Mid-week iOS releases: Hector: Ep3 - Beyond Reasonable Doom, The Sims Medieval, Another World - 20th Anniversary, Sky Gamblers: Rise Of Glory, and more
Hot under the collar
Another Wednesday means another dose of Pocket Gamer's round-up of the latest and greatest mid-week iPhone and iPad releases.
As always, we're just too busy to deliver an individual story on every single new release, so we bring you this easily digestible compendium instead.
Rob - back from his short holiday - and Rich are both manning the 'big chair', Mark is busy taking photos of elegant spider's webs, the rest of the team are debating how arachnophobia is spread, and I'm - once again - here.
This week is thankfully a lot better than last, with big titles such as Hector: Ep3 – Beyond Reasonable Doom, The Sims Medieval, and Another World - 20th Anniversary all hitting Apple's digital store.
These games are in the New Zealand App Store right now, meaning you can play them in the UK and US from around midnight tonight.
iPhone Hector: Ep3 – Beyond Reasonable DoomThe third and final instalment in the popular Hector: Badge of Carnage series has hit the App Store, complete with its hard-nosed but soft-bellied copper.
This time, the point-and-click adventure sees you attempt to escape your demise, successfully return to Clappers Wreake, and save the town that took the 'Great' OUT of 'Great Britain' from extinction.
Download Hector: Ep3 – Beyond Reasonable Doom
Monster IslandMonster Island is a Fragger-esque throw-'em-up that sees you tossing five varieties of bomb at waves of devilish enemies.
You'll have to rid three worlds and 200 levels of the unwanted scum, launch an attack on the game's leaderboards, and unlock some cool Game Center achievements.
Retina display support is included for Apple's fourth generation of iPhone and iPod touch devices.
Download Monster Island
Your mission in Tiny Defense is to successfully rid Green Planet of its ruthless Minirobot invaders, by defeating them over three episodes and 150 levels.
There are 32 types of enemy to battle, 40 different robot types to utilise, and 30 mini-games to master.
Game Center will pump out achievements as you play.
Download Tiny Defense
EA's The Sims franchise has done a Marty McFly and travelled back to the time of castles, kings, jesters, and knights.
After creating your peasant character, you'll find yourself undertaking various quests, mastering powerful skills and spells, joining the numerous parties spread throughout the game's medieval realm, and testing your skills with a spot of fishing.
You can even play as a vampire.
Download The Sims Medieval
iPad (see above for game details)
Download Hector Ep3 HD – Beyond Reasonable Doom for iPad
Download Monster Island for iPad
Idyllic! is a horizontal, action-oriented platformer that tasks you with defeating the darkness that has spread throughout the world in your 15-year absence.
Collecting scattered coins allows you to upgrade your hero's powers, which help you to battle the game's range of enemies and mini-bosses.
Download Idyllic!
Another World - 20th Anniversary is a specially redesigned edition of the classic 1991 Amiga adventure starring Lester Knight, who becomes stranded on a strange alien planet following a failed nuclear experiment.
You'll have to use a combination of logic and skill to survive in the face of hostile inhabitants and deadly earthquakes over three different difficulty modes.
Another World features 13 Game Center achievements, two control schemes, and the ability to switch between new and old graphics with a two-fingered swipe of your device's screen.
Download Another World - 20th Anniversary
Namco Bandai's World War I aerial combat simulator has finally landed on Apple's tarmac, bringing with it ten authentic WWI fighters.
Sky Gamblers: Rise Of Glory sees you jumping into the cockpit for 12 single-player missions, over 100 Dogfight missions, your own custom game, and real-time multiplayer battles.
Eight wannabe pilots can fly into Team Death Match, Defend the Base, Capture the Flag, and Free-for-All modes.
Download Sky Gamblers: Rise Of Glory
Disney's Where's My Water is a physics-based puzzler that tasks you with supplying Swampy the Alligator's bathtub with a constant stream of clean water, by thwarting various attempts of sabotage from other 'gators.
There are 80 challenging puzzles to solve and four themed chapters to overcome, special bonuses and surprises to unlock, and more goodies expected in free future updates.
Download Where's My Water?
Do Do EGG!Do Do EGG! is a match-four puzzle game that challenges you to draw a line through eggs of the same colour and break their shells.
There are single-player Normal, One Minute, Mission, and Endless game modes on hand, plus multiplayer Score Attack and Turn Based modes to compete in.
Game Center handles leaderboards and achievements.
Download Do Do EGG!