Lili has a clever female heroine, large 3D environments to explore from a third-person perspective, and a serious search and find element to it.
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Hundreds for iOS is a maddening challenge of a puzzler game 0
April 16th at 6:30am / Macworld / 0 opinionsIt’s hard to classify Hundreds as a game, per say. Developed by Semi Secret Software, this $5 universal app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch feels more like a post-modern art installation, or perhaps a Cold War torture device maliciously released on iOS. Regardless, Hundreds is one of the singular weirdest experiences you’ll find on the iOS platform—and its beauty is certainly in the eye of the individual player....
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Games for the weekend: Gravity Hook HD 1
May 10th at 12:02pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsAn arcade-style game that is more challenging than it may first appear. If there were such a genre for side-scrolling puzzle games, this game would define it, except for one minor detail: it’s vertical.
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Inspiring stuff: Meet two talented tech entrepreneurs aged just 13 1
June 1st at 7:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsOne of the most talked about parts of The Next Web Conference Europe 2013 was when two 13-year-olds took to the stage. Jordan Casey and Puck Meerburg show that age doesn’t have to be a factor when it comes to being a tech entrepreneur....
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Gaming classic Contra lands on mobile with official Konami remake for iOS 0
June 26th at 6:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsKonami and publisher CocoaChina/Chukong have released Contra: Evolution for iOS, the first official mobile version of the classic 1980s platform shooter, with an Android version coming soon....
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Color Band Lets Children Paint Pictures With Sound Using The iPad’s Motion Sensor 0
July 15th at 11:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsFreemium app Color Band uses the iPad’s front camera motion sensor to create a magical experience for children learning about music and color. With a few strokes of their fingers on the iPad’s touchscreen, kids can draw their own instruments. To play them, they just have to wave their hands in the air.
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The College Students Behind Norway’s Hit Fun Run Look To Become More Than A One-Hit Wonder 1
August 8th at 7:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWhen iOS was a younger platform three or four years ago, every few weeks a small studio out of some tiny corner of the world would emerge with a top-ranking hit. There were games out of tiny towns in Northern Germany like Tiny Wings and then there were titles like Angry Birds, which some companies like Rovio parlayed into businesses that eventually became worth nine or ten figures. These hits out…
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Whereâs My Water? 2 launches with new puzzles, more ducks, and hard challenges 0
September 13th at 2:02am / Macworld / 0 opinionsDisney Interactive is heading back to the swamp with the release of Where’s My Water? 2, a follow-up to the original that spawned an entire Where’s My…? franchise for Disney. The sequel, which launched Thursday for iOS and Windows devices with an Android version to follow, features the same gameplay mechanics as the original title with additional challenges and extra twists that keep the game fresh....
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Apple Unveils Top Apps of All Time 1
October 8th at 5:14pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsAs Apple's App Store nears 50 billion downloads, the company reveals the all-time most popular apps for iPhone and iPad.
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Candy Crush Saga tops 500 million downloads on Facebook, iOS and Android 1
November 15th at 3:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsCandy Crush Saga has been downloaded over half a billion times across Facebook, iOS and Android, social games developer King announced today....
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You can now play the original Tomb Raider game on your iOS device 0
December 17th at 11:47pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsTomb Raider I is now available in Appleâs App Store for $0.99.
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Rhythm Thief & The Paris Caper Lets You Dance And Fight Your Way Across France 1
January 14th at 8:04pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsOriginally arriving in the App Store last Thursday, Rhythm Thief & the Paris Caper mysteriously vanished the following day after SEGA discovered “unexpected problems” with the game.
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'Play Magnus' for iPhone pits you against a young chess Grandmaster 0
February 28th at 3:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsI just beat a chess Grandmaster. Sort of. Play Magnus is a new app that lets you challenge a digital version of reigning chess world champion Magnus Carlsen on your iPhone. Playing against Carlsen, who holds the highest rating of any Grandmaster ever, might not sound like a fair match, but Play Magnus actually allows you to challenge the champion at various stages in his career....
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Hitman Go review: Ultraviolent console shooter becomes surreally restrained iPad puzzler 0
May 20th at 8:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsWho could possibly have seen this coming? Hitman, the series of violent and visually sumptuous stealth shooting games, has come to iPad in the form of Hitman Go, a mannered, turn-based puzzle board game....
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Card Wars: Adventure Time — Absolutely, You Can Floop The Pig 0
February 18th at 7:36am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsFans of Cartoon Network’s megahit Adventure Time are probably familiar with “Card Wars,” an episode in which heroes Finn and Jake square off in a ludicrously complicated collectible card game. Card Wars: Adventure Time by Cartoon Network Category: iOS Games…
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The trippy world of Monument Valley goes on sale for $1.99 0
July 9th at 7:34am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsAs you can see from the exclusive “making of” feature I wrote a few months back, I’m a massive fan of Monument Valley, the surrealistic M.C. Escher-inspired iOS puzzle game that rocked the App Store earlier this year. A recent…
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Space Colors is a trippy, brutal explosion-fest that will keep you hooked for hours 0
August 7th at 10:24pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsTeam Chaos has a reputation for publishing quirky, fun, colorful games like Cat vs. Aliens, Flappy Stache, and Dragon Academy (a “hatch-three” puzzle game). With Space Colors, they’ve done it again. This time, you’re an Asteroids-style spaceship trying to destroy…
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What we’re playing: The 12 best new games on every platform that matters 0
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OKGo’s Andy Ross Programmed Lindsay Lohan’s The Price Of Fame Game 0
December 12th at 5:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsLindsay Lohan’s The Price of Fame is now at #10 in the App Store after only a week and a half. Of course, if we’ve learned anything from Kim K, celebrity-backed mobile games tend to do quite well in this space. If that were all this was, it wouldn’t be much of a story. The truly interesting part is that Andy Ross, guitarist for power-pop band OK Go, is the guy who programmed…
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You Should Play: Alto's Adventure finds serenity in side-scrolling snow shredding 0
February 27th at 4:00am / Macworld / 0 opinionsBeautiful new endless runner is as chill as the freshly fallen digital powder.
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Apple Watch spy game brings clever twist to retro format 0
April 24th at 6:04pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsFrom James Bond’s laser Rolex to Maxwell Smart’s shoe phone, spies have always been suckers for wearable tech. To salute secret agents’ fondness for the latest gadgets, the makers of Spy_Watch crafted their new game for the latest cutting-edge device…
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One year later, mobile puzzle game Threes is going free 1
June 11th at 3:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsBy any measure, Threes is a success. The mobile puzzle game has been downloaded more than a million times, and even spawned a console version on Xbox One. But despite the sales and accolades, the developers behind it feel that it hasnât really met its full potential. A lot of that has to do with the $2.99 price tag, and the strange debacle it unintentionally inspired. So today theyâre making Threes free....
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Apple's App Store has 100 apps and games on sale 0
July 24th at 3:49am / The Verge / 0 opinionsIf you're anything like us, you already have way too many apps on your phone, but that isn't stopping you from trying new ones. That can get very expensive very quickly, unless it just so happens that the App Store has a "100 Apps and Games" promotion, in which every single app and game on offer is $0.99. But really, when does that ever happen?...
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Freemium Field Test: Just pay for Pac-Man 256's unlimited credits and get it over with 0
September 21st at 3:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsPac meets Crossy Road with a multifaceted free-to-play model in the middle.
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Japanese cat-luring sensation Neko Atsume is finally available in English 0
December 14th at 4:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsThere's little to it, but as a free time-waster, it's absolutely pleasing.