News by Matt S. 2K Games is the publisher that gets premium mobile. It simply understands that there are people that want to play serious, deep, rich games on mobile without being overloaded by microtransactions and the like. Not long ago it released XCOM: Enemy Unknown on to iPad. A…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It was 100 years ago now when the first of two global conflicts would erupt and fundamentally change the future of humanity. A war that was directly responsible for its even more tragic successor, and a war that in many ways we’re still paying for today.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Secret Files: Tunguska has been around for a long time now. First released in 2006 on to PC, the game also made its way to the Nintendo Wii and DS in 2008. Now, six years later, it’s available on the iPad and iPhone. I’ve been a…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It frustrates me when a developer goes to all the effort to create a compelling narrative, setting, and character, and then falls back on a safe set of tropes for the actual gameplay. This is, in a word, Munin. The developers clearly went to some effort…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I guess it was inevitable that the shining light of quality free-to-play military action would eventually make its way to the platform where $0.99 upfront can be seen as expensive but then people are willing to spend $100 in virtual coins to buy slightly prettier houses…
Read MoreReview by Rob P. War is brutal. War is a pitiless clash of ideology, a contest of arms, a dreadful reckoning of shattered lives. But war also takes place politely, in turns. One side attacks, then waits patiently while the other side has their go. And when the last shell…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Shenandoah Studios is the ultimate example of what a specialist studio can do with the tablet and smartphone platform to create deep, engaging experiences. Focusing entirely on classical wargames, the studio is on to its third game with Desert Fox: The Battle of El Alamein, and…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Having the audacity to try and come up with a sequel to the (literally) ancient game of chess takes gonads. And yet that is exactly what David Sirlin is doing with the straightforwardly-named Chess 2. Sirlin might not be a name that is instantly recognisable, but…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. If there is one genre that still hasn’t found strong footing on touchscreens it’s platformers. While there are a few exceptions that have succeeded, and attempts to simplify the genre down into endless runners and the like have been commercially successful, many traditional platformers suffer from…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Qvadriga is a turn-based tactical strategy game about chariot racing in the ancient Roman Empire. Let’s let this sink in for a second; it’s a game that reduces one of the most chaotic and dangerous sports the world has ever known to a slow, turn based…
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