Earlier in the week, Apple announced that both Vlambeer's Ridiculous Fishing and Frogmind's Badland won game of the year for iPhones and iPads respectively. Ridiculous Fishing was released on March 23rd, while Badland released on April 4th.We reviewed Ridiculous Fishing, back in March, and absolutely loved our time with it. We awarded the game a perfect score. Our only criticism was that we felt a bit silly tilting our device's screen while playing.In April, we reviewed Badland, giving it four out of five stars. While we enjoyed the beautiful art style and clever puzzle designs, the multiplayer left much to be desired and success in the game sometimes came more from luck, than skill.Runners up to Ridiculous Fishing were Plants vs. Zombies 2 and Device 6. Runners up to Badland were XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Impossible Road. If you're wondering what games Gamezebo liked best, be sure to check back for our Best of 2013 roundup starting Monday!
When it comes to action-adventure platformers on a mobile device, it just doesn't get any more magical and mysterious that Frogmind's critically-acclaimed Badland. After all, we've seen the highly original adventure crop up on countless App Store "best of" lists and mobile gaming promotions before, and now Android users finally have the chance to share in on all of the wonder. That's right: Badland has officially come to Android devices today!But now here's the interesting thing about this news: the Android version of Badland has adopted a free-to-play model, so all users will be able to experience a taste of the whimsical adventure at absolutely no cost! Of course, to unlock everything that the premium version of Badland has to offer, you'll need to make a series of in-app purchases which include: $1.99 to unlock the second set of 40 levels in the game; $1.99 to unlock 17 additional multiplayer levels and 3 multiplayer characters; and $0.99 to remove all in-game ads."But if you want to make the best of a really great bargain, you can always pick up the special Premium Pack for only $2.99, which unlocks all content and features of the game! You can download Badland on the Google Play Marketplace right now, and if this is your first time in the vibrant and mysterious world that accompanies it, please be sure to share your thoughts on the game down in the replies!