Players looking for a new way to enjoy Clash of Clans with their friends are in luck. Supercell has announced a major addition to the game ahead : Clan Capitals, a brand-new social experience that is now available in-game.
Clan Capitals are strongholds in the sky that clans can create and customize as they please. The social areas can add new districts by upgrading the Capital Hall, while Capital Gold can be forged to purchase new buildings, defenses, and weaponry for the clan.
Clash of Clans is a free to download online multiplayer battle game. It is aimed at age 13+.
The object of the game is to build your village, design your base and defend your turf.
You can join other players in a clan to fight others, or there is the option for single player play, in which you have to attack a series of goblin buildings.
Players build their base, complete with buildings, supplies and weapons, and have to collect gold, elixir and Dark Elixir through gameplay to increase and maintain these defences against attack.
You can also collect gems by successfully completing certain tasks, or buy them through in-app purchases.
Format and price: Free on iOS and Android with in-app purchases, eg: you can buy treasure chests of gems from £3.99 to a whopping great £79.99.
What they say
‘Answer the call of the mustache! Join the international fray that is Clash of Clans. Customize your village, build an army and crush your opponents. Like using friendship to strike fear into your enemies? Join a Clan, or establish a Clashing legacy by creating your own. The choice is yours in this millions-strong community of Barbarians.’
What’s the reality?
You can’t have missed the TV campaigns for Clash of Clans – the adverts most recently featured Bond villain and Spectre star Christoph Waltz. Liam Neeson popped up in a previous version.
The game was the top grossing app on both the App Store and Google Play in 2015, with an estimated revenue of over £1million (1.5million dollar
What parents need to know
iOS
When you first open the game, a message flashes up to tell you about in-app purchases and how to disable them. Do this by going to Settings > General > Restrictions > Disable Restrictions.
You will be asked to set up a 4-digit PIN code. Select In-App Purchases and set to off.
You can also disable Multiplayer Games and Addings Friends if you don't want your child to interact with others. You will need to do this for every device you access the game on.
To stop other players contacing you in general on an iPhone, go to Game Centre in Settings and turn off Allow Invites and Nearby Players. You can also make your player profile private here.
For more on parental controls on Apple devices, click here.
Android
When you first open the game, a message flashes up to tell you about in-app purchases and how to disable them. To do this go to your Google Play store app, choose Menu > Settings > Require authentication for purchases. This means you will need to set a password to make in-app purchases.
The options to choose from are Never, Family-friendly content (which works on all games classified as being for ages 12 and under), Every 30 minutes or For all purchases through Google Play on this device.
Once set, remember not to tell your child the password if you don't want them to make any purchases. You will need to do this for every device you access the game on.
You will then be asked whether you want to share your Google+ profile with anyone on the web, or customise it. Click on Public to disable this if you want to.
To stop other players contacting you on an Android phone, go to the Play Games app, touch the Menu icon [three horizontal lines] and click Set
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