02-08-2020, 10:36 AM
The Weekender: iOS Beta Edition
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<p>I’ve been expressing my creative muscles this week through <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/articles/fire-emblem-heroes-subscription/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">various</a> <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/articles/cyber-knights-kickstarter-trese-brothers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">news</a> <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/articles/company-of-heroes-ipad-install-size/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">stories</a>, although I worry that perhaps I come off as being slightly unhinged? The bright-side is you won’t have to put up with me for much longer. The new team will be in place by the start of March, and then the ‘proper’ re-launch takes place at the end of March and they’ll be taking care of you.</p>
<p>Before then however, I’m probably going to have some fun.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, thousands of miles away…</p>
<h2>New App Releases</h2>
<p>There’s only one game of note that people are talking about, and that’s <em>PictoQuest</em>. A Nintendo Switch game that’s been ported over to mobile (we might start seeing this more often as games go to Switch first, mobile later) and it’s basically just picross with some window dressing. Reports suggest that It’s not quite as good as more involved RPG/Puzzle hybrids like <em>Puzzle Quest</em>, but if you’re a fan of this particular style of puzzle it does the job.</p>
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<h2>App Updates & News</h2>
<h3>Scythe is coming to iOS!</h3>
<p>After some much needed TLC, I think it’s fair to say Asmodee Digital’s adaptation of <em>Scythe</em> is one of their better digital board game properties, and probably generally the best way to play <em>Scythe</em>. It’s been out of Early Access since September 2018, and there hasn’t been a peep from either the developer nor Asmodee themselves… until now!</p>
<p>Thanks to the eagle eyed patrons of Stately Play, <a href="https://account.asmodee.net/en/betatests" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">we’ve spotted that</a> AD are taking sign-ups for an iOS beta for <em>Scythe Digital Edition</em>. Yay!</p>
<iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='980' height='552' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/oE4EHZTVo74?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'></iframe>
<p>They’ve also got a new patch for <em>Terraforming Mars</em> in beta as well, which is set to rework multiplayer.</p>
<h3>GWENT Update 5.1</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/articles/gwent-mobile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>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’s been a wide range of changes, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Less rank loss at the start of a new season.</li>
<li>The mobile version has new tool-tips for cards on the board</li>
<li>Lots and lots of card changes and tweaking.</li>
</ul>
<p>I’ve recently started playing <em>The Witcher 3</em> on PS4 and jumped into the ‘OG’ version of the game to see what the fuss was about. I actually really enjoyed it, so I hope this comes to Android soon so I can play the fully fleshed out version.</p>
<h3>Teamfight Tactics Closed Beta Tests</h3>
<p>A closed beta for the mobile version of <em>Teamfight Tactics</em> is due to start today in select countries… and we have no idea what countries those might be. Despite <a href="https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/riot-games/teamfight-tactics-mobile-update/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">an extensive blog post</a> covering the news and some other interesting details, they don’t actually say what countries they’ll be running the test in.</p>
<p>The full release is still scheduled for March, however, and the rest of the post goes into detail as to what the key differences are. It’s also worth highlighting that this will be a phone-only game at launch – tablet support is coming later. Minimum requirements on iOS are expected to be iPhones 6S or later, and OS5+ with 2GB RAM on Android.</p>
<h2>App Sales</h2>
<p>Another slow week for sales of note, but we spotted that <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/review-tsuro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Tsuro: The Game of the Path</em></a> is down to $3.99 (from $3.99) on both <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id957124541" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Thunderbox.Tsuro" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>. It’s not the lowest price it’s ever been, but last time it was lower was April 2018 so it doesn’t go in for the cheaper prices often.</p>
<p><em>Seen anything else you liked? Played any of the above? Let us know in the comments!</em></p>
</div>
https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/02/...a-edition/
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/the-weekender-ios-beta-edition.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" title="" alt="" /></div><div><div><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/the-weekender-ios-beta-edition.jpg" class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div>
<p>I’ve been expressing my creative muscles this week through <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/articles/fire-emblem-heroes-subscription/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">various</a> <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/articles/cyber-knights-kickstarter-trese-brothers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">news</a> <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/articles/company-of-heroes-ipad-install-size/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">stories</a>, although I worry that perhaps I come off as being slightly unhinged? The bright-side is you won’t have to put up with me for much longer. The new team will be in place by the start of March, and then the ‘proper’ re-launch takes place at the end of March and they’ll be taking care of you.</p>
<p>Before then however, I’m probably going to have some fun.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, thousands of miles away…</p>
<h2>New App Releases</h2>
<p>There’s only one game of note that people are talking about, and that’s <em>PictoQuest</em>. A Nintendo Switch game that’s been ported over to mobile (we might start seeing this more often as games go to Switch first, mobile later) and it’s basically just picross with some window dressing. Reports suggest that It’s not quite as good as more involved RPG/Puzzle hybrids like <em>Puzzle Quest</em>, but if you’re a fan of this particular style of puzzle it does the job.</p>
<iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='980' height='552' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/_yQXey6t_0o?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'></iframe>
<h2>App Updates & News</h2>
<h3>Scythe is coming to iOS!</h3>
<p>After some much needed TLC, I think it’s fair to say Asmodee Digital’s adaptation of <em>Scythe</em> is one of their better digital board game properties, and probably generally the best way to play <em>Scythe</em>. It’s been out of Early Access since September 2018, and there hasn’t been a peep from either the developer nor Asmodee themselves… until now!</p>
<p>Thanks to the eagle eyed patrons of Stately Play, <a href="https://account.asmodee.net/en/betatests" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">we’ve spotted that</a> AD are taking sign-ups for an iOS beta for <em>Scythe Digital Edition</em>. Yay!</p>
<iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='980' height='552' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/oE4EHZTVo74?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'></iframe>
<p>They’ve also got a new patch for <em>Terraforming Mars</em> in beta as well, which is set to rework multiplayer.</p>
<h3>GWENT Update 5.1</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/articles/gwent-mobile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>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’s been a wide range of changes, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Less rank loss at the start of a new season.</li>
<li>The mobile version has new tool-tips for cards on the board</li>
<li>Lots and lots of card changes and tweaking.</li>
</ul>
<p>I’ve recently started playing <em>The Witcher 3</em> on PS4 and jumped into the ‘OG’ version of the game to see what the fuss was about. I actually really enjoyed it, so I hope this comes to Android soon so I can play the fully fleshed out version.</p>
<h3>Teamfight Tactics Closed Beta Tests</h3>
<p>A closed beta for the mobile version of <em>Teamfight Tactics</em> is due to start today in select countries… and we have no idea what countries those might be. Despite <a href="https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/riot-games/teamfight-tactics-mobile-update/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">an extensive blog post</a> covering the news and some other interesting details, they don’t actually say what countries they’ll be running the test in.</p>
<p>The full release is still scheduled for March, however, and the rest of the post goes into detail as to what the key differences are. It’s also worth highlighting that this will be a phone-only game at launch – tablet support is coming later. Minimum requirements on iOS are expected to be iPhones 6S or later, and OS5+ with 2GB RAM on Android.</p>
<h2>App Sales</h2>
<p>Another slow week for sales of note, but we spotted that <a href="https://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/review-tsuro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Tsuro: The Game of the Path</em></a> is down to $3.99 (from $3.99) on both <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id957124541" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Thunderbox.Tsuro" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>. It’s not the lowest price it’s ever been, but last time it was lower was April 2018 so it doesn’t go in for the cheaper prices often.</p>
<p><em>Seen anything else you liked? Played any of the above? Let us know in the comments!</em></p>
</div>
https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/02/...a-edition/