There is a new cross-over that will be coming to the world of Angry Birds and will completely themed around Star Wars. This morning the official announcement event will be happening in Time Square over in New York at 10am EST but we’ve already learned more about this new game along with when it will be arriving and yes, it will be a whole new game. Think of Angry Birds Rio but instead with Star Wars.
We’ve been waiting for the multiplayer version of Shadowgun to arrive since we got to play with it back during CES 2012. Now it looks like the game is heading into the final stages of development as the closed beta for Shadowgun: Deadzone is now available. This is a limited closed beta and only devices in the Czech Republic can take part in it.
For those of you who happen to be arcade bums like myself back in the 1980s and 1990s, where we could have easily paid rent for a permanent residence inside an arcade with the amount of quarters we spent, will be happy to know that the classic Zaxxon arcade game will be time traveling from the past and arriving on our phones and tablets soon as Zaxxon Escape, all thanks to Sega who have decided to resurrect the franchise.
Another Marvel Universe based game is on the horizon and this time it will be coming in the form of a TCG called Marvel: War of Heroes. As of right now there isn’t a whole lot of information regarding this upcoming Marvel title but we do know a few key points about it. First, we know that this TCG will be coming integrated with DeNA’s social gaming platform (Mobage) which means this will also be a free-to-play title.
GungHo Online has been in the gaming industry for some time now, most notably for their online MMORPG called Ragnarok Online. However they have also released a couple of Android games already including the rather entertaining Princess Punt THD where you play as a princess, punting your loyal subjects into the air in order to kill monsters. They are also responsible for bringing Lame Castle over to Android and the eye candy filled space shooter SILPHEED Alternative.
Phoenix Wright has been a staple in the attorney gaming genre, considering that they made the genre, for awhile now and a new game inspired by the rather humorous series of games will be making it’s way to Android in the near future called Devil’s Attorney. It doesn’t look like you’ll be shoving your finger in people’s faces screaming OBJECTION in this game though.
A series of pinball tables under the label Pro Pinball were released back in the 1990’s and were among one of the favorites when it comes to playing pinball games. Well Pro Pinball is looking to make a come back and the developers, Silverball Studios, have jumped onto Kickstarter to help fund the entire project. If successful, Pro Pinball will get released onto Android, OUYA and Kindle Fire HD tablets.
Just released onto iOS today, Gameloft’s NFL Pro 2013 football game will also be arriving on Android soon. The newest addition to Gameloft’s free-to-play football series features including improved graphics, new animations and a brand new first-person view for the passing game. Of course, considering the name of the game, there are also real NFL teams as well.
Back during CES 2012 we got to take some time and do a little hands-on playing of an early build of Shadowgun Deadzone, the multiplayer version of their popular third-person shooter game for Android. It was originally slated for release onto Android shortly after CES 2012 but for whatever reason it never came to be. Well it looks like that very well may be changing due to a new post on their Facebook page which has begun teasing to multiplayer version of Shadowgun.
Kabam, known for their free-to-play browser MMO games and now their recently released Arcane Empires on Android, look to be gearing up to release another game soon and this time it could be based off of The Hobbit. Officially being called The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-Earth, this mobile phone and tablet MMORTS game is slated for release later this Fall, just in time for the first release of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy this December.
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