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Swish

This week's roundup is brought to you by Swish from developer Devionix. This free physics game stars a pair of space aliens with an inexplicable love of basketball. When a swarm of interstellar bees invades their ship, they use a little parabolic physics, super-advanced technology, and a humble b-ball to smash the bees and grab some coins. The game's simple premise hides surprising depth as the stages become more complex. Swish is free to play, with in-app purchases (none larger than $2) for more coins, unlimited restarts, and power-up boosters.

Have you ever played basketball in space? Help two friendly aliens to get rid of Cosmo Bees - the vicious intruders that invaded their spaceship. But be careful - the only weapon you have is a basketball.Master your basketball skills and show the uninvited guests what you’re capable of. Use parts of the scenery, discover cool space gadgets to interact with, and if you’re lucky enough, you'll collect some shiny gold coins on the way. Boost your abilities with awesome power-ups like magnets, jet motors, bubbles and more. Unlock the increasingly challenging levels to beat the annoying space insects and free the unfortunate aliens. Use everything at your disposal and SWISH your way through to the victory.

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Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Android Police coverage: Ubisoft Publishes WWI Drama Game Valiant Hearts: The Great War For Android And Android TV

War games are usually about an impossibly overpowered one-man army killing thousands of bad guys. Valiant Hearts is different: it's a dramatic story about realistic people (drawn in a disjointing cartoon style) dealing with the horrors of World War I. This PC and console pilgrim comes with the first episode in the story for five bucks, with additional episodes available at about $5 each. There's a discount for buying them in packages.

Immerse yourself in the touching story of four unsung heroes swept up by World War 1 in this unique interactive graphic novel that combines action, puzzles and adventure. Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a 4-part, episodic game inspired by letters from World War 1. Initial app purchase includes Episode 1. Episodes 2-4 are available as multipack or individual in-app purchases. An emotional adventure game delivered with a unique tone and art style.

Godus

Android Police coverage: Play As A Benevolent Creator In Peter Molyneux's Godus, Now Available For Android

Godus started as a PC game, but with its clever push-pull terrain sculpting and simple art style, you could believe it was made for mobile. This spiritual successor to Peter Molyneux's Populous has you gently guiding a tribe of stone age wanderers all the way up to the space age, with some simple directions, the ability to move mountains, and the odd miracle or two. And a periodic rain of hellfire, of course. The mobile version is heavy on the IAP and social networking.

YOU are about to PLAY GOD. Rule over a living, breathing world. It is as SIMPLE to play with as it is AWE-INSPIRING to behold. Feel truly powerful in the most delightful, charming and tactile world you have ever held in your hands.

  • Use your touch to physically shape, mold and sculpt every inch of the landscape, making it unique to you.
  • Be loved and worshipped by tiny, devoted Followers. Watch them live, learn, and grow in a fully simulated world.
  • Nurture the growth of a civilization as it rises from the dawn of the primitive age and advances throughout the ages of humanity.
  • Cast miracles of both beauty and destruction: sculpt rivers and grow forests, or throw meteors and spread fires.
  • Uncover a wealth of mysteries and surprises waiting to be found above and below the landscape.
Godus Developer: 22cans
Price: Free
4.2
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World of Tanks Blitz

Android Police coverage: World Of Tanks Blitz Brings The Popular PC MOBA To The Play Store With Android-iOS Cross-Platform Battles

World of Tanks is a popular free-to-play PC game that pits semi-accurate WWII era tanks against each other in 7-on-7 online battles. This mobile version is essentially the same thing, though of course it's been somewhat tamed to fit the graphical and input restrictions of phones and tablets. World of Tanks Blitz was released months ago on iOS, which is a bit disheartening. But the good news is that with cross-platform gameplay, it already has thousands of online players you can take on.

World of Tanks Blitz is a free-to-play mobile MMO action game developed by Wargaming, the award-winning online game developer and publisher of World of Tanks, the smash PC hit now with over 100 million players worldwide. Drawing inspiration from the PC version, World of Tanks Blitz is built specifically for optimal online mobile gameplay and is currently available on your Android device.

