Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Market or were spotted by us in the previous 3 weeks or so.

This edition focuses only on new games. The app roundup is coming up soon, and you can find the tablet app roundup here.

Holy crap, there were a lot of quality games released in the last few weeks. This is probably the best collection I've seen in a really long time. Who says there aren't any good games on Android?

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Photo Locker

Today's ginormous roundup is sponsored by Handy Apps and their newest app Photo Locker. If the developer's name sounds familiar, it's because they made other popular apps, like EasyMoney and Tasks N Todos.

As you might have already guessed, Photo Locker is a secure photo vault. Whether it's sensitive document scans or precious photos of your junk, you probably don't want anyone to see them without your permission. In order to view the photos you locked (encrypted using a 128bit AES algorithm), you'd need to enter a PIN code - otherwise they're as good as garbage. The app supports bulk hiding, folder-level locking, and even hides itself from the recent apps menu.

The base app is totally free to use but for $2.99 you can get rid of ads and hide the icon from the app drawer. Use Photo Locker, or else your grandma will find photos of your junk, and that would give DirecTV enough material to make a whole new commercial.

Photo Locker Pro Developer: Handy Apps
Price: 24.99
3.7
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Hide Photos in Photo Locker Developer: Handy Apps
Price: Free
4.1
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Games

DEAD TRIGGER by MadFinger Games

Android Police coverage: Dead Trigger Finally Available In The Play Store, Temporarily On Sale For $0.99

Dead Trigger is one of the most awaited games of this year, and it doesn't disappoint. Mad Finger, the creator of Shadowgun and Samurai II, are gods of Android games and always push the graphics and gameplay to their respective limits. Compared to Shadowgun, however, this one contains in-app purchases. But then again, it's also way cheaper to get started ($0.99), and most people who played Dead Trigger agree that IAPs don't spoil it.

The world has collapsed. In 2012 modern civilisation is coming to an end. Global economics have been disrupted, money has lost its value. People have risen against the ignorant politicians who were just lining their pockets – and they didn't spare any of them. However, those who really ruled the world were prepared - and escaped. Suddenly billions of people died from a strange virus, while others turned into butcherly beasts with just one thought: TO KILL. Only a few people on the planet have survived, at least until they run out of ammo... or learn how to stop them...

- Stunning graphics with advanced lighting and post-process effects

- Full 3D characters and environments with an unprecedented level of detail

- High quality 3D audio and a lively music soundtrack

- Character animations recorded using high-end motion capture

- Intuitive controls

- Spectacular ragdoll effects (Tegra 3 only)

- Water simulation (Tegra 3 only)

Max Payne by Rockstar

Android Police review: Max Payne For Android Review: Probably The Most Nostalgia $3 Can Buy

Android Police coverage: Max Payne (Finally) Hits The Play Store, Bringing Gameplay That "Redefined The Action-Shooter Genre" To Android

A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Max Payne is a relentless story-driven game about a man on the edge, fighting to clear his name while struggling to uncover the truth about his slain family amongst a myriad of plot-twists. The groundbreaking original cinematic action-shooter, Max Payne introduced the concept of Bullet Time® in videogames. Through its stylish slow-motion gunplay combined with a dark and twisted story, Max Payne redefined the action-shooter genre. Max Payne Mobile for Android has been fully optimized for the NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 quad-core mobile processor with additional antistrophic texture filtering and enhanced lighting effects providing one of the most visually immersive Max Payne Mobile experiences available.

Features:

• Max Payne's signature slow motion gunplay, Bullet Time®

• Stunningly sharp, HD quality resolution and textures

• Gameplay tailored for touch screen devices

• Highly customizable controls

• Multiple aiming modes

• Compatible with the GameStop Wireless Game Controller and select USB gamepads

• Integrated with Immersion Haptic Vibration Feedback

• Tailor your visual experience with adjustable graphic settings

• Unlock cheats, track your stats and more with full Rockstar Games Social Club integration

Max Payne Mobile Developer: Rockstar Games
Price: 2.99
4.5
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Temple Run: Brave

Android Police coverage: Temple Run: Brave Puts The Red-Haired Heroine From Pixar's Latest In Imangi's Gauntlet

From Imangi, the makers of Temple Run, and Disney comes a new take on the most exhilarating app. Join Merida from Disney/Pixar Brave as you run, slide, jump, turn and shoot your way across the wilds of Scotland on an endless running adventure.

New features just for Temple Run: Brave

• Introducing ARCHERY – tap targets to shoot a bullseye and earn extra coins

• New, amazing visuals. It looks better than ever!

