment(Take revenge on your father’s killer, and become the richest merchant in the kingdom! Immerse yourself in this old-school nostalgia-inducing trading experience. Step into the shoes of a medieval traveling merchant, whose life boils down to one simple sentence: you got to buy cheap, and you got to sell high. Travel between the cities and villages of the realm in search of cheap goods to acquire, various quests to accomplish and wealth to accumulate) on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Gears & Guts – Price : FREE – Publisher –Glu Games (The zombies have taken over your town. Just wait until they hear the roar of your engines! In Gears & Guts, the city’s hopes rest on you and your collection of nitro-burning, bullet-spitting, four-wheeled engines of destruction. Crush the undead beneath your tires. Tear them rotten-limb-from-rotten-limb with whatever military gear and experimental weapons you can bolt to your car. Power-slide a path to victory! Grab your keys. Fasten your seatbelt. It’s time to put some blood on the highway.) runs on iPad & iPhone. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Book Cricket 2012 – Price : FREE – Publisher – Dot Com Infoway (Do you fancy cricket? Do you still cherish the days of playing cricket under your desk flipping through the pages in your text book with your friends? Well, here is the Book Cricket app to help you play cricket at any time and at any place, of course! This Book Cricket application tickles your childhood memories of playing cricket with a book. It’s a book which decides your game here.) on iPhone & iPad. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Silver Bullet – Price : FREE – Publisher – Dirtymartini (You are trapped in a laboratory infested with genetically engineered werewolves: it sucks to be you…deal with it! . To make matters worse, you are dying, and your health is rapidly decreasing every second. Stay alive by collecting the blue health spawns and shooting dead the werewolves with your M4 assault rifle loaded with silver bullets, and your grenade launcher charged with silver frag grenades…) on iPhone & iPad. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
For The Bargain Hunters – 99c Games
The Infinity Project 2 – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Crazy Robot Games (Stop the evil Talon High Commander from destroying Earth and enslaving mankind. The Infinity Project 2 is a new kind of First Person Shooter game with elements of free roam and linear gameplay blended to create a deep and interactive story. An evil alien race called the Talon’s have time traveled from the year 2243 to sometime in Earth’s past and drastically changed Human history. You must follow them and investigate when this happened to try to stop them. Along the way you find out humans may not be the innocent victims in this galactic battle for survival!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
KooZac – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Square Enix (The concept of KooZac is simple: position the falling blocks on top of each other to create the target numbers. PUZZLE – Play through 60 levels, destroying the silver puzzle blocks and clearing the board by completing the targets. ENDLESS – No level, no stage – compete against the world in Endless mode and use multi gems to rack up huge scores. BLITZ – Take on your Facebook friends in the 60 seconds KooZac Blitz mode – compete for the top spot in weekly tournaments, use boosts the super charge your score.) runs on iPad & iPhone. BUY NOW
Magic Beach – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Skript (A restful wash, crying seagulls and golden sand – this enchanted beach is an ideal place to turn into the most luxurious resort along the seacoast. Build hotels and inns and invite the most extravagant tourists. Start with little buildings and discover new possibilities as you earn each new level. And, don’t forget about cafes and restaurants for tourists! Magic Beach is distinguished by high-quality graphics and beautifully drawn characters, with each character and building having its own unique template. In addition, your beach can be easily moved to a desert or viewed during a beautiful starry night. Just imagine the breath-taking, romantic moon above the ocean water!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Caveman Dash – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Falanxia („Me Rocky. Me hungry. Apples yummy. Rocks not yummy. Dinosaurs ouch. Help!“ Clear out apples from all caves and avoid all dangers hiding in the dark. Use your wits, coordination and planing to keep up with the challenges of later caves. And don’t forget about the stars! The more stars you get, the better you are!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Funny Wood HD – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Chillingo (Discover a magical woodland world in this enchanting hidden object adventure. Meet all manner of magical creatures and help Mossy in his quest to go to the greatest party the forest has ever seen! Six magical woodland scenes from a picnic in the woods, a crazy laboratory and the ominous Dark Forest. Swipe spiders aside, swoosh the clouds away and pop bubbles to uncover the scenes below.) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Carrot Watch! – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Bulkypix (Everybody knows that bunnies are sweet and innocent creatures leading a simple life filled with carrots and love…But beware, they won’t hesitate to unleash their wrath if you go after their precious orange gold. In Carrot Watch, the rabbits don’t beat around the bush: they use Rambo style techniques, ninja strategies, use shaman spells or hunter skills and exterminate these fiendish foxes once and for all. ) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Commando Jack – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Chillingo (Tower defense that truly puts you in control. You are Commando Jack, the baddest, meanest, toughest soldier planet Earth has to offer, and it’s up to you to save the world from alien invasion. Repel attacks by placing towers on the map, but that’s not all—when you need that extra bit of firepower, just jump in your turret and take those suckers down in first person mode! ) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Survival Penguin Battle Royal – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Althi Inc. (Battle Royal on ice! Final battle for survival now begins! 3D action game that unique characters such as penguin, white bear, seal, pirate battle on various types of ice battle fields. Use various weapon including bomb, bat effectively to beat the boss!