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

Android Police coverage: [Update: Now On The Play Store!] Console Classic Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath Comes To Android As An Amazon Exclusive (For Now)

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath first came out on the Xbox way back in 2005. Now you can get the last entry in the much-loved franchise on your Android device, complete with the extremely unique setting and both third-person and first-person bounty hunting gameplay. You'll need a pretty powerful Android 4.0+ device to run the game, but it's a premium title at a very reasonable $6. External controller support is included for that classic console experience.

Prepare to immerse yourself in 20 + hours of action-adventure In the dusty, undeveloped wastelands of Western Mudos, cantankerous townsfolk find their settlements besieged by belligerent outlaws. Along comes Stranger, a drifter turned bounty hunter, with a unique double-barreled critter-firing crossbow. Stranger’s Wrath has been passionately upgraded for this all-new release with all exciting new controls that make the most of the mobile format and improved visuals throughout.

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - DC

Android Police coverage: Shadowrun Returns, Uh, Returns With The Dragonfall Stand-Alone Expansion

There's no shortage of quality tactical RPGs on the Play Store, but that's no reason to ignore another one. Dragonfall is an expansion to Shadowrun Returns, though on Android it's a stand-alone $7 title. The same fantasy-meets-cyberpunk world is presented in 17 new levels, along with new characters, weapons, attacks, and a tweaked touch interface. You don't have to play the first game to play this one, but it's highly recommended for context and practice.

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director’s Cut is a standalone release of Harebrained Schemes' critically-acclaimed Dragonfall campaign. The Director's Cut adds a host of new content and enhancements to the original game: 5 all-new missions, alternate endings, new music, a redesigned interface, team customization options, a revamped combat system, and more - making it the definitive version of this one-of-a-kind cyberpunk RPG experience.

ESJ: Groove City

Android Police coverage: 'Electronic Super Joy: Groove City' Jams Into The Play Store With A Catchy Beat And Enough Sex Jokes To Make A Grown Man Giggle

Electronic Super Joy is one of those platformers that takes intense pleasure in difficult, precise running and jumping. It also takes pleasure in being extremely... porny. Between the thumping soundtrack and a minimalist visual style that still manages to cram in a ton of risqué sex jokes, it's something you might not want to play when your grandparents come over for Christmas. The game is relatively expensive at $5, but includes a free Steam key so you can play it on your PC.

A sequel to the platforming hit, Electronic Super Joy. A brave new World, ending in an Epic Boss Fight. Jump, dodge & dance among insane hazards, missiles, lasers & monsters in this crazy platformer. A Giant Robot Stripper called JoJo has smashed Groove City. She's angry because Dr Swinger stole her Laser-Nipples. Help JoJo reclaim her Laser-Nipples & defeat the Evil Plans of Dr.Swinger, with the help of Pope Boris the Super Sexy.

Bitcoin Billionaire

Android Police coverage: Make Imaginary Internet Money With Frantic Tapping In Noodlecake's Oddly Addictive Bitcoin Billionaire

Bitcoin Billionaire is basically a mix between Kairosoft's pixelated manager titles and the inexplicably popular Cookie Clicker. Tap your avatar like a maniac to make him or her "mine" Bitcoins, slamming the keyboard like a character in a bad hacker movie. You can use your cryptographic income to improve your mining rig (computer) for even faster collection, or customize your avatar or office.

Quick. Sit down and start tapping. Bitcoin Billionaire is an idle clicker that's all about raking in bitcoins and building up a massive fortune. You start with almost nothing: a run-down office, a rickety old desk, a crummy computer. By tapping the screen you can mine virtual bitcoins and slowly increase your wealth. Spend digital dough to upgrade that awful furniture into swanky things like entertainment centers and priceless works of art.

Bitcoin Billionaire Developer: Noodlecake
Price: Free
4.7
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RGB Express

Android Police coverage: iOS Favorite RGB Express Is Out On The Play Store, Mixing Snake With Package Delivery

Imagine a game of Snake that was slowed down and tuned more towards puzzles. That's RGB Express, a game that has you ordering a bunch of delivery trucks around a tiny pixelated world. You'll have to get the right truck and the right package to the right destination, and each one can't pass its own growing trail or the trails of other trucks. The later stages include some ingenious implementations of the simple mechanic. RGB Express is free and ad-supported, with IAP for more levels and hints (not coins) that can also be earned in-game.

