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Featured App

DigiCal Calendar

Today's roundup is presented by DigiCal Calendar & Widgets from Digibites. DigiCal is a complete calendar solution that integrates with Google Calendar, matching it feature-for-feature and then some. A wide selection of calendar views (agenda, day, week, month, text month, list) and great tablet compatibility means that your calendar will look great and be easy to use no matter what device you're using. DigiCal also includes a variety of widgets, all of which put the stock Google Calendar to shame, and integrated location search within the app. DigiCal even checks Google Now for travel and traffic time, letting you know when you'll need to leave to avoid being late. The standard DigiCal is free, but the $4.95 DigiCal+ includes month widgets, extra visual options, custom snooze options, and zero ads. Our diary planner and organizer offers multiple calendar views, stylish calendar widgets and integrated worldwide weather forecast for quick and efficient scheduling on your phone and tablet. DigiCal’s diary planner and organizer provides a clear and beautiful overview for your events and appointments. • Conveniently switch between 7 calendar views (day, week, week agenda, month calendar, text month, year and list view in portrait and landscape mode). • The slick dark theme allows for better visibility in low-light settings and night mode. • Event keyword image matching available in all 27 languages. • 6 highly customizable widgets with different theme styles and views: (FREE: list, day, day list, day grid widgets; PREMIUM: 2 extra widgets –text month and month calendar widget) • Intuitive navigation between days, weeks and months with zoomable day and week view. • Syncs across all devices and with all calendar servers that are supported on Android such as Google Calendar, Outlook.com and Exchange, • For extra privacy, you can create local calendars that are not synchronized and is only accessible on your local device, • Seamless event color sync with Google Calendar or choose DigiCal's pre-set colors for your events, • Combined date & time picker for faster scheduling, • Easily schedule an event across multiple time zones with date and time display in both local and foreign time zone, • Faster address entry with Google Places Autocomplete, • Instantly plan and reschedule with the cut, copy, paste function, • Easily share events with friends and family, • Manage invitations with RSVP and reply to organizer or all guests of an event, • FREE 3-day local and worldwide weather outlook in all calendar views and widgets, • Pop-up notifications with quick action buttons for snooze, map and navigation, • Available in 27 languages.
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Games

Horizon Chase - World Tour

Android Police coverage: Horizon Chase: World Tour Is A Retro Racing Game That Will Revive Your Nostalgia For Outrun And RoadBlasters (Without Eating All Your Quarters)

Horizon Chase is a retro racer in the purest sense of the term. The visual design and come-from-behind structure lean heavily on the standards of arcade racers from the 80s and 90s, but the graphics have been updated into quite fetching low-poly designs for the tracks and cars. You'll start out in last place in each race, and getting to first requires excellent reflexes and passing skills. The one thing this game doesn't have in common with the old racers is that you pay just $3 to unlock the entire thing.

Horizon Chase brings back the graphic context of the 16-bit generation and creates a style that is inspired in the past without letting go of its contemporaneity. The apparent polygon and secondary color aesthetic accentuate the visual beauty of the game, resulting in a unique and harmonic atmosphere. You'll feel the retro soul of the game on a completely modern body. Horizon Chase is a race around the world. With each new cup you'll pilot your car through extraordinary places, watching the sun setting, facing rain, snow, volcanic ashes and even severe sandstorms.

Soda Dungeon

Android Police coverage: Soda Dungeon Comes To The Play Store Hoping To Lure Brave Heroes With A Bubbly Drink

Soda Dungeon is an old-school dungeon-crawler. With soda. The soft drinks form a curious core of the game: you're a tavern owner who lures local adventurers to the nearby dungeon so you can (ahem) inherit their loot. You'll have to keep them stocked with weapons, armor, and of course, soda, to keep raking in the gold and luring new meatheads to their doom.

Manage your team of adventurers as you raid the local dungeon for treasure. Upgrade your tavern, purchase new sodas, and attract new party members. Gold, legendary items, and more await you.

Soda Dungeon Developer: Armor Games Studios Inc
Price: Free
4.7
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Lost Echo

Android Police coverage: Adventure Game 'Lost Echo' Gives You A Girlfriend To Find And A Gorgeous Sci-Fi World To Explore For $2.99 With No In-App Purchases

This iOS pilgrim and former Kickstarter project is a futuristic point-and-click adventure that looks absolutely stunning. The story follows a simple missing person case through an array of interesting environments and puzzles. The graphics alone probably don't justify a purchase if you're not a fan of the point-and-click style, but those who like the genre will be enthralled... and won't be hit up for extra purchases.

