In a move to directly compete with GREE who happens to be currently dominating the TCG / Card Battle gaming genre on Android here in the west and in Europe, Zynga has decided to import two of their card battling games over to the rest of the world from their Japan division. Yes, that means two more TCG titles to play and attempt to keep track of while playing the other 50 installed on your device.
A new turn-based strategy game has arrived on Android called Slay. Developed by Sean O’Connor, this new strategy game is set in the medieval period where you will be controlling your forces, starting off with peasants, and attacking your enemy’s territories in the hopes of conquering them and add them to yours territories.
Last month we reported on a Kickstarter project started by a new company called PlayMG who are trying to get additional funding for the ‘first’ dedicated Android-based handheld gaming system which is geared towards more casual and freemium / free-to-play titles. Since it is geared towards these types of games, the hardware for the PlayMG was a bit on the lower end of the spectrum.
While some people may think that cloud gaming isn’t ready just yet to be fully adopted into the gaming industry, especially in regards to using services like OnLive and Gaikai on mobile devices, a company called CiiNOW has launched it’s own cloud gaming service, bringing more Triple-A titles to PC, SmartTVs, Tablets and phones.
A new word search game has arrived on Android recently that is actually already rather popular on iOS called Hooked on Words. Developed by Plasmaworks LLC, this new word search game has some different features added to it that gives it a bit of a different feel over similar titles.
Back in April of this year we talked about a new Action-RPG game heading our way from Spicy Horse Games called Akaneiro: Demon Hunters. Since then the game has been under heavy development with details about the game being kept on the down low. Now, not only are beta signups now live for Akaneiro: Demon Hunters but we also have the first gameplay video showing off this rather excellent looking game.
A new side-scrolling action game has arrived on Android from the creator of Capcom’s hit platformer series Mega Man called J.J. Rockets. This game, which looks like it takes a lot of influence from Mega Man which isn’t surprising, has you playing as the President of the United States who puts on a costume and becomes a superhero when the need arises.
I recently sat down with another adventure game, this time Aidem Media’s City of Secrets, fully expecting to find a similar experience to other point-and-click titles from earlier reviews. There are many similar designs and ideas between all adventure games but the unique setting and charming characters in City of Secrets help to set it apart from the pack. We are all familiar with clicking and moving our characters, reading or listening to sometimes massive piles of text, fumbling our way through sometimes great and often horrible puzzles and scratching our heads when an obvious (in hindsight) solution isn’t so obvious. The adventure genre is as filled with repeats and bland designs as any other, but City of Secrets puts out enough original content to make it noteworthy.
Pong has been around for a very long time and has seen revamps and recreations of it over and over again. Well now there is a new one that has been developed by Bursting Brains Studio called Paddletronic Duel. This takes pong, adds glow-y retro graphics, specialized paddles and much more to what once was just a simple game.
Farsight Studios announced over their Facebook page that they have pushed out an update for their Pinball Arcade platform with a whole new pack of tables along with some bug fixes and optimizations. Along with the fixed and improvements also comes a new Hall of Fame leaderboard for all-time high scores for players to try and compete at getting into.