Gameloft, the publisher behind the recent Amazing Spider-Man 2 mobile game, has announced a new runner style game with Spidey called Spider-Man Unlimited. Players get to use many versions of Spider-Man to fight the Sinister Six, who are behind a plot to gain unlimited energy from a “malevolent dimensional rift.”
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Previously released on Android and iOS, The Sandbox is making its way to the Android micro-console Ouya. Developed by Pixowl, Inc., The Sandbox gives players the ability to create their own 2D world using various resources.
An adventure game set in the world of The Witcher, simply titled The Witcher Adventure Game. been announced and will be coming to Android. Developed by CD Projekt Red, the dev behind the Witcher games including the upcoming The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt.
Fanatic Earth, an RPG from Japanese publisher KEMCO, is now available for Android devices via the Google Play Store. In the game, you play as Zech, a man living in Xilleon City, which lies underneath a dome in order to protect citizens from a lethal bacteria.
Independent Game Dev Terry Cavanagh of distractionware is bringing two of his games, VVVVVV and Super Hexagon to the Android game console Ouya. Super Hexagon is slated for a release next Tuesday, July 3rd, with no date given for VVVVVV. Super Hexagon has players controlling a triangle through a hexagon without hitting the walls.
Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta is now available on the Google Play store. An episodic game, with only episode 1 being released thus far, Unearthed is about a “fortune hunter” and his adventure in the middle east. The game is a third person action game with shooting and hand to hand combat, along with platforming and driving.
Watch Dogs is getting a companion App that will allow players to interact with the upcoming title. This news keeps up with the current trend where a lot of major game releases that are coming up for other platforms are getting companion apps that players can use and interact with while playing the matching game.
Although there is no date yet for its Android release, Rebuild: Gangs of Deadsville is now available in its beta form through Steam Early Access. The game is centered around rebuilding society after surviving a zombie apocalypse. With a small group of survivors you take back blocks of a city, while trying to survive in a zombie-filled world.
Nintendo will be bringing a 3DS tethering app to Google Play but only in Japan. Coming on the heels of the upcoming Mario Kart app, titled Mario Kart TV , this app will allow users to connect their 3DS to their phone for internet use.
Borderlands 2 has been available on the PS Vita for a week now (if you bought the Vita Slim bundle). While it may be the only handheld to run the game natively, it is not the only handheld Borderlands 2 can be played on. The NVIDIA Shield offers PC streaming of many games, and Borderlands 2 is one of them. I happen to be in a very small camp of people who own both systems and I’ve given both of them a try.