RGB Express is a unique and beautiful puzzle game. Simple to play, yet super addictive. You are running RGB Express, the one and only company specialized in delivering colors. The game starts off with easy puzzles, which will teach you the many tricks, that help you solve the more difficult ones. There are bridges, buttons, sometimes you must swap cargo from one truck to another.. Eventually you will meet the mysterious white car.

RGB Express Developer: Bad Crane
Price: Free
4.5
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DRAGON QUEST III

Android Police coverage: The World Of Square Enix's Dragon Quest III Is Now Open To Android Gamers Who Can Spare $9.99 For The Journey

Square Enix is slowly but surely making its way through a huge backlog of Dragon Quest games, which is handy, since we apparently won't see any 3D Final Fantasy games on Android for another few decades. Dragon Quest III is the last entry in the franchise's first major story arc, and this entry includes user-customizable traits and jobs for all party members. Like most Square games it's expensive at $10, but at last they've gotten over those in-game downloads.

DRAGON QUEST III: The Seeds of Salvation—one of the most highly acclaimed and best-selling games in the franchise is finally here for mobile. Now all three installments of the Erdrick Trilogy can be played in the palm of your hand. Every wondrous weapon, spectacular spell and awesome adversary in this rich fantasy world is yours to discover in a single standalone package.

DRAGON QUEST III Developer: SQUARE ENIX Co.,Ltd.
Price: 9.99
4.7
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THE KING OF FIGHTERS-A 2012(F)

Android Police coverage: SNK Re-Releases The King Of Fighters 2012 For Free To Celebrate The Series' 20th Anniversary

How many King of Fighters games do we have on Android now? I lost count about a year ago. This one is a re-re-re-re-release (I think) of KoF VIII, this time in a free-to-play package. But don't let that get you down: it's not packed with in-app purchases, just advertising. This 20th anniversary edition includes twelve new 2D fighters and six game modes... but no Bluetooth controller support or multiplayer. Bummer.

Popular 2D VS fighting game "THE KING OF FIGHTERS-A 2012" returns as a free app to celebrate KOF 20th Anniversary. In addition to the characters from he previous installment, the 4 new “ART OF FIGHTING”, “PSYCHO SOLDIER”, “KIM”, and “IKARI” teams (12 new characters), join the cast of "KOF-A”.! You can now create your favorite team from this formidable roster of 32 fighters. 6 game modes are available for thousands of hours of enjoyment even when playing alone.

Peggle Blast

Android Police coverage: Peggle Blast Has Arrived In The Play Store With The Usual Boatload Of EA In-App Purchases

If you've somehow been able to avoid casual smash hit Peggle, here's the gist: it's a digital version of Pachinko, which is basically Japan's vertical take on pinball. This portable version includes physics-defying stages and power-ups, not to mention sickeningly cute characters that will help or hinder your bouncy quest. Of course, since it's an EA mobile game, Peggle Blast includes so many IAPs that you might want to look elsewhere.

Take your best shot with a blend of luck, skill, and joyous thrills in Peggle™ Blast. Clear the orange pegs as you rack up bonus points, and hit style shots that’ll make you smile for weeks. Learn from Peggle Masters and harness their powers to score big in peg-popping challenges. From the makers of Bejeweled™ and Plants vs. Zombies™ comes the newest PopCap game, bursting with character, charm, and fun. Join the millions who adore the magic of Peggle. Aim for greatness.

Peggle Blast Developer: ELECTRONIC ARTS
Price: Free
3.3
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Call of Duty®: Heroes

Android Police coverage: Activision Tries Its Hand At Clash Of Clans Cloning With Call Of Duty: Heroes

Call of Duty: Heroes is Clash of Clans. No, really, it is: base building, mild strategy, online social play, tons and tons of in-app purchases. Aside from the Call of Duty-themed skin, the only unique feature it has to boast are "killstreaks," screen-filling attacks with tons of bonus damage, in the vein of the powered-up attacks from the console games. Unless you're a big fan of the frankly boring stories and characters from the COD games, skip this one.

