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'DropMix' Review - Music and Cards Make for An Awesome Board Game
With the physical instruments scene long past peak popularity, the folks over at Harmonix, in conjunction with Hasbro, have moved on to something that’s quite a bit different from the Boston...
View ArticleRhythm Card Battler 'DropMix' On Sale For Half Off
In case you missed it, we’re pretty big fans of the Harmonix card game DropMix [Free]. A crazy mix of physical cards and board game combined with a mobile app infused with Harmonix music magic,...
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'Cytus II' Review - Finger Dance Revolution
Some developers just demonstrate a knack for certain genres and decide to stick with them. It's not a bad way to go, and since Rayark has already given us several quality rhythm games like Cytus and...
View ArticleThe Latest Update for 'Thumper: Pocket Edition' Adds a New Touch-Based...
Breath of the Wild aside, Drool LLC's chaotic 'rhythm violence' release Thumper [$4.99] was one of the first experiences that really 'sold' me on the Nintendo Switch. Seeing such a vibrant, colorful...
View ArticleAwesome Rhythm Game 'Cytus II' Hits Android Next Week, With a Huge New Update...
Rhythm games are about the only things that have managed to coax me off Spotify as of late, and Cytus II [$1.99], the latest effort from prolific App Store develop Rayark, is undoubtedly one of the...
View ArticleRayark Adds 'Sdorica - Sunset' Songs to 'Cytus II' in Crossover Update
Rayark has been quite busy in 2018, first launching Cytus II [$1.99], the sequel to their fan-favorite rhythm game, back in January and then launching their visually stunning puzzle RPG Sdorica -...
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‘Nishan Shaman’– An Actually Free-To-Play Northern Chinese Folklore Rhythm Game
Nishan Shaman (Free), is a free-to-play casual story-driven rhythm game developed by Next Studios and published by Tencent, telling the story of Northern Chinese folk legend Nishan Shaman. Nishan’s...
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Hidden Gem Roundup – ′Grab Lab′, ′Dr Meep′, ′Sway Bods′ and ′Muse Dash′
Sometimes while looking for the next awesome game to review I stumble across hidden gems and fall in love. Although they may be too simple and small to warrant a full review, they are, in my opinion,...
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Experimental Rhythm Title ‘Melodive’ Announced as GameClub’s Next Resurrected...
The last few months of iOS gaming news, at least for me, have been highlighted by the news of old classic titles from my childhood making a comeback. Cynics amongst us may claim this is because of a...
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‘BTS World’ Guide – How to Get More Gems, Wings and More
Are you a member of the BTS ARMY? If so, there’s a good chance you already know all about BTS World (Free), the mobile game from Netmarble that makes you, yes, you, the manager of the insanely popular...
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‘Give It Up’ Review – An Unforgiving Rhythm Game Bounces
If Super Meat Boy had a rhythm based mini-game, it might look a lot like Give It Up!($0.99). A strong techno beat drives the latest offering from Invictus. The first time I died the game told me ‘Maybe...
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‘Planet Quest’ Review – Feel The Heavenly Rhythm
Rhythm video games and weird themes go together like peanut butter and jam. It doesn’t seem like a natural combination by any means, but most of the best and most successful games in the genre have...
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‘Tempo’ Review – Why Does This Game Exist?
Rarely does a game make me question the reason for its very existence. Often times, the objective is clear enough. A game might want to tell a story, to thrill the player and test their reflexes, or...
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GDC 2015: Disco Pixel’s ‘Jungle Rumble’ Set To Receive Updates
Earlier today we sat down with Disco Pixel, makers of the rhythm title Jungle Rumble: Freedom, Happiness and Bananas ($3.99). Since its release in 2014, Jungle Rumble has seen enough success in various...
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‘Dynamix’ Review – Briefly Brilliant
This game almost completely slipped under my radar. It released last week to virtually no hype or buzz at all. I downloaded it along with a bunch of other weekly releases and nearly forgot about it...
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‘Queen: Play the Game’ Review – If you Like “Queen” Even a Bit, you Should...
This review comes with a small caveat: you have to like the rock band Queen even a little bit to appreciate this game. Otherwise, read this review as a commentary on how a “band" iOS game should be...
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SNK Pulling Quirky Rhythm/Fighting Game Mashup ‘The Rhythm of Fighters’ from...
