NetMarble has finally globally released their newest game onto Android called QuickBoy. This particular game is a fast-paced platformer featuring lots and lots of undead creatures, mainly zombies. Unfortunately, due to the zombie apocalypse that has happened, most of humanity won’t step outside. This is where QuickBoy comes in.
Day: 8 October 2015
Alter the Earth’s orbit on your Android Wear Device, to avoid celestial collisions in Wear Orbit
Released by Teensy Studios, Wear Orbits is a new game for Android Wear. The idea, as well as the gameplay, are simple. Players are in control of an earth-like planet that is orbiting its star. As this celestial body is revolving happily, it will come across other planets, meteors, et al, that will need avoiding to prevent an astronomical collision.
One of the biggest unsung heroes in any RPG title is the shopkeeper. He is always there when you need him, usually fully stocked with everything you could need to successfully complete the journey you’re on. It’s a lot of work and usually he is there giving you a good deal on his goods as well. When was the last time you thanks your local shopkeeper in that RPG you’re playing?
Now available on Nvidia Shield devices, Pix the Cat is a mash-up between two old school classics, Snake and Pac-Man. Each single screen level contains a number of eggs and a corresponding number of target spaces. Each time Pix grabs an egg, it turns into a duckling that then proceeds to follow Pix around the level. Collect more eggs and your tail of ducklings gets longer and longer… so long, in fact, that eventually you have to be wary of hitting your own ducks and receiving a penalty.
Round-up of Mojang’s Q&A session yesterday: Build height increase, Gear VR version incoming, and much more
Yesterday we reported on Mojang who did a live stream Q&A session on Twitch about Minecraft: Pocket Edition and Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition. Everything from future plans for both versions of the game, to what we can expect in the very next update was covered. A few interesting tidbits did come out that fans of the franchise will be interested to know.
The rather popular TV personality Ellen Degeneres is the latest star to get their own mobile game today. This new game is called Psych! Outwit Your Friends and like the title suggests, this title is a battle of wits against your friends. However, this isn’t your typical quiz type of game though.
Telltale Games’ popular series Tales from the Borderlands is unfortunately coming to a close soon. The company today announced when we can expect the Season Finale to arrive, which will be later this month. As hinted at during the company’s impromptu Q&A session recently on Twitter, this ending to the series is going to be a bit of a tearjerker apparently.
Three weeks ago we reported on a new Bridge Constructor game heading to mobile devices soon called Bridge Constructor Stunts. While iOS users received a version of this game two weeks ago, Android users did not. However, that has all changed today as this game is now available on Google Play.
The developer of the ubiquitous Havok engine has a new home under the Microsoft banner. On October 2nd, the Redmond tech giant purchased the Dublin firm from Intel corps for an undisclosed sum of money. Swift to assuage industry fears that the move would bring the popular Havok engine in-house only, Microsoft put forth this statement on their blog.