Tag Archives: Android

Google Play apps have seen a 700% increase of internal purchases year-on-year, suggesting free-to-play is very much a hot ticket on the marketplace.

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Game development newcomers in Australia could be handed a major boost with the creation of a game dev accelerator in Brisbane. Right Pedal Studios is offering to provide financial aid and guidance to new Android and iOS developers, even offering them a place to work.

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A Google Play update will allow users to place items on a wishlist for later purchase. The update is slowly being rolled out on a per-account basis. If you have version 3.9.16, a bookmark option will be added to the top right of you screen when on an app page.

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CyberConnect 2 is working on Guilty Dragon for Android and iOS. The title has a connection to the popular .hack series, which Western players will be more familiar with. An announcement was made at a pre-Tokyo Game Show event as the game readies itself for release in Japan.

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Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition creative director Trent Oster has confirmed that the game will feature cross-platform co-op via Twitter.

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A Latvian company has been fined £50,000 for putting fake versions of Angry Birds, Assassin’s Creed and Cut the Rope onto the Android Market.

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Nintendo and Sony are fighting an uphill battle against the staggering popularity of smartphone devices these days. But he and another analyst say there’s reason for handheld gamers to hold out hope. More »

The company is looking to unite gamers across the Android platform through its already-popular rental app. More »

If you miss the good old days of late 1980s, early 1990s adventure games, then we’ve got some great news for you today. The classic Leisure Suit Larry series is being resurrected and remade. More »

Square Enix is planning to push on the mobile space with its “Square Enix Market” initiative for Android, and has announced Chrono Trigger for both iOS and Android devices.

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El Shaddai’s taking its drop-dead gorgeous show on the road. Or at least, roads paved with Google’s ever-popular mobile OS. Famitsu (via Andriasang) revealed the bite-sized adaptation to be a 2D platformer, which is pretty much par for the course with these things. Leap-based shenanigans are, of course, great and all, but the real question is whether or not the game’s unique sense of style made the jump intact. So far, we’ve only got one screen to go on, but, uh, let’s just say they could have picked a better screen.

American retailer GameStop has confirmed rumours that stores will now accept iOS devices as trade-ins for cash or in-store credit. In addition, it’s announced plans to sell its own tablets that will come “preloaded with exclusive content”.

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360-PS3-PC. It’s the simultaneous game release Holy Trinity, and without it, all our goat sacrifices would be in vain. Also, business models. PopCap worldwide game development head Ed Allard, however, isn’t quite so gung-ho about the industry standard. After all, what’s the point of developing for multiple platforms if your game only fits one of them?

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For those lucky enough to own an Andorid phone – instead of one that needed tossed into the garbage three years go –  you should head on over to Amazon.com, because the excellent Plants Vs. Zombie is free today only. After that, it will run you $2.99. The Andorid version of the game will be an Amazon exclusive for two weeks before being released through other distributors. Thanks, Kotaku. [pic]

Loads of little stuff happening for your Wednesday. More than your brain can handle, so, we’ll make it short and sort-of sweet for you.

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Some things you just cannot make up no matter how hard you try. There’s a few of those in the shorts posted below.

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Want to kick back and take a load off with some of your favorite PlayStation classics? Well then, buy an Android phone. (Or, we suppose, a PlayStation.)

Alternatively, if you absolutely must bring your pals Cloud, Crash Bandicoot, and Car From Gran Turismo with you on the bus, you could always wait. But – based on recent comments from SCE CEO Kaz Hirai – you might want to get comfortable.

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After a quick – though hardly subtle – tease yesterday, PopCap’s given VG247 a teensy bit more info on its upcoming Android offerings.

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Ever annoyed by the way your friends’ iPhones seem to have practically melded with their faces?

Soon, you’ll at least understand why.

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Exent has announced it will launch its GameTanium service on Android platform, which will be the first games-on-demand service for the platform.

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