SNK has had a large presence on the App Store for a number of years now, mostly thanks to the many excellent touchscreen ports of their legendary fighting games. However, they’ve put out some original...
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‘Rockstars Of Ooo – Adventure Time’ Review – A Traced-Over Slice Of ‘Rhythm...
It’s often said that there’s a fine line between inspiration and imitation. We see both in varying degrees in the hobby of gaming. The former is without question a good thing, but even the latter can...
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‘Gathering Sky’– They’re Flocking This Way
I don’t want to waste your time here, so I’m just going to come right out with it: Gathering Sky ($2.99) by A Stranger Gravity is a game that’s probably not going to be everyone’s cup of tea. In fact,...
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‘Skylanders SuperChargers’, ‘Guitar Hero Live’, and ‘Geometry Wars 3:...
Activision joined the announcement party for upcoming Apple TV games today, and it’s starting to look like all the publishers want to get in on the Apple TV action. Activision also gave us our first...
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‘Magic Flute by Mozart’ Review – One Time At Bandcamp
I first heard about Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute when I was a music major in college. I remember thinking the title was sort of ridiculous, and the plot seemed equally silly. Something about a guy...
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‘Guitar Hero Live’ Review – Better Than On Consoles?
There are two kinds of musicians in the world: those who like Guitar Hero, and those who don’t. Okay, there are probably musicians who are indifferent to the whole phenomenon, but whatever. The point...
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‘Guitar Hero Live’ Getting New Content Today, All Tracks on ‘GHTV’ Accessible...
The very positive reception of Guitar Hero Live (Free) has been something of a surprise to all those who witnessed the fall of its predecessors and those who’ve had to clean cobwebs off their plastic...
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‘Beat Sports’ Review – Weee! Sports on the Apple TV!
I wasn’t planning on buying the fourth generation Apple TV right away. But then Guitar Hero Live (Free) happened, and I just couldn’t wait. I mean, the game is great on the iPad and iPhone, but...
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‘Give It Up! 2’ Review – Perfectly Infuriating
I mentioned recently in my review of Baseball Apocalypse ($0.99) that I love impossible games. One of those games comes from developer/publisher Invictus. Now, Invictus puts out a lot of games, very...
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TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Groove Planet’
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...
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‘Groove Planet’ Review – Click Track
Clearly, Fizzpow and Noodlecake hit on something special with Bitcoin Billionaire (Free). It certainly wasn’t the first clicker ever, or even the first on the App Store. Still, it seems to easily be...
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Katy Perry Enters the Celebrity Games Arena with ‘Katy Perry Pop’, Out...
When Kim Kardashian: Hollywood came out on the App Store, many scoffed at the whole conept and saw it as a silly little thing. And then the game started making a zillion (slight exaggeration) dollars a...
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‘Lost In Harmony’ Review – What’s Running Through Your Mind?
Lost In Harmony (Free) is the latest game from Yoan Fanise, whose work at Ubisoft included directing Valiant Hearts (Free) and Rayman Raving Rabbids, along with sound design and audio direction on...
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‘VOEZ’ review – Hits All The High Notes
Over the years, Rayark have made a name for themselves in the iOS community for consistently rolling out quality premium games on the App Store. 2015’s Implosion – Never Lose Hope ($1.99) was extremely...
View Article‘POLYFORGE’ Brings the Zen Back to the App Store This July
The App Store and mobile gaming in general can have a legitimate claim to pioneer many aspects of the medium that are, in 2016, taken for granted. The obvious ones may be popularising touch screens,...
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‘Crypt of the NecroDancer Pocket Edition’ Review – Let it Steal Your Heart
One of my favorite games of the past few years on PC is Crypt of the NecroDancer ($3.99), a rhythmic roguelike that I tried out with a friend, and I fell in love with the whole concept of the game....
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Beautiful Narrative-Driven Rhythm Game ‘Lanota’ Out Now on the App Store
Turns out there are other games being released onto the App Store this week that don’t involve throwing capsules at critters. Lanota ($1.99), which really impressed us when we looked at it for the...
View Article‘LUMINES PUZZLE & MUSIC’ Soft Launches in New Zealand, Australia and Japan
Lumines on iOS has always hypothetically been a perfect fit. The compulsive amalgamation of high score breaking action of Tetris, with one of the best soundtracks in a puzzle game ever, was incredible...
