When Rage of Bahamut (from DeNA's publisher Mobage) conquered the top grossing charts on iOS and Android I was stunned. I just couldn't understand how this web port with no sound, with sexist anime graphics and absolutely terrible player flows makes any money. I asked my gaming colleagues around the world and none of them understood why people play this game. After a few tries, I uninstalled the game thinking that this was one of those one hit wonders. A Gangnam Style of gaming.

TRANSFORMERS Legends -- available now for Android and iOS -- is a game about collecting TRANSFORMERS cards and building the ultimate card deck. Use the cards of your favorite TRANSFORMERS characters to battle against bosses and other players.

With so many games available across every platform, convincing the player to take a chance on your game can be a difficult task. And that’s only the start of it, as keeping that player hooked to said game is just as – if not more – important. Companies go about this in all sorts of ways. Some start you off with a healthy chunk of in-game cash, others continually offer new content in the form of updates, and others yet employ in-game events. DeNA relies primarily on the latter of those three.

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of Deadpool, everyone’s favorite fourth-wall breaking antihero, talking up a storm in Marvel: War of Heroes. Seriously, does that guy ever shut up?

Generally speaking, FPS games on smartphones and tablets leave a lot to be desired. Much of the aiming precision and ease of movement capable on a physical controller gets lost in the shuffle, leaving the player with a virtual control scheme that’s passable at best. With The Drowning, Scattered Entertainment is hoping to change that. A lofty goal, no doubt, but having had a chance to both see the game in action (video enclosed!) and speak with studio head Ben Cousins about it, I’m inclined to believe they just might pull it off.

Form a battle brigade with your friends in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade, an exciting new RPG from Square Enix and Mobage! Fight against formidable enemies as you enter magical realms, customize your power house character with jobs, abilities, and weapons and make friends with magical creatures as you join the royal airborne brigade and restore light once again to the guardian crystal! Gamezebo’s quick start strategy guide will provide you with detailed images, tips, information, and hints on how to play your best game.

I honestly can’t explain the appeal of the Mafia Wars-style “casual text MMO,” which basically uses its players’ impatience as currency.  It’s a strange brand of freemium game that seems to draw users into any incarnation, whether it’s yet another mob-builder like iMobsters, a collectible card “adventure” like Rage of Bahamut, or an only semi-related “spinoff” to a popular series, like Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.  As baffling as the genre’s popularity is, I’m even more confused by this newest development: I can’t stop playing Airborne Brigade.

The setup for The Drowning is utterly intriguing. On New Year's Dead of 2011, 3000 dead blackbirds fell from the sky over Beebe, Arkansas. Nobody knew why, but before long it started happening all around the world.  Some people believed it was the first sign of the end of the world, but they were dismissed as cranks–until the end of the world came. Now, ten years later, you're a survivor in a broken world, scavenging supplies and fighting off hordes of horrific creatures. 

The nefarious Hydra is up to no good, and SHIELD is counting on you to put a stop to it! And although Marvel: War of Heroes, the new collectible card battle game from Mobage, will be immediately and unmistakably recognizable to fans of a certain other popular CCG, that doesn't mean it's not any good - it is.