GAMES OF THE WEEK - The 5 best new mobile games for iOS and Android - August 13th 2020
It's that time again! Time for another entry into our long-running GAMES OF THE WEEK series.
If you're looking for the best 5 games which have hit the iPhone, iPad or Android stores this week then you've landed yourself at the exact right place at just the right time. Lucky, lucky you.
With this article, we skirt around the droves of subscription services (Apple Arcade, Google Play Pass, GameClub, Hatch, and all of their friends) which have launched onto mobile platforms over the years. We also don't factor in things like Steam Link or Google Stadia which allow streaming to handheld devices - and would open up this list to almost every game under the sun.
What that means is that our list is a finely curated list of brilliant, fresh titles which you can download and play without subscribing to, or installing, any third-party initiative. Of course, there are some great games on those services, but, let's focus on the stuff that you can grab right now.
This week you're going to be journeying through frozen lands in a remastered classic cRPG, you'll be blasting through space (or at least mining) in a sandbox space MMO, and there's much more too. You'll have to read on to find out exactly what though.
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 or join our Discord.
Anyway, without any further delay, click on the big, blue button below to find out more about our top five of the games which released on mobile over the last week.
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
You can't knock the classics, and Neverwinter Nights is definitely a classic, While it was a step away from the isometric, sprite-based engine used for Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights was still definitely a classic cRPG in spirit. It's taken its time to launch onto iOS and Android platforms, but much like its forebearers, it runs really well on a touchscreen.
The Machine's Garden
In a deep future an AI looms over a different form of society than we know today. By completing a sequence of puzzles you can unlock the memories and abilities of the AI to learn about what happened to the work we know.
The Machine's Garden is a premium title, available on the App Store.
EVE Echoes
CCP and NetEase's much-hyped EVE Echoes has finally landed on iOS and Android today. It's an ambitious sandbox MMORPG that takes place in an alternate version of EVE Online's universe, New Eden.
If you've not heard of its expansive MMO forerunner then you're in for a blast; it's a massive universe filled with absolutely massive opportunities - ranging from deep space miner to space piracy and everything in between.
Circulous
Chain Reaction Games have launched their next game and it's an episodic puzzler featuring a fantastic, twisting storyline. While there's a lot of chapters and content already planned, the initial episode is easily long enough to justify the £3.99 cost for the complete game.
Robotics!
ZeptoLab, the team behind Cut the Rope, have released their latest game, Robotics. It's all about building and teaching your robots to battle against other robots in confined spaces. It's incredibly easy to pick up and play, and all of the interfaces are controlled through dragging and dropping - keeping menus really light.
Robotics is available now for both Google Play and the App Store where it is free to download.
