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Here’s more games to look for in the app stores. One is a turn-based strategy game and another is a virtual restaurant game. There’s a turn-based RPG battle game as well, along with a connect-3 game. The features are listed and a video trailer is posted for each game.

Demise of Nations (Google Play, Apple App Store)

This is a turn-based strategy game.The goal is to achieve global dominance through nation building, diplomacy, and tactical battles. It utilizes the We-Go system for multiplayer matches. You can make alliances and engage in co-op with friends, other players, or the AI. Here’s a list of additional features:

• Single player, hotseat, or cross platform multiplayer matches
• Play as the Roman Empire.
• Fight World War III
• There are awards for victories and achievements.
• ELO-like rating for multiplayer matches
• Maps: Ancient Europe, Modern Europe, Pacific War, World, and Random Map Generator
• Editor – Create your own battlegrounds and upload for others to play.

My Secret Bistro (Google Play, Apple App Store)

This is a virtual restaurant game that lets you prepare virtual meals. There are cuisines from around the world. You can also prepare drinks for each meal. Serve your food in a virtual bistro by building one. Each bistro can have 5 floors. The goal is to collect all the different types of servers. Also, explore new lands to find new ingredients. Here’s a list of additional features:

• Gather chefs to have party time.
• Cooking challenges
• Popular fairy tale characters are customers at your restaurant including Snow White and Red Riding Hood.

Sushi Tree (Google Play, Apple App Store)

This is a connect-3 game where you have to match three of the same items in a row. This can be done horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The items are typical Japanese foods that make up a typical Japanese meal. This includes eggs, nori algae, fish, and vegetables. Here’s more details:

• Work under the supervision of sushi man Hidekazu.
• Score combinations to earn more points.
• Created by CRYSoft Development

Champions and Challenges – Adventure Time (Google Play, Apple App Store)

In this game, players engage in tactical turn-based RPG battles. There are several characters to choose from including Jake, Finn, BMO, Princess Bubblegum, and Ice King. Build a team from these characters and conquer the Land of Ooo. With simple gestures, you can summon attacks. There’s a player vs player mode as well. Here’s more details about this game:

• Adventure Time Game
• 70+ Champions
• Each character has unique set of abilities.
• Real-time battles
• Trick and Artifacts summon moves
• Leaderboard

RO: Idle Poring (Google Play, Apple App Store)

This is an addition to the classic Ragnarok online experience. It has the original soundtrack and world design. The card system is similar as well. So is the re-birth system. You can take pets into the adventure and send them on their own expeditions. There’s a global server that lets you meet up with players from around the world. Here’s more info:

• Auto Battle Level Up 24/7 Non-stop
• Take 6 Pets and send 20 Pets on expeditions.
• 100 different skills
• Manual level up

There are several new games in the app stores. You will find puzzle games, platform games, side-scrolling games, and RPGs. The features are listed, along with a description. There’s a trailer for each game as well. Don’t forget to click the links.

 Karma Incarnation 1 (Google Play, Apple App Store, Windows Store, Steam)

This game was recently added to the Apple App Store. There are iMessage stickers from characters in the game in the iOS version. Karma Incarnation 1 is a puzzle-solving

game that takes place in a dreamy, groovy, animated world. You play a character called Pip, a worm, instead of a powerful dragon; you were tricked into this situation. You have to learn the laws of Karma to gain wisdom and affect the course of the game. Here’s more details:

• Meet strange and astonishing creatures
• Touchscreen interactions
• Astral sight reveals information about this plane of existence
• Moral decisions affect the game

The Walking Dead: March to War (Google Play, Apple App Store)

This is a smartphone game based on the hit TV show ‘The Walking Dead.’ The goal is to survive. It’s a real-time survival game that pits you against other players. You can also rely on other players. The game has comic-book-like graphics and it takes place in Washington D.C. Here’s more details:

• Fight Walkers and other players
• Build bases
• Defend bases
• Scavenge for resources
• Form alliances
• Train survivors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5xwadbs9NE

Tunnels and Trolls Adventures (Google Play, Apple App Store)

This is a RPG that lets the player choose which quest to take. It’s described as a  narrative adventure. You can create multiple characters and decide their fate with a dice roll. There are five quests at the launch of the game, and the developers plan to release more later. Here’s more details:

• In-game purchases for hearts
• Gems can be purchased as well
• Classic Tunnel and Trolls quests available
• Create and publish your own adventures with Adventure Creator software (coming soon)

Vive le Roi (Google Play, Apple App Store, Windows Store, Steam)

This is a puzzle platform game set during the French Revolution. The player has to use stealth to be successful. Move around guards, climb on platforms, use ladders, and drop boxes on enemies to advance through the level. There are 30 levels in this game. Here’s more info:

• Solve each puzzle with the least amount of moves
• Unique graphics featuring hand-painted style
• Dramatic score

https://youtu.be/KfhOO49YgFo

Ninja Surfer (Google Play, Apple App Store)

In this game, you are a ninja on a mission to steal the Philosopher’s Stone. Fly through mine fields on a missile and cut enemy starships with a sword. It takes place in space and the action is side-scrolling. It’s cartoonish. Here’s more features in this game:

• Weapon upgrades
• Boss battles
• 5 levels
• Story Mode and Survival Mode
• Higher difficulties are unlockable

There are a variety of new games in the app store including a first-person-shooter, a space exploration game, and a knife-throwing simulator. The features of each game are listed below, along with a trailer.