Command an army of legendary heroes, elite soldiers, and devastating drones straight from the Call of Duty franchise in this 3D combat strategy game. Customize your base and train elite forces to dominate your enemies in fierce battles featuring fully controllable heroes and epic Killstreaks, like the first-person chopper gunner. Take command of a small outpost and build it up into an impenetrable base.

Amazing Ninja

Amazing Ninja is a super-simple game that nonetheless manages to be surprisingly engaging. There are only two controls: jump and slash. As your stickman character runs forward, jump over the fleeing blue ninjas and across to the next platform, and slash the red ninjas as they come up. It's addictive in a Flappy Bird kind of way, but the pace and physics don't make it feel like the game is against you. Amazing Ninja is a free download with a single $2 in-app purchase to remove ads.

You are a skillful ninja and your goal is to kill the red ninjas and save the blue ones.

Offroad Legends 2

The original Offroad Legends managed to score more than five million downloads on the Play Store thanks to Trials-style 2D movement and impressive graphics. The sequel brings more of the same, but it includes a wider variety of tracks and vehicles, support for generic controllers and Google Play Games, and a "kids mode" with super-easy and simple tracks. IAP is included, but it's fairly benign: you unlock cars, not currency, and the most expensive one is just three bucks.

This is your chance to experience the thrill of driving Monster Trucks, desert Trucks and 4x4 off-roaders over amazing jump filled tracks. Experience cutting edge graphics, ground breaking physics and adrenaline-filled excitement in Offroad Legends 2.

Offroad Legends 2 features:

• More detailed and complex graphics and physics than ever

• More than 48 amazing tracks to beat

• 12 ultra detailed vehicles to unlock and drive

• Turn based multiplayer via Google Game Services

• Controller support

• Playground for the kids (No damage, easy tracks)

• Monster trucks, Desert trucks, 4x4 offroaders, Oldtimers.

Offroad Legends 2 Developer: DogByte Games
Price: Free
4.4
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Touch Racing 2

Racing games on mobile devices always have to wrestle with touch controls. This game takes the old "left, right, or tilt" formula and throws it out the window: you steer your car by touching the top-down track ahead, almost as if it was attached with a rubber band. The RC theme allows you to drive cars or boats, and with 81 tracks, an upgrade mechanic, and online multiplayer, there's plenty to occupy your time. Just watch out for those IAP gluttons in the online matches.

Race extreme speed cars, offroad rally vehicles & power boats in this awesome arcade R/C racing game. From the award-winning development team that brought you the multi-million downloaded RunBot.

  • UPGRADE EVERY ASPECT of your vehicles – chassis, tyres, engine, body, spoiler as you progress through your racing career.
  • CUSTOMIZE your ride with stickers and new paint jobs.
  • CHALLENGE your friends or random racing rivals in MULTIPLAYER mode.
  • ENCOUNTER a great cast of wacky and memorable bosses as you progress from an R/C rookie to a global legend.
  • UNIQUE touch-and-drag control system means anyone can learn to play in seconds - whether you’re a novice player or die-hard gamer.

Tipsoccer

Here at Android Police, we're nearly all Americans. That makes it easy for us to make fun of soccer, and we do so at pretty much every opportunity. The developer of Tipsoccer seems to have a similar attitude, and hasn't let a complete ignorance of the world's most popular sport stop them from making a game about it. Tap like hell to get barely-animated players to score a goal with extremely floaty physics, or play against a human opponent on the same device, preferably after getting thoroughly tipsy first.

We have no idea how soccer works. We just want to play it. Come with us and let's have drunk fun with soccer.

  • Soccer (also called european football).
  • Solo play against a drunk AI, and local versus.
  • Never, ever, in this ungrateful world, in-app purchases or ads. You buy once, you get the whole deal, including updates and new content.
  • Crazy teams, like Spartans, Zombies or 'murica.
  • Several configurations including acrobatics, tennis ball on a squash field (eh, told you we didn't know a thing about soccer.) and weighed steel ball on the Moon... -wait, what?
  • Two buttons configuration for courageous dudes.
  • Wilford Warfstache, a robot who's a cop and even cacti. -what the hell is happening in this game?!

