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Cutesy platformer Double Pug Switch out on mobile
The Polygon Loft has released Double Pug Switch, a dimension shifting casual platformer featuring cute animals, on iOS and Android devices. As an adorable pug, you jump, hop and dimension shift your way through various levels. The controls are simple in their presentation, but they also present a tough challenge that will make you want to practice hard at each stage in order to perfect your runs. You must make sure your timing is just right, because otherwise you’ll meet a grisly end. It’s not just about typical platforming though, because dimension swapping is a key component of Double Pug Switch’s gameplay. This ability can be used to jump between platforms that are in…
Studio Ghibli-like adventure game Embracelet coming to iOS
Indie developer Machineboy is releasing its narrative adventure game Embracelet onto iOS later this year. Set in Norway, the game is a narrative adventure game about a young adolescent who inherits his grandfather’s magical bracelet, which grants special telekinetic powers. You must use these powers to solve puzzles and explore the island to discover these mysterious powers and return it to its true owner. It’s a magic realism tale, utilising elements of the fantasy to tell a deeply personal story that deals with the challenges of growing up and the difficulties that small communities face. Machineboy uses the story to deliver an uplifting, emotional adventure with plenty of tw…
Mystery visual novel Far Away comes to mobile next year
XD Network has announced Far Away, an upcoming mystery visual novel for iOS and Android devices that’s releasing some time next year. You play as Krosa Nonet, an employed bay worker in the fictional town of Bedjan who becomes entrapped within the city’s seedy underworld. As you continue playing, the story has the possibility of going in different directions depending on the decisions you make, impacting both the fates of Krosa and the city itself. You will mainly be tasked with finding clues and exploring different character perspectives to piece together the mysteries that Bedjan holds. Altogether there are eight main storylines, with over 500,000 words of text, and also featu…
Mario Kart Tour introduces the Sunset Tour, adds new skins, and more
Mario Kart Tour has introduced the Sunset Tour, its latest content-filled season that adds new races, racers, and more. The Sunset Tour adds new races to complete so you can collect Grand Stars. These include Sunset Wilds, Neo Bowser City R, Mario Circuit R, and Neo Bowser City T. There are also karts, gliders and new racers up for grabs as Tour Gifts to collect during the season. You can earn Baby Rosalina as a new racer alongside a new kart and glider just by logging into the game, with no additional spending required. Meanwhile, if you’re a Gold Pass subscriber you can obtain the Jumping Mario Hanafuda as a Tour Gift, alongside the new kart and racer. There’s also another…
Roguelike deckbuilder Iris and the Giant out now on iOS
After releasing on Steam earlier this year, roguelike deckbuilder Iris and the Giant is now available on iOS devices alongside its debut in Nintendo Switch, with an Android release coming soon. You play as Iris, a young girl lost in a fairytale world of her own imagination who has to face her fears. As you journey through Iris’ mind, you collect memory fragments which reveal the reasons behind her odyssey into this strange land of mythical creatures. It’s a beautiful, minimal world where she must fight her inner demons away. To battle these monsters, you need to assemble a full deck of cards with abilities and powers on them, which will develop as you progress through the story…
Genshin Impact’s new update adds new quests, characters, and more
Genshin Impact, the popular gacha RPG from miHoYo, is getting a big new update next week on 11th November. The update, called ‘A New Star Approaches’, introduces a bunch of new quests to complete, as well as a seasonal event and four additional playable characters. While there are many new quests being added to the game, most notably is the addition of the Liyue chapter’s grand finale in the main storyline. This also coincides with the game’s first seasonal event called ‘Unreconciled Stars’. This lasts for two weeks and sees players finishing a series of quests and co-op challenges to earn new rewards. A reputation system is also being added to Genshin…
October update for Crossfire: Warzone adds new game mode
There has been a new update for Crossfire: Warzone on iOS and Android, and it’s a pretty big one that adds the new Capital Takeover War game mode. Capital Takeover War is an event that occurs in the middle of the field map on each server, as long as it’s at least 90 days or older. Joycity has added this to hopefully increase PvP participation, with the new event taking place fortnightly and sees allies fighting for dominance on their server. The winning team’s leader will then gain a special title that remains for two weeks, and they’re also able to assign this title to six other members of their alliance. It won’t just be a fancy title to display alongside th…
Garena Free Fire adds the Ultrasonic Rave to its Elite Pass
