#BEST NEW GAMES 2016 ANDROID UPGRADE#
Turn by turn, you can expand your empire, upgrade various technologies, and if you’re feeling it, conquer your neighbors. The Battle of Polytopia The Battle of Polytopiaīorn Supertribes before a name change earlier this year, Mijiwan’s The Battle of Polytopia is an impressive Civilization-like strategy game that has evolved throughout 2016 with content-rich updates. And though each successive monarchy might seem to following the same cycle, there’s a meta-narrative that spans each lifetime.Īvailable for iPhone / iPad and Android. Should one interest get too powerful or too weak, the reign of one king ends and the next begins. Playing as a king who will all but surely perish within a few rounds, at least at first, each decision is made by swiping left or right, increasing or decreasing the power of each opposing interest (the church, the people, the army, and the bank). It’s weird (re)writing the phrase “Tinder-like fantasy,” but that’s honestly the best way to describe Reigns. We've also listed our favorite games for iOS and Android from this year. Check out our other picks for iPhones, Android phones, PCs, and Macs. We've rounded up our favorite and most-used apps and utilities for the technology we use every day. Here are a few of our picks to get through the end of 2016 and beyond. If you aren’t already an active mobile gamer, even at this point, you’re missing out on quite a bit of both simple and even deeply involved experiences - and if this holiday, you happened to upgrade your device to the latest and greatest, we’ve got a couple of suggestions. I won’t pretend to know what holidays mean for you, but for most, there’s a singularly shared experience: long flights and being far away from your PlayStation or Xbox.