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Kairobotica is a spacefaring simulation game created by Kairosoft. You control the Kairobo Corps, guardians of galactic peace. Answer the calls of planets in need, travel across the galaxy, and complete missions of increasing difficulty. Along the way you will be upgrading your colony to attract visitors from around the galaxy. Gamezebo’s quick start strategy guide will provide you with detailed images, tips, information, and hints on how to play your best.

It wasn’t too long ago that everyone had stars in their eyes about HTML5. It was supposed to be the future of casual games.  Relatively easy to develop for, web playable on just about every platform – how could it miss? But flash forward to a year later, and it’s far from the dominant programming language in gaming – and the folks behind Goko think they know why.  

If you have yet to treat yourself on 11 Bit Studios’ Anomaly: Warzone Earth, you had best just stop what you’re doing, quit reading this preview, and pick up a copy of the game for yourself. The original title was an excellent “reverse tower defense” game – pitting a convoy of vehicular attackers against a massive technological alien invasion. 

We cover plenty of new games here at Gamezebo every week, but the number of games we’ve already covered that show up on new platforms?  It’s staggering.  This Wednesday and every Wednesday, Gamezebo is rounding up the games that aren’t quite new, but might be new to you depending on your platform of choice.  And who doesn't love new(ish) games?

If you happen to spot someone sleepwalking, doctors say that the best thing to do is grab the sleepwalker by the shoulders and start screaming in their face about the impending zombie apocalypse. Okay, so sensible doctors actually suggest that you guide the sleepwalker back to bed, but they’re no fun. Sleepwalker’s Journey, on the other hand, demonstrates that guiding a sleepwalker carefully and gently can actually be fun—even if the effort might make you a little sleepy.

At this year’s E3, Sony took their first baby steps into the much prognosticated ‘post-console’ future with the scrapping of their lackluster PlayStation Suite, and the introduction of PlayStation Mobile. Built on the strength of a partnership with HTC, the renamed program hinted at the release of Sony-approved content for Android smartphones and tablets. Details, however, were scant. Until today.

When it comes to digital distribution, few services have managed to establish a presence as strong as Steam.  EA decided it might be able to do one better with Origin, but over the last year it really hasn’t gained the traction that they were probably hoping it would.  Maybe a jump to some new platforms might help the situation?

Chillingo clearly doesn't know how do what the first half of their company name suggests. They just keep pushing out titles! Luckily for the App Store and the iOS gamer market, they tend to be quite good - if at times a little par for the current formula. Despite their dedication to producing hit after hit, however, their latest game (the first from studio Yippee! Entertainment) suggests that they may be up for some monkey business. Chimpact is the latest banana from Chillingo's bunch to make it to market. The only question is: do we pick this one, or let it rot in the heap?

I was obsessed with video games in my youth. As such, school oftentimes felt like a cruel way for society to keep me away from them for massive chunks of time. But when we started playing Oregon Trail in one of my classes, that all changed. It wasn’t exactly the kind of game I was used to, but I still became addicted. Recognizing a dearth of modern games that have the same feel, developer The Men Who Wear Many Hats has delivered us a modern, zombified version of it with Organ Trail: Director’s Cut.

Fishing, even for the most experienced and skilled fisherman, is a sport that involves a lot of luck. You can go into it having done everything right – researching your fishing spot, showing up when the fish are active, bringing the best bait, buying top-of-the-line pole and tackle, and putting hours of practice into your casting and landing skills. In the end, however, a fish still needs to show up in the right place at the right time and decide to bite.

When it comes to ushering retro sensibilities into the modern age, few people out there pull it off quite as well as Terry Cavanagh. While some developers implement an 8- or 16-bit look and call it a day, Cavanagh digs deeper and creates games that capture the overall feel of classic video games. He does this by making his games profoundly hard, as evidenced by VVVVVV (that's six v's). Super Hexagon is taking that same whole hog approach, meaning you just might end up throwing your device in a fit of anger. Retro gamers, rejoice!

“I'm a senior at a small Southern college and I never thought this would happen to me.” Thus should begin Strange Loves: Vampire Boyfriends, the new interactive romance novel by Tin Man Games. This so-called send-up of the supernatural romance genre uses the choose-your-own-adventure model to confuse its audience and offer up an abundance of cliches, cheesy storylines and schlocky endings. 

If you’re a fan of Xbox Live Arcade, Indie Game: The Movie, or waiting 5 years for a game, chances are you’re intimately familiar with the Polytron-developed gem known as Fez.  Few games on the indie scene have had as notable (or as lengthy) a buzz as this one, and according to a recent tweet from @Polytron, that buzz attracted the attention of a surprising potential publishing partner.

It's amazing the kinds of doors that the mobile and tablet markets have opened for gaming, perfect example being the influx of Choose Your Own Adventure-esque games we've seen in recent years. While the concept would have worked okay on a console or PC, it's on a touch screen interface that they truly shine. Case in point, Tin Man Games' Gamebook Adventures series. Having found success with the previous nine entries, the studio is looking to ascend to the double digits with Strange Loves: Vampire Boyfriends.

It's only been a week since Gameloft let it slip that they were developing a game with Epic's Unreal Engine. The announcement was accompanied by a screenshot and little else, forcing everyone to speculate on what, exactly, it was going to be. Clearly feeling bad for us, the studio has decided to give us a more detailed glimpse of the game. It's an action/adventure title called Wild Blood, and there's a whole lot of bad guys in need of killin'.

On August 1^st, Gamezebo published an editorial by Madfinger Games CEO Marek Rabas, on the subject of piracy.  Mr. Rabas’ opinion stirred up a good deal of controversy and debate, and more than a few developers contacted us about writing a rebuttal. What follows is one such rebuttal, written by Chris H. of the app development studio Simply Applied;

Order & Chaos Online, Gameloft's popular MMORPG title, has a lot of new content on the way -- the most notable of which is the inclusion of PvP arenas. The decision to update the game was inspired by the many demands fans were making for additional content, proving a mobile developer's work is never really done.

We cover plenty of new games here at Gamezebo every week, but the number of games we’ve already covered that show up on new platforms?  It’s staggering.  Starting this Wednesday and continuing every week, we’ll be rounding up the games that aren’t quite new, but might be new to you depending on your platform of choice.

Imagine a games console of the future where you don’t have to buy a piece of hardware and connect it to your TV.  Instead, your browser is the console and your smart phone is your controller. This is the vision of Weboolu, a new gaming start-up based in Israel aiming to create the next generation console with the casual gamer in mind.

Brightwood Adventures is a village building game created by Kiwi Inc. Explore the forest, build your village, and uncover hidden treasures. Gamezebo’s quick start strategy guide will provide you with detailed images, tips, information, and hints on how to play your best game.