Our new lineup of mobile strategy games is our most varied collection yet. We have a traditional mythical release here that focuses on powerful Gods. We have a zoo simulator that allows you to parade your dinosaurs to incoming residents. Plus we have a strategy title that focuses on steampunk weaponry and gadgets. Our list of brand new strategy games should fit the criteria for all types strategy mobile-minded gamers. These are our five favorite picks for the month of June 2015.

1. Infinite Myths 2: Soul Lords

Infinite Myths 2: Soul Lords will undoubtedly get comparisons to Hearthstone. You’re progress through this game’s mystical world focuses on tough card battles. The beautiful art design brings out the finest of details in over a hundred playable cards. Gather you best, adopt the famous of mythical Gods and Goddesses then immerse yourself in the toughest of battles. There’s tons of worlds to conquer as you gather an army of outstanding warriors and put your tactical expertise to the test.

Download it here.

2. Jurassic Island: Dinosaur Zoo

With the release of Jurassic World (which happens to be cleaning up house at movie theaters right now), mobile games devoted to the very idea of running your own dino park are popping up. One of those titles is Jurassic Island: Dinosaur Zoo. Your personal safe haven of dinosaurs comes with all the challenges associated with running a zoo – putting exhibits in the right place, keeping your park residents pleased and birthing all types of dinosaurs. It’s up to you to create your own version of Jurassic Park and be a mega success.

Download it here.

3. Steampunk Defense Premium

Steampunk Defense should be familiar to fans of the latest 3DS 1st-party title, Code Name STEAM. The overall design of this mobile title adopts the steampunk aesthetic for its weaponry and settlements. The maps are wide enough to feature a huge army of soldiers and fortifications during huge battles. Your units all come with their own array of cool weapons, which are needed to supplement your supporting troops. Your epic battles transpire in tropical, desert and jungle locations, so there’s a lot to see and blow up.

Download it here.

4. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

The world of Final Fantasy adopted the best elements of strategy RPG’s and became a favorite deviation from the usual formula. This incredible title first hit the PlayStation in 1997 and now its been faithfully ported over to Android devices in 2015. Alongside the great gameplay series vets are already accustomed to, the loading times have been shortened to get you back into the action faster. Test your mettle against all manners of enemies and make sure to raise up your own party of class-based warriors. The War of the Lions’ outcome depends on you!

Download it here.

5. Kitty Powers’ Matchmaker

Our final strategy selection on this list is an odd one. You take on the role of everyone’s drag queen Kitty Powers as you play the matchmaking game. Tons of differing personalities need your coaching skills so they’ll get lucky with the man or woman of their dreams. You’ll travel to restaurants and other types of cute date venues all the while. There’s always some funny mishaps during dates (Uh-oh! It’s the EX!), so be ready for anything and everything. You’ll have to be aware of it in the pursuit of finding others find love.

Download it here.

Top 5 Best New Free Android Games of June 2015

Here's our picks for five of the best free Android games for the month of June 2015.

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Warner Bros Games has released Batman: Arkham Knight on PC and consoles for every cape-wearing gaming crusader worldwide. Unfortunatley, Batman clearly is not the hero PC gamers deserve. After a whopping 7,947 negative reviews on the Steam Store (the platform where PC gamers buy their games the most), Warner Bros Games. pulled Batman: Arkham Knight from sale.

It’s usually not common for us to pull games from the Steam platform store, but with Batman: Arkham Knight and its unprecedented amount of negative reviews and refund requests…we had to. It’s certainly rare for a title of this scope to be pulled.

Ironically Warner Bros Games stated in their release that they know that while a “significant amount of PC users” are enjoying the game, they are working on an update for the minority apparently (something which I find personally laughable).

What makes matters worse is that the NVIDIA promotional video that shows the game running at apparently 60 frames per second was actually sped up footage meant to make the game smoother. Whether intentional…or completely by mistake, we cannot comment. But the evidence is definitely quite indicative of foul play by someone at either Warner Bros or Iron Galaxy Studios (the external 12-man team assigned to the PC project)

Not sure if this has been posted in this thread yet, but the Nvidia GameWorks promo video of the game running at 60fps is actually just a sped up video.

The following link should take you to the video at 24 seconds:

Listen very closely. The voices of the thugs he is fighting can be faintly heard, and they sound like chipmunks because its sped up.

Credit for discovery goes to YouTube user “PoweredByFlow” who pointed this out in the comments of the video.