Although the enemies coming to attack you one after another, beat them and survive!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
For The Millionaires – All games over $0.99
MasterAbbott’s over 99c Pick Of The Week!
Wizorb – Price : $2.99 – Publisher – Tribute Games (The once peaceful Kingdom of Gorudo is threatened by an evil presence. The only hope for salvation is Cyrus, a wizard versed in a secret magic art called Wizorb! Explore many strange places from the derelict monster infested town of Clover to Gorudo Castle atop Cauldron Peak. Danger lurks around every corner so you’ll need to keep your wits about you and have quick reflexes in order to survive. ) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Dungeon Village – Price : $3.99 – Publisher – Kairosoft (Welcome to an epic RPG world in which the town you build can grow from humble hamlet into a mecca for the land’s most ambitious adventurers! The enterprising warriors that stop by your blossoming burg will defeat monsters and earn you money. Conquering dungeons and clearing out hordes of monsters will bag you loot to stock your shops. And if your hamlet flourishes, adventurers will want to set up house and settle down!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Judge Dredd: Countdown Sector 106– Price : $5.49 – Publisher – Tin Man Games (Drokk! It’s an adventure game. It’s an interactive book. It’s an RPG. You are Judge Dredd, the toughest judge to patrol Mega-City One, a vast futuristic city, set in the 22nd Century! You, the reader, control the direction of the story by making decisions for Dredd on each page, and choosing your path. Using a realistic dice-based battle system, you get to fight your enemies in exciting shootouts and roll your fate, as you use your array of skills against a variety of perps in an epic storyline.) runs on iPad. BUY NOW
Atlantis 2 HD– Price : $1.99 – Publisher – Microids (A thrilling new adventure in the heart of Atlantis. Play the role of Ten, a descendent of Seth, the hero of the first Atlantis. The forces of light and dark have awoken and are preparing to fight. Ten carries within him the powers of light. His destiny is to fight his mortal twin. His quest leads him on a dangerous journey through Tibet, Ireland, China and Yucatan.) runs iPad & iPhone. BUY NOW
Stolen Beauty HD: Fashion Mystery – Price : $5.49 – Publisher – Nevosoft (Take part in exciting investigation! You play from the perspective of Eva Sanders, a journalist working at a popular fashion and beauty magazine! Eva goes to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, but instead of revelry, an exciting investigation begins!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Alien Breed – Price : $5.49 – Publisher – Team 17. (The original Alien Breed is back in action, celebrating its 21st Anniversary! Alien Breed is the classic sci-fi, top-down shooter developed by Team17. Launching originally in 1991, Alien Breed has now been remade for iOS, which can only mean one thing… it’s time to turn down the lights, turn up the sounds and encounter Alien Breed again!) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Plight Of The Zombie – Price : $2.99 – Publisher – Spark Plug Games. (We are tired of all of these zombie games designed for those apathetic people who just want to kill poor, innocent zombies all the time. They’re just hungry! Plight of the Zombie features: Play over 30 deliciously brainy puzzles, More levels being offered after release, Be one with your inner zombie as you nom on yummy brains, Support a savory cause by helping end zombie hunger, Appetizing store with plenty of tasteful accessories for your zombies) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Justice League: Earth’s Final Defense– Price : $2.99 – Publisher – CJ E&M (The all-time DC Super Heroes are in one game! DC comics’ 5 super heroes-Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Flash-are standing together against Luther and the Villain. ) runs on iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Acheron Prime– Price : $6.49 – Publisher – InsurgentX Entertainment (Acheron Prime is a space shooter RPG set in the dystopian future of Earth and its colonized planets. Presented in a traditional jRPG style blended with western Sci-fi elements, stunning HD graphics, and an engaging storyline, Acheron Prime is a must-have for all fans of this genre. Join Kirika, an expert Cyborg Pilot as she tries to uncover an interplanetary conspiracy and learn more about her past. Join or rebel against four fully formed factions each with its own goals and agendas and find the secret behind the mysterious Acheron.) runs iPad & iPhone. BUY NOW
Kid Vector– Price : $1.99 – Publisher – UNCADE (Ever wish games were fun again, like when they were lovingly handcrafted line segment by line segment that your grandpappy used to make? Ahhh, those were the days. Yep, back then you played a game, instead of watching it through cutscenes. You didn’t need no fancy whizbang graphics either, and the dragons looked vaguely like ducks. Yes, Kid Vector is an homage to a simpler time, when games were only about fun, children listened to their parents, and coins were collected instead of bought in packs for $24.99.) runs iPad & iPhone. BUY NOW
There you have it folks, these games should keep you busy for quite some time, well till next week at least. I’ll be back next week for another dose of iOS goodness, in the meantime if anyone would also like to suggest their own suggestions, please feel free to share them in the comments section below or in the iOS forum section on the site here.
If Uprising44 – the WWII game focusing on the Warsaw Uprising – has peaked your interest with it’s third person and RTS gameplay mixture and fresh story, take note: the website for the game has just gone live at uprising44.com. An independent game developed by small Polish studio DMD Enterprises, the plot will base itself around the titular uprising which was the largest civilian revolt against occupying Nazi forces in the entire war.
The website will carry all the latest news about the game and should fill out as the late August release date approaches. The game is due to release on PC, iOS and Mac. A console version was slated to hit the Xbox 360 at some point, but has yet to be confirmed – keep your eyes on the website for the news as it happens.
Sony Computer Entertainment have announced the release date for LittleBigPlanet Vita. LBP Vita will be released on the 25th of September in North America. Those in Europe and Japan will both receive the game earlier than their North American counterparts. In Europe and PAL territories, the game will be released on the 19th of September. In Japan, the game will be released a day later on the 20th of September. Sony has also released a video detailing the development of the world of Carnivalia, where LittleBigPlanet Vita is set in.
For those who do pre-order the game, the player will receive one of two bonus DLC costume packs. One is based on the game Bioshock and includes a Big Daddy and Little Sister costume. The second pack is the Knights of the Old pack. This will feature four costumes based on Medieval fairytales (one of the costumes is in fact a dragon).
There have been a few stirrings from the odd world of Oddworld lately.
With several projects in the works, there’s a lot of fan interest building, but details are scarce for now. Via their Facebook page, Oddworld Inhabitants have responded to the constant fan-nagging. Kinda.
It’s not really news yet, but they’ve announced when to expect announcements.
Details for the HD version of Munch’s Oddysee will be revealed during Gamescom, running August 15-19. So far, it’s only expected on Playstation 3 and Vita, but there’s hope that it might make its way to the PC. But PC players are still waiting on their version of Stranger’s Wrath HD, which is now about six months late. An unpromising silence from the Inhabitants in that time gives little hope for either HD port to make it to PC.
