Last year a company called DeNA bought another game studio called ngmoco and along with it their Plus+ social gaming network. DeNA already had their Mobage social gaming network as well. This purchase of ngmoco was to help DeNA to expand into the US social gaming market and it looks like that is starting to happen.
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Hot Springs Story Review – The strategy game that tests whether your pleasure really is in other people’s leisure…
The news that Kairosoft, the studio behind the marvelous Game Dev Story, was going to release a follow-up couldn’t have found happier ears than mine. I had whiled away many an hour trying to create a best-selling fictional video game on my tiny phone display while real-world Triple-A titles lay untouched by my 360 just across the room.
Back during GDC 2011 we got to try out an incredible train simulator that would be arriving on Android called Trainz by N3V Games. This is the same company who developed the more casual train simulation game called My First Trainz Set which is currently available on the Android Market for Tegra 2 devices as well.
Amazon Free Game of the Day – April 28th: Majesty: Fantasy Kingdom Sim. You’ll want to grab this.
Herocraft has published some of the more original and fun games available on Android such as Farm Frenzy, Yumsters and Art of War 2. Majesty: Fantasy Kingdom Sim is another one of their great games available for Android and is one of their newest ones as well. Today though you can snag it for free off the Amazon App Store.
DogWars yanked off the Android Market after complaints. Luckily we still have plenty of others to choose from.
Alright, we will start off by saying this: We absolutely do not support violence towards REAL animals in any fashion. We are complete against animal cruelty as most sane human beings are. The Humane Society, Micheal Vick and Alicia Silverstone are among the people who complained to have Dog Wars taken off the Android Market.
There is a new big fish in town on Android… literally. Tap Fish breaks 500,000 downloads in two weeks.
Tap Fish is a game that recently came out onto the Android Market (April 1st) and was developed by Gameview Studios. The game is a simulation game of sorts where you can own multiple aquariums and raise fish. Taking it a step further, you can breed fish to create other species to occupy your aquariums!
My First Trainz Set is developed by n3v Games who also develop the highly realistic and detailed train simulation game that is also coming to Android called Trainz. My First Trainz Set is a more toned down version of a train simulation game for the most casual enthusiast or someone who want to keep their kids busy for a few hours.
Game Dev Story follow-up called Hot Springs Story now available. Your free time will cease to exist.
Kairosoft, developers of the ridiculously addicting game called Game Dev Story, have released a new game which is sort of a follow-up to Game Dev Story but with a different theme. Hot Springs Story is just like Game Dev Story except instead of developing a gaming studio and hit games, you are building the ultimate Japanese hot springs resort.
Move over Angry Birds! There is a new easy, hard, addicting, time waster, love ones crying, school work delayed, job firing, game on Android and it is every bit as fun as AB! Airport Mania was released last week and was available for free on Amazon’s Appstore. Today the price is $0.99 cents and there is NO reason to not pick this game up.
Amazon gets into the mobile game developing/publishing industry, also a second free game today on the App Store
Well here is some interesting information after doing a bit of digging that we came up with. Working on a tip from a reader, there is a second game available on the Amazon App Store that is free today called Airport Mania: First Flight. What is even more interesting than that is who it is published by: Amazon Digital Services Inc.