Like we briefly mentioned in our last post a few moments ago, Archos has made the GamePad 2 an official thing now which is about time since we got to play with an early prototype at CES 2013 and it was also basically outted thanks to an FCC filing back in August of this year. So what can you expect in terms of hardware for their second gen gaming tablet?
Usually we end up seeing a Gameloft title appearing on the occasional Android device when a new one hits store shelves. This also is usually a demo version most of the time. However that will be changing with the upcoming GamePad 2 from Archos as Gameloft will have two full free games pre-installed onto the upcomin gaming centric tablet.
Tin Man Games is keeping up their momentum in celebration of their 5 year anniversary with the release of yet another interactive RPG book called Forgotten Spell. This new addition to their catalog doesn’t fall into the Fighting Fantasy franchise nor their own Gamebook Adventure series. However this is still just as good as any of their previous titles and comes with all the features you’d expect to find in a Tin Man Games release.
One game a lot of people have been waiting for since it was announced is the official mobile version of Transport Tycoon. Having been in a bit of a beta stage of testing for the last little while, this game is now available on Google Play since a few days ago for select Android devices. In other words, from what we can tell, that means tablets only as far as we can tell.
While Gamevil has published plenty of their own games as well as a few from their third-party publishing program, it seems as though Gamevil wants to keep the momentum going by outright buying game development companies. First on Gamevil’s hit list is Com2Us which was announced as being purchased by Gamevil a few days ago. Today we have word that Gamevil has just purchased another game studio called Nine Wheels.
One of Square Enix rather popular game franchises from back in the day happens to be Dragon Quest. While this franchise didn’t have the cult following the Final Fantasy franchise has, it still held its own as one of the more popular series of RPGs from the old school era of consoles. Now Square Enix has announced that a bunch of Dragon Quest games are heading to mobile soon.
A lot of people have had their eyes on Mad Catz who have promised to build the most powerful Android-based console that would be available when it launches. While the company has been tight lipped over the specs of the console, we did get some hands-on time with a prototype version with prototype hardware during the GameStop Expo this year.
Phonejoy has been making controllers for mobile gamers for a bit now and while their first product saw a little success their second controller is looking like it may pull in a lot more sales. This is partly because the controller will actually slide together when not in use, making it more compact and easier to carry along with you. The other reason could be because it fits right to your phone with the buttons and controls located on the sides of your device instead of how a standard controller is set up.
Gameloft’s next installment into their Modern Combat franchise which was slated for release near the end of this year has been postponed until sometime in the earlier part of 2014. Modern Combat 5 was announced and shown off during E3 2013 this year in a demo version but apparently development on the game is taking a bit longer than had been expected.
Back in December of last year we were following the Kickstarter campaign for Pier Solar HD, a remake of the massive retro style RPG game for Sega Mega Drive / Genesis that was released in 2010 and soon to be coming to the Dreamcast as well. Their Kickstarter campaign was so successful that Android and Ouya versions were confirmed to be in the works as well.