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upjers announces some spooky happening into two of it's zoo management games
upjers is delivering a holiday double whammy as it announces the upcoming Halloween events for two of its mobile games. Both Zoo 2: Animal Park and Dinosaur Park Primeval Zoo will be getting into the holiday spirit, bringing some spooky happenings to their enclosures. Dinosaur Park Primeval Zoo has laid it on thick with one particular theme this year; bones. Skeletal fences can be erected, bone sculptures can be put up, and candy can be pleasingly displayed in a giant bone bowl. All event decorations brought from the ven shop will periodically drop pumpkins that can be traded for special rewards, namely spooky dinosaurs. Several species have gotten into the holiday spirit and can be traded…
Mini Motorways prepares for the biggest update of its life two two huge new modes
The delightfully named developers Dinosaur Polo Club have announced the biggest update to date for its traffic management sim Mini Motorways. Subscribers to the Apple Arcade will be able to enjoy an extra two modes, each bursting with hours of content to explore. For those who consider themselves the best thing since sliced bread in the motorway management world, the new Expert Mode will be a true test of skills. With a full suite of upgrades to choose from at the end of each week, the expansion will soon become a tactical challenge as each upgrade can’t be selected twice in a row, requiring some real foresight. The new mode comes with its own leaderboard, so the race is on to claim t…
New State Mobile announces team up with Dead By Daylight as bullets aren't scary enough already
As if running from a hail of bullets was not terrifying enough, battle royale New State Mobile has teamed up with Interactive Incs horror survival game Dead By Daylight to make the gunplay a lot more frightening. Dubbing itself the Fright For Survival, in a truly commendable bit of wordplay, players will be able to obtain a plethora of Dead By Daylight-themed items until November 24th. Items such as helmets, backpacks, parachutes and of course the trusty frying pan will all be up for grabs, alongside costumes based on some of the horror game killers. By completing special missions it will also be possible to unlock special profile effects to really show off the Halloween spirit. Not only d…
Gigapocalypse crashes onto mobiel device and brings endless hours of destructive fun
Headup Games and Goody Gameworks have announced a mobile port for the side-scrolling city-smashing masterpiece Gigapocalypse. The game gives players the opportunity to control a giant monster and utterly demolish numerous cities with a variety of devastating skills, which is surely reason enough to give it a go. There is not much better than a deep game with an interesting story and engaging mechanics, and a lot of fun hours can be spent on them, however, this is nothing that brings wonderful childish glee than a game whose sole purpose is just to utterly mess things up. Games like Gigapocalypse are wonderfully simple ways to get endless amusement. Taking inspiration from the Kaiju genre,…
Brawhalla welcomes iconic fighters from Konami's acclaimed Castlevania series
Ubisoft has announced the release of two rather fitting new epic crossover characters for the platform fighter Brawlhalla, just in time for the spooky season. Hailing from the iconic Konami Castlevania series, Simon Belmont and Alucard will be fighting it out to prove who is mightier; vampire or hunter. Simon Belmont comes in as a crossover for Jhala, bringing the skills expected from one of the prominent vampire hunter clans. Wielding the Morning Star of the Belmonts, Simon is able to use Holy Water to cause explosions, dealing massive damage to enemies. His second weapon, a Battle Axe, can be used to set up a devastating combo attack with his Vampire Killer whip. Alucard steps in for E…
Follow the narrative adventure of a ghost accepting his demise in How to Say Goodbye
The release date for How to Say Goodbye, a poignant narrative about life, death and mourning, has been announced. Created by ARTE France, Florian Veltman and Baptise Portefaix, How to Say Goodbye is a narrative puzzle game full of poetry following one ghost's journey in the great beyond. In the majority of video games, death is treated as an almost minor thing, just one of many mooks defeated to get to the end credits. Some games do touch on the grief of those who lose a loved one, but How to Say Goodbye follows a character just after their death, accepting their demise and passing through the other side. The puzzle gameplay takes place on a grid, with a variety of characters and decor ava…
Lilycore Games debut mobile game Bossgame: The Final Boss is my Heart releases 20th October
The first mobile game developed by one-woman indie studio Lilycore Games releases in a few short days, the oft-dubbed superfast lesbian devil fighter Bossgame: The Final Boss is my Heart. Romance is very much at the centre of this game, with the two main characters already being in a committed relationship, which is an interesting take as most games focus on the build-up. Sword priestess Sophie and fire-mage Anna are partners that live in the devil-infested Mammon City, where the best way to make money is to hunt said devils. The graphic style pays homage to the overlord of indie games, Undertale, with the gameplay also relying on the player having quick reflexes as the combat is a very fa…
Golf gets an anime twist with the upcoming release of NEKO Gold
