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‘Dandara’ Just Got Updated with the ‘Trials of Fear’ Expansion Content for Free and the Game Is Discounted to Just $1.99 for a Limited Time

TouchArcade Rating: Dandara ($1.99) from developer Long Hat House and publisher Raw Fury is a very interesting game for me. I obviously love the gravity-defying Metroidvania platformer but the way the release was handled initially was excellent. It hit every platform including mobile at the same time and costed the same across the board. Recently, a big free update was announced for Dandara in the form of the Trials of Fear expansion. Watch the trailer for it below: The expansion has just gone live for me on iOS and Xbox

‘Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells’ from Zynga and Portkey Games is a new match-3 puzzle game based on ‘Harry Potter’

Zynga just announced a new Harry Potter mobile game being made in partnership with Portkey Games and Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment. Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells is a match-3 puzzle game based on the Harry Potter franchise that will feature various moments from the movies and many characters. You create your own character here and get to experience the world of Harry Potter featuring new spells, potions, key characters from the movies, and more. The puzzles here will feature chocolate frogs and other Harry Potter objects as obstacles. Harry Potter:

‘Castlevania: Symphony of the Night’ Is Now Available on iOS and Android as a Premium Port with Controller Support

TouchArcade Rating: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night ($2.99) from Konami just had a surprise release on iOS and Android. The game that debuted on PS1 has been ported to iOS and Android as a premium game with a few additional features. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night includes the full game on mobile with its amazing original soundtrack and visuals. The iOS and Android release includes controller support and has a new continue feature. I see Game Center achievements have been included on iOS. Check out a screenshot from the port

Apple Arcade: ‘No Way Home’ Review – Show Me What You Got!

Mindless shooting in space is always fun. There’s something relaxing about killing alien ships in the middle of nowhere. It takes the fear of being stranded millions of miles away from home off your mind. Enter No Way Home, a fun shoot’em up game brought by SMG Studio, the team behind games like Death Squared and One More Line. In No Way Home, you play as Cho, the former Dutchess Start Captain. After the ship freezes for millions of years and is going to be wrecked by a bunch of

‘Stardew Valley’ iOS vs Nintendo Switch – What Platform Should You Buy it On?

TouchArcade Rating: When Stardew Valley ($7.99) was announced for mobile, I was very excited. I already loved the game and had played it for a while across PS4, PC, and Nintendo Switch with the Switch version getting the maximum playtime of the lot. When it arrived on iOS, it was a fantastic port that has only improved over time. As with most indie games, the Nintendo Switch and mobile versions are on the spectrum for portable gaming fans. I already compared Dead Cells on iOS and Nintendo Switch and decided

The Big ‘Stardew Valley’ 1.4 Update Is Finally Live on iOS Bringing Back PC Save Transfer, Adding Loads of New Content, and More

TouchArcade Rating: The big Stardew Valley ($7.99) 1.4 content update went live on Android recently but iOS users have been told that the update is “coming soon" for quite a while. This is a major update to the game adding a new end game mystery, new events, fish ponds, a new farm map, 60 new items, 14 new music tracks, massive improvements to collections, and a lot more. The full patch notes are here but these include spoilers so avoid them if you have been spoiler free so far. The

‘Dragon Quest of The Stars’ from Square Enix Is Now Available Worldwide with Servers Going Live Tomorrow

TouchArcade Rating: Last year, Square Enix announced plans to bring Dragon Quest of The Stars (Free) worldwide. Dragon Quest of The Stars is a free to play Dragon Quest experience for iOS and Android that launched in Japan back in 2015. The game has a turn based battle system with skill gauges and supports multiplayer with up to four players in total. Square Enix has been saying the game will launch on February 25th but it is available for download now on both iOS and Android. Servers will be going

A New Setup – The TouchArcade Show #435

Ayyyyyyy we’re back again with another normal* episode of The TouchArcade Show. I’ve completed my move to Tennessee, and set up all my recording stuff in a slightly different way so if things sound a little different it’s either because I’m using a slightly different software package to do the podcast or because I just have way more carpet than I did before. Either way, we recap what’s been going on both with my move and with all the iOS gaming happenings (along with a few Switch stories). It’s a

TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Incredible Mandy’

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

What Made VR Gaming Highly Popular

The ecosystem of digital game development is all about using the latest technologies to attract and engage gamers all over the world. Games, as one of the prime sources of entertainment, could be more prominent by becoming more interactive and immersive. Technologies like VR are being used widely to make games distinctive and entertaining so that both avid and casual gamers can enjoy their favorite games irrespective of time and place.In fact, with the introduction of virtual reality in the game development industry, the revenue earned has gone up considerably.