The TwitchTV Android app received its first update today that resolves one of the biggest gripes individuals had with the app. We mentioned in our review how TwitchTV only played back lower quality streams regardless of how good your connection was. With today’s update, TwitchTV now allows for a higher resolution option for devices running versions of Android prior to 3.2 Honeycomb.
TwitchTV launched an application for Android in beta status a few weeks ago and since then we have had plenty of time to muck around with this new application. For those of you who are not familiar with TwitchTV, it is another service offered by Justin.TV but is completely gaming related.
Everyone loves a sale and when it is about games or gaming, we like to think we are all over them as much as possible. However, once in awhile we miss spotting one here and there. Thankfully other sites spot these ones like today’s rather huge sale on both Splashtop Remote Desktop HD and Splashtop GamePad THD which are both on sale for $4.99.
Heyzap, one of the apps out there working on helping gamers discover new Android games to play, has added a new feature to their app. This new ‘Add Players’ feature will bring a bit more of a social tie-in to the app itself plus it will help players find other people to play games with.
Valve has released an update for their Steam for Android mobile application. The update brings a few changes, some new little features and better application stability just to name a few things. The IBF Programs Steam application is also back on the market under a new name.
Since the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 we have been talking about the new Elite service being offered by Activision which brings a bunch of features to the game both statistically and socially. We also mentioned that there would be a companion app for Android which, even though ended up being delayed, would be released soon.
You may or may not have caught our article about how to play Shadowgun on an Asus Transformer while using an Android phone as a gamepad to play it. One of the items needed to accomplish this was a program called DroidMote which has a server and client app you need to install.
RIFT is a new 3D MMORPG which is pretty awesome in it’s own right. Today they announced that they will be launching a new authentication service today which is always good when it comes to the security of your account. Blizzard has a battle.net authenticator application for Android and RIFT has already released theirs today. There is one catch though.
Here’s an interesting little app that was just released in the games section of the Android market. All About Games, developed by Entropycs, is a forum/social app that deals with not just Android games but gaming on all platforms. You can also create surveys and polls to get peoples opinion about anything gaming related or ask about cheats to games or tip and tricks.
The ODroid by Hardkernel, for those of you who forgot about this little device, is a handheld portable game console sporting the Android OS and looks like a PSP but with more buttons. You can also hook it up to your tv with 720p video output via HDMI should you want to show off your mad Farm Frenzy skills while at your buddy’s house.
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