Recently, Ubisoft and DotEmu announced the Heroes of Might & Magic III – HD Edition, which will be releasing for iOS on January 29, 2015. You'll get seven campaign scenarios, 48 skirmish maps, and a multiplayer mode.
“Community is at the core of the Might & Magic series, and we wanted to thank their everlasting support by bringing back the epic tale of Queen Catherine Ironfist,” said Erwan le Breton, creative director of the franchise. “We wanted to keep the heart of what made Heroes III one of the most renowned titles of the series, while providing an enhanced visual experience and offering the possibility to also play the game on tablets”.
So rally your forces, as Heroes of Might & Magic III – HD Edition is coming to the App Store soon.
Far Cry Arena Master lets you try your hand at creating the best arena around. Since the app connects directly to your Far Cry 4 game, you can collect animals and mercenary fighters and pit them against other Far Cry 4 players or go solo and battle against AI champions. See how your friends stack up against your roster. You will need to send mercenaries out into the world to to capture bigger and badder animals and recruit dangerous fighters, but the progress you make in Far Cry 4 will give them outposts and bell towers to guide the way. As gladiators clash in your arena you'll earn in-game cash, experience, and rewards.
Far Cry Arcade Poker is just that: a Far Cry-themed poker game. You can earn in-game cash as you play, and even garner a little help from your friends by hiring them as Jokers that can complete your hands. Your friends get rewarded and you collect the winnings. Sounds like a good deal.
You can play a hand of Far Cry Arcade Poker, and be the ultimate Far Cry Arena Master, for free on the App Store.
A Halloween-themed update has arrived for RedLynx's Trials Frontier, adding new skins and tracks courtesy of the arrival of the Pumpkin King.
The Pumpkin King, as he does, is causing havoc, so it's up to you to take him and his minions on across the world. The update introduces a 16-part live event, with smashing pumpkins being the name of the game. Players will also be able to unlock nine new bike skins and four tracks as they take on the squash plant royalty.
Trials Frontier is available to download for free from the App Store now.
01000010 01101111 01110100 01110011 00100001: Curious to know what we though about all this robot-on-robot carnage? Then check out our Bot Squad review!
The Bot Squad: Puzzle Battles offers nearly 200 stages based on its varied approach to tower defense. That’s pretty great, but it also means there are lots of strategies to master and the amount of options can be a little daunting. Here are some tips on how to save Dynamo City.
The Best Defense
The Bot Squad is separated into Defensive stages and Offensive stages. Defensive stages play more like typical tower defense games, and many of the same strategies apply, but they still have their own quirks.
To start, use standard Smacker and Blaster tower bots to weaken enemies that cross your paths. Always pay attention to the range of your units and try to cover as much ground as possible.
Sometimes it’s good to be redundant and have multiple towers clustered in the same area to kill enemies faster. It depends on the stakes.
Stop enemies in their tracks with Stoppabots like Blockers and Grabbers. Unlike towers though, these obstacles can be destroyed. They can also only be placed on certain terrain so be smart with them.
Certain levels provide a limited number of towers to take down a limited number of enemies. However, other stages have an unlimited supply of towers that spawn at set intervals. Enemies come fast and furious in these levels though, usually in big groups, so quickly put your extra power to use.
If a level already has a few towers, pick them up and rearrange them to forge a better defense.
The Bot Squad, by Ubisoft, is a free-to-play strategy game that mixes puzzles with tower defense.
Players control robots as they pick their way through Dynamo City's trapped areas, searching for orbs. Beware though, because other robots want those orbs! So players will also have to defend their stockpiles from waves of invading robot forces with defensive units. The game will have 180 stages to complete and dozens of robots to manage. Ubisoft says that they will have regular free content updates that include new stages, units, and modes.
You'll be able to check out The Bot Squad on October 16 in the App Store.
Through sheer force of will, along with a few legitimately great games, Ubisoft has turned their historical murder simulator Assassin’s Creed into one of the biggest franchises of the generation. But aside from a handful of questionable spin-offs, the series has never had a strong mobile presence - until now. We enter the Animus and check out Assassin’s Creed - Identity, the first “authentic” Assassin’s Creed experience for iOS, in this New Zealand Edition of It Came From Canada!
