The next big update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition ($6.99) has just hit beta testing on Google Play, meaning that the official release on iOS, Android, and Windows 10 isn’t too far off now. 0.14.0 should bring in some big new features: cauldrons, maps, creative inventory, repeaters, comparators, and more. But the most important new thing coming to the game might be Pumpkin hats. You know what you have to do with those.
The Mojang blog has a massive list of pretty much every single thing that’s coming in the beta update, including all the bugs they’re fixing. The bug where the skeleton heads didn’t look hollow from the bottom being fixed is probably gonna make someone’s week. If you want to get in on the Android beta, you’ll obviously need an Android device, a purchased Android copy of the game (I bought it for $0.10 3 or 4 years ago as part of a Google Play super-sale, hah!), and to follow the instructions here. If you just have the iOS version, you’ll have to wait for the official release as always.
😪 these games are trash 🚮 except for Anime Studio Story
Baseball Highlights is a very good game but you can call it trash if you despise baseball....
Why isn't Infinite Skate on this list?
After you posted about how great it is, you don't even include it in the "out now" list??
Because it came out between the time I started this list at 3pm and when I finished it at 8:30pm. Sorry, JEEZ.
I thought you could read minds and time-travel!!! My mistake ;)
Just to let you know the work is appreciated. I always look forward to the "out now" every Thursday.
Thanks for the hard work, Jared. :)
True dat!
So far I'm definitely recommending SamOsa, Hectic Space 2, Simply Knights, and Neon Arcade. They are fun games. The game I cannot recommend is Osiris: battle. Stay away from that one!
Oh and Jetpack soccer is pretty much unplayable in single player due to the movement and thrust buttons hard coded all the way to the left on the screen. A shame too it's a neat concept.
Continue waithing Implosion never lose hope update whit new playable caracter...weak week
Good week to save money. There certainly seems to be a few fun things but nothing demanding doing anything but play Crashlands IMO.
Exactly
Pridefest!!!!
Super phantom cat is only decent game
Bummer week, I guess I'll go back to playing Crashlands!!!
Not a bad thing :)
Weak week
Tiltagon TV is also out now on Apple TV! It's a paid game with a price tag of $1.99.
I'm not normally one to say this because there are almost always a few games that I really like each week, but this actually IS a weak release week. Anyway, I've tried a few of these today and here are my initial impressions:
Toot'Z: Crap.
Hoppy Naut: This is one for people that like Mr. Jump style impossible games. I am not such a person. I didn't like it.
Kikoriki: I might like this if were a toddler.
Super Bike Hill Climb: It's OK. I may give it a little more time this week to see if I can get into it, but after playing for a few minutes I got frustrated with the fiddly controls and quit. There are many other similar games that are a lot better.
Grimorum: Too fucking difficult for what it is, which is a standard 2D side-scrolling platformer. I should note that I have a pretty low frustration threshold and I would imagine that some people who can tolerate getting killed in the same spot a gabillion times will like this one.
Hectic Space 2: This is a very standard side-scrolling shmup, and it's also very difficult. It's OK, but nothing special. Again, there are many similar games that are superior. Star Drift, which I loved, comes to mind as a similar game that does the same thing, but a lot better.
Pridefest: tbh, I only downloaded this one because I'm gay and I want to see more games catered to my community. I don't normally like this kind of game where you build a city or whatever and found the actual gameplay to be boring. This is another one that I would imagine that some people are going to love, but it's not my cup of tea.
So, how about some recommendations?
Super Phantom Cat: I've been playing this one for the last few days, and I really like it. If you are old like me and remember playing Super Mario Bros. on your NES, this will be right up your alley. It's almost a complete knock-off, but adds a slight Metroidvania twist. Recommended.
Infinite Skater: I started playing this and, when I looked up, an hour had passed. The compulsion loop is tight and the gameplay itself is really fun. It adds a few new elements to the over-the-shoulder runner genre and the artwork, as was mentioned in an article on here on TA, is beautiful. Recommended. The only qualifier to add is that this is a paid game, but still includes IAPs, which is annoying.
Wow. Thanks for the impressions!
Whoops, I forgot to mention that I also tried Lego Ninjago: Skybound and couldn't get past the terrible controls.
Knotmania is wonderful and different and a little strange. I love it.
Didn't Digimon die, like, over 10 years ago?
Really glad there isn't anything interesting out this week, because Crashlands is going to eat all my game session time for weeks to come! <3
What he said
Also I was thinking Crashlands just set the bar for $4.99 games and above for that matter, it shows you can have a great game with depth humor and just plain fun and not charge a ton. $4.99 is perfect for everyone involved, it's the sweet spot in my opinion anything more and people might sway elsewhere. Amazing game, I can't remember the last game that killed my battery after one session of nonstop enjoyment!
....Patiently waits for FFIX.......
Omg!!! Bioshok also came out !! Finally !!! Its looking better then the xbox 360 version !!!
Lol. Don't fall for this guys. It's still missing.
Tap Tap Legions should on this list. I think. Check it out.
That one screenshot from Knotmania looks like a yellow turd... Back to Crashlands!
Super Phantom Cat is Super Flippin' Awesome!! A great retro platformer that is tons of fun to play. I love it.
an excellent time to have my ipad working again :D
weak week my ass. But to be fair not tried any of them yet
Another vote for Super Phantom Cat here - it's so like Super Mario Bros, Nintendo's copyright team would have sent assassins back in the day. It's also so colourful and bouncy, it makes me happy.
It might even eat into my Crashlands time. Might...
Wow, we got Blocky Football AND Blocky Hockey All-Stars in one week from different developers?! I guess we've officially hit peak Somethingy-Something-with voxel-graphics.