A nifty blend of digital and physical play. Styled as a game show, you have to build bricks in the real world, then take photos of them using the device's camera to score points, and 'build your brain bigger and stronger'. Lego has launched this smartphone game to be used with its boxed Life of George set. It involves raising monsters and battling opponents, like an online Pokemon with a freemium business model. Gree's Monpla Smash is the latest mobile game that's been a big hit in Japan – 5m players, apparently – to be transferred to the West, starting with iPhone. The gameplay involves positioning falling blocks to make target numbers, with 60 levels to play, and a KooZac Blitz mode to compete against friends. The freemium game also includes an online co-operative multiplayer mode.įamously described as 'between Tetris and Sudoku', this popular web game has been ported to iOS by publisher Square Enix. Once again, it involves battling your way through dungeons laying into demons and monsters, while upgrading your items along the way. US publisher Glu Mobile has released a polished sequel to its Eternity Warriors dungeon-crawler, set 100 years after the first one.

This is a politically-themed beat 'em up for the US presidential election, with the surprise twist being that its developer is Chair Entertainment – best known for the Infinity Blade games.

Why Thursday? That's become the biggest day of the week for new mobile releases, as publishers jockey for high positions on the app store charts ahead of the weekend.Įasily the best game involving Mitt Romney whacking Barack Obama with a giant sausage you'll play this week. It's time for our third weekly post rounding up the best new smartphone and tablet games, returning to its Thursday slot.

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