One game a lot of people were hoping would come to Android from Square Enix was their RPG title called Chaos Rings. However Square Enix has really had no plans to bring the game to Android at all, or at least that is what we thought since they have never said anything publicly about releasing Chaos Rings for Android. However, here we are staring at it on our Android devices as Square Enix quietly unleashed this much wanted title today.
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Everyone loves old school gaming, and thanks in part to the magic of emulation, you can literally carry hundreds of retro games from consoles past right in your pocket. Unfortunately these emulators don’t have much flair in the design department and loading a ROM boils down to a folder browsing experience. Functional but not pretty to look at.Thankfully, developers Jack Patrick and Shouvik Dutta created Gameshelf, an app that catalogs your ROM collections into an aesthetically pleasing interface.
Yes, there are plenty of controllers out there heading our way over the next few weeks, all of which are designed with serious gaming in mind. However, for those of you who are more into the retro gaming end of things, whether it be playing cool retro games or just checking out merchandise from back in the day, there is a controller that we’ve been keeping an eye on since we last reported on it back in February 2012. Well after the long wait the iCade 8-bitty controller is finally available for purchase.
When Minecraft: Pocket Edition came out on Android it was a great addition to Android gaming in general. While the game has come a long way since it’s initial release to the now current 0.4.0 version, there are still plenty features that are missing from the game. Things like caves, villages, enchanting and so on are key features still needing to make their way to the game. Still, with all of this missing, Minecraft: Pocket Edition is a great game. However, there is one feature that, for the most part, everyone who has Minecraft: Pocket Edition really wants and that is online multiplayer.
The recently released spin-off game from the Angry Birds universe, called Bad Piggies, has only been out for a short time but it seems the bad pigs are not content with having their own game finally. In the true spirit of wanting everything the birds have, Bad Piggies has invaded the vanilla Angry Birds game in a new update. Oh, and now Angry Birds comes with power-ups?!
Not too long ago Google rolled out the abilities to offer up subscriptions that users can sign up for and get charged a monthly fee. The subscription service is available as an in-app purchase where, for example, if you like a magazine, you could subscribe to it for a monthly fee, usually around $3.99. As of today, Google has rolled out the ability to try a subscription service before buying into it.
One of the games we mentioned when reporting on Gameloft’s Fall line-up for Android not too long ago is called Zombiewood. We didn’t have a whole lot of details about this game at that time but it looks like Zombiewood could be nearing release as Gameloft has started promoting the game with a new trailer.
Over the past few months we have been reporting on Spacetime Studios upcoming MMORPG for Android, iOS and Chrome called Arcane Legends. This new title is a combination of all the features and game mechanics that worked well and were popular in their previous games such as the charge attacks and group combo attacks. The game goes back to a more fantasy theme with visuals closer to what you would find in Star Legends or Pocket Legends, the more cartoon like graphics. There will also be new features that will arrive in Arcane Legends when it launches such as the battle pets system.
A new indie game studio has arrived called Wappworks Studios, a two man team made up of Chris Khoo (an EA alumni) and Chris Ting (a game enthusiast), and they have released their first game for Android called Hyper Grav. This new game is a physics-based action game where you will be taking on mercenaries who have managed to take hostage your society’s sacred symbol, The Arc.
HandyGames usually does this every Halloween with at least one of their games and it looks like this year Clouds & Sheep will be getting the Halloween makeover update. The update, which is now available for you to download, comes with a new Halloween themed scenario along with eight new Halloween challenges to work your way through. Of course everything is decorated in the spirit of Halloween including your beloved sheep.