Welcome to the first version of This Week’s Games. Each week we will be previewing and looking at the upcoming games for that week. We will first preview the games we have had hands on experience with, and also look over the games that we know are coming but are yet to try. The games are listed in alphabetical order, not by preference. We have a huge list of games coming out over the next few days so be excited! We expect the games to come out on the listed dates, but their release date could change.

Drop the Chicken 2 (by AppInTheBox) June 8

Our hero ‘Chuck The Chicken’ is back and he has been captured by the circus’s evil monkey ring master and he must perform his way through each of the levels to win his girlfriend back and escape once again.

Drop The Chicken 2 – Back to the Circus is the sequel to the original Chuck The Chicken by AppInTheBox. The gameplay is similar to that found in Cut The Rope but has many different twists to make it feel unique in its own right. There are 100 levels to complete and there are also many easter eggs to find and bonus levels to try. The animations are amusing, as are the sound effects too. If you played the original, or liked Cut the Rope, Drop The Chicken 2 is well worth picking up.

Freak Circus Racing (by JUMBON LTD.) June 4

Freak Circus Racing is a crazy fun physics based racing game with wacky 2D graphics and solid gameplay. Climb the steepest hills, tune your cars and face off with the mad Freaks. Then challenge your friends and humiliate them!

Freak Circus Racing is a crazy and wacky side scrolling racer. You have been kicked out of the circus and want to show the freaks who’s the best racer in town. Over 40 levels you and Hugo will beat many obstacles whilst adapting your car along the way. The controls are simple: tap accelerate to move forward, and brake to move back. The same two controls are also used to stabilize your vehicle when you go over a jump.

The levels throw tough challenges from the get go, meaning it will take a while to complete all 40 of them completely. You can also customize your vehicle by changing your power, spin, grip, stability and also changing the design of the car through the garage shop. The game does have IAP though, as you can only play levels with gas in your tank, meaning you have to wait 30 minutes for it to full up, letting you have ten attempts at completing levels every half an hour. Alternatively you can watch an advertisement to fill the tank up. Continue reading this post ->

Indie development studio from Beijing, Substantial Games, have officially released alpha gameplay footage of their upcoming iPad game, The Ember Conflict, which is set to land on the App Store sometime in Fall of 2014. From what looks to be heavily inspired by Autumn Dynasty but also a mix between Warhammer and Total War, The Ember Conflict is real-time-strategy game that features the ability to play online against other players in a 3D environment. While details are very scare at the moment, Substantial Games received an investment of more than $300,000 from Empower Investments, who are located out of Shanghai. With that in mind, any company who is willing to invest that kind of money into a development studio definitely shows what serious potential The Ember Conflict has once it’s launched on the App Store. At the moment we are told that the game will only be available for the iPad, so it’s hard to say if we’ll ever see an iPhone version or not. Going off the alpha gameplay video below, The Ember Conflict appears to be coming along well despite any bugs that there may be. For those that want to get an early release copy that may come with a few bugs or glitches here and there, you can signup for the newsletter that will notify you when it becomes available.

More development updates are planned for the future as well, so we’ll be sure to keep you updated as those are released. Continue reading this post ->