Run Sackboy! Run!

PlayStation fans will recognize Sackboy from the LittleBigPlanet series of platformers starting on the PS3. While one of those titles could be adapted for mobile relatively easily, we aren't quite so lucky: we get a pretty standard endless runner instead. Running, jumping, obstacles, power-ups, you've seen all this before, but at least it looks pretty good on Android. Costumes are a big part of the appeal of the console games, and so it is here. In-app purchases are present for power-ups and currency.

Sackboy, the knitted hero from the multi-award winning LittleBigPlanet™ series on PlayStation® lands into the palm of your hand in this brand new endless platformer. RUN as fast as you can through an ever-changing handcrafted world DASH to ESCAPE the GOO and the clutches of the grumpy Negativitron.

  • Iconic worlds and characters from the LittleBigPlanet™ games
  • Exclusive costumes to customise your Sackboy
  • Collect Stickers to unlock Prizes.
  • Power Ups and Upgrades including the all-new Glider.
  • Challenge and compete with your friends

Ski Challenge 15

Is pro skiing really so popular and transitory that it requires a yearly video game adaptation? Developer Greentube seems to think so. The visuals in Ski Challenge are pretty decent, as in previous entries (from other studios), and the game is updated with scheduled challenges every week or so, the better to show off your online ranking. Extra tracks and an "analyzer" that lets you view the tuned settings of other players are unlocked via IAP.

Ready for the new season? Ski Challenge is back. The latest edition of the successful 3D skiing simulation includes several new features and offers action-packed ski races on spectacular downhill courses all winter long. Compete in exciting tournaments, collect World Cup points and become the new Ski Challenge champion.

  • 10 spectacular and true-to-original downhill courses, e.g.: Beaver Creek, Gröden, Bormio, Wengen, Kitzbühel and Garmisch
  • Captivating and realistic 3D graphics including different weather conditions
  • Online mode, ranking lists and tournaments: Compete against players from all around the world.
  • Lifelike physics of skiing: Set up your individual racing ski

The Witcher Adventure Game

The Witcher is a series of PC games with old-school RPG mechanics, but modern dark fantasy storytelling. In three entries it's gathered a huge amount of enthusiasts, enough to earn a board game adaptation... which has now been made into a digital version for mobile. As a modern board game it's centered around a mixture of dice-based chance and cards for combat. The Android version includes online and local multiplayer, and the $6 title has no in-app purchases, but initial reviews say it's riddled with software crashes.

The Witcher Adventure Game is a digital adaptation of CD PROJEKT RED’s board game set in the brutal, dark fantasy universe of monster slayer Geralt of Rivia. Embark on a journey across the beautifully rendered world of The Witcher and complete a variety of quests: hunt for deadly beasts, solve ancient mysteries, and take part in complex political intrigues. Make choices and face their brutal consequences in a world begging to be explored.

Kasparov Minichess

Do you know who Garry Kasparov is? Do you care? And do you want your kids to care, because they're totally going to beat IBM's supercomputer in 2020? Then download this kid's take on chess and pass them the tablet. The story mode teaches the youngins to play chess with some colorful interludes between lessons, and the difficulty increases gradually until they're ready for the real thing. There are no ads or in-app purchases - always a good thing for games aimed at children.

Get the kids to learn how to play chess with a colourful, fun and easy-to-play game that legendary Grandmaster Garry Kasparov has endorsed. Take Cheddar the Mouse on a fun journey of discovery as he meets new friends and uncovers the mysteries of the wonderful game. On his travels, Cheddar has to solve exciting puzzles that help him learn the basics of chess. The brave little mouse provides an ideal introduction to the basics of the game for younger children - even kids as young as five can enjoy playing with Cheddar.

