The first three episodes of The Walking Dead: Season 2, are available now on Google Play. Being released in a similar fashion to season 1, the first episode of Season 2 is free with the other 2 episodes and the 2 remaining coming as in-app purchases. A Season Pass is also purchasable which discounts the entire season by 25 percent. Season 2 so far like its predecessor has been critically acclaimed upon its release. Season 2 brings more story altering decisions as you play as Clementine, a fan-favorite character from Season 1.
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Gameloft is optimizing nine of their games for Android TV. This should come as no surprise really as Gameloft tries to usually be one of the first game development companies to announce support for new Android platforms, regardless of what those platforms actually are.
Disney Interactive’s official Tumblr page revealed the logo for an upcoming Star Wars mobile game, includes Android, called Star Wars Commander. Not much information was given on the game other than that it is a strategy game consisting of elements from the Star Wars universe; as in characters, locations, and technology. The game is being released in limited early access on Android along with iOS in “select international markets” but will release worldwide sometime this summer.
Transformers Age of Extinction (the movie) hits theaters this Friday. So of course any big-budget movie based off of a toy is going to have a mobile game to go along with it. Sharing the same name, the game is actually a 3D runner. However to split itself a part from those usual games, and to capture the Transformers feel, there is combat. Fighting is done as one of the two Transformer forms, vehicle or robot. You can upgrade your Transformers to make your team even more powerful.
The Google I/O Keynote yesterday brought the announcement of Android One. Android One is a new platform, targeting emerging markets, where Google will create affordable smartphones, in order to help makers of smartphones who face the issues of the endless stream of upgraded phones that come out every year. It is a reference program that will allow manufacturers to easily choose what they want included in their smartphones to keep prices low.
While not specifically a game per se, Transformers: Age of Extinction is an app with game elements that ties in with the upcoming movie of the same name. The app features a bevy of features, all of which involve promoting the movie, obviously. Character Bios, trailers, a photo gallery, and a look at all the new Transformers toys themselves are all a part of the app.
OnLive is working with Wikipad to make streaming cloud PC games playable with the Wikipad’s included controller encasing. OnLive is a cloud gaming service that lets users play games via streaming to devices that can be connected to the OnLive controller or other compatible controllers. However, in the case with Wikipad, the controller the tablet sits in will now work with OnLive games.
Gameloft announced a spin-off Asphalt game titled Asphalt Overdrive at E3. Played upright in portrait mode, Overdrive has players driving in between 3 lanes, which one can be changed with a swipe of the screen. There are many different challenges to partake in including escaping the police, performing stunts, and of course racing. Challenges give you a star rating with three stars being the highest obtainable.
Amazon is entering the smartphone business with the Amazon Fire Phone. Running on their custom 3.5.0 Fire OS which is Android but heavily altered, the Fire Phone has a set of new features to set itself apart from other phones on the market. With a 4.7 HD display, the Fire Phone’s processor is a 2.2GHz Quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU, with Adreno 330 GPU and 2GB of RAM. In layman’s terms, it is very powerful.
Gameloft has recently been teasing the reveal of a few new games at E3. One of those games is Dungeon Gems and if you were thinking it is a puzzle game from all the concept art, then you were correct. Part puzzle game, part dungeon crawler, players swipe gems, you will be doing all of this in order to defeat your enemies.