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From Megapop, the indie creators that came up with Haxity and Trolls vs Vikings, we now have a brand new adventure game with puzzle elements called Rob Riches, which is available worldwide for PC, Android or iOS.

Rob Riches is a unique puzzle-driven adventure game that sees players exploring vast temples, and completing a number of achievements and easter eggs, meant to keep the player on their toes at all times.

Developer Playbae has just announced that its award winning puzzle platformer In My Shadow has finally launched for iOS and can be downloaded from the App Store from today.

In My Shadow follows Bella, a young woman estranged from her family and struggling to cope from past traumas. As the player you will have to help her tackle her memories head on as they take the form of shadows, appearing on the four walls of her home. By manipulating them, using a unique puzzle mechanic that blends together 3D and 2D platform elements, you will help Bella decipher and process their meaning as she attempts to reconcile with her past and reunite with her family.

Draw a Stickman: Epic 3 is the latest instalment in the popular puzzle-adventure series, and it’s just arrived on iOS and Android devices to help families through these long days and nights of social distancing.

Developed by Hitcents, Epic 3 aims to encourage kids to get creative by appealing to their inner artist, but it’s an all-ages experience that parents can enjoy with them.

Steam Link has finally released for iOS! That’s right, you can play your epic backlog of PC games on the go now. Well… sort of.

While the Steam Link app was announced seemingly ages ago, it only got actual approval for release last night. Check out the video above to see what it looks like in action, and be sure to ignore my amateur Into the Breach skills. For some more detailed written impressions, see below:

The small team of artists from Poland’s Pigmentum Games has been toiling away for two years in an effort to create an interactive portrait of depression. The result is Indygo, an atmospheric point-and-click story. The game was recently released on Steam, published by fellow Polish company Fat Dog Games.

Indygo’s narrative follows an artist called Thomas Perry as he contends with crippling depression. You take control of the man across the months he spends holed up in his cramped studio, uncovering his story through his written correspondence with the likes of his girlfriend-cum-carer and concerned doctor.

As with most point-and-click games, there are puzzles to solve throughout, typically centred on the various objects dotted around the studio. You’re also posed with problems that have a number of possible answers. The response you choose can directly affect Thomas’ ending, so you can replay the game to see where different choices take you.

Everything in Indygo is designed to reflect the protagonist’s mood, with the hand-drawn visuals literally tinted with the blues and accompanied by a chilly piano score.

Having completed a tour of important games conventions across Europe and beyond, Indygo has now been released on Steam, and is available in seven languages including English, Spanish and French.

War Robots VR: The Skirmish is an all new adventure from Pixonic, makers of the ultra-addictive multiplayer strategy game of the same name. The Skirmish is a single player VR short for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, that’s just arrived today.

This all new VR adventure sheds the third-person perspective for some truly immersive first-person gameplay. The Skirmish sets you in the midst of a war-torn, post-apocalyptic city. You have no recollection of how you’ve arrived there, and instead must set out with your mech to find your purpose.

You’ve got a few tools to help you out on your journey, though, including some useful monitors that will give you a reading on enemies you might find in the vicinity. If you do stumble upon an enemy mech, you’ll have access to some seriously powerful weapons to take them out.

Based on the short teaser, the game looks quite slick, with mechs engaging in intense firefights. VR seems to be the perfect home for a campaign that pits mechs against each other. The game’s neon cyberpunk setting really drives the concept home.

War Robots VR: The Skirmish is free on Steam and Oculus Store, and requires an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift headset.

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Drifter is a pretty cool-looking space adventure that’s currently in Steam Early Access, but Celsius Game Studios has teased an iOS version before. A couple of weeks ago I was able to see it running on an iPad, so I can definitely say that the iOS version is still a thing.

It’s looking really nice, too. I didn’t play it myself but the controls seem to be simple and responsive, and the visuals are pretty darn... pretty. Of course since it’s still in Early Access there are lots more features in the works that haven’t been implemented yet, so it’s bound to be even more interesting once it’s officially released.

