Ever heard of Canabalt? Well, if you have, then Vector should look and feel familiar to you. This is an auto-running platformer where you jump on rooftops and smash into buildings while escaping from a totalitarian regime. What’s unique about Vector is that alongside traditional platforming mechanics, it features jaw-dropping acrobatic stunts inspired by Parkour.
Tag: Arcade Games
A new Parkour inspired game has hit the Google Play store with a rather cool futuristic theme to is as well called Vector. Developed by Nekki, this game features a totalitarian world where Big Brother is watching everything and everyone. As a freerunner with a sense of independence, you break from the ‘system’ and run to freedom in true freerunning style.
SilverTree Media has unleashed a new game onto Google Play featuring their loveable little robot with a TV for a head called Cordy 2. As you may be guessing from the name, this is a sequel to their hit platformer they released awhile ago simply called Cordy. Our little robot is once again out to stop the forces of evil on a new world.
Well, our Under The Radar column was meant to be something we did once every week or so, but in just the past few days I’ve come across some really good titles from first-time indie developers. So that leads us to our second Under The Radar for the week. More than half of the games on this list can be classified under the “brutal” category, so if you’re looking for challenging games then be sure to give them a go.
Fans of the Cartoon Wars series from Gamevil have a new episode to dive into today called Cartoon Wars: Blade. This particular game takes place 10 years after the initial Cartoon Wars game where this time it is all about a lone warrior who has set of to find adventure and unveil the secrets of lands far away.
Shaquille O’Neal, the 7ft-tall former NBA star’s prior foray into video games was Shaq Fu, a 2D fighting game in which Shaq must rescue a young child from an evil mummy, was never met with positive acclamation. In fact, you could say Shaq Fu transcended the “So good it’s bad” threshold into borderline-unplayable territory, and in no way could it have been deemed a good game.
A new Tegra 3 optimized game will be heading our way soon which is actually a game that is already out on Xbox Live Arcade as well as on Steam for PCs called Space Ark. It will officially have the THD tacked onto it when it arrives for Tegra 3+ Android devices. We’re saying Tegra 3+ since Tegra 4 is on the way real soon and those devices with Tegra 4 chipsets will also play Tegra 3 games.
DotEmu has brought another Neo Geo classic to Android for SNK Playmore and this time it is the missing Metal Slug 2 game. We say missing because we’ve has the first one and the third one available already, we were only missing the second Metal Slug game to keep the series whole.
Zen Studios has announced that they will soon be releasing a new series of tables for their Zen Pinball platform themed around the Star Wars universe. For the purists out there, this new collection of tables have been ‘developed with authentic Star Wars moments’ with each table featuring a different iconic moment from the Star Wars universe and interactive 3D characters.
Release a game onto Google Play but don’t let anyone download it right away. That little scenario has happened a few times in the past with other games such as Avengers Initiative which sat on the Google Play store dormant for a couple of months, with not a single person able to download it. Well EA has released The Simpsons: Tapped Out onto Android finally but no one seems to be able to actually download it just yet.








