{"id":363010,"date":"2017-07-15T05:16:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T21:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/07\/14\/toucharcade-roundup-868-hack\/"},"modified":"2017-07-15T05:16:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T21:16:34","slug":"toucharcade-ios-gaming-roundup-868-hack-a-planet-of-mine-street-fighter-iv-champion-edition-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/toucharcade-ios-gaming-roundup-868-hack-a-planet-of-mine-street-fighter-iv-champion-edition-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"TouchArcade iOS Gaming Roundup: 868-HACK, A Planet of Mine, Street Fighter IV Champion Edition, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things are never boring in the world of iOS gaming, and that&#8217;s true once again this week. The majority of my time over at <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\">TouchArcade<\/a> this week has been negotiating and scheduling all sorts of upcoming news under embargo that I <em>wish<\/em> I could talk about as I hate sitting on really awesome stories. But, in the interest of keeping everyone happy, I&#8217;d just keep your eyes glued to these roundups over the next couple of weeks for some pleasant surprises in the world of mobile gaming.<center><\/p>\n<div id=\"video-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RP4UTOek0-Y?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><br \/>Picking up where we left off last week, there <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/07\/10\/scott-cawthon-says-not-trolling-no-five-nights-at-freddys-6-coming\/\">have been further developments<\/a> in the mystery of what in the world is actually happening with the <em>Five Nights at Freddy&#8217;s<\/em> series. The game series has merchandise in both Walmart and Target stores, as well as a movie on the way, but the fate of the sixth installment is <em>still<\/em> up in the air. This week <em>FNAF<\/em> creator Scott Cawthon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/fivenightsatfreddys\/comments\/6lrdh3\/7717_daily_discussion_thread_one_week_later\/djwz3y1\/\">reiterated on Reddit<\/a> that he&#8217;s stepping away from the series partly due to the community negativity and how discouraging it is. It&#8217;s ultra plausible, and makes a ton of sense, particularly as <em>FNAF<\/em> has grown beyond Cawthon&#8217;s wildest dreams, but&#8230; I&#8217;m not quite ready to believe that there won&#8217;t be a <em>Five Nights at Freddy&#8217;s 6<\/em>.<center><\/p>\n<div id=\"video-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OMH-yDR35lI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>As far as roguelites (A &#8220;roguelite&#8221; is not quite a &#8220;roguelike,&#8221; although the internet loves arguing about the definition of both. Typically they&#8217;re games with random elements and permadeath.) are concerned, <em>868-Hack<\/em> is one of the very best on the App Store. We absolutely <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2013\/09\/06\/868-hack-review\/\"><strong>loved it<\/strong><\/a> when it hit the App Store back in 2013 as it&#8217;s unbelievably clever how developer Michael Brough combined classic roguelike dungeon crawling elements with faux-hacking. The game has lingered on the App Store for years now, but this week was updated with loads of new content titled &#8220;<em>868-HACK: Plan B<\/em>&#8221; which is unlocked via a $2.99 IAP. Whether or not you spring for the IAP, at least <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2013\/09\/06\/868-hack-review\/\">check out our review<\/a> and consider giving the base game a shot. I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ll regret it.<center><\/p>\n<div id=\"video-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z-qfmWk2Cic?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>My personal favorite hidden gem that hit the App Store this week is a lightweight 4X game titled <em>A Planet of Mine<\/em>. I get more in depth on how the game works <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/07\/11\/a-planet-of-mine-is-the-free-to-try-4x-civilization-like-you-need-to-be-playing-today\/\">over on TouchArcade<\/a>, but the basic gist is the developers did an unbelievably fantastic job taking all of the various elements that go into a 4X game like <em>Civilization<\/em>, but streamlined into a format that can work on a touchscreen. This recommendation comes with the caveat that the game has a bit of a learning curve and not much of a tutorial, so definitely stick with it long enough to learn it. The good news is it&#8217;s totally free to try, with the &#8220;full&#8221; game available as a one-time IAP unlock for $4.99.<center><\/p>\n<div id=\"video-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q9l2JxURIKA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>Better late than never, <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/07\/12\/street-fighter-iv-champion-edition-now-available\/\"><em>Street Fighter IV: Champion Edition<\/em> hit the App Store<\/a> this week. We have an <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/07\/12\/street-fighter-iv-champion-edition-review\/\">in-depth review<\/a>, but it&#8217;s basically a 2017 refresh of <em>Street Fighter IV Volt<\/em> which brought a shockingly competent port of <em>Street Fighter IV<\/em> to mobile. It has surprisingly workable virtual controls, MFi support, online multiplayer, and at a single premium purchase of $4.99 is free of gotchas and other freemium shenanigans that seem to permeate every other popular mobile fighting game.