{"id":108869,"date":"2020-02-07T12:38:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T12:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/best-iphone-android-releases-february-7th-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-02-07T12:38:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T12:38:39","slug":"the-weekender-ios-beta-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/02\/07\/the-weekender-ios-beta-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekender: iOS Beta Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I\u2019ve been expressing my creative muscles this week through various<\/a> news<\/a> stories<\/a>, although I worry that perhaps I come off as being slightly unhinged? The bright-side is you won\u2019t have to put up with me for much longer. The new team will be in place by the start of March, and then the \u2018proper\u2019 re-launch takes place at the end of March and they\u2019ll be taking care of you.<\/p>\n

Before then however, I\u2019m probably going to have some fun.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away…<\/p>\n

New App Releases<\/h2>\n

There\u2019s only one game of note that people are talking about, and that\u2019s PictoQuest<\/em>. A Nintendo Switch game that\u2019s been ported over to mobile (we might start seeing this more often as games go to Switch first, mobile later) and it\u2019s basically just picross with some window dressing. Reports suggest that It\u2019s not quite as good as more involved RPG\/Puzzle hybrids like Puzzle Quest<\/em>, but if you\u2019re a fan of this particular style of puzzle it does the job.<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_yQXey6t_0o?controls=0]<\/p>\n

App Updates & News<\/h2>\n

Scythe is coming to iOS!<\/h3>\n

After some much needed TLC, I think it\u2019s fair to say Asmodee Digital\u2019s adaptation of Scythe<\/em> is one of their better digital board game properties, and probably generally the best way to play Scythe<\/em>. It\u2019s been out of Early Access since September 2018, and there hasn\u2019t been a peep from either the developer nor Asmodee themselves\u2026 until now!<\/p>\n

Thanks to the eagle eyed patrons of Stately Play, we\u2019ve spotted that<\/a> AD are taking sign-ups for an iOS beta for Scythe Digital Edition<\/em>. Yay!<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oE4EHZTVo74?controls=0]<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve also got a new patch for Terraforming Mars<\/em> in beta as well, which is set to rework multiplayer.<\/p>\n

GWENT Update 5.1<\/h3>\n

GWENT<\/em><\/a> has just received another sizeable update on iOS (and PC), with a look at re-balancing a bunch of existing cards. The focus is on Skellige and Syndicate factions but there\u2019s been a wide range of changes, including:<\/p>\n