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TreeFortress Games brings their hit iOS title Bardbarian to Android through Amazon’s AppStore

TreeFortress Games have brought their rather unique mash-up game called Bardbarian to Android. This game is a mash-up of Tower Defense, RPG and Bullet Hell shooter, at least that is how the developers are describing it. While the first two genres are definitely there, the Bullet Hell shooter part isn’t so much, but there is a similar style of mechanic in Bardbarian.

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Amazon buys Killer Instinct developer Double Helix Games and all of their intellectual properties

Back in August of 2012 Amazon created their own game development studio, appropriately named Amazon Game Studios, in an attempt to make their own games and publish them. Since the creation of this game development studio, not a whole lot has come from it aside from the odd Facebook game but there is also the the ability to make games for their own Android devices.

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Amazon rumored to be launching their own Android game console this year

This rumor has been floating around since the later part of 2013 but apparently there is a bit more validity to it now. According to VG24/7, Amazon will be launching their Android game console sometime this year and will be priced somewhere below the $300 mark. That price point isn’t surprising considering Amazon likes to try and make their Android-based devices priced as low as possible.

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[Updated] Amazon had Double Fine’s The Cave for free. Lazy 8’s Cogs is still available for free though.

Amazon has a couple of games available for free today that you might want to pick up when you get a minute. Actually scratch that, you’ll want to pick either, or both, of these games up if you have access to Amazon’s AppStore. While the main one we are talking about is Double Fine Production’s The Cave, the challenging puzzle game Cogs from Lazy 8 Studios is also available for free as Amazon’s free game of the day.

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Amazon’s Kindle Fire apparently most popular Android tablet for gaming

A survey that was just conducted has come up with some interesting results which point to Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet as being the most popular tablet to play Android games on. While it wasn’t the biggest survey on the planet with only 1,117 people taking it, the results are still pretty interesting considering the Kindle Fire came out on top as the most used for mobile gaming on tablets.