What’s so striking about Identity is how it manages to feel like a real Assassin’s Creed game by only making a couple of small compromises for the platform. Instead of controlling one protagonist for a sprawling, story-heavy campaign, players create and customize their assassin and take on a series of self-contained missions. The franchise’s infamously bonkers conspiracy meta-narrative is still there for those who choose to read it, but it never gets in the way of the neck-stabbing. And along with outfitting their avatar with collected weapons and skills, like the ability to summon online recruits for assistance, the different classes freshen up play styles on a more fundamental level.
The missions themselves are familiar fare - things like stealthily kill this one dude, deliver this item, or run across these rooftops - and the Renaissance city playgrounds do feel more compact than usual. But again, it’s a small price to pay for gameplay and visuals as fluid and detailed as the franchise’s high-end portable entries at least. Players swipe to fight, sneak, and parkour with ease, and as they reach the tops of buildings they’ll get amazing views of the vistas before them. Assassin’s Creed's smooth systems have always been criticized for feeling too automated, but here it’s the perfect fit.
Right now levels are limited to adventures in 16th century Italy, but the game promises modern-day Montreal missions are coming as well. However, Assassin’s Creed - Identity presents such a promising framework the team should consider throwing in stages from however many eras as they can fit. For right now though, getting the game in shape for launch should be the top priority. As we played, the game would freeze and hard reboot the iPad after every completed mission while attempting to ping the server. But that’s why this is a soft launch.
Assassin’s Creed - Identity will be creeping onto iOS devices everywhere soon.
Do you love Just Dance but want to be able to play anywhere without having to lug around your console?
Just Dance Now, from Ubisoft Entertainment, transforms the your smartphone into a motion controller for Just Dance and lets you play play Just Dance tracks anywhere.
The game uses Ubi Bluestar to allow an unlimited number of people to play together while watching the same screen. All you have to do is download the app, visit JustDanceNow.com on any internet-connected screen, and your phone will automatically sync to the game. Then just start dancing!
“Ubisoft is dedicated to innovation, and we’re dedicated to making Just Dance accessible to our millions of fans around the world, even in regions where consoles aren’t as prevalent” said Tony Key, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ubisoft. “This separate mobile version of the game not only allows our existing fans to experience the Just Dance they know and love in a different way, it also introduces brand new players to the game.”
The game starts with five tracks, which rotate out daily, and players will be able to subscribe at varying price levels to expand their options.
You can download Just Dance Now for free on the App Store.
Hey Assassin's Creed fans, if my terrible pun hasn't put you off then you should be interested to know that the Assassin’s Creed Pirates mobile game is now free-to-play. Not 'on sale' for free, but completely free.
Ubisoft has also added a new chapter appendix called Cold Blood. Now you can sail the arctic seas, meet a legendary new crew member who will help you navigate the frozen north, and upgrade you ships in new ways.
Grab a copy of Assassin’s Creed Pirates for free right now.
Valiant Hearts is a beautiful (and educational!) puzzle adventure title, though players will find themselves pulled away from its realism from time to time.
Set during World War I, the game puts players in control of several different characters as they endure all sorts of hardships in an attempt to survive. And some of them may not achieve that goal. So you've been warned: there will be sadness.
The controls have been reworked for touch screens, naturally. You can check out the video below to see it in action.
There's been no word on a price yet, but it stands to reason that Valiant Hearts: The Great War will be a premium release when it comes to the App Store on September 4.
Assassin's Creed Memories has just been announced, promising to combine card battling, RPG, and strategy elements. A free-to-play game, it comes from a joint effort by GREE, Ubisoft, and PlayNext.
The game will allow you to traverse history in order to build a powerful guild, recruit famous allies, and defeat rival players from around the world. There'll be a deep and extensive single player experience as well as multiplayer combat involving up to 20 versus 20 players.
Set for release later this summer, Assassin's Creed Memories will hopefully be one to watch out for.