Since the App Store doesn’t actually have anything comparable to Early Access we’re going to have to wait a bit for the iOS version, but that’s understandable given how - let’s go with “finicky” - App Store reviews can be. But I’ve been assured that the iOS release should be right behind the Steam release, so we won’t have to wait too terribly long to get our hands on Drifter in its final form.

I think it’s going to be worth the wait.

As Pocket Gamer has pointed out, Electronic Super Joy: Groove City has quietly made its way to iOS. It's also been pointed out that the crazy dace-happy adventure comes with its own Steam key.

Now I'm all for funky music-centric games, but the inclusion of a Steam key is particularly fascinating and exciting. With more and more games becoming available on both mobile and PC, it makes all kinds of sense to do something like this. More so than to do it the other way around, actually, thanks to Apple's limit on the number of promotional codes a developer can generate.

I'm thinking (and hoping) that it's something we'll be seeing more of in the future, but what do you think? Is this a one-off fluke or could this be a sign of what's to come for cross-platform games? Could there be a chance we'll see PSN and Xbox Live codes as pack-ins with mobile games in the future?

You can grab Electronic Super Joy: Groove City off the App Store now for $4.99.

I think it's fair to say that Dungeon of the Endless has been getting a bit of attention as of late. I mean it's a great-looking game, and from what I played over the weekend it's quite fun and challenging as well. Too bad it's only going to be released for home computers... or is it?

Now before getting too excited, you need to know that nothing is set in stone yet. However, I was informed that the team at Amplitude Studios has actually been looking in to bringing their game to tablets. I mean it would make sense, really. The interface seems like it would be a perfect fit for the iPad. Of course a lot can happen in the course of trying to release a game on a new platform.

We'll be sure to keep you updated if/when Dungeon of the Endless for the iPad is officially confirmed/shot down.

The Heist, an iPhone puzzle game with a prize at the end, has released its 1.1 update. Most important to the new update is new loot! The game now includes two more Steam codes to redeem games Puzzle Agent and World of Goo. Other updates include bug fixes and tweaks to the game.

The Heist is an iPhone game where the players solve challenging puzzles and earn Game Center achievements all in the hopes of cracking the vault to win a prize. The game includes 60 puzzles to work at in four different types, 19 Game Center achievements, and a real prize to win at the end. Winners actually receive free stuff (previously, a redeemable code for Eets, a strategy game on Steam).

With the addition of the two new games to the prize, this brings the total prize package for beating The Heist up to $25. That’s a major discount on those three games. With The Heist currently selling for $2.99, that puts the discount for the prize games at almost 90%! (ED: Just got informed that the app has dropped in price, temporarily to $0.99!)

The Heist comes from popular Mac application bundle site, MacHeist. MacHeist frequently sells bundles of Mac apps for significantly reduced prices.

Popular PC digital distribution service Steam has launched their official mobile app for iOS and Android. What this app offers is not necessarily the ability to play Steam games, but instead access to many features of the Steam frontend. The store can be browsed from the mobile app, games can be added to the wishlist, and games can even be added to the Steam cart; it is not immediately apparent if games can actually be purchased from the app yet, which may not be the case because of Apple restrictions, in particular. However, considering that Steam regularly offers sales, this could allow for those who want to partake in these sales but aren't necessarily at their computer to get a head start before they get back to their computer.

The app also offers access to Steam's social features; users can chat with their friends on Steam, and receive notifications of new messages. They also have access to the latest news on Steam games, just as in the desktop version of the app. Notifications could also hypothetically be used to alert of new sales on the store.

The only problem with the Steam app at this point is that access into it is very limited; it is in a closed beta, and Steam is only handing out codes to get in on an occasional basis. This means at the moment, the app is of very limited utility, but for those interested, signing in to the app does "show interest" to Valve for getting into the app, the necessary step toward getting that beta access code. Limited access to the interface does seem to show that Steam may be using a similar HTML5 wrapper around their iOS and Android apps, particularly with a similar slide-out menu to the Facebook app on both platforms. This may make it easier for them to update the app as necessary. Steam Mobile is available now for free.