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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Sorcery! Creative Director Jon Ingold

Originally released in the ’80s as a series of gamebooks, Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! has since made the transition to an interactive fiction game series for iOS devices. With the first installment, “The Shamutani Hills,” now coming to Android, and part 2, “Kharé: Cityport Of Traps,” slated for Spring, Inkle Studios’ Creative Director Jon Ingold discusses what this series is all about, why it’s only now coming to Android devices, and why it won’t be available on the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One anytime soon.

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DVD/BLU-RAY NEWS: Angry Birds Toons: Season 1, Vol 2 Announced

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced that Angry Birds Toons: Season One, Volume Two will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 15th. It is, obviously, the companion to Angry Birds Toons:Season One, Volume One, which came out on DVD and Blu-ray on December 3rd.

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iOS Video Games

Exclusive Interview: “Phrazzle” Lead Designer / Executive Producer Benjamin Hoyt

 

Be it Scrabble or Words With Friends, many word games are reliant on players having a big vocabulary. But in the word game Phrazzle, which is available for iOS and Android from GameFly Games, it’s more about how you put all those words together. In the following interview 47 Games’ Benjamin Hoyt, Phrazzle’s lead designer and Executive Producer, explains how this game works, where the original idea for this word game came from, and just how creative you can get with it.

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iOS PC Video Games

Exclusive Interview: Bardbarian Illustrator/Animator Mike Gaboury

 

When you’re a barbarian, all your problems are solved with a sword. But what if you were a barbarian who preferred to solve your problems with a song? Such is the plight of Brad, a barbarian mercenary in the new iOS game Bardbarian, which was made by TreeFortress and published by BulkyPix. But in talking to TreeFortress illustrator and animator Mike Gaboury, their heroes penchant for music over might isn’t the only thing that makes Bardbarian unique.

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iOS Video Games

Exclusive Interview: “Gregg” Creator Yann Berthier

 

In many games, you’re a good person. You’re the superhero stopping the supervillian; you’re the human solider saving the Earth from invading aliens; you’re the cop fighting crime on the mean streets. But in the game Gregg — which Namco Bandai have released for both iOS and Android devices — you’re not the good guy, but an outside force trying to protect the good guy. Or the good bird as the case may be. Though as its creator, Play Fripp’s Yann Berthier, would like to point out, this isn’t like that other bird game you might know.

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PlayStation Vita Reviews Video Games

“UFO Dad” Review

 

The last thing anyone needs is another Candy Crush Saga-style connect-3 game. But while UFO Dad thankfully distinguishes itself by adding new gameplay elements — and by not having you connect three of the same gems or food items, again — its uniqueness isn’t enough to make this as addicting as, well, other Candy Crush Saga-style connect-3 games.

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iOS Movies Video Games

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Disney Hidden Worlds’ Game Director Eduardo Baraf

In The Little Mermaid, you can spot Mickey, Goofy, and Donald in the crowd when King Triton makes his grand entrance. But if you knew this already, you’ll love Disney Hidden Worlds, a new — and free! — hidden object game for iOS, Android, and Facebook in which you have to find secret items in images from famous Disney animated movies. Though according to Eduardo Baraf, the Studio Director at Disney Interactive, and the Game Director on Disney Hidden Worlds, there’s more to this game than meets the eye.

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