{"id":76488,"date":"2019-01-18T16:11:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T16:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/best-new-ios-android-games-january-18th-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-01-18T16:11:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T16:11:05","slug":"the-weekender-get-sheeped-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/18\/the-weekender-get-sheeped-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekender: Get Sheeped Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s bee a varied, albeit low-key week this week. We decided to check in with Fortnite<\/em>, as we haven’t talked about it in a while, and we’ve updated our guide to staying competitive on mobile<\/a>. We also updated a few of our guides<\/a>, as well as review some games\u00a0we missed out on<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We’re on track with reviews of newer titles now though, with several already in the pipeline for the day of release.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in mobile gaming…<\/p>\n

Out Now<\/h2>\n

Sheeping Around (iOS Universal<\/a>) \u2013 Full review coming soon!<\/em><\/h3>\n

This one caught our eye \u2013 a multiplayer strategy card game (with deck-building, no less) where one person is the Thief and one person is the Shepard \u2013 you\u2019re both fighting for \u2018control\u2019 over three Sheep. You must play cards that allow for various abilities, such as luring, trapping and so forth. We haven\u2019t had a chance to take for a spin ourselves, but I\u2019ve already got someone working on a review.<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=foc6lUr2xRk?controls=0]<\/p>\n

Two other games caught our eye, but we won\u2019t write them up fully as we haven\u2019t played them either and there\u2019s no plans for review right now. Bit ballers<\/a>\u00a0(<\/em>iOS)<\/em> looks like a Kairosoft game about basketball, except not made by Kairosoft, and Lootbox RPG<\/a>\u00a0(<\/em>iOS)<\/em> is a cheap and cheerful dungeon crawler devoid of any kind of online functionality \u2013 buy once, play forever. Or at least, until you get bored. Maybe we will review this one after all.<\/p>\n

Also, we mustn\u2019t forget the global launch of NetEase\u2019s UNO<\/em>. I mean, I was super excited to give this a try myself but then I read TouchArcade\u2019s write up<\/a> and\u2026 yeah. No.<\/p>\n

New Pre-Orders<\/h2>\n

The Escapists 2: Pocket Breakout (iOS Universal<\/a> & Android<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Team17 did a pretty good job<\/a> when they brought sandbox\/simulation game The Escapists<\/em> to mobile back in 2017. Now they\u2019re looking to do the same again with The Escapists 2<\/em>. It\u2019s due out on January 31st<\/sup>, but you can pre-order now on both the app store (for $6.99) and Google Play via pre-registration. We\u2019ll try and have our review ready as soon as we can.<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nM0Sh1APiqs?controls=0]<\/p>\n

Sales<\/h2>\n

Unfortunately, there doesn\u2019t seem like there\u2019s anything really worth mentioning this week, although if you spot something do let us know in the comments. If you want a peak behind the curtain, we actually get a lot of our sales info (on iOS at least) from this website<\/a>, if you want to have a look for yourself. Just make sure you’ve set it to ‘Games’, and then ‘Last 72 (or 24) Hours.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all for this week, enjoy your weekends!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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