• All new environments inspired by Disney/Pixar Brave and the wilds of Scotland

• Play as Merida from Disney/Pixar Brave

• Outrun Mordu, the demon bear, to earn running glory

Strikefleet Omega

Join the Armada and take your place as the Admiral of Strikefleet Omega. Earth’s finest fleet, Humanity’s final hour. Earth has been destroyed by the Hive Queen and her Brood and you command Humanity's last defender, Strikefleet Omega. As Omega's Admiral, you are charged with a desperate mission--find the Queen and stop her before she obliterates our remaining colonies. Warping from star system to star system in your search, Strikefleet Omega struggles to survive an onslaught of enemy attacks while mining precious crystals which allow you to warp in reinforcements from the last remaining shipyard in the Armada.

Critical Strike Portable

Android Police coverage: Critical Strike Portable Is Basically Counter Strike For Android, And It's Surprisingly Awesome

Critical Strike Portable (CS Portable) delivers the nostalgic Counter-Strike style gaming experience on your Android smartphone and tablet! Enjoy the smooth and customizable touch controls and play the exciting cross-platform first-person shooter against other players on the web and on other mobile platforms. PLEASE NOTE! Critical Strike Portable has no connection to Valve Corporation. Critical Strike Portable tributes original Counter Strike v1.6 but is an independent game developed from the scratch using self-made code and resources.

- Cross-platform 3D Multiplayer FPS MMO game (Local/Online) between web, iOS and Android!

- Single player mode: Player vs. Bots

- Smooth and responsive customizable touch controls

- All popular Game Types (Classic, zombie survival, Team Death Match, ect.)

- Customizable server settings: Player HP, player speed, zombie difficulty, modes: matrix mode, night mode, space mode, ect.)

- Free to Play (F2P)

- Dozens of unique maps (and more added continuously)

- Build and upload your own maps with Unity 3D

- And most of all, dedicated and passionate development team to listen your feedback!

Faction Wars 3D MMORPG

Full 3D MMORPG: huge open world & dungeons, 6 races, 5 classes, PvE and PvP servers. Faction Wars is a mobile full 3D MMORPG game offering for the very first time on mobile device not only rich and amazing full 3D fantasy world but full support for factions conflict, factions battleground, non-heard-of-on-mobile-devices 10-man raiding system and more. Game also offers a very unique 5-man dungeon leveling system in addition to many quests waiting for players who want to immerse themselves into Norse mythology inspired Faction Wars. Faction Wars is prequel to World of Midgard.

Heroes Call THD

Android Police coverage: Heroes Call THD Lands In Play Store, Lets You Loot Dungeons And Fight Monsters For Free

Free to play Action RPG. Answer the call. Fight your way through more than 30 lush dungeons, collect gear, learn new skills and uncover the secrets of Brineside. Featuring incredible graphics and deep RPG levelling and gear, Heroes Call brings dungeon crawling action and adventure to the mobile and tablet as it's never been seen before. Brineside is a city under siege, beset with dangers from outside, within and below. The Adventurers Guild is in dire need of new Heroes. Are you ready to answer the call?

Project 83113 by NCsoft

Android Police coverage: [New Game] Project 83113 Is An Action Platformer With Killer Visuals And Slick Controls

Special unit 83113: Bring an end to the reign of the Machine. The ultimate battle has begun. Special unit 83113 (Belle) evolved for one purpose: bring an end to the reign of the machine. Project 83113 is an action-packed platformer title with intuitive swipe control and stunning graphics. Jump, slide, and blaze through mind-numbingly thrilling stages, as you take control over mankind’s last hope, Belle. Blast your way to the very core of Machine’s safe haven, Ground Zero, where the ultimate battle of Man vs. Machine takes place.

Draw Race 2

Android Police coverage: Draw Race 2 Lets You Feel All The Thrill Of Racing In Your Finger Tip

Note: Grab this version if you live outside of North America.

A unique, touch-based racing game developed by RedLynx, the creators of Trials HD, DrawRace 2: Racing Evolved is the groundbreaking sequel to the critically acclaimed DrawRace and improves on its predecessor in every way, from the inclusion of a new turbo button, a host of online options, and new, highly detailed 3D tracks.

• Huge single player campaign with over 180 challenges, a gymkhana skill game and tons of content to unlock.

• Realistic car physics, learn how each one handles and find the perfect racing line.

• Gorgeous, highly detailed 3D tracks featuring ramps, slopes and tilts to test your driving skills.

• Drive everything from Arctic Rally cars, to V12 Supercars in your quest to become the champion.

• Race against your friends with hot seat or online through the all-new Friend Challenge mode.

• Use the Turbo Button wisely to gain the edge over your opponents.

FINAL FANTASY III by Square Enix

Android Police coverage: Final Fantasy III Now Fighting Dragons On Android - For $16

Final Fantasy III -- now on Android. First released in 1990, Final Fantasy III was the first title in the Final Fantasy series to become a million-seller, establishing once and for all that Square Enix's classic RPG saga was here to stay. The full 3D remake released in 2006 duplicated the original's success, selling over a million copies worldwide. Final Fantasy III was a hallmark of innovation for the entire series, from the job system that lets characters change classes at any time to the ability to summon powerful creatures such as Shiva and Bahamut. When darkness falls and the land is robbed of light, four youths are chosen by the crystals to set forth on a journey to save the world.

  • New and improved 3D visuals and story sequences only for Android
  • Smooth, intuitive touch-panel controls specifically tailored to Square Enix's smartphone RPGs
  • Quicker browsing through the monster bestiary and other game records
  • New visual designs for the Job Mastery Cards

Atmo

Welcome to Atmo. Jump in to real time multiplayer space combat and earn your mettle. If you are sick of easy games, then you have found your challenge: Atmo requires skill to win. Prepare yourself for a constantly evolving experience, starting with Capture the Flag. View your stats on Facebook and show off your skills. Soon you will be exploring space. This is only the beginning. Prepare for Atmo.

The Amazing Spider-Man by Gameloft

Android Police coverage: The Amazing Spider-Man From Gameloft Lands In The Play Store, Lets You Swing From Rooftops For $7

Clean out the thugs and super-villains from NYC in this Super Hero journey. Get ready for intense web-slinging action with The Amazing Spider-Man! Join Spidey in the official game app of this highly anticipated 2012 blockbuster. Play through the movie storyline as Spider-Man faces off against the Lizard and rampaging gangs. Web-sling and crawl your way through an open, fully 3D New York while using your amazing skills to save the city.

Ski Safari by Defiant Development

Ride penguins, yetis and more in an endless downhill avalanche escape. Ski Safari is where Animals, Avalanches and Action come together to create a new casual gameplay experience. Our deep sleeping hero has to stay ahead of a relentless avalanche that threatens the local mountainsides. Sven, as we like to call him, can use animals to aid his escape from an icey end. Each of the hillside animals have different attributes to make a speedier escape. Penguins glide further, Yetis are tougher, Eagles soar to great heights, each of these can provide useful advantage for Sven. Sometimes on the slopes Sven can find fast Snowmobiles which can ferry multiple animals a maintain a very high top speed.

Ski Safari Developer: Defiant Development
Price: 0.99
4.5
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Speedball 2 Evolution

Android Police coverage: [New Game] Speedball 2: Evolution Is A Futuristic Throwback That Combines American Football, Hockey, And Awesome

Speedball 2, The Bitmap Brothers’ smash hit, multi-million selling classic futuristic sports game now brings all of its adrenaline pumping thrills to Android for the first time. Set in the near future, Speedball 2 Evolution is a fast paced, brutal fusion of handball and ice hockey where only the fittest and most cunning survive. Plan your strategy, hand pick your team from a roster of hundreds, then power your way down the field, using every trick in the book to take your opponents down and drive your way to glorious victory through a mix of blood, sweat, fists and elbows. Speedball 2 Evolution is packed with a huge variety of game modes and features to keep players coming back for more including in-match power-ups, single player tournaments, one-on-one multiplayer and a full career mode. Outside of the matches, gamers can also develop a world beating team by upgrading their players, earning cash and then trading them on the transfer market. Speedball 2 Evolution brings together its unbeatable heritage with high octane, in-depth gameplay to give Android gamers an experience like never before.

- Choose from 336 unique players and 28 Teams across 4 Planets

- Over 20 power-ups available

- Multiple game modes including 10 Season Career Mode and 10 Single Player Game Modes

- Full Player transfer market and upgrades

- Choice of intuitive tilt and virtual joystick controls

Chrono&Cash by OrangePixel

Android Police coverage: [New Game] OrangePixel's Chrono & Cash Offers Players Another Perfectly Crafted Slice Of Retro Arcade Action

Run, Jump, Rob, and avoid those locals in this time killer arcade game. Retro coin-operated gameplay is back - from the guys behind Meganoid, Stardash and INC. You play as Cash, a talented thief who, accompanied by his trusty Chrono robot CR2, travels through time to rob from the bad and well.. let’s just keep it in the middle what he does with the things he robs. Every level is a single screen with a collection of platforms and treasure, grab it, and advance to the next level! just avoid contact with the locals.

Flow Free

Flow Free is a simple yet addictive puzzle game. Connect matching colors with pipe to create a flow. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle in Flow Free. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap. Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Flow Free gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free a try, and experience "mind like water".

