If you happen to be old enough to remember the hay days of the arcade generation, most people from that generation will remember Dragon’s Lair which happens to be available for Android for awhile now. Well Dragon’s Lair has a futuristic cousin called Space Ace and he’s also now available on Google Play.
Welcome to our new weekly feature where we allow you to vote for the best game that’s been released on Android for the past week. We will be highlighting the best and highest profile games released, and you can make your selection from there. So as the sun sets on another week of releases, cast your vote and pick the best one.
I must say that for the first half of the year, Anomaly: Warzone Earth was among my favorite Android games. It had a unique gameplay mechanic, and was simple enough to grasp for a strategy game newbie yet challenging at the same time. Now, the guys at 11 Bit Studios are back with Anomaly Korea. How does this sequel stack up against the high standards set by its predecessors?
A new retro-style arcade shooter has landed on Google Play called Vritra. Developed by Salvo Inc., this particular arcade shooter is almost a bullet hell type of shooter. We say almost because while there is a lot of bullets to dodge and shoot, there isn’t the amount you would find in a true bullet hell game but there is more than what you find in your average arcade shooter.
Something that has become fairly common this year is to see a new controller launching or starting its Kickstarter drive every now and again. I’ve used a PS2 controller (yeah I know, freaking dated) to test out a few games in the past. Like recently, Zombie Driver THD was totally unplayable without the controller (they have rectified this though with a new update). So in that case, the controller made a whole lot of difference. In other games, especially competitive multiplayer ones like Shadowgun: DeadZone, having a physical controller puts you at an (unfair) advantage against the rest of the players.
SNK Playmore already released Metal Slug 3 onto Android not too long ago and now they have decided to release the first game in the series as well. Metal Slug is now available on Google Play and even though it is a port, the controls have been designed for mobile gaming and can have their location customized to suit your needs.
Last week the developers behind the MOGA mobile gaming system, PowerA, happen to be basically giving away MOGA units for one day where all buyers had to pay was the shipping. Those units should hopefully be already arriving to people who managed to et in on the deal and now PowerA has released a list of some of the newly released games that happen to support the MOGA controller.
After receiving its first update after months of nothing, Angry Birds Rio apparently still isn’t ending as clues to a new update have come to light. This update looks to be a whole new episode which, as of right now, is called Fruit Market. Of course the episode name is subject to change at any time but for right now it is showing as Fruit Market.
Gameloft has two games on sale right now for a limited time. Whether it is a holiday sale or not, both games are currently priced at $0.99 which is a pretty good deal considering both are usually priced at $6.99. So what two games are on sale? Well the first one is Gameloft’s MMORPG Order & Chaos Online which recent got updated with a plethora of new content such as a new dungeon, mounts and PvP arenas and also had its monthly subscription fee removed.
Another game we mentioned previously that Sega would be releasing on Android at some point has now finally arrive. Sonic Jump is a jumping platformer where you control Sonic who needs to get through a bunch of stages in order to complete his quest to defeat Dr. Eggman. Instead of the levels being side-scroll like normal Sonic the Hedgehog games are, this one is a vertical platformer instead.