Last year when the App Inventor for Android came out, we were in the original beta and saw a few features that had yet been implemented. These features including transferring data to and from game servers and other similar features. We took an educated guess at this being a similar system like iOS has with their Game Center.
Tag: Utility
Sony Ericsson has opened up a new feature on their site for showcasing games for the Xperia Play. Essentially a game developers showcase, if you make a game that is Xperia Play optimized (doesn’t have to be exclusive to the Xperia Play though) and tell them about it, they will showcase your game.
Qualcomm has really fired up their whole push with Android gaming as of late. Their newest announcement comes during Uplinq 2011 which started today and is a ‘Game Pack’ which will feature a slew of titles from a few top game developers that are optimized for their Snapdragon chipset.
Lots of people want to play Tegra 2 games but don’t currently have a Tegra 2 device. This leads to lots of sad faces but there is hope in the form of an app called Chainfire3D. So what is Chainfire3D? It is an OpenGL video driver that lets you do some pretty awesome things in general but the main thing is with graphic manipulation.
Lots, and I mean lots, of people are waiting for the official Teamspeak client to drop on Android. Currently still in the early beta development stages (since we last checked), what is there to use on your Android phone as a substitute? Mangler has got you covered for now in that department.
While Blizzard has had the World of Warcraft Remote App out for Android for some time already, it only had remote auction house functions enabled. Depending if you were signed up for the subscription or not, you could do just about anything with the auction house in-game. The app has now been updated with the new guild chat feature.
FRAPS is a program for PC users that runs in the background and records, in real time, footage of whatever game you are playing so long as you hit whatever key you assigned to “record”. As an Android gaming site, we have to wonder, why has this not been created for mobile users?
With Minecraft getting an official date of release (being in November I believe), it is time to get read for it and luckily for us Android users, there are some apps to help you out in various ways depending on what you actually do when playing Minecraft. Everything from admin tools to builders are available. Here’s a list for you to check over.
A lot of gamers use Teamspeak for talking with teammates or guildies, depending on the game you play, for a lot of reasons whether it is to plan a raid or, more often than not, provide better teamwork in FPS (first-person shooter) games. We also know a lot of people want a mobile version, especially for Android.
RIFT is a new 3D MMORPG which is pretty awesome in it’s own right. Today they announced that they will be launching a new authentication service today which is always good when it comes to the security of your account. Blizzard has a battle.net authenticator application for Android and RIFT has already released theirs today. There is one catch though.