★ 300 free puzzles

★ Free Play and Time Trial modes

★ Clean, colorful graphics

★ Fun sound effects

Flow Free Developer: Big Duck Games LLC
Price: Free
4.6
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Frisbee Rush

Android Police coverage: Frisbee Rush For Android Lets You Play Frisbee With Aliens - On Your TV

Stop the Alien Invasion by flickin' Frisbees from your phone into the browser game. It’s Time Crisis, with a Frisbee. This app turns your phone into a Frisbee. Enter the City invaded by Aliens, train to become a SuperHero by flicking Frisbees and wipe ’m out. Download the App, go to frisbeerush.com on your Desktop, sync your device by entering the connection code and flick Frisbees from your mobile. Battle it out with your Friends. Have a finger flickin’ awesome time with up to 3 PLAYERS.

SpaceChem Mobile Demo

SpaceChem is an obscenely addictive, design-based puzzle game about building machines and fake science. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products! Streamline your designs to meet production quotas and outperform other engineers. SpaceChem Mobile is a faithful adaptation of the award winning PC game SpaceChem, and includes the full selection of player-created “ResearchNet” puzzles and a modified campaign tailored for the iPad.

SpaceChem Mobile Demo Developer: Zachtronics
Price: Free
3.4
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Lightopus

Android Police coverage: [New Game] Lightopus Arrives On Android, Brings Glowing Octopi Along For The Ride

A featured iOS game, Lightopus is now available for free on Android. Go, Lightopus! You are the last of our kind. Go into the Abyss, save the Bulbies and bring back the Light. All the Lightopuses in the Abyss were killed and their remaining young captured by the monsters of the Abyss. You are the only Lightopus alive, a species on the brink of extinction. Your mission is to rescue the young Lightopus and free them from the Abyss monsters' sealzones.

• Unique and intuitive control: Optional touch control or virtual joypad

• Fun and addictive gameplay

• Attractive graphics

• Lifely character movements with AI

• Face various monster bosses with special powers

• Checkpoint System

• Original and attractive music

Lightopus Developer: Appxplore (iCandy)
Price: Free
4
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Oscura

Evade scary creatures in the shadows to restore the light in this adventure game. A ray of light is cast to keep the Dark Creatures at bay. When the lighthouse's power crystal explodes, its shards scatter across the island and darkness takes over. It will now take all YOUR finesse to overcome the obstacles in this strange land, retrieve the shards and restore the light.

Sports Car Challenge by FishLab

Android Police coverage: FishLabs, Developer Of Galaxy On Fire, Releases Sports Car Challenge, Promising Detailed Graphics And Prestigious Marques

Sports Car Challenge is a fast-paced racing experience for Android smartphones and tablets with graphics and gameplay never seen before on a mobile device. Enjoy the sheer beauty and amazing details of the hottest high-end sportscars from Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche and Volkswagen, while you speed along the track with up to 250 miles per hour.

Shift through the seven gears of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport and indulge in the stunning looks of the Bentley Continental GT V8 or Bentley Continental Convertible ISR. Set new track records with the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 or Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera and manoeuvre the Audi TTS Coupé through the demanding slalom course. Master the challenging braking contest with the Porsche 911 Carrera S or the Porsche Cayman R and kick the pedal of the Volkswagen Scirocco R to the metal. Show your friends that you can beat their personal high scores at ease and dominate the global leaderboards.

With realistic driving physics, authentic engine sounds and manifold customization options on account of an exclusive selection of original rims and paintworks, Sports Car Challenge offers an unprecedented racing experience on Android devices. And due to a number of free content-updates, which will add more cars and tracks to the title in the upcoming months, the challenge won’t be over anytime soon do you have what it takes to master the hottest sports cars in the word and reach the finish line of three demanding circuits in minimum time?

Ships N' Battles

Ships N' Battles, a cross platform battleship game. Play the next generation of the classic game, controlling the most destructive power of the seas with a finger touch. Ships N 'Battles has high-definition graphics, great special effects like explosions and smoke. Play against players around the world with Multiplayer via Global Server or against your friends you your local area network.

Babel Rising 3D by Ubisoft and AMA

Android Police review: Game Review: Babel Rising 3D Is A Rich, Well-Made Time Waster - But Is It Worth $5?

Android Police coverage: Ubisoft And AMA's New Game Babel Rising 3D Gives You The Power Of God And A Tower Full Of Mortals To Smite

Play God Almighty in Babel Rising 3D to prevent the Babylonians from building the famous Babel tower. Unleash your wrath and mortify these arrogant humans with your divine powers. Summon bolts of lightning, massive earthquakes, meteor showers or vengeful floods upon the Babylonians: The perfect apocalyptic arsenal. Your divine intervention will be crucial to resist to the numerous waves of miscreant builders, blasphemer priests or damned urn carriers! Rely on tactics and strategy to achieve the solo campaign and endure an epic survival mode. There will be no mercy.

