It seems as though Draw Something, the hit game from OMGPOP, keeps popping up in the news today. Instead of comparing it with future buy-out for Zynga though, this new bit of news is about an update that just got pushed out onto the Google Play store.
Gamevil has begin teasing another RPG that is heading to mobile, initially iOS first but then to Android, which is actually a sequel for the original Illusia. Simply named Illusia II, this new addition to the Illusia series boasts some impressive new features.
Temple Run was originally a paid game released onto the iOS platform and as a paid game saw minimal success. The developers, Imangi Studios, decided to change their business model to free-to-play and saw a huge surge in popularity making the game a hit. After a fairly long delay Temple Run has finally made it onto Android and after all the hype this game has gotten, does it live up to the hype? Let’s find out.
Big companies just love to flog the little guys with their money these days. Some recent examples of this would be Facebook flogging Instagram with a billion dollars and Zynga’s purchase of OMGPOP for $180 million. Now Zynga is saying that we should all expect more deals like the OMGPOP buy-out in the near future.
Copycat apps is one of the biggest annoyances in mobile gaming. When one particular kind of app finds great success, some developers choose to piggyback on the popular app instead of trying to create something new and exciting. In some cases, developers take code from existing apps and reverse engineer them to their liking. To combat this, Amazon recommends developers obfuscate their code.
Sprint’s version of the Galaxy Nexus is set to come out early next week, but Verizon’s model has been available for quite some time. If your contract is up and you’re on the fence about which carrier to go with, consider looking into getting Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus for $49.99 from Wirefly as well as Amazon Wireless.
Despite Nintendo’s insistence that mobile games are “cheap”, it is surprising to find that its lead franchise creator enjoys some Angry Birds. According to an interview with Edge, Shigeru Miyamoto, the mind behind classic franchise such as Legend of Zelda, Super Mario and a slew of other Nintendo series. has admitted that Angry Birds by Rovio was his favorite game of the past year.
With over 50 million players worldwide and 10 million runners on Android alone, its safe to say that Temple Run is the new Angry Birds of Android 2012 (alongside Angry Birds Space of course). Today Imagni Studios have updated the 3D runner game and have added a Twitter integration so you can let the world wide web know what you actually do at work.
There is a new basketball shootout game available for Android simply named BasketBall Shootout (3D) from Menue Games. This is your arcade style basketball game where you have to try and score as many points as you can in a certain amount of time.
Well a fair amount of UK Android gamers will be happy to know that thanks to a deal with O2’s parent company Telefonica, you will soon be able to have access and play all of EA Mobile’s Android games that are compatible to your device for free for three months.
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