Tales of the Black Death Part 1 Out Now on Mobile
/Montréal-based indie studio Doubletonstudio (@Doubletonstudio) has released the first episode of their adventure series Tales of the Black Death on iOS and Google Play.
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Montréal-based indie studio Doubletonstudio (@Doubletonstudio) has released the first episode of their adventure series Tales of the Black Death on iOS and Google Play.
Read MoreIn the last full moon before Shadow gets close to the land, Ilathen the Goddess of Ila, sent one of her messengers down to find the one and only savior, because she knew as Shadow steps into Ila and opens the Dark Gate, hope, life and joy would turn into a dream.
Read MoreM5 Games’ 16-bit mash-em-up platformer is coming to a mobile device near you next month.
Read MoreA quick real-time-strategy game Versus: Unfriendly Frenzy from Toronto-based indie studio ZeMind (@ZeMindGames) Games is now available on Android Tablets and iPad.
Read MoreRocketship Park out of St. Catharines Ontario announced yesterday their next game, this time a word puzzle game. Word Forward has you using all the letters in a 5x5 grid to make words disappear and clear the board:
Word Forward isn’t about spelling the longest words or the most clever - it’s about carefully using every tile to declare victory in 500 puzzles. It requires cunning and strategy -- Word Forward is a brain teaser that will really make you think!
Word Forward comes hot off the heels of re-releasing Block Droppin on iOS. Word Forward will hit iPhone, Apple TV, and Android phones May 22nd. If you’re an Android user you can pre-register for the game right here.
We’re excited to announce that Word Forward will be the next game from Rocketship Park! An App Store classic from @egvroom, we’ve rebuilt this puzzler from the ground up using #madewithunity. Coming May 22 to the @AppStore, @GooglePlay *and* @AppleTV. pic.twitter.com/Y9m4lgcIHZ
— Rocketship Park (@Rocketship_Park) May 1, 2019
Saskatchewan based Noodlecake Studios will be launching its latest Stickman game Golf Blitz worldwide on iOS and Android phones on May 2nd. Luckily if you’re in one of Canada, Ireland, Germany, South Korea or the Philippines you can play it today.
For the rest of the world, you’ll have to wait a few more days. In the meantime check out the trailer below.
🚨🚨 Golf Blitz has an official world wide tee time! On May 2nd iOS and Android players will finally get to experience the evolution in the Super Stickman Golf series. We have been working really hard on this one and hope you enjoy it! #playgolfblitz 🔥⛳️🏌 pic.twitter.com/7DT2C4qJiC
— Noodlecake 🍜🍰🕹️ (@NoodlecakeGames) April 18, 2019
Halifax-based Alpha Dog Games has released their first game since as a member of Xbox Game Studios for Google and Apple devices Mighty DOOM, a top-down, single-touch action mobile shooter.
Toronto developer MegaPhemeral announced their upcoming Japanese inspired RPG Emergent Fates will be coming to iOS on July 7th. Offered as a “free-to-start”, and then a 5.99 USD price tag to unlock the game is currently up for preorder on the App Store.
Toronto-based Capybara Games (@CAPYGAMES) has released an update to their 2019 sword-slashing puzzle battle game Grindstone adding new levels, bosses, items and more.
Cellar Door Games popular rogue-like RPG Rogue Legacy had a stealth release onto iOS today - titled Rogue Legacy: Wanderer Edition packs the same Rogue Legacy game, but with extra iOS exclusives.
Last month Google announced their upcoming Cloud-based video game streaming service, Stadia. Details are a little light (such as release date), but we do know that you’ll be able to stream Ubisoft Quebec’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey on practically any device.
While Google is obviously a giant worldwide corporate, I was told on some of the Canadian aspects of the service - specifically from Google’s Kitchener-Waterloo office. The below bullet points were provided to me via email, but our friends at Mobile Syrup also wrote an in-depth article on it.
Stadia has a unique Canadian connection as Google’s Kitchener-Waterloo engineering office played an instrumental role in developing the platform.
Stadia controller: The Waterloo team worked on all the software that runs on the controller (not physical controller itself). Eg. Software for device setup, personalization and communication.
Stadia: Specifically, the Waterloo team was tasked to solve the problem: how do we get games on the platform, working well, optimized?
You ca n check out Google’s blog on Stadia here, as well as watch the live-stream from last month. We will have to wait and see how many Canadian games follow Ubisoft and offering their games on the service.
Developer Maple Mana (aka Dan Currie) have released a new monster slaying puzzle game on iOS and Android - ‘4096 Slayer’ takes a unique spin on 2048 this time adding monsters, where everytime you kill the strongest one, a new one appears twice as strong. Check out the trailer below and download the game on iOS and Android devices.
Little Red Lie, and Actual Sunlight developer Will O’Neill has released his latest, this time a free-to-play narrative puzzle game on iOS and Android devices. Will promises that “Guildmaster Story will delight everyone who ever worked an unpaid internship, got steamrolled by the sharing economy, or suspects that the people responsible for it all are precisely who they seem to be.” There will also be new episodic content in 2019, so make sure to download today.
Excited to announce the release of GUILDMASTER STORY, a free-to-play puzzle-match comedy game about fame, misfortune, and working for nothing.
— Will O'Neill (@willoneill) February 18, 2019
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