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The Pocket Gamer Weekly Wrap - Minecraft servers, Magic Touch hands-on...
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1. What do you get if you cross Infinity Blade with an auto-runner? No, this isn't a hilarious joke as you may have become accustomed to. It's the set-up for our preview of Stormblades, which you can see right here. Looks right posh it does. 2. I think the saga surrounding The World Ends With You has come to a disappointing end. The game was removed from the App Store over the weekend, and then it was listed as discontinued on Square Enix's support pages. Still, I wouldn't rule out a last-minute, RPG-style plot twist.
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3. GEOFF - the talking gaming encyclopaedia for iOS - is back. This week, he chats to James about how Apple is censoring the images of guns on the App Store, as we revealed last week. Watch episode three, here. 4. We're all about multiplayer Minecraft this week. We told you how to play local multiplayer and we told you how to make your very own server (using an Android) so you can play online multiplayer. A feature that may be added to the game itself
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5. A few weeks back, we reported on a disappointing trailer for Sonic Runners that didn't show an ounce of gameplay. Sega obviously heard our complaints and put together a proper trailer to show what this Sonic Team-made auto-runner will look like. 6. It's been a crappy few weeks for new iOS games, but we got two very exciting games in the last seven days. There's the utterly gorgeous endless snowboarding odyssey Alto's Adventure and stunning sci-fi racer AG Drive. Let's hope the quality stays at this level.
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7. We've gone hands on with Nitrome's next game: the addictive screen-scribbling Magic Touch: Wizard for Hire. This little twitch gem is all about drawing out squiggles, lines, and symbols to pop balloons. 8. Know what one of our most popular stories was this week? A simple news piece called "Here's what a New Nintendo 3DS-exclusive game case looks like ". So, with that in mind, here's what a New Nintendo 3DS-exclusive game case looks like.
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9. Peter's been busy this week with video previews of games like DomiNations! (" a curious blend of Sid Meier and Supercell"), Prune ("startlingly beautifully"), and Space Ape's new 'un, Rival Kingdoms: Age of Ruin. 10. Last week, Matt made the argument that shooters just don't work on mobile - and we should give up trying to knock a square peg into a round hole. But Glen offered his counter argument, with seven shooters that kinda sorta almost work on iOS and Android. Around Steel Media

Puny Stupid Humans are Clear for Action as long as they avoid the World Zombination. Yep. Break it all down at 148Apps.

Guns are being censored on the App Store and GEOFF knows why, plus Swap Heroes 2 and a cool new skateboarding game - that's the week according to AppSpy.

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