The other project is a full HD remake of the game that started it all: Abe’s Oddysee. It’s not the standard remake practise of slapping HD textures onto the pointy polygons of yesteryear: the 1997 classic is being rebuilt from the ground up, in a new engine.
More details on the project are to be revealed at the end of September. OI have specified that we’ll find out which platforms the game will appear on, although at this point, it’s likely another PSN-exclusive. The HD versions of both Munch’s Oddysee and Stranger’s Wrath are limited to PS3 and Vita, leaving PC players to settle for bug-addled ports of the original games. As for Xbox 360 – Forgeddabowtit! Microsoft are refusing to publish it or let them self-publish, forcing them to shop around for a third-party publisher. Yeah, don’t hold your breath on that one.
Hopefully, we’ll see a release window announced then as well.
Lastly, the Abe’s Oddysee remake, casually refered to as “Abe HD”, is in need of an official title. OI are looking to avoid the obvious choice, “Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee HD”, and are reaching out to fans for suggestions. Head to their website and submit your idea before August 10, and you could get your name in the credits and a signed poster, if your title is chosen.
Capcom released more information today about its upcoming game Resident Evil 6. Resident Evil 6 will feature “Agent Hunter Mode”. This mode will allow players to experience the game from the other side, playing as one of the games Zombies, J’varo or C-virus mutations. Players will posses the attacks and abilities of the specific enemy that they control, and will even have access to the J’varo’s transformations.
The official Capcom press release stated that the mode will work like this:
Complete the main campaigns for either Leon, Chris or Jake to then unlock the Agent Hunt stages for each of those respective campaigns
When creating an RE6 gameplay session a player has the option to allow/not allow Agent Hunt
When a hunter searches for a session to join they will see whether or not other players from around the world want to allow hunters into their game
The hunter then picks another player’s session to join and jumps into that session -Please note only certain stages will be available for Agent Hunt sessions
The agent side can be either a single human player with an AI partner, or two human players in co‐op mode. Up to two separate hunters can join an Agent Hunt session. When a hunter dies they respawn in the same session as a different random enemy from that area
If the hunter eliminates the agent then they will be taken to a ‘hunt successful’ results screen where they can join another session if they wish
If the agent is eliminated then their game session will end exactly as if they had been playing a standard game session with CPU enemies
If the hunter quits the session then the agent’s game continues as normal with all AI enemies
Agent Hunter Mode functions in a similar way to Dark Souls, which allowed players to choose whether or not they wanted to allow other players to enter their own game sessions. Once the player had entered they could either help the player or engage in PVP. It will be interesting to see how the mode functions, as the enemies in the Resident Evil series often provide little challenge for the human player when not in large numbers, so there could be the potential for players playing as the “zombies” to constantly die which could be quite frustrating. Most likely though, Capcom has figured out some way to balance it without changing the difficulty or feel of the game.
Resident Evil 6 is currently set to be released on October 16th, be sure to stay tuned in for more information as it gets closer to its release date.
Well it looks like Konami is at it again. Kohei Uchimara who works for Konami Sports & Life Co. has just won the gold medal for the men’s individual all-around gymnastics at the London 2012 Olympics.
For those of you who do not know, Konami Sports & Life Co. is a subsidiary of Konami that aims at “providing you an enjoyable and valuable time within your daily life through health and fitness,” according to message from the program’s representative director.
A post on the official site for Konami reads,
“Kohei Uchimura has won the gold medal in men’s individual all-around gymnastics at the London Olympic Games. Konami Sports & Life Co., Ltd. would like to congratulate Uchimura on this great accomplishment, and extend appreciation to his many supporters and fans. A total of 3 Konami employees were privileged with the honor of representing Japan in gymnastics for this year’s London Olympics. These athletes from the KONAMI Gymnastics Team were Koji Yamamuro, Yusuke Tanaka, and the aforementioned Kohei Uchimura. A great thanks to all fans of these gymnasts for your undying support. Konami will, as a JOC Partner, continue to aid in the further development and popularization of sports.”
