One really great thing about the Nvidia Shield is the ability to play full PC games on it. This can be done using Nvidia’s GameStream technology which lets owners of the Shield stream PC games from their actual PCs to their Nvidia Shield unit.
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Terry Cavanagh already has plenty of fans in the mobile gaming scene with the release of Super Hexagon, along with a couple of his older titles as well. One of his bigger hits though is called VVVVVV and awhile ago we reported on the fact that it would be coming to Android. Well it looks like it will finally be happening and soon.
Braveland is a new hexagonal turn-based game set in a fantasy world. The game begins with bandit raiders attacking your home and raiding it of supplies killing anyone who resisted. You vow to get justice and donning your fathers old armor set out east into the world to track down the villains responsible. Its a very played out and cliche story but one that seems to work for the scope of the game as you travel on an over-world map which you can select locations to visit. Each location will have something an encounter which could be other people hearing of your plight and wanting to join you or places to shop, while others might be thieves or other creatures wanted to stop you. Should you run into an enemy encounter you will be dropped into combat mode and swapped over to the hexagonal map which will be very familiar to any of you who have played Heroes of Might and Magic.
The rather popular game XCOM: Enemy Unknown has finally made the jump from iOS to Android devices today. 2K Games has brought the alien eliminating game to Google Play but before you rush on over to buy it, be sure to clear up some space as this game weighs in at a rather massive 3.6GB in size.
While we may never see an official Pokemon game make it to mobile devices anytime soon, The Pokémon Company International wants everyone to be at least able to watch all the Pokemon episodes they could ever want. Originally released onto Android through Google Play, Pokemon TV is now available for those of you who own a Kindle Fire tablet. This also means the probable compatibility with Amazon’s new set top box at some point in the near future.
Zen Studios is really promoting their upcoming expansion to their Star Wars pinball series, releasing a new trailer for one of the four upcoming new pinball tables each week. This week is no different with the release of the Star Wars: Masters of the Force pinball table trailer.
Nvidia has done pretty good with their Nvidia Shield portable Android gaming system, especially with the updates as of late improving all the features that gamers have wanted to have improved including the GameStream technology and button mapping. A new benchmark report from AnTuTu now has the Nvidia Shield 2 specs showing up.
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Apple and Google are fighting it out for exclusive games by offering large promotional services
Apple and Google are scraping it out for platform exclusive games and they are doing it by offering those games that choose to be exclusive heavy promotional on their respective marketplaces. With the issues of discoverability in both marketplaces being alive and well, this kind of promotion would almost certainly make those chosen game a hit, although maybe not for the right reasons.
So we are expanding our team and looking to add on at least one new writer, although two would be better. These writing positions are paid and will be available for anyone who wishes to write either during the evening/late night or the weekends. Of course it doesn’t have to be late night where you are located, only that it be the evening/late night here in the USA.
The developers of the rather cool game called Machinarium are gearing up to release their next game onto Android soon. Amanita Design’s next game is called Botanicula will actually be released for the iPad first but Android gamers will get this game as well shortly after the iPad version lands in May 2015.