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Second Best Puzzle Game App Ever 2011!

Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Wed, 1 Feb 2012

We were delighted to spot that Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint has come second place in the 148apps.com 2011 Best App Ever awards, in the iOS Puzzle Game category. We were beaten to first place by Disney's 'Where's My Water?' Just below us in third pl...

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Top 10 Games of 2011 - Pocket Gamer

Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Tue, 27 Dec 2011

Hot on the heels of Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint for iOS being named one of the 100 Greatest Apps of All Time for 2011 by Tap! Magazine (a list that only included 13 games, surely making us one of the top 13 iOS games of all time?), the Pocket Gamer websi...

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82% Retro Gamer review

Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Tue, 6 Dec 2011

A lovely little review from the smashing people over at Retro Gamer (the UK print magazine dedicated to retro games and hardware), which was a nice surprise as Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint is bang up to the minute, ultra-modern, and NOT THE SLIGHTEST BIT ...

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Italian 4.5 star review

Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Fri, 2 Dec 2011

Another great review from Italy. I don't know why, but Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint has had great success in Italy so far, both in terms of critical response and downloads. This is from issue 21 of print magazine 'iPhone Magazine'. We only got a PDF ...

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Polish review - AppDnia.pl

Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Thu, 1 Dec 2011

We got a nice review on the Polish AppDnia website. Google Translate helpfully told me that they really liked the game, but knocked marks off us for charging for additional content. It's a shame reviewers don't like the idea of game developers trying t...

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Interview in French, Hitphone.fr

Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Mon, 7 Nov 2011

I did an interview last week with François Bliss de la Boissière for ace French mobile gaming website Hitphone.fr, covering Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint, iOS development, being an indie, and video games in general. My French is a little rusty, but I ...

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4/5 stars - 148 Apps review

Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Fri, 28 Oct 2011

Another good review of Magnetic Billiard: Blueprint appeared on the 148Apps website a few days ago. We like the fact that the reviewer appreciated the fact that there is a lot of learning in the game, and that the player is not expected to 'get' everyth...

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Champions!

Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Thu, 20 Oct 2011

Last week Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint won the AppMadness.net September Tournament, a competition between 32 apps, over 5 rounds, with apps paired-up randomly and voted for by the public, with the winner of each vote going through to the next round. An...

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8/10 - Edge

Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Fri, 7 Oct 2011

We got our first review in Edge magazine this century! I think the last time they reviewed us was Wetrix back in 1998 or so (which got a 7/10, if my memory serves me correctly). We didn't get a review of Naked War, but they've made up for that oversight ...

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9/10 - Multiplayer.it

Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Thu, 6 Oct 2011

Another smashing review for Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint, this time from Italy (surprisingly our second most popular territory in Europe after the UK, even before this review, for no reason we can fathom). 9/10, and some nice comments too: "In short, ...

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