In the near future Greg's girlfriend Chloe mysteriously disappears in front of him. He starts a desperate search for her. What happened? Why does no-one else remember her? In this indie, story driven adventure game you explore fully 3d environments using an intuitive point and click interface. Solve puzzles, explore, play minigames, interact with numerous characters and find out what really happened.

Lost Echo Developer: KickBack
Price: 3.99
4.2
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Artificial Defense

Android Police coverage: Artificial Defense Is Part Real-Time Strategy And Part Tower Defense Inside A Computer

Imagine Tron as a combination of tower defense and real-time strategy. Now imagine it with 100% less Jeff Bridges. That's the idea behind Artificial Defense, which brings the somewhat tired tower defense genre to a new battlefield. As you upgrade your systems you'll progress through the computer age, graduating from antiquated mainframes to modern supercomputers. A tablet is recommended.

Artificial Defense is a real-time-strategy, orbital-shooter game in an artificial, virtual reality setting. You are the machine, a mighty computer-system, defending its servers against swarms of intruding creeps. Fire off miniguns, launch hellfire missiles, drop incinerating hades-bombs and asteroids, deploy mighty railgun and acid towers and spawn your own Intrusion Counter Measures (ICMs) to re-conquer corrupted databases and firewalls.

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee

Android Police coverage: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee Brings Its Uniquely Weird 3D Platforming To Android For $5

Munch's Oddysee was the first Oddworld game to make the transition from 2D to 3D... hey, it was a big deal at the time. Though the game is almost 15 years old now, the Oddworld characters and environments have lost none of their charm. You'll play as protagonist Abe and fishy newcomer Munch through a collection of stages that focus on puzzle-solving and some mild combat. Thank goodness the game supports external controllers - it was originally designed for the Xbox.

Players guide Mudokon champion Abe, and his aquatic Gabbit partner Munch, in Oddworld’s third adventure, using special psychic powers, cool power-ups, and other special abilities to deliver payback as they reclaim the last gabbit eggs on Oddworld, which have been packaged in a can of gabbiar. Experience the classic game Munch’s Oddysee in high definition. Improved graphics and sound make for an even more thrilling ride. Play as the Munch the Gabbit as he hops and swims his way to bringing his species back from extinction.

RAVENMARK: Scourge

Android Police coverage: Turn-Based Strategic Fantasy Game Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion Invades The Play Store

Ravenmark is a turn-based tactical strategy game - imagine Final Fantasy Tactics or X-Com if you controlled entire battle groups instead of individual units. The game revolves around a medieval setting with some fantasy elements sprinkled in, and the hand-drawn 2D graphics are bursting with charm. The UI, specially made for touchscreens, is worthy of special attention. The game is $10 with no in-app purchases.

Experience the award-winning wargame, Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion, where epic fantasy and turn-based strategy unite. Upheaval and chaos approaches the ancient Empire of the Raven. In the world of Eclisse, the ruling Empire of Estellion is besieged by a scourge of embittered zealots from the swamp nation of Kaysan, erased from history by the Empire’s hubris.

Crimsonland

Android Police coverage: Crimsonland Is Basically Starcraft As A Top-Down Shooter, Complete With Four Player Local Co-Op

Crimsonland is an unapologetically antiquated top-down shooter. The game supports just about everything you could want from an action-packed shoot-em-up: unlimited aliens to kill over sixty missions, 30 weapons, more blood than a vampire kegger, and support for external controllers. It's relatively expensive at $10, but there are no ads or in-app purchases.

Thousands of aliens, mutant lizards, giant spiders and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is an intense and gratifying top-down dual stick shooter from the golden age of arcade action games. Your screen will be filled with literally hundreds of monsters, and must blast them to bits or die trying. Complete sixty quests to unlock a massive array of awesome weapons and abilities, then unleash your arsenal in Survival modes with online leaderboards.

Crimsonland Developer: 10tons Ltd
Price: 9.99
4.8
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Call of Champions

Android Police coverage: Fast-Paced MOBA Call of Champions Now Doing Battle On Android

Call of Champions is a multiplayer online battle arena, following in the well-trodden footsteps of games like League of Legends. It borrows the top-down 3D battlefields, widely varied and "goofy" player characters, and basic tug-of-war online RTS gameplay, but shrinks the round times down to five minutes to make them more palatable on mobile. The AI also instantly takes over for any players who drop out. Of course it has $100 in-app purchases, because that's how mobile MOBAs work.

