Here’s Your Stinkin’ Proof of Life – The TouchArcade Show #548

Yes, we are alive. After taking most of December off from recording we did our big end of year show with the intention of coming back in full force in the new year, but instead we just sort of… took another month off. I really apologize to those who look forward to our show each week. As was the case in December I had a ton of stuff going on with moving...

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TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘1 Bit Survivor’

Well, if you’ve been following TouchArcade for a while and you generally have an idea of what our tastes are, then this week’s pick shouldn’t really be much of a surprise. Cool retro-style pixel graphics? Dungeon crawling mechanics? Roguelike elements? Yes, it’s all here in 1 Bit Survivor from solo indie developer Chaz Acheronti. There were several...

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SwitchArcade Round-Up: Reviews Featuring ‘Fashion Police Squad’, Plus the Latest Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for February 3rd, 2023. We start things off with a review of Fashion Police Squad from our pal Mikhail. Gosh, he’s quite the keener. After that, we look at the dozen or so new releases that hit the eShop today. A few interesting games, and a fair bit of dubious stuff. Such are many Fridays...

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The 10 Best Arcade Archives Beat-Em-Ups – SwitchArcade Special

A little while ago, we put up a list of our favorite shoot-em-ups in Hamster’s Arcade Archives line-up. There are hundreds of games available thanks the weekly releases, so it can be a little hard to find the cream of the crop if you’re coming in a little late. Shooters were of course mainstays in the arcade heyday, but in the mid-80s another popular...

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‘Castle Crumble’ From ‘Spire Blast’ Developer Orbital Knight Is This Week’s New Apple Arcade Release Out Now Alongside Many Notable Game Updates

Spire Blast developers Orbital Knight have released Castle Crumble () on Apple Arcade today. If you played Spire Blast you will right at home here, and I think I like it more based on the first few levels I played. It features cannonballs, magic beams, and more as you try and destroy castles with nice haptics. It is going to be interesting to see if...

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SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Life is Strange 2’, ‘Drainus’, ‘The Pathless’, and Today’s Other Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for February 2nd, 2023. We’ve actually got a little news to look at today, and that’s where we’ll start things. There are also a ton of new games, some of them very good (Life is Strange 2, Drainus), and some of them very bad (the usual trash from Midnight Works and VG Games). We’ve got...

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‘Dead Space’ Remake Steam Deck Review – 2023’s First Tech Showcase for Valve’s Handheld

Need for Speed Unbound was one of the first new current generation only games to impress me on Steam Deck. I’ve played many games that have been ported to PC from other platforms and also games built for PC from the start, but it is always great seeing the Steam Deck handle games built for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S well. That is where our first Steam...

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The Stunning Remake of ‘Myst’ Is Coming to iOS As ‘Myst Mobile’ From Developer Cyan

Indie developer Cyan who developed the 2021 reimagining of the classic Myst have just announced that it is coming to iOS as Myst Mobile. Myst Mobile will bring the complete experience to iPhone and iPad devices in the future. Considering the official announcement has information about review codes, I assume this is sooner rather than later. Myst Mobile...

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Psychedelic Horror Experience ‘Happy Game’ From Amanita Design Is Out Now on iOS and Android

Amanita Design’s psychedelic horror experience Happy Game ($5.99) is out now on iOS and Android worldwide following its debut on Nintendo Switch and PC platforms a little while ago. Happy Game is a standard paid game on iOS and Android, and not included in Apple Arcade like some of the developer’s releases. I’m glad to see Amanita Design continuing...

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Genre-Mixing Interactive Story ‘Delete After Reading’ Releases on March 14th for iOS, Android, and Steam

Following the release of developer Patrones & Escondites’s Unmemory back in 2020, we learned about Delete After Reading last year. Delete After Reading is about a trio of friends setting out to rescue one of the greatest video games of all time from one of the richest people in the world. According to the developer, the quirky narrative game will...

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