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Quintet lets you and up to 4 other players pilot your own Star Trek-Style Space craft through space, with each player taking on different roles – from a Captain Kirk to a Scotty.

With gameplay split into 5 roles – Captain, Helm, Tactical, Engineering and Science. How successful you are will depend on how well you all work together. Communication is key, and although you don’t have to sit in a swivel chair and command ‘warp speed Mr Sulu’ or ‘fire the torpedoes’, it certainly adds to the experience.

There are multiple types of ships for 1 to 5 players, so solitary pilots can still go where no man has gone before with no need for a crew. All of the different ships can play with (or against) each other in the same missions/scenarios.

The amount of cross-platform compatibility is particularly impressive, as Windows, Mac, Linux, Web Browser and Tablet/Mobile users can all play together. The Beta is available at any time, but every Monday at 7pm EST they also host Massive Battle Mondays – an event that gathers together crews for a mighty big scrap. More power to the shields and set Phasers to kill!

Download Quintet, for Free, or play in a Unity supported Browser (Win, Mac, Linux, iOS, OUYA & Android)

World Zombination is a fun real time strategy game that tasks you with taking over the world with your zombie horde or helping the human faction survive the zombie apocalypse.

The zombie hordes are certainly that, with hundreds of zombies swarming the screen hell-bent on feasting on the survivors. As well as sheer numbers, the zombie faction has a range of different zombies such as runners, spitters and brutes at their disposal to accomplish world zombination.

The humans may not have numbers but they’ve got brains (braaaains). With a selection of units such as snipers, medics and brawlers, they use tactical positioning and superior firepower to fight back the waves of undead.

As well as masses of zombies, World Zombination has a wonderful cartoony art style, a great sense of humor and some clever character design. Swarms of zombies look fantastic as they charge across the screen, especially if they’re the one in charge of them!

The Beta works on iPad 2 and iPhone 5 or newer at the moment, but there are plans for Android, Mac & PC versions.

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We also have 20 Beta Keys to give away! We’ll be giving them out through the Alpha Beta Gamer website. Mmm ZomBeta Keys!

Stratega is a fast paced RTS/Tower Defence hybrid, where you gather minerals, survive waves of enemies attacks and attempt to capture the enemy base.

It features an interesting node-based building function, reminiscent of the way you build structures in World Of Goo. Set in space, you have to defend your Hive, expand it and take down your enemies. Gameplay is extremely fast paced and a bit more hectic than your usual RTS.

Stratega is coming to iOS, Andorid and is currently on Steam Greenlight. Successful applicants will be gifted a copy of the finished mobile version, when ready.

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We see a lot of interesting games at Alpha Beta Gamer, but Gorogoa is 15 minutes of the most unique, innovative and intelligent gameplay we’ve experienced this year.

Gameplay is spilt across four beautifully illustrated and animated panels that helped win it the IGF Excellence in Visual Arts Award. These four panels can be moved around, zoomed in and out of and placed on top of each other to solve puzzles, allowing your character to continue his journey through the beautifully crafted world. As you progress, the panels interact with each other in a variety of surprising and delightful ways, allowing for plenty of ‘wow that’s clever’ moments.

Gorogoa is targeted for release late in 2014 for PC & Mac, then subsequently mobile platforms. With it’s beautiful animation (the GIFs above don’t do it justice), intelligent design and unique gameplay it’s bound to win more awards when it’s released. Personally, it’s already my GOTY. Highly Recommended.

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Rakete is a chaotic little game, similar to Lunar Lander, where the aim is to take off from point A and land on point B. Sounds easy? What about doing it with five thrusters, controlled by 5 different keys? Still to easy? How about doing it with 5 different players, each one controlling a separate thruster? Houston, we have a problem!

