Despite feeling like a close cousin to a certain bird-slinging physics puzzler at first, "Burn the City" eventually veers off into fresh territory that makes it well worth looking into for genre fans.
PROPE's experiment with the Unreal Engine holds some surprisingly intriguing casual puzzle gameplay, say what you will about its preference for tranquility over depth of content. The real problem here is that the developer's been snarled by the most basic requirement of the mobile age: always, always, always record the player's progress!
You'd think serving as a short-order cook for a mouse would be easy: just toss a piece of cheese on a plate and slide it on over. However, LovApps is determined to show us that it'll take more than that to Feed the Rat...
Argh! A superbly designed Castle Defense game is thwarted by severe stability issues, at least on this reviewer's iDevice. Let's hope this gets fixed soon, because it's an absolute must-have for any genre fan who's lucky enough to get it working.
So, on the very same day we fire up our preview copy of the upcoming sidescrolling platformer "Idyllic," developer FatCow Games announces a writing contest to let one fan determine the answers to the game's deepest mysteries? Believe it -- it's just more proof that anything's possible in this indie-driven market! Read our hands-on impressions of the game and get the scoop on FatCow's writing contest inside.
iFanzine recently had an opportunity to sit down with Antti Ilvessuo, Creative Director of Redlynx! How does a small indie developer go all the way to making big budget, big-name titles? As they say, attitude is everything!
Arrr, if ye be a puzzle fan, ye better make way on your iDevice for this upcomin' game courtesy o' Black Pearl and Lakoo. That's what our hands-on time with the game so far be tellin' us. Savvy?
If there's one thing iOS isn't lacking it's creative physics puzzlers, but darn it all if these new releases don't keep us coming back for more! We recently got our hands on "Bobby: Space Adventure," a collaboration from Nooskewl and Studio Dereka that's about to bust its way right onto the iDevices of genre fans any day now.
This Friday’s contest is so good it hurts! Attack our ‘Tweet’ button and throw a few Facebook ‘Likes’ in iFanzine’s direction (a combo of both works best) all this week and you could walk away with some truly excellent prizes, including Street Fighter IV Volt, Mighty Fin and Happy Jumper. See what I did there?
And next up, a golden oldie from two years back makes its second outing on iOS after some retooling. "Boost 2" is chock-full of flying colors, but does that help it pass the ultimate test of good tunnel game design?