Nvidia has announced that there will be a short delay in the shipping of their Android-powered handheld gaming system Shield which was supposed to begin shipping out tomorrow. Instead Shield units will begin shipping out sometime in July. This also means the Shield won’t be officially going on sale to the public tomorrow either.
Chillingo are looking to expand their reach when it comes to Android gamers and have announced that, starting today, the company will begin releasing their games onto Playstation Mobile for those of you who own Playstation Certified devices and for those of you who happen to own a PS Vita. The first game which launches today is Feed Me Oil.
We’ve talked about this game a couple of times in the past with Mediocre Games teasing everyone with the occasional screenshot here and there. Well it looks like we now have an official release date for the upcoming Sprinkle sequel called Sprinkle Islands. This new game will bring more physics-based puzzle action along with it but with some new game mechanics as well.
Radiangames is keeping up their word of releasing one of their games each week until all their titles are available on Google Play. While Bombcats was originally slated for release on June 20th, Fireball Special Edition actually took its place that day instead. So this week we get Bombcats instead, providing us with the ability to use exploding cats to save kittens.
Last week we talked about a pretty decent sized update that Gameloft was gearing up to release for Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour. The update even has an official name called Meltdown and features two new game modes to player against other people in, new weapons and other content to check out.
EA has begun revealing details about the next installment into their FIFA series of games. Officially called FIFA 14, the game has had quite the overhaul apparently in terms of its development. For starters the controls have been reworked that are better suited for playing the game on touchscreen devices. Players will now be able to just touch the screen to select players, tap to pass and defend, swipe to shoot.
If you’re a mobile game developer or looking to getting into developing mobile game, there are a few affordable choices out there. Unity3D is one such choice and there are a couple of other ones that offer up indie licenses or are open source. However Havok has decided to release Project Anarchy, a complete 3D game development engine designed for developing Android, iOS and Tizen games.
The first real mobile-based MOBA game will be receiving a pretty big content update soon. Gameloft’s Heroes of Order & Chaos upcoming content update will bring with it a new 5v5 map, new heroes, new tournaments, a new matchmaking system and some adjustments to other aspects of the game.
For those of you who have already purchased the latest Humble Bundle for Android 6, you now have access to three more games to download and enjoy along with their soundtracks. If you haven’t purchased one yet, now is a good time to do so as McPixel, Walking Mars and NightSky HD have been added to an already great bundle, making the total amount of games available up to ten if you pay over the average amount at the time of purchase.
Considered by many to be the best turn-based strategy games for iOS, the Ravenmark series of games will officially be arriving onto Android in the near future. We got in touch with Witching Hour Studios who are the developers behind Ravenmark: Mercenaries and Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion who confirmed that both games will be making their way to Android soon.