Last week’s Apps World was an event dedicated to mobile games and apps - and the craft of making them. Apps World culminated with the Big Indie Pitch, a contest in which game developers pitched their games to members of the press. I look forward to telling you all about my experience with the Pitch very soon. In the meantime, let’s look at one of the two games that won the Big Indie...
Back during the era of the original Playstation, an arcade-style game called Gubble migrated from PC and Mac to Playstation. It starred a little purple alien who hopped around in a pogo stick-like vehicle and solved puzzles with simple tools like hammer and screwdriver. Several years later, developer Actual Entertainment released the first Gubble on iOS (Android hadn’t caught on so...
Flappy Bird strategy guide: top 5 ways to score higher and stay saner at Flappy Bird, the game everyone loves to hate ... or hates to love! Flappy Bird is the hottest game on the Play Store — at least for the moment — and topmost on every gamer's mind is how to get a higher score than their friends without smashing their phone to pieces in the process. Flapp Bird is a fantastically...
Rebooted PC classic now available worldwide on Google Play EA has announced that Dungeon Keeper for Android (and iOS) is now available globally, following a limited rollout in some regions towards the end of 2013. The game is thematically similar to classic titles on which it's based, but the mobile version of 'Keeper is more about tower defense and strategy building than the PC...
See what your AC editors are playing on their Nexus 7 tablets when they should be working I'm not going to lie. A job that involves playing great games on an equally great tablet like the Nexus 7 is amazeballs. We look through and evaluate hundreds of new apps each month, and plenty of them are games. Then we get choosy, and make sure you know about the best ones. It's a responsibility...
Game is expected to launch on Android and iOS devices in late 2014 The folks over at Niantic Labs, the Google company behind the widely popular Ingress game, have just announced a new partnership with James Frey to make his newest series ENDGAME into a location based augmented reality game. Building off of the books Niantic Labs will create an experience that builds upon their successes...
Turn your Android device into a full gaming machine with the Gamevice Gaming has become extremely popular on mobile devices but one of the pain points is trying to figure out the varying controls of each game. Wikipad hopes to help solve that issue. The latest offering from Wikipad is a detachable controller that is very similar to a controller you would find on a gaming console. Once...
Last week we brought news that Russian gaming giant Game Insight would be bringing its multiplayer combat game Tank Domination to Android early next year. That title will be the publisher’s most hardcore Android release to date. They’re actually best known for city building games. The cream of Game Insight’s city building crop is 2020: My Country, a sequel to the original My Country....
The perfect mix of card collecting and role-playing Earlier this year, Perfect World Entertainment announced their intention to move into the mobile gaming business. Perfect World is best known for publishing PC MMOs such as Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, and even one called Perfect World. The publisher’s first domestic mobile game Elemental Kingdoms appeared on iOS back in October. Now...
Shooters, strategy, racing, RPGs and more! If you've found yourself the proud owner of a brand new Android smartphone or tablet this holiday season, one of the first things you might want to do — once the basics are taken care of — is get hold of some of the top gaming titles. Through the Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore, Android has a wealth of gaming variety to choose from, from...
Online multiplayer combat game will be free on Android With World of Tanks Blitz still in development, the only proper alternative on Android is Tanktastic. But that is due to change early next year. Game Insight, publisher of the My Country series and Dragon Eternity is preparing to bring their largest game yet to Android: Tank Domination. With 10-against-10 online battles, a large...
Six games, and more to come, for a small donation The latest Humble Bundle, PC and Android 8, is now available and offering up some great games. As is the case each time around, the Humble Bundle is accepting completely user-chosen donations to help benefit both charities and the game developers. This time around, they have four games available at any donation level: Little Inferno...
Remastered port includes widescreen graphics, Hidden Palace Zone and Boss Attack mode As promised, SEGA has today released a remastered mobile version of classic Genesis/Mega Drive platformer Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for Android and iOS. Like the updated versions of Sonic 1 and Sonic CD, Sonic 2 features widescreen graphics, 60fps gameplay and a few surprises for fans of the 90's console...
Altered Beast and Golden Axe characters return for a SEGA 25 year anniversary cameo Sega’s Kingdom Conquest games are well-liked for their mixtures of action, strategy, and MMO gameplay. The latest entry: Kingdom Conquest II features a variety of gameplay styles all thrown into a pot and cooked together. One of those styles involves collecting monster cards to send into battle against...
New platformer arrives today on Google Play and Amazon Appstore Platform veteran Rayman returns to mobile today with the launch of Rayman Fiesta Run, a new running game that follows on from last year's Rayman Junge Run. Like that title, Fiesta Run features fast-paced platforming across a range of colorful worlds, with a total 76 individual levels. The concept isn't new — run around...
There's no shortage of Cut the Rope games out there, I know. But maybe you've been thinking that's not enough. You need more physics puzzlers to play on the go. I've been there, man. One of my favorite games in that style has long been Spider Jack, which comes from a Russian developed called MaxNick. Their latest physics puzzler Green Jelly (not to be confused with Jelly Bean or that...
Nobody looks forward to the end of the work day more than Mr. Ludo If you played board games as a kid, chances are you played Ludo, which also goes by Sorry!, Parcheesi, and other names. Now UK developer called Yo Ambulante has created a new Android version called Mr. Ludo. This particular take still offers the time-honored and simple gameplay that many of us know and love, but dresses...
Mobile gaming powerhouse GREE International has released a number of role-playing/town building games in recent years, including Modern War, Kingdom Age, and Crime City. Their latest role-playing game Dragon Realms was developed internally at GREE’s RPG+ Studio and acts as the spiritual successor to last year’s Kingdom Age. Dragon Realms is a free to play Massively Multiplayer Online...
Cie's new drag-racing title is coming soon to Android Cie Games' Racing Rivals was one of the big-name titles mentioned on-stage at yesterday's Samsung Developers Conference keynote in San Francisco. And so to kick off the second day of Android Central Live from SDC13, our own Phil Nickinson tracked down Cie's VP of Business Development and Ops, Matt Nutt, to talk about the new drag-...
Racer headed to Google Play Store 'shortly' Today at the Samsung Developers Conference in San Francisco, game developer Cie Games has announced the arrival of its drag-racing title, Racing Rivals, on Android. The game, which launched on iOS back in August, pits players against each other in real-time races in a number of real-world cars, with a vehicle tuning and tweaking system...