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iPhone It In: Phantom Mansion: The Red Chamber
More than any other feature on Joysitq, iPhone It In is a meritocracy. If I or some other member of the staff finds themselves unable to stay away from a game, it makes it into this feature. The end. And it just so happens that this week, I can't keep my thumb off of Phantom Mansion: The Red Chamber. It's an utterly simple puzzle-action game, presented via a top-down view of several rooms in the titular mansion. You'll control a little dude named Hector as he wanders from room to room using the keys within to collect all the skull-shaped souls in each, manipulating boxes, switches, etc. to navigate past pitfalls and the mansion's skeletal denizens. The weird thing is, I don't know why I can't stop playing the thing. %Gallery-82950%
Eidos leaves casual games studio Gimme5games
In these rocky economic times it seems like everyone is trimming down and getting leaner. That's certainly the case for Eidos, as just two weeks after shuttering its Rockpool Games mobile branch the Tomb Raider pub has walked away from another studio, Gimme5games. However, rather than fold, the casual game dev now sings a song of independence, having reclaimed rights to the company's games, sites and properties from its former partner. The move is said to be in line with Eidos' plan to focus on key franchises, something that likely doesn't include disposable Flash games. Maybe with fewer irons in the fire, the publisher can now focus on getting promised games and DLC out the door on time.
