Sunday, April 19, 2015

These are the best Android and iOS apps of the week – NU.nl

Halo: Spartan Assault and Halo: Spartan Strike

This week Microsoft released not one but two Halo games for iOS, next releases on Xbox and Windows. The first title, Spartan Assault , was published in 2013, successor Spartan Strike is completely new. However, both games have the same format, and play them both down into the Halo universe.

In this game you look as opposed to the big Halo games for Xbox not by the sight of the Master Chief, but check out the action from above. Both titles are called top-down shooters , where the angle is fixed and the player still roughly the middle image is

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The Halo games have is easy to operate with two thumbs, the left thumb controls the main character, with the right thumb in shoot. A short tutorial makes the player quickly familiar with the simple but effective control which also things like driving, throwing grenades and special promotions are not going out of the way.

The smooth gameplay takes place in short levels, which are ideal for short gaming moments on a phone. The levels are interspersed with slick movies, like the design of the levels in previous Halo players certainly strike a chord. Spartan Assault incidentally takes place between Halo 3 and 4 , in the newer Spartan Strike relive battles from Halo 2

Download Halo. Spartan Assault for iOS (5.99 euros)
Download Halo: Spartan Strike for iOS (5.99 euros)
Download both games as a bundle for iOS (9.99 euros)

Implosion

Implosion is a mobile game with the appearance and depth of a console title. The game was announced in 2013, and has like games for consoles a long development with here and there a delay. Yet Implosion is the long wait and worth the hefty price of a tenner

In the game you play the role of Jake, the pilot of a Mecha . A robotic suit which he with a growing arsenal of weapons and aalvallen playing against different monsters. Because the game is designed specifically for touch screens, the controls feel despite the broad possibilities never too complicated. Attacks are automatically stronger, can you as the game progresses the possibilities of attacks self build

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That means Implision where the heels down and pop off monsters central, yet always fresh. The makers seem to have here and there cheated in games like Devil May Cry , Ninja Gaiden and God of War . The number of attacks Jake or lags far behind that of the main characters from those games, Implosion still feels just as compelling.

Download Implosion for Android (free early levels, then 11.40 euros )
Download Implosion for iOS (9.99 euros)

Android for Work

More and more people use their own phone or tablet also at work, or their work unit just private. Android for Work is an official Google app that makes it easier and safer than ever.

Android for Work is designed as a folder, which thanks to thanks to the icon of a briefcase is clearly recognizable as a workbook. The folder can with a code, password or pattern lock, and includes special working versions of all standard apps. There is to find a working version of Chrome, calendars, contact lists, e-mail and even a camera app

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Everything was there with those apps work done is separate from the other apps on the phone or tablet. Thus, work-related issues not only better encrypted, but would parents with children, for example, you tablet to give their child carefree.

Android for Work offers next special versions of Google apps also have access to an Office package. Thanks to a separate folder is even possible colleagues or IT administrators to provide access to the work-related files and apps, while separate from private and remain encrypted. The app is free to download, but the user’s business must still register with Google.

Download Android for Work for Android (free)

Hearthstone

Excellent digital card game Hearthstone’s been a while playable on PCs and tablets, and since this week on smartphones. This is the interface of the game changed slightly so that players on the small screen easier access to their cards. On larger screens, there is a simultaneous view of both the board and the cards on Android devices and iPhones should be exchanged between the two.

That works fine. Tickets are at the bottom right image, the high resolution of most current smartphones that are still pretty good read. With one press of the cards they come bigger screen, and can be placed on the board. Buttons are all somewhat smaller, but nowhere so small that it impedes not play

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Therefore, players may this smartphone version of Hearthstone compete against any other player, regardless of device. The game is not about quick reflexes, but the strategic playing the right cards. As you defeat the creatures that evokes the opponent with his cards, and candy your life points away.

There is direct access to both the free base game, as the various extensions. Also published this week Black Rock Mountain is readily available, with plenty of new cards and opponents, where every week new chapters of release in the coming weeks.

Download Hearthstone Android or iOS (free)

By: NU.nl/Floris Gate

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