Wait a tick, aren’t we from Battles of the Ancient World I?
HexWar is becoming the next Slitherine in that we can’t go a week or two without announcing a new game from them. Hell, today we already talked about their upcoming Infection: Humanity’s Last Gasp and Battles of the Ancient World I was in Out Tonight only 2 weeks ago.
This week it’s the creatively titled Battles of the Ancient World II, which uses the ruleset created by Decision Games and engine built for the first volume that was just released for iOS earlier this month. This second volume includes battles such as Issus, Metaurus, Carrhae, and Idistavisus and if you know what those are without looking them up, you’re too damn smart to be reading anything I wrote, so I’ll understand if you leave.
BotAW2 has 5 campaigns, not including the tutorial, as well as 3 levels of AI. There’s over 50 different units, flanking attacks, and everything you’d expect in a HexWar title.
Look for Battles of the Ancient World II to release at midnight for iOS Universal and cost $3. No trailer for this one, yet, so instead you’ll find a trailer for BotAW1 after the break along with the rest of tonight’s releases.
The second game is one of those 5-minute puzzlers that work so well on our phones. This one is called The Top Spot and it’s being published by Chillingo. The goal of this one is to tap each spot on the screen from the topmost down to the lowest one. Unfortunately, you can’t tell which is above which without moving them so that they overlap. I don’t know why, but watching the trailer for this one sold me. I’m usually a sucker for these anyway, but something about the dots all orbiting the screen and whatever looks damn cool. The only downside I can spot (ho-ho!) is that it’s free to download, which could mean a paywall at some point. Guess I’ll have to give it a shot to find out. The Top Spot will be available for iOS Universal tonight at midnight.
Our last game tonight is Capitals from NimbleBit. We looked at it last week when it soft launched in Canada, and we were told it would be coming on May 21st. Usually, that means midnight tonight, but I’m not sure if a soft-launched game like that will spread from the New Zealand App Store like all the others. So, check for it tonight, but it might not actually go world-wide until some time tomorrow.
Capitals is a head-to-head word game that involves not just being able to spell, but also some tactical maneuvering as you attempt to take over your opponent’s space and, eventually, their capital. It looks a bit like Letterpress, which is a good thing. It, too, is a free-to-download game which isn’t surprising considering it’s from NimbleBit. It will be released world-wide for iOS Universal.
As usual, tell us what we missed. I’m guessing there’s at least a gem or two I didn’t stumble across.
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