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Welcome to issue 23 of the Pocket Gamer guide to games & apps, brought to you by the expert crew at www.pocketgamer.co.uk.

Christmas’s long nights are the perfect opportunity to cosy up on the sofa and spend a little quality time with your mobile. Catch up on the essential content you may have missed over the past few months: the greatest Android apps and the games everyone is playing. You’ll find a mighty fine and festive feast of both over the next few pages…

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Cut the Rope Hyperlight Developer: ZeptoLab Publisher: ZeptoLab

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The concept is simple. Candy is suspended in one part of the screen and your job is to cut the rope so that it falls into the sizeable candy-loving mouth of a cute and small green creature. Like all great puzzle games things get steadily more complex but successfully navigating a level passing the candy from rope to rope, neatly cutting through the right lengths at the right time, dodging enemies and scooping up the bonus stars is always a pleasure.

Hyperlight may look, sound, and feel like a typical twin-stick retro space shooter but it’s actually based on a very different dynamic.

See, it’s not so much about blasting everything on sight as spending a great deal of time dodging, building up enough power, and then crashing into anything that moves. Yes, really. It’s an experience like no other and so it’s not for everyone but lovers of innovation, uniqueness (and high scores) will relish the challenge.

The tower defence genre – in which you create corridors of death on a map by strategically placing defence turrets to unleash their fiery fury upon wave after wave of increasingly tougher foes – is so innately addictive that it should come with a health warning. And that would mean that as one of the finest examples on smartphone, Fieldrunners HD should have biohazard stickers slapped all over it. Be warned: this is contagious stuff.

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Running a motorsport team can be a logistical nightmare. And yet, management sim expert Kairosoft turns this stress-inducing task into pure addictive bliss. Grand Prix Story sees you in charge of a small racing team, having to deal with all of the off-track aspects and working your way up the paddock in the hope of dominating the sport, Vettel style.

It’s brilliant fun and just as compulsive as previous games in Kairosoft’s excellent management series.

It's the official adaptation of Klaus Teuber’s award-winning boardgame Settlers of Catan on your Android. What more do you need? Okay, a little background, then. Catan is a trade-based strategy game for up to four players on one handset, where each player tries to expand across an island. They do this by building towns and roads, mining resources, and trading. It’s a fan favourite thanks to its fast, easy-to-play nature and comes highly praised.

Squeezing such a fully formed realtime strategy experience on your phone is an astonishing achievement. And where StarFront most succeeds is in its intuitive controls. Everything, from upgrading bases to ordering soldiers, is handled by tapping directly on the unit and then either moving it with another tap or assigning an action using clever contextual menus. Strategy veterans won’t find novelty, true, but they will get a satisfying and well-paced tactical fest.

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But enter this wild and exciting world full of countless other players at your peril, because once you complete your first few quests, craft powerful new weapons at a town’s foundry, and even get a pet to follow you

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around on your adventure, you’ll most likely be hooked.

And although Order & Chaos Online is already a vast game with many lands to explore, that hasn’t stopped Gameloft from expanding it even further with periodical updates. These include things such as new items, quests, and even the addition of new dungeons to test your adventuring mettle.

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Redefine mobile ownership with the Awesome smartphone twosome Are you dreaming of a White (or Black) Galaxy S II Christmas? You’re not alone. Who wouldn’t want to find the pocket powerhouse that is Samsung’s unrivalled – and thinnest – smartphone in their stocking this festive season?

Whether you drool over the massive Super AMOLED Plus display, marvel at the brawn of the 1.2GHz dual-core processor, lose half of your day in the Game Hub, Social Hub, Readers Hub or Music Hub sections, relish the ease and simplicity of the Android 2.3 operating system, or discover evermore clever ways of getting your Galaxy S II to serve you via the

Specs lowdown Dimensions: 125.3x66.1x8.49mm Weight: 116g Display: 4.27-inch Super AMOLED Plus Resolution: 480x800 Memory: 16GB Flash + microSD (up to 32GB) Camera : 8-megapixel (main), 2-megapixel (front) Video: Full HD (1080p) @ 30fps Connectivity: 3G, Bluetooth 3.0 + HS, USB 2.0, Wi-fi Sensor: Accelerometer, Light, Digital compass, Gyro

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multitude of apps available, this is one handset that does it all… and does it all brilliantly.

