{"id":62647,"date":"2018-11-15T16:08:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T16:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/new-ios-android-releases-november-15th\/"},"modified":"2018-11-15T16:08:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T16:08:43","slug":"the-weekender-no-android-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/11\/15\/the-weekender-no-android-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekender: No Android Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/the-weekender-no-android-edition.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>What is this nonsense? The Weekender on a Thursday? Where\u2019s the manager!? Oh right, that\u2019s me\u2026 Due to some annual leave I\u2019m taking over the next two weeks, you\u2019re getting our usual weekly update on a Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Hope that doesn\u2019t shatter your world views or anything\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>What we\u2019re up to<\/h2>\n<p>Following up on the <em>Diablo Immortal<\/em> announcement, we had Nick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/diablo-immortal-gameplay-wishlist\/\" target=\"_blank\">whip up a critical analysis on what that game needs to do right<\/a> in order to compete with the already existing (and thriving) action-RPG genre on mobile. It\u2019s not enough to just turn up with the IP, after all.<\/p>\n<p>We also brought you an in-depth look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/command-and-conquer-rivals-beta-gameplay\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>C&amp;C Rivals<\/em>\u2019 beta version<\/a>, ahead of its launch on December 4<sup>th<\/sup>. Only one review this week \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/reviews\/squids-odyssey\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Squids Odyssey<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of upcoming projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new guide on excellent games like <em>Pokemon Go\/Ingress Prime.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Reviews of <em>Royal\u00a0<\/em>Adviser\u00a0&amp; <em>Football Manager 2019.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Our Black Friday coverage will be continually updated through-out the week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You\u2019ll also have noticed we\u2019ve been updating our strategy genre \u2018Best of Lists\u2019 through-out the week. We\u2019ll probably be updating a few more as well through-out the rest of the month. Tomorrow, we\u2019re kicking off our Black Friday sales coverage, as a few places are already getting a head start on that.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the mobile gaming\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>Out Now<\/h2>\n<p>Only two projects caught our eye this week, and they\u2019re both only on iOS. Sorry Android readers!<\/p>\n<h3>Black Paradox (<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/black-paradox\/id1436190913?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">iOS Universal<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<p>Nothing screams science-fiction than time-travel and black holes, and arcade-shooter-roguelite thing <em>Black Paradox<\/em> is positively belting out its retro sci-fi imagery. You play as a Bounty Hunter who travels around in a space car, which you can upgrade with lots of weapons and power-ups.<\/p>\n<p>You also get to unleash a killer move of the same name, apparently. It\u2019s not our usual fare, but it\u2019s colourful and provides plenty of content at a reasonable price. Pretty sure I played this game on my Commodore 64 as a kid, except you were Santa Claus.<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<h3>Endless Archery (<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/endless-archery\/id1390437916?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<p><em>Angry Birds<\/em> may have been one of the early posterchilds for the F2P phenomenon, but it\u2019s core gameplay offering was pretty solid. Throw a bird at a pre-made structure and try to cause as much devastation to get the most points. <em>Endless Archery<\/em>, while involving neither birds nor structures, feels like it might inspire the same kind of desire to master.<\/p>\n<p>You fire arrows at distant targets by setting the angle and power of each shot, accounting for wind and the procedurally generated terrain. Even in real-life Archery is kind of cool and trying to master your shots in digital form should be no less engaging. It also comes with online leaderboards for never-ending humble brags.<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<h2>Updates<\/h2>\n<p>Both of this week\u2019s updates actually dropped last week, so apologies for that.<\/p>\n<h3>Crashlands (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/reviews\/review-crashlands\/\" target=\"_blank\">Review<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/crashlands\/id808296431?at=11l7vY\" target=\"_blank\">iOS Universal<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bscotch.crashlands&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Android<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<p>One of our favourite action-RPGs has gotten even better. The update last week added same-screen co-op, where player 2 plays as Juicebox. This works with both players using gamepads or just player 2 using a gamepad, more details on that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bscotch.net\/post\/v14-couch-co-op-patch-notes\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. There were a few other minor QoL changes as well.<\/p>\n<h3>Templar Battleforce Elite (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/reviews\/review-templar-battleforce\/\" target=\"_blank\">Review<\/a>)\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/templar-battleforce-elite\/id991176888?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">iOS Universal<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.battlefrontelite\" target=\"_blank\">Android<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<p>This was in last week\u2019s Sales update, and from what we can tell it\u2019s still going cheap on iOS if anyone wants to pick it up. The November 8<sup>th<\/sup> update added a bunch of new weapons and changed some existing ones, as well as adjusting spawn rates of Xeno enemies.<\/p>\n<h2>Sales<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019re not reporting on any sales today as we\u2019ll be kicking off a week-long sales guide to prepare you for Black Friday starting tomorrow. I\u2019ve had a quick look \u2013 you\u2019re not missing out on much, other than <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/icewind-dale\/id909472985?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Icewind Dale<\/em><\/a> being ridiculously cheap on iOS.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s not been a lot of Android love this week, but <em><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.khg.doorkickers\" target=\"_blank\">Door Kickers<\/a><\/em> is also having a sale on Google Play, if you haven\u2019t picked that up yet.<\/p>\n<p><em>Seen anything else you like? Played any of the above? Let us know in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is this nonsense? The Weekender on a Thursday? Where\u2019s the manager!? Oh right, that\u2019s me\u2026 Due to some annual leave I\u2019m taking over the next two weeks, you\u2019re getting our usual weekly update on a Thursday. 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