10tons have had an impressive run on the App Store as of late, with their mobile adaption of the excellent dual stick shooter and roguelike amalgamation Neon Chrome [$9.99] receiving a hat-trick of accolades, with a glowing five star review, a Game of the Week award, and featuring in our 100 Best Mobile Games list. Xenoraid [Free] is looking to continue this trend - having launched previously on consoles back in October to critical acclaim, 10tons' interesting approach of merging old and new elements of the typical vertical shoot-em-up title resulted in a truly unique take on a relatively tired genre. Having just avoided the typical Wednesday evening rush of releases, Xenoraid has finally launched on the App Store today for free (with a discounted $4.99 in-app purchase to unlock the full game), so be sure to give 10tons newest release a try if you want some thrilling shooter action to liven up your Thursday.
Many features of Xenoraid will be familiar to anyone who has played a shoot-em-up game in the past - a variety of weapon upgrades and customisation options, over forty missions with epic boss fights, and a whole host of difficulty modes and endless survival levels that should satiate any high-score chasers looking to top the leaderboards. However, 10tons have been wary of simply going through the motions of the generic shoot-em-up, and so have added some modern and classical twists to the formula in Xenoraid. Firstly, the hyper-intense twitch gameplay of bullet hell ga...