{"id":94041,"date":"2019-05-24T15:45:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T15:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/best-new-mobile-games-may-24th-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-05-24T15:45:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T15:45:36","slug":"the-weekendertown-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/24\/the-weekendertown-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The WeekenderTown Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve managed to cover a lot of bases this week, which always makes me happy: we started things off with a review exclusive, and we finally reviewed Shards of Infinity<\/a><\/em>. We also had a little play around with the Terraforming Mars<\/em> mobile beta<\/a>, which is coming along very well.<\/p>\n

As a quick FYI there will be no Weekender update next Friday<\/strong>. I\u2019m away on holiday, and while I\u2019ll be leaving you in Ian\u2019s capable hands, I\u2019m not asking him to put together the full shebang, so you\u2019ll have to do without it for a week. Normal service will resume week after.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, In mobile games\u2026<\/p>\n

Out Now<\/h2>\n

Fort Sumter (iOS<\/a> & Android<\/a>) (Review<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

We were very pleased to be able to go live with our Fort Sumter<\/em> review before anyone else, so many thanks to Playdek for giving us that opportunity. In case this has flown by you \u2013 Fort Sumter<\/em> is a digital port of a physical boardgame of the same name that try\u2019s to simulate the tension and machinations that lead to the American Civil War.<\/p>\n

This two-player strategy game has all of the tension and nuance of something like Twilight Struggle<\/em> but is playable in only a fraction of the time, and Playdek have done an excellent job. Check out our review for more.<\/p>\n

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TheoTown (iOS<\/a> & Android<\/a>) – Full review coming soon!<\/em><\/h3>\n

We haven\u2019t had a decent city builder to look at it in a while, but TheoTown<\/em> may just fit the bill. It\u2019s been out on Android for around five years now and has a very dedicated community online<\/a>, but this new version will be available on both iOS and PC. The new version comes with elevated terrain as a feature, which is something the community has been asking about for a while.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll try and get a full review of this game up ASAP.<\/p>\n

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Steam Chat (iOS<\/a> & Android<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s not a game, but in a similar vein to the Steam Link release on iOS a couple of weeks ago, we thought we might as well throw this your way as well. Valve have spun-out their \u2018nu style\u2019 chat interface (which was designed to combat things like Discord on the PC) into its own app. No voice chat yet, but it\u2019s coming and the app has plenty of other functionality that you\u2019d want from something like this.<\/p>\n

Handy if you happen to do a lot of communicating via Steam Chat, as the current Steam Mobile<\/em> app is rather clunky and difficult to use. It also hasn\u2019t been updated in a couple years now, but Steam have said they\u2019ll be improving its security functions and possible doing something else with it further down the road. <\/p>\n

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Updates<\/h2>\n

One Desk Dungeon (iOS<\/a> & Android<\/a>) (Review<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

ODD<\/em> is an excellent card-based dungeon crawler whose only sin was the fact that it was only playable on tablets. Today we\u2019re pleased to report that nearly a year later, the game is now playable on your phones in portrait mode.<\/p>\n

Sales<\/h2>\n

There’s a fair few sales this week that might tickle your fancy:<\/p>\n