Published: February 27, 2010 Comment         Another month has gone by, and as usual there is a need for a roundup. February brought a lot of interesting games, and there are a couple of gems found within the roundup worthy of your attention. An Assassin in Orlandes – polished gamebook. I remember “playing” gamebooks as a kid. Making the correct choices following the story is a fun diversion. Is it a game? I am not so sure about that. You get to create your character by throwing a number of dice for vitality, attack and defence. Tapping the screen or shaking your device does the dice throwing, and I am not too keen on the animation/physics of the dice. They feel clunky, and as I can’t affect the outcome I would rather have a quick dice option letting me speed up the game. When “playing” the gamebook you battle using Read More

As a tabletop board game, Hive has been around since 2001. It draws inspiration from classic abstract strategy games like chess and shogi but does away with that pesky board (see also: Tile Chess). The iPhone/iPod touch app [US$1.99, iTunes link] brings everything from the physical version to your pocket, and if clever placement of bug-decorated pieces is your thing, the game is well worth the download – at least for a short while. The Game The rules of this two-player game are entirely simple. Each turn, you either add a piece to the hive (you can think of the hive as the board) or, if you've already placed your queen bee, you can move a piece in the hive. The object of the game is to surround your opponent's bee and, like in chess, each type of piece (different kinds of bugs) has its own movement abilities, so knowing when Read More

I had planned on settling in tonight, sifting through the tons of emails we've received from developers who are planning to or have put their games on sale, and forming some kind of massive list... Only to discover that TouchArcade forum superstar and all around cool dude Djflippy had completely one-upped me, not only posting a thread with a remarkably comprehensive list, but also alphabetizing said list. All of these games are either on sale currently or either have prices that are currently being modified or will be changed shortly. If something you're looking for isn't the price that we've published, just check back later: There are some serious bargains to be had in that list, and most of these sales are only going to last through the day with some of them extending over the weekend. It's probably not a good idea to wait on downloading any of these games Read More

...Wersja Hive na #iphone dostępna jest teraz za jedyne 0,79 euro. Moim zdaniem bardzo warto. http://tinyurl.com/yaytruq... Read More

Hive, the well known game by John Yianni, is on the iPhone courtesy Lotusland Studios, Inc. This board game comes with a huge difference from other similar games, for there is no board here. The board is formed when the pieces are added to it, so we sort of build up the game as we play it. The main objective of the game is to add pieces in such a way that we are the first to surround the opponent’s Queen Bee. The game pieces are made up by other creatures, and each has got their own unique moves. I confess that reading the game rules overwhelmed me a little, but I guess the developers are simply trying to give a helping hand. The cool thing is that there is an indicator about where we can place a certain kind of piece, so that should be a useful tip for first-timers. Read More