Rakete is great fun in single player, and is still pretty tricky using the keyboard to coordinate your thrusters, but multiplayer is where the real fun is. 5 players can all connect to the game using the brass monkey app for iOS or Android devices, then each player can control an individual thruster. What follows is usually a chaotic disaster, with the ship cartwheeling and smashing into the ground, along with lots of shouting and plenty of fun. In this game, many hands don’t make light work, they pick it up smash it into the ground.

Download the prototype or play it through a Unity supported browser

A Dragon Named Coal is a dark fairytale inspired by Castlevania: Symphony of the Night that features branching story mechanics inspired by Dragon Age: Origins. Coming to mobile, desktop, and consoles, it’s still in its early development stages but already it looks like a cool retro pixel art Metroidvania game with some interesting ideas.

Like Dragon Age: Origins, ADNC has NPC characters that evolve over time, with your decisions affecting how they progress, this occurs with various NPCs such as influential leaders, villains, and children that grow up as time progresses. For example, if a little girl is treated kindly, she’ll grow up to start a school for gifted mages. Abuse and torment her, she becomes a femme fatale running a gang of scoundrels.

It will also feature a comprehensive crafting system, allowing you craft legendary swords and armor to hundreds of combinations. You’ll also have a selection of NPC companions with different abilities that fight alongside you, converse with you, lend you abilities, find hidden areas, unlock doors and give various stat boosts. Levels will be packed with hidden areas and treasures, rewarding exploration and exploration.

A Dragon Named Coal is certainly worth keeping an eye on, it’s mixture of retro pixel art graphics belie a deep and complex game where choices matter and dragons wear scarf’s!

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Killstorm is a modern day homage to the excellent Strike games of the 90′s (Desert Strike, Jungle Strike, Urban Strike, etc). Like our previously featured Nuclear Storm, Killstorm does a great job of taking the isometric attack helicopter warfare gameplay and updating it for the modern era.

Coming to PC, Mac and touch screen devices, the main difference to the original Strike series is that you control your chopper with the mouse (or by touch on mobile devices), this works surprisingly well, allowing for precision aiming while not affecting the agility and manoeuvrability of the helicopter.

If you want a more authentic Strike-style experience you may prefer Nuclear Storm, but Killstorm certainly has plenty to offer, full of spectacle and action. It’s certainly a lot better than what EA have planned for the Strike series anyway– ignoring it and hoping it will go away.

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The hugely successful World of Tanks empire looks set to conquer the mobile market with World of Tanks Blitz. We’ve got no idea how it’s possible to control a tank with a touch-screen interface, but we’re sure the guys at wargaming have it all figured out, and it certainly looks impressive already.

World of Tanks Blitz will feature over 80 armored vehicles, 7 vs 7 battles and 7 battle maps (including Mines from the original game). The game is planned to be released on all mobile devices, but at the moment the Beta is limited to the iPad 2, 3, 4, Mini, Air and Mini with retina display.

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Overtime Rush is a fun tower defence game reminiscent of Pixeljunk Monsters, with an interesting time stop and rewind feature. Coming to iPad, It features a nice crisp, cartoon graphical style, upgradable towers and a great variety of ice-skating...

Overtime Rush is a fun tower defence game reminiscent of Pixeljunk Monsters, with an interesting time stop and rewind feature. Coming to iPad, It features a nice crisp, cartoon graphical style, upgradable towers and a great variety of ice-skating enemies including goblins, werewolves, yetis and Satan himself. It’s a fun, light-hearted tower defence game, ideally suited to the pick up and play functionality of the iPad.

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Heroes of Frontier is a fun, well animated causal RPG game designed to be played on the go on iOS devices.

It features a comprehensive battle system that’s designed from the ground up for iOS, XP levelling, customisable weaponry and equipment, different character classes, big & bold character design, and the ability to recruit friends into your party. It’s a highly enjoyable, bite size RPG, perfect for playing on a mobile device.

Heroes of Frontier will be released on iOS on March 13th, but we have 20 early Access Keys to give away! As usual, we’ll be giving them out via our Official Twitter account @gameralphabeta

Original article HERE

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