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It’s a good day for spooky games, being Halloween and all, as not only is there a fun easter egg “cheat code" for Vampire Survivors but another very Halloween-appropriate game has just arrived for anybody sporting a Netflix membership. Dead Cells: Netflix Edition is a new version of the critically acclaimed, multiple award winning roguelike masterpiece from Motion Twin, Evil Empire and Playdigious that is basically an all-encompassing experience for Netflix subscribers. It includes almost all of the DLC and expansions that have released for the game on other platforms over the past several years, including The Bad Seed, Rise of the Giant, Fatal Falls, The Queen and the Sea, and most recently the absolutely incredible Return to Castlevania expansion which you can see more of in the trailer below. This is I believe the second or third time that a game has released in triplicate on the App Store. There is the original paid mobile release of Dead Cells which was our Game of the

Today is Halloween, a day when all things spooky and scary are welcome. It’s also a day to celebrate some of the classic monsters from throughout history, like werewolves, mummies, and… vampires. So it makes sense that a game with vampires in its title would want to celebrate the occasion, and that’s just what Poncle is doing with their megahit Vampire Survivors . Except they’re doing it in a way I wouldn’t expect, actually giving players a way to play with no vampires at all. This is not a new trick, and in fact it was added to the PC version in time for Halloween last year, but since the mobile version had been running behind the PC version it didn’t include this feature until the 1.3 update came to mobile this past February. So now us mobile players can officially celebrate Halloween in Vampire Survivors on actual Halloween. To do this, just head to the spell menu and enter the spell “ spoopyseason " to unlock a variety of Halloween themed costumes for Mortaccio, Yatta Caval

Following yesterday’s Resident Evil Village (Free) launch from Capcom on the iPhone 15 Pro series and supported iPad models, MrMacRight on YouTube who does amazing technical analysis videos for games on Apple hardware, has done one on the newly released port just like with Wreckfest and other graphically intensive ports on the platform. This video goes over the various graphics options, presets, and how the iPhone 15 Pro handles Resident Evil Village in different parts of the game. He says there will be another video covering the game on iPads, and I’ll likely update this story when that video goes up as well. I haven’t played Resident Evil Village on iPad at all, and have just been playing it myself on iPhone 15 Pro. Watch his full technical analysis video for Resident Evil Village on iPhone 15 Pro below: If you’d like to play Resident Evil Village and have a supported iPhone 15 Pro device or iPad with M1 chipset and better, you can now download it free here . It required

Ultra Blade ($2.99) from Immortal Rogue and Blast Waves developer Kyle Barret on iOS and Android is set to get another big update this week. If you missed its debut, we featured it as our Game of the Week when it released and I included it in our best mobile games of 2023 (so far) feature. Read that here . Ultra Blade has you taking on endless hordes of enemies with thousands of hero and blade combinations with unique abilities and looks. This Thursday, the Halloween update goes live bringing in new game modes, enemies, challenge levels, and a lot more. The highlights are the Spire Mode that makes it into a Vampire Survivors -like experience and the the roguelike Journey Mode. Watch the new update in action below: Here's a gameplay preview of the Halloween update coming to Ultra Blade this week. Includes a new survivors-like platformer mode AND a roguelike dungeon runner mode. #indiegames #IndieGameDev #roguelike #pixelart #gaming #Halloween pic.twitter.com/KI4XILo2O

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for October 30th, 2023. We kick off the week with a few reviews. NISA and FuRyu’s CRYMACHINA , QUByte and Pixelheart’s Visco Collection , and Sometimes You’s Hero Survival all get their time in the judgement chair, and who can say how they will fare? It’s a less impressive day for new releases, unless you look forward to seeing what’s in the Bin Bunch box. We finish things up with the lists of new and outgoing sales as usual, in case you need more ways to empty your wallet. Let’s go! Reviews & Mini-Views CRYMACHINA ($59.99) FuRyu’s games often feel like lesser versions of other games, and CRYMACHINA isn’t going to break that pattern. Here we have a game that, if not directly inspired by Nier Automata , was at least informed by some of the same ideas that powered that game. An action-RPG set in a universe that is millennia after the extinction of humanity, CRYMACHINA features a bunch of robots and machines trying

Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It’s time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. Barring the inevitable latecomers, this should be more or less the last batch of Halloween-themed updates for this year. How the time flies, eh? Of course, you can keep an eye out for updates yourself by participating in the TouchArcade forums. This weekly summary is just here to fill you in on the things you might have missed. Let’s go for it! Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go , Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go gets its first major update, adding three new songs to the game along with some extra customization options. You get a tune from Space Channel 5 Part 2 , one from Sonic Frontier s, and vocaloid song KING by Kanaria. There’s a Sonic costume available for Amigo, plus the Sonic ring sound effect and a Sonic icon. Some of the songs have had their difficulties relabeled as well, perhaps to more closely reflect reality. I’d like to see new songs hitting t

We’ve had loads of games in the Goat Simulator series hit mobile, and even had it arrive on Apple Arcade as sort of a compendium release bringing multiple games together. Back in November last year, Coffee Stain Studios released Goat Simulator 3 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC platforms. This is the second main game in the series, and the direct sequel to Goat Simulator . A few days ago, the publisher announced that Goat Simulator 3 will be heading to mobile with pre-orders and pre-registrations now live, but no official date or price point announced despite both being mentioned on the App Store page. Goat Simulator 3 will be a premium release as well. Watch the Goat Simulator 3 mobile announcement trailer below: Goat Simulator 3 is available to pre-order on the App Store for iOS here and is up for pre-registration on Google Play for Android here . It is priced at $12.99, and the placeholder date on the App Store is December 4th. An official Goat Simulator 3 mobile release

Square Enix announced quite a few projects at its 20th anniversary celebration event for the Kingdom Hearts franchise last year. In addition to Kingdom Hearts 4 , a new mobile game in the series in the form of KINGDOM HEARTS Missing-Link was announced. KINGDOM HEARTS Missing-Link is a GPS Action RPG, and the newest KINGDOM HEARTS series entry. It was announced to have a real world component where players can fight agains the Heartless from Kingdom Hearts across a new original story. Today, a new trailer has gone live with the confirmation that KINGDOM HEARTS Missing-Link launches in 2024 for iOS and Android as a GPS action RPG. Closed beta sign-ups for select regions are also live now. Watch the new KINGDOM HEARTS Missing-Link trailer for iOS and Android below: If you’d like to try the closed beta for KINGDOM HEARTS Missing-Link , you can sign up for a chance to enter the closed beta test here . The KINGDOM HEARTS Missing-Link closed beta will be available in Austria and t

Capcom has finally released Resident Evil Village (Free) on the iPhone 15 Pro series and supported iPad models with an M1 chipset or better. If you missed my review in progress covering the game on iPhone 15 Pro, read it here . With today’s launch, a release celebration discount is live until November 20th as revealed last week .The regular pricing for the base game is a $39.99 unlock with a $19.99 in app purchase for the Winters’ Expansion DLC. There is also a $4.99 All Access Voucher DLC. These DLC packs are same as the PC and console versions as you can see on the Steam pages here and here . For the iOS launch, Capcom has discounted the base game unlock to $15.99, the Winters’ Expansion to $9.99, and the All Access Voucher to $1.99. Watch the Resident Evil Village Apple launch trailer below: If you’d like to play Resident Evil Village and have a supported iPhone 15 Pro device or iPad with M1 chipset and better, you can now download it free here . It required about 7.92GB do

Well it happened again. I’m reviewing a game that Jared picked as our Game of the Week. I’d like to believe this is because we see the quality in specific games, but it is also because we both enjoy writing about great games on mobile. That’s where Kingdom Eighties ($4.99) , the newest standalone entry in the Kingdom series from Raw Fury comes into the picture. It debuted on PC a few months ago, and finally made its way to mobile and consoles last week. While I’ve enjoyed prior games, the Kingdom Eighties setting had me very interested. Having now played it across iPhone, iPad, Switch, and Steam Deck for this iOS review, I love most aspects of Kingdom Eighties , but it might leave some longtime fans a bit disappointed for one aspect. Unlike prior games in the series, Kingdom Eighties is a standalone singleplayer expansion that actually has a notable story. When Jared mentioned Stranger Things, he hit the nail on the head. In a lot of ways, Kingdom Eighties feels like a Strange

I was more than a little under the weather the last time a Marvel Snap (Free) update came through, so I do apologize if you were blindsided by any sudden balance changes a couple of weeks ago. I’m back to full fighting shape this time, and that means I can give you a proper breakdown of the latest changes to my favorite card game. There are some interesting balance adjustments here, with some nerfs that will make a few players groan and a few curious buffs. Let’s dig in. It’s extremely rare to see Second Dinner nerf the featured Season Pass card during the season they debut in, but that’s just what’s happening with Elsa Bloodstone. She’s proven to be a very powerful card, so she’s getting a tiny bit of power shaved off her ability in hopes that she’ll settle in better. Elsa Bloodstone’s ability previously granted +3 Power to any card used to fill a location, but now will grant only +2. She’s still quite the force to be reckoned with, however. Loki’s had his nerf coming, and it was

