In this week’s iOS Roundup, we look at three games, each with shots of different sorts.
Luxor 2 (iPhone, iPad): We remember early in the casual gaming renaissance, when MumboJumbo was the Pepsi to PopCap’s Coke. Both made similar titles, with similar strategies and feels. The two took different paths, and while PopCap moved to inject lots of personality into its iteration, MumboJumbo focused on polishing its core concepts to an incredible degree. READ MORE
Windows Phone 7 gets some high-profile arcade titles! This week, we take a look at two of the biggest.
Fruit Ninja: This Halfbrick title is one of the most addictive games you will every play on a mobile device. The goal is simple: slice as many fruit as you can.
In Classic mode, you get three strikes. After three fruit fall off the screen, your game is over. There are also bombs that will end your game immediately. It does add some strategy to the game, making you actually think instead of just going crazy slicing fruit. The overall goal in classic mode is to get as many points as you possibly can. Zen mode is a 90-second mode where you have no bombs and no lives. Fruit bombards the screen, and again, your goal is to score as many points as possible. Arcade mode gives you one minute to score as many points as you can. This time bombs only take away 10 points, instead of ending your game. There are also bonus bananas in arcade mode that will give you extra fruit to slash, freeze the screen to make slicing fruit easier, and even give you a x2 bonus. READ MORE
Kairosoft’s racing team simulator and a one-button strategy game kick off our Android Roundup.
Grand Prix Story: After surprise smash-hit Game Dev Story, Kairosoft’s followup was a bit of a curveball, spa simulator Hot Springs Story. With the third Western outing, there’s a marked return to the roots of what made GDS great. In this one, there are a few changes, as you build up racers and fine-tune vehicles to work your way up to the big-league circuits. READ MORE
The 3DS has had a weak launch period, and with a robust fall lineup that includes a new Super Mario, Kid Icarus and Mario Kart, that trend’s about to change. What isn’t about to change, though, is the relative dearth of quality third-party games on Nintendo’s handheld. Heroes of Ruin, developed by n-Space and published by Square Enix, is an exception, and it’s because n-Space is doing what it always does: providing a solid experience in a genre weak on the system. READ MORE
Looking to get your dogfighting fix this year? You might want to check out a little title called Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. It will be a game full of action, excitement and dramatic camera angles, not to mention some pretty nice aerial combat. READ MORE
