Friday 9 October 2015
Mobile Game Roundup: Soda Dungeon, NHL SuperCard and More
Mobile Game Roundup: Soda Dungeon, NHL SuperCard and More
Are you looking for a new mobile game to try this weekend? As
usual, there were plenty of new games released this week, including Crafty Candy, a new match-three puzzle game from Outplay Entertainment. The game sees players
helping a friendly witch named Candice collect colorful candy to create
potions.
Fans of the Heroes television
series also have a new game to try this week, as Imperative Entertainment and Phosphor
Games Studio released Heroes Reborn: Enigma, a first-person action
puzzle game inspired by the Heroes Reborn television series.
Finally, SEGA and Hardlight released Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom on iOS, an endless runner which allows
players to take up to three characters into each run, and swap between them by
running down specially-marked paths.
Looking for something else to play this weekend?
Here’s a look at some additional games released this week.
Soda Dungeon (Free
on iOS) – From Armor Games, this dungeon raiding title sees
players managing a soda tavern and hiring traveling adventurers to collect
treasures by completing level-based battles in dungeons. As players collect
gold inside dungeons, these can be spent on upgrades for the tavern,
which may give them the chance to recruit new and better adventurers to send on
future quests. Players can find weapons and armor for their adventurers in
dungeons, or can purchase better items from the armory within the tavern. Soda
Dungeon is coming to Android on November 7.
QuickBoy (Free on iOS, Android) – From Netmarble Games, this side-scrolling runner
places players in the role of Tommy Hawk, a delivery boy challenged with saving
humanity during the zombie apocalypse. Players complete level-based missions by
tapping on jump and slide buttons to jump over or slide under obstacles, which
include zombies on the path. Over time, gamers unlock tools like
drones and jetpacks, with jetpacks allowing players to fly over obstacles, and
drones adding a specific boost to future games (like creating extra coins
or increasing the duration of a power-up, as examples). One power-up, for
instance, gives Tommy a shield, which allows him to defeat
zombies without being hurt for a limited time. Players can spend coins on
additional drones, or on upgrades for their items.
The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land (Free
on iOS) – From AMC and Next Games, The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land is
the official mobile game based on the AMC television series. The game takes
players to the zombie apocalypse, and combines city-building with turn-based
battles. As players progress, they’ll collect survivors from six different
classes, and can mix and match these survivors to create a team of three
heroes for each battle. During battle, players drag their finger around
the game board to command each individual survivor to complete tasks (like
attacking zombies or searching for resources). Back at their camp, players can
train their survivors to increase their stats, or build and upgrade structures
to collect resources like food and currency. The game offers 10 episodes of
story missions at launch, while social features allow players to work with
others to complete weekly guild challenges.
Battle Decks (Free
on iOS) – From Codemasters and Chillingo, Battle Decks is a multiplayer
collectible card game, allowing players to customize multiple decks (one for
each of the game’s factions) using a selection of more than 1,000 cards, and
take their decks into battle against other online players. During each battle,
players work to destroy the enemy’s base on the game board. Players spend a
limited number of Command Points on each turn to play cards from their hand,
move their units around the board or attack the enemy. Gamers can also spend
Command Points to draw additional cards to their hand on their turn. Players
have access to a pre-designed (but customizable) deck for each of the game’s
six factions, with each deck having its own specialities. For instance, the
CyborGen faction focuses on splash damage, assistance drones and enforcers,
while the ArmaTek faction focuses on powerful vehicles, weapons and battlefield
presence. Users can practice with these decks against computer opponents to
find the best deck for their play style, before going against real opponents.
Gamers can purchase additional cards with coins or real money, and can
customize their decks between matches. In addition to standard single-player
matches, gamers can compete in the Frontline mode, which sees users given three
lives to clear as many battles as possible for a chance to win extra currency
and cards. This mode limits the number of faction decks players can choose
from.
Shop Heroes (Free on iOS, Android) – From developer cloudcade, Shop Heroes is an RPG shop simulator,
allowing players to build their own shop and craft over 550 items to sell to
the traveling heroes who visit the shop. While players begin by
crafting basic items like knives and walking sticks, they’ll unlock new
crafting recipes as they make lesser items in large quantities. While gamers
can collect iron and wood from bins in their shop, some recipes require special
ingredients which can be gathered by sending the heroes they’ve met on timed
quests via the game’s Inn. Early on, players unlock the ability to visit the
town around their shop, with each building serving a different purpose. Players
can invest free or premium currency into these buildings to increase their
resource production or unlock additional content. For social features, players
can invite their friends to their town and upgrade these buildings together.
