When beloved designer Shigeru Miyamoto took the stage at this year’s Apple Special Event to announce Nintendo’s first Mario game on mobile, we don’t think anyone was really surprised. After Miitomo, Pokémon Go, and announcements of Animal Crossing and Fire …
Splot is the first mobile-focused release from developer Frozenbyte, best known for their action-puzzle series, Trine. Although more condensed in scale than its character-swapping epic older brother, Splot brings plenty of clever ideas to the touch screen, presented through bite-sized …
Frozenbyte, the team behind the critically-acclaimed action / puzzle games Trine and Trine 2, has a new game in the pipeline. And if you’ve ever thrown a handful of Gak slime at a wall to listen to the delightful “splotch” …
I’m going to just say it: Trine is one of my favorite game series. Since the original’s release in 2009, I’ve enjoyed frolicking through the series’ beautifully designed levels as the wizard, knight, and assassin triumvirate. The puzzles are designed …
If you've never played the first Trine, that's ok - you can dive right into its sequel without much of a problem. That's because Trine 2 shines in its own right as a physics-based side scrolling puzzler with some brisk and easy fighting along the way. You can play alone or with up to two friends online to battle and puzzle your way through the fantastic environments. If you have played Trine, however, I can save you a bunch of time right off the bat: Did you like it? Welll, Trine 2 is more of the stuff you love, and it's just as awesome as the first time around.
Trine was a magical game. A fairly straightforward physics-based platformer at its core, it distinguished itself with eye-popping visuals, a wonderful soundtrack and fairy-tale narration worthy of Peter Falk that made it like nothing so much as a bed-time story in videogame format. So when I heard that Trine 2 is on the way, you better believe I got excited.
A wizard, a thief and a knight walk into a treasure room - stop me if you've heard this one before. In the treasure room is an all-powerful crystal called the Trine, which merges three different souls into one body. It may be uncomfortable for them, but it's fortunate for you. Now you can rotate between these three characters at the press of a button on an adventure that traverses a world of fantasy overrun by the undead.