Call of Champions is the most intense real-time multiplayer battle arena (MOBA) on the phone and tablet. Choose a Champion, recruit a team, smash the enemy, and compete against millions worldwide. The heart-pounding five-minute matches in Call of Champions distill the best of old-school MOBA mechanics like lanes, minions, and item shops into fast-paced tactical brawls, game-changing power-ups, and a tug-of-war with an Orb of Death.

Lifeline 2

The original Lifeline was an interestingly unique take on Choose Your Own Adventure-style storytelling, advancing the narrative through teal-time "talking" with the characters. Lifeline 2 expands on that idea with a new story that follows a young woman on a quest to rescue her brother. The new tale is about twice as long, and the notifications can be read and responded to via Android Wear.

The second story in the Lifeline series connects you with Arika, a young woman on a deadly quest to avenge her parents and rescue her long-lost brother. Your choices will keep her alive and help her succeed as she faces mortal danger on her way to a final, fateful showdown against the forces that threaten all of humanity.

Tales of a Viking: Episode One

Tales of a Viking is a hexagonal turn-based tactics game, sort of like Great Little War Game with a lot fewer pixels. The setting is a fantasized version of ancient northern Europe - think Marvel's Thor without the aliens - and the combat focuses on space and direction rather than pure power. A single $1 in-app purchase unlocks the full first episode.

Tales of a Viking: Episode One is a small-scale turn-based strategy game with rpg elements.

  • Tactical battles where every move decision counts.
  • Strategy choices when leveling up your heroes.
  • Random loot from chests and randomly generated levels provides rich replayability.
  • Up to three constant party members under your control.
  • Some vicious bosses to fight with. Teamwork is advised.

Digfender

If you can't go through, go under. That's the philosophy behind Digfender, or at least it's the approach that the enemies take. You'll have to dig out the basement of your fortress in Dig Dug fashion, searching for gems and other goodies. Then the game shifts into tower defense mode as you use your riches to build defensive turrets while the bad guys attack from below. It's an interesting setup, and though IAPs for currency are present, there are no timers.

Beneath your castle an enemy lies waiting. Grab your shovel and prepare your defenses. Dig deep into the ground and find valuable treasures and ancient relics to help you on your mission. Then use your loot to build powerful towers, set clever traps and unleash spectacular magic on your enemies.

  • Over 60 challenging levels
  • 5 upgrade trees to customize your defenses
  • Survival mode - challenge your friends to beat your high score
  • Leaderboards and achievements
  • No paywalls or wait timers
  • Digging. Everyone loves digging
Digfender Developer: Mugshot Games Pty Ltd
Price: Free
4.4
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Blendoku 2

Blendoku, a novel mix of grid-based puzzles and color theory, is back with a sequel. Like Sudoku, the point is to create a very specific combination of tiles both horizontally and vertically, but this time it's all about blending shades from dark to light or vice versa. The stages are crossword puzzle-style columns and rows instead of a simple grid. The game is free including 500 levels and multiple play modes, but also has a few in-app purchases.

Blendoku 2 is a game about colors. Are you a color master? Color virtuoso? Are colors the reason you get up in the morning? If so then you'll love Blendoku, the palettes and layouts are all hand designed and crafted to test your color skills. Or maybe you're a color novice? Does the idea of picking colors make you break out in a cold sweat? Well Blendoku is here to help you conquer that fear. Before you know it you'll be a Color Savant.

Le Havre: The Inland Port

Le Havre is a digital adaptation of a board game that's all about economics instead of warfare. You play as a trader in a French seaport, competing against another trader, where the only goal is to get as much money as possible. The Android version includes AI opponents and online turn-based multiplayer that allows you to play as quickly or as slowly as you like, a la Words With Friends. It's five bucks with no in-app purchases.

Le Havre - The Inland Port: Finally on mobile devices. In the award-winning board game, Le Havre: The Inland Port, you and your opponent compete in order to amass the most wealth by building up the iconic French port of Le Havre. The game can be played locally against the computer, in hot-seat mode or online -- competing against friends or global players in order to advance in the rankings. Drop in and out of play anytime and play an unlimited amount of games with your friends simultaneously, when you want, where you want.