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‘Lanota’ Review – You Spin Me Round
Ironically, the very success of the rhythm genre back at Guitar Hero’s launch on home consoles in 2005 was ultimately its undoing. A complete over saturation of the genre in under five years – spanning...
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‘Riff Racer’ Lets You Drive and Do Stunts to Your iTunes Music Library, Out...
Audiosurf was the very first PC game I ever owned, and it still holds up as well now as it did back in 2008. Having a game that turned my obscure punk music into playable tracks was revolutionary, and...
View Article‘iRIUM’ is a Free to Play RPG with a Neat Rhythm Battling Mechanic and Great...
A very interesting looking game released under the radar this week, and although it doesn’t look like my type of game personally, the trailer was cool enough I thought it was worth sharing. In fact, it...
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‘Rock Band Companion’ Launches With New ‘Rivals’ Expansion
Remember Rock Band for iOS, or maybe its successor Rock Band Reloaded? Honestly, I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t, considering both games were given the EA axe over four years ago. It really was a...
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Funky Rhythm Clicker ‘Groove Planet’ Updated With Boss Battles, New Songs,...
I’ve never been a massive fan of games in the clicker genre, as apart from a few exceptions, I tend to lose interest over time as it doesn’t really feel like I’m doing anything. That being said, one of...
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Beautiful Rhythm Runner Hybrid ‘Lost in Harmony’ Is Free for the First Time
Rhythm games tend to have a way of reinvigorating even the most stale genres, as the music actually interacting with the gameplay rather than being passive in the background adds a whole new element of...
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‘Lumines Puzzle & Music’ Receiving ‘Rez’ Track Pack on Monday, With ‘Sekai no...
When Lumines Puzzle & Music ($2.99) launched in September, we were big fans – the rhythm-centric block puzzler was a fitting tribute to the original PSP game that won over so many gamers back in...
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Classical Music Rhythm Game ‘Pianista’ Now Available
A few days ago, I wrote about the upcoming Pianista (Free), the Guitar Hero-like rhythm game that has you playing classical music instead of rock. Well, the game is now available worldwide, so if...
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‘Pianista’ Review – A Music Game That Goes Bach to the Basics
While the music/rhythm genre has become somewhat stagnant on consoles, it’s been alive and well on mobile with ports of classics along with new twists to enjoy. Still, it’s been awhile since I’ve...
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‘Tappy Cat – Musical Kitty Arcade’ Review – This Rhythm Game is the Cat’s Meow
Rhythm games and kitties are two of my biggest loves in life. So it should come as no surprise that when Tappy Cat – Musical Kitty Arcade (Free) released recently I hurriedly downloaded it to see how...
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‘VOEZ’ Is Being Ported to Switch, and Is Its First Portable-Only Game
The Nintendo Switch is less than a week away now, and excitement for Nintendo’s eccentric new console/handheld hybrid is at an all time high. Whilst the fervent anticipation for The Legend of Zelda:...
View Article‘Monomals’ Is a Graphically Stunning Music Game From the Creators of...
I’ve been a staunch advocate of the old adage ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ for a long time, and I’ve found that those horribly clichéd words of advice have been faithful for the vast majority of...
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Simogo’s ‘Beat Sneak Bandit’ Has Been Updated With 64-Bit Support, and...
As much as the impending 32-bit Appocalypse has been a time for somber reflection on some of the best mobile games that will be rendered unplayable come iOS 11, it has also been encouraging to see how...
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Classic Reload: ‘Beat Sneak Bandit’
Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the Classic Reload, the regular feature where we time our walk to the tick of the clock. In each installment of this series, we take a look at a game from the App...
View ArticleTGS 2017: Hands-On with ‘Rhythm Doctor’, a ‘Rhythm Heaven’-Inspired Music Game
To be frank, I’m surprised that there aren’t more clones of Nintendo’s Rhythm Heaven out there. Especially on mobile devices, where the touch-friendly controls would be right at home. But when you...
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‘Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go’ Apple Arcade Review – No Maracas, No Life
Samba de Amigo finally got its first proper sequel on consoles with the release of Samba de Amigo: Party Central. To go along with it, there is also this Apple Arcade game, titled Samba de Amigo:...
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