• The world’s best 3D graphics available on mobiles and tablets for an epic gaming experience.

• Punish pretentious Babylonians through 15 missions in the single-player campaign and test your Godly stamina in the survival mode.

• Master the 4 elements of fire, air, earth and water, each having specific powers.

• Help your fight with passive powers and divine parchments.

• Optimized controls for mobiles and tablets with a multi-touch and motion controlled gameplay to easily crush mankind.

Broken Sword : Director's Cut

An all-time classic, this is adventure gaming at its very best. Paris in the Fall a brutal murder at the Palais Royale. When Nico Collard is invited to interview statesman Pierre Carchon, she finds herself inextricably drawn into a terrifying conspiracy. One of the all-time classic adventures, multi BAFTA-nominated 'Broken Sword: Director’s Cut' pitches sassy journalist Nico Collard, and intrepid American George Stobbart into a mysterious journey of intrigue and jeopardy. Guide George and Nico on their globe-spanning adventure, exploring exotic locations, solving ancient mysteries, and thwarting a dark conspiracy to reveal the secret truths of the Knights Templar.

Featuring a widely-praised touch interface, 'Broken Sword: The Director’s Cut' introduces an intricate new narrative thread, alongside the classic story that has charmed millions of players. It’s time to experience George and Nico’s worldwide adventure in a whole new way, with brand new puzzles, hilarious new jokes, and the distinctive, rich story that made the series so deservedly renowned. This is adventure gaming at its very best.

Offroad Legends Free

Drive the most amazing offroad vehicles in this extreme hill climbing madness. Crash the barriers and fly above bottomless chasms with Monster Trucks, 4x4 off-roaders and six wheeled Behemots.

• Four vehicle categories (Monsters, 4x4 off-roaders, Behemots, Fun cars)

• Three game modes

• Gorgeous graphics

• 56 challenging tracks

• Real-time vehicle deformation

• Mind blowing physics

• Optimized for Xperia PLAY

• Scoreloop leaderboards and achievements

The Sushi Spinnery by Kairosoft

Revolutionize the revolving sushi bar in this fresh new sim. Expand your menu along with your conveyor belt by designing original creations to complement more classic fare. But it takes more than fine food to win customers over. Show your creative flair not only in sushi but in your business model by offering amenities ranging from salad bars to sumo rings. Make enough fans and you'll unlock all new ingredients and amenities--and fresh possibilities with them. As your reputation grows, you'll also become eligible for competitions around the country. Hone your expertise along with your fish knives and aim for #1 in the national rankings.

The Sushi Spinnery Developer: Kairosoft
Price: 5.99
4.6
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Peti by LevelUp Studio

LevelUp Studio is proud to present PETI! In this gorgeous puzzle game, Aliens falls on Earth and you have to send them back to their mother. Doing so, she may not get mad and destroy our beautiful Earth. Save 'em Up and you'll be a hero for aliens and mankind (yes again) alike. Earn experience and buy special powers to help those little invaders get out from our planet. Special powers can allow you to change the color of blocks, destroy blocks or raise your chance to get special blocks.

Ninja Fishing

Android Police coverage: [New Game] Ninja Fishing Makes Its Way To Android, Is Fruit Ninja For Pescetarians

Sharpen your swords and swing your rods - it's time to fish...the NINJA way. The #1 iPhone fishing hit game is now available on Android. Join over 6 MILLION Ninja Fishing players for FREE. Otoro, a fitness challenged ninja, might not be the best fighter, but he sure has mad skills when it comes to fishing. Cast your hook as deep as possible into the ocean, then use the tilt controls to reel back as many fish as you can. Finally, use the katana-powered touch technology to slice the scaly fish right out of the sky for maximum gold profit (watch out for the Dynamites).

✔ Super addictive FISH & SLASH gameplay!

✔ Master both tilt & touch controls to perfection.

✔ Over 60 fishes to collect.

✔ Earn GOLD to buy lots of super upgrades like katanas, boats, fishing guides & more.

✔ Find TREASURE CHESTS with goodies.

✔ Super-sharp HD graphics.

✔ Achievements & Leaderboards.

Ninja Fishing Developer: Gamenauts, Inc.
Price: Free
4.4
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Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter HD

Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter is a console-quality lifelike hunting sim where the players track down a variety of dinosaurs while exploring huge non-linear locations. The dinos boast with some of the most advanced AI on the platform, evolving from “pea-brained” dummies to dangerous creatures that are able to see, hear and sense the adrenaline in hunter’s blood. Distinct 3D environments including pine forests, muddy marshes and rolling hills give room for different hunting tactics, which are important because the hunter may easily end up becoming a prey. Wind direction, scent and the use of a special dinosaur call are all key elements in tracking the dinosaur and not being caught.