Here are the top 10 tips/tricks/cheats you need to know for Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation.

1. Get to Know Your Character Classes

• Not only can characters master classic vocations such as “Warrior” and “Priest,” but there are also monstrous vocations like “Dragon” and “Liquid Metal Slime” that allow them to learn a whole new set of skills! The full list of character classes are: Warrior, Martial Artist, Mage, Priest, Dancer, Thief, Monster Master, Merchant, Gadabout, Gladiator, Armamentalist, Paladin, Sage, Ranger, Luminary, Hero, Dragon and Liquid Metal Slime.

2. You’re Going to Eventually Get An Item to Explore The Ocean Floor

• Using the power of a magical musical instrument (the Lorelei’s Harp), the party’s ship can even explore the ocean floor! Hit up this IGN walkthrough guide to find out what awaits you near the ocean floor.

3. There’s Plenty of Other Vehicles to Explore The World In

• The ship isn’t the only form of transport at the party’s disposal. They can put their feet up in a flying bed, or travel in style on their very own mobile island!

4. Enter the Best-Dressed Contest

• There’s a “Best-Dressed Contest” where characters can fight off foes with the most fearsome weapon at their disposal – their fashion sense. That funny-looking bit of kit in the bottom of your bag might be just the thing to send your style rating through the roof! Note that this contest requires monster collecting. Check out the video above to get an idea of how you should proceed during this humorous sidequest.

5. Here’s How to Add Amos to Your Party

• While Carver, Milly, Ashlynn, Nevan and Terry will join the party automatically, there’s a man named Amos who might take some convincing. He’s quite the character, so if you have the chance to add him to your ranks, you shouldn’t let it slip! IGN.com has some key advice on how to get Amos.

Here are the top tips/tricks/cheats you need to know for Soul Hunters.

• Replaying previous missions is a great way to earn Gear, Gold and Exp!

• Sweep Tickets save you precious time when questing for items.

• Playing Heroic Chapters is a great way to discover soul stones!

• Check your Mail Box daily for bonuses and information about special events!

• Explore the Bountiful Caverns to earn Gold or EXP Potions!

• Don’t forget to login regularly to claim your free Gold Chests!

• The Trader has great deals on items so check back often!

• Take on Daily Challenges in the Dojo for great rewards!

• Confront opponents in the Arena to earn rewards from the Armory!

• Making your Heroes Mercenaries in a Guild can earn you valuable Gold!

• Using Mercenaries is a key to victory in the Crucible of Fire!

• Clearing the Crucible of Fire rewards massive amounts of Gold!

• Don’t forget to claim your daily rewards from the calendar.

• Look out for weekly events and activities on the Events Page!

• Complete Daily quests to earn Diamonds and Party Experience!

• Login between 6pm and 8pm PT for Free Stamina Daily!

• Complete quests to unlock Diamonds and special rewards!

• Combine item fragments to create rare and unique items!

• Use the Midas Touch Daily for maximum gold efficiency.

• Check out the Item Guide for detailed information on each item!

• Click on an item you need to discover where to find it.

• Don’t forget to assign ability points to your heroes.

• Fusing a Hero increases their stats and allows the equipping of more items!

Go to the next page to find boost codes that you can use in the game! First come, first serve!

Here are the top 10 tips/tricks/cheats you need to know for Inside Out Thought Bubbles.

1. Take Your Time!

• Above all else, you should approach this game in a patient manner. This puzzle matching game will require you to take it slow as you keep a close eye out for the best bubble matches. You have all the time in the world to set up your shots, so take your time folks.

2. You’ll Get to Take Control of Extra Emotions From The Film

• At first, the only playable character you’ll control is Joy. During your playthrough of each hub world, you’ll eventually unlock Sadness and Anger. Those extra characters are gifted with cool special abilities that correspond with their emotional color – blue for Sadness and red for Anger. You’ll be able to switch characters after you unlock them and choose them before any stage.

3. Pay Attention to The Number of Bubbles Left to Clear Out and Bubbles You Have Left to Shoot

• You don’t have an unlimited batch of bubbles at your disposal. You do have unlimited time, yes. But make sure you pay attention to how many bubbles you’re allowed to shoot. You should also keep tabs on how many bubbles on a level are left before you beat it.

