Fighting games are slowly moving into their own on mobile devices, and it’s all a great deal because of the work Capcom has done. They began with Street Fighter IV, upped the ante with the fantastic Street Fighter IV: Volt, and have had a hard time topping the formula since. And with good reason: Volt does everything a mobile fighting game needs, from controls to multiplayer. With the new Street Fighter X Tekken Mobile, we had our fingers crossed that we’d see that Volt magic one more time.  

It seems that the longer Nintendo refuses to port a Pokémon game to iOS, the closer other companies are getting to finally bringing a successful monster capture franchise to the world’s most popular pocket devices – mobile platforms. Facebook’s Outernauts was the first game I’ve played to truly feel like a genuine monster capture game that worked, but I’ve still been hard-pressed to find a quality mobile experience. 

Do you wish that you were a spy? And no, we’re not talking about the near-superhero qualities of the indestructible trigger-happy madman known by the agent number 007. We’re talking real spies: social sleuths that are so cunning with their skills that they wear fake identities like a skin suit. In SpyParty, you’ll be using your conversational wits to create an international mission while not being caught. 

For an independent game developer, landing a spot on the prestigious PAX 10 list is the ultimate dream. Every Penny Arcade Expo, a panel of 50 industry experts converges to select the 10 most prominent current indie titles. Amongst this year’s PAX Prime winners was the atmospheric puzzle title Splice by Cipher Prime. We loved it, and we’re glad the PAX panel did, too. 

We’ve all had this happen to us before: you’re watching a friend (or even a stranger) play videogames, and they’re flat-out terrible. It’s almost painful watching them die over and over again to a simple obstacle. You want to call out to them to just hand you the controller and let you make the decisions for them, but you don’t want to be rude. Luckily, in Moon Spider Studio’s Harold, redirecting a terrible player is your sole job.

The Neverwinter name is over 20 years old, and has become a longtime piece of canonical history in the Dungeons & Dragons universe. The lands have been long regarded by fantasy fans for its excellent role-playing history, specifically across the classic Neverwinter on AOL and Neverwinter Nights series’. In the latter content creation played a big part for most players, and when word came out that Neverwinter would be seeing release in the form of a free-to-play MMO, fans were worried that this major aspect of creation would remain untouched. 

There are few games that appear they’d be a surefire hit right out of the gates, but Marvel Heroes is pretty hard to bet against at this point. The Diablo-style, Marvel-encased dungeon crawler promises thousands of relevant characters and settings from the popular Marvel universe. It also promises to be free, making it one of the most eagerly awaited PC titles this year. 

Adult Swim Games is responsible for a wide collection of memorable games on the web, including Robot Unicorn Attack, Hemp Tycoon, and House of Dead Ninjas. I wouldn’t call any of these games masterpieces, but they’re each quirky and addictive in their own special way. However, with Adult Swim’s new sequel to the latter title, Super House of Dead Ninjas, I’ve had to seriously consider what a web game from Adult Swim is capable of delivering.

When two troublemakers tip over the wrong tombstone and open a portal to another dimension, it’s up to the most unlikely cast of characters to save the day, including Abraham Lincoln, Indiana Jones, Robocop, and Neo from The Matrix. As one of the titular Random Heroes, it’s up to you to prevent a zombie and robot-filled apocalypse from destroying our world.

If you’re into fantasy, it’s nearly guaranteed that you’ve run into the Warhammer universe at some point or another. The highly-regarded fantasy setting  has permeated through tabletop and electronics games of several forms as far back as the 1980s. But along those years, there’s one place Warhammer has yet to extend its reach: mobile devices. Until now.