Combat Squad – Online FPS (Android, iOS)

This is a first-person-shooter (FPS) optimized for mobile devices. It involves team play, where each player forms a team of five players and battles each other in a squad vs. squad competition. Players from around the world can take part. The game is built with Unreal Engine 4. Here’s a list of features:

• DIVE System – Switch between players and control the entire squad
• Tactical Commands – Tell players where to move
• Customizable Squads – Assign skills and players to match the style of play that you want
• 7 Different Game Modes – Team Deathmatch, Demolition, Annihilation, Zombie Matches, etc.

Star Tap (Android, iOS)

This is a space exploration game that takes you to distant planets. It has easy controls. Just tap the screen to accelerate through space. To go even farther, update the shuttle. The main character in this game is Stella. She’s on a mission to fulfill a promise. Here’s more info on this game:

• Build drones to collect resources
• Travel to planets, constellations, and galaxies
• Find a mysterious power that re-determine Stella’s fate
• Interesting facts about the universe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCgpyPwrvco

Flippy Knife (Android, iOS)

This is a realistic knife simulator. The goal is to flip the knife as accurately as possible. Flick the screen with your thumb to throw the knife. As you improve your throwing skills, collect new weapons. There’s lots of weapons to collect and several types of game modes to play. Here’s more details:

• 35 weapons: knives, axes, and swords
• Different game modes: target practice, side-scrolling gameplay, platform gameplay, etc.
• Sharing options – top score

If you like role playing games, then visit the app store this month. There are several new RPGs to download. Read about them here, and watch the trailers for each game. There are quick links to each app store as well.

Galaxy of Pen & Paper (Android, iOS)

This is an RPG simulation game that combines pen and paper RPG elements with role-playing video game dynamics. It takes place in a cartoonish space world, where you travel between planets in a spaceship. Before departing from the station, you have to assemble a team of astronauts and outfit them with the latest gear. Here’s more information about this game:

• Sci-fi theme
• Spaceship battles
• Story that unfolds based on your decisions
• Navigate and explore planets
• Turn-based combat
• Customization options

Logres: Japanese RPG (Android, iOS)

In this JRPG game, there’s tons of customization options. You can alter the equipment, change jobs, and create new avatars for your characters. There’s a real-time co-op mode, which lets you play with friends. This game quickly becomes a MMORPG. Here’s more info on Logres:

• 16 character jobs
• Lots of equipment – Bear suits, tuxedos, swimsuits, wings
• Auto-party system for co-op
• In-game party chat – millions of online players
• Intuitive touch controls

Soul of Heroes: Empire Wars (Android, iOS)

This is a tactical RPG with real-time battles. There’s a clan battle system that is accessible to players from around the world. In total, there are four clans that compete in guild-based contests. The levels are war-torn regions that players can explore. The characters have their own backstories. Here’s a list of things you can do in this game:

• Find and collect heroes
• Grow players in battle by strategically placing them in the right place
• Use varying combat styles to win challenges
• Engage in battle around the world
• Engage in real-time PvE combat

EGGLIA: Legend of the Redcap (Android, iOS)

The main character in this game is an elf named Chabo. The game features a turn-based RPG system and dice combat system. The goal is to find eggs that hatch to reveal different lands in Egglia. Build homes and grow a village. Here’s more info about this game:

• JRPG
• Hunt monsters for experience points
• Resource gathering on hexagonal grid
• $9.99 USD

Here’s three more games to try. There’s a time traveling RPG, a street basketball game, and a planetary mining game. All three are free to play, but they may have in-app purchases. Download them on your devices today. It’s the best way to beat the summer heat.