As you can probably assume, this has brought great honor for Uchimara and he will likely be greeted greatly when he returns home to Japan.
Some bad news has come out of Crytek today, they have announced that their upcoming release Crysis 3 will not be coming to the wiiU. It was officially announced by Crytek’s general manager Nick Button-Brown via his twitter account. The official post reads,
“Just to answer the speculation, we are not currently working on a wiiU version of #Crysis3”
This sad news comes only one week after Crysis 3 producer Mike Read stated that, “Crytek was working with Nintendo” and that a wiiU version of Crysis 3 is a “possibility.” From the sounds of it there may be a released version of the title on Nintendo’s next generation console post launch but until anything is announced we will just have to wait and keep our fingers crossed. No matter what happens, we can expect to see a game from Crytek on the wiiU but we will have to wait and see what the actual product will be.
Crysis 3 releases on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC sometime in February 2013.
It’s time for you to wipe the dust off your copy of Metal Gear Solid 4 because it looks like the trophy patch will be coming to your PS3’s sooner than you might think or at least this is the fact for everyone living in Japan. Konami has announced that patch to include the trophies will be hitting this Monday, August 2nd in Japan. There has been no actual release date given for North America or the of the world, but it was said on the Playstation Blog that it will arrive in early August.
The patch also includes a few other things other than the trophies which includes shortening the install time and also preventing the annoying installation between chapters.
Here is the full list of the trophies:
Bronze: You enjoy all the killing, that’s why.: Killed many enemies in one area, and vomited.
Bronze: Divine Wind: Caused a “divine wind” using the Tanegashima.
Bronze: Hands Up!: Held an enemy soldier at gunpoint and performed a body check.
Bronze: Emotion Control: Controlled an enemy soldier’s emotions using an Emotive Magazine.
Bronze: Hurt me more!: Shocked an enemy soldier using Mk. II/III.
Bronze: Drum Can Addict: Knocked an enemy soldier flying using a Drum Can.
Bronze: That Tune Is His Mind Control Music: Played Oishii Two-han Seikatsu and made one of the BB Corps dance.
Bronze: Overhead view – just like old times…: Used overhead view on Shadow Moses Island.
Silver: SUNLIGHT!: Obtained the Solar Gun.
Silver: I Just Don’t Fear Death: Caused ALERT status while wearing the Corpse Camo.
Silver: Where I Can See Ya: Located enemy soldiers using the Scanning Plug.
Silver: Ghost Photography Addict: Snapped at least 5 shots of ghosts on Shadow Moses Island.
Silver: FaceCamo Addict: Obtained 10 or more types of FaceCamo (excluding types obtained via password).
Silver: Can you feel my power now!!!?: Took control of an enemy soldier’s body using the Mantis Doll or Sorrow Doll.
Silver: Are you an Otaku too?: Viewed all model posters.
Silver: You’re pretty good.: Got kissed by Ocelot during the final battle.
Gold: Flashback Mania: Viewed all flashbacks.
Gold: Sounds of the Battlefield: Obtained all iPod® tracks (excluding tracks obtained via password).
Gold: I am THE expert on weapons, equipment and cutting-edge technology.: Obtained all weapons (excluding weapons obtained via password).
Platinum: The Legendary Hero: Obtained all trophies.
As you can see, you trophy hunters will have a lot of work to do.
Grab your guns and get ready. It has been announced that the hit December released title, Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies will be expanding to all mobile platforms starting today. Now you might notice that it has not hit the market for those of you who own Android devices other than the Xperia Play, this is because they have announce a thirty day timed exclusive for the title on the Xperia Play. Also keep in mind that the game when it is released on the other devices will only playable if you are running on Android version 2.3.3 and up.
Back Ops Zombies will be priced at only $6.99 and it hasn’t been said if the game includes all the recent updates since the games original release on iOS but it’s highly likely that it will include them. It’s also been said that the game itself on the Xperia Play will allow you to use joysticks and the buttons instead of using the touch screen, but that has not been confirmed so you will have to go and try it for yourself.