Puddle THD Lite

Android Police coverage: [New Game] Puddle THD launches On The Play Store With Very Pretty Physics For Tegra 3 Devices

Only for NVIDIA Tegra 3 Powered Devices. Winner at the Independent Games Festival 2010, Puddle THD is now available exclusively on devices using Tegra 3 technology. Puddle THD harnesses the power of the NVIDIA Tegra 3 powered devices to produce an unprecedented realistic physics-based gaming experience. Dive into Puddle THD, a game unlike any other where you have to guide a puddle of fluid by tilting the environment to the left or right. Play carefully taking friction, gravity and temperature into account, and by using the unique properties of each type of fluid (water, oil, nitroglycerin, molten lava...) in a range of original environments.

Dark Nebula - Episode One

Dark Nebula is an extreme labyrinth game, packed with breakneck action. Just tilt your device to move the character. Blaze through exciting levels where you must avoid dangerous traps, dodge bullets and cheat death in every corner! Episode one features eleven action packed levels that will have you bouncing, sliding and spinning all the way to the finish line. Put your skills to the test by completing the game with Gold Star results on all levels and prove that you are the true master of Dark Nebula.

Where's My Perry? by Disney

Android Police coverage: Disney Releases Where's My Perry? A Puzzle Game Based On The World's Most Popular Platypus Detective

Where’s My Perry is a challenging physics-based puzzler where you need to use water in all its different forms, ice, steam and liquid, to solve the puzzle. Overflowing with intuitive controls, vibrant spy-themed graphics, and best of all, lasers, you will be immersed in the world of Agent P.

ILLUSIA 2 by GAMEVIL

Android Police coverage: GAMEVIL Releases Illusia 2 – Save the Dream World With New Gameplay Modes, Characters, And More Customization Than Ever

Casual Platform Action RPG Returns. Solve the mystery behind what is causing the nightmares. An evil force has invaded the Dream World giving everyone nightmares. Help the heroes Angela, Chris and Ares vanquish evil and restore peace to their land in this sequel to the hit RPG, ILLUSIA. With a thrilling storyline, full of twists and turns, ILLUSIA 2 takes the immersive gameplay of the original masterpiece and embellishes it with more colorful side scrolling adventures, diverse skill training and endless customizable options.

Tractor Trails by Origin8

A puzzling mission to seed the lands with trees. There's a need.. a need for seed! Help Red & Chuck puzzle out a path and plant as many trees as possible. Choose your moves wisely as poor ol' Red has no brakes to help him stop, so you'll need all your skills to master the 130 challenging levels.

Kinectimals by Microsoft

Android Police coverage: Microsoft Continues To Show Android Love With Its First Game For Android: Kinectimals

This irresistible mobile experience gives you the chance to use your phone to visit the island of Lemuria and play with, care for and fall in love with your very own cub. Bring your pet with you wherever you go! If you’ve already experienced Kinectimals on Kinect for Xbox 360, your phone becomes the key to unlocking five new cubs on your console. Stand-alone mobile game features Kinectimals’ signature visual quality, delightful animation and brand new ways to play with your cub!

Neuroshima Hex

In the world of Neuroshima you need to prove you have what it takes to survive. Neuroshima Hex is a fast paced, tactical board game where up to 4 players (human or AI) lead their troops to victory. Every player controls one of the four armies struggling for influence and survival in the world destroyed in a 30 years long war. March with the machines of Moloch, leading its army towards setting the new world order. Become Borgo and unite the forces of the mutants who spread terror in the wastelands. Lead The Outpost - humanity's last and only hope and try to beat the machines in an uneven guerrilla war. Be the boss of The Hegemony - land of gangers not caring about the fate of others and living only for violence and their mad entertainment.

Neuroshima Hex Developer: Portal Games Digital
Price: 5.99
2.4
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Foozle by Noodlecake

Save the yellow foozles from the dastardly and evil red foozles. Bounce, roll, slide and swing while saving every Foozle™ you can. A single touch changes the shape of a Foozle letting you solve interesting and complex puzzles. The Foozles aren't alone! Use rocks, bombs, bubbles and special platforms to help the cute yellow Foozles outsmart the mean red Foozles and foil their attacks. Tap Foozles to change between squares and circles. As their shapes change, they'll roll and slide as they interact with the environment. Normally, the cute and cuddly Foozles might be seen giving and receiving hugs, but all is not well in the land of Foozles. The red Foozles have rebelled, becoming cunning and mean! Get the red Foozles off the screen while saving every yellow Foozle.

