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Firefly Online announced for Summer 2014 release on mobile platforms
Get ready for the shiniest Comic-Con news in the last ten years… Fox is bringing back Firefly!
But now for the inevitable betrayal… the franchise is coming back as Firefly Online, a mobile game in development at QMx Interactive and Spark Plug Games. Of all the ruttin’ luck!
Firefly Online is an online role-playing game that will initially be available for iOS and Android devices in Summer 2014. Players will “assume the role of a ship captain as they hire a crew and seek out adventures, all the while trading with and competing against the millions of other players to try to survive in the Verse: find a crew, find a job, keep flying.”
The mechanics of the game are still a secret and without a reader around, they’re going to stay that way. As a mobile game with “unique social features,” Firefly Online could turn out to be closer in style to “FarmVille in Space” than the epic space opera we want it to be. But maybe QMx and Spark Plug Games will surprise us.
You can get a jump on the competition and register your account at the official site for the game now.
Posted in Mobile, News
Tagged Comic-Con 2013, Firefly Online
Rovio will (probably) announce Angry Birds Star Wars: The Prequels on July 15
Rovio will more than likely reveal an Angry Birds Star Wars expansion and/or sequel related to the Prequel Trilogy on Monday, July 15.
The jolly Finns uploaded an Angry Birds Star Wars image that parodies the first teaser poster released for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace along with the text “Big new game announcement coming on Monday!”
I know Yoda teaches Luke that seeing the future with The Force is not an exact science (“Always in motion, the future is.”), but “Angry Birds Star Wars: The Prequels” seems like a sure thing.
Posted in Mobile, News
Tagged Angry Birds Star Wars II
More iOS games go free for 5th Anniversary: Angry Birds Star Wars, Peggle, Dead Space
Five more games are now available as free downloads in celebration of the 5th Anniversary of the iTunes App Store. They include Angry Birds Star Wars, the latest entry in the bird-flinging series; Peggle, PopCap’s popular puzzler; Chopper, a side-scrolling helicopter shooter; and a pair of EA-published console adaptations: Dead Space and Mirror’s Edge.
All five games will be available to download for free for “a limited time.”
And good news! The previous batch of free titles (Badland, Infinity Blade II, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Tiny Wings, and Where’s My Water?) are also still available as free downloads. So if you missed them a few days ago, there’s still time.
Posted in Mobile, News
Tagged Angry Birds Star Wars
Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! Review: Choose-Your-Own Adventure Never Felt So Fun
Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! is a choose-your-own adventure game on iOS for iPhone and iPad. Developed by Inkle Studios, the first episode, “The Shamutanti Hills,” is now available. The game is based on a series of interactive texts written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Blanche, which were originally published in the early 1980s. They have translated well to the digital world, beckoning in a fresh new world of gameplay without sacrificing imagination. (more…)
App Store’s 5th Anniversary offers five games for free
This Wednesday marks the five-year anniversary of the iOS App Store, and to celebrate Apple is giving away five of their best games for free for a limited time: Badland, Infinity Blade II, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Tiny Wings, and Where’s My Water? The games are regularly priced at over $20, so grab your iOS device and install them while you can to enjoy the savings.
Five non-gaming apps are also currently available for free including Barefoot World Atlas, Day One (Journal/Diary), How to Cook Everything, Over, and Traktor DJ. More details are available at the iTunes App Store.
TitanFall, Destiny, Watch Dogs lead all nominees in Best of E3 2013 awards
The 30 publications that form the Game Critics Awards judging panel have announced this year’s nominees for the Best of E3 2013. This year, Respawn’s TitanFall lead the way with six nominations. Bungie’s Destiny and Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs were close behind with five nominations apiece.
All three games were selected to be part of the “Best in Show” alongside new hardware from Sony (the PlayStation 4) and Oculus VR (the Oculus Rift HD). That has to sting for Microsoft and the continued debacle that is their Xbox One announcement. Though the Xbox One did get a nod in the “Best Hardware” category. I have a feeling it’s not going to win.
A complete list of all the nominees can be found after the break. The winners will be announced on July 2. (more…)
New Releases: Ouya, Deadpool, Company of Heroes 2, More
Finally, some variety in the new release schedule!
In fact, there’s so much variety available this week that we’re getting a new console: the Android-powered, Kickster-funded Ouya Console. If you’d prefer to stick with games on platforms you already own, this week also sees the release of the first game starring the “Merc With the Mouth,” Deadpool (PC, PS3, Xbox 360).
A trio of niche titles round out this week’s major new releases including the Sega-published PC strategy game Company of Heroes 2 (it used to be part of THQ’s stable), minigame collection Game & Wario (Wii U), and the insane crossover Project X Zone (3DS).
More new release can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, Mobile, News, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged Company of Heroes 2, Deadpool, Game & Wario, Project X Zone
XCOM: Enemy Unknown invades iOS App Store this Thursday
The iOS edition of XCOM: Enemy Unknown will be available to download (for a wallet-busting $19.99) this Thursday, June 20.
Perhaps that price isn’t too outrageous as Firaxis has taken the complete XCOM: Enemy Unknown experience and shrunk it down for iOS devices. XCOM: Enemy Unknown for iOS will include a new touchscreen control scheme, GameCenter integration, and iCloud support.
The game will be playable on the iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Mini, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, and iPod Touch 5th Generation. Finally, the multiplayer head-to-head mode will be available for the iOS edition as a free download “at a later date.”
Posted in Mobile, News
Tagged XCOM: Enemy Unknown