MiniChess by Kasparov Developer: HeroCraft Labs
Price: 4.99
4.1
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Godfire: Rise of Prometheus

Godfire is a riff on God of War, and it doesn't really try to hide the fact. The graphics are about as good as they get on Android at the moment - pour enough resources into Unreal, and you can do just about anything - but don't download "Rise of Prometheus" if you're looking for originality. (Or authenticity, for that matter: Prometheus wasn't a Titan.) Free to play, with a veritable Argo-load of in-app purchases.

Godfire: Rise of Prometheus is an action-adventure experience unlike any other on Google Play, with console-quality graphics, vicious free-flow combat and epic boss battles. Become titan Prometheus as he embarks on an epic quest to retrieve the all-powerful Godfire Spark and save mankind. Fight using a dynamic combat system and unleash devastating wrath attacks while freely navigating the battlefield using intuitive controller or touch controls.

Jungle Moose

Sometimes all it takes to get featured on Android Police is a hilarious game trailer. This is one of those times. Game developers, take note.

Swimming across a river is no joke when it's full of killer fish. Jungle Moose is a simple, hilarious, addictive game that will challenge even the most hardcore gamer's coordination, reflexes, stamina and mental fortitude. Do you have what it takes to win? Warning: The game contains blood and gore and may not be suitable for younger players.

  • Swipe fish to toss them up into the air.
  • Kill fish by bouncing them off Jungle Moose's antlers.
  • Get combos to reduce the number of fish that spawn.
  • Get across the river to win.

Twisty Hollow

Twisty Hollow is a puzzle game with personality. Your objective is to get rid of the mayor bear by lining up the town's citizens with their proper implements and activities. The core mechanic is a pretty simple Lazy Suzan sort of action with a trisected wheel - it's kind of like Skyrim's "claw" puzzles with six different directions. The $2 game includes an animated story and no in-app purchases.

To celebrate the Android launch, Twisty Hollow is available for a limited time at a special launch price of $1.99 USD (Reg. $2.99). The launch special runs from December 4th - 10th. A self-appointed mayor is spinning the town of Twisty Hollow out of order with nonsensical rulings. His cryptic instructions range from the culinary – bacon is frowned upon – to the absurd (fashion tips for ghosts.?).

Werewolf Tycoon

Werewolf Tycoon has a lot in common with RollerCoaster Tycoon. It takes place in a park. Actually, that's about it. But Werewolf Tycoon seems a lot more fun, because RollerCoaster Tycoon doesn't let you run around and eat people. It doesn't let you eat reporters or army men or space aliens either. Werewolf Tycoon does. Werewolf Tycoon is free, like RollerCoaster Tycoon, but it doesn't have any in-app purchases. Winner: Werewolf Tycoon.

Become the Big Bad Wolf of Werewolf Park in this werewolf stealth simulation game. Eat as many people as you can, but pace yourself, try not to be seen, and do not let witnesses escape. After all, things could get tricky if too many people become aware of your existence. Happy munching.

Roller Polar

The mythical Sisyphus was cursed to roll a giant boulder up a hill for all time. The polar bear in Roller Polar has almost exactly the opposite problem: he runs along a giant rolling snowball in a reverse endless runner, jumping over the various snowmen, trees, beavers, moose, and other assorted stuff that gets caught in its dreadful path. Free to play with a single $1.55 in-app purchase to remove ads.

Take control of your Polar Bear and ride the snowball down the mountain. Watch out for the boulders, trees and wildlife. Day and night the ball keeps rolling, faster and faster it goes, what's the highest score? Nobody knows.

• Addictive one touch game play that is easy to pick up but difficult to master.

• Awesome pixel art from the award winning studio Nitrome.

• Real-time dynamic day and night game play. So if it's day outside, it's day in the game. If it's night... oh you get the idea.

• Music by Dave Cowen (Creator of Ice Breaker - A Viking Voyage)

• Unlockable Achievements

• It's a Polar Bear running on a giant snowball down a mountain. What more do you want.

