Ruan Shiels
Founder and Editor-in-Chief

Ruan Shiels is a writer, artist and entrepreneur. He founded iFanzine.com in 2009 after buying his first iPod Touch and being blown away by the potential of iOS as a gaming platform.

Ruan Shiels

First Look: SHADOWGUN & New Video Footage!

Ruan Shiels·
Wow. Just... wow. Shadowgun, Madfinger Games' eagerly awaited follow-up to the critically lauded Samurai II: Vengeance, looks like all kinds of awesome. Madfinger are promising this Unity Engine-powered third-person shooter will usher in "a new visual standard for handheld gaming," and having just watched a brief video clip of the upcoming title in action, I'm inclined to believe them.
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Arno the Hunter Review

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Part fish, part armadillo, all hunter. One can only guess at what Arno is, what he's hunting exactly, or why, although the High Score meter makes it clear he's doing it for sport! He stars in a lovingly crafted indigenous take on classic arcade shooters, its one flaw being that there simply isn't more on offer.
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Jungle Games Review

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If you ask me, Match-3 games are stuck in a bit of a monkey see, monkey do rut, with most tending to stick closely to the tried and tested grid-based, jewel bustin' format. Thankfully, indie developers Koordinauten GmbH rip up the rulebook for Jungle Games...
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Izar Review

Ruan Shiels·
SVP Mobile serves up more of the same, which is sure to be a good thing for fans of its previous products but a cautionary tale for RPG fans who go in expecting an innovative genre entry.
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Demolition Dash HD Review

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Dreamfab doesn't mess around. They don't tease you, tempt you or keep you hanging around waiting for the action to ensue. And from the word go, it's blatantly obvious Demolition Dash HD is gonna be a very special experience...
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Mystic Forest Review

Ruan Shiels·
Like the eyeball-equipped flora that populate it, Mystic Forest is an eccentric creature indeed. It's certainly not without its flaws at present, but worth a look if you could go for a puzzle-adventure and don't mind putting on some platforming shoes.
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Blupt! Review

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Blupt! is an ambitious little game. In an App Store chock-full of Angry Birds and Cut The Rope rehashes and reiterations, refreshingly, for this physics puzzler, Unboring SL has come up with an interesting new gameplay formula! Do these innovative ideas succeed, or make things overly complicated? Read on to find out! *burp*
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Noty & Moky Review

Ruan Shiels·
Here's a game that tries hard to emulate the things we all love about titles like WarioWare or the Mario Party series, where you engage in a large and diverse range of "micro games". Something we don't see very often on iOS...
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Brave Code Hands-On Preview

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Lakoo, perhaps best known for the MMORPG "Empire Online," is trying its hand at an iOS exclusive, single-player Action RPG with the upcoming "Brave Code." Lakoo was generous enough to let our grubby little hands near a preview build, and take it from us: this is one to watch if you're looking for an Action RPG that completely shakes up the traditional genre formula!
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