We’ve been following the saga that is Spicy Horse Games in regards to what their next title is going to be. At first it was going to be a rather cool and twisted sounding Wizard of Oz themed games called OZombie. Then news came out that if Spicy Horse Games and EA could work out the licensing issues that the next game would be a new Alice title. If they didn’t work their issues out then Spicy Horse Games would do the OZombie game instead.
Interesting news today coming from Square Enix who happen to be undergoing some internal ‘changes’ as one would call them. Amidst the changes to staffing and whatnot, one of the big changes happens to be the companies focus which will be moving from Triple-A titles for other platforms and they will be instead focusing a lot more on mobile gaming titles.
Danish indie developer House on Fire will be releasing the first episode in their upcoming series of games called The Silent Age. The first episode has already been nominated for a Nordic Game Award and features minimalistic 2D visuals and a rather dark atmospheric kind of mood to it.
Skyjoy has announced that they will soon be releasing their rather nifty arcade game called Super Kid Cannon. They are labeling this as a ‘vertical launcher’ which is not like a Doodle Jump type of game because you are not jumping as high as you can go. Instead you’ll be launching your character, who is a red panda, to the top of each stage.
It seems like Beamdog can’t get a break these past few months when it comes to Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition not only for iOS but for the Android version that has yet to be released. While the Android version has suffered from a few delays due to bugs having been found, the iOS version has now been pulled from the App Store due to contractual issues.
PlayJam’s GameStick Android-powered portable game console happens to be one of the rather popular devices in this new category of Android gaming. Having had a successful Kickstarter campaign, plenty of positive feedback from the community and a redesign of the unit itself, it has come a long way from being just a concept. While the device was slated to launch this Summer, close to when Ouya would officially be released as well, PlayJam has announced that the unit’s launch has been delayed by a short bit.
If you happen to be a game developer who uses Unity3D to make your games and have been contemplating adding Google’s new Google Play Games service to your current and future titles, you’ll be happy to know that a developer in the Unity3D community has created a plug-in to make it a little bit easier to integrate Google’s service into your games.
One game a lot of people have been waiting for is Harebrained Schemes’ Shadowrun Returns title which had a very successful Kickstarter campaign last year. Originally this game wasn’t slated for release onto Android but thanks to all the funding the campaign got, the stretch goal for an Android version was easily reached.
For those of you who are into MOBA games and like beta testing new titles, Sneaky Games has their upcoming turn-based tactical MOBA game Arena of Heroes has gone live for open beta testers to jump into the game early and check everything out. This particular type of MOBA game is a bit different than your typical MOBA title like of League of Legends or DOTA 2.
Kemco has been a fixture on the Google Play store when it comes to releasing retro-style RPGs. However at E3 2013 the company decided to break the mold they had formed with releasing only that type of game with the announcement of Alphadia Genesis, their first 3D RPG which will be heading to Android soon.
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