Rube Goldberg and the machines he made have have inspired people throughout the years into creating complex machines and constructs using random objects to accomplish the most menial tasks possible such as pushing a ball 2 inches to the left. However, they are fun to build and even more fun to watch in action, especially when people get a little crazy with their contraptions.
Three games currently in soft launches you should check out if you can, global releases coming soon
Over the past few days there have been a few games that have been released as a soft launch specific to certain countries in like Canada, Australia and a few others, order to test to make sure they are all running good. Two of these games we’ve talk about in the past already, covering their inevitable release onto Android, and both are being published by EA. These games are Dungeon Keeper and Heroes of Dragon Age. The third game is actually from LucasArts called Tiny Death Star.
Crescent Moon Games and Tasty Poison Games have teamed up and released a new cyber punk themed FPS game called Neon Shadow today for Android gamers to dig into. Before you ask the inevitable question when it comes to FPS games let us answer it for you right now – yes there is controller support.
Rovio finally announces a release date for their Angry Birds Go kart racing game, shown off with a trailer as well
Rovio has been hinting at a kart racing game for quite some time now but today the company made it official by announcing a release date as well as the first, of probably many, trailers for everyone to check out. There is also a full micro-site for the game now as well which, we must admit, is actually pretty nifty looking.
The Humble Bundle 7 has arrived featuring six new games available for Android and other platforms
A new Humble Bundle has launched and it looks like Android users get to enjoy a bit of a double dose of gaming goodness from the company. The Humble Bundle 7 features a selection of games that you can grab for your Android device, PC, Mac and Linux for whatever you want to pay.
In more Clash of Clans developer Supercell news, the company has announced today that it has sold 51% of the company to SoftBank and GungHo Entertainment for the ridiculous amount of $1.5 billion making this one of the biggest mobile game studio purchases to date. It isn’t like either company didn’t have the money to spare, especially after GungHo Entertainment’s release of Puzzle and Dragons which makes them a staggering amount of money by itself.
Back when it was announced that Trendy Entertainment was making a sequel to their hit tower defense style game Dungeon Defenders, everyone seemed pretty excited about a lot of the changes that would be arriving with this sequel. One of the big changes was that it would be a lot more like a MOBA style game than an action-based tower defense game like the original was.
Marvel announces two games heading to Android worldwide soon – Marvel Run Jump Smash! and Marvel: Avengers Alliance
NY Comic Con had a few other gaming related announcements while the event was happening and these were from Marvel Entertainment who announced two new games that will be making their appearance on Android in the near future. One game is already out on iOS called Marvel: Avengers Alliance while the second game is MARVEL RUN JUMP SMASH! will be launching on multiple platforms including Android worldwide.
Over the course of the last week and a half we have had the pleasure of reporting on lots of Square Enix news regarding Final Fantasy as well as some of their other franchises like most of their Dragon Quest series. When we reported that Final Fantasy VI was heading to mobile this Winter we also mentioned that Final Fantasy VII had promising prospects in regards to arriving onto mobile in the near future. That near future seems to be longer than we had hoped… a lot longer actually.
So NY Comic Con happened over the weekend and during the event Warner Bros and DC Entertainment announced that Batman: Arkham Origins would be making its way to mobile devices in the near future. Not only will the game be arriving onto Android and iOS soon, you’ll be able to unlock additional suits in the console version of the game when playing the mobile version.