The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn’t necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the highest scoring game in a review, the game with the best graphics, or really any other quantifiable “best" thing. Instead, it’s more just us picking out the single game out of the week’s releases that we think is the most noteworthy, surprising, interesting, or really any other hard to describe quality that makes it worth having if you were just going to pick up one.
These picks might be controversial, and that’s OK. If you disagree with what we’ve chosen, let’s try to use the comments of these articles to have conversations about what game is your game of the week and why. Without further ado?
Throne Quest
You’re probably familiar with developer Valorware, a one-man studio out of the UK, by way of the 9th Dawn series of action RPGs that have released on mobile over the years. And while a 9th Dawn 3 is in the works and should hit sometime late this year or early next year, in the meantime Valorware has released a spin-off game of sorts called Throne Quest ($2.99). If you’re familiar with the 9th Dawn games then a lot will feel familiar here in terms of visuals, UI elements, and such. But at its heart this is a dual-stick shooter wrapped up...