If you’re among the many who are still actively playing Chair’s iOS masterpiece Infinity Blade III ($6.99), then you’re probably aware of the significant new update that was released for it today. But, if you’ve been away from the game for a while for whatever reason, it’s time to dust that puppy off because this new Blade Masters update is quite a doozy. To start off with, there’s a new Deathless to battle against in the game named The Collector. When you run into him, you’ll have a chance to fight for a super rare weapon, with the caveat that if you lose you’ll have to give him your own weapon. In order to get it back, you’ll have to fight again and beat The Collector before you even get to try and fight him for a rare weapon (or lose another one of your weapons). It’s like racing for pink slips: the stakes are high. It sounds like a rad risk vs. reward battle. Here’s an entire video where Chair’s Donald Mustard goes into detail about The Collector.
As awesome as The Collector is, the biggest bombshell in this update is that the Deathless Ryth from Infinity Blade II makes his return. He’s been brushing up on his skills, and he ain’t too pleased with being beaten by you in the last game. Also, Solar Trans weapons aka lightsabers make a return to the series, including some brand new ones for Isa. In addition, you can now customize your warriors somewhat with a selection of different animations and armor tints. It’s not the most in-depth customization ever, but it’s nice nonetheless.
Finally, a new Training Bot has been added so you can brush up on your skills and the Deathless Mode has seem some tweaks which include an increased level cap to 50 and a new feature that sees any of your items which you currently have forging in your hideout instantly finish upon defeating a Deathless. This not only makes that progression much quicker, but you can kind of plan ahead and forge a bunch of stuff if you’re planning on facing a Deathless anyway. People pretty much universally hate waiting for stuff, so this is a nice feature. Donald Mustard again goes over all the details of this update in the following Blade Masters overview video.
Infinity Blade III launched way back in September of last year and we loved it, but Chair has been wonderful about continually updating the game with new content. First they were the first game to fully optimize for the iPhone 5s when it came out, then there was the Soul Hunter update in October, then they rolled out ClashMob events in December, and finally the massive Ausar Rising update from the same month. Chair’s been a bit quiet since then, but now we see what they’ve ben up to all this time. Also, as with the Ausar Rising update, Infinity Blade III can now be had for the sale price of $2.99. So if you haven’t picked it up yet now would be a great time, as it’ll definitely keep you very busy for weeks and months to come.
Good. As a highschool senior, I see lots of people with their phones playing games or stuff. And the number 1 game isn't threes. No... It's 2048. Every time I wanna just say LOOK, THREES IS AMAZING, DONT GET THAT RIPOFF FREE GAME. Alas, I can't. But I hope it gets more attention :)
Because that's like paying for an app when you can get almost the same one for free. This is why no one buys stampede run or running with friends or whatever and just play temple run or minion rush.
If people saw how charming threes was, I think they'd change their mind. Plus, people bought angry birds and cut the rope. It's only $1-2 more.
Angry birds became popular before freemium became popular. In today's market, the original Angry Birds wouldn't have had the same success.
Either you haven't played Threes!, or you're just trolling for attention. 2048 is like Threes for Dummies, and if you've played 2048, and think that you've gotten Threes! for free, you'd be wrong. You can clone the body, but you can't clone the soul.
I have both, and currently play 2048 more.
It's a clone, yes. Is it easier than threes!, yes. Does that mean it's not a fun game, no.
Yeah. I have both and personally I prefer Threes, but there's no denying that 2048 is a great game too.
FWIW my wife prefers 2048
Same EXACT thing at my school, I am only freshman though. They all play like Clash of Clans and say 2048 is their favorite game and when ever I come by with something new like Wayward Souls or Battleheart they are like wtf that looks retarted. They also said wayward souls graphics look like sh*t
Those kids are dumba$$es.
Welcome to highschool. Where today, some kid tried to get on the teachers computer and mess with the computers in class. It's no wonder so many of them play crap like 2048 and clash of clans.
Hooray for Sirvo!
Great to see them get some love. Both of their games are really great looking, sounding, and fun to play. Well deserved.
Glad to see 868-HACK getting featured then, finally.
In what universe is Zenga
In what universe is Zynga an indy developer!!!
drop 7 is brilliant, and if you erase zynga from it, well damn good indie game!
their name is Sirvo? man I never even read that name. I knew they were Asher and Greg and BigGiantCircles because it says so in the game and in their twitters, but I didn't know they had a company name
I still love Drop 7!
Its def cool to see 3s get some credit here =)
They must have missed "Adventure To Fate" I am sure it will be on the next one tho =) haha.
The list is different here! Monument Valley, FTL, Drop7, Fingle, 868-HACK, Spaceteam, Blackbar, Blek, rymdkapsel and English Country Tune
Just reward for this truly innovative game, I'm sure this will ease the sting of the me-too apps that slid in and sapped its initial sales potential.
Drop 7 WAS an indy game... It's so good it even survives being published by Zenga.
Seriously if you like threes and games like that you'll love Drop 7. The gameplay mechanic really doesn't get old.
Agreed. Drop7 (the original version) has been on my iPhone for about 5 years. Still play it regularly as the gameplay is so simple, but massively addictive.
If the makers of Threes had made Drop7, it would probably be the best puzzle game in the world 😜
Eighty-eight is better. Check it out!
Monument Valley is definitely not indie.