We’ve been gaming on our phones since Snake, but phone gaming has always been, for the most part, perceived to be the poor cousin of actual real handheld gaming. After a few misfired attempts at establishing your phone as a ‘valid’ gaming alternative (anyone remember the disastrous N-Gage?), we’re finally at a place where today’s smartphones can compete. The rise of app availability & competitive pricing has driven this, and while the various app stores undoubtedly have a lot of dross to sift through, there’s excellent gaming to be had on your iPhone or Android device, with some of the choice cuts unavailable on any other platform. This will hopefully be a regular column with opinions of what’s worth your time on the small screen, but let’s kick off with some of my all-time faves you might have missed.
TNS - NCSoft CEO admitted that AI is rapidly becoming a core part of game development, but he added that it cannot replace what makes games fun.
To be fair, there are also human made games that release and lack any fun at all either.
Guild Wars 2 been playing for 14yrs, 1st beta. This is just one company I support, Arenanet and NCSoft, even though I torrent, there are a few PC companies I will buy from. "PlayStation’s Horizon MMO spin-off, Horizon Steel Frontiers." I feel this will be good, NCSoft is a good developer/publisher.
It’s a tool. Use it elevate things and get it done faster. I’m sorry but not every game made by humans is good. If this can help things, then I fully embrace it.
"Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D are proud and excited to announce that DROVA – Forsaken Kin, the acclaimed grim and dank pixel RPG, set in a mystic Celtic world and celebrated by fans all over the world, is out now on iOS and Android!" - Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D.
Renowned sandbox MMORPG, Albion Online is available today on Xbox Series X|S as a free-to-play title.
