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Into the Dead, endless zombie shooter for mobile, hits 10 million
Mobile games may not all reach the same level of fame as retail or desktop counterparts, but the market is strong, producing games that sell millions more than some of our favorites and support entire teams of developers. Into the Dead from mobile publisher PikPok, for example, just passed 10 million downloads across iOS and Android devices, after five months on the market. Into the Dead is an endless runner combined with a shooter, all set in the zombie apocalypse. It's free on iOS and Android, but a no-ad version of the game is available for $2 as an in-app purchase. And now for a thought experiment: If only 10 percent of players purchase the ad-free game, that's $2,000,000. Not bad for a 5-month-old. If you want to bring Into the Dead to 10,000,001 downloads, head to the App Store or Google Play. Another PikPok game to pass 10 million downloads is Flick Kick Football. The Flick Kick series has clocked in more than 20 million downloads.
Portabliss: Robot Unicorn Attack 2 (iOS)
Is it possible you haven't played Robot Unicorn Attack yet? It's by far Adult Swim's most popular onilne Flash game, and not only is it available to play for free (in a few different forms) in your browser, but it's about a robot unicorn collecting fairies and dashing through star crystals while the 2009 remix of Erasure's "Always" plays in the background. Seriously, you better have played this.The game's also spawned three different versions on iOS, including the original, a Heavy Metal version, and a special Christmas edition. But now the full numbered sequel has arrived on iPhones and iPads, and it's made by PikPok, the developers behind the excellent Monsters Ate My Condo games.I'll hit the sourest note first: "Always" isn't in this one. At least not right away.
Daily iPhone App: Super Monsters Ate My Condo makes a great game even better
Monsters Ate My Condo, developed by PikPok and published by Adult Swim, has been one of my favorite games this year so far. It's a frenetic puzzle game that has you tossing apartment blocks into the various hungry mouths of gigantic monsters, trying to stack up the right colors and earn points all over a very weird, but wild, aesthetic. And yesterday, Adult Swim surprised us with a re-release of the game, this time called Super Monsters Ate My Condo. The Super version leaves the basic core gameplay intact, but while the original version has an "endless mode" included, this one sticks with only the timed mode, and instead builds a more addictive progression backend on to the game. Now, you earn coins by playing and scoring, and those coins can go back into "boosts," which help your multiplier and your bonuses, or hats for the monsters, which help you with each different bonus as well. Obviously, these coins can also be purchased with real money, which might make you guess that this is just a freemium money grab. And while that could be true, it actually works without extra in-app purchases: The progression system (along with a Jetpack Joyride-style goals system and a wheel of prizes at the end of each round) actually make the game a little more grounded and interesting to play. You'll want to keep the first copy of the game on your phone for that endless mode, but Super Monsters Ate My Condo does add a whole new dimension of addictiveness to what was already a great game. It's available on the App Store now for just $0.99.
Velocirapture, new game from Monsters Ate My Condo dev, smites iOS
PikPok, the developer behind Monsters Ate My Condo, has let loose its next mobile title for Adult Swim. Velocirapture, a universal iOS app for iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad, charges players with guiding the hand of God to save all the good little dinosaurs during the dino-rapture. Sounds completely plausible.As part of its launch, Velocirapture is available at a reduced price of $.99 until Monday, June 25. After Monday it'll set you back $1.99.
Monsters Ate My Condo debuts on Android, free on iOS for a limited time
It's no secret that we very much enjoy Monsters Ate My Condo. We love giant unicorns with an addiction to cosmetic surgery who used to front '80s rock bands but now work at self-esteem help lines. It's our kyrptonite. Previously exclusive to iOS platforms, PikPok's puzzle game is finally making its debut on Android. It's available right now in the Google Play Store for $.99.And to celebrate being App of the week on the App store, Adult Swim is also offering Monsters Ate My Condo on iOS for free. This offer will only be available for a limited time, so make sure you hit up iTunes and give it a download before these giant monsters have gotten their fill of plaster and Ikea furniture.
Portabliss: Monsters Ate My Condo! (iOS)
Did you know that you can download handheld games now? That's amazingly convenient! The only inconvenient part of it is finding the right games to buy -- and that's where we come in, with our Portabliss column. In each installment, we'll tell you about a downloadable game on the iPhone, iPad, Android device, DSi, 3DS, PSP, etc. Today: Monsters Ate My Condo!. I've always had a bad feeling about condos. I always thought of them as either the home of some lecherous old dude trying to do gross things or the set of some sitcom starring a bunch of lecherous old dudes. Now I know why I shied away from that style of dwelling: because monsters love to eat condos. %Gallery-134311%
Adult Swim unleashes Monsters Ate My Condo on iOS, plans Bring Me Sandwiches!! for later this month
The latest brainchild of Adult Swim Games is a pretty-far-out-there title. In Monsters Ate My Condo, you feed condos in an apartment high-rise to gigantic, hungry monsters. It's as weird as it sounds, and we're just in love with the names of the four titular monsters: Boat Head, Reginald Starfire, Mr. Shigoto and Lord Ferocious. The game is a universal iOS app, developed by PikPok for Adult Swim, and is currently available on the App store for $0.99 -- though it's only recommended for iPhone 3GS and up. Adult Swim has also partnered with Grumpyface Studios for another iOS game called Bring Me Sandwiches!!, which should be available for download later this month. %Gallery-134311%
