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Facebook Messenger's hidden secrets and games you NEED to know
Apple's big new mobile update, iOS 10, launched last week, and one of its biggest new features is the capacity to install and play games within iMessage. But this was already a feature in Facebook's dominant Messenger app! Let's take a look at these four secret games hidden within Messenger. Basketball Probably the best known Messenger game, basketball challenges you to grab as many slam dunks in a row as possible. To start a match, just send the basketball emoji, then tap on it, and you'll go straight into an asynchronous face off against your friends. Football The ootball game's similar to the basketball one (but obviously better because it's football): send the football emoji, t…
FacebookLike Dungeon of Gravestone? Try these other iPhone and iPad roguelikes
Dungeon of Gravestone is a new roguelike that's just come out on the App Store. It's got dungeons, it's got monsters, it's got pretty much everything you'd expect from a roguelike on the App Store. This is a list of roguelikes that are also out on the App Store. It's got dungeons, it's got monsters, it's got pretty much everything you'd expect from a list of roguelikes that are also out on the App Store. This is a third paragraph that's essentially acting as padding before we get to the list. It doesn't have dungeons, it doesn't have monsters, it doesn't really have any reason to exist. I just like having three paragraphs before the list starts. This is the list. Rustbucket Of course…
6 iOS games that would make excellent blockbuster movies starring Vin Diesel
Monster Hunter is getting turned into a big Hollywood blockbuster. And we used to play Monster Hunter on the streams back when everything was happier and we weren't all so lonely. So, having combined those two facts into my perfectly SEO-attuned brain I have come up with the following collection of words. Together they make excellent CONTENT! Basically here's a load of iOS games that should get made into films as well. You'll probably disagree with me, but that's fine because I'm not taking any of this seriously. Hahaha, imagine if I did that. Wayward Souls This would make a good movie because it's got loads of action and stuff in it. Vin Diesel could be in it because he's my favourite…
Mind-Bending Puzzle Game Pavilion Debuts on NVIDIA SHIELD
Visiontrick Media’s gorgeously innovative puzzler Pavilion launches on NVIDIA SHIELD, well ahead of its release on Steam and PS4. Surreal and dreamlike, this hand-painted beauty breaks all the normal rules of gaming to truly earn its odd, “fourth-person” gameplay tag. There is a smartly-dressed, elegant man running around bizarre locations, solving puzzles to work his way ever-onwards, but you are not him. He is not your avatar. Instead you look on, godlike, and must find ways of convincing him to run, climb, act and progress. You do this by manipulating the environment and solving puzzles. This strange character knows the same about his surroundings as you – whic…
Win an iPad Air 2 thanks to Independence Day: Extinction and publisher Linekong!
Always wanted an iPad? Need a new tablet? Like free stuff? Well it's your lucky day. In association with Independence Day: Extinction and its publisher Linekong, we're giving away an iPad Air 2 (16GB) to one lucky winner. In Independence Day: Extinction, you can team up with your favourite characters from the summer blockbuster Independence Day: Resurgence. Together with them, you build your base, equip your army to the hilt, and defeat those dastardly aliens (or those pesky humans, if you'd rather side with the extraterrestrials!) The latest updates for Extinction include special, in-game events, ranking and gifting systems, and support for 11 languages: English, German, French, Sp…
Real Steel reveals a brand new character in its biggest ever update, courtesy of its legions of fans across the world
After 2 months of waiting, Reliance Games have finally unveiled the winner of their fan lead competition to design a new robot to feature in Real Steel Premium, and it’s Shinobi – the Japanese, samurai iron assassin. Beating over 100s of entrants, Shinobi was chosen by the 80 million strong fan base to be the newest member of the robot fighting force, and boasts a unique samurai skill set and sword based fighting mechanics. Designed by Real Steel Fan Ryle Sammut, the winning entry is set to shake things up in the robot boxing world, bringing with it a whole new fighting style and a skill set to boot. With Shinobi at your control, you’ll have to push yourself to the limi…
iMessage's secret hidden games
With the release of iOS 10, iMessage has been given a serious overhaul. Along with stickers, animations, drawings, and more, it's now got a bunch of secret, hidden games you can play against your friends, right within iMessage. Let's take a look at some of the best (and worst) ones: Words With Friends Remember Words With Friends? Ahh, 2009 was one great year, wasn't it? Anyway, enough reminiscing. Words With Friends is still as good now as it was seven years ago - the problem was everyone stopped playing it. Maybe iMessage integration will solve that (if anyone downloads iOS 10, that is). Now to wait for Draw Something. Draughts / Checkers Hey, it's everybody's second favourite ga…
DON'T DOWNLOAD iOS 10! Here's why you shouldn't...
