Nvidia officially announced the pre-orders were now live for some folks along with the $350 price and June shipping date only a couple of days ago. The company’s Android-powered handheld gaming device has somehow already made it onto TV but not in a commercial. Instead the device has made a cameo appearance in a sitcom called Modern Family.
Spry Fox, the developers of the widely popular puzzle game Triple Town, have announced what their new game will be and it is another puzzle game called Road Not Taken. This particular game has a rather deep theme to it regarding life and loss but does not do away with the cuteness found in Triple Town.
Infinite Dreams’ Can Knockdown franchise has seen quite the success and popularity on both Android and iOS. The company has been working on a new addition to the franchise which we have talked about in the recent past but now we have an official release date of May 16h, 2013 for Can Knockdown 3.
Some of you may have heard of Butterscotch Shenanigans. They’re the guys behind Towelfight 2: The Monocle of Destiny, a twin-stick shooter that some say is reminiscent of The Binding of Issac. I enjoyed it pretty much. You go from room to room, clearing out baddies while shooting an assortment of animals out of your face.
Rovio has been hinting at getting into publishing third party games onto iOS and Android for some time now and it looks like these plans may finally be coming to life. In fact the company has announced what this spin-off will be, officially naming it Rovio Stars. Under Rovio Stars, the company plans to release third party games submitted to them.
While N3V Games’ upcoming zombie shooter Dead On Arrival 2 is already underway with its pre-beta testing phase, the company has announced when the next beta will begin and what it will entail. For those of you already in the beta, you won’t have to worry about signing up again or anything like that. When the new version of the game is released, you’ll have access to it.
Nvidia’s Tegra 4 Android-powered handheld gaming system called Project Shield has finally become a real thing instead of just a demo device seen at conferences and on video. Today the company has announced that pre-orders will begin on May 20th, 2013 with a shipping date happening sometime in late June 2013.
Interesting news today as TwitchTV and Kabam have formed a partnership to bring Kabam game discovery and gameplay to the live game streaming service. This partnership integrates both of those factors not only into the web version of TwitchTV but also into the Android application as well.
There is an upcoming platformer under development right now called Glob The Game by an indie developer that looks rather promising. While there isn’t a whole lot of details right now about this game, what we do have is a look at the gameplay itself thanks to a video from the developer.
Elevator Hero by Supertapp Interactive is an arcade game that looks like it takes influence from Taito’s old school arcade game called Elevator Action. Currently being developed by a one-man team, Evelvator Hero plays a lot like the old Elevator Action game as you play as a criminal type of character who is has to use elevators to avoid the police who are doing their rounds in each building.