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GAMES OF THE WEEK - The 5 best new games for iOS and Android - October 2nd

GAMES OF THE WEEK - The 5 best new games for iOS and Android - October 2nd

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Hello and welcome to this week's entry in our long-running GAMES OF THE WEEK series. If you're looking for the best 5 games which have launched onto the iPhone, iPad or Android stores this week then you've landed yourself at the right place.

Here's where we discuss the top five games which have launched on any of the mobile platforms and don't require a subscription or membership to play. While we realise that this does whittle down the amount of titles available to discuss — after all, we are in the age of Google Play Pass, Hatch and Apple Arcade — it's totally worth it and means that you are presented with a selection of games which you can immediately play or can grab without having to sign up for anything.

This week we've got some great new titles, ranging from blockbuster first-person shooters through to adorable puzzles based around shifting perspectives. There's also a long-awaited port of an award winning narrative adventure mixed in there too.

Remember, if you're looking to check through some of our previous selections then you can always do that at our Games of The Week Hub, it's a great way to find games to fill out that empty storage space on your phone. Or, if you like your news in bitesize chunks, delivered straight to your palm then maybe follow us on Twitter.

Anyway, without any further delay, click through on the big button below to find out more about the 5 best new games for mobile this week

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1
Call of Duty: Mobile - iOS / Android

It goes without saying that Call of Duty: Mobile would make it into the list, it's easily the biggest release since... well, since Mario Kart Tour last week and Pokemon Masters not long before.

We've been playing the heck out of Call of Duty: Mobile, especially its new Battle Royale mode, and the overall team consensus seems to be that we are extremely impressed with the controls. Not the default ones, mind, you'll have to do a little tweaking.

Also impressive is the map selection - which features quite a few memorable classics - and we've barely had any technical or server based issues, which is normally a surefire point of discussion when it comes to other Call of Duty outings.

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Call of Duty: Mobile is available now on the App Store and on Google Play

2
Takoway - iOS / Android

Takoway revolves around a six-legged octopus (a hexapus) who is trapped in a series of puzzles all based around the Necker Cube Illusion - wherein the interior and exterior of a surface are interchangeable depending on perspective.

It's a smart little puzzler, one which plays with perspective in ways we might well have seen before, but with a style and fun-spirit which we haven't.

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You can find Takoway on the App Store and on Google Play

3
Dear Esther - iOS

Regardless of what you think of narrative adventure titles, more commonly known as 'Walking Simulators', its impossible to deny that they've had a massive impact on how we tell stories in first person games. Originally invented as an 'anti corridor-shooter' Dear Esther tells a tale of loss and sorrow wrapped around a mysterious island in the highlands. Shadows move and flicker, leaves dance in the wind and paper boats bob on the ocean, but despite it only being you on the island you never feel truly alone.

Its a beautiful explore around a haunting island while a novella-length of narration explains the world around you and the driving forces of the island. If that sounds like your cup of tea then I sorely recommend that you check it out.

There's no iOS trailer for Dear Esther, so below is the trailer for the Landmark Edition which released back in 2017.

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Dear Esther is available now on the App Store.

4
Bounty Hunter Space Lizard - iOS / Android

Bounty Hunter Space Lizard is a turn-based tactical game which plays out on a grid. It's about smart movements and clever attacks - somewhat reminiscent of Hoplite, Imbroglio and Morphblade, if you've played any of those. Most of the games revolve around very limited movements where the objects you can actually attack with are either the tiles you are on, or are extremely limited themselves. It makes each combat almost like a puzzle game, or perhaps more similar to the chaos-sandboxes of the immersive sim genre.

If none of that made any sense, I'm sorry. What I mean to say is that Bounty Hunter Space Lizard is a puzzle-action game where you must very carefully move around a deadly battlefield, finding weapons while also trying to lead your enemies into positions where it is most advantageous for you to strike. It's hard, it's fun, and that's great.

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Bounty Hunter Space Lizard is available now on the App Store (through Test Flight) and on Google Play

5
Dungeon Break - iOS / Android

We had quite a bit to say about Dungeon Break, the sequel to Billion Lords, when we wrote about it's iOS release back at the end of August. Unlike its predecessor you no longer control a swarm of minions in a tower-offense format. Instead you take on the enemy hordes as a minion, and through the dungeons that you helped create in the first game, no less.

While it plays out with a lot of the familiar aRPG tropes and controls, the charm and design of Dungeon Break shines through. I'm a particular fan of games which use 3D-presenting sprites, especially when they crack out a lot of visual effects - and you'll barely go a minute without that happening here.

Oh, and it's all controlled with one finger, so you can write about the game in the weekly games of the week article while you are playing through it.

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Dungeon Break is available on the App Store, and is also available on Google Play where it has just released from Early Access.

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Dann Sullivan
Dann Sullivan
A job in retail resulted in a sidestep into games writing back in 2011. Since then Dann has run or operated several indie game focused websites. They're currently the Editor-in-Chief of Pocket Gamer Brands, and are determined to help the site celebrate the latest and greatest games coming to mobile.