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New Games We Love
Looking for something fresh to play? Here are a few of our faves.
‣ The throwback soccer game Retro Goal puts you in the manager’s chair as you recruit players and mix up formations—but you’ve also got to do the work on the pitch: Swipe, flick, and tap to pull off slick slide tackles and miraculous headers. The key to victory? Keeping control of the ball. Don’t get too aggressive!
‣ Flex your vocabulary in the spelling game Downwordly by removing letter blocks to access new ones below. Just be careful not to spell yourself into a corner! To keep your options open, start out with small words.
‣ The award-winning indie Baba Is You comes to iPhone and iPad. In this collection of ingenious mini-puzzles, reach the victory flag by moving words around to change each level’s rules. Rock blocking your path? Redefine what a rock is by moving the “Stop” away from the phrase “Rock Is Stop.” Now walk right through it!