Deus Ex: The autumn is officially out for iOS platforms. The sport is an offshoot of the 2011 game Deus Ex: Human Revolution. It’s also probably the most ambitious mobile games yet released, trying to bring the experience of a console stealth/shooter to the small screen.

Rather than follow Human Revolution protagonist Adam Jensen, the sport follows a British mercenary named Ben Saxon as he investigates a world drug conspiracy. Though the controls for the sport were adapted for a splash screen, The autumn seems to be just almost like its PC and console predecessors.

The Fall sells for $6.99/£4.99/€5.99 in Apple’s App Store. The sport will run on iPhone 4S and newer iPhones, 3rd-generation iPads and newer iPads, and at the latest generation of iPod Touch devices.

As seen within the launch trailer below, the graphics within the Fall don’t come near those of the great-looking Human Revolution. However, much of the gameplay Deus Ex fans love does appear to have made it into the mobile game.

Rovio, the developer behind the Angry Birds series, today announced that it’ll publish a game called Tiny thief on Thursday, July 11. The sport, the second one to come back out under the publisher’s ‘Rovio Stars’ label, should be available for both iOS and Android.

Rovio Stars is Rovio’s initiative to publish third-party titles on mobile platforms. It’s a tacit acknowledgement that a single mobile developer cannot stay innovative enough on its own to dominate mobile gaming, and that the recognition of the Angry Birds franchise might not last forever. The 1st game released under the label was Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage.

In contrast to Icebreaker’s physics-based action gameplay, Tiny Thief is a more laid-back hidden object and puzzle-solving game. The sport is decided in a medieval world crammed with offbeat characters and humorous events. The effect, as seen within the trailer below, is a game that seems kind of like classic point-and-click adventure games equivalent to Day of the Tentacle and Monkey Island, which might seem an ideal fit for touch-based mobile gaming.

Assassin’s Creed III introduced plenty of elements to the franchise that mostly garnered a powerful “meh” from gamers, but most can agree that its introduction of ship battles was definitely the highlight. That enthusiasm for naval combat could have been the explanation Ubisoft turned to pirates during this year’s title.

Today, Ubisoft released a brand new trailer for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag that shows off the game’s pirate gameplay and naval combat. Like several good pirate, players will spend lots of their free time hunting treasure that they find on maps. A few of the treasure which you find may also help you upgrade your ship to tackle the tougher naval challenges.

Some people will claim that they’re becoming bored with Assassin’s Creed, and that’s a legitimate argument. Others argue that pirate games are passé, but that one’s a bit of harder to defend. It’s rare that we get a pirate game, not to mention an outstanding one; and Assassin’s Creed IV is calling to be a very good pirate game.

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will launch on October 29 for the Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Wii U. It’ll even be a launch title for the Xbox One and PS4.

Just yesterday, GameStop announced that it had completely sold out of its initial allotment of PS4 units. Now another retailer has announced a similar.

Amazon announced today via its Games Facebook page that it has completely sold out of its initial allotment of PS4 and Xbox One launch units. Because the retailer notes, it only took them a month to sell throughout the launch unit preorders:

After a crazy and exciting month, we’ve sold through our initial allocations of PS4 and Xbox One. Thanks to all who’ve ordered and shared your opinions. We’ve got the everyday Editions for both consoles still available, but we can’t guarantee these at release. Please check back here as we’ll update you first if we receive further release day allocations.

What Amazon didn’t say is that it has sold out of its dearer launch day bundles in addition. The sell through rate of those bundle only further cements that the hype for next-gen consoles is incredibly high, and should remain so within the end of the year.

Amazon may well be sold out of both the PS4 and the Xbox One, but GameStop still has the Xbox Sooner or later One Edition available for preorder. There’s no make sure that will probably be available much longer, however, so that you better preorder now when you have your heart set on an Xbox One this holiday season.

For 13 years, China has officially banned the sale of online game consoles in its country. Now, a brand new Chinese economic plan reveals that the ban may soon come to an end – but with a catch.

The South China Morning Post today reported that a policy blueprint for a “Shanghai free trade zone” would allow for the sale of online game consoles, so long as foreign hardware companies (inclusive of Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft) manufacture the consoles throughout the new free trade zone. The plan reportedly has the backing of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who’s looking to open China to more foreign business investments.

Console manufacturers will need the approval of the Chinese culture ministry to sell their products, meaning strict content censorship (stricter than Australia, even) is normally implemented. The key reason cited for the unique ban was the violence and political content seen in mainstream games.

The end of China’s official console ban could dead an enormous blow to the big black market that has sprung up inside the country around games. China is definitely-referred to as a primary consumer of pirated games and online game consoles. Though the report quotes a Sony official as saying the Japanese company would not yet have a plan for selling PlayStation consoles in China, the top of Microsoft’s Greater China region, Ralph Haupter, was quoted as saying that Microsoft is addressing legal barriers to an Xbox One launch in China.

(via South China Morning Post)

Crazy Taxi is without doubt one of the greatest arcade games ever made, and it was even better at the Dreamcast. The latter was ported to commonly every platform ever, including iOS, however was still missing on Android. That each one changes today.

Sega announced that Crazy Taxi is now available on Google Play for a number of Android devices. It’s the identical great game which you remember out of your youth, but with touch screen controls that only slightly dampen the experience. Additionally it is the unique soundtrack featuring tracks from The Offspring and Bad Religion.

Like the Dreamcast version of Crazy Taxi before it, the Android version features the core game alongside the 16 mini-games that catapulted the console versions of the title to greatness years ago. The mini-games it will be even harder with touch-based controls, but that’s portion of the joys.

You can pick up Crazy Taxi from Google Play today for under $5. In case you don’t particularly like Google Play, it’s going to even be available throughout the Amazon App Store and Samsung Store within the near future.

If you will have a taste of Crazy Taxi on mobile, here’s the sport running on iOS. Both iOS and Android versions of the sport are in general identical so that you don’t ought to worry about any game breaking differences: