Friday July 19
17:21
Fresh From the Land Down Under – The TouchArcade Sho...
After a two week hiatus, we are back with another episode of The TouchArcade Show. Eli is fresh off his trip to Australia, which according to him is very similar to America but more upside down. Also kangaroos all over. Other topics this week include handheld emulator devices (imagine that!), a recap of our 300th episode which leads to all kinds...
16:28
TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Dungeon Tracer’
I’m a little conflicted on this week’s pick. Pretty much everyone knows the legend of Dungeon Raid, the match-3 RPG hybrid that took the world by storm way back in 2011. Everyone at the time was obsessed with it, but for whatever reason the developer of the game didn’t seem to care too much for it. Eventually it fully broke due to compatibility...
14:35
SwitchArcade Round-Up: Reviews Featuring ‘Hot Lap Ra...
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for July 19th, 2024. In today’s article, we finish up the week with the unusual appearance of a review. I’ve spent my time with Hot Lap Racing, and I’m ready to give my verdict. After that we head into the new releases for the day, a small assortment that may nevertheless offer things...
10:27
Draknek Interview: Alan Hazelden on Thinky Puzzle Ga...
Ever since I played my first release from Draknek & Friends years ago, I knew I wanted to sit down with Alan Hazelden and chat about the team, puzzle games, and much more. This has been in the works for a while, and with Draknek & Friends’ upcoming LOK Digital and the recent Cerebral Puzzle Showcase on Steam, I spoke to Alan about all...
05:41
The Latest ‘Marvel Snap’ OTA Update Buffs Bob and Ne...
I don’t know about all of you, my fellow Marvel Snap (Free) players, but these days when I see a balance update I find myself clenching my… teeth and bracing for the impact to my decks. They’ve been pretty spicy of late, after all. How will the latest one go? Certainly, we’ve seen a lot of play for Arishem since that card was added, and I have a...
05:34
‘Honkai Star Rail’ Version 2.4 “Finest Duel Under th...
HoYoverse just announced the Honkai Star Rail (Free) version 2.4 “Finest Duel Under the Pristine Blue" update alongside a surprising collaboration. Honkai Star Rail 2.4 follows the 2.3 “Farewell, Penacony" update. Read about that here. Beginning July 31st on Wednesday, Honkai Star Rail 2.4 will release on iOS, Android, PC, and PS5 worldwide...
04:39
‘Vampire Survivors+’ on Apple Arcade Will Receive Al...
Earlier this month, Apple revealed that poncle’s excellent Vampire Survivors+ () would be heading to Apple Arcade as a new App Store Great. I reached out to poncle to check in on the DLC for Vampire Survivors+ because only the first two DLCs were mentioned before. poncle now confirmed to me that the collaboration DLC packs will not be included...
02:41
Homerun Clash 2: Legends Derby opens for pre-registr...
Since launching in 2018, Homerun Clash has performed admirably for HAEGIN, racking up 12 million players all eager to prove they could be the next baseball champions. Well, the title will soon be up for grabs again, as Homerun Clash 2: Legends Derby has entered pre-registration, with some massive incentives to sign up for.
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00:45
‘Neverness to Everness’ Is a Free To Play Supernatur...
Perfect World Games and Hotta Studio (Tower of Fantasy) announced a new free to play open world RPG in the form of Neverness to Everness a few days ago (via Gematsu). Neverness to Everness has an urban setting, and the two reveal trailers for it look very stylish. Hotta Studio also revealed that Neverness to Everness will be coming to iOS,...
Thursday July 18
16:18
Meditative Puzzler ‘Ouros’ Coming to iOS and Android...
Ouros is a mediative puzzle game from developer Michael Kamm that launched on PC just a couple of months back, and today it has been revealed that the title is now heading to iOS and Android devices next month. Which is good news I say because this certainly seems like something that will be most at home on a touchscreen. Your goal in Ouros is to...
14:48
SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Nintendo World Championships...
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for July 18th, 2024. It’s a Thursday, and a fairly busy one at that. We start off with a bit of news about a new game coming next month, then head into those new releases for today. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is but the point of the spear, with lots of interesting games...
12:17
‘Metal Slug: Awakening’ is Now Available on iOS and...
Back around this time in 2020 it was revealed that a new Metal Slug game was in the works for mobile through a partnership with SNK and Call of Duty Mobile developer Timi Studios. The game was tentatively titled Metal Slug: Code J, and it has been in various forms of beta testing or soft launch for the past couple of years. Now the game, which is...
