Wish you could take World of Warcraft in your pocket? It sounds impossible, but Gameloft managed to pull off a really close copy back in 2011 with Order & Chaos Online. And from now until June 2nd, you can explore this mobile MMO with no strings attached.Normally a $6.99 download, iOS gamers can get in on the action free of charge to see if it's everything they're hoping (SPOILER: it is). Android gamers will be getting a price break as well, where the game has dropped to 99 cents.This one was our pick for the best iPhone game of 2011, and they've been adding new content ever since. Seriously, I can't recommend checking this one out enough.Be sure to grab Order & Chaos Online from the App Store or Google Play before the price goes back up after June 2nd.
Order & Chaos Online, Gameloft's popular MMORPG title, has a lot of new content on the way -- the most notable of which is the inclusion of PvP arenas. The decision to update the game was inspired by the many demands fans were making for additional content, proving a mobile developer's work is never really done.
Of all of the lists we've had to write this year, none have proven as difficult to compile as this. Not because the iPhone has been lacking in great games - quite the contrary, in fact. There have been so many great games that it's been practically impossible to narrow it down to just five.
Unless you use iSwifter on your iPad or take a laptop with you wherever you go, there's really no way to play Facebook games on the go. But thankfully a number of developers have attempted to remedy this by making iPhone-exclusive versions of popular social games. They may be smaller, but most of them are just as fun. And as a bonus, there are a handful of cross-platform games that you can play across both Facebook and iOS, too.
We were blown away by Gameloft's Order & Chaos Online, which managed to take virtually everything that has made World of Warcraft the biggest MMO in the world and cram it onto an iPhone. And now the game is making the jump to the big screen, with a Facebook version in the works.
When word first broke back in May that Order & Chaos Online was getting its first major content update, we couldn't have been more excited. As a game that's trying to compete on the same level as PC MMO's, major content updates were an absolute must - but as a publisher, this isn't something that Gameloft has had a terrific track record with. It looks like past performance isn't always indicative of future behaviour, though, as only two months after the game's worldwide release, iOS gamers are being treated to a free bundle of fresh new content.
Picture this: your favorite Facebook game is now available on your phone. Amazing! You rush to the app store to download the game, wait patiently for it to install, all the while imagining just how great it will be to be able to pop into the game while you're on the go, harvesting crops or collecting rent. Problem is, you quickly learn that the two versions of the game don't speak to one another. If you want to play on the go, you'll need to start again from the beginning.This happened to me twice over the past few weeks, and both times it made me anxious for the time when games will truly be cross-platform.
When it was first released earlier this month, Order & Chaos Online took the iOS world by surprise in the best way possible - just check out our five-star review to see what I mean. Now Gameloft has unveiled a pretty hefty figure to show their success hasn't just been critical, but commercial too. The game has generated $1 million in revenue in only 20 days.