Some elements were familiar – ie all the shooting – but new twists included the ability to swap between first-person action and a more tactical third-person view to plot your squad's tactics.Ĭlumsy Ninja was first shown off at Apple's iPhone 5 launch in 2012, but took a while to reach the App Store. There was real imagination at work here, and iOS gamers responded.Īctivision's latest Call of Duty game was made for mobile devices from the ground up. Justifiably recognised by Apple in its Best of 2013 awards, Badland is the perfect game to get stuck into over Christmas: a platform-adventure set in an eerie forest, with beautiful visuals, slick physics and plenty of exploration. This time round, you could play as both sides, and there's a range of Telepods toys that interact with the game too, Skylanders-style. This was the second Angry Birds game to be set in the Star Wars universe, with characters turned into birds and pigs, and 120 levels to fling them through. Photograph: PR ACTION Angry Birds Star Wars II

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