Well, our Under The Radar column was meant to be something we did once every week or so, but in just the past few days I’ve come across some really good titles from first-time indie developers. So that leads us to our second Under The Radar for the week. More than half of the games on this list can be classified under the “brutal” category, so if you’re looking for challenging games then be sure to give them a go.
Category: News
The Chinese New Year is upon us and for those of you who celebrate this particular it is always a time to celebrate. The folks over at Zeptolabs also think it is a time to celebrate and have released a new update today for Cut The Rope called Lantern Box and along with this update comes a new gameplay element.
A new head-to-head combat game has arrived on Android from developers Pixelmaji called Monster Rivals. In this particular game you will be squaring off against other monsters as you work to become the strongest one around. Through combat you will be leveling up your monster of choice and customizing them with skills and items.
Fans of the Cartoon Wars series from Gamevil have a new episode to dive into today called Cartoon Wars: Blade. This particular game takes place 10 years after the initial Cartoon Wars game where this time it is all about a lone warrior who has set of to find adventure and unveil the secrets of lands far away.
It seems as though Wikipad and the folks at the company re a bit confused as to what they would like to do in regards to the gaming Android tablet they have been developing for what seems like forever and a day. Originally the Wikipad was not planned to be a 10″ Android gaming tablet until the company announced that it would instead be a 10″ gaming tablet. Now, Wikipad has announced that its Android gaming tablet will be a 7″ one that will retail for $250.
In an age when an uprising of rival gods threatens to destroy Zeus and all who worship him. One person will be summoned to protect them. As evil creatures rain terror down on the cities of the world, you must control the power of Zeus and vanquish them, forever. Fight back in this defense game by calling down the powers of earthquakes, tornado’s, floods, and fires.
A new Tegra 3 optimized game will be heading our way soon which is actually a game that is already out on Xbox Live Arcade as well as on Steam for PCs called Space Ark. It will officially have the THD tacked onto it when it arrives for Tegra 3+ Android devices. We’re saying Tegra 3+ since Tegra 4 is on the way real soon and those devices with Tegra 4 chipsets will also play Tegra 3 games.
For those of you who think the OUYA will be outdated the moment it arrive since Tegra 4 has been announced and devices that will have the Tegra 4 chipset are on the horizon, it looks like OUYA has a plan of their own to stay with the times. The CEO of OUYA, Julie Uhrman, was talking at the DICE summit yesterday where she revealed the company’s new deals with Double Fine and Verse Studios. She also revealed their plans for the OUYA hardware which will be following the same model as mobile phones and tablets do.
Well folks, it’s now officially in the Play Store. Battle Ninja Village is officially listed in the Japanese Play Store and at the rate of conversion means we are more then likely only weeks or months from having an English translated version. If you want to get a head start, or if you like fiddling and trying to figure out a game in Japanese, it will cost you $4.68 to do so.
DotEmu has brought another Neo Geo classic to Android for SNK Playmore and this time it is the missing Metal Slug 2 game. We say missing because we’ve has the first one and the third one available already, we were only missing the second Metal Slug game to keep the series whole.