* A unique physics puzzle game with charm

* Immersive graphics environment

* 75 levels in 3 unique worlds

* You'll want to save just 1 more Foozle

* Play it again and again, fewer taps means a better reward

Ready Steady Bang by Noodlecake

Are you quicker than a cowboy? Ready Steady Bang is A beautifully addictive quick-fire dueling game. Play face-to-face with a friend on a single screen in 2 player mode or pit your trigger finger against 10 of the fastest outlaws in town. Progress through the game to unlock 31 unique cowboy deaths, then show them off in your Kill Gallery. Are you fast enough?

Big Win Baseball by Hothead Games

Android Police coverage: [Hands-On] Hothead Games Step Up To The Play Store, Hit Baseball Fans With Big Win Baseball

CREATE your own unique dream team, COMPETE against opponents from around the world, WATCH your team battle it out on the diamond, BOOST your player’s pitching, hitting, fielding and other skills and get ready to win the Daily Pennant for the ultimate BIG WIN.

  • Full team and player customization allowing you to create your own fantasy team
  • Open Bronze, Silver and Gold card packs to find new players, skill boosts to improve your team and collect other cards to stay at the top of the standings
  • Play game-changing Big Impact cards and watch them affect the outcome when the exciting action unfolds
  • Earn coins and Big Bucks by playing games, leveling up and winning the Daily Pennant so you can open more card packs
BIG WIN Baseball Developer: Hothead Games
Price: Free
4.1
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Soccer Superstars 2012 by GAMEVIL

Play Soccer Superstars 2012, the most immersive and dynamic soccer game on App Store. Train your player and team with endless skill building and leveling options. Unlock special players and dominate the stadium against impressive AI or others players across the world. Soccer Superstars 2012 brings intensive team management and soccer game play to your device for endless hours of soccer fun.

Centipede: Origins by Atari

Inspired by the Atari classic, Centipede: Origins brings an entirely new level of bug-blasting fun to the world-renowned franchise. Evil, plant-munching vermin are swarming into your precious garden and rapidly destroying everything. You, a peace-loving gnome, have no choice than to wage an all-out war against these vile creepy crawlies. Using extreme weapons and gadgets, protect your garden from the ambush of vicious bugs and the dreaded CENTIPEDE. Who will survive: GNOMES or BUGS?! YOU DECIDE!

Features:

• 3 Upgradeable weapons that will lay waste to the onslaught of bugs and centipedes! Use the grenades, rapid fire and others to eliminate the insects! More to be included soon!

• 3 Upgradeable gadgets such as the Fly Trap, the Time Warp and others to give you the upper hand in your battle with the bugs and centipedes! More to come soon!

• Collect coins to buy upgrades and help you protect the world of the gnomes!

• 4 playable levels including Bumpkinpatch Gardens, Bumpkinpatch Aerial, Tarpit Excavation, Valley of Flowers and others that can be purchased as you progress through the game!

WarGames: WOPR

Android Police review: WarGames - WOPR Review: A Great 80s Movie Becomes A Great Puzzle Game For Your Phone

Wage intense battles of Global Thermonuclear War as the iconic WOPR computer. Shall We Play A Game? This is THE officially licensed WarGames mobile game. Step into the role of the iconic WOPR computer as you wage intense battles of Global Thermonuclear War against characters from the movie. Take on David Lightman (played by Matthew Broderick), Jennifer Mack (played by Ally Sheedy), McKittrick (played by Dabney Coleman), and others.

-Compelling storyline

-40+ levels

-24 Tactics and Mods to make your character more powerful, each with 6 upgradable levels

Cthulhu Saves The World

Android Police coverage: [New Game] Cthulhu Saves The World Is A Retro RPG Parody Featuring The Slumbering Elder God Himself

Cthulhu Saves The World. Just don't ask him to be happy about it. The XBLA and Steam indie hit from Zeboyd Games finally comes to Android. The lord of insanity, Cthulhu was all set to plunge the world into insanity and destruction when his powers were suddenly sealed away by a mysterious sorcerer. The only way for him to break the curse is to become a true hero. Save the world to destroy it in an epic parody RPG journey of redemption, romance, and insanity.

My Brute

Come and join us and rub shoulders with the champions of the arena. My Brute is a crazy, off-the-wall game of combat that gives you the chance to challenge fighters from all over the world. You simply take on a series of challenges, gain experience, unlock new skills and crush your enemies with ever-greater speed.

Ichi

Ichi is an easy to play but challenging one button puzzle game. Don't be deceived by the game simplistic look, it’s a brain twister for sure! Collect golden rings by rotating objects, using teleporters, breaking blocks and more. If that isn’t enough, the game includes a level editor that allows you to create your own levels and share them with anyone around the globe.