Samurai: War Game

This lane-based, real-time strategy game adopts the the tap-and-drag stronghold style that makes more sense than controlling individual units on a touchscreen. The simplified graphics in Samurai: War Game lend themselves well to the simplified gameplay, and the game includes online multiplayer battles. In-app purchases are included, but with a top limit of $10, they're not all that unreasonable.

Live the Way of true commander in this free dynamic real-time strategy Samurai: War Game. A long time ago, far far away, samurai land was peaceful and quiet but things have changed. It's time to fight and choose the best samurai. Attack enemy castles and be ready to stop enemies from getting close to yours. Power up your troops and wisely combine your warriors with powerful cannons. Take on a challenging multiplayer war campaign and develop your conquest strategies in real time. Make your army the strongest.

Heal Them All

Most games have you kill enemies in some form or another. Heal Them All had you helping people instead... by killing a bunch of germs. You're in control of an artificial immune system fighting back an army of germs in Plants vs. Zombies fashion. The game's mechanics are pretty simple with only a few power-ups and boss fights mixing it up, but the proceeds from the relatively cheap in-app purchases benefit the Cape of Hope Foundation, a charity that helps kids fight cancer.

Defend the organism. Vicious germs strike again. Face them and repel the invasion in Heal Them All – an addictive Tower Defense game from the creators of warmly received Sugar High. Commanded by Lieutenant Sicko and General LaPlague, armies of microbes are threatening to attack children and infect their organisms. Face the invaders and wipe them out with medical micro-towers. Smash the waves of bacteria, complete special missions, destroy germ Commanders and use mighty power ups to prevent the fever from rising.

Pro Strategy Football 2015

Most of these sports manager games tend to be either for soccer or some other non-US sport - who knows why Americans prefer pretending to be athletes rather than administrators? In any case, Pro Strategy Football gives you the rare opportunity to manage pigskin team, complete with player drafting, offensive and defensive formation selection, and clock management. The graphics aren't much, but the in-game field looks a bit like Tecmo Bowl. Unlike offerings from SEGA and Square Enix, this game is $5 with no in-app purchases.

You've been waiting for a *strategy* football game, a game where you win by knowing football, not by having the twitchiest fingers, a game where you're not limited to canned plays in someone else's playbook, but where you can tweak any part of your offense or defense every single down. If you love American Football strategy, welcome to Pro Strategy Football 2015. If flexibility, strategy, realism, and stats are what you're looking for, you've found it all here.

Car Toons

Car Toons is a physics-based puzzle game - it's a bit of a mix between Trials and something like Amazing Alex. The objective is to knock the "bad" cars off the stage to their untimely deaths (which raises some interesting moral questions, if these are Pixar-style sentient machines) or simply to cross several obstacles and get across the stage. IAP for "tow trucks" allow you to easily clear tough levels.

Clear the Road with a Wicked 80’s Rescue Squad. After more than a decade of service, the CAR TOONS have been written off as scrap metal. However, today an emergency call from the government brings them back into action. Gangster Cars are all around and terrorizing the streets. This situation requires some serious measures, which only the CAR TOONS and their "unconventional" methods can deliver.

Word²

Word² is an interesting mix of crosswords and word searches, tasking the player with finding and unscrambling one or more words in a grid. But the trick is that each word appears twice, both horizontally and vertically, making each puzzle a process of elimination as well as a linguistic conundrum. $2 gets you in with access to 80 puzzles (so far), but hints can be purchased to get past the tougher boards.

Word² is a challenging game where you must unscramble each word not just once, but twice. Inspired by word squares which date well into ancient times, each square contains words in pairs that can be read both horizontally and vertically. Words are scrambled and your objective is to use hints, clues and logic to decipher each square.

▪ Each row/column pair have the same word

▪ Colorful, minimalist aesthetic

▪ Brightness and pastel color options

▪ Beautiful, meditative custom soundtrack

▪ 80 puzzles ranging from 3x3 up to 6x6 ones

▪ Near-impossible 7x7 squares coming soon.

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Idle Sword

Idle Sword is an RPG wherein you control a party of adventurers that travel through various procedurally-generated dungeons. The combat is real-time, but it's basic enough that all you really have to do is manage the characters' inventory and loot as they progress and level up. The visuals aren't much, but since it's free with no in-app purchases, the game is worth checking out for fans of old-school dungeon crawlers.

