{"id":409468,"date":"2017-09-30T02:44:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T18:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/09\/29\/toucharcade-roundup-flower-modern-combat-versus\/"},"modified":"2017-09-30T02:44:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T18:44:04","slug":"toucharcade-ios-gaming-roundup-flower-modern-combat-versus-inside-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/toucharcade-ios-gaming-roundup-flower-modern-combat-versus-inside-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"TouchArcade iOS Gaming Roundup: Flower, Modern Combat Versus, Inside, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been another busy week in the world of iOS gaming, so let&#8217;s hop right into it: As usual, we&#8217;ve had our eyes closely on the &#8220;Updates&#8221; page of the App Store looking for 32-bit favorites to reemerge as 64-bit titles. <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/09\/25\/mikey-shorts-trilogy-64-bit-updates-and-sale\/\">The <em>Mikey Shorts<\/em> Trilogy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/09\/27\/radiangames-releases-loads-of-64-bit-updates\/\">the majority of the Radiangames library<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/09\/28\/dragon-fantasy-gets-64-bit-compatibility-update-with-new-portrait-mode-and-more\/\"><em>Dragon Fantasy<\/em><\/a> all finally made their way to 64-bit.<\/p>\n<p>Any of these games are effortless recommendations, particularly as they&#8217;re from the good ol&#8217; days of the App Store before freemium shenanigans took over. <em>Dragon Fantasy<\/em> is particularly good if you&#8217;re looking for a modern spin on retro RPGs. It hit the App Store back in 2011 and since has been ported to Vita, 3DS, Android, and PC.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s1oZnf3475c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe most unexpected surprise of the week, without question, was <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/09\/28\/flower-just-hit-the-app-store-published-by-annapurna\/\">Annapurna dropping <em>Flower<\/em> onto the App Store<\/a>. It&#8217;s by Thatgamecompany, who is also responsible for the upcoming game <em>Sky<\/em> that was teased back at the iPhone reveal keynote. One of the main reasons we&#8217;re super excited for <em>Flower<\/em> to hit the App Store is what it means for speculating on what other games of theirs might come in the future as it seems like the <em>sky<\/em> is the limit. I&#8217;d <b>love<\/b> it if <em>Journey<\/em> eventually made its way to iOS.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y3mbZ5j4YD0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/09\/27\/modern-combat-versus-out-now\/\"><em>Modern Combat Versus<\/em> also hit the App Store<\/a>, which thematically speaking is the complete polar opposite of blowing petals around on the wind in <em>Flower<\/em>. <em>Versus<\/em> is an online team-based multiplayer shooter, set in a futuristic and gritty military environment.<\/p>\n<p>Gameplay is sort of similar to titles like <em>Overwatch<\/em> or <em>Team Fortress 2<\/em>, but it&#8217;s on your iPhone. It has a <em>Clash Royale<\/em>-ish chest unlocking system to divvy out loot, and we&#8217;re really curious to get deeper into the game to see how much or how little these freemium shenanigans impact overall balance if you don&#8217;t empty your wallet.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E39ychZKnDI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/09\/28\/super-mario-run-update-out-now\/\"><em>Super Mario Run<\/em> got a huge update<\/a>, which not only comes packed with loads of new content, but the whole game unlock is on sale for &#36;4.99, down from its original &#36;9.99. <em>Super Mario Run<\/em> was pretty controversial in the TouchArcade community when it was first released as it wasn&#8217;t seen as a &#8220;real&#8221; <em>Mario<\/em> game, but given the constraints of virtual controls I think it&#8217;s definitely worth trying out if you still haven&#8217;t yet, regardless of whether or not you end up paying for it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/09\/Capture-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"319\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-593597\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThis week <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/09\/26\/blizzard-battle-net-app-lets-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends-and-frenemies\/\">Blizard released the <em>Blizzard Battle.net app<\/em><\/a>, which basically just serves as a chat client for Battle.net. One thing I hadn&#8217;t realized which came out when we published this story is just how many people had <em>Hearthstone<\/em> on their phones specifically to communicate to their Blizzard game friends, even if they don&#8217;t play <em>Hearthstone<\/em>. If that describes you, well, you can now save gigs of space on your phone by deleting <em>Hearthstone<\/em>. (But, really, <em>Hearthstone<\/em> is great and you should really play it instead of deleting it.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/09\/BlizzLogo_Corp_Large_result.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-593598\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/09\/28\/is-a-blizzard-mobile-mmo-rts-game-in-the-works\/\">other Blizzard news<\/a>, rumors are flying surrounding a new mobile game that Blizzard is working on. A job posting recently appeared (which is now removed) where Blizzard was searching for a Unity mobile engineer to work on a unannounced &#8220;MMO RTS project.&#8221; Whether this is going to be an adaptation of their existing IP, or like <em>Overwatch<\/em>, a totally new Blizzard IP is totally up in the air. Given how well <em>Hearthstone<\/em> has done, it seems supremely inevitable that Blizzard will release something else on mobile though, whatever it turns out to be.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E0V2rPVQWfM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em>Limbo<\/em> has been on the App Store for ages now, but Playdead <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/09\/25\/inside-the-critically-acclaimed-game-from-the-creators-of-limbo-is-coming-to-ios\/\">just announced plans<\/a> to bring its PC and console game <em>Inside<\/em> to both iOS and Switch. There isn&#8217;t a <b>ton<\/b> to go off of here aside from a vague announcement, but both <em>Limbo<\/em> and <em>Inside<\/em> have massive fan followings so we&#8217;re going to be watching this one closely.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGUl36nkyb8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nLast, but not least, is <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\/2017\/09\/25\/campfire-cooking-teaser\/\">a teaser for an upcoming puzzle game<\/a> called <em>Campfire Cooking<\/em>. I absolutely love how developers on the App Store continue to find new ways to reinvent grid-based puzzles, and in this one you&#8217;re moving food around a grid that represents a campfire. Check out the trailer \u2014 it&#8217;s super clever, as &#8220;fire and food management&#8221; isn&#8217;t something I think I&#8217;d ever thought of for a puzzle game.<\/p>\n<p>Those are the big stories this week, but as usual, if you&#8217;re into these sort of things be sure to head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/toucharcade.com\">TouchArcade<\/a> where we post this kind of stuff day in and day out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkback\">Tag: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/toucharcade-gaming-roundup\/\">TouchArcade gaming roundup<\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/toucharcade-roundup-flower-modern-combat-versus.2073831\/\">Discuss this article<\/a> in our forums<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=5RWzdvLpoA8:yMNMWQZbG98:6W8y8wAjSf4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=6W8y8wAjSf4\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=5RWzdvLpoA8:yMNMWQZbG98:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MacRumors-All\/~4\/5RWzdvLpoA8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been another busy week in the world of iOS gaming, so let&#8217;s hop right into it: As usual, we&#8217;ve had our eyes closely on the &#8220;Updates&#8221; page of the App Store looking for 32-bit favorites to reemerge as 64-bit titles. 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