[caption id="attachment_78924" align="aligncenter" width="500"] An example of a common micro-transaction a consumer might see. Credits to AppStorm.[/caption]

As the exponential growth of technology speeds ahead, so must the complexity of the gaming industry. Almost 60 years ago, the brown box console came out. The incursion of quarter slot arcades presented a market for at home consoles, and then five decades later, the endless myriad of freemium apps came to market. Some games along the way are most notable for their ground breaking achievements, presenting an aspect of gaming that left all other aspects inferior. Golden Eye 007 for the Nintendo 64 provided a local muliplayer first person shooter platform that revolutionized the industry. Games like Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto pushed the limits of acceptable stimulus and forced companies to obey the newly founded ESRB rating system. When Halo: Combat Evolved came out, it single handedly was responsible for the successful launch of the XBOX, and it’s no surprise that an anniversary collection with Halo 5 muliplayer beta was released for the Xbox One.

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I had been hearing and reading a bit about Clash of Clans so I decided to download it and give it a try. Overall it can be a fun game but it might not be for everyone.

The goal of Clash of Clans is to build your village and defend it against attacks. There are a number of ways you can play the game. You can build up your village and live a peaceful existence. You can build up an army and attack the goblins, and you can build up your army and attack other players. This is one of the nice things of the game, diversity. To move or build up your clan (village) more quickly you need to do a mix of the three.

You start the game with a small village and a tutorial to get your going. During the tutorial you learn the basics of the game. In the game there are three currencies: gold, elixir, and gems. Gold and elixir are used to build troops, buildings, upgrades, clear the land etc. Whenever you tap on an item, it will indicate what you need to upgrade or build. Gems are used to help speed up the process. Continue reading this post ->

Supercell is proud to announce that their new game, Clash of Clans, is now available from the App Store on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Clash of Clans is a combat strategy game in which players must grow and defend their villages by building and training troops, gathering resources and teaming up with other players. Featuring Game Center and Facebook social connectivity, players will be able to battle with others around the world—either cooperatively or competitively—as they employ cannons, towers, mortars, bombs and more on the quest to build the strongest army possible and defeat the Goblin King.

In Clash of Clans, players claim a village and raise an army of Barbarians, War Wizards, Dragons and other mighty fighters. Players can then join a clan with others playing the game around the world to rise through the ranks together MMO-style, or create their own clans to contest ownership of the Realm. Players playing together as clan mates will be able to gather and strategize in real time through the game’s global chat function, as well as instantly donate troops to each other and trade resources in order to strengthen their defenses.

Clash of Clans features a multi-touch “Draw and Deploy” attacking mechanism with an intuitive user interface that uses the full retina display. Clash of Clans is available for free from the App Store via this link. Enjoy! Continue reading this post ->