The board game industry is a booming one, growing significantly over the last few years. With this uptick, I can’t say that I’m surprised to see physical board games being ported over to mobile and PC. Mysterium is the latest example of this trend. In this game, players will be helping to solve a murder mystery, with the help of the deceased.
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Towaga has arrived and tasks players with the unenviable job of standing alone in the dark and keeping the shadows at bay. The gorgeously-designed shooter is now out on Android, and asks only one thing of players: Don’t get hit.
FCC E-filing yielded up some new information and photos on what appears to be a new Shield handheld. In the letter to the FCC from NVIDIA they designate it a Portable Gaming Device, with the type designation P2523. It will feature micro SD card expansion, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and charge via mini-USB.
Publisher Armor Games is less than 12 hours away from releasing its latest game, Sonny, onto iOS devices, but it is gauging interest in bringing the cult hit series to other devices, including Android. The publisher is asking fans to “let us know what other platforms you would like Sonny to come to.”
War Wings, the WWII aerial dogfight game, will be heading to new regions in the next few months. They’ll be opening the game for North America, the UK, and Russia. This title has great reception so far and I’m excited to see the release expanded.
Super popular tower defense game Plants vs. Zombies 2 is getting a major update. Titled Power Plants, it adds a completely new dynamic to the game’s strategy with the inclusion of bonuses that upgrade the abilities and effectiveness of each of the game’s plants.
One man independent game studio, Lucky Chan Games, has launched it’s new casual game, Coin Shower, on Google Play. The puzzler is based on a Korean drinking game called “Baskin Robbins 31”.
London-based developer, The Secret Police (a relatively new team) have announced their first title – an ambitious one at that – Dragon’s Watch, for mobile platforms. What makes this game unique is that it is touted as a western developed “Battle RPG”, inspired by JRPGs and intended for one-handed play – and unlike many Free-to-play titles, this game will apparently be completely playable offline.
Back in November 2016 we reported on a new Star Wars game heading our way soon from NetMarble called Star Wars: Force Arena. After a pre-registration period of a couple of months, the game has finally gone live on Google Play for everyone to download and start playing.
Attention Duelists! The doors are now open to Konami’s newest Yu-Gi-oh! game, Duel Links. US and Canadian fans can now ready their decks and battle for supremacy in player versus player duels with this faithful adaptation of the tabletop card game, optimized to take advantage of mobile devices.









