Zombie Lane developer Digital Chocolate has just released its latest game, a turn-based strategy title called Army Attack that's reminiscent of Nintendo's popular Advance Wars series. And even though Army Attack just launched on Facebook, what we've seen so far makes us both excited to play some more and worried for our precious free time.
When it comes to ridiculous, over-the-top horror action, few movie franchises are as well-known as Evil Dead. Over the years, Ash Williams has battled all sorts of monsters, including the Marvel Zombies, Freddy Krueger, and Jason Voorhees. In the franchise's first game on the App Store, Army of Darkness: Defense, players get taken back to the good ol' days of Ash versus the Deadites. Unfortunately, the title seems to be banking more on the series' nerd appeal than actual quality.
Civilization World, better known as CivWorld, may be the most anticipated Facebook game to date. Originally announced back in October 2009, the game is being helmed by Civilization mastermind Sid Meier. And though it's still in closed beta Gamezebo recently had the chance to spend the past few days playing CivWorld. Thankfully, it appears that the wait will be well worth it, as our time with the game showed CivWorld to be a deep, but accessible, game with truly social gameplay.
Since we first brought you news of Totem Tribe 2 back in March, more details of the Totem Tribe sequel have been emerging over on Enkord's blog including details about new buildings, mounted units and the game's music.
With games like Kingdoms of Camelot and Glory of Rome, developer Kabam is clearly courting the more hardcore gamers on Facebook. And that trend continues with Global Warfare. Currently in open beta, the game blends elements of a traditional social strategy game with a massively multiplayer experience, with deep gameplay mechanics and a terrific presentation.
Divinitiz is something that very few Facebook games ever are: original. Although the gameplay is a basic take on your Diner Dash time-management puzzler, very few of these are available on Facebook and it's doubtful that any of them are about you, as a newbie deity, taking up the thankless task of delivering offerings to a pantheon of cranky deities. Even if there is another game using this premise, I doubt it lets you deliver quite so many chocolate cakes to Bastet, the Egyptian cat goddess. Even though the current iteration of Divinitiz has many features yet to be implemented, the strength of the core premise still makes for an appealing and enjoyable game.
Army of Darkness is the franchise that just won't die (which, come to think of it, is oddly appropriate given its setting). Even though the movie was released back in 1993, it still retains a massive cult following, has received a number of popular comic adaptations, and has been translated into various video games. Now it's getting set to debut for iOS devices with Army of Darkness: Defense.
Knight's Story attempts to merge several different gameplay elements into one cohesive whole. You can explore new areas, fight vicious creatures, and build up a castle town. While relatively simple on their own, these elements end up working quite well together. But a solid, if not entirely original, premise and some great production values are wasted on a game with such stingy energy requirements that it will feel like ages have gone by before you make any real progress.