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ROCK BAND Review
Rock Band is the brand new port of the popular console music and rhythm game of the same name. But if for some reason, you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, players pick one of 4 available instruments and must hit the dropping notes in time to the music. For each instrument, players must tap on the correct button as the note drops into place. Players will be able to use overdrive for a double score multiplier by shaking the device. If you’ve played any mu…
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Bubble Town 2 Review
Bubble Town 2 is a bubble popping game for the iPhone. Players progress through a moderate story mode to find out that strange things are happening in Bubble Town. You will progress through a decent lengthen story mode to try and discover what is happening to your quaint town and need to solve a number of bubble pop puzzles in order to do so. The controls are straight forward and there isn’t much room for error; players slide their finger across the bottom of the screen to adjus…
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Kaloki War Review
From developer Ninja Bee comes the latest in iPhone ports from the Xbox 360 Live Arcade title Kaloki Outpost X, Kaloki War. Adapted from the War Story section of the 360 release, Kaloki War has players taking control of a small space station and building numerous add-ons to not only maintain resources and keep incoming customers happy but also prepare for invading aliens. Players take control of their space station by tapping the empty ports and selecting the appropriate structure to…
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Boxhead - The Zombie Wars Review
Boxhead – The Zombie Wars is a twin sticks shooter game where players take control of a lone solider as you try to survive against the incoming swarms of zombies and demons. Continuing the online flash series of games of the same name, you must kill zombies in order to increase your streak and unlock new weapons and upgrades. These new weapons can be accessed by tapping on the weapon icon at the bottom of the screen and making their selection. As mentioned, players will need to…
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MoveMeOut Review
MoveMeOut is a sliding puzzle game where players must try to manoeuvre blocks in different puzzles in order to remove the large red block from the board. You’ll need to constantly adjust and shift surrounding blocks in order to clear a path. Players control block movement by sliding their finger on the screen. With each move, you’ll receive another point towards your move counter. But the game’s move counter gives you a minimum move rate rather than a maximum; which…
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Squeeballs Party Review
Squeeballs Party is a series of small touch based mini-games featuring a colourful line up of characters; the Squeeballs. There are four mini games to choose from; bowling, cooking, bowling through an obstacle course and a catapult painting game. Each game has different controls, but all are touch related. For example the cooking mini-game plays similar to Cooking Mama, where players must dice onions and carrots by swiping up and down at the screen. Overall the controls work well, exc…
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I'm good in sports Review
I’m good in sports is the latest in sporting trivia games for the iPhone. Players must complete a series of questions based on a wide range of sports in order to secure a medal and prove that you’re good in sports. Players are given a question or objective and must tap on the correct answer to proceed. There is a timer for each answer and if you fail to answer correctly or the timer expires, then it’s game over for you. Unfortunately, if you have a decent memory you&…
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Ursa Minor Review
Ursa Minor is an action adventure game where you take control of a bear, not so cleverly disguised as a bee in hopes of stealing some honey. You begin your raid on the bee hive and must steal as much honey as you can before game over; which occurs when you’re stung five times by the bees. Players control the bear’s movement by tapping on him and dragging him across the iPhone screen. You will need to fly close enough to the bees without hitting them in order to collect the…
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Dark Nebula - Episode One Review
Dark Nebula is an action, reflex game where players must guide a small ball through a series of maze like levels in order to reach the end. Along the way you will need to collect a number of small pickups that will add to your total highscore and level ranking and collect different shields to roll through various force fields and protect yourself from other obstacles. The game is tilt controlled, and although some tilting games have let down players in the past, this is not the case h…
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Cash Cow Review
Cash Cow is a gem collecting style game where you play as Buck the Cow, who must save his farm from being repossessed from the bank by collecting loose change to repay his debts. Yes, Buck is a cow with debts. Anyway, you’ll need to sort through your spare change in order to make dollar notes as the bank will only accept paper money now. Players tap on coins next to each other to combine them to change them into dollar bills. The gameplay is fine but the first immediate issue is…
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It Review
It is a quick reaction game that requires players to quickly perform touch actions using the games screen. The longer your streak is, the higher your score will be. Players are required to perform each action as the description pops onto screen. For example if ‘Tap It’ comes up players will need to tap the screen with one finger. While the actions are simple, most of the time, players will need to repeat an action until you move onto the next action as the touch recognitio…
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Keep Defenders Review
Keep Defenders is a mix of Real Time Strategy and Tower Defence games all rolled into one. Players must effectively defend their keep from attacking soldiers but also need to position their troops, plan a defence and purchase new, stronger units. The game offers a single player campaign mode, consisting of three environments and a number of different maps. Players control their units similar to an RTS, players click on a unit to select them and tap on the map to direct them. Players c…
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Archon:Conquest Review
In 2008, Developer React Games bought the license to Archon and began work on Archon titles for the iPhone. The original 1983 game Archon: The Light and Dark, a chess style strategy game was already remade by developers and now the gameplay has been adapted and transferred with a new twist in Archon: Conquest. In the game’s new story mode, you’ll find yourself on a large board and must eliminate all opposing enemy units. By tapping on a unit you can move them to a differen…
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Stick-Fu Review
Stick Fu is a side-scrolling fighter game consisting of stick figures and, to be blunt, a non-existent story line. You must travel around the city defeating other stick figures and level bosses using an array of punches, kicks and various special moves. Players attack by using the two on screen buttons, one for standard attacks and one for special attacks. The special attacks can only be used once the player’s combo meter is filled but it takes no time to fill up. The game also…
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iMPig Review
ImPig is a truly bizarre game where players take control of a cowboy pig who, when walking his young piglets home is attacked by a big bad wolf. You take refuge on a stack of mushrooms and must defend your pigs from the wolf and his minions by shooting arrows at them and collecting wolf tails to power up your main pig. Players will use a bow and arrow to kill the advancing wolves and must aim as accurately as possible as you have a limited amount of ammo. You will tap and drag a line…
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