Garena Free Fire has had another Elite Pass (EP) added to the popular battle royale, this time called the Ultrasonic Rave, so you can expect a musically themed EP this time around. As the title suggests, the Ultrasonic Rave EP sports a retro inspired hip hop theme, with the new characters sporting oversized jewellery, baggy trousers and a huge puffy jacket to match the aesthetic. As with every Elite Pass before it, Garena Free Fire’s season pass adds some new weight to the game’s lore. With the Ultrasonic Rave, the game is now focusing on a supercity that’s using a new type of music technology to bring its citizens together, and other countries wish to steal this tech to…
Raziel: Dungeon Arena's first major update adds a fire-slinging elf and lets players hire a sidekick
Indra's popular hack and slash title Raziel: Dungeon Arena has received its first major update since launching last month. This adds a host of new content to the action RPG that includes an exciting new character, a mercenary sidekick system and a hard mode for the starting chapters of the campaign. That new character is called Sarah “Pirrosa” Mander, an elven druid who is an invaluable but uneasy ally to the humans in the ongoing struggle against the undead invasion. You'll be able to unlock her by gathering Blazing Mysterious Shards and Almighty Shards. Once unlocked, Mander compliments heavily melee-focused characters such as Bison and Rock very well thanks to her ranged s…
AndroidLeague of Legends: Wild Rift soft launched in Asia, but western regions will have to wait a bit longer
League of Legends: Wild Rift, Riot’s mobile version of the popular PC MOBA, is now available on iOS and Android in certain regions. The soft launch includes Japan, The Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, but the rest of the world will have to wait until at least the end of the year to play it. Riot has also released two trailers for League of Legends: Wild Rift to go with this soft launch, which can both be seen below. The first is a cinematic teaser showcasing Blitzcrank, Teemo, Camille and Lux fighting on the Rift. The second trailer shows a segment of gameplay from the final game, showing what to expect from the mobile MOBA. Players in the Sout…
Arcade action game Shooty Quest fires onto mobile
Ogre Pixel has released Shooty Quest on iOS and Android mobile devices. It’s an arcade game where you play as a retired archer named Hall, who is pulled away from his peaceful life after an enemy steals his precious cat, Alfador, and Hall has to go out and rescue it. In each level you’ll square up against groups of enemies in which you have to identify their weaknesses to determine which arrow type you’re going to shoot at them. They’re smart people though and won’t just stand around to wait for you to kill them. You need to be constantly dodging their projectiles while also firing yours back their way. There are potions scattered around the levels that provi…
Mulled 2 is a ball-putting puzzler that’s just hit iOS and Android
Mulled 2 arrives on mobile amid plenty of hype. Not only is it the follow-up to the acclaimed original Mulled: A Puzzle Game, the sequel has already bagged two awards ahead of its release. The game won the Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects in Jordan last year and was named as one of the best three entries to the General Entertainment Authority Challenges competition. Available for iOS and Android, Mulled 2 takes the simplistic yet challenging formula its predecessor was built on and expands it. Developer Hako Games has made the sequel as accessible as possible, challenging players to guide balls into golden holes across a series of levels. There’s no learning curve beyond th…
SINoALICE getting a new story update on Friday
Pokelabo and Square Enix’s SINoALICE is receiving a new major story update on Friday. The third major update for the Yoko Taro-directed game is called Act of Reality and sees a few of the game’s literary-inspired characters come to the modern world. The roster sees Red Riding Hood, Little Mermaid, Oz’s Dorothy and Lewis Carroll’s Alice find greater challenges than ever before, so make sure they’re ready to fight tougher enemies than in previous story updates before you jump into Act of Reality. As well as Act of Reality’s story content, a series of promotional events will also coincide with the big update’s release, offering a wide amount of prize…
Upcoming MOBA Marvel Realm of Champions now available for pre-registration
Kabam, the developers of the popular award-winning mobile fighting game Marvel Contest of Champions, is now releasing a MOBA spin-off based on the Marvel Comics intellectual property, and you can now pre-register for iOS and Google Play. It takes place on a forbidden planet called Battleworld, created by a mixture of realities where heroes and villains battle it out for total domination. Following the death of the God King Maestro, the unkempt peace that Battleworld knew has been upturned and now many of these fights are breaking out yet again. In Marvel Realm of Champions, you form a team of three to take on another team in small arena-based fights. You can select and customise a characte…
FAR: Lone Sails soars onto mobile devices today
Mobile versions of the atmospheric indie game FAR: Lone Sails are releasing today on iOS and Android. FAR: Lone Sails is an adventure game set in a barren wasteland, the remnants of a dried-out ocean. In a large mechanical vehicle, you’re travelling across the wilderness in pursuit of a once thriving civilisation to find answers to your existence. Along the way, you have to contend with the various roadblocks that obstruct your progress, as well as dealing with hazardous weather that could stop you from achieving your goal. To make matters more complicated, you’ll need to manage every aspect of the vehicle too. This means keeping an eye on fuel supplies as well as the condition…
