King of Fighters 98: Dream Match Never Ends was a 2D fighting game release in (surprise!) 1998 by SNK. Originally released on the Neo Geo, it later was ported to the PlayStation as well as the Dreamcast. What makes this fighting game unique is that it contains all the fighters from releases that came prior to this one, including those that had died in their story arc (which was rebooted with the subsequent release).
Author: Ryan Ballard
Dengen Chronicles TCG is a trading card game created by Mangatar that was originally released on Windows Phone, and is now available on Android. In this game, players use virtual cards against those of another player in a form of combat. The game is exclusively PvP, with no solo missions or story mode that I encountered.
Kongregate, the developers that also brought Game of Thrones Ascent to Android have released another game called Lionheart Tactics. The game is a tactical RPG that uses 3D graphics and turn-based gameplay.
Retaliate is a simple space shooter game, a la Galaga. Your ship is locked to the bottom of the screen, and the hostile alien ships attack you from above. The graphics are simple and low end, similar to other classic arcade games.
Kemco is the developer of many Japanese-style RPGs. The company has put several of their games on sale today for $0.99 each. While that’s not the entirety of their selection, like they usually tend to do, there’s still a decent cross-section to choose from.
Kongregate has placed Game of Thrones Ascent into Google Play, along with adding iPhone capability; iPads have had this game since March. The game is a Strategy RPG that is set within the Game of Thrones universe, where players create their own low level character, and attempt to align themselves with one of the great houses.
On July 17th, Herocraft, the developer for the strategy game called Majesty is set to release a new expansion for it called The Northern Kingdom. In Majesty, the player doesn’t directly control the heroes and citizen of his or her kingdom.
Planet Stronghold is a full length RPG set in a SciFi setting. While the story is interesting, and there is control over both the direction it takes and over your relationships with the other characters, there is unfortunately a LOT that gets in the way of actual enjoyment of the game.
Out There is a game of surviving outer space. Players assume the role of an astronaut that has awoken from cryonic sleep, and is now located in a far away, and unfamiliar, portion of outer space. From this remote locale you venture forth, eking out your survival by re-purposing salvage found drifting through space, skimming oxygen from planets that have it, alien tech, and the like. The game is quite difficult, per the admission of the developers on their page in Google Play, with its focus being resource management and interactive fictions. This base game costs $3.99.
Google Play Games, is the direct-from-Google app that manages the games that a given player is currently enjoying, or has in the past. It’s a place where players can see where they rank on Leader Boards, see what their friends (on Google+) are playing, and cloud save their in-game progress, among other useful features for players and developers alike. As promised during Google I/O, it’s received a bit of an overhaul.