Civil War II: 1862 is a new iPad wargame from the clever folks at Hunted Cow Studio. If you played the excellent Civil War: 1863, this prequel is a definitly must have for you so don’t waste your time and go buy it on itune: Civil War II: 1862

If you not convince, let us convince you:

Civil War II: 1862 comes with 14 battles that take place during the American Civil War, and 13 of those battles can be played from both sides of the fight: the North and South.

Here are some of the game’s key features:

● High Definition Civil War Era Graphics.
● 8 Mission ‘Tutorial’ campaign.
● 5 Mission ‘Fix Bayonets’ campaign.
● 8 Mission ‘Steel and Thunder’ campaign.
● All missions can be played as both sides (except the tutorial).
● 8 Unique Civil War Units:
– Infantry with Muskets.
– Infantry with Rifled Muskets.
– Artillery.
– Generals.
– Wagons.
– Naval Gunboats.
– Dismounted and Mounted Cavalry.
● Four classes of infantry – Raw, Average, Veteran and Elite.
● Different infantry formations: unformed, line for shooting and column for charging!
● Detailed Combat Analysis.
● Flank Attacks .
● Strategic Movement.
● Hours of Gameplay.
● Game Center Achievements and Leaderboards.
● Universal App (Works on iPhone & iPad).

So you are still not convince you should buy, check out those review you might change your mind.

Related: Civil War II: 1862  (pocketgamer)

Civil War II: 1862 has fixed bayonets (pocketgamer)

Civil War II: 1862 Brings an Enhanced Prequel to Civil War 1863, Offers 14 Missions Full of Strategy (148apps.com )

Previous Game : Civil War: 1863 (pocketgamer)

Itune Store Link: Buy Civil War II: 1862

Last post on Star War & Star Trek inspired me to write another post on some space games that were sitting in my to review list. They may be not has “Grandiose” has KOTOR or inventive has Star Trek: Trexels but they definitely deserve a look.

Mighty Tactical Shooter: Plan your move

Gradius and tactical space battle meet together in the nicely done indies games Mighty Tactical Shooter. From the game info quote : “Make your way through multiple levels across four distinct themed chapters. Face challenges that wouldn’t be possible in any other type of shooter. Adopt new skills and tactics as the ship repairs, enemies diversify and the plot unfolds. A 2D side scrolling arcade shoot ‘em up, but turn based.” Like they say at the end : It’s about tactics, not reflex. Your move.

It may not have speed of Gradius but fi you want a different take on tactics and story instead of a standard “shoot’em up” will want to definitely give it a try.

Related news : Mighty Tactical Shooter (indie retro news)

Mighty Tactical Shooter: Gradius and turn-based tactics hybrid (indiegames)

Halfway: A Sci-fi Jagged Alliance

An alien force has invaded your spaceship and your crew need to throught the hallway of it to get rid of these nasty alien. That turn-based tactical strategy draw a lot of turn base fight from a old game I’ve played called Jagged Alliance on PC. Each character has its own tactical abilities, so they will all have to attack, defend, move, use items, and reload to stay alive during battles.

Halfway will be heading to tablets later this year after its initial desktop release.

Related news : Halfway (pocketgamer)

Two really good game were released on mobile from these franchise, one for each franchise actually. Here a quick review of each game

Star Wars RPG Knights of the Old Republic

You may remember that awesome game on console & pc or you never played it but keep hearing about it from your friend. Star Wars RPG Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) was a massive success and received many praises by the critics for it’s innovative game play and immersive story.

“The story takes place approximately 4,000 years before the rise of the Galactic Empire. Former Jedi Darth Malak, a Dark Lord of the Sith and Darth Revan‘s former apprentice, has unleashed a Sith armada against the Republic. Malak’s aggression has left the Jedi scattered and vulnerable; many Jedi Knights have fallen in battle and others have sworn allegiance to Malak and Revan.”

If you liked the original and want a second try or you never played it but would love to hear from it here your chance to play it on iOs.

Related article : Star Wars RPG: Knights of the Old Republic (pocketgamer)

Star Trek Trexels

If you liked building your death star in Star wars: Tiny Death Star but Star Trek is more your cup of Tea, you are in luck! A mobile game base on the original Star trek series have recently be released on the app store.

You explore planets and complete a series of tasks. These involve laser gun fights, destroying alien machinery, and negotiating with the native species. Some tasks are somewhat repetitive but it’s easily forgotten by the conversations between crew members during these peril-filled story and with the authentic 1960s Star Trek music.

Related article : Star Trek Trexels (Pocket Gamer)

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Hopefully more game from these franchise will be released soon.  Meanwhile, let us know in the comment what is you favorite Star Wars / Star Trek game.

It’s the Holiday season and there nothing better than Christmas Themed games to keep your holiday spirit !!

Terraria

Just in time for Christmas, Terraria [PC, PS3, Xbox, iOs, Android] is getting the holliday spirit, have a you’ll now have the chance to score a Christmas ornament when chopping down trees, mobs can drop present and you can now beat the frost legion like last year to save santa.

Related News: Terraria at Touch Arcade

Sing and Play Jingle Bells

P2 Games has launched a new Sing and Play app, Jingle Bells. The app, created by parents for their kids, gets our young ones to sing and play along with the popular Christmas carol.

Related News:  App Of the day (mobileent.biz)

Secret Christmas Tale

In Secret Christmas Tale, you take on the role of Santa to hunt down all the present that were lost at the bottom of the see following a freak storm.

Yes Santa have discover that all of the presents that his trusty elves have made have fallen out of your sleigh and into the world’s many oceans.
Naturally, Santa have to get them back before the 24th, or else  Christmas is ruined.
You do this by diving deep down into the drink and snatching the presents back up. All the while, you have to avoid schools of fish and ensure that you don’t run out of oxygen before you reach the surface.

Related news: Secret Christmas Tale (Pocket Gamer)

Merry Clickmas

Filling in for Santa, your objective here is to save Christmas by making toys and wrapping the presents for delivery to every person in the world. You can buy upgrade to accelerate the task of wrapping all those gift. Quick and dirty game have fun with it.

Link: Merry Clickmas

Related News: Merry Clickmass (indiegames)

After Contrat another 8-bit Nintendo classic is coming to mobile, the Double Dragon Franchise is back with 3 time the fun.

Yes it’s back and the package will include three full games: the original Double Dragon, Double Dragon 2: The Revenge, and Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone.

I remember having a lot of fun with this game playing coop with friends. Luckily, there is a coop mode via Bluetooth, you’ll be able to grab a friend and help Billy and Jimmy beat the hell out of the turf of the Black Warriors gang again.

Here a Old screenshot from the NES version:

Double Dragon Trilogy is set to release by the end of the year. Meanwhile I can’t wait for a remake of Battletoads & Double Dragon

More:

Touch Arcade : Double Dragon trilogy Review.

Bonus:A trailer from the Abysmal spinoff movie “Double Dragon”