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Dreamsky's iGameDock gives you 3 new games every 2 weeks

Swap in, swap out

Dreamsky's iGameDock gives you 3 new games every 2 weeks
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Here's a neat idea. Released by Chinese developer Dreamsky, iGameDock is an app that provides you with three games in one. So what, you're thinking?

The clever bit is every two weeks, the titles are swapped out with new games being introduced. In this way, iGameDock serves up gamers with constantly changing content, as well as working as a discovery mechanism for developers.

For example, they can build up a fanbase for their games over that two week period, using it as a springboard for a full App Store release, whether paid, free-to-play or ad funded.

All-in-one

Adding to the package, iGameDock includes the FreeAppADay feed so you can see what other games are currently free via that promotion and easily download them.

The launch three titles also use the Scoreloop social gaming platform to provide leaderboards, challenges and virtual coins. It's not clear whether selected games will have to use Scoreloop; unlikely we think.

Games will be limited in size to less than 20 MB though so the updates can be downloaded over-the-air via 3G.

As for the first three games, they're a good mixture.

Left or Right is a brain game where you're shown photos of a hand and have to select whether it's a right or left hand (harder than it sounds); Electron Zero is a Simon Says memory game, while Particle Wars is a very nice Geometry Wars clone.

All three are full versions of games that have already been released on the App Store.

Well worth checking out for 99c, €0.79 or 59p, even without the promise of three new games in two weeks time.

Jon Jordan
Jon Jordan
A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon can turn his hand to anything except hand turning. He is editor-at-large at PG.biz which means he can arrive anywhere in the world, acting like a slightly confused uncle looking for the way out. He likes letters, cameras, imaginary numbers and legumes.