iOS and Android Game of the Week - your vote needed

Aliens, fruit, and a famous Disney character

| Jun 20, 2013

Every week, thousands of new games hit the iOS App Store and Google Play on Android. Trying to find the diamonds in the rough is no easy task, let us assure you.

We like to think we do a pretty good job with our news articles, mid-week round-ups, expert reviews, and comprehensive features, mind.

But, now we want to know what YOU think.

Today, we're going to ask you to pick the best game that was released on iOS and Android from the past week (from the nominations below), and then we'll announce the winner in a glamorous article next Monday.

There are loads of places to vote. Leave a comment at the bottom of this article, reply to our Game of the Week tweet, answer the poll on Facebook, or shave your choice into your dog's back.

The nominations

	Where's My Mickey? (iPhone, iPad, Android) This follow-up to Where's My Water? and Where's My Perry? features more than 100 new puzzles, and brand-new gameplay mechanics. One of these new mechanics is a weather system.

	Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage (iPhone, iPad) Cut through ice, rope, cannons, explosives, slime, and even chickens as you attempt to return a Viking clan to their precious longboat.

	Cover Orange 2 (iPhone, iPad) A colourful physics-puzzler in which you're tasked with protecting harmless clementines from an evil acid rain. You do this using physics objects, such as wooden barrels and boxes.

	Home - a Unique Horror Adventure (iPhone, iPad) Home is a gorgeous critically acclaimed horror title. As you play this pixel-art-drenched murder mystery, the story subtly changes, allowing you to choose its overall outcome.

	XCOM: Enemy Unknown (iPhone, iPad) Aliens have invaded Earth. As the commander of an elite paramilitary group called XCOM, you have to research otherworldly technology, plan combat missions, and send those aliens packing.

	Gloomy Hollow (iPhone, iPad) Lead a band of three misfits across a monster-infested Underworld in search of stolen Soul Crystals that will allow you to restore your dilapidated town to its former glory.

Anthony Usher

Anthony is a Liverpool, UK-based writer who fell in love with gaming while playing Super Mario World on his SNES back in the early '90s. When he isn't busy grooming his beard, you can find him replaying Resident Evil or Final Fantasy VII for the umpteenth time. Aside from gaming, Anthony likes hiking, MMA, and pretending he’s a Viking.

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