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The Pocket Gamer Weekly Wrap - Midnight Star, free Pokemon...
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1. Midnight Star has been a long time coming. But this touchscreen blaster, built by ex-Bungie bods, is finally here. We gave it a Silver Award in our review, and told you how to get loads of free currency just by reading a comic book. 2. Free Pokemon! First, we shared mystery gift codes to give you Serperior, Emboar, and Samurott. And then we told you that Pokemon Bank subscribers will get Meganium, Typhlosion, and Feraligatr as part of their subscription. I didn't make those names up. Honest.
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3. We kicked off a new regular video feature, called GEOFF. In the show, James introduces us to a talking Siri-like gaming encyclopaedia, who has a few questions of his own… 4. This week, Glen's told you about games that shouldn't have come to mobile, and iOS games that are as good as - if not better than - their console and PC counterparts.
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5. We gave out out first Platinum Award of the year, when we gave The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D a 10/10 score at review. We also loved the New Nintendo 3DS, which adds super-stable 3D, some extra buttons, and beefier internals to the old handheld. 6. Want to play Virtual Reality games, but don't want to shell out hundreds on an Occulus Rift? The crazy cats at VISR have made a cardboard headset that gives you VR gaming for about £15. We tried it out for ourselves, in this hands-on preview.
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7. January is now just a speck of dust on the rear view mirror of life. And that's given us a chance to reflect on first month of 2015 and figure out our favourite games from those 31 days. Here are our Android and iOS picks. 8. More Crossy Road! This time, we're playing the new Chinese New Year update and we've got a guide to unlocking the latest secret character: Cai Shen.
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9. The Super Bowl was last weekend, and as ever the most exciting part was the advert breaks. This year, free to play mobile games dominated the air waves with three different iOS and Android games taking out mulit-million dollar campaigns. See them all, here. 10. And finally, want to see all the cool upcoming iOS and Android games that we've caught on video. Then click this enticing blue text. Or if you're more into handhelds, here's what to expect on 3DS and Vita this month. Around Steel Media

A Potatoman Seeks the Troof, The Witcher goes MOBA and we give you the details on The Detail - all this week at 148Apps. Read more here.

Have you met GEOFF? You should really meet GEOFF. GEOFF is going to change the way you think about video games. Come to AppSpy to find out why.

Mark Brown
Mark Brown
Mark Brown is editor at large of Pocket Gamer