Although the game is starting to face some competition at the top spot, there's no denying that Clash of Clans [Free] has been a force to be reckoned with on the mobile charts. One region where it hasn't been quite so dominant, however, is Japan, where social RPGs like Puzzle & Dragons [Free] rule the roost. Because life is funny that way, those games seem to have had difficulties repeating their successes outside of the Asian markets. Is there no way to reconcile these differences" Well, BlazeGames, a relative newcomer to the mobile scene, has an idea. It's called Battle Champs [Free], and it just launched across the globe in most major markets.

Battle Champs is the localized version of Little Noah, a game that released in Japan about a year and a half ago to a fair bit of success. The game mostly takes after Clash of Clans, having you build a base, complete with defensive measures and means of resource collection. You can join up with other players in a guild, attack other people's bases, and so on. Where Battle Champs differentiates itself is in its social RPG elements. Your units are similar to those in games from that genre, able to be enhanced and evolved into stronger forms. There's a huge line-up of these champs, with over 100 in total to collect. The game also features a story mode that presumably explains why everyone is building fortresses on top of giant airships, and special fights with giants that allow you to team up with other players to take on a ...