--- description: These mobile games aren't even out yet and we already can't wait to play them title: 10 New iPhone Games We Can't Wait to Play image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 10 Most-Anticipated New iPhone Games by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2015 11:34 AM CUT by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2015 11:34 AM CUT We’re already playing some of 2015’s best iPhone games—take a bow, _Sorcery! 3_, _Auro: A Monster-Bumping Adventure_, _Planet Quest_ and _Ryan North’s To Be or Not To Be_—so here’s a look at what’s left (that we know of, anyway) between now and year’s end. ### Guitar Hero Live “No console? No problem,” [reads the tagline](https://www.guitarhero.com/game/mobile "undefined") for the handheld version of Activision’s upcoming rhythm rock-a-thon rethink. “The full game experience will be available on select mobile devices,” boasts the publisher, referring to a big-screen experience that’s designed to put you onstage with a live-ish reactive band and audience. How’s that work on a 5-inch screen? We’ll doubtless find out [at E3 next month](https://www.e3expo.com "undefined"). Late 2015 ### Disney Infinity 3.0 If playing _Star Wars_ in story-less, multiplayer-focused, first-person shooter battle arenas turns you off—hello, _Star Wars Battlefront_!—then _Disney Infinity 3.0_ represents our best shot at solo-supportive, sandbox-based, story-driven _Star Wars_ experiences. Look for characters like Anakin, Luke, Leia, Han and Vader to broaden Disney’s toy-game stable, and like last year’s version 2.0, the iPhone version of 3.0 should be all but identical to its console and tablet peers. Late 2015 ### Minecraft: Story Mode  Telltale Games Did _Minecraft_ need a narrative when part of the game’s triumph is the way it drives players to create their own? We’re going to find out when adventure-maker Telltale Games puts its imprimatur on the Lego-like sandbox builder later this year. TBD 2015 ### Age of Empires: World Domination The _Age of Empires_ real-time strategy franchise fizzled a long time ago, and hasn’t seen a hit in years, so there’s understandable trepidation about this mobile-oriented version’s prospects. Can newcomer KLab Global resuscitate defunct creator Ensemble Studios’ once-beloved series? Pull it off without inundating players with freemium nagging? We’ll see. TBD 2015 ### Zodiac Boasting heady tunes by _Final Fantasy XII_‘s Hitoshi Sakimoto and expert scenario design by _Final Fantasy VII_‘s Kazushige Nojima, _Zodiac_ is a 2D roleplaying game that marries side-scrolling levels with turn-based combat. Sounds a little like _Valkyrie Profile_, no? The difference: _Zodiac_ transpires in an “ambitious” persistent online world, and supports cross-platform play (with Sony’s PS Vita handheld, and possibly others yet to be announced). TBD 2015 ### Ember If the demo teaser for N-Fusion’s _Ember_ reminds you even a little of _Ultima VII: The Black Gate_, that’s no coincidence–the developer [admits](http://www.148apps.com/news/a-look-at-n-fusions-upcoming-title-ember/ "undefined") its upcoming fantasy quest-spinner was inspired by Origin’s classic 1992 title, remembered for its still rarely equalled depth of world and character design. TBD 2015 ### Firefly Online It’s one of TV’s most beloved science fiction tales reimagined as a roleplaying game in which players can pilot their own ships, assemble their own crews and trade with (or create missions for) other players. The original cast came back to handle voice work for their characters, which appear throughout the game. TBD 2015 ### Super Meat Boy Forever It’s the official sequel to 2010’s acclaimed platform game starring a tiny cube of flesh that darts and leaps through hundreds of trap-filled levels. TBD 2015 ### Forma.8 You’re stuck orbiting an alien planet, your reserves nearly depleted, so you deploy a tiny probe to the planet, hoping to retrieve an underground energy source and continue your journey. Studio MixedBag dubs _Forma.8_ a “Metroidvania” (that is, _Metroid_ plus _Castlevania_), wherein you’ll explore a mammoth and interlinked series of levels, solving puzzles and battling enemies to accomplish your goals. TBD 2015 ### Clockwork Explore a 400-year-old clockwork metropolis as Atto, a mechanical boy who sets out to mend both his malfunctioning machine city and its many robotic inhabitants—human survivors, who abandoned their organic bodies centuries ago to escape the ravages of a deadly plague. 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