Reverse: 1999 has taken the concept of time, and flipped it on its head. At the outset of the millennium, the mysterious Storm hits Earth and reverses the flow of history. It is down to Vertin, the only human immune to the Storm, to recruit a team of Arcanists and repair time itself. A tall order to be sure, so we have put together a few hints on how to re-navigate 1999. Before we jump into combat, let’s address something a bit overwhelming; the sheer amount of resources you will be given. Thanks to the eight-day login campaign, the utterly smashed pre-registration campaign, and the early Star Task and onboarding session, you will find yourself in possession of a total 73 gacha pulls between the Unilogs and Clear Drops. You can recover stamina with the Drops, but that’s a waste. A shocking amount of resources to start You might be tempted to throw them at the summon banners immediately for a tough team, but we advise you hold off, because you will get yourself a top-tier squad of

Capcom will release Resident Evil Village () next week on iPhone 15 Pro and supported iPad models with an M1 chipset or better. If you missed my review in progress covering the game on iPhone 15 Pro, read it here . Capcom originally announced that the official pricing for the base game will be a $39.99 unlock with a $19.99 in app purchase for the Winters’ Expansion DLC. There was also a $4.99 All Access Voucher DLC. These DLC packs are same as the PC and console versions as you can see on the Steam pages here and here . Capcom has updated the App Store listing to confirm a release celebration discount bringing the unlock prices down by up to 60% off. This brings the full game unlock to $15.99, the Winters’ Expansion to $9.99, and the All Access Voucher to $1.99. The launch celebration discount is available until November 20th going by the App Store listing for the game. Check out the official website for Capcom’s upcoming Apple silicon ports here . Resident Evil 4 Remake is due

When the “Storm" hit, droplets of water began to trickle upwards, and the flow of time started rushing by in reverse. As the Timekeeper, you’re immune to the effects of the “Storm,” but what can you do to restore the timeline back to what it was? In Reverse: 1999 , you’ll dive into a 20th century time travel strategic RPG collecting powerful Arcanists through the 20th century. Apart from the stellar voice acting and the dazzling visuals, why else should you give Bluepoch Games’ cross-platform title a go? An alternate timeline and a journey through the past The Storm has ravaged not only the present time but also people’s lives. You’ll take on the role of the Timekeeper and bear the responsibility of unraveling the truth behind this cataclysmic event. Thankfully, you can assemble your own team of Arcanists and fight against enemies like the Manus Vindictae to bring order back to the chaos. With the variety of different eras you’ll travel to comes a wide range of characters y

When Apple usually shows off a few games for its new iPhone models during phone events, they are either older mobile games or new bespoke ones. For the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, Apple surprised us with the reveal of Capcom’s upcoming ports of Resident Evil 4 Remake and Resident Evil Village () in addition to Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding Director’s Cut and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Mirage . The first of these four AAA ports to iOS and iPadOS is Resident Evil Village , out next week. Both Jared and myself have been playing Resident Evil Village on iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 15 Pro respectively for this review. Resident Evil Village has been available since 2021 on consoles and PC platforms, and I’ve played it on PS5, Xbox Series X, and Steam Deck. I ended up liking the game more than Resident Evil 7 , but found it was a lot better with the DLC and updates that arrived post-launch. I won’t be covering the game itself right now, but will be focusing on the iPhone 15 Pr

Bluepoch Games has announced the official launch of Reverse: 1999 , the studio’s 20th century time travel strategic RPG where you travel through time in reverse. The cross-platform title is now available to download on iOS, Android and PC, and offers a unique tale where you play as the Timekeeper tasked with restoring the natural order of the timeline. In Reverse: 1999 , you’ll brave the cataclysmic “Storm" that’s been making time flow backwards, and unravel the truth behind the sinister Manus Vindictae while gathering powerful Arcanists along the way. Set in an alternate history, the game takes you on a journey across multiple eras with a colorful cast of characters that boast their own distinct accents and era-appropriate dialects. The game features gorgeous Live 2D animation and meticulously designed character art as well, with strategic turn-based combat and fully voiced scenes. You can join in on all the celebratory goodness of the launch with the special release goodies