There’s something about the addictive nature of Pokémon that just keeps bringing players back for more. Probably the whole “Gotta catch ‘em all” mentality. We already know that Pokémon Black and White is getting a sequel later this year, but yesterday Nintendo announced two new titles for the 3DS.

These aren’t full games like Black and White, but rather companion apps for the newest game in the series. The first is Pokémon Dream Radar, which will allow you to use the device’s camera, motion controls and augmented-reality tech to catch Pokémon hiding in the wild. When you do catch your new creatures, you can then transfer them to your copy of Black 2 or White 2.

Pokédex 3D Pro is essentially just a new, upgraded version of the Pokédex 3D which was released last year. You’ll find all the details for over 600 Pokémon, including the ones found in Black 2 and White 2, allowing you to do your research before you find them in-game. Both new games will be available in the fall through the Nintendo eShop on your 3DS.

The LEGO games have to be some of my favorite casual games to play. They’re not terribly difficult, as they’re aimed at a rather young demographic. However, TT Games always manages to work in the right amount of humor to make it entertaining for people of all ages. LEGO Harry Potter has been no exception.

Today, you can download the most recent game LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7 on any of your iOS devices. The game should remain mostly the same as it was on other systems, with the only real update being the necessary touchscreen controls. You’ll also find a Dueling Club expansion, which will allow you to test your skills against some of the greatest witches and wizards of all time.

The game comes at a bargain price, just $4.99 in the App Store. In comparison, the DS version still sells for $20 new, and $40 if you want it on the PS Vita. A pretty awesome deal, I think.

For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. This is one of the fundamental laws of physics, and right now, it appears to be explaining the rise and fall of the hit mobile game Draw Something perfectly. From April 2nd to May2nd, its total active daily user count went from 14.3 million people to 10.4 million people.

In other words, Draw Something has hit its peak, and it looks like the users are getting bored with it. Ben Griffin, from Know Your Mobile, told the BBC that “it’s a great game for the first hour or two. But then you get inundated with all the requests, and it becomes more of a chore. It’s short-lived fun – once the novelty expires that’s it really.”

Now, this doesn’t mean that Draw Something is failing, and that it’s to go the way of the Dodo. All this means, really, is that it’s starting to even out. The users who liked the game are going to continue the play it, and the other users who were intrigued by it, but then ultimately bored of it, will not play it. This is pretty much the same for any game, where a new MMO will have tons of users at first, but as players try it out and understand the game more, some will inevitably drop out. If Draw Something wants to keep from losing too many users, however, they’ll need to start doing something fresh and new.

If you’ve picked yourself up a shiny new PS Vita, and have been telling yourself that you need a VoIP phone, then you’ll be happy to know that you don’t need another device. Thanks to the new Skype app for Sony’s handheld, you can place and accept calls whenever you like, so long as you have a data connection.

The app is free, and will run in the background on your device. This means you can be in the middle of a game, and be notified when someone is calling you. Then you can answer, just as if you were using any other smartphone.

Be advised that using your Vita like this can cause two very big problems. First, running any software in the background for extended periods can have an effect on your battery. Second, if you have a small data plan, you can quickly eat through it while chatting on the phone to your friends and family. If you keep these in mind, you can turn your mobile console into a mobile phone for free.

There are some games that are inspired from other games. A $4 iPad game on the market called Incoboto says that it came into being with inspiration from both Portal and Ico. While I can’t say that either theme seems to be a prevalent force in the game, there are small snippets of their essence present.

The storyline sits in a world where “The Corporation” has caused all of the suns to go out. It rests upon a small boy named Inco and his friend Helios to light the sky once more. From the looks of things you will be gathering starlight, and battling the darkness along the way.

While you are on your journeys to different planets, you will discover grapples, jetpacks, teleports, gravity beams and more. Planets seem relatively small in size compared to the Earth we know and love. There will be all sorts of challenges and puzzles to face, and some very relaxing background music to look forward to.

There are very, very few apps I would be willing to pay money for. Should they cost more than a dollar, they would have to have more than appealing qualities about them to part me from my money. This is especially the case when it comes to games.

