Big news coming from the crew responsible for the awesome PC game Minecraft. According to Kotaku who spoke with Head of Business Development, Daniel Kaplan, that they will be porting the game to Android and iOS. A lot of people have been waiting in hopes that this would happen and now it will be.
Tag: sim games
Fishlabs just announced that they will be releasing Galaxy of Fire 2 when the Xperia Play goes on sale to the public at the end of March 2011. While this game was developed for Tegra 2 devices, it seems as though the Xperia Play will be getting a version specifically for it that will take advantage of the controls that come with it.
See a pattern starting to form lately regarding game releases and being exclusive to GetJar? You can chalk up another one, this time being Townsmen 6 by HandyGames. This is a sim/strategy game similar to Age of Empires or other sim games where you build your town/army and conquer your enemies.
One of the games we mentioned in our previous article about the new upcoming nVidia Tegra Zone marketplace was Galaxy of Fire 2 by Fishlabs. This is a 3D sim space game that takes full advantage of the Tegra 2 chip to really boost the graphics and gameplay to console-like status. This is also the game with that nifty action photo feature.
Like the title says, in case you don’t do enough work at your actual job or just feel the need to do more, Cargo! HD for Android is now available for your to download. Cargo! HD is a neat little Traffic Control type of game but without the traffic. Instead you have workers that you need to tell what to do and products to ship for profit.
Here is a quick deal PSA for all you gamers who have wanted to try Game Dev Story but just haven’t had the money to buy it. It has gone on sale for a limited time at 75% 50% off the original price. So instead of paying $4.80 (original price) or even $3.20 (updated price) you’ll be able to grab this great game for a lot less.
GetJar is on the move with more exclusive, full version games for Android and the newest one is from developer Digital Chocolate (love that name) called Millionaire City. As you may already be guessing from the name of the game, it is a Sim City style game where you get to build your city from the ground up with luxury buildings and more.
As far as we can tell this could be the first time a small game developer has been acquired by a bigger one in the world of Android. Gamevil just announced that they have acquired RYUminus, developers of the music simulation game TouchMix. Gamevil has also stated that an update is on the way with new songs.
Welcome to the world of game development! Game Dev Story takes you down the route of running your own games company. Be prepared to test the waters with different types of game genres which can be mix matched to your personal taste but be warned you can get it wrong and create a terrible game and send your company plummeting into debt.
Pocket Gem, which recently changed their name from Streetview Labs in case you don’t recognize the new name, just finished a massive round of funding which netted the company $5 million. While this is great, better news is regarding their Tap series of games and the fact that they will be expanding onto Android.