02:14
Dino survival is coming to mobiles this year with Ar...
When it first launched, Ark: Survival Evolved had one of the most exciting premises I had ever heard of; a survival game where you can make friends with wild dinosaurs. What else do you need in a game? Happily, mobile players can soon join in the prehistoric fun with Ark: Ultimate Survivor Edition.
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Wednesday July 17
21:56
Out Now: ‘Roia’, ‘Spirit of the Island’, ‘Asphalt Le...
Each and every day new mobile games are hitting the App Store, and so each week we put together a big old list of all the best new releases of the past seven days. Back in the day the App Store would showcase the same games for a week, and then refresh those features each Thursday. Because of that developers got into the habit of releasing their...
14:11
SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for July 17th, 2024. We’ve got a quiet Wednesday today with a couple of solid new releases to check out and not a whole lot else. I wanted to have another review ready, but it didn’t quite work out. At any rate, we take a look at those two games and then move in the usual business of...
10:06
Ultra Chill Water Diversion Game ‘Roia’ Now Availabl...
Last month we told you that developer Emoak Studio, creators of such titles as Machinaero and Lyxo, were working on a new game called Roia, and it’s my pleasure to inform you that Roia is now available in the app Store. The concept in Roia is that you’re guiding water from its source through all sorts of different terrain, with the goal of...
00:31
Left to Survive celebrates six years with a rewards-...
It has been six years since MY.GAMES launched zombie base-builder Left to Survive, and it has been doing pretty well for itself. With over 70 million installs and a lifetime revenue of $140 million, it's been a pretty successful project for the developers. To say thank you to its player base, MY.GAMES is hosting a bumper event in-game, stuffed...
Tuesday July 16
15:13
SwitchArcade Round-Up: Reviews Featuring ‘Princess M...
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for July 16th, 2024. It’s a relatively busy Tuesday by recent standards, with a handful of new releases to check out. First up, we’ve got two reviews to check out, covering Princess Maker 2 Regeneration and EGGCONSOLE Popful Mail. After that, it’s over to the new games, where we...
13:39
Dinosaur Survival Game ‘ARK: Ultimate Survivor Editi...
About ten years ago developer Studio Wildcard had a dream: Make one of those first-person open-world survival games that were all the rage, but absolutely load it up with cool dinosaurs. They did that in the form of ARK: Survival Evolved, which released into Early Access in 2015. The game garnered a positive reaction and earned itself a devoted...
06:00
‘Gunship Battle: Total Warfare’ Adds New Hero System...
Joycity is turning up the heat with a series of summer events within Gunship Battle: Total Warfare. Apart from the login bonuses you can get your hands on this month, the new Hero System, in particular, will see you getting up close and personal with historic icons, offering a new meta to tinker around with across the strategy military game.
As...
02:21
Roia, a relaxing indie puzzler where you can manipul...
Emoak, the creator of Lyxo and Machinaero released today Roia, a beautiful, meditative puzzler where you have full control of a water stream. The game comes with a genuinely relaxing and soothing atmosphere, and the visuals are equally mesmerizing.
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00:52
Klab Games announces Bleach Soul Puzzle an upcoming...
Whether you like them or not, match-3 puzzlers are big money, making up 10% of the mobile gaming market to the tune of one trillion yen, so it's no surprise everyone wants a piece. This time around, we have a hit anime series joining the trend with Bleach Soul Puzzle.
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Monday July 15
19:20
The 10 Best NES Games on Nintendo Switch, Plus 5 We’...
With the upcoming release of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition on the Switch, I’ve got NES games on my mind. What are the best ones available on the Switch? Time to investigate! Note that I’m not including the Nintendo Switch Online NES app, because that would make things too easy. I am, however, including compilations. Only one game from...
14:47
SwitchArcade Round-Up: Reviews Featuring ‘Parasol St...
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for July 15th, 2024. It’s the start of a new week, and we’ve got an assortment of goodies for you to kick things off with. A few reviews, including the latest PowerWash Simulator DLC, Parasol Stars, and a QUByte-published puzzler. There are two new releases, and at least one of them is...
12:40
‘Castle Doombad Classic’ Coming to All Platforms Inc...
This is one of those posts where I go “Holy moly! I can’t believe that game came out ten years ago!" Today’s game in question that is making me feel old is none other than Castle Doombad, an awesome dungeon/tower defense style game from developer Grumpyface Studios that was originally published by Adult Swim Games way back in January of 2014. As...
09:33
Best iPhone Game Updates: ‘Star Traders: Frontier’,...
Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It’s time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. An odd blend this time around, though one of them was a good reminder for me that the Olympics are right around the corner and will provide fodder for many events. Also: more Vay! Of course, you can keep an eye out for...
01:10
Undertake one of the most perilous climbs in existen...
For most of us, scrambling to the top of Mount Everest will forever be a pipe dream, and for good reason. It is an almost impossibly difficult task that requires a lot of effort and dedication, but what if the average Joe like you and I want to see what it's all about? Well, say hello to Mount Everest Story.
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Friday July 12
17:13
TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Royal Card Clash’
Sometimes a game comes along that’s so simple, and so well-executed, that you wonder “How has nobody thought of this before?" That is exactly how I feel about Royal Card Clash from Gearhead Games. We’ve been fans of their previous work Retro Highway, O-VOID, and Scrap Divers, but Royal Card Clash feels like something quite different for the tiny...
14:48
SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘DROS’, ‘Deathchron’, Plus To...
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for July 12th, 2024. It’s the end of another week, and we’re not exactly going out with a bang. Three new games today, all starting with the letter D by pure chance. Some new Nintendo Switch Online retro games that no one would have called before they hit. And the lovely, lovely sales...
10:38
‘Auto Pirates: Captain’s Cup’ is a Competitive Auto-...
Developer Featherweight Games, who have previously brought us the likes of Rodeo Stampede, Botworld Adventure, and Skiing Yeti Mountain, are readying their latest game for release. It’s called Auto Pirates: Captains Cup and it’s a player versus the entire world seafaring tactical auto-battler that is launching globally next month. You’ll put...
01:55
Summertime brings bugs, photography and Sanrio to Ka...
Fresh from their appearances in Identity V, a crossover I still can't wrap my head around, Sanrios’ My Melody and Kuromi are making their way to the much more family-friendly world of Play Together. You can undertake a variety of missions featured after the two, and enjoy quite the expansion in the bug-related arena.
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Thursday July 11
14:50
SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Ace Combat 7’, ‘Muv-Luv’, ‘P...
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for July 11th, 2024. In today’s article, we’ve got the nicest bunch of new releases we’ve seen in a little while. Ace Combat 7! Muv-Luv! Princess Maker 2! Parasol Stars! Tinkle Pit? We summarize all that is worth summarizing, then roll on over to the usual lists of new and expiring...
11:03
Minimalist City-Builder ‘Dawnfolk’, Formerly ‘Lueur...
Indie developer Darenn Keller has just released a new demo of his upcoming cozy, minimalist, survival city-builder Dawnfolk, and holy cow after just five minutes of playing I want more than anything for this game to release on mobile. Which it might! If the icons on the game’s press kit are to be believed, iOS and Android are in the cards for...
11:00
Team up with your friends to save the universe once...
Rec Room has announced a massive collaboration with the hit studio Bungie to bring an interesting new area to the social space. In an unexpected but intriguing move, the Destiny 2 universe will merge with the world, giving you and your friends a chance to be Guardians once again.
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07:00
Snowbreak: Containment Zone celebrates one year anni...
It has been one year since Snowbreak: Containment Zone launched, and it has done pretty well for itself, which personally makes me quite pleased as I quite enjoyed it. It especially fared well in Asia, hitting #2 on the App Store in China, and #1 on Steam in Japan, and the celebrate Seasun have released their latest massive update.
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Wednesday July 10
20:51
Out Now: ‘Disney Speedstorm’, ‘Royal Card Clash’, ‘R...
Each and every day new mobile games are hitting the App Store, and so each week we put together a big old list of all the best new releases of the past seven days. Back in the day the App Store would showcase the same games for a week, and then refresh those features each Thursday. Because of that developers got into the habit of releasing their...
14:22
SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Nintendo Switch Sports’ Bask...
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for July 10th, 2024. It’s another Wednesday, and following in the theme of this week it is a very quiet day. Business is going to pick up tomorrow, but for today all we have is a bit of news, a single new release, and our usual lists of new and expiring sales for the day. But hey, that...
10:11
Visual Novel with RPG Elements ‘Werewolf: The Apocal...
There are some genres that just feel like they were made for a touchscreen device, and visual novels and tabletop RPGs are two that immediately come to mind. A gorgeous, impossibly high resolution screen to enjoy all the artwork of a visual novel, as well as being able to easily keep track of any branching pathways the story might take if it’s...
