Finally available after months of relentless teasing, Xperia Play owners can now head on over to the Android Market and buy Minecraft Pocket Edition for a grand total of just $7.
Currently only available with a create mode, Minecraft Pocket Edition allows you to build anything you can conjure up in your ... Read More »
The still air of the firing range. The weight of cold steel in your palm. The smell of gun powder exciting your senses. Welcome to ARMA II: Firing Range, a realistic firing range simulator for Tegra-based Android devices. Fresh in the Market from developer Bohemia Interactive, ARMA II: Firing Range is the first ARMA series ... Read More »
Android users are not very happy with Gameloft’s business dealings (or lack thereof) with the Android Market. While Gameloft is definitely one of the best and most popular mobile game developers out there, most their products are not available on the Android Market. Some hard core gamers do choose to take the available route and ... Read More »
Slowly but surely, Android is becoming a respectable gaming platform. Our favorite OS has always had a few very good games, but somehow it’s never managed to catch up with iOS in terms of quality and quantity. Nevertheless, game developers have been bringing their iOS-only games one by one to the Android platform. Games like ... Read More »
Editor’s Note: From time to time, we like to invite independent developers to share their experiences working in various areas of the Android ecosystem. This is one of those times. Find more information about today’s guest author and indie game dev, Ziggy, at the end of the post.
I got into Android game development ... Read More »
The battle lines have been drawn, and it’s become increasingly clear that for the next little while the situation is not likely to change. As you read this, nVidia, Qualcomm, and Sony Ericsson are dawning their warpaint, loading up on ammunition, and fortifying themselves for the upcoming fight. What are they fighting for, exactly? Simple, ... Read More »
Not to be outdone by NVIDIA and Tegra Zone, this morning Qualcomm introduced its own video game showcase product, called Snapdragon Game Pack. As we’ve seen recently, Qualcomm is going on the offensive against competitors, and the release of Snapdragon Game Pack is just an extension of that. The company really wants ... Read More »
Do you feel like shooting people in the face and running over innocent bystanders with your car? Do you want to do it while you wait in line at your local grocery store? Then you’ll be happy to know that Gameloft is working on a game that’ll allow you to do just that. The popular ... Read More »
Let me preface today’s game-centric episode of Staff Picks by saying: I know these aren’t the most technically impressive specimens and they won’t be pushing your phone to its absolute dual-core-powered goodness, but that’s OK. More often than not, I find myself playing with silly little games or lightweight time-wasters over the old-school gaming epic. ... Read More »
Gameloft has already ported several of their Android titles to the Tegra 2 platform, but customers with a Motorola Atrix 4G are unable to purchase them because AT&T blocks the installation of non-Market applications. The only way to get Gameloft’s new games is through their online web store, so none of ... Read More »
