Welcome to ‘This Week’s Games’ and already we are predicting this to be one of the best weeks for game releases this month! So sit back, get your App Store ready, and enjoy our preview of this week’s upcoming games.

Fairystone (by Odenis Studio) — June 25th

It’s peaceful, positive and beautiful and you can do so much with it. Construct your home, invite fairies, and create an incredible ecosystem full of life and magic. Truly, there is no limits for your imagination: you could compose music, create a castle, fly like a bird, and so much more.

Fairystone is probably as close to Minecraft an app can get without being sued. It is a sandbox game which allows you to construct many buildings and homes. The game runs natively on iOS at an impressive 60fps and has amazing graphics, making the environments look very good. Not much more is known about the game as its developers have decided to keep quite, but we do know it is out on Thursday. Continue reading this post ->

Apps over the years have changed in terms of pricing. It used to be the case where you had a free “lite” version of a game, and a pro version. In-app purchases were to remove ads and enhance the experience. Now, almost no apps have a lite version, and the majority of in-app purchases are used to actually play the game.

Apple has begun highlighting non-freemium games in a new section of the App Store the companies calls, “Pay Once & Play”. The company describes the section as “great games with no in-app purchases”. First spotted by MacStories, the section is divided into three categories: Recent Releases, Blockbuster Games and App Store Originals. Some of the popular titles include: Minecraft, Thomas Was Alone and Threes!.

Here are a few more games listed in Pay Once & Play:

• Blek
• Hero Emblems
• XCOM: Enemy Within
• Battleheart Legacy
• Space Marshals
• Goblin Sword
• Gunbrick

The section was first spotted in the UK, and has since spread all across the world to places like Europe, the United States, and various other countries. Continue reading this post ->

We’re back at it again folks with another awesome giveaway! This time around we’ve got 20 codes (10 for iPhone and 10 for iPad) of Imagine Ink‘s game MAI Crafted, a Minecraft-like game but with some cool features and additions. We’ve got plenty of codes to giveaway, so don’t be afraid to enter! Read on below for more rules and information.

How to Enter

Looking to win yourself a copy of MIA Crafted? All you’ve got to do is follow the instructions below and you’re good to go!

1. Follow PocketFullOfApps and follow @MAIgame on Twitter.
2. Tweet the following: I just entered to win MAI Crafted for #FREE from @pocketfullofapp & @MAIgame! More details: http://bit.ly/X4Xkxm #giveaway #minecraft
   
3. Or click here to automatically tweet the above (will open a link in a new window).
4. Want to DOUBLE your chances? Like us on Facebook!

Due to the fact we have 10 codes for both the iPhone and iPad version, we can’t guarantee you will win the version you want. To help us, we would strongly advise you comment below with your Twitter username (@insert_name_here) and which version you would like to win. We will do our best to get the correct version to right winner, however, we are limited on the amount of codes we have. Winners will be randomly picked as well. Good luck! Continue reading this post ->

From the description on Youtube:

Block Fortress is an iOS exclusive game that combines the freedom and creativity of block-building games like Minecraft, the strategy of tower defense, and the action of first-person shooters into one totally unique gaming experience. It offers more than 30 different building blocks, 16 different turret blocks, and tons of additional items to build (including mining blocks, lumber blocks, storage crates, power generators, and much more). It also includes many different weapon and item upgrades for your character – all brought to bear against the relentless attacks of the Goblocks!

If you’re excited as much as we are, Block Fortress will land on the App Store March 7th. Continue reading this post ->

Yup, that’s right folks! Mojang has released an update for their highly popular game Minecraft – Pocket Edition featuring some new objects and bug fixes. If you’re interested, you can read the full update log that we have for you to see below and in addition to that, if you want to pick up the lite version click here.

ATTENTION!
Known bug – game may crash when clicking on empty furnace inventory slot.

Minor release 3.2 (Furnaces – No more unlimited items)
– Furnaces! Every available block and item can now be gathered, crafted or smelted into.
– Grow trees! Saplings dropped when harvesting leaf with Shears.
– More tiles such as thin glass, and half blocks in different material.
– Gold, diamond and iron ore can now be gathered (smelt them for stronger tools)!
– Fixes: less flickering/Z-fighting on some devices, mobs have correct health, fixed rendering of fence gates and half blocks in hand.

This update is free to download, however, you can buy the full version on the App Store via this link. Continue reading this post ->