Game of the Week

TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Aruna’s Adventure’

TouchArcade Rating:There were a bunch of really good games released this week, but the one I find I keep coming back to is the one that offers exactly what it says it does on the tin. It’s Aruna’s Adventure ($4.99) from developer James Swiney, and it promises an adventure in a similar vein to the original 8-bit The Legend of Zelda. That’s precisely what you get, and while it sounds strange, it’s that focus and simplicity that makes Aruna’s Adventure so enjoyable. Don’t expect any huge skill trees or complex

TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Songbringer’

TouchArcade Rating:Mobile is home to a bunch of great original games, but equally important is the huge number of excellent games that have been ported over from other platforms. Back in 2015 Wizard Fu Games successfully crowdfunded a project for an idea that was essentially “What if the original The Legend of Zelda was different every time you played it?" A couple of years later that project, called Songbringer, launched on desktop and consoles with a Nintendo Switch port following in 2018. One of the original stretch goals of the

TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Penrose’

TouchArcade Rating:I love digital choose your own adventure books and gamebooks because instead of futzing around flipping back and forth between physical pages and trying to remember which paths you’ve taken and which you haven’t, the digital version can just do all that work for you. I’m lazy! But it turns out that digital interactive fiction can be capable of a whole lot more than just being bookmarks, and that’s the theme of what Penrose ($0.99) is all about. Penrose is from Doublespeak Games, creators of A Dark Room, so

Gold Series Team Championship Fall: Week 3 Recap

by: TheOneAboveUBrave Star Gaming have done it again! Scoring a big upset against Jin Air Green Wings in Week 3, they have once more proven that they are not to be underestimated, not even by former champions. This could prove to be a very important victory later down the line when deciding playoff seeding—it may very well be what pushes BSG one rung higher in the playoff gauntlet.GTC 2020 Fall will be taking a break next week as DreamHack Masters Fall China is taking place. The tournament will resume with

TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale’

TouchArcade Rating:Ah sequels. They are such a good idea in theory, but so often they’re hit or miss. Do you play it safe and stick closely to what people enjoyed about the original game but risk being too similar of an experience? Or do you go in a totally different direction in an effort to explore the series from a different angle, but risk alienating those who loved the first game by being TOO different? For me, the answer is somewhere in the middle. A good sequel should build on

TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Otherworld Legends’

TouchArcade Rating:No doubt many of you out there are familiar with developer ChillyRoom by way of their awesome shooter-centric roguelike dungeon crawler Soul Knight. It arrived on mobile several years back and, despite not really breaking into the mainstream spotlight, Soul Knight has amassed a strong and passionate fanbase over the years. This is likely due to ChillyRoom’s frequent content updates to the game, on a near-monthly basis in fact, which have added all sorts of fun new stuff to keep Soul Knight feeling fresh for all this time. Well

TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition’

TouchArcade Rating:This week saw a surprise release of sorts as Beamdog has finally launched Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition on the iOS App Store. I say finally because Neverwinter Nights: EE has been available on Android since December of 2018, only a matter of months after launching on desktop. So with a mobile version already existing, why did it take almost two years to come to iOS? I don’t know! But I’m not complaining now. The Enhanced Edition features a bunch of fixes and improved graphics over the original release, as

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Linn: Path of Orchards’, ‘Arcade Archives Super Punch-Out!!’, and Today’s Other New Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 14th, 2020. It’s a usual Friday around these parts, and that means today’s article is made up of just two things: new release summaries and sales information. There are several new games to look at today, and while many of them are decent I wouldn’t call it a bumper crop. The incoming sales are also oddly somewhat limp in spite of their sheer number. Well, that’s how it goes sometimes. Let’s go digging for gold! New Releases Linn: Path

TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘One Finger Death Punch II’

TouchArcade Rating:The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn’t necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the highest scoring game in a review, the game with the best graphics, or really any other quantifiable “best" thing. Instead, it’s more just us picking out the single game out of the week’s releases that we think

TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘QuestBall’

TouchArcade Rating:The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn’t necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the highest scoring game in a review, the game with the best graphics, or really any other quantifiable “best" thing. Instead, it’s more just us picking out the single game out of the week’s releases that we think