Action packed Idle Game. Explore procedural dungeons, find new teammates and defeat Mr. Big Stache. Sell equipment and upgrade your skills to go deeper into each dungeon. Based on the popular flash game of the same title.

Thirty Days & Seven Seas

This is a rather toned-down tower defense game based on Cartoon Network's Clarence show. Or rather, it's based on the Calvin & Hobbes-style pirate imagination of the titular Clarence, who faces off against other pirates and various sea monsters in a familiar lane-based strategy setup. Thirty Days and Seven Seas includes voice acting from the show's main characters and no in-app purchases.

Ahoy, mateys. Join Clarence and friends on a swashbuckling quest for pirate treasure in Thirty Days & Seven Seas. Thirty Days & Seven Seas lets you play as Jeff, Sumo and Clarence in their pirate personas, Captain Blackhook, Crusty Pete and Mr. Tobias J. Tobias. Each one has radically different attacks and can spend doubloons with Chad the Quartermaster to unlock and upgrade more skills.

Real Boxing 2 CREED

The original Real Boxing was basically a tap-and-swipe fighter in the vein of Infinity Blade, but with a pro boxing veneer. The sequel is more of the same, but it adds even better graphics, more "MMO" elements with multiplayer career and tournament modes, and an official license. Characters from the new Rocky spinoff Creed will make appearances, along with some very hard-hitting in-app purchases.

Take the fight to the next level in Real Boxing 2 CREED™ - the official mobile game of the movie CREED™. Train with the legendary Rocky Balboa and become the World Champion in the sequel to the award winning Real Boxing™. Ready for Round 2? Enter the ring and fight as Adonis Johnson, the son of Rocky Balboa’s legendary rival Apollo Creed.

Real Boxing 2 Developer: Vivid Games S.A.
Price: Free
4.6
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Number Chef

Number Chef is a math game that's based on strategic positioning. Drag a tile onto an odd number and the two are added, drag it onto an even number and it's subtracted. Combine the numbers on the grid to hit the targets given to you by the chef. The mechanic is simple - it's not going to stump any math majors - but anyone who likes a brain teaser will probably get a kick out of it.

Number Chef is a free puzzle game that is based on a completely NEW gameplay mechanic, one that rewards skill and careful thinking. The game might look simple: odd number tiles add and even number tiles subtract each other... but you will very quickly figure the problem to be anything but simple. If you’re looking for a light, casual, mindless experience, this might not be the game for you.

Kiai Resonance

This is a stylized 1 vs 1 fighter, which is probably more realistic than most fighters that include swords. That's because of the fights boil down to a single katana slash, so position and timing is of the utmost importance. The 2D graphics recall traditional Japanese paintings, and the game includes online two-player matches. Local multiplayer is also included, but at least one of you will need a controller.

Kiai Resonance is a 2D versus fighting game. You take part in multiplayer samurai combats where one hit off-guard is fatal, and several challenges to perfect your skills. The player can change his katana position at any time to adjust to his opponent's, creating a mind game where you have to anticipate his next attack.

Amazing Loot Grind

There are some RPGs where you get the impression that obtaining loot is the only real objective. In Amazing Loot Grind, that isn't just an impression. The core mechanic of this game is essentially a slot machine: play to get loot, equip said loot, which allows you to get better loot. It's an interesting idea, but I get the sense that this will only appeal to especially compulsive gamers.

All the fun of opening the chest, without having to run the dungeon.The evil wizard, RNG, has stolen all of your hard-earned loot, and hidden it in countless treasure chests. To get it back, you must use your skill at opening treasure chests, to, well... open treasure chests. Open the chest, get loot, and equip it to increase your odds of getting even better loot. Grind until you get the best loot.

Amazing Loot Grind Developer: Star Penguin Games
Price: Free
3.6
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Beat da Beat Free

Beat Da Beat is a mixture of top-down shoot-em-up and thumping dubstep that flew under our radar earlier this year. Now it has a free version in addition to the standard game. Either one of them will give you a neon-soaked bullet hell with rhythm elements (that periodically shifts into a 2D quasi-brawler) with a variety of ships and weapons.

Everything that happens on the screen - movement, actions, shootings - are based on the musical composition. Can you imagine anything more awesome than dodging a rain of enemy bullets to a mighty Dubstep beat, turning the alien enemies into atoms, while dancing happily to this? What? Punching the bad guy's face in close combat? No problem.

