Magic cards, living objects, puzzles, platforms, and the latest Driver installment—all this and much more in this weekly column that brings you the best games for your mobile device. Let's play!
Bag It!
This entertaining Tetris-like puzzle takes place inside a shopping bag where you have to arrange objects. Heavy and sturdy objects must go at the bottom, while light and fragile ones on top. Seems simple, right? The game features over a hundred levels, where you have to earn three stars to win. You also have several modes, many power-ups to use, and different achievements to unlock. Developed by Hidden Variable Studios, Bag It! is available on iOS and Android.
Driver: Speedboat Paradise (Free)
Many will remember the first two installments of the Driver series fondly, before it declined over time. This franchise captivated us with missions aboard vehicles where we played an undercover detective in the mob underworld. This time, Driver: Speedboat Paradise returns with John Tanner, mentor and legendary detective, alongside Lazarus, mob boss, and you, as the new star of speedboats. As you read, the franchise leaves car chases to experience the thrill of racing on water, upgrading your boats and taking down the speedboat mafia. Developed by Ubisoft Paris, Driver: Speedboat Paradise is available on iOS and Android.
Drop7 (Free)
This puzzle is played with touch controls on a 7x7 grid. Each round you place a disc that falls from the top. Each disc has a number from 1 to 7, or a blank space. Whenever the number of any disc matches the number of contiguous discs in a row or column, that disc disappears and also triggers a chain effect on all blank discs it touches. When a blank disc is hit twice by this chain effect, it becomes a numbered disc. Drop7 offers three different modes to test your skills: Normal, Hardcore, and Sequence. Developed by Zynga, Drop7 is available on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone (paid version).
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nP8xSb9PqUIMagic 2015 - Duels of the Planeswalkers (Free)
Before Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft became the mega-popular card game, Magic: The Gathering dominated the market with its video games. Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers is the latest release from Wizards of the Coast, featuring innovations like fully customizable deck building, booster packs with premium downloadable content, and a more complete deck editor than ever. The main adventure will take you across five different planes of the Multiverse to face a powerful hunter named Garruk Wildspeaker. Developed by Stainless Games, Magic 2015 - Duels of the Planeswalkers is available on iOS and Android.
Tiny Magnets (Free)
We end with a most delirious platformer. Tiny Magnets presents two magnets that you'll play with in the same level but in two different ways. With a single control, tapping the screen to jump, you'll guide both heroes at the same time over hazards, jumping each block to reach the end of the stage. Any mistake sends you back to the start of the level. The adventure has over fifty levels where you'll need to improve your skills to finish the game. Developed by Jérémie Klemke, Tiny Magnets is available on iOS and Android.
- Bag It!
- Official site: NeoTeo
- Drop7
- Magic 2015 - Duels of the Planeswalkers
- Tiny Magnets
