{"id":110008,"date":"2020-03-06T11:14:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T11:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/best-new-app-releases-march-6th-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-03-06T11:14:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T11:14:53","slug":"the-weekendvania-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/06\/the-weekendvania-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekendvania Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s not been a terribly interesting week, but I\u2019ve made do the best I can – lots of behind the scenes changes going on at the moment, which I\u2019ll be talking more about next week hopefully. We\u2019ve got a few reviews in the pipeline but as we head towards the end of the month don\u2019t expect much in the way of new features. I\u2019ll be ticking things over with news in the interim.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in mobile gaming…<\/p>\n

New App Releases<\/h2>\n

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (iOS<\/a> & Android<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Castlevania<\/em> is back in vogue at the moment thanks to the Netflix show, but we were genuinely surprised when we\u2019d heard that one of the best entries of the series, Symphony of the Night<\/em>, had dropped on mobile as a premium port – with controller support, no less!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s dirt cheap as well at $2.99, and the game is pretty much as it was back in the PS1 days, with a new \u2018Continue\u2019 feature being added by Konami, as well as Game Center achievements on iOS. There hasn\u2019t been a new mobile trailer released as far as we\u2019ve seen, so the below is from when the game was ported to the PS4.<\/p>\n

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Other new releases today include War Tortoise 2<\/em>, which is exactly what it sounds like (an on-rails Idle Shooter where you\u2019re on a tortoise. Free to Play). Interestingly, Motorsport Manager<\/em> has returned, only this time as online free-to-play game Motorsport Manager Online<\/em>. I was thinking the other day we were overdue for a new entry in the series and it seems like rather than going down the annual release of other sports franchises, they\u2019d try their hand at the free-to-play MMO world instead.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not sure how it stacks up vs. the premium games, but we\u2019ll try and find out. If you want to try it for yourself it\u2019s available on both iOS<\/a> and Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n

App Updates & News<\/h2>\n

Star Traders: Frontiers<\/em> got some new updates over the past couple of weeks – a new crew class was added called the Blade Dancer, and this week a new blade weapon type was also added. \u2018Straight Blades\u2019 use quickness instead of strength as the primary stat, and have a higher piercing chance. This week\u2019s update also closed the loop-hole where you could get a negative jump-cost stat and generate fuel by hyper jumping between systems. Crafty.<\/p>\n

Mario Kart Tour<\/em> has also received a few quality of life improvements ahead of the official release of multiplayer early next week.<\/p>\n

App Sales<\/h2>\n

Football Manager Mobile<\/em> & Football Manager Touch<\/em> are at least 25% off on both iOS and Android.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not much, but Bad North<\/em><\/a> is also discounted by $1, which is still the cheapest it\u2019s gone since launch. Kingdom: New Lands<\/em> is 50% off, as is Star Traders: Frontiers<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Seen anything else you liked? Played any of the above? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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