Fuyo and Natsu are the eponymous Weather Twins referred to in the game's title, TwinGo!, and after losing the stars, it's up to them to get them back. But they're going to need your help, or else it will be pandemonium; no more constellations, no more wishes, one less fun shape in kids' cereals and pastas, and Hollywood will be nothing more than a ghost town......okay, so maybe it's not all bad.
In some respects the iPhone is the puzzle gamer's dream come true, considering just how many brain-teasing titles reside on the device. Then again, the vast majority of these games are basically junk, with little excitement and even less originality. Cavorite 2 falls squarely into this camp, presenting the same block-pushing, platform hopping challenges you've seen a million times before, only with an additional half-baked anti-gravity mechanic. It's ultimately quite a snoozer.
Continuing in the Jewel Quest Mysteries franchise, Oracle of Ur is the fourth installment this time following Emma, Rupert and Sebastian on their journey across the Middle East (and beyond) on their quest for the Oracle of Ur, the ultimate jewel board. Scattered along your path are duplicate jewel boards that may contain clues as to where to find the Oracle of Ur, and you'll run into more than just a bit romantic tension between our three heroes before all is said and done.
We've been getting a pretty neat first look at some brand new games this week, and one that has definitely caught our eye is Hundreds from Semi Secret Software. The company responsible for previous iOS hits like Canabalt and Wurdle are back again, and this time it's with a puzzle game that has every intention of utterly melting your brain.
The Lost Shapes touts itself as a game of "Magic Chess," but it doesn't seem like any chess game we've ever seen. In fact, Merriam-Webster defines chess as "a game for 2 players each of whom moves 16 pieces according to fixed rules across a checkerboard and tries to checkmate the opponent's king," and aside from a similar style of board, The Lost Shapes doesn't seem to bear any resemblance to that description whatsoever.
Amateur ornithologists with a love for digital wings have been keeping a close eye on their calendars in eager anticipation of March 8th. Why, you ask? Because that's the day Rovio had promised to give gamers a first glimpse of the first true sequel to Angry Birds, Angry Birds Space.
When Far Cry burst onto the first person shooter PC scene, it brought with it hardware-crushing graphics capabilities, placing it as the de-facto benchmark software for anyone building a new gaming rig. The ridiculously good-looking game came from a new developer known as Crytek, and over the course of their next two games (Crysis and Crysis 2) they would continue to show people what PC hardware was possible of achieving. Far Cry and the Crysis games were all gritty, violent, bloody affairs that focused on dishing out major amounts of jaw-dropping scenics and brutal punishment, so it makes sense that their first game aimed for mobile platforms features an adorable alien known as Fibble. Wait...what?
As games grow more complex and complicated across all platforms and genres, it's rare to see a title which truly goes for minimalism and simplicity. And yet, that's exactly what you'll find in the case of Circadia, an incredibly simple and straightforward game that nonetheless offers a great deal of challenge. There's an elegance to it to be sure, but there's also the potential for boredom. Circadia is the one of those games that will either instantly grab you and refuse to let you go, or you won't see the appeal and will abandon it almost immediately.