The Android app ecosystem is apparently a “chaotic cesspool” as far as Research in Motion’s Vice President of Developer Relations Alec Saunders is concerned. Last week, Saunders wrote on Twitter that a whopping 25% of Android apps are pirated. As a result, RIM will encrypt apps in the next BlackBerry OS update.
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It looks like April is shaping up to be a great month regarding Android gaming in general but also for Tegra-based devices as well Jett Tailfin Racers just came out, Demolition Inc and Dark Meadow are both slated for release this month as well. Now we have another title coming our way this month called Hamilton’s Great Adventure THD.
Pinball fans have a couple of new tables to download and play in Farsight’s Pinball Arcade for Android. Pinball Arcade is a pinball platform, similar to Zen Pinball, but while Zen Pinball create their own tables, Pinball Arcade faithfully recreates the pinball tables you used to play in the arcades from all the major brands.
A new Tegra-based game has arrived onto Android for both Tegra 2 dual-core and Tegra 3 quad-core devices. Coming from developer Hoplite Research, this new racing game is called Jett Tailfin Racers and features underwater racing as fish in the same quirky style that you would find in titles like Mario Kart.
There is a new retro style game on the Google Play Store that combines Soccer and platformer gaming into one title, then layers it heavily with some really retro style graphics. Developed by Uncade, Blast Ball combines all three things into one title which is now available for Android.
Carbon Games is gearing up to release their free-to-play cross-platform multiplayer Action-RTS game onto mobile soon called AirMech. Slated for a mobile release sometime after Summer of this year, AirMech is currently sitting in Alpha status for the PC/browser version which is actually slated for release in a beta form this Summer as well.
As you may know already from us talking about the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter project, this game will be coming to PC, Android and iOS tablets when it is released thanks to the initial $400,000 in successful funding. Topping over the $700k mark right now, new features have been announced along with a new set of features that will be added if the Kickstarter project breaks the $1 million mark.
More and more console games are starting to make their way to mobile for both iOS and Android. Another title has been announced that will be making the jump from the Playstation 3 over to iOS and Android is Joe Danger from Hello Games.
We have talked about nVidia’s next generation of the Tegra series of chipsets a few times already and now we have a leaked roadmap of when we can expect to see the Tegra 4 to land in Android device. Along with that, we also now know that it will be sporting the same 4-plus-1 quad-core structure with ARM Cortex A15s instead of A9s.
A new tunnel-based shooter has been released onto Android today called Final Space by AB Interactive. Wrapped up in some nice 3D visuals, you will be controlling an X-wing style space ship as you fly through warp-like tunnels in space, shooting up everything in your path.