Today is Halloween and like every time this year we see an onslaught of games get updated with Halloween themed content as well as going on sale. This is a great time for Android gamers to snag a few deals and this year is no exception to that rule as there happens to be plenty of good games on sale today.
The Ratchet & Clank franchise will be getting a new endless runner addition soon with a game called Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus and it looks pretty damn good. Even though we already have a ton of these types of games, most of them are pretty cookie cutter from each other. This particular one looks pretty different and the impressive looking visuals certainly help with that.
Google’s in-house studio NianticLabs has finally taken the jump, changing their location-based MMO Ingress from closed beta status to an open beta one. So what exactly does this mean? It means you don’t have to wait for an invitation in order to grab this rather in-depth game. Instead you can head over to Google Play and snag yourself a copy of Ingress right now for free without the need for an invite from a friend.
Back near the end of September we reported on the rather popular farming simulation franchise Farm Simulator and that the newest installment into the series would also be making an appearance on mobile devices when it is released next month. When we first reported on this game coming to Android, we didn’t know any sort of exact release date but today the official launch date for Farm Simulator 14 has been announced.
Rovio Stars, the 3rd party publishing arm of Rovio, has released their second title onto Android called Juice Cubes. This particular game is a match-3 style puzzler which features fruit themed cubes that you’ll be matching 3 or more of in order to remove them from the playing field.
Amazon has already offered up a bunch of games on sale to celebrate today being Halloween. Apparently that wasn’t enough and so Amazon has put together a bundle of games that are all themed around zombies and are offering them all up as Amazon’s free app/game of the day.
A classic Amiga game has made its way onto Android today called Rocket Ranger. Developed by Cinemaware, Rocket Ranger takes the old school classic and brings it over to our mobile devices with controls designed for gameplay while on the go. You’ll be playing as the hero of this game who happens to be a brave soul that’s strapped a rocket pack onto his back and flies around fighting bad guys.
Transport Tycoon from 31X has been out on Android for a little bit now and the developers have pushed out one of the bigger updates to the game today. This update brings with it new features as well as plenty of fixes to improve the game. There also happens to be some new freebies to snag as well for those of you who are interested.
While everyone is waiting for the upcoming Assassin’s Creed game to arrive onto Android, those of you who own Assassin’s Creed IV on their console of choice now have a companion application from Ubisoft you can fiddle around with. Before we dive into what this application contains you’ll need to know that in order to grab a copy of this companion app you’ll need to own a tablet as it isn’t available for phones.
Back in July of this year we reported on HyperDevBox announcing their next game which is called Record of Agarest War. Since then the company has been hard at work developing the game for its debut on Android and it seems that it is almost done as the company has announced today that Record of Agarest War will be arriving onto Google Play in the next few weeks.