4. The Basics Towards Beating Target Obstacle Stages

• Over time, you’ll encounter stages that ask you to shoot within the center of special targets in order to make them disappear. Since you only have a limited quantity of bubbles in your possession, you should really be careful with your usage of them. Use only two or more bubble shots to clear out any space near a target. No matter how easy or hard it may seem to nail that center target shot, go for broke! Pull off a trick shot if you must. Your objection during these levels is to wipe away a set amount of target shots.

5. Handle Those Ice Clusters With Joy’s Special Ability

• You’ll eventually run into levels that contain frozen clusters with bubbles surrounding them. In order to progress, you have to use the same color type to clear them away. Joy’s special ability comes in handy the most during these stage scenarios. By shooting her special bubble at ice clusters, you’ll be able to clear out any matching colors of that frozen group much faster.

Fallout Shelter is being played on someone’s mobile device as we speak. Bethesda’s vault construction simulator stands tall as one of the most addictive mobile games released in 2015. It’s your job to build up the perfect vault, keep your inhabitants pleased, send your strongest ones out to scavenge and thrive in a post-apocalyptic community.

But the one thing we noticed while playing is that its pretty hard to gather up a worthy amount of caps, lunchboxes, outfits and weapons. It turns out there are two glitches that will grant you an unlimited amount of items.

Follow these directions to be granted as much goodies as possible. These are the glitches you need to know for Fallout Shelter.

Glitch #1

So like most mobile phone games (especially on Apple devices), you can use the time trick to push Fallout Shelter’s timed events to the end in an instant. Before setting your clock forward one day, do the following – send out a few strong Dwellers for some exploring on the Wastelands. Of course you should increase their rate of survival by equipping them with the proper gear, just in case. If there’s a few Vault rooms in production, then let them stay there while they’re still in the process of building. So pretty much any timed events that are being counted down can be applied to this process.

With all the advice we gave you above already done, hop out of the game and close it completely. Now all you have to do is hop into your device’s settings, head to the general tab, take note of the date and time option and set the “Set Time Automatically” option to off. Then go on ahead and set your clock manually a whole day forward. Now return to your Vault and check on all the new items now in your collection and the completed tasks that were timed from beforehand. After collecting your items, check on your Dwellers and revive any fallen ones. After that, close the game again and set your time and date back to normal.

Repeat this process over and over to collect as many caps, lunchboxes, outfits and weapons in one sitting.

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Glitch #2

This glitch works great for players who’re just starting up a new Vault. Once you begin your game, the Tutorial mode will task you with completing two specific quests – equipping a Dweller with any item and selling any item. Make sure you don’t complete these two objectives at hand. The only quests you should pay attention to and collect rewards from are these three – collect 50 pieces of food, collect 50 pieces of water and level up any Dweller.

By doing so, you’ll be gifted with caps and lunchboxes for completing these quests. Plus, your current game will stay within the Tutorial quest loop until you collect the items from completing the two specific quests we noted above. So just keep on running through the three Tutorial quests we mentioned, collect your gifts and don’t worry about completing the two specific quests until you’re pleased with your amount of lunchboxes and caps.

Top 10 Best ‘Fallout’ Bobbleheads, Games & Merchandise

If you consider yourself an ardent follower of the Fallout series, then its time you added these sweet collectibles to your collection.

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Godzilla is the world’s most revered giant lizard of all time. He’s smashed all over the big screen, with his most recent flick being the 2014 American reboot. Now that his popularity has reached an all-time high, Namco Bandai is ready to unleash this powerful lizard’s fury upon the PS4.

Fans of the GameCube and PS2-era Godzilla games will certainly get a kick out of this action brawler. If you’ve played Godzilla Generations or the original Japanese release, then you have a good idea of what to expect here. For everyone else not in the know, we’re going to get you in on the hype for this July 14, 2015 (July 17 for Europe) game release.

Here’s every part of the 2015 PS4 launch of Godzilla (The Game) you need to know.

1. The Game Originally Released in 2014 in Japan

In 2014, Godzilla originally launched in Japan for the PS3 on December 18, 2014. During the 2014 edition of Video Game Awards, American gamers got to see a reveal trailer for the release of its PS4 version. All the features present in the PS3 rendition will come with the upgraded PS4 version. The PS4 release will come with a number of exclusives in the form of extra playable monsters and modes.

2. Several Current and New Game Modes Will Be Present

The collection of game modes playable in Godzilla includes:

– Destruction Mode: This mode has a campaign setup that allows you to take control of Godzilla himself. You’ll venture through a number of stages where its your duty to destroy a number of G-Energy Generators. You’ll have to complete this goal while shaking off the gunfire from surrounding G-Force vehicles. Godzilla starts the main campaign at 50-meters high, but his size will increase during your playthrough as he destroys nearby obstacles and absorbs G-Energy. His total height maxes out at 100-meters. Rival creatures will pop up from time to time for massive battles, too. The PS4 version of the game will allow you to take control of any monster during this mode.

