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Before The Force Awakens hits cinema screens later this year, the Star Wars universe is about to expand thanks to a new mobile game. Star Wars: Uprising is a title for iOS and Android due out this Thursday, September 10th, that continues the story left off at the end of …
Read More »Skylanders to debut on iPhone and iPod Touch
Activision will this year offer the full-console Skylanders experience to iPhone and iPod Touch owners. The company has revealed that the Skylanders SuperChargers Starter Pack for smartphones will this year support Apple’s smaller portables as well as iPad. Last year’s Trap Team was limited only to Apple’s larger device. The …
Read More »Clash of Clans the highest grossing App Store game ever
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Read More »Pokemon Shuffle launches on mobile platforms
The Pokemon Company and Nintendo’s free-to-play puzzle game Pokemon Shuffle is out now for iOS and Android devices. Nintendo had made good on its promise to bring the game to mobile devices prior to the end of the year, with the title available to download on theApp StoreandGoogle Play. Pokemon …
Read More »Galak-Z heading to mobile devices in 2016
PS4 indie release Galak-Z will come to iOS and Android devices in 2016, developer 17-Bit and publisher GungHo Online Entertainment America have announced. The mobile release will swap out the game’s subtitle from Galak-Z: The Dimensional to Galak-Z: Variant Mobile. The port will be optimized for the new platforms with …
Read More »Football Manager and Minecraft top App Store charts
Sega’s Football Manager Handheld and the Pocket Edition of Mojang’s Minecraft topped the iPhone and iPad charts respectively. Football Manager Handheld 2015 went to No.1 in the iPhone charts as last week’s top spot holder The 7 Second Challenge falls to sixth place. Meanwhile, Ninja Kiwi’s Bloons TD 5 and …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII arrives for iOS devices
Final Fantasy VII is now available for iPhones and iPads on the Apple App Store, Square Enix has announced. The $19.99 mobile release is a port of the current PC version on Steam, with a few notable tweaks including touch controls and easy button” options for turning off random encounters …
Read More »Pac-Mac 256 arrives on smartphones, along with an interesting IAP system
Publisher Bandai Namco and developer Hipster Whale have finally released the long-awaited Pac-Man 256 on smartphones. The game, from the studio behind the extremely popular Crossy Road, is named after the infamous level 256 glitch in the original Pac-Man. Due to some technical peculiarities of that title, the 8-bit level …
Read More »Monster Strike bringing in $4.2m a day
Japanese studio Mixi’s mobile co-op action RPG Monster Strike made $4.2m a day during its most recent quarter, according to the developer’s latest financial results. Industry analystDr. Serkan Totorevealed Mixi saw a total of $378m in sales for the title’s iOS and Android versions between April 1stand June 30th. The …
Read More »Skylanders Battlecast brings physical decks to the card-battling genre
Activision has announced a new iOS and Android card battling game that will integrate real-world playing cards. Skylanders Battlecast offers traditional online PvP as well as a single player campaign. Players will be able to add to their card collections either by scanning real-life cards or by purchasing in-game digital …
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