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What do you get from a game that’s been influenced by Super Mario World, Ico, Limbo, Blade Runner, and … Arrested Development? You’d end up with Spate, the indy-developed steampunk platformer by Eric Provan.

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.

Back in March, we announced the PerfMarks report that the iOSwas clearly faster than Android devices when it came to running HTML5 games. Today, spaceport.io announced a new test that compared mobile phones to a modern laptop. The results? Mobile still has a long way to go.

When we first announced that digital game portal GamersGate was going to make a free ad-supported platform, it was last June in the form of FreeGames. Today, nearly a year later, that plan has come to life in the form of VOID, launching next Monday, May 28th.

Fine art can be a mighty fine thing, and amongst the fine arts, sculpture stands out as a particularly unique medium. Some say that a sculptor doesn’t merely chisel away at rock to create a shape, he chips away the excess to reveal the form underneath. To breathe life into it, as it were. But in the upcoming Royal Detective: Lord of Statues, it looks like someone has taken that idea a little too literally.

Here at Gamezebo, we review what are usually referred to as “casual” games. Despite the fact that we’re constantly looking behind the scenes for a better name to describe the emerging wave of quick and accessible videogames, a simple fact stands: the games we review a vast majority of the time are going to be in the $20 and lower price range and are aimed at a general audience. So why, you might ask, am I reviewing a full-priced hardcore sequel to a game from 2000?

There are few recreational activities as whimsical as that of pinball. It’s a physical endurance battle between you and the machine. On the best tables, an array of electrical lights, stories, and modifiers was enough to keep you going for hours. One such table, The Twilight Zone, is widely considered to be one of the best physical pinball tables of all time.

Welcome to the Fabled Legends: The Dark Piper walkthrough on Gamezebo. Fabled Legends: The Dark Piper is a hidden object/adventure game created by Blue Tea Games. This walkthrough includes tips and tricks, helpful hints, and a full guide to help you unravel the mysteries of the dark piper!

It’s no secret that Zynga has spent the year trying to diversify their portfolio a little farther than games with the word “Ville” in them. Whether it’s dropping a fine $200 million to acquire OMGPOP and Draw Something, jumping into the popular bubble-popping genre to make Bubble Safari, or putting one of its purchased entities to use to use with the brand-new announcement of Zombie Swipeout, it’s clear that Zynga is trying to branch out.

Welcome to the The Journey Down: Chapter One walkthrough on Gamezebo. The Journey Down: Chapter One is a point-and-click adventure game created by Skygoblin. This walkthrough includes tips and tricks, helpful hints, and a strategy guide on how to complete The Journey Down: Chapter One.

Paul Thelen, founder of Big Fish Games and recently re-positioned CEO, has his head in the clouds. We’re not saying he’s a dreamer, either. According to an interview with Venture Capital, it looks like Big Fish Games will be moving a majority of its games to a cloud-based streaming service.

“We’re in a transformational era,” said Thelen. “Now that I’m back in the seat, I want to do something big.”

Crowdfunding sounds easy (just put up a page on Kickstarter and watch the bucks roll in for your new video game project), and on the surface, it may very well be so – at least in principle. But successful crowdfunding generally doesn’t happen by accident. If you look at triumphant gaming projects across the Web, you’ll find that many share several attributes in common, including one or more of the following building blocks: