Monument Valley is one of those rare games that comes along only every once in a while. The kind that's beautiful, tranquil, and deeply satisfying. It feeds your soul in the way that a painting can - only this painting comes to life with the swipe of your finger.As if locked away in a private gallery, though, this painting was only available to iOS users - but that changes right now.Android users can now grab Monument Valley from Google Play for $3.99, and Kindle users can do the same on Amazon.Not sold yet? Be sure to read our review from the game's April launch. It would have been our game of the month if not for that damned Hearthstone, and even so, I'd still consider it a Game of the Year contender.
News that Dong Nguyen is thinking of bringing Flappy Bird back to the App Store isn't new. In fact, he said as much on Twitter back in March. But a release window, complete with details of what the new version will bring? Now that's news.In an interview with CNBC, Nguyen confirmed that the game should be coming this August, and will include… wait for it…Multiplayer.
Originally announced back in 2009, it's been a long time since anybody heard anything new on Car Jack Streets 2. After our interview back in 2012, Tag Games seemed to have maintained radio silence on the subject. There was no official word on the game after that point, and Tag Games have since moved on to a number of other now-completed projects, like bringing Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes to the App Store, and creating Moshi Monsters Village.The writing was on the wall. Car Jack Streets 2 was dead.Only… it wasn't."The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." That's Mark Twain, though it just as easily could have been Tag Games CEO Paul Farley. Despite a general consensus amongst internet denizens that the project was dead, Farley has assured Gamezebo that this simply isn't the truth. Production on Car Jack Streets 2 moves on, albeit slowly."Car Jack 2 is still in (very slow) development," said Farley. "It's certainly a labour of love, feels a bit like 'Indie Game: The Movie,' only we're making an open world 3D game with one or two people at a time!"
…and it's not a card battle game! Hot off the success of their earlier partnerships with Hasbro (Transformers: Legends, GI Joe: Battleground), DeNA has announced today that they'll be bringing a mobile game based on the upcoming summer blockbuster to market later this year.Unlike their past collaboration (which were of the Rage of Bahamut card game variety), DeNA will be tackling this one as a runner. Early screens have revealed Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Grimlock to be playable characters.And let's be frank - the only reason you care about Age of Extinction is Grimlock. I don't care if it took three garbage movies to get to this point - WE'RE GETTING DINOBOTS, PEOPLE.
Playing games is all well and good, but haven't you ever had the itch to make your own? Scratching that itch, though, might seem like a fairly daunting task. Luckily, with a few good deals, you can take those first steps for an incredibly low price.We have two different bundles on Gamezebo Deals you should seriously consider. The first, aptly enough, is The Game Developers Bundle. For $49 you'll gain access to 7 different courses totalling 30+ hours of training. Hurry though - this one ends in 5 days.If that's too rich for your blood, why not consider the Name Your Own Price Learn to Code Bundle? It doesn't have the gaming focus of our other bundle, but it does have the advantage of costing whatever you want. Beat that, Full Sail University!
When it launched earlier this year, Disco Zoo managed to hit on a certain something - but it was an incredibly simple something, and it was begging for something more. Tales of the Adventure Company, an upcoming mobile game from Slothwerks, give it that something: violence!Well… turn-based swords and magic violence, anyway.The game offers up the same "tap to uncover creatures in different configurations" puzzles that you'll find in Disco Zoo, but tasks players to do battle with those creatures as they uncover them. You'll also new party members and other goodies along the way.Tales of the Adventure Company will be hitting iOS, Android and Windows Phone for $1.99 this June, but if you don't want to wait, you can check out a browser-based version of the game right now at gamejolt.com.
There's long been a debate about the ethics of Pokemon. Are you collecting or capturing those creatures? Are you their loving master, or the digital equivalent to Michael Vick? If you're looking for a comparable experience that solves this ethical dilemma (while introducing a whole new one), you may want to check out Deity Quest - the "gotta convert'em all!" of the role-playing world.Players will fill the heavenly shoes of "an ambitious young god, recently assigned to a world to convert followers and gain power," says the game's official site. "Your goal is to become the Overgod, the highest position among the many gods of Aberos."The followers you'll collect are the equivalent of Pokemon's monsters, but at least this time you'll know they're fighting for you willingly; even if it is a tad theistically tongue-in-cheek.The game features 6-vs-6 battles, which sounds fairly epic. If that sounds up your godly alley, you can pick this one up for PC, Mac, Linux and Android at fancyfishgames.com.
"It's crazy. It's a real Wild West out there, and it's a problem that we're trying to figure out."That description of the situation facing developers and publishers of mobile games and apps of all kinds comes from Marcos Sanchez, the vice president of global corporate communications at App Annie. Bringing order to the chaos surrounding user acquisition and discoverability is his company's primary mission; one that got two new tools this week.App Annie announced two new additions to its free product offerings, both designed to give mobile publishers more insight into how they spend their time and money promoting their games and apps. The first is Advertising Analytics, an upgrade to the company's existing Analytics platform that tracks advertising revenue and ad spend across the iOS, Google Play and Amazon app stores.Sanchez says that App Annie recognized the need for publishers to have easy access to that kind of information after discovering how much effort they were going to just to keep track of their advertising dollars.