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  • The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth Review
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    The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth Review

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    If you've ever wondered why gaming tie-ins of popular entertainment franchises have such a bad reputation, you'd do well to consider Kabam's new The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth a case study. Representing either the elves or the dwarves, you build a small kingdom from the ground up, expanding it and building armies for the eventual attacks by other players or, in some cases, goblins. In other words, it's a lot like Kabam's existing Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North--and uncomfortably so. 
  • Era of Sail Review
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    Era of Sail Review

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    Columbus, the protagonist of DreaminGame's Era of Sail, is a plucky little chap. Only moments after he's discovered bobbing amid the wreckage of a ship, he's already throwing his weight around the local port in his role of port manager, criticizing the dilapidated mills and lack of commerce. But rather than just grumbling about it, he immediately sets off to remedy the issues. We could use more people like him. 
  • Bubble Galaxy With Buddies Review
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    Bubble Galaxy With Buddies Review

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    At this point, I think it's safe to assert that developers have ceased to make any meaningful stabs at innovation in the bubble popper genre; these days, achieving success involves little more than taking what works and refining it. The good news is that this approach appears to work spectacularly for Bubble Galaxies with Buddies. It pulls inspiration from Zynga's popular With Friends brand and meshes it together with the 60-second blitz template casual gamers have come to love. Let's just say the bubble on this market hasn't popped yet.
  • Magic Pets Review
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    Magic Pets Review

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    If the pet battling genre has its own battle cry, it's got to be the beloved "Gotta catch 'em all" of Nintendo's Pokemon. And to be sure, once you find a good entry in the genre, there's a lot of fun in scooping up all of the collectible pets, learning their abilities, and battling them with your friends. But it's the pets we want to collect; not the games. 
  • Vector Review
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    Vector Review

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    Vector's developer Nekki relishes sticking to the shadows, but for them, that's a good thing. It worked for their first major project on Facebook--last year's wonderful Shadow Fight--and it works for Vector. Their latest title takes their signatures silhouetted art style and places it in a game that--at heart--ends up feeling like a competent 2D version of console cult-hit Mirror's Edge. Intrigued? You should be.
  • Jagged Alliance Online Review
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    Jagged Alliance Online Review

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    I want to love Jagged Alliance Online -- I really do. I have increasingly vague memories of playing the original Jagged Alliance back in the mid '90s and I can thus admire the spirit in which this newest incarnation was made, but the pricing structure involved makes me feel as though I'm actually hiring its mercenaries in real life. That's a shame, because otherwise it's pretty fun. 
  • Bubble Blitz Mania Review
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    Bubble Blitz Mania Review

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    The blitz formula seems to be the latest go-to design for a casual genre that's starting to witness some flagging interest, so it was only a matter of time before it started popping up in our favorite bubble popper games. And once again, its 60 second matches appear to have done the trick. We've already seen bubble poppers flirt with the concept with Facebook's Bubble Blitz, but now TeamLava's Bubble Mania picked up the mantle with Bubble Blitz Mania, which is good news because earlier we crowned the core game as one of the best bubble poppers on the market. 
  • Bubble Pirate Quest Review
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    Bubble Pirate Quest Review

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    Another day, another bubble shooter. The newest contender in the ring is Murzik's Bubble Pirate Quest, which takes the usual bubble shooter formula and wraps it up in a colorful pirate-themed setting. It's fun enough (as are most puzzle shooters), it makes no major stumbles in the core gameplay, and it's even been released in a mobile version over the last few days. The only problem is that it's so much like the other bubble shooters we've played that it's hard to justify dumping your other favorite bubble shooter for it.