I'm comfortable saying that "endless runner" is a bonafide genre now. Canabalt was really the first one to break out; it hit the ground running (terrible pun review quota filled) and never looked back. While the setup is different from title to title, the point is always the same: travel as far as possible. There's no beating the game per se, just go as far as you can without failing. Zombie Ace has the same great trappings, but adds some much-needed complexity to the proceedings.
It's no stretch to say that flight is one of man's greatest accomplishments. It completely changed the way we travel, and introduced a new hobby to rich people everywhere. But what about dogs? Sure, they're occasionally allowed to travel on planes, but why have they been denied the chance to fly them? It's a hard-hitting question, and Chillingo's Tiny Plane is in search of the answer.
We in the West don't normally think of Turkey as a nation of gamers or game developers, so most of us would be surprised to find that Facebook boasts 32 million Turkish subscribers. This month, Turkish game developer Peak Games brings us Facebook's newest bubble popper, Lost Bubble, a game that clearly demonstrates the potential of Middle Eastern game companies. It also suggests that while Peak Games knows how to recognize and jump on a hot new genre, it hasn't yet discovered how to expand upon it.
I've hated bees for most of my life. While I was grateful for their contribution to making what is easily the best thing to spread on toast (take that, jam!), I'd been stung far too many times to think of them as good people. That is, until I played Bee Leader. It turns out bees have much harder lives than I thought. Sorry, bees.
If the App Store is indeed "the new arcade," then Retro Dreamer is an aspiring Atari. The two man team from L.A., artist Craig Sharpe and programmer Gavin Bowman have consistently knocked it out of the park with addictive retro-inspired experiences for the new era. Since their latest release Velocispidercatapulted them to notability, the indie duo has had many chomping at the bit for more. I'm happy to report you can stop that gnashing and say hello to Duckers.
My first thought when firing up Pastry Panic was, "this reminds me of that bonus game from Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose for the SNES!" An odd comparison to make, I'll admit, but also a very apt one. Pastry Panic is a game that attempts to pluck at the heartstrings of those who gamed during the 8 and 16-bit era, a mission it pulls it off with gusto.
In the world of sequel tropes, the wild west is an oft-ignored setting. More often than not we see a leap to space, or a trip to Manhattan - neither of which possess the same level of romance as the gun-totin' west. Does this mean SQUIDS Wild West, the upcoming sequel to the highly popular SQUIDS, will be the most romantic squid-based game of all time? One can only hope.
You want to play a game with your friend, but it turns out he or she is not in possession of an iDevice. One reaction would be to call them a peasant. The other, to fire up Ring Fling - a local multiplayer game that requires but one iDevice.