Users can also sell crafted items to other players in a real-time market. Shop
Heroes is also available to play for free on
Facebook.
CSI: Slots (Free on iOS, Android, Windows Phone) – From Gameloft, this slot machine game is based on the CSI television
series, and offers a story mode which sees players solving crimes with
characters from the show. During each case, players are challenged to collect
pieces of evidence or other special symbols (handcuffs, police badges, and so
on), which are represented on the slot machine’s reels. Like a traditional slot
machine, players spend currency with each spin, but can receive it back as the
reels land on specific symbol combinations. As gamers play, they’ll unlock
stand alone slot machines which can be accessed from the game’s main menu.
These offer traditional slot machine gameplay, without the inclusion of CSI
investigations.
Chesh ($2.99 on iOS) – From developer Damian Sommer, Chesh is a multiplayer game
inspired by chess, but with a different set of symbols and changing rules. Each
two-player game begins with different pieces on the board, with each piece
having a random movement rule assigned to it. Rather than explaining things via
a tutorial, the game challenges players to learn from experience. Chesh offers
three game modes and 533 different chesh pieces. Players can adjust the size of
the board, and the number of pieces in play, to customize the game’s challenge
level. In addition to local and online multiplayer functionality, players can
also practice against the computer.
Aya ($1.99 on iOS) – From Pine
Entertainment, this horror title sees players helping a girl name
Aya escape 13 nightmares and a curse caused by the devil. Each nightmare is a
haunted maze, and players navigate using a lantern as a source of light. Gamers
must avoid the devil’s evil spirits, and work their way through each maze to
save Aya’s soul.
Don’t Fall (Free on iOS, Android) – From Ketchapp and EyeBox
Games, this endless survival game asks players to help a ball
navigate an endless pathway by sliding yellow blocks into the gaps in the path,
before the ball reaches each gap and falls off. Gamers can collect crystals as
they play, which are spent to unlock new playable characters. Gamers will also
occasionally receive offers to earn free crystals by watching a video
ad. Players can share their high scores with friends
Lost Souls: Timeless Fables (Free
to try, $2.99 / $4.99 full game unlock on iPhone / iPad) – From G5 Entertainment, this sequel to Lost Souls:
Enchanted Paintings asks players to help Bella find her missing brother by
traveling through the pages of well-known stories and fables. Players will
visit 40 locations and complete over 20 mini-games as they explore five
books and nine chapters of content. Players can unlock 39 achievements as they
play. While the game’s official launch was scheduled for this week, G5
Entertainment told SocialTimes an issue is preventing the title from
currently being available on the iTunes App Store. However, the game
is ‘coming soon.’ The full unlock price for Lost Souls: Timeless Fables will
increase to $4.99 and $6.99 on iPhone and iPad (respectively) two days after
its launch.
King of Trading (Free
on iOS, Android) – The second stock market game from Ronin Game Studios, King of Trading is a fantasy
trading experience, allowing players to create virtual stock portfolios using
their knowledge of the stock market. The game allows players to join contests
using virtual currency, for a chance to win more currency and eventually
receive ‘branded rewards’ as they progress. Contests come in multiple types and
durations, lasting from one hour to one month. Stock data within the game is
influenced by real-time market data provided by the BATS U.S. Stock Exchange.
Dust: An Elysian Tail ($5.99
on iOS) – From Humble
Hearts, this side-scrolling adventure RPG was first released on
console and PC, and stars a warrior named Dust, who must explore environments,
complete quests and defeat enemies as he attempts to remember his past. As
players progress, Dust learns new skills allowing him to travel to previously
inaccessible parts of the world.
NHL SuperCard (Free
on iOS, Android, Amazon) – From 2K, Cat Daddy Games and Visual Concepts, NHL SuperCard is a
hockey-themed collectible card game, which allows players to collect cards
representing current and former NHL players, and take them into multiple
competitive multiplayer modes. Players can complete Quick Games to rapidly earn
additional cards for their deck, or can take their team into Season Mode, which
offers week-long simulations of an NHL season. In Quick Games, players
choose one or more athlete cards for each period of the hockey game, with
each period focusing on a different stat, like stickhandling or skating, as
examples. Gamers select their cards based on each athlete’s point rating for
these stats. Once selected, the game compares the ratings on both players’
cards, and the winner earns points in the overall hockey game. Players win new
cards for their deck after each game, with the number of cards depending on
whether they won or lost the game, or whether it was a complete shutout.