Dunk Nation 3×3 (Android, iOS)

This is a street basketball game with eclectic players. Take explosive jump shots, drive by opponents with ankle-breaking crossovers, and finish with powerful dunks. Build a Royal Team and dress your players in stylish apparel. Players from around the world can compete online. You can play any of the positions on the court and coordinate plays with other players in real time. Here’s a list of additional features:

• Career Mode – Create your own basketball legend
• Match Mode – Improve skills by practicing with friends
• Ladder Mode – Compete against several teams in a row to build your team’s rep
• Play against teams from around the world in real time
• Select from 20 basketball players, each with different skills

A Planet of Mine (Android, iOS)

This is a management and strategy game that involves mining planets. Find resources before fighting competing factions. You could also trade with other factions. This game features a ‘stellar system generator’ that distributes various resources. Some of the resources available include food, water, and rare elements. There are 16 animal factions, and this game takes place in real time. Here’s a list of additional features:

• 30 technical discoveries
• 60 structures to build
• 10+ modes and challenges
• AI-powered, faction-building opponents
• Buildable planets
• Recruitable species

Fate/Grand Order (Android, iOS)

This game has an interesting story that focuses on the extinction of the human race and the efforts of a group that try to save it by traveling through time. It becomes a quest for the Holy Grail. This game is described as a Fate-RPG. It may not work on all devices. The command card is optimized for smartphones. Here’s more details:

• Join Heroic Spirits to defeat enemies
• Become Masters as you play
• Compatibility – smartphones or tablets with Android 4.1 or higher and 2GB of RAM; iOS 8.0 – iPhone 5 or higher, iPad 3rd generation and higher, iPad Mini 2 or higher, iPod Touch 6th Generation
• Incompatible with Intel CPUs, and OS beta versions

Developers are submitting more games to the app store. Here’s a list featuring three of them. Two of the games require the player to interact with elements that fall down the screen, and one game requires the player to keep their character swimming upward as long as they can. Descriptions, features, and links are provided, along with a video for each game.

Magic Tiles 3 (Android, iOS)

This is one of the most popular piano games in the app store. It was updated recently with a daily request system that delivers more diamonds and songs. A VIP pass was added as well that includes additional songs. The gameplay consists of tapping black tiles and avoiding white tiles. Here’s more info on this game:

• Band Mode offers more instruments – guitar
• Frequently updated pop music
• Challenge Mode helps players improve the tapping speed
• Facebook integration and sharing options for multiple devices
• 17 million players around the world

Fall Down (Android, iOS)

Drop a ball down a maze in this game. The drop can be quite high, and the obstacles on the way down are strategically placed to challenge the player. There are over 50 unique levels, each designed intricately. Some levels have moving shapes that make the gameplay more enjoyable. There are five unique worlds to play in. There are several more features including:

• 2 separate game modes: Endless Mode and Level Mode
• In Endless Mode, you play for the high score
• In Level Mode, complete each level in each world – there are 10 levels in each world.
• Unlockable characters including Jason from Friday the 13th

Swim Up Fish Adventure (Android, iOS)

In this game, you play as a fish that swims through seaweed, mines, and other underwater obstacles. You can compete with other players and look on the leaderboards to see who has the highest score. The goal is to swim up as long as possible and avoid getting eaten by other sea creatures. Here’s more info on this game:

• Over 30 types of fish; each with their own unique abilities
• Several locations including shorelines, caves, reefs, seaweed forests, and ancient temples
• Endless runner gameplay – play as long as you can

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoErIRNK_2A

If you can’t find a game worth playing in the App Store, wait a few weeks and there will be three games that might be worth your time. One is a MMORPG and another is a military strategy game. The third game is a side-scrolling platformer.

MAD WORLD

This is a 2D MMORPG set on a battlefield filled with monsters. It is expected to be playable on several platforms when it is released including iOS, Android, Linux, Windows, and OS X. Several players can take part in battle at the same time. In the multiplayer mode, there’s a red team and a blue team that competes against each other. Use awesome weapons that complement the character’s skills to win. Here’s a summary of features:

• HTML 5
• Weapons-based skill tree
• Real time multiplayer gameplay
• Team vs Team gameplay
• No boundaries

Realpolitiks

This is a real time grand strategy game that takes place during modern events and includes countries that are at war. It is expected to be available on iOS on July 20 and on Android on July 27. It will cost $5.99. The goal is global domination through any means necessary including diplomatic skills, military force, and economic dominance. Here’s more info:

• Choose any country to lead
• Various game scenarios
• Modify the political system and adjust relationships with other countries
• Deal with internal and external affairs including natural disasters, terrorism, and financial crisis

PAULI’S ADVENTURE ISLAND

On July 18, this side-scrolling platformer will be available on iOS and Windows 10 devices. Android users can expect add-ons including sound effects, an extended storyline, and enhanced graphics for the world map. This game is free to play on iOS, but there is a $1.99 in-app purchase that removes ads. The Windows Store version costs $1.99. Here’s a list of features:

• 30 levels and 4, 2D side-scrolling worlds
• Dangerous obstacles on each level
• Two heroes (bunnies) to choose from: Pauli or Gemmi
• Unlockable achievements
• Customizable game controls