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The Port Report: Scribblenauts Remix, Relic Rush, Clowns in the Face

Your weekly update on the latest mobile ports

The Port Report: Scribblenauts Remix, Relic Rush, Clowns in the Face
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Welcome to 'The Port Report', Pocket Gamer's weekly round-up of all the platform-swapping news on iOS, Android, BlackBerry 10, Windows Phone, Windows 8, Vita, and 3DS.

With mobile and portable games jumping between rival operating systems and platforms at almost a moment's notice, we though it would be handy to gather up all the best port-related info from the last seven days and turn it into one handy list.

This is that list.

Scribblenauts Remix
By 5th Cell
Now on: Amazon Appstore. Heading to Google Play in the spring
Previously on: iPhone, iPad, 3DS

Starting life on the Nintendo DS, this artful platformer has already sketched a place for itself on the App Store listings.

As of now, however, it's available for Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet, too, with a full Android rollout happening later this spring.

While we found some of the Scribblenauts Remix puzzles a bit on the cryptic side, we applauded the imaginative concept of solving problems by typing words to summon items and creatures.

At mobile prices, it's a bit of a bargain, too.

Relic Rush
By Crescent Moon Games
Now on: Android
Previously on: iPhone, iPad

We were dead fond of this dashing pixel-art platformer when it sprinted onto iOS back in February.

Thanks to the clever touch-to-stop mechanic, stripped-back art design, and engaging levels in this game, our reviewer deemed it "immensely satisfying and rewarding to play".

Android fans can now explore Relic Rush's blocky tombs for themselves. Go, you!

Clowns in the Face
By 10tons
Now on: Android
Previously on: iPhone, iPad

We all know that the best way to deal with a smug-looking pig is to chuck an angry bird at it.

But what if you wish to neutralise a sad clown?

Well, according to 10tons, you'll need to put your whitest shorts on, grab your tennis racquet, and smash a tennis ball into his painted mush.

Android users can now test out this ball-launching physics-puzzler free of charge. Ace.

James Gilmour
James Gilmour
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