Toy Robot, their second skill, attracts nearby zombies. However, instead of gathering zombies and killing them with an explosion, the Toy Robot gathers zombies in a particular direction, making this useful in firefights. Of course, thanks to these abilities, Clowns may counteract each others' abilities. For instance, a Clown can throw a Toy Robot towards an enemy squad to unleash a horde of zombies to them. However, the enemy Clown can trigger Anti-Zombie so they won't be bothered by the horde if they run fast eno

Oftentimes, mobile gaming doesn’t get a fair shake. A lot of self-professed ‘hardcore gamers’ consider it beneath them, looking down on the mobile market like it’s something nasty the neighbour’s Great Dane left on their driveway while it had that stomach bug a couple months b

Ranters, are there any games that you think the AIAS has unfairly overlooked? Do you find any surprises among the nominations? And who would you pick to win the major categories? Let us know in the comments be

Unfortunately, shooters tend to be more precise than other games. Moreover, the simplest miscalculation in aiming can cost the entire match. In the case of mobile titles, even the simplest change in the settings can cause huge repercussions for play

The awards will be handed out on Thursday, February 7th, during the 2013 D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas, and the ceremony will be streamed live on Machinima.com starting at 7:30pm PT. Nerdist head honcho/comedian Chris Hardwick will assume hosting duties for the event, replacing longtime host Jay M

Well-coordinated teams should try outlasting the enemy by only engaging from an advantage. This means players should likely attack an enemy if they’re sure to win, or if they know backup is on the way. Likewise, a team can take advantage of an aggressive enemy by backtracking and taking them by surpr

A gun with a big mag capacity is good and all, but overdoing it in this area can be disastrous. Increasing the mag capacity of a gun drastically reduces the player's movement and ADS speeds, all the while lengthening the reload time of the wea

Although the Holger was recently released in the previous season, it has already made its way to the top spot amongst other weapons. This LMG gives players different options to build it, and gives players the ability to use it more like an AR/SMG hybrid, which makes good players feel unstoppable. This awesome LMG gives players the opportunity to take out opponents at any range and in any circumsta

Likewise, players can sprint by sliding up the forward controller or tapping the dedicated sprint button. This mechanic lets them run around faster with a bit of trade-off in terms of accuracy. Players should experiment with these movement mechanics and purchase their dedicated Perks: Skulker for crouching, and Light Weight helps with sprint

As we’ve already seen, it’s always a great boon for a mobile game to arrive with a big name attached. There are few bigger than Final Fantasy and a free-to-play RPG set across the series’ iconic worlds was always going to get itself a lot of attention on lau

Top ranked players have been destroying their opponents with this weapon. Aggressive players who like rushing into enemy spawn locations in domination and hardpoint matches should make the QQ9 a weapon of choice, due to its great mobil

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However, this factor also means players should learn how to move swiftly and react quickly to survive. For instance, players stay safer in firefights when they strafe, letting them fire their weapons while moving to safety. Given the absence of an adequate hide mechanic, players should duck in cover only to rel

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has announced the nominees for the 16th annual Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain (D.I.C.E.) Awards. Leading the pack this year is thatgamecompany's Journey , which scored eleven total nominations, including Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, Outstanding Innovation in Tencent gaming Strategy, Downloadable Game of the Year, Casual Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering, Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay, Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition, Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design, and Outstanding Achievement in St

The MX9 was recently released this in season of COD: Mobile, and has been used by a lot of players in ranked games. Due to the gun's high mobility and high firing rate, it fits agrresive play style for respawns like domination and hardpoint. This weapon can defeat almost every other weapon in close to medium range gunfights. However, it doesn't do very well at long range, which the only downside to this wea