Skill Wave: Endless Fun

Skill Wave is a twitch game in which you move from left to right with a tap and avoid obstacles. It's the latest in the ever-increasing line of frustration-focused mobile games, but with an element of collection (via coins that can be applied to new characters). While you can't actively shoot, you can collect power-ups that temporarily turn your bouncing dot into a gun-totting, badass... uh, bouncing dot. A single $2 IAP removes advertising.

Explore an abstract world with dynamic landscapes and sharp obstacles. Avoid obstacles and collect power ups in this new endless action game. How far can you get?

◆ Simple One-Touch Gameplay

◆ Awesome Power Ups

◆ Minimalistic art and geometry obstacles

◆ Compete with friends and family with Leaderboards

◆ Collect coins to increase your score and unlock different characters

◆ Amazing original soundtrack

Last Horizon

Last Horizon is the latest spacefaring game that adds gravitational elements to a control scheme as old as Asteroids. The point is to travel to various planets looking for a new home, picking up humans and some useful goodies on the way. You'll need to manage your resources and also make some decent landings in order to complete your task. The art and music are minimal and "zen," which might appeal to you if you're looking for something open-ended and relaxing.

Pilot the last vessel of a fallen civilization into the vast unknown, in search of a new habitable world. Carefully land on the planets you will encounter to gather terraforming resources and space-faring human survivors for the final destination... skillful piloting and the balanced management of fuel, oxygen & hull integrity are key. Explore and harvest to create a beautiful and harmonious new world, but take too much and you might incur the wrath of sentient alien life...

Alpha Omega

Alpha Omega takes advantage of that peculiar bit of optical cognizance that makes it possible to read a scrambled word if the first and last letters are correct. The game is basically a series of crosswords that are already filled in, but the interior letters need to be unscrambled. A dollar gets you the game, but you'll have to pay for extra level packs and optional hints.

Can you solve each crossword puzzle, with only the first and last letters as your guide? Each level is full of clues to reveal. Once you are able to decipher a word others will begin to reveal themselves... As words are solved the puzzle's overall clue will reveal itself as well. Journey across hundreds of levels from Alpha to Omega within a unique game board laid out according to the Greek alphabet.

Starside Arena

If you've ever wondered what gladiator fights would be in the future, Starside Arena will let you experience one way the fantasy could go: spaceship battles. You design your own spaceship based on existing blueprints and modules, then fight against spaceships built by other players in order to progress and unlock more elements. It's rare to find a free game with a multiplayer mode at its core, but Starside Arena manages that. IAPs can help you unlock some items faster, but you can still play the game without spending a penny.

Welcome to Starside Arena - Design spaceships and battle in futuristic space gladiator fights for fortune and glory. It's the year 4000-something. You are a rookie spaceship designer wanting to prove yourself to the world. Enter Starside Arena, an entertainment arena of the future, where only the best of the best rule. Competitive Multiplayer Game featuring layers of deep strategy and endlessly evolving game content.

Neon Hack: Pattern Lock Puzzle

We all have that friend (or those friends) who stubbornly uses a pattern lock and makes their life hell by having to draw a pattern each time they want to use their phone. This friend stands to fall in love with Neon Hack since the main premise of the game is based on the pattern lockscreen. In order to solve each puzzle, you have to swipe to light up each dot, connect them together, then swipe again to change a dot's color. The game is free with a few $1-$2 IAPs that will unlock further level packs.

Neon Hack is a brain game inspired by your phone’s pattern lock system. Crack the pattern lock and hack into the system. Swipe the correct path to match the given neon light pattern and pop the lock. As a hacker, don’t expect a walk in the park. Some of the patterns may seem easy, but you’ll have to use your brain training and concentration if you want to pop the lock in each level.

Dark Fear

Dark Fear is a horror-themed RPG that takes its dedication to the retro aesthetic very, very seriously. The story plays out in a series of static scenes, but it also engages in some turn-based combat and character upgrades. I can't say I'm a fan of the layout or art direction, and the horror setup is anything but original (you are in a Creepy Place and you have amnesia) but horror fans might get a kick out of it.