Finally, Rivals Clash Events allow players to partner with others to compete
against rivals for rewards.
Are you looking for a new mobile game to try this weekend? As
usual, there were plenty of new games released this week, including Crafty Candy, a new match-three puzzle game from Outplay Entertainment. The game sees players
helping a friendly witch named Candice collect colorful candy to create
potions.
Fans of the Heroes television
series also have a new game to try this week, as Imperative Entertainment and Phosphor
Games Studio released Heroes Reborn: Enigma, a first-person action
puzzle game inspired by the Heroes Reborn television series.
Finally, SEGA and Hardlight released Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom on iOS, an endless runner which allows
players to take up to three characters into each run, and swap between them by
running down specially-marked paths.
Looking for something else to play this weekend?
Here’s a look at some additional games released this week.
Soda Dungeon (Free
on iOS) – From Armor Games, this dungeon raiding title sees
players managing a soda tavern and hiring traveling adventurers to collect
treasures by completing level-based battles in dungeons. As players collect
gold inside dungeons, these can be spent on upgrades for the tavern,
which may give them the chance to recruit new and better adventurers to send on
future quests. Players can find weapons and armor for their adventurers in
dungeons, or can purchase better items from the armory within the tavern. Soda
Dungeon is coming to Android on November 7.
QuickBoy (Free on iOS, Android) – From Netmarble Games, this side-scrolling runner
places players in the role of Tommy Hawk, a delivery boy challenged with saving
humanity during the zombie apocalypse. Players complete level-based missions by
tapping on jump and slide buttons to jump over or slide under obstacles, which
include zombies on the path. Over time, gamers unlock tools like
drones and jetpacks, with jetpacks allowing players to fly over obstacles, and
drones adding a specific boost to future games (like creating extra coins
or increasing the duration of a power-up, as examples). One power-up, for
instance, gives Tommy a shield, which allows him to defeat
zombies without being hurt for a limited time. Players can spend coins on
additional drones, or on upgrades for their items.
The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land (Free
on iOS) – From AMC and Next Games, The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land is
the official mobile game based on the AMC television series. The game takes
players to the zombie apocalypse, and combines city-building with turn-based
battles. As players progress, they’ll collect survivors from six different
classes, and can mix and match these survivors to create a team of three
heroes for each battle. During battle, players drag their finger around
the game board to command each individual survivor to complete tasks (like
attacking zombies or searching for resources). Back at their camp, players can
train their survivors to increase their stats, or build and upgrade structures
to collect resources like food and currency. The game offers 10 episodes of
story missions at launch, while social features allow players to work with
others to complete weekly guild challenges.
Battle Decks (Free
on iOS) – From Codemasters and Chillingo, Battle Decks is a multiplayer
collectible card game, allowing players to customize multiple decks (one for
each of the game’s factions) using a selection of more than 1,000 cards, and
take their decks into battle against other online players. During each battle,
players work to destroy the enemy’s base on the game board. Players spend a
limited number of Command Points on each turn to play cards from their hand,
move their units around the board or attack the enemy. Gamers can also spend
Command Points to draw additional cards to their hand on their turn. Players
have access to a pre-designed (but customizable) deck for each of the game’s
six factions, with each deck having its own specialities. For instance, the
CyborGen faction focuses on splash damage, assistance drones and enforcers,
while the ArmaTek faction focuses on powerful vehicles, weapons and battlefield
presence. Users can practice with these decks against computer opponents to
find the best deck for their play style, before going against real opponents.
Gamers can purchase additional cards with coins or real money, and can
customize their decks between matches. In addition to standard single-player
matches, gamers can compete in the Frontline mode, which sees users given three
lives to clear as many battles as possible for a chance to win extra currency
and cards. This mode limits the number of faction decks players can choose
from.
Shop Heroes (Free on iOS, Android) – From developer cloudcade, Shop Heroes is an RPG shop simulator,
allowing players to build their own shop and craft over 550 items to sell to
the traveling heroes who visit the shop. While players begin by
crafting basic items like knives and walking sticks, they’ll unlock new
crafting recipes as they make lesser items in large quantities. While gamers
can collect iron and wood from bins in their shop, some recipes require special
ingredients which can be gathered by sending the heroes they’ve met on timed
quests via the game’s Inn. Early on, players unlock the ability to visit the
town around their shop, with each building serving a different purpose. Players
can invest free or premium currency into these buildings to increase their
resource production or unlock additional content. For social features, players
can invite their friends to their town and upgrade these buildings together.
