{"id":104241,"date":"2019-11-22T15:52:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/best-new-iphone-android-releases-november-22nd-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:52:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:52:14","slug":"the-weekender-im-sorry-how-much-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/11\/22\/the-weekender-im-sorry-how-much-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekender: I&#8217;m Sorry, HOW Much? Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/the-weekender-im-sorry-how-much-edition.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m not going to lie, it\u2019s been a bit of a slow week from where I&#8217;m sitting.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/company-of-heroes-ipad-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I\u2019ve compensated for it<\/a> as best I can, but there\u2019s also not been as much to talk about news-wise that I wasn\u2019t thinking of saving for today\u2019s column. A couple of things are a bit late, which you\u2019ll read about below, and people don\u2019t seem to be as keen about reading Apple Arcade stuff as I thought they\u2019d be.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe TouchArcade has the right idea of doing individual game reviews instead, I\u2019m not sure. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/hearthstone-battlegrounds-heroes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I also can\u2019t stop playing<\/a> <em>Hearthstone Battlegrounds<\/em>, and it scares me.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the world of mobile games\u2026.<\/p>\n<h2>Out Now<\/h2>\n<h3>Civilization 6: Gathering Storm (iPad)<\/h3>\n<p>So, that happened. Without any fanfare or warning, the second major expansion for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/reviews\/review-civilization-vi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Civilization 6<\/em><\/a> is now available on iPad as an iAP. It costs a ridiculous <strong>$39.99<\/strong> to buy full price. 2K\/Firaxis\u2019 pricing strategy with <em>Civ 6<\/em> has been a bit bonkers on both PC and Mobile, so this is par for the course.<\/p>\n<p>In more promising news, however, the IAP unlock for the full base game is down to \u00a34.99, with the <em>Rise &amp; Fall<\/em> expansion is down to its lowest ever price of \u00a314.99. $40 is a big ask for any game expansion, regardless of platform, but if you haven\u2019t jumped onto the mobile <em>Civ 6<\/em> bandwagon yet $5 is a very good price for a game that will give you many hours of entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EZ8XRJNitCE]<\/p>\n<h3>Football Manager 2020 Mobile &amp; Touch<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier in the week was this year\u2019s edition of <em>Football Manager<\/em>.<em> Football Manager 2020<\/em> comes in two forms, as is traditional:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Football Manager 2020 Mobile<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/football-manager-2020-mobile\/id1462777894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iOS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.sega.soccer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android<\/a>) which is a streamlined version of the game for phones and tablets.<\/li>\n<li><em>Football Manager 2020 Touch<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/football-manager-2020-touch\/id1462778979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iPad<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.sega.soccer.champions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android<\/a>) which is the PC version ported for use on a tablet device.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year seems to be more about refinements and improving on features added in the 2019 version than about adding in brand new features, although overhauls around Media interactions and changes to how reserve and youth teams work have been included. Our review of <em>2020 Mobile<\/em> should be dropping next week.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mB2MppIgQ24]<\/p>\n<h2>Updates &amp; News<\/h2>\n<p>Acram Digital\u2019s port of legacy board game <em>Charterstone<\/em> is getting a beta. This will be running across PC and Mobile, and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScuX_S1fkBi7SrXVAFUAlVDyN57sN4Zg4ryp9ZAOsOlloE7Bw\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">you can go here<\/a> if you want to sign-up and participate. It feels like something\u2019s gone wrong with mobile board games recently, so it\u2019s nice to see companies still working on mobile ports.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Minecraft Earth<\/em> Early Access is also now available in the following countries: Japan, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland. In other ME news, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sensortower.com\/blog\/minecraft-earth-first-week-downloads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sensor Tower is reporting<\/a> that since the roll-out started on November 12th, the game has been downloaded 1.4 million times. 1.2 Million (or just over 86%) are from the US. 73% of those downloads are on iOS.<\/p>\n<p>Last and most definitely least, I\u2019m going to talk about <em>Merge Dragons<\/em> briefly. It\u2019s mainly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/merge-magic-merge-dragons-free-to-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for my wife\u2019s sake<\/a>, but I\u2019m also stopping and taking a moment to wonder at how\u2026 creative\u2026 companies can get sometimes when it comes to cross-promotion. I\u2019ll give you three guesses as to which currently popular cult phenomenon is having a crossover event with <em>Merge Dragons:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Rick &amp; Morty.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Sales<\/h3>\n<p>Black Friday is next week so expect a lot more sales to appear then, but here\u2019s a few discount deals you might be interested in (we haven\u2019t included the <em>Civ 6<\/em> stuff as we talk about that above):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Playdek\u2019s re-release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/reviews\/review-fluxx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Fluxx Digital<\/em><\/a>, while not the best port in the world, is still worth checking out if you\u2019re looking for a new party-focused card game. It\u2019s down to $0.99 on iOS and Android.<\/li>\n<li>One of our favourite minimalist puzzle games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/reviews\/review-mini-metro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Mini Metro<\/em><\/a>, is discounted for the first time this year and is down to $0.99, the best price since December 2017. It\u2019s successor is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/guides\/apple-arcade-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our favourite Apple Arcade games<\/a>, but if you\u2019ve yet to try this out you really should.<\/li>\n<li>The first <em>Beholder<\/em> game is down to $2.99 again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Seen anything else you liked? Played any of the above? 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