Roller Polar Developer: Nitrome
Price: Free
3.5
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Rooster Teeth vs. Zombiens

I swear Artem slips these zombie games into the roundup just to irk me. To be fair, this top-down zombie/alien shooter looks decent, and it eschews the free-to-play model in favor of good old-fashioned money. The game is apparently based on a series of YouTube comedy videos. Fight your way through the fictional studios, save the web celebrities, kill as many zombies as possible.

The Zombien menace has, mostly unintentionally, descended upon the Rooster Teeth studio. It's up to you and the RT cast members to survive their onslaught. After an Unidentified Flying Object becomes an Identified Grounded Object (it's a space ship) right in the heart of the Rooster Teeth studio, legions of zombie aliens (Zombiens) start coming out of the woodwork and get all hostile up in the studio.

The Sleeping Prince: Royal Ed.

The Sleeping Prince is an elegant and timely inversion of the classic Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. At least it would be, if its core mechanic wasn't flinging said sleeping prince around platforming levels like a sack of royal potatoes. You use the prince as a blunt object, swinging and smashing him through physics-based puzzles and collecting power-ups. The game is free for now but set to go paid soon, according to description.

He’s a strong and heroic prince, out to rescue the people of Cloudreach from an evil spell. The only problem is…he’s sound asleep. Unleash the magic in your fingers to drag and toss the Sleeping Prince through a series of challenging and entertaining physics-based puzzles – reverse the spell and save the princess. The malevolent Sydney Slime has cast a mysterious spell on the kingdom, turning it into a dormant dreamland where everyone is sound asleep.

Dustoff Vietnam

Vietnam was one of the most fatuous and disastrous engagements in American military history. What better theater of war to turn into a Minecraft-style 2D shooter? Dustoff Vietnam is a blocky mix of Metal Slug and bullet hell shooters, with some interesting additions like grapples and POW rescue landings. It's not all that complex, but it's good enough for a little time-killing in a sanitized action environment. Free with in-app purchases.

"I need a Dustoff." became an all-too-familiar call on the airwaves of Vietnam. Now take off with your rescue helicopter and search and save the life of the wounded soldiers in the field, often under fire. If you can't, nobody else can. Find the stolen cargo with your Chinook helicopter and transport them safely to the nearby friendly base, all the while fighting off hostile tanks and other enemy combatants.

Fight for Middle-earth

A big Hollywood blockbuster demands a mobile game, and it absolutely has to be free-to-play, so...wait, what? This is a free licensed game with no in-app purchases? Well alright then. Fight For Middle-Earth isn't after your money, but it's still a pretty basic hack-and-slash game with only one arena. Pick humans, dwarves, elves, or orcs, slash your way through a hundred or so enemies, then do it all over again.

Join the fight for Middle-earth in an all-new 3D game. Choose to battle as Humans, Dwarves, Elves or Orcs to see which group will earn a spot atop the leaderboard. Switch between characters for a tactical advantage, and then play as the hero to finish the fight. An ancient enemy has returned to Middle-earth. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain.

Help Me Jack: Atomic Adventure

Help Me Jack uses a familiar top-down dungeon crawler approach with an appealingly whimsical premise: you're a super-cute Fallout wannabe trying to rid the world of horrible monsters. It's got a pretty basic control and combat setup, but the impressive 3D visual design makes up for a lot. If only it wasn't so chocked full of in-app purchases for game currency, I might be able to hope that it had a fair difficulty curve.

The nuclear fallout irradiated the world. Now the mess of mutants have taken over the world. Only Jack's super hero squad can save the world from this space-traveling mutant monsters. The world is on the brink of destruction with the war spreading much farther than Jack could have imagined. Discover secret passageways with keys and bombs as you find humans locked away in every sector.

Stage Dive Legends

Stage Dive Legends gets some bonus points for creative content, if not for actual gameplay. It's a pretty standard endless runner (fine, technically it isn't "endless"), but instead of running or racing, your cartoon character is crowd surfing, being carried along by a legion of rock and roll fans. Aside from the musical theme and support for both Google Play Games and external controllers, it's the same old free-to-play song and dance.