Users can also sell crafted items to other players in a real-time market. Shop
Heroes is also available to play for free on
Facebook.
CSI: Slots (Free on iOS, Android, Windows Phone) – From Gameloft, this slot machine game is based on the CSI television
series, and offers a story mode which sees players solving crimes with
characters from the show. During each case, players are challenged to collect
pieces of evidence or other special symbols (handcuffs, police badges, and so
on), which are represented on the slot machine’s reels. Like a traditional slot
machine, players spend currency with each spin, but can receive it back as the
reels land on specific symbol combinations. As gamers play, they’ll unlock
stand alone slot machines which can be accessed from the game’s main menu.
These offer traditional slot machine gameplay, without the inclusion of CSI
investigations.
Chesh ($2.99 on iOS) – From developer Damian Sommer, Chesh is a multiplayer game
inspired by chess, but with a different set of symbols and changing rules. Each
two-player game begins with different pieces on the board, with each piece
having a random movement rule assigned to it. Rather than explaining things via
a tutorial, the game challenges players to learn from experience. Chesh offers
three game modes and 533 different chesh pieces. Players can adjust the size of
the board, and the number of pieces in play, to customize the game’s challenge
level. In addition to local and online multiplayer functionality, players can
also practice against the computer.
Aya ($1.99 on iOS) – From Pine
Entertainment, this horror title sees players helping a girl name
Aya escape 13 nightmares and a curse caused by the devil. Each nightmare is a
haunted maze, and players navigate using a lantern as a source of light. Gamers
must avoid the devil’s evil spirits, and work their way through each maze to
save Aya’s soul.
Don’t Fall (Free on iOS, Android) – From Ketchapp and EyeBox
Games, this endless survival game asks players to help a ball
navigate an endless pathway by sliding yellow blocks into the gaps in the path,
before the ball reaches each gap and falls off. Gamers can collect crystals as
they play, which are spent to unlock new playable characters. Gamers will also
occasionally receive offers to earn free crystals by watching a video
ad. Players can share their high scores with friends
Lost Souls: Timeless Fables (Free
to try, $2.99 / $4.99 full game unlock on iPhone / iPad) – From G5 Entertainment, this sequel to Lost Souls:
Enchanted Paintings asks players to help Bella find her missing brother by
traveling through the pages of well-known stories and fables. Players will
visit 40 locations and complete over 20 mini-games as they explore five
books and nine chapters of content. Players can unlock 39 achievements as they
play. While the game’s official launch was scheduled for this week, G5
Entertainment told SocialTimes an issue is preventing the title from
currently being available on the iTunes App Store. However, the game
is ‘coming soon.’ The full unlock price for Lost Souls: Timeless Fables will
increase to $4.99 and $6.99 on iPhone and iPad (respectively) two days after
its launch.
King of Trading (Free
on iOS, Android) – The second stock market game from Ronin Game Studios, King of Trading is a fantasy
trading experience, allowing players to create virtual stock portfolios using
their knowledge of the stock market. The game allows players to join contests
using virtual currency, for a chance to win more currency and eventually
receive ‘branded rewards’ as they progress. Contests come in multiple types and
durations, lasting from one hour to one month. Stock data within the game is
influenced by real-time market data provided by the BATS U.S. Stock Exchange.
Dust: An Elysian Tail ($5.99
on iOS) – From Humble
Hearts, this side-scrolling adventure RPG was first released on
console and PC, and stars a warrior named Dust, who must explore environments,
complete quests and defeat enemies as he attempts to remember his past. As
players progress, Dust learns new skills allowing him to travel to previously
inaccessible parts of the world.
NHL SuperCard (Free
on iOS, Android, Amazon) – From 2K, Cat Daddy Games and Visual Concepts, NHL SuperCard is a
hockey-themed collectible card game, which allows players to collect cards
representing current and former NHL players, and take them into multiple
competitive multiplayer modes. Players can complete Quick Games to rapidly earn
additional cards for their deck, or can take their team into Season Mode, which
offers week-long simulations of an NHL season. In Quick Games, players
choose one or more athlete cards for each period of the hockey game, with
each period focusing on a different stat, like stickhandling or skating, as
examples. Gamers select their cards based on each athlete’s point rating for
these stats. Once selected, the game compares the ratings on both players’
cards, and the winner earns points in the overall hockey game. Players win new
cards for their deck after each game, with the number of cards depending on
whether they won or lost the game, or whether it was a complete shutout.
Finally, Rivals Clash Events allow players to partner with others to compete
against rivals for rewards.
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