Reckless Racing 2 will hit iOS on February 2nd, Polarbit has revealed via a recent tweet. The follow-up to one of the best top-down racers for iPhone will include more content and more features. The game will include a full single-player campaign, longer tracks, and improved graphics over the already-great visuals in Reckless Racing. There’s also [...]
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Stolen Couch Games‘ tactical RPG Kids vs Goblins has been getting a lot of traction on our message board for good reason: it looks hot. In the game, you’ll control three kids with up to 80 different spells on a quest that’ll see them exploring a total of seven unique environments. As you’ll see in the new trailer below, the spell system takes a cue from Magicka; it encourages users to combine individual spells and then exploit the combined power in order to progress and beat up waves of bad dudes. There seems to be a fair bit of standard action RPG-ery, too.
Kids vs Goblins is being published by Crescent Moon Games, and is expected to hit the iPad first later this February. In the game’s message board thread, the publisher has noted that Apple has it in its hands right now, so it’s just a matter of approval. We’ll continue keeping our eye on this one, for sure.
First look at the trailer for Crescent Moons next RPG ‘Kids Vs Goblins’, developed by Stolen Couch… All we know is that after a band of kids find themselves marooned on a mysterious island, a nasty goblin king kidnaps their baby brother. They venture forth to rescue him and to teach the naughty goblins a [...]
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After some deliberation with Brad while recording our podcast today, we determined that it is in fact Wednesday, which means a whole slew of games coming out tonight. We’re still not seeing the massive influx of games that we were seeing towards the end of 2011, but we’re getting back to where we used to be.
This week is a massive improvement over a few weeks ago where we were struggling to find four games to post about. All of this stuff should be available at 11:00 PM Eastern, or potentially much earlier if you’re the kind of person who lives east of North America.
Ash II: Shadows, $ 2.99 Silver / $ 4.99 Gold – Forum Thread – We had a great time with the original Ash, and needless to say, we were very surprised to see this Konami-published sequel squeak out on to the App Store today. It comes in two versions, a “silver” and “gold” edition. It sounds like buying the Gold version now is similar to subscribing to Call of Duty Elite in that you get all the DLC included. Meanwhile, it sounds like these will be IAP for the Silver package. Without any solid plans of what sort of DLC is coming, it’s hard to say which is the better buy.
Greedy Penguins, 99¢ – Forum Thread – I know what you’re probably thinking, the App Store really needs some more bird-based physics games. Well, Chillingo has you covered with Greedy Penguins. Three different environments are included as well as a host of unlockables.
JAZZ: Trump’s Journey, $ 2.99 – Forum Thread – This game sounds so crazy I can’t wait to try it. You play as a jazz musician assembling a band with a trumpet that can stop time. The art style looks cool, the premise is delightfully crazy, and it’s got the BulkyPix seal of approval.
Niko, Free (With $ 1.99 Unlock) – Forum Thread – This platformer looks pretty neat, as games that use flinging mechanics for jumping seem to work pretty well on the App Store. Niko has the added bonus of apparently being able to award you items in Habbo Hotel. That’s cool, right?
Order Up!! To Go, Free (99¢ Unlock to Remove Ads) – Forum Thread – Ever wish you could experience what it’s like to work in the fast food industry without actually working in the fast food industry? Here’s your chance!
Puzzlejuice, $ 2.99 – Forum Thread – I’m always down for a crazy word game. It seems like the idea behind this one is to first match colored blocks, which then turn into word tiles, which you then use to spell words. Sounds delightfully hectic.
Smash Cops, $ 2.99 – Forum Thread – After an unfortunate App Store SNAFU, Smash Cops should be back this week? I hope so, anyway. I can’t wait to play it.
SoulCalibur, $ 12.99 – Forum Thread – Yet another classic fighting game joins Street Fighter and King of Fighters on the App Store. I can’t wait to see how this one controls.
Time of Heroes, 99¢ – Forum Thread – A 3D turn-based strategy game. It’s a little hard from the video to tell how all the gameplay elements work, but people in our forums seem to be excited for it.
There’s plenty of soul in this music game, that’s not a music game… Don’t let the title fool you. While the game is all about Jazz, this is not a music game… well not the kind of music game you would expect. A Guitar Hero wanna be this is not, and has far more in [...]
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces the availability of additional levels and a new playground for Scribblenauts Remix. The level pack includes 20 new challenges and a new playground in which to create weird hybrid creatures and situations with everyday words. Based on Matt’s review, it’s the playground section (sandbox) where the game is most enjoyable, [...]
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Video gaming icon and goat enthusiast Jeff Minter has just pushed out the latest offering from his development studio Llamasoft, called Caverns of Minos [$ 1.99], which has just gone live in the App Store. Caverns of Minos offers a similar brand of retro-inspired gameplay and psychedelic visuals, and, just in case you were worried, a hefty dose of minotaur rescuing.
Caverns of Minos is a mishmash of genres – part cave flyer similar to Lunar Lander, part rescue game sort of like Choplifter, and part vertical shmup like… well, about a million games since the dawn of time. Its biggest influence was an old Atari title called Caverns of Mars, which should be immediately apparent to those familiar with that game. Caverns of Minos boasts 4 different ships to pilot as well as 21 different caverns to explore and complete. You’re tasked with rescuing minotaurs as you explore each cavern looking for a special item which must then be delivered back to the mothership. Yep, this game has that great Jeff Minter craziness we all know and love.
Check out this developer gameplay video which shows Caverns of Minos being played on the iPad, and then about halfway through demonstrates its iCade compatibility:
Our resident retro expert and Minterologist Blake Patterson has already spent extensive time with Caverns of Minos, and the consensus seems to be that “the game is great.” We’ll be taking some time to write up a proper review beyond just those four words in the very near future, so definitely keep your eyes peeled for that. However, if you’re a fan of Llamasoft’s previous App Store offerings, or just a fan of retro-style arcade games in general, then it’s probably a pretty safe bet to just go ahead and pick up Caverns of Minos, and you can always head into our forums for even more on the game.
We often think that some day, some kind of chemical weapon or mutated virus will create feet-dragging flesh-eaters that will take over the world. Well, I hate to break it to you, but it has already happened! Zombies are frickin’ everywhere, infesting our TV screens, movie theaters, books, comics, consoles, and of course, smart phones. [...]
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