Dark Fear is a unique pixel-horror themed RPG/adventure game. You wake up in pitch blackness. You have no idea who you are, where you are or how you got here - it's up to you to figure it out. For horror game fans seeking out that ultimate fix, 'Dark Fear' delivers an immersive, frightening experience wrapped in a cinematic soundtrack and a dark, twisted storyline written by an ex-film industry professional.

Dark Fear Developer: Arif Games
Price: 2.99
4.7
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Hold Your Breath

The latest game from the developer of Card Crawl (one of the best titles to hit the Play Store this year) is considerably simpler than the last one. Hold Your Breath is one of those games that counts frustration as a feature: tap to inflate a little ball-thing and raise it up, but each tap makes it bigger and brings two nails closer to popping it. You'll be lucky to get a single point.

Tap to grow. Collect points but don't touch the spikes. How long can you hold your breath?

Triangle 180

In Triangle 180, you make triangles. That's about it. The idea is that you connect like-colored dots to make triangles as quickly as possible. It's a unique approach, but the rather slow pace and sluggish controls turned me off. If you need a time-waster that's unique and at least technically unlimited, check it out.

Triangle 180 is Fingerprint Studio's original triangular twist on the puzzle genre. Fall into a calm, peaceful state with the intuitive connect the dots gameplay and array of pleasant colors and sounds.

  • Connect three dots of the same color to form a triangle
  • Build combos by drawing triangles of the same color.
  • Capture other dots with your drawn triangle to further boost your score.
  • Producing various effects by capturing special objects to change the board to suit your play style.

Score! Hero

This soccer game stands out from the pack with some impressive graphics and a unique approach to gameplay that makes touchscreen controls more intuitive. The instant your player-character is about to kick the ball the action is paused, allowing you to make a precise strike. That said, this isn't a full sports game, as it breaks down the player-focused story into a long series of bite-sized levels. It also has some rather hefty IAP.

Score. Hero, from the award winning makers of Score. World Goals, Dream League Soccer & First Touch Soccer. BE A HERO. Pass, Shoot & Score your way to legendary status, as you explore the dramatic career of your HERO player over 280 challenging levels. Immersive free flowing 3D Score. Gameplay lets you control the action. Split defences with precise through balls, or bend shots into the top corner, putting you in control for an unrivalled mobile soccer experience.

Score! Hero Developer: First Touch Games Ltd.
Price: Free
4.2
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Good Dinosaur Storybook Deluxe

The Good Dinosaur is Pixar's latest feature length film (and Disney's attempt to squeeze a few more dollars out of the world before Star Wars drops). This interactive storybook is definitely aimed at kids, but no worse for that - it has the usual grade school reading aids and kid-focused puzzle and memory games. It's yours for $5, and you don't need to worry about Junior accidentally charging your credit card with in-app purchases.

Take an epic journey through this interactive re-telling of the new Disney . Pixar feature film, THE GOOD DINOSAUR.

· Adventure with Arlo the Apatosaurus and his unlikely human friend, Spot.

· Read-along with exciting interactive animations on every page.

· Test your skills with challenging games along the way as you help Arlo find his way home.

Good Dinosaur: Dino Crossing

The second Good Dinosaur title to hit the Play Store in a single week is more of a conventional game than the storybook above. To be specific, it's a Frogger game, with giant trucks replaced with huge sauropods and t-rexes. The setup is lacking the creativity of its filmic inspiration, but it's free with no in-app purchases.

Get ready to race in a world where dinosaurs rule, inspired by the new Disney•Pixar film, “The Good Dinosaur”; in theaters November 25th. Join unlikely friends Arlo & Spot as you make your way across treacherous terrains ruled by ravenous raptors, blistering hot geysers, and more.

SW Battlefront Companion

Android Police coverage: EA Releases Star Wars Battlefront Companion App, Complete With 'Base Command' Strategy Card Game

Unless you've been hiding under a big pile of bantha dung, you probably know that Star Wars 7 is coming to theaters next month. Only slightly less anticipated is EA's revived Star Wars Battlefront game, a team-based shooter for PCs and consoles. This app allows you to manage your collection of in-game power-up cards, as well as play a stand-alone card game when you can't shoot at evil imperials and/or rebel scum.

Whether you’re in a galaxy far, far away or closer to home, get ready for battle with the official Star Wars™ Battlefront™ Companion app. Featuring the strategic card-game, Base Command, the Companion lets you earn in-game Credits that unlock Star Cards, blasters, and more in Star Wars Battlefront.

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