This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup includes a tremendous resource for finding hiking trails and campgrounds, a simple todo list creator and an app-based obedience school for dogs of all ages. And as always, we've picked out two great new games for you to check out.
Just a quick reminder that Feral recently confirmed that Total War: Warhammer II, the second installment of its epic fantasy strategy series, is coming to macOS and Linux later this year.
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup includes a podcast magazine, a healthy food-finder, and a new type of read-it-later app. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
If you're old enough to remember the gold rush that kicked off when App Store opened its doors in July 2008 alongside the iPhone 3G launch, you probably remember Trism.
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup include a new safe and anonymous social network, a different kind of weather app, and an extremely powerful photo editor. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
The App Store opened on July 10, 2008. One day later, the iPhone 3G was launched. The rest, as they say, is history. Just days before the tenth anniversary of the App Store, Apple is reminding the world just how relevant the store has been, not only to the tech industry but to everyone else as well.
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features a video editor and resizer, an app that helps you select outfits, and an app that pays you to watch ads (if you're lucky). And as usual, we've picked two great new games for you to check out.
There's a new Pokémon game ready for your attention. Pokémon Quest is launching today, June 27, around the world on iOS and Android devices. The game launched first on the Nintendo Switch late last month.
Snapchat is reportedly gearing up to launch an internal app store of gaming titles this fall.
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features a new app for spicing up your selfies, a powerful weather app with nostalgic graphics, and a new kind of news app. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
Just in time for this weekend's season 2 finale, Warner Bros. has released an official game based on the popular HBO series, "Westworld." The simulation game allows you to take on the role of a newly hired Delos employee who is granted access to the Delos Park Training Simulation, or DPTS.
In the game, which was written by those of the series, you’ll meet some familiar characters, including Bernard, Delores, and Maeve. Along the way, you’ll have the opportunity to control all aspects of Westworld park operations including manufacturing, managing, and upgrading AI-based Hosts, as well as satisfying a wide range of Guest desires.
The game’s initial content spans the first season of the series but will include more once season two ends.
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According to Jonathan Knight, vice president, studio head at WB Games San Francisco:
We are excited for Westworld players to experience what it’s like to manage a complex theme park powered by human desires and artificial life. The game features a compelling, unfolding narrative and multi-layered gameplay while remaining highly approachable and intuitive to play.
The Westworld game offers a combination of construction and management elements with roleplaying game RPG style character development. Gameplay takes place on two levels: Aboveground, where there is the western-themed world visitors experience, and Belowground, the high-tech Delos facility where Hosts are manufactured, repaired and upgraded.
"Westworld" first arrived on the scene in October 2016 and is based on the 1973 film of the same name. The story takes place in a fictional, technologically advanced Wild-West-themed amusement park populated by android “hosts.” High-paying “guests” may indulge their wildest fantasies within the park.
The series stars Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, and James Marsden.
As a long-time “Westworld” fan, this official game looks like a lot of fun; I can’t wait to try it out further in the coming days. The season finale of "Westworld" airs on HBO this Sunday, June 24.
You can download the game on the App Store and watch the series on the HBO Now app.
Fortnite has already made $100 million on the App Store, just 90 days after its launch. This makes it the second quickest game to reach this milestone behind Clash Royale, according to Sensor Tower.
First launched on iOS on March 19, Fortnite reached $25 million in Apple platform sales in 30 days, while achieving the $50 million mark 15 days later. Clash Royale made $154 million after just 90 days in the App Store.
As Sensor Tower explains, these numbers are impressive:
In reaching this milestone, Epic Games has managed to surpass some of most successful multiplayer mobile titles of the past two years, despite the fact that Fortnite initially launched in invite-only form for two of the 12 weeks it has been available. As the chart below shows, it earned more than 3x as much as Tencent’s massively successful Honor of Kings—known as Arena of Valor in Western markets—did in China during its first 90 days on iOS, despite not being available there itself.
Considered a co-op sandbox survival game, Fortnite was developed by Epic Games and People Can Fly. The game launched on multiple platforms on July 25, including Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Epic announced Fortnite Mobile on iOS in March. At the time, it promised that the mobile port would have the same features, content, and weekly updates as Fortnite Battle Royale for PC, Mac, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
“We believe this is the future of games. The same game on all platforms. Console quality graphics and action. Play when you want, where you want,” Epic wrote.
Initially, the iOS version was available by invitation only. It launched to everyone on April 2. A May update added new locations to explore, new rewards to earn, and drag and drop support on the quickbar for quickly organizing inventory items.
You can download the free-to-play Fortnite on the App Store.