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Head along to www.pocketgamer.co.uk to get loads more ‘How to’ guides for your Android What’s Android? It’s an operating system (OS) mobile that’s continually developed by Google to get the

best out of the powerful smartphones that run it. One key advantage of an Android device like the Galaxy S II White (see page 8) is the availability of apps from the Android Market. This is an Androidspecific online software store where you’ll find over 250,000 apps to download – and because Android is now one of the fastest growing OSs around, the choice will just keep getting bigger.

On most models the ‘Market’ app will come pre-installed, giving you instant access to that massive number of applications that will transform the way you use your Android mobile.

Apps span a wide range of categories – anything from the incredibly useful to the incredibly silly (and not forgetting games, of course) – and can be downloaded (for free or purchased) directly onto your phone. Android Market is simple, it’s huge and it will unlock the potential at the heart of your Android handset!

Getting STARTED Before you can buy anything, you naturally need to register your details with the store.

This is where Google has already got its foot in the door, since the majority of us have registered with Google at some point in the past – either to buy something using the Google Checkout or to get ourselves a Gmail account. So it’s quick and easy to become a registered buyer and get straight to the shop front.

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Browsing They might be cheap, but you still need to know what you’re spending your money on when purchasing an app. A good description is really down to the developer of the app, but you also get screenshots and other users’ reviews (and ratings) to help you make up your mind. Of course, if it’s games you’re looking at remember that you can also check out the reviews on PocketGamer.co.uk.

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Buying This is very much linked to the Getting Started section, as most of the information the Market requires in order to sell you something is entered at the beginning. Registering a card carries that info over to the Market store, and once you’ve hit the ‘Buy’ button you’re taken through a rather polished version of the Google Checkout – making a purchase is very quick and feels secure.

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Step 1: Get on the net Open your phone’s web browser from the main menu. If it doesn’t go straight to T-Mobile’s site, enter the following address: www.t-mobile-favourites.co.uk.

Wait a few seconds for the page to load. Scroll down to the T-Mobile Downloads section and click on the Games icon.

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Click on the Games icon and a new page that enables you to start looking for a game to download will open. You can view new and hot games, top games, games from 99p, try-before-you-buy and other categories; just scroll down the page to see what takes your fancy. When you see a game that you like, just click on the item.

You’ll be taken to a page listing the games within the selected category and you can scroll down to view them all. To learn more about an individual game, click on its title and you’ll see a brief description along with the relevant picture.

Step 4: Get on the net

Step 5: Time to play

If you’re on a Pay Monthly contract, the price of the game will be added to your monthly bill. If you’re a Pay-As-You-Go customer, make sure you’ve got enough credit on your account to pay for the game! As long as that’s the case, you’ll be prompted to download and install your chosen game.

Download and save the game, but don’t start it until you’ve exited your mobile phone’s internet browser.

You can start your new game by going to your phone’s main menu and looking in the Games or Applications section, depending on the make of your handset. (And don’t worry if someone rings you – the game will pause, enabling you to take the call!)

Once you’re ready to buy a game, simply click on the ‘Buy now!’ link.

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Step 1: Go to Vodafone Live

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If you’re looking to download a game, the first step is to go to the Vodafone Live portal. How depends on your phone: some have a dedicated Vodafone Live button on the handset itself, while others require pressing one of the soft-keys under the screen. Once there, you’ll see the portal’s homepage.

Scroll down to find the Games link, which takes you to the portal’s main games page. There, you’ll be able to access this week’s special offers, as well as direct links to What’s New, Top 10 Games, and the Game of the Week. Games are updated on Fridays, so it’s worth checking back weekly.

Step 3: Check out games

Step 4: Get more info

Clicking on one of the links takes you to a list of games in that category, showing a picture (usually of the title screen), a price, and a link to get more information. This is a good way to get a quick overview of what’s available and how much it might cost, especially if you’re browsing by game genre.