<center><\/p>\n<div id=\"video-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CCJq7lE3JQs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>In <em>Hearthstone<\/em> news, <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/07\/10\/hearthstone-patch-nerfed-cavers-below-frozen-throne-pre-order-available-now\/\">a patch hit this week<\/a> that nerfed the Rogue quest card The Caverns Below. Completing the quest and unlocking the powerful reward of The Crystal Core now requires <em>five<\/em> of the same minion being summoned, up from four. This should slow down the deck significantly, which is a very good thing. Also, you can pre-order 50 packs from the upcoming expansion, Knights of the Frozen Throne, for $49.99. Aside from just getting them free by spending in-game gold, these pre-order offers are the cheapest way to get a bunch of new <em>Hearthstone<\/em> cards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/07\/menuScreen4-730x455.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"455\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-575999\"\/><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2011\/02\/07\/battleheart-review\/\"><em>Battleheart<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2014\/05\/29\/battleheart-legacy-review\/\"><em>Battleheart Legacy<\/em><\/a> are easily among my all-time top iOS games, as both of them provide some unbelievably great RPG gameplay in a format that works incredibly well on the touchscreen. (I seriously can&#8217;t recommend them enough.) The games&#8217; developer, Mika Mobile, <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/07\/12\/battleheart-2-summer-update\/\">teased some information<\/a> on the upcoming sequel, and I can&#8217;t wait. <em>Battleheart 2<\/em> goes back to the core concepts originally explored in <em>Battleheart<\/em>, which is a departure from the full-featured RPG that <em>Battleheart Legacy<\/em> was. The sequel is deep in development, and Mika Mobile is famous for taking their time and not releasing something until it&#8217;s 101% completed, so it might be a while until we see the game, or get another update on its progress.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div id=\"video-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B53U5_2FhwA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/><em>Phoenix II<\/em> is a favorite over on <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.toucharcade.com\/showthread.php?t=291799\">the TouchArcade Forums<\/a>, and from the looks of it, it&#8217;s going to be among the first games that take advantage of the new 120Hz display of the iPad Pro. Additionally, it&#8217;ll support the wide color gamut of recent iOS devices, which isn&#8217;t something we see often in games. We liked <em>Phoenix II<\/em> quite a bit <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2016\/07\/28\/phoenix-2-review-welcome-to-your-daily-bullet-hell\/\">in our review<\/a>, and if you&#8217;re looking for a great, totally free, entry in the bullet hell genre you really can&#8217;t do much better than <em>Phoenix II<\/em> (particularly if you&#8217;ve got a new iPad Pro). This update will hit on July 27th.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/07\/twitch-tv-bot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"135\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-576000\"\/><br \/>Last, but not least, we&#8217;re working on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitch.tv\/toucharcade\">growing our presence over on Twitch<\/a>, and as part of that <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/07\/07\/were-hosting-ios-developers-and-publishers-on-twitch-and-looking-for-more\/\">we&#8217;re on the hunt<\/a> for iOS developers and publishers who also stream iOS gaming-related things on Twitch. If that describes you, please reach out to us or tweet @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hodapp\">hodapp<\/a> and we&#8217;ll add your channel to our auto-host list. The dream is to turn the TouchArcade Twitch channel into somewhere you can go to always see someone playing iOS games, even when we&#8217;re not actively streaming.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for me this week! If you like these roundups be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\">check out TouchArcade<\/a> for all this news, and way more. Alternatively, you can always <a href=\"http:\/\/discord.gg\/toucharcade\">swing into our Discord chat server<\/a> to find people talking about iOS gaming 24\/7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things are never boring in the world of iOS gaming, and that&#8217;s true once again this week. The majority of my time over at TouchArcade this week has been negotiating and scheduling all sorts of upcoming news under embargo that I wish I could talk about as I hate sitting on really awesome stories. 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