The Anime art style is perfect for gaming as it easily adds a layer of vibrant happy fun to the artwork, and the latest game to take advantage of this is COLOPL Incs' NEKO Golf -Anime GOLF-. Rather disappointingly you do not golf as a cat, but NEKO Golf looks to have enough going for it to overlook that grievous oversight. NEKO Golf brings a variety of different modes to choose from for the social to the shut-in. Enjoy Mode lets players swing away to their heart's content in either a solo tournament or an unstructured jaunt on the driving range. The rather anime-titled Battle Mode is for those who want to compete for the best score, and the Golf Tour will pit golfers against other real play…
3v3 frantic shooter T3 Arena enters its third season complete with a new hero
XD Entertainment Pte Ltd has announced the release of the latest season of its 3v3 hero shooter, T3 Arena. This new season, Transform, brings a huge content drop, providing a bevvy of new features such as a new map and most importantly, a brand new player. T3 Arena has been cutting out a decent market for itself since its release back in May on iOS and TapTap, with its recent subsequent launch on Google Play only adding to its growing player base. With an emphasis on 3-minute matches for frantic, play-anywhere matches and its own built-in voice chat to make teamwork a breeze, T3 is priming itself as a contender to the more established shooters. Season 3 brings a lot of new content, but the…
Square Enix announces end of service for Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier early 2023
In a rather disappointing turn of events, Square Enix has announced the impending shutdown of its mobile battle royale Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier. This follows the recent shutdowns of two other Square Enix mobile games; Kingdom Hearts Unchained X and Final Fantasy Record Keeper. The full official announcement reads; “After almost a year of jumping around on chocobos, mashing it up in melee battles, and sniping from the rooftops of Midgar Undercity, it is with a heavy heart that we are announcing the end of service for FINAL FANTASY VII THE FIRST SOLDIER. We will be ending service at 07:00 UTC on January 11, 2023.” “Despite all our efforts to bring you regular upd…
The award season has begun with the Pocket Gamer Awards 2022 opening for nominations
AppSpy's bigger brother, Pocket Gamer, has begun its yearly ritual of separating the wheat from the chaff in the mobile gaming world, by hosting the glistening Pocket Gamer Awards 2022. Celebrating the best of the best across many categories, only the most worthy will earn their place in the winner's circle. After coming out of five years of hibernation last year, the PGA 2021 doled out plaudits to the very best games 2021 had to offer. Company of Heroes won the hearts and minds of gamers with Best Strategy Game, whereas Call of Duty Mobile flaunted its longevity by nabbing the Best Game We’re Still Playing. Genshin Impact walked away with the grandest prize of all, Mobile Game o…
Cooking gets spooky as Halloween haunts Gordon Ramsay’s Chef Blast
The spooky season is well and truly underway with multiple games getting Halloween-themed updates, however, none can be so scary, so bone-chilling and so sweat-inducing as the spooky update to Gordon Ramsay’s Chef Blast. Amateur phone chefs will be able to decorate their kitchens with ghoulish decorations and bake dastardly treats, for what is scarier than the lingering threat of holiday-fueled diabetes? The Halloween update for Chef Blast has officially kicked off and will last until November 3rd, bringing some fairly tasty events. For starters, new themed recipes have been added to collect, including the new Black Cocoa Donuts, and the return of an old favourite Crispy Ravens Wings…
The doomsday world of LifeAfter gets a lot worse when Angels invade from Evangelion
As if surviving in the doomsday survival open world of LifeAfter was not tough enough with the regular enemies skulking around, a huge new threat has emerged in the latest crossover. Straight from the pages of Evangelion, players will have the chance to do battle against the fearsome Angels, and what's worse, they have become infected too. The new crossover’s main feature is a limited-time stage which will task survivors to form teams of four and head to an abandoned building. Always a clever idea. They will need to battle infected Angels as they find a power source to recharge the mysterious Evangelion Test Type-01, the iconic giant biomachine from the eponymous series. Once activat…
Neymar Jr joins the battlefield as a pilot in robot rumbler Mech Arena
Plarium Global Ltd has landed a pretty high-profile face to be their latest pilot in action mobile game Mech Arena. World-renowned footballer Neymar Jr will be swapping diving on the pitch for diving into the chaos of robot rumbles. Widely regarded as one of the best football players in the world, Neymar Jr will join Mech Arena as their strongest pilot to date. To reflect his speed and skill on the pitch, his pilot will come with abilities to boost both damage and speed. Neymar will also come with the maximum number of implant slots, for game-changing implant skills. When discussing the new collab, Plariums VP of Business Development, Ronen Gross, said: “We are honoured and exci…
Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent launches a colloboration event with four new characters
It is a very exciting time when a developer comes out with a decent collaboration event, and Square Enix has announced a new cross-over for its mobile RPG Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent. Coming from another of Square Enix's extensive RPG catalogue, characters from the Bravely Default series will be joining the ranks of Champions of the Continent. With both of these properties sharing the same artistic style and world settings, a cross-over between the two is a very fitting event. Although, with that being said, Square has enough fantasy RPGs to collaborate with themselves all day long. The first of the collaborative characters has already landed, hailing from the lands of Br…