Clicking on a game’s More Info link takes you through to its page, where you’ll find more screenshots of the game, and information on what it’s about. You’ll also notice a review score at the bottom of the page supplied by Pocket Gamer, with a link to click through to the full review of the title.

Step 5: Buy your game

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If you’re on a Pay Monthly contract, the price of the game will be added to your monthly bill. If you’re a Pay-As-You-Go customer, make sure you’ve got enough credit on your account to pay for the game. As long as that’s the case, you’ll be prompted to download and install your chosen game.

Once payment has gone through, it’s time to download your game. The exact method varies from phone to phone, but usually you’ll be asked to confirm that you want to download the game, and then sometimes you’ll be asked where you want to save it – in Games or Applications is usually the best choice.

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Download a game from Step 1: Get on the net If you’re looking to download mobile games, the first step is to go to the Planet 3 portal. This depends on your phone: some have a dedicated Planet 3 button on the handset itself, others require pressing one of the keys under the screen. Once there, you’ll see the portal’s homepage.

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It’s free to browse. Scroll down to find the games icon, which takes you to the portal’s main games page.

There, you’ll be able to access to hundreds of games from as little as 99p including the latest new games, Top 10 games, top deals, as well as a direct link to games split by genre (puzzle, action, retro, etc). Games are updated on Thursdays, so it’s worth checking back every week.

Clicking on one of the links takes you to a list of games in that category, showing a picture (usually of the title screen), a price, and a link to get more information. This is a good way to get a quick overview of what’s available and how much it might cost, especially if you’re browsing by genre.

Step 4: Get on the net

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Clicking on a game’s ‘More info’ link takes you through to its dedicated page, where you’ll find more screenshots of the game, and information on what it is about.

Clicking on ‘Buy Game’ pays for the game, either taking the money from your account balance (if you’re Pay As You Go) or adding it to your monthly bill.

Once payment has gone through, it’s time to download the game. The exact method varies from phone to phone, but usually you’ll be asked to confirm that you want to download the game. You may be asked where you want to save your game – within Games or Applications is usually the best choice.

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Guns’n’Glory WW2 Developer: HandyGames Publisher: HandyGames Format: Android

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Wild Trips Developer: Lemon Team Publisher: Lemon Team Format: Android Flight time

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When you think of vehicles with faces, you probably picture Thomas the Tank Engine, in which the majority of the anthropomorphic vehicles are pretty cheerful.

HandyGames pulled off the impressive feat of revitalising the tower defence genre with its cowboy-themed Guns‘n’Glory, which revelled in the black comedy of controlling outlaws picking off wagonfuls of helpless pioneers.

According to the rules of Airport Mania 2: Wild Trips, that means they were always on time. When you don’t manage to get Lemon Team’s aircraft airborne in a punctual manner, their happy faces turn to nonplussed scowls. And a vote of no confidence from a grumpy Boeing 747 is hard to shake off.

Now the sequel has saddled up, galloped out of the Wild West, and ended up in the battlefields of WWII. It’s a mostly successful journey, with the setting proving a perfect match for the game’s blend of tower defence and real-time unit movement.

For those who didn’t play the original, it was a brilliant little time-waster. Unlike fellow plane-based casual game Flight Control, the aim was to keep the runways running efficiently rather than to avoid mid-air collisions. The sequel is more of the same: from a side-on perspective, you manage the flow of the airport. In its simplest form, this means getting a plane from the sky to the runway, then on to the terminal, then back to the runway, and back in the sky.

When you’re doing this for five or six planes at once, with a limited number of runways and terminals, as well as managing repairs and refuelling, things can get hairy.

But it’s also utterly compulsive – ‘One more level’ can easily become a chain of five before you realise it…

Charming, easy to pick up, and dangerously addictive, Airport Mania 2 adds more to the original winning formula

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The action is loosely based on the 1944 Ardennes conflict between the Axis (boo!) and the Allies (yay!).

You can play as either side, and after a brief but invaluable tutorial you’re in the thick of combat, tasked with defending bases across a dozen different maps. Missions, which must be unlocked in turn, begin with a set number of units to deploy, but after that you need to collect coins dropped by enemy units to pay for new recruits to bolster your forces.

You feel involved in the action, the level of anxiety is high, and it all works beautifully.