– King of the Monsters Mode: This mode acts as the game’s version of Arcade Mode. Players will select their chosen creature, proceed through six stages and take on a different monster each time.

– Evolution Mode: As you complete certain tasks in Destruction Mode, you’ll help Godzilla gain new abilities that can be tied to him in this mode. He’ll obtain new attacks and even cool new taunts.

– Diorama Mode: Diorama Mode allows you to check out the unlocked monster and vehicle models you’ve obtained throughout the game. You can set up the models to create your own dream matches and other custom screenshots.

– Monster Field Guide: This mode allows you to read up on the bio’s of each monster within the game. Photos, their appearances during Godzilla’s film history, info on their appearances and others types of integral info can be read here.

– Online Multiplayer Mode: This PS4 exclusive mode will let players hop online and participate in one-on-one matches or 3-monster battle royals.

Buy Godzilla (The Game) here.

3. The Roster is Full of Recognizable Monsters Who Have Starred in Godzilla Films

The complete roster for this game includes the most notable monsters present throughout the Godzilla film series. Different versions of certain creatures will be playable, plus a few new monsters will pop up in the PS4 version:

– Godzilla: 1964 (PS4 Exclusive), 1989, 1995
– MechaGodzilla: 1974 (PS4 Exclusive), 1975, 1993, 2003
– SpaceGodzilla (PS4 Exclusive)
– Mothra: 1992
– King Ghidorah: 1991
– Mecha-King Ghidorah (PS4 Exclusive)
– Biollante
– Jet Jaguar
– Destoroyah
– Hedorah: 1971
– Gigan: Modified 2004
– Anguirus: 1968 (PS4 Exclusive)
– Rodan: 1956 (PS4 Exclusive)
– Battra: Larva & Imago (PS4 Exclusive)

4. Several Iconic Weapons, Vehicles and Monster Races Will Be Featured

You’ll have to deal with monsters across each stage, of course. But you’ll also have to contend with several other obstacles, such as weapons, vehicles and other creature races. Check out the list below to see what other dangers you’ll have to contend with:

– G-Force
– Maser Cannon
– MBT-92
– DAG-MB96
– ASTOL-MB93
– Super X
– Super X2
– Super X3
– Garuda (attached to Super MechaGodzilla)
– Gotengo

5. The Pre-Order Bonus Gifts Players With A The Most Recent Rendition of Godzilla

As a special pre-order bonus, you’ll get the chance to wreak havoc as 2014’s American Hollywood Godzilla. Also, you’ll get to enjoy the game in its throwback film glory with black-and-white Hollywood cinema video filters.

Buy Godzilla (The Game) here.

Godzilla (The Game): The Screenshots You Need to See

Take a look at this screenshots collection for the PS4 release of the former Japan exclsuive, Godzilla.

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Here are the top 10 tips/tricks/cheats you need to know for Sonic Runners.

1. Get Yourself New Characters

• They are bound to have bonus abilities. Take Classic Sonic for example, he multiplies the distance you run by 2.5! Your other choices for playable characters includes Modern Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Amitie-Style Amy, Espio, Charmy, Vector, Cream, Big the Cat, Shadow, Rogue, E-123 Omega, Blaze, Silver and Metal Sonic. Note that Classic Sonic can only be used during the special “Happy Birthday, Sonic!” event from June 24th to July 3rd, 2015. Each character is a certain type, such as Knuckles Power Hero-type affiliation.

2. Don’t Forget to Level Up Your Characters

• Each time you use Rings to Level Up your characters, their stat bonuses grow a little bit. We preferred to stick it out with Sonic and make him the best character in our stable. He’s the most stable runner in the game since he can adapt quite easily to every stage’s obstacles. Score Bonus, Animal Bonus and Ring Bonus are the main stats you should upgrade since these are the primary activities you’ll do over everything else.

3. Match Up Your Character and Buddy Types

• Buddies have special bonuses when matched with their corresponding characters. For example, match the Egg Chao with any Speed type Character to get a 5-percent increase in the distance you run.