01:05
Recruit a powerful new sword master in Aether Gazer...
Aether Gazer has unveiled a major update to coincide with the launch of the Fall of the Human God event. This adds Chapter 18 to the main story, as well as introducing a new S-Grade Modifier to recruit and some Modifier Outfits for the fashionista in you.
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Tuesday July 9
14:45
SwitchArcade Round-Up: Hands-On with ‘SPYxANYA: Oper...
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for July 9th, 2024. Another quiet release day today, but don’t worry because Thursday is looking loaded with new games. Good new games? I guess we’ll see. For today, I have a detailed hands-on with the cute SPYxFAMILY game that came out recently. Our pal Mikhail will be reviewing the...
10:57
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail Steam Deck Review – Grap...
Note: This Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail review is an in progress one that will be updated with the final score after I’ve played more of the expansion and have tested some more of the earlier raids with the new graphics update on Steam Deck OLED..
Back in May, I wrote about Final Fantasy XIV on Steam Deck covering how to get it running, how it...
07:19
Apple Arcade August 2024 Games: Vampire Survivors+ a...
Vampire Survivors+ () and Temple Run: Legends headline August 2024’s new Apple Arcade games. The former is an App Store Great* while the latter is a new original game for the service. Both games arrive on August 1st, but there’s more planned through the coming weeks with Apple also confirming that Castle Crumble is getting an Apple Vision Pro...
05:14
It’s A ‘Pool, ‘Pool Summer in ‘Marvel Snap’ As Deadp...
We’re getting to that time once again, True Believers. The Eternals have made their mark on Marvel Snap (Free), and I’m sure we’ll be dealing with some of them for a long while to come, but by and large it’s time for them to pack up and head home. In case you didn’t know, Marvel has a new movie coming out pretty soon. Deadpool & Wolverine is...
01:04
Zenless Zone Zero hosts the Drip Fest contest to cel...
It pains my soul deeply to have to write the name of this contest but to celebrate the launch of Endless Zone Zero, HoYoverse will be hosting their fan work contest dubbed Drip Fest. Players across the world can submit their works of art for the chance to win up to $3,000.00 in prizes, as well as the Golden Bangboo grand trophy.
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Monday July 8
15:01
SwitchArcade Round-Up: Reviews Featuring ‘Luigi’s Ma...
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for July 8th, 2024. It’s a new week, and we starting things off with our usual review foot forward. I take a look at Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD and Cyber Citizen Shockman Zero, and I liked both of them. After that, there’s a new release to dig into. It’s not the most exciting of affairs, but...
12:58
The 10 Best Horror Games on Nintendo Switch in 2024...
Following my feature on the best looking Nintendo Switch games in 2024, I had a few different ideas for my next Switch-focused article. Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD releasing, reminded me how much I liked the game back on 3DS, so I decided to write about my favorite horror games on Switch. Note that this list is in no particular order, and it also...
11:15
‘Resident Evil 7 biohazard’ iPhone 15 Pro Review – T...
Resident Evil 7 biohazard (Free) is one of the most important Capcom games of the last 10 years as far as I’m concerned. It felt like a turning point for the publisher back in 2017 when we saw the PS4 get multiple superb releases from Japan within a short period including Persona 5, Yakuza 0, NieR Automata, and more. Resident Evil 7 biohazard was...
09:24
Best iPhone Game Updates: ‘AFK Arena’, ‘Real Racing...
Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It’s time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. It’s a relatively dire bunch this week, I regret to say. It’s like all the positive energy for the bunch was absorbed by a major update to a game that hasn’t seen much updating at all in the last fifteen years. Of...
06:12
How To Use a Controller in ‘Zenless Zone Zero’ on iP...
HoYoverse’s urban fantasy action RPG Zenless Zone Zero (Free) finally launched last week on iOS, Android, PC, and PS5 worldwide. We featured it as our Game of the Week a few days ago as well. Zenless Zone Zero, unlike Honkai Star Rail and Genshin Impact, also supports controllers on Android in addition to iOS. Those two games only have controller...
03:58
Disney Pixel RPG Is a New Casual RPG From GungHo for...
GungHo just announced a new casual RPG for mobile in the form of Disney Pixel RPG (), due this year. Disney Pixel RPG will let players explore with pixel versions of Disney characters across multiple worlds. There will be battle, action, and rhythm challenges with an original mystery taking place in the story that sees you journey with Mickey...