A worthy strategy sequel that delivers fun core gameplay and will satisfy the Android tactics-loving crowd

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Real Football 2012 Developer: Gameloft Publisher: Gameloft Format: Java One way play Newcomers to Gameloft’s annual soccer shindig can’t fail to notice how well Real Football 2012’s engine performs.

The game’s controls are simple enough but it’s the movement of the players themselves that allows you to build your play with real intelligence.

Veterans won’t find novelty, but there’s no doubt this deserves to be near the top of the league.

Still a top performer, Real Football 2012 delivers the same brand of pass and move footy perfection

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Pocket League Minecraft Pocket Edition Story It’s far from over

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Developer: Kairosoft Publisher: Kairosoft Format: Android As professional footballers grow older, their legs begin to slow and their reactions dull. But it’s telling that out of all the positions and specialities, it’s the goalkeepers and playmakers that seem to have the longest careers.

Kairosoft’s management games are much like the playmakers of the mobile simulation genre. They all play the same game – research points, levelling ‘staff’, upgrading facilities – but each one manages to intelligently deploy its features so as to feel like a fresh attack on your free time.

Pocket League Story is no different. It puts you in charge of a local football team, and tasks you with getting them on the fast track to success before eight seasons are over. Before you know it, the off-beat humour will have drawn you in…

Super addictive game that blends Kairosoft’s typical style and humour with a fun and silly football management game

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Developer: Mojang Publisher: Mojang Format: Android With the majority of modern games funnelling you through orchestrated set-pieces, player freedom is becoming a lost art.

Minecraft, on the other hand, is all about freedom. Essentially offering a half-finished 3D landscape upon which you add the final finessing touches, the creativity Mojang’s game unlocks in players has seen it enjoy a meteoric rise. Now it’s here, intact (bar minor control issues), on Android.

Dare you take on its exciting yet daunting task?

The controls need some re-forging, but this is still a solid Android spin on a genuine gaming phenomenon

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Stardash Developer: OrangePixel Publisher: OrangePixel Format: Android

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Developer: EA Mobile / IronMonkey Studios Publisher: EA Mobile Format: Java Though it might not be the most imaginatively titled mobile package you’ve ever come across, Racing Shooter 2 for 1 does at least leave you in no doubt as to what to expect.

It’s also a fiendishly demanding 2D platformer in which you must collect a lot of coins and bounce on a lot of enemy heads. It’s just a shame that the seriously brutal difficulty curve will deter all but the most determined.

It’s got stacks of Game Boy-esque retro appeal, but Stardash’s cheery looks belie a ruthless difficulty level

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EA’s combo feels like the ultimate action marriage, uniting IronMonkey Studios’s acclaimed Medal of Honor with the racing antics of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.

Developer: ArmoredSoft Publisher: ArmoredSoft Format: Android

Naturally, the two titles differ wildly in terms of content, but they manage to form a tight, complementary unit, largely thanks to their common – and unashamed – ‘no holds barred’ approach. It also helps that there’s a certain symmetry between guns and fast cars – two things that, as every prepubescent lad will tell you, girls find irresistible.

But what makes Racing Shooter 2 for 1 an all the more compelling prospect is that both games serve up some of the best action their respective genres have to offer. Together as a single download, the game’s appeal will likely extend long beyond the initial hunger for just cars and guns.

Two top-quality titles packaged into a release that could be best described as the ultimate weapon for thrillseekers of all varieties

However you play it, Stardash is an affectionate nod to the glory days of the first Game Boy, with lashings of greyscale sprites and chipper chiptunes.

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Tank you kindly Looking for a very accomplished tower defence game to keep you busy for some time?

As usual, your task is to protect a base while enemies spawn in from the other end of the play area in waves. But clever key deviations from the norm mean the game will eat up more time than is healthy.

Massive open-plan maps and solid gameplay allow this great title to stand out in a saturated genre

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One of the most popular radio apps on Android Market, TuneIn offers more than 50,000 radio stations and 1.2 million ondemand sreams for you to choose from. That's more than a lifetime's worth of choice. You get to listen to the world through the live local and global stations you like, wherever you happen to be.

