Mobile gaming

New Best Buy Sale Discounts Games, 4K TVs, Monitors, And More

Best Buy is back with another big sale this week, although instead of its usual one-day sale, you've got four days to take advantage of this one. Many deals are returning from previous sales, including a ton of discounts on Apple products like iPads and MacBooks, but there's also a selection of game deals available along with some 4K TVs, monitors, wireless earbuds, and more. The deals end Thursday, but there's a chance the most popular discounts could sell out before then.The Best Buy sale includes a variety of PS4,

Ukes, Fake E3, and GameClub Android – The TouchArcade Show #450

We touch on a bit of everything this week, including a brief update on Jared’s new world of state-mandated masks, me getting a ukulele and the upcoming uke jam session, the different faux-E3 events that have been happening and cool announcements that have come out of them. Oh, then we talk about a ton of mobile gaming news including but not limited to the GameClub Android launch! Don’t forget to shoot us emails with any questions, feedback, or anything else relevant or irrelevant to [email protected]. We read ’em all, and

GameClub Officially Launches On Android Today with a Library of Over a Hundred Classic Mobile Games

TouchArcade Rating:Ah GameClub. Doing The Lord’s work, I tell ya. Chances are that if you’re reading this website then you’re already familiar with what GameClub is, but just in case, here’s the short version. GameClub’s aim is to resurrect the best mobile games from over the past 10+ years that for whatever reason ended up no longer available or playable anymore. Maybe Apple’s hardware and software revisions over the years rendered a game broken and the developer didn’t have the means to fix it. Or perhaps a developer closed up

Season 5 of Ubisoft Entrepreneur Labs has begun, revealing 8 chosen startups

Based in Station F (Paris), Ubisoft launched the newest season of their startup program, led by the Ubisoft Strategic Innovation Lab. The program is oriented around supporting innovative startup products and services by providing them expert assistance and access to world-class facilities.  Season 5 of this series will be focused over social entertainment, as evidenced by statements made by the Program Director of the Ubisoft Entrepreneurs Lab Catherine Seys’ on the 9th of January, 2020. She laid out the foundation for the 5th Season by saying – “We want to

A World on Fire – The TouchArcade Show #448

Apologies in advance if audio levels are a bit weird in this podcast, I tried to correct them as much as I could. For whatever reason my mic this week decided to be super quiet. One more thing! Anyway, we kick things off talking about how crazy the world has gotten in the last week and how it has impacted us before shifting gears into iOS gaming news chat. Slay the Spire! It’s coming! Oh, and then from there we get into woodworking and power tools, like a mobile gaming

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the fastest selling title ever for the Nintendo Switch

Nintendo released its fiscal year-end financial report, and it had a lot of good things to say about Animal Crossing: New Horizons and the game's stellar launch and sales. Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been quite the never-ending source of joy and fun for a lot of players and fans with its base run of enjoyable island content and a continuous supply of events, holiday surprises, and more, but it was also an absolute winner for Nintendo this previous fiscal year. Nintendo revealed in their Q4 financial report that Animal

Freebie Alert: ‘Rolando: Royal Edition’ is Free this Week to Help Ease the Pain of Being Stuck at Home

TouchArcade Rating:It’s been a weird couple of weeks, to say the least, with the COVID-19 pandemic making a huge impact all over the world with many people being forced to stay at home to try and curb the spread of the virus. In an effort to contribute some good to such a dire situation, many game developers have been throwing big sales or freebie promotions on their games, because if you’re going to be stuck at home then there’s nothing quite like being able to curl up with a new

How Artificial Intelligence is changing the gaming industry

Artificial intelligence (AI) in gaming isn’t a recent innovation. As early as 1949, mathematician and cryptographer Claude Shannon pondered a one-player chess game, in which humans would compete against a computer.Indeed, gaming has been a key engine of AI, and a proving ground for the simulations, constructed environments and tests of realism that are the foundation of virtual experiences.AI for the gaming experienceIn 1989’s Sim City, for example, players controlled complex simulations, and rudimentary gaming AI was deployed to simulate something close to realism – i.e. deeply human characteristics like unpredictability.