4. Follow Along The Path of Crystals and Rings & Make Sure You Take Eggman Every Time He Comes Around

• Each stage has paths of Crystals and Rings. If you follow those, you’ll be able to avoid all obstacles. Plus when you run into Eggman, you should always knock some rings out of him. Sometimes he’ll drop a Red Ring or two after an attack lands. Boost your score, double jump over his jump pads if you need to and bring his life down to 0 every time he pops up.

5. Match Up Stage and Character Types

• Check the “Play” button at the bottom of the screen. It will have a Speed, Power or Fly type icon on it. Choose a Speed type when playing a Speed stage to optimize your chance of getting a high score!

‘J-Stars Victory Vs+': 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

J-Stars Victory Vs+ will finally arrive on the PS4 and PS3 in the States with some notable features you need to know about.

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Game: J-Stars Victory Vs+
Consoles: PS4 (reviewed), PS3, PS Vita
Publisher: Bandai Namco
Developer: Spike Chunsoft

It’s hard to fathom how this once Japan-only fighter managed to get ported over to the US and UK. Its roster is a hodgepodge of the most revered characters from Weekly Shonen Jump’s mix of different titles. Bandai Namco knew how vast the fanbase of anime fans can be, which is why they did the impossible and brought this playable form of fan service to the PS4. J-Stars Victory Vs+’s all-star dream scenario has finally made its way to our shores.

J-Stars Victory Vs+ features a couple of franchise standouts that should be familiar to many – Dragon Ball, One Piece, Bleach, Fist of the North Star and Yu Yu Hakusho are represented well here. Some lesser known Jump series make an appearance here and should be the gateway to discovering its lore, such as Beelzebub and Reborn! The game does an awesome job of getting fans familiar with each and every character. The gallery mode provides a brief summary of each series, its playable characters and the many assists tied to them. After spending some time with this mode, players should become a bit more appreciative of the roster and its storied history.

Buy J-Stars Victory VS+ here.

From a visual standpoint, this anime fighter looks great. The illustrative styles behind each character stay close to their source material, plus the battlefields all do a great job of including the best elements that fans will recognize. However, watching static images of each character interact in the extensive adventure mode is a letdown. After watching the opening cutscene full of intense crossover battles and nods to each character, its disappointing to see that more instances of this don’t pop up afterwards. The over-the-top special moves and overall madness that occurs during battle look great, of course. But the text heavy exchanges between characters in adventure mode are a bore and will leave you unfulfilled.

As a fighter, J-Stars Victory Vs+ is decent enough. You’ll get the chance to do battle in two-vs-two battles across several modes. There’s over 50 characters to choose from who fall into playable and support roles. You have your normal use of weak and strong attacks, special moves, dodging and huge finishing maneuvers. Once you’ve become acclimated to the game’s mechanics though, the fun factor here starts to wear thin. There’s nothing particularly deep about the fighting mechanics offered to players. Fights fall into a formula of grounding your opponent, moving away before they touch you and repeating the same combos over and over until your finishing move is activated. Sure, the hectic fights are fun at first. But the formula gets old quite pretty quickly due to the lack of deeper features that could make each battle act out a little differently.

There’s a nice amount of playable modes on hand to keep you busy. The inclusion of an arcade mode is a cool addition, plus the game’s original gathering of modes comes along for the ride. The Victory Road mode allows players to act out anime dream matches, plus there are co-op and competitive options for local/online. The game’s main adventure mode act gets old and stale though, so you may lose the desire to play through all four scenarios. J-Stars Victory Vs+ may not offer much in the form of deep, rewarding gameplay, but it does a great job of showcasing the best of Weekly Shonen Jump.

Bottom Line

J-Stars Victory Vs+ is a fighter with the potential to be the best anime fighter to hit American and European shores. However, its merely a decent experience that’s more fan service friendly than anything else. The vast amount of characters, modes, dioramas, music etc. for each anime featured is nothing to scoff at. Its visuals shine brightest when its time to throw down. The lack of some deeper mechanics that could freshen up the repetitive matches keeps this fighter from being a lot better. Anime fans will like it for what it is, though – a playable history lesson of anime’s storied past.

Score: 6/10

Pros:

• The battle graphics do a fine job of showcasing the madness at hand


• Features a varied roster of playable and support characters


• Does an awesome job of giving anime fans the best elements of each franchise

Cons:

• Fights get old and stale after a while due to overly simplistic gameplay


• Adventure Mode formula is a chore to play through


• Lack of more amazing cutscenes are disappointing

Buy J-Stars Victory VS+ here.

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