What's more, the Pro version enables you to record what's playing, so when you hear something you like, you know you can listen to it again.

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Spend some of the Christmas break looking after your phone by giving it a bit of a visual revamp.

No prizes for guessing what an app called Beautiful Widgets will do, but what its name doesn't tell you is that it's consistently rated as one of the best on the Market.

And there are many. This one gives you a set of expertly designed clock, date, and weather widgets. You can even select the layout combination that suits you best. Whichever you choose, Your phone will thank you.

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With the New Year a time for resolutions, make the regular backing up of your phone data one of your top ones. As mobiles become evermore capable, the amount of content that we would hate to lose increases – anything from contacts, text messages, and photos to calendar entries, music, browser bookmarks and more. So ensuring your data is safe becomes crucial and with this app there's no excuse. You can back to secure servers or SD card… but whatever you do, back it up.

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The original Talking Tom Cat app caused something of a sensation.

For the sequel, Tom's back, in his new apartment and ready for another adventure. Who's Tom? Why, he's your cat and he reacts to your touch commands, as well as repeating everything you say. But in his own special, hilarious way.

You're guaranteed fabulous family fun around the table this Christmas as Tom delivers his own brand of unique entertainment that truly spans all ages. You're likely to be laughing yourself silly, so just make sure you don't end up choking on the parsnips…

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At this time of year, finding some of the most popular presents can become something of a nightmare. Thankfully there's usually someone on eBay willing to part with what you're after. Or perhaps, you're the one looking to clear out a load of items that will make someone's perfect gift.

Whether you're looking to buy, or hoping to sell, the official eBay app for Android will let you browse, shop, sell and manage your activity while you're on the go. It's both fast and really easy to use, which make it another festive season phone essential.

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You're out with your friends and you hear a bangin' tune but don't want to shed your too-cool-forschool image and ask your mates what it is? That's when an app like SoundHound comes to the rescue.

Unlike most of its rivals, though, this one can claim to be the fastest – simply get it to listen (or even sing and hum it the tune), and four seconds later the app's music recognition system will tell you what the song is. It can do other stuff too, but its primary function will save you face.

Phew.

CHRISTMAS 2011

Capture family snapshots with a difference this festive season with Paper Camera. You get a selection of excellent effects which, unlike most other camera apps, here are done in realtime – so you can see the world around you in cartoon, sketch, comic book, neon, noir, half tone and many other styles.

Even the most generic of things take on a completely new look, meaning you can guarantee that this you'll end up with a Christmas photo album this year unlike any you've created before!

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want to own one of the coolest smartphones arou Christmas is a time for giving but if your special someone fails to pick up on your shameless hints and doesn’t get you a Samsung Galaxy S II White, don’t despair. You could still win one.

For the second issue in a row we’ll be shipping this remarkable smartphone to a lucky so-and-so. If that turns out to be you, be prepared for the gorgeously designed and precision engineered sliver of technology that will be heading your way. Packed within the slender 125.3x66.1x8.49mm dimensions, and powered by the might of a 1.2GHz dual core processor that lies beneath the splendid Super AMOLED Plus 4.27-inch screen, the vast range of features at the heart of the Androidpowered Samsung Galaxy S II has to be experienced to be believed.

Christmas may be a time for giving, but receiving can be just as nice. All you need is a bit of festive luck…

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To be in with a chance of winning a brand new, so-awesome-ithurts Samsung Galaxy S II White, check out the following question and then send your answer via email or post to the addresses shown below, by the closing deadline of Friday 6th January 2012.

What operating system does the Samsung Galaxy S II White run on?

A) Robot B) Android C) Gynoid

WHERE TO SEND YOUR ENTRY

If emailing, send your answer along with your name and address to PGcompetitions@pocketgamer.co.uk with the subject heading ‘Galaxy S II White Competition’. Or you can enter by postcard (include name, address and a contact number) to the following address: “Pocket Gamer Galaxy S II White Competition” Steel Media Ltd The House Terms and conditions apply. Prize image is for illustrative Kelston Park purposes only and details may vary. Editor’s decision is final, Bath BA1 9AE and the competition is open to UK residents only.

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