TSUZP! a zombie tale

Surprisingly fun to play - this game is more fun than it looks.

This is the tale of four rednecks and their struggle to survive the zombie apocalypse, a tale of bravery, survival, and a lot of gore. A unique mix of tower defense and tactical squad based zombies killing mayhem.

-STRATEGY : Place your traps and barricades in order to survive the upcoming waves.

-ACTION : A lot of weapons are just there, ready to be used to smash zombies and make theirs limbs fly away: machine guns, shotguns, grenade

launchers, flametrhrowers and much more.

-SUSPANCE : Will Russel find his wife? Who are the minds bihind this madness? Will our heroes just survive to get all the answers? It's all up to you...

Canica Free

The CANICA is an espectacular, different & challenging puzzle videogame. CANICA is the marble ball name in Mediterranean and Latin territories. Also It has something of minigolf, billiard, bobsleigh and Velocity types videogames, but with an incredibly simple and addictive gameplay. The highlight is that you and your marble -your CANICA from now on- are ONE. Your CANICA is much more than a common, indistinguishable and boring ball in the distance. The CANICA is close to you, and you can fully costumize and tune it in the FACTORY with loads of features like skins, textures, insides, trails...

Epic Raiders by GAMEVIL

Battle monsters and warlords in Epic Raiders as your cast of characters work to rescue the princess! Players expand their party and target enemies to initiate an onslaught of attacks. Customize your characters in a wide variety of beautiful costumes, armor and weapons as you skill build and level up. Featuring an endless array of stages in crisp HD display, Epic Raiders will have you hooked.

Plight of the Zombie

Here at Spark Plug Games, we are tired of all of these games designed for those horrible people who just want to kill poor, innocent zombies all the time. They're just hungry. So, we are asking that you try out this extremely tasteful puzzle game today – for free. Be one with your inner zombie and help satisfy those hunger pains. You know what it’s like to be counting down the clock to lunchtime, absolutely craving a burger (or veggie burger), don’t you? Just imagine that feeling every day. And instead of burgers, you’re craving brains. It could happen, right? Help end zombie hunger today.

Collider Quest

Collect items, solve puzzles and test your memory in a race against time. Mysteriously transported to a post-apocalyptic future, six people find themselves involved in a race against time to find a way to get back to the present and save mankind - and their own lives. Help them get back to the present. On October 1st 2012 Peter Ansay breaks into CERN lab to gain access to the Collider and sabotage it, preventing any future experiments. But something goes terribly wrong and he is transported to 2018 by a wormhole to a world destroyed by natural disasters and at war with the Unknown. He wakes up in a strangely familiar place, convinced he’s somehow been there before. You are now in the future, “trapped” inside what seems to be a hotel. Outside, the atmosphere is unlivable and anyone who ventures out disappears in the shadows, taken by the Unknown. Collect items, solve puzzles and test your memory through multiple levels with increasing difficulty, culminating in the destruction or salvation of mankind.

Ion Racer

Exploding into the Google Play store at warp speed, SGN brings you Ion Racer. A sci-fi, action-packed, agility race with heart-stopping thrills - Ion Racer takes speed to another level. With endless ways to customize your craft, you'll never run the same race twice. Experience the mounting challenge of mission-based progressive competition - how long can you stay in the race?

A truly strategic racing game, Ion Racer offers:

+ Choose strike mode to burst through obstacles or play in + Focus mode for precise steering . . .

+ Control your craft with accelerometer tilt steering or choose easy-access light touch controls

+ Buy or earn valuable Kions to gain boots in speed and accuracy

+ Heal your wounded ship through intensely accurate gameplay or hit auto-repair for instant healing to get back into the race, fast

+ Catch multipliers for an out of this world score

+ Perks, Upgrades, and More

Swing Shot by Com2uS

Android Police coverage: [Hands-On] Com2uS' Swing Shot Offers An Interesting, Well-Made Take On Angry Birds

Pick up the gauntlet; repair the worst offenses. Explore your ninja finger ability. Sharpen your eyesight. This is not a mere game. 'Swing-shoot' your opponents to oblivion, and come out victorious, the ultimate top monkey-panda-sloth of the jungle. Have you ever wanted to throw a beehive at a monkey? Make a sloth fall down with a pineapple? Wonder what sound they'd make? Do you miss being the sling-shot king of the neighborhood? Satisfy those inner desires and make them reality. For added contentedness, all of it is real-time. Try out your hand at an all-new network battle in Swing Shot.

Lume

An illuminating puzzle adventure. Small and perfectly