iOS 10 is out now! And it's full of exciting, cool, fun features that you can't wait to try out, right? Wrong. It's a mess. Here's why you shouldn't download iOS 10. The improvements are pointless Stickers. Emoji suggestions. Raise to wake. Nearly every feature is already found in Android operating systems or on Facebook Messenger. This is Apple playing catch up, and it shows. What genuinely groundbreaking change is in there that makes you think "I need that?". Nothing. It's such an incremental difference, it's not worth the hassle. It'll ruin your battery life... You know the deal. You signed it when you bought an iPhone. You consigned yourself to poor battery life for the rest o…
7 other Nintendo franchises that should be turned into endless runners
Well Mario is going to be an endless runner. Pretty sure I called that like a year ago, So I got to thinking that I should start making some more predictions about other things so that in the future I could look smart again. Then I realised that sounded like an awful lot of work, and I'm running low on coffee, so instead I've decided to just make a list of other Nintendo games that could be endless runners. It's not a good list, it's probably going to make you angry, and quite frankly I don't know why I even put the effort into it. Ah well, you can read it if you'd like, I don't really mind. Zelda It's an endless runner, but you're Link. Or Zelda. Or Lady Link. No, actually you're Ting…
God Eater Online and 4 other games with online in their name that need to go mobile
So God Eater Online is coming to mobile. That's kinda cool news, although looking at the UI on the screenshots that have been released there's a good chance you're going to have grow a couple of new fingers to get the whole thing working. Which got me thinking, what other games with the word online in their title do I want to see on mobile? Because I mean that's a pretty logical jump to make given the circumstances. Stop judging me, I do what I want. Anyway, here's a list of games that I thought of. They're in no particular order, they're not on the list for any particular reason, and quite frankly if you wanted to challenge some of my choices I'd probably be on your side of the argument.…
What's in iOS 10? Here's the top 10 new features in iOS 10.
iOS drops today, September 13th! Hooray! If you're after how to download iOS 10, check out our guide here. "But what's actually included in the update?", I hear you ask. Well you've come to the right place, as we run down the top 10 new features in iOS 10. 10. Stickers iOS 10 lets you download cool stickers from the App Store - so you can finally plaster Mario all over your messages! 9. Emoji suggestions One feature I love on my Android phone - and dearly miss when typing with my iPad - is emoji suggestions. It's a ballache scrolling through pages and pages of emojis to find the exact one you want - be honest, you're after the eggplant - so suggestions are a welcome improvement. 8.…
8 ways the iPhone 8 NEEDS to improve
The iPhone 7 has only just been revealed, but as we've already discussed, it's a total mess. So rather than dwell on a low point, let's stay in a positive mood (yay! Sunshine! Puppies! The imminent heat death of the universe!) and look ahead to what can be improved in the iPhone 8. Onwards! 1. Put a headphone port back in Come on, no-one wants to have to buy another adapter and go through the extra inconvenience of losing another piece of plastic (and never mind the cost, on top of the already more expensive iPhone this year). Have some sense, Apple, and put a headphone port back in. 2. Reduce the price of the AirPods £159 / $159. Let that sink in. One hundred and sixty big on…
How to update iPhone to iOS 10, when is iOS 10 released, and more
Good news! The latest version of Apple's operating software for its mobile devices, iOS 10, is due to be released on 13th September. But how do you, the eager iPhone user, update your now-obsolete (just joking) device? What's in iOS 10? Firstly, you want to know what you're getting with iOS 10. The headline features are in the Messages app, which has undergone a number of improvements. You can now send gifs and stickers, plus there's neat little touches like emoji suggestions when you type in words like 'happy' or 'football'. Elsewhere, you can see what landmarks (like shops or restaurants) are along your route in Maps, while you can now just pick your iPhone up to wake the screen - use…
6 reasons why the iPhone 7 is a total mess
In case you've been living under a rock, which is also at the bottom of the sea that happens to be on a far flung planet in a different dimension, Apple revealed the iPhone 7 last week. It's already attracted its fair share of controversy, and for good reason - it's a mess. Here's why. 1. The design It's basically the iPhone 6S (or the 6…), but you can get it in black now! Yay! Groundbreaking! How are people supposed to be jealous of my decadence when my new shiny thing looks exactly the same as their old shiny thing?! UGH! 2. The home button Everyone knows the only good bit about the iPhone is the satisfying click when you hit the home button. Well, say goodbye to that…
Stretch Dungeon is Nitrome's latest warped mobile gaming masterpiece
There's a new Nitrome game on the App Store and Google Play Store called Stretch Dungeon. No, we weren't expecting it either. Gotta love those Nitrome guys. Stretch Dungeon is a typical Nitrome effort. That is, it's intuitive, moreish, has a pixel-art style that's somehow completely distinctive, and has that little smidgen of something different that sets it apart from the crowd. At heart Stretch Dungeon is an endless dropper. Your put-upon bearded protagonist gets freed from his suspended cage at the top of a vast vertical dungeon, and it's up to you to guide his descent. This is where Nitrome supplies its glorious twist. Stretch goals Rather than controlling the protagonist himself, or…
