Google Play on occasion promotes apps and games of different stripes for different reasons. Sometimes they are seasonal or have a purpose, like the summer sale that is currently happening, others are arbitrary. Currently, there’s a promotion going on for games that can be played offline.
After many complaints, and in order to abide by laws set up by the European Commision, Google will no longer be labeling games with in-app purchases (IAP) as free. The complaints are around children charging up their parent’s credit cards, without parents knowledge, in games that were labeled as free, but offer IAP.
AT&T has started up a new promotion which could help fuel your Android gaming addiction if you’re on AT&T or planning on switching to them. Right now the company is offering up $50 in Google Play credit for any customers who purchase a new Android phone or tablet.
Apple and Google are scraping it out for platform exclusive games and they are doing it by offering those games that choose to be exclusive heavy promotional on their respective marketplaces. With the issues of discoverability in both marketplaces being alive and well, this kind of promotion would almost certainly make those chosen game a hit, although maybe not for the right reasons.
Google has always allowed apps and games to be installed outside of Google Play, it is one of the perks of being an Android user. However security for this sort of feature has always been more based around user awareness rather than software-based security. There is the one-time verifying of installing an app or game outside of Google Play but it doesn’t go much further than that.
Interesting news today in what looks like a little bit of regulation by Google regarding the Google Play store, something that doesn’t happen often unless it is about copyright infringement or hazardous apps and games. Apparently Google is taking down games with the word Flappy in the title.
Everyone enjoys getting stuff for free and getting Google Play store credit for free is no exception to that rule. However it is Google that is giving away the free store credit and all you have to do is fill out quick surveys to earn yourself some store credit which you can then use to purchase games and applications.
For all you developers out there who want to make apps and games from Google’s Chromecast, the SDK now has support for Google Play Services. Along with this new support, a new version of Google Play Services has begun to roll out to all Android devices in general.
Yesterday we held a giveaway for three people to win a $10 Google Play gift card. Only two of those three winners claimed their prizes which means we have one of those $10 Google Play gift cards remaining. While we send the other two winners from yesterday their prizes, here is another giveaway for even more Google Play credit.
So as we continue to roll out all the new stuff here at DroidGamers we will be doing plenty of giveaways to celebrate all that is new. To start things off we are giving away plenty of Google Play gift cards ranging across all denominations at different times over the next few weeks. We also have other goodies as well which we will get into when the time is right.
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