Whether it’s New York, London, Berlin or Paris – your tour will take you to cities all over the globe. Join the endless fun in this epic rock star saga and experience the most legendary moment at every rock show: the stage dive. Smash your guitar, speed up and jump into the cheering crowd. Rush through the concert hall and get carried away by your freaked-out fans. Perform crazy stunts, collect golden coins and use amazing power-ups to entertain the party crowd.

Stage Dive Legends Developer: HandyGames
Price: Free
3.9
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Sarah & Duck - Day at the Park

Sarah & Duck is an abnormally cute kid's cartoon in the UK. From what I can tell it's aimed at preschoolers, so presumably this mini-game collection is similarly designed for very young kids. The included activities range from basic picture matching to a scrolling kite flyer to a park designer. The app costs $5 with no in-app purchases (always a major plus for kid-focused games), and includes a "grown-up" section if you need help for some reason.

Join CBeebies' favourites Sarah & Duck for a fun-packed day at the park where you can play hide and seek with Duck, create, decorate and fly your own unique kite, feed the hungry ducks, help Umbrella avoid the puddles and then build your very own park.

• Interact with your favourite characters across 6 beautifully animated games

• Collect special rewards as you play to build your very own park

• Develop imagination and problem-solving skills through different game-playing styles

• Gated grown-ups area including a Help section ensures a child-friendly game experience

OverVolt: crazy slot cars

OverVolt mixes slot car racing - not overly known for skilled driving matches - with kart racer mechanics. That makes controlling the cars easy and smashing your opponent with weapons all the more appealing. As usual with free-to-play racers, victory depends more on your upgrades than any actual play, and that goes double for the Facebook-based multiplayer... which is oddly limited to three races a day. Want to play more? Then pay up.

Run crazy miniature slot cars in OverVolt. Customize your car, challenge your friends, use the power-UPs, and be the best of the neighbourhood. Challenge the top of the class. Control your favourite cars through six fantastic scenarios and forty cool tracks of single and multiplayer mode.

• Control your miniature car without letting them fly out of the track

• Create your-own unique car style. Go to the store-dedicated section and shoot a picture of whatever you like. Enjoy your personalized car, playing it and sharing it on you facebook profile.

• Look in the store for all the power-ups you can use during the races

• Choose among more than 30 cars with great styles and characteristics

• Race your friends, challenge them on facebook and share the results climbing the ladder of the rankings.

Mad Bullets

What's the point of a lightgun-style shooting game on a touch platform? The gameplay boils down to "tap the bad guys, don't tap the good guys." Even so, you might find some fun in Mad Bullets if you enjoy the "Internet random" kind of humor, and the 2D art and 3D graphics are pretty impressive. A $2 in-app purchase will disable ads, but you'll also have to pay for more in-game currency if you want to avoid the grind.

Say YES to the easiest shooter controls of all time. Shoot the bad guys, rescue damsels in distress, collect money and blow up the Wild West. The wackiest shooter has no boring story, complicated controls, or irritating tutorials. Mad Bullets offers simple, high-speed, INSTANT ACTION for your enjoyment. Feel the arcades in your pocket. Stupid chickens, damsels in distress, american ninjas, savage vultures, robot cowboys, evil piranhas & dumb desperados. The perfect cast for a game which doesn't take itself seriously.

Mad Bullets: Western Arcade Developer: isTom Games
Price: Free
4.5
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Flick Soccer 15

OK FullFat, I can respect the fact that you're fairly even-handed with your mobile gaming platform support. But please take note: there's no such thing as "retina" once you get out of Apple-land (we've got higher resolutions than that!), and no one on the Play Store is downloading your game to the iPhone 6. Other than that, keep it coming with the competent swipe-based casual soccer games.

[Editor's note: iPad, iPhone, and Retina references have been removed from the following app, because they're flicking stupid.]

ARE YOU A FLICKING LEGEND? Now you can prove it. Your football talent will shine with Full Fat's "best in class" flick and after-touch controls. Shoot for insane scores and compete with friends. Can you bend it round the keeper and score in the top corner?

• Incredible kick and after-touch controls

• Challenging Game Center achievements

• Compete against friends

• Shoot against the keeper

• Curl it around defenders in set piece free kicks

• Hit the crossbar and much more.

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