There have been a lot, and that is putting it lightly, endless runners, since the success of Temple Run. It has been a long time, since I have played an endless runner that is so close in style to Temple Run, without yawning and thinking, this is more of the same. Headup Games, out of Cologne, Germany, teamed up with Level Bit, has just changed my mind again about the endless runner genre. Though the mechanics are exactly the same as other endless runners, Ms. Kong, their latest game, appears to have refreshed the genre. Welcome to the jungle!
Tag: Arcade
Sven Magnus, better known to the world as Indie Game Developer, Mudloop, has just released a dynamic little game into the Play Store. Mudloop is based in Belgium, and Mr. Magnus develops his games in Unity and Flash. He has multiple games in the Play Store, such as ADAM, Bye Bye Kitty and 1-Bit-Hero-Retro Platformer. His latest project, is a wonderful arcade racer that is nimble, colorful and fun, called Blitz Racer.
Back in October 2014 we reported on Amazon’s game development studio who happen to be working on three new games that would be heading our way in the near future. One of those games has now been released onto Amazon’s AppStore for their line of Fire tablets.
If you happen to be a fan of The Binding of Isaac style of gameplay then you’ll be happy to know that there is a new game on Android called Obslashin’ which brings that same sort of top-down dungeon crawling gameplay to us today. Originally released as a soft launch, today marks the game’s international release for everyone to grab a copy and start hacking at enemies.
The other day the newest Minecraft: Pocket Edition version update was pushed out to users who had been eagerly awaiting all the new visual tweaks and bug fixes that was going to be coming with the release of 0.10.0. Well as with any new version update and lots of tweaks that happen with it, other nasty little bugs have shown up. It’s okay though, Mojang is on it and version 0.10.1 is slated for release at some point today.
Chillingo has released a new Android game called Duck Destroyer which brings the good ole Duck Hunt type of gameplay into the modern era. This means you will now be able to ruthlessly shoot ducks whenever the urge to do so strikes you. On a bus and want to kill ducks? Why not! At a PETA gathering and feel like massacring hordes of ducks? Sure thing!
We have been following the progress of the Lollipop update since it was announced that the Nvidia Shield Tablet would be the first commercial product outside of the new Nexus series of devices that would be receiving the new Android OS. Well the update is right on time and is now being pushed out to Nvidia Shield owners.
Last week we reported on a new version update that would be arriving for Minecraft: Pocket Edition in the near future. Well that future has become the present as Mojang has pushed out the version 0.10.0 update onto Android this morning. In a nutshell this update improves the graphics, increases the game’s performance, and killed off a whole lot of bugs which makes for a much more polished and enjoyable experience when playing.
In an ongoing trend for big Ubisoft releases, Far Cry 4 now has an app to go along with it, except it is a bit different than past companion apps.
The first thought I had when I looked at the screenshots of Planet NamNam from the Game Cooks was, “This looks like it will be a lot of fun!” The art work is supremely original, the story line is funny, if not humorously creative, and the genre, arcade first person shooter, is one that could use a breath of fresh air. Did the Game Cooks put the right amount of that special sauce into their game?








