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Play as Santa's less successful brother in Frank Claus for iOS and Android

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Play as Santa's less successful brother in Frank Claus for iOS and Android

Okay, it's confession time. Several members of the Pocket Gamer team have a ruddy big soft spot for pixel-art graphics.

That's probably why the recently released 8-bit arcade-style title Frank Claus: The Gift Katcher has piqued our interest, then.

In this free-to-play title, you take on the role of Frank Claus, who's - as you may have already guessed - Santa Claus's less successful brother. Poor bugger.

Your aim, then, is to guide Frank around a series of environments using your device's accelerometer, and catch as many falling presents as you possibly can.

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Frank Claus: The Gift Katcher houses three game modes.

There's Classic, where you have to catch as many gifts as possible; Survive, which is packed with hazards like bombs and aliens; and Rush, in which you're tasked with collecting presents to extend your life span.

Frank Claus: The Gift Katcher is completely free, so take it for a spin. You can download it from the App Store [download] and Google Play [download] right now.
Anthony Usher
Anthony Usher
Anthony is a Liverpool, UK-based writer who fell in love with gaming while playing Super Mario World on his SNES back in the early '90s. When he isn't busy grooming his beard, you can find him replaying Resident Evil or Final Fantasy VII for the umpteenth time. Aside from gaming, Anthony likes hiking, MMA, and pretending he’s a Viking.