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iOS News
New iOS Games Tonight: Angry Birds Star Wars II, Infinity Blade III and more!
By Joe Jasko
While most gamers out there this week are still trying to catch up on all of the lost sleep from Grand Theft Auto V's big midnight release, I've been drinking obscene amounts of caffeine in preparation for another big midnight release: all of tonight's new iOS games!So don't mind me if I seem a little tired tomorrow (or ifI make somecarelesss mistackes in mye diting), because I'm going to be up all night flinging birds past the boundaries of space, slashing my way through the next generation of mobile gaming, and rolling my robot pal down all sorts of winding tracks in the name of science and technology. And the best news of all is that I don't even have to go out in the cold and stand in some long line; all you need for the midnight release of a new mobile game is a nice comfy couch and a warm pair of pajamas!Replay Wednesdays: Dungeonism, Everlove: Rose and more!
By Joe Jasko
We cover plenty of new games here at Gamezebo every week, but the number of games we've already covered that show up on new platforms? It's staggering. This Wednesday and every Wednesday, Gamezebo is rounding up the games that aren't quite new, but might be new to you depending on your platform of choice. And who doesn't love new(ish) games?This week's highlights include enduring the Kingdom of Despair on PC and Mac, relearning the fundamentals of dungeon crawling on iPad, and engaging in a torrid love affair on Android.Gameloft announces GT Racing sequel
By Joe Jasko
Get your engines ready, because Gameloft has just announced a sequel to their popular racing simulation franchise, GT Racing. Developed in partnership with Mercedes-Benz, GT Racing 2: The Real Car Experience is said to contain a massive collection of 67 cars from 35 car manufacturers, which players can use to race around a number of real world tracks in both of the sequel's expansive single-play and multiplayer modes.Now, if you might be among those wondering why the upcoming sequel has been given the subheading of "The Real Car Experience," then I would kindly like to direct your attention to the announcement trailer for GT Racing 2 right over there at the bottom of this paragraph. See all those cars racing around at exhilarating speeds in the video? Well those amazing graphics look pretty real if you ask me!No specific platforms have been announced alongside the big reveal of GT Racing 2: The Real Car Experience just yet, but we can expect to get our real-car-racing on sometime this fall. And in the meantime, I'll be setting up some traffic cones outside so I can practice my parallel parking skills: this is going to be the real car experience after all!Watch our CastleVille Legends live broadcast right here, right now
By Jim Squires
Can't wait to catch your first real glimpse of CastleVille Legends, Zynga's first mobile entry in the franchise? Don't worry - waiting isn't our thing either. That's why we've teamed up with Zynga once again to give you a first look at the next big thing from the house of Z.Starting at 6:30pm PT tonight, we'll be interviewing CastleVille Legends executive producer Jason Everett on Twitch.TV, while Jason gives viewers a live demo of the game. You can watch it live on Zynga's Twitch channel, or if you'd rather spare your clicking finger, you can watch it live in the embedded video below.UPDATE: The live broadcast is now over, but a recording lasts forever. Check it out below!Watch live video from Zynga on TwitchTVArkadium reveals new study on cross-play gaming habits
By Joe Jasko
As a gamer today in 2013, there are now more ways to play our favorite games than ever before: whether on home consoles, mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, or even social media platforms like Facebook. So after popular games creator Arkadium recently announced that the company would be using their latest funds received through Series A financing (a cool $5 million) to invest in cross-platform game development, they decided to take a look at just how gamers habitually use cross-platform gaming capabilities today.Their findings, which encompass a survey through Peanut Labs of 1,500 U.S. gamers above the age of 18 in the second quarter of 2013, provide us with some insightful data about how we, as gamers, tend to play both our favorite mobile and Facebook games. For one thing, 43% of cross-platform gamers were more likely to make an in-app purchase when playing a mobile game, as opposed to the close 38% that made purchases in a Facebook game. It was also found that almost half of those surveyed played 3 or more different mobile games in a single week, while a whopping 56% of surveyed gamers would tend to play more than 3 different Facebook games in a single week's timeframe.The percentage ratios of male to female gamers were more or less equivalent for all categories investigated, and it's also interesting to note that 63% of these cross-platform gamers had been alerted to new Facebook games through a friend's invitation via the popular social network.So there you have it. Do any of these numbers speak to the very same patterns that you yourself tend to be playing in during your favorite mobile and Facebook games? And I guess if there's one thing that's for certain after reading this study, it's that those always "endearing" Facebook requests from friends who are playing games that you've never heard of before, or that you don't necessarily even care about, are going to be here to stay.Halfbrick’s Band Stars is headed to mobile
By Joe Jasko
After a bit of a rocky start, Halfbrick's Band Stars is getting ready to rock out loud once again, as the cult music management game is packing up its dusty gear and setting off on a tour of your mobile screen soon.Band Stars was initially developed by Six Foot Kid and published by Fruit Ninja success story Halfbrick, where it appeared as a simple Flash game as part of Google+ Games before disappearing from the gaming world completely when the online games service was shut down in June of 2013. Well now it looks like both companies are returning to the oft-forgotten game in attempts to give it new life on the mobile platform.We reviewed the original web-based version of Band Stars last summer, and found it to be one of the rare instances where that Halfbrick name didn't sit alongside the utmost quality in casual gaming. The original Band Stars was buggy, lacked the depth of any great music management game, and just all-around wasn't a very fun time. So here's to hoping that Halfbrick was able to work out all the kinks this time around for the mobile release, and that we can all get to pumping out some much smoother jams soon!The mobile version of Band Stars already saw a soft-launch in Australia back in August, and now the Canadian version is next on the list with its own App Store release today. We'll be sure to let you know when Halfbrick's Band Stars will be playable in your country as soon as we hear those guitar solos ring!Across Age sequel is coming this winter
By Joe Jasko
FDG Entertainment and Exe Create have officially confirmed today that Across Age, often described as the very first "Japanese Action RPG" to find its way to the App Store, will finally be getting a sequel this winter. It's been a long time since we first got our hands on the original action RPG: back in January 2010, to be exact, which might as well have been decades as far as mobile gaming is concerned.Of course, we still have a ways to go before the eventual release date of Across Age 2, and as a result, we can't tell you too many details about the exciting return to one of mobile gaming's greatest RPG worlds: aside from a single sentence game description that promises 20 hours of engrossing RPG gameplay, including "environmental puzzles, 4 playable characters, diversified action, spells, boss monsters, and a huge world to explore."Thankfully, the debut gameplay trailer is much less mysterious, giving us our very first glimpse of Across Age 2 in all of its retro-inspired action. From sailing on giant galleons across the sea and firing cannonballs at the unruly underwater creatures that get in your way, to sidestepping around cracks in a dungeon floor that burst with hot lava, it seems that no terrain is off limits for this long-awaited mobile sequel.Across Age 2 will be headed to iOS devices "this Winter 2013/2014," so be sure to keep checking back on Gamezebo until then for all of the latest updates on all things concerning your favorite 2D pixelated retro extravaganza.JoyBits talks the evolution of Doodle God and the road to Doodle God 2
By Joe Jasko
What once started out as a simple idea for a text-based web game about combining elements to make new ones has since spawned a handful of sequels on dozens of platforms, and is currently reaping the accolades of having over 100,000,000 user-downloads across all titles combined. That's right: I'm talking about JoyBits' simple and addictive Doodle God elemental crafting franchise. From its old text-based days, to finding new life on the iPhone in 2010, and gaining colorful graphics, unique and stylized humor, and so much more along the way, the Doodle God series is one of the most played, and most recognizable names in casual gaming today.I recently had a chance to learn more about the evolution of Doodle God from JoyBits co-founders Anton Rybakov and Nick Kotlyarov, and to ask them a few questions about how their life lessons in mobile game development to date have since gone on to influence and shape the upcoming release of the highly anticipated Doodle God 2. Through emailing with Kotlyarov, I learned that the basic Doodle God formula was first expanded in two key areas: by creating thematic episodes such as Technology and Modern World, and populating each one with a series of thematic quests, like "Save the Princess from the Dragon." With this new content to the original Doodle God now in tow, JoyBits next set their sights on expanding the universe even further with spin-off games like Doodle Farm and Doodle Devil. Once those follow-up games got some good traction with players in the months after, it was time to revisit some of the now-classic Doodle God titles and reignite them with massive title updates. In particular, JoyBits is currently celebrating the launch of both "Doodle God 2.0" and "Doodle Devil 2.0," each of which contains an awesome amount of new content and features.