While using the vague and generic term ‘mobile devices’, Take-Two and it’s casual games department 2K Play have announced that they will indeed be pushing into the mobile gaming realm with five releases. Considering the term ‘mobile devices’ is now generally referred to both Android and iOS, we should soon see all four games available for our phones and tablets.
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E3 2012: Sony graces the HTC One series as Playstation certified, changes name of Playstation Suite as well
Sony has dropped a couple of nuggets onto the world of mobile gaming today, specifically with regards to Android of course. First off, a quick note that Sony has changed the name of the Playstation Suite to Playstation Mobile. A small but suitable change but the second bit of news is more substantial.
The current Skylanders titles have been a pretty big hit on the platforms they have been released on so far. Unfortunately Android hasn’t been one of those platforms but that is about to change as Activision has confirmed it will be coming to ‘mobile devices’.
Alright we already know a lot of people are not exactly happy with the delay Max Payne has had with it coming to Android devices but it looks like the wait will be over soon. According to a leaked release schedule, Rockstar Games has Max Payne slated for release this month.
Similar to Call of Duty Elite where you can change load-outs and other items on your Android phone or tablet, EA’s upcoming Madden 13 game for consoles has been announced during their press conference and part of that announcement includes the ability to manage teams on your phone or tablet.
The creators of one of the two big pinball gaming platforms called Pinball Arcade started not too long ago a Kickstarter project in the hopes to get funding to pay for the license to bring The Twilight Zone pinball table to their Pinball Arcade platform. Well funding has been a success and The Twilight Zone is coming to Pinball Arcade. Along with this success in funding comes a new stretch goal which hopes to bring the Star Trek: The Next Generation pinball tablet to the platform as well.
Nintendo’s next possibly big product is going to be the Wii U and along with it comes a new component called the Mii-verse. This is a social gaming features that you will not only be accessed through the Wii U but also through your smartphone or tablet. An interesting move from a company who has long stood against smartphone and tablet gaming.
In what we can only guess as being themed around the lost city of Atlantis, the next Angry Birds Seasons update appears to be called Piglantis. According to AngryBirdsNest, they have spotted a new update on the iOS Game Center sporting that name.
With the new Amazing Spider-Man movie on the horizon, Gameloft has just announced that a new official Amazing Spider-Man game for mobile will be released alongside the movie. This game will be a dual effort by Gameloft along with Marvel just like the first Spider-Man game was.
So E3 2012 is underway right now officially with some of the press events and new conferences. However plenty of sites are going to be streaming E3 2012 live from the showroom floor as well. Hitting up all these sites is just a pain in the ass sometimes so we have decided to collect all the top streams and place them here for you to enjoy!