Review by Matt S. It looks like the turn based tactical RPG genre is a good fit with the free-to-play monetisation model. Phantom of the Kill, which plays out very much like a Fire Emblem title does, offers a near endless wealth of content, and marries it with tight and…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Liyla and the War of Shadows is a free game that you’ll be able to complete in ten minutes. It’s also a game that I consider to be essential, and the most important game that you will play in a very long time. Developed by a…
Read MoreImpressions by Matt S. Gumi, the Singapore-based localisation specialist, focuses on bringing popular Japanese mobile games out west. This hasn’t always worked. Chain Chronicle, a game I absolutely adored, and kept playing right to the bitter end, was unceremoniously shut down earlier this year after it didn’t get the numbers…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. While best thought of as a collectible card game, Duelyst really does not look the part. It has a very stylised pixel art aesthetic mixed with a turn-based system that can make it a challenging game to drop into any one bucket. Perhaps that is the…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. So here’s an addictive little iPhone game for you. If you were to bring the art aesthetic and focus on simplicity of a game like Crossy Road, and have it meet a 4X strategy game like Civilization half way, you have SuperTribes. And as odd as…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. From the day that I picked up my new generation Apple TV I have been looking forward to Real Racing 3 being ported to it. Despite my issues with the free-to-play business model built around it, Real Racing 3 really is a very, very good quality…
Read MoreHey! It’s like Diablo, except free! That can’t possibly be bad, right? Well, no. Wrong. Very, very wrong. Gameloft’s model has always been about producing games that are like proper commercial products but then making them free. Or at least, that’s how it defends what it does. I personally just…
Read MoreDespite a weekly manga and sufficient popularity to be lumped in with the “big three” manga franchises in Japan at one time, the Bleach franchise has fallen to the wayside in recent years. Its anime has been discontinued, fewer games and merchandise have been produced, and manga volume sales have…
Read MoreI love Chain Chronicle. It’s actually one of my favourite mobile games of all time. My wife introduced it to me well before there was an English release, when it was making big waves over in Japan. Then it was announced for the west, and I got hooked. To this…
Read MorePuzzle Quest is starting to develop into a very noteworthy franchise. The core two games in the franchise are quality, but the licensed stuff is really checking boxes as well. The Marvel-licensed Puzzle Quest was genuine fun in its own right, but the new Magic: The Gathering Puzzle Quest is…
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