Making a good app that is a game, especially when it costs $7.99, means that you must really have something amazing on your hands. It’s called Zombies, Run! And you can imagine what it’s about. It was designed to help you achieve goals in a fun and terrifying way. By goals, I mean running.

Simply put in your headphones, and be transported to a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies. You are playing the part of Runner 5, and it is your job to rebuild civilization as we know it. You job is to run around the ruins while collecting necessities and looking for survivors. The more you run, the more missions you complete, and the bigger the population of your city becomes.

This seems interesting enough, but on top of all this, there’s a storyline. It will explain where the zombies came from, and what moves the leaders of your base are planning next. There are puzzles, websites, and documents that will all play a part in your journey across the wastelands. Of course, you can still listen to music in between the messages that will urge you onward, so it will feel more like a radio being interrupted with real-time messages. Being that I am absolutely terrified of zombies, I can confidently say that I would get to the games end in a rather short time span.

OK, this video is kind of crazily ridiculous. I mean, yes, Angry Birds is popular, but now they have gotten themselves in the history books. This is the first ever game announcement gameplay footage that came from space.

All this fuss is over Angry Birds Space, and while it is still the same idea of flinging birds at pigs, it’s being presented in a whole new way. Of course, it wouldn’t be as exciting without some new faces in the game, so a new frosty ice cube bird that has a rather predictable power has come onto the scene. As far as the rest of the game goes, there’s going to be gravity, meteors, and curved trajectories to worry about. It’s going to be a lot to take in, but definitely looks like fun.

Even though this game has been shoved down our throats because its everywhere, it is still rather enjoyable to fling these little birds around. If you want to try it out, you’ll have to have a PC, Mac, Android, or iOS device handy on the 22^nd of this month. Check out the video below for a little lesson about space and birds.

Pong was one of the first arcade games that ever hit the market. With all those little beeps and boops, you might have thought that such a game couldn’t have been so intense. While it’s not exactly the most thrilling game by todays standards, it was certainly interesting enough to maintain popularity so that it is still known in the gaming world.

Atari has not been idle since they released Pong in 1972, giving us things like Neverwinter Nights and The Witcher 2. However, sometimes it’s nice to return to your roots. The only problem being that redesigning a game like Pong would take a lot of money and time that the company likely doesn’t have.

With this in mind, they instead have made a contest to seek out aspiring independent developers. This contest is looking to bring the beloved Pong to the App Store, and gives you the chance to win up to $100,000 in the process. Go here to enter, and don’t procrastinate, as the entry period ends on March 31^st of this year.

I can certainly understand liking a game because it’s enjoyable. Taking it a little overboard in fandom is even ok here and there, as you’re doing it because of passion. However, when you make a theme park based on a mobile game, it might be a little much.

That being said, it’s not terribly surprising that a USB Slingshot has been made by a fan of Angry Birds. Seeing as this game is played for 300 million minutes a day, it seems only right that people would be thinking up new ways to approach playing it. Who knows, you may even pick up some serious slingshot skills in the process.

This isn’t a product you can buy, but there is a build log that will teach you how to make one. While not all of us may have the time or resources to craft one of these, we can certainly marvel at the idea. If the commercial for this thing doesn’t sell it for you, I don’t know what will.

I think it’s safe to say that everyone here likes games. But what do we like more than games? That’s right, free games. Okay, so most of the time free games don’t exactly live up to our standards. However, you can’t go wrong with a classic franchise like Monkey Island, can you? Well if you’re interested in the new episodic games, it might be a good time to grab them for you iPhone or iPad.

Currently, you can download the first episode without paying so much as a dime. Think of it as an extended demo, if you will. Then, if you like what you see, you can grab each of the other four episodes for just $3.

If you’re thinking that you’ll get around to downloading the free episode “soon”, you might not want to procrastinate on this. The same could be said about that five page paper you’ve been putting off for a week. The free episode, as well as the $3 price on the other episodes won’t last. We don’t know just how long it will be before they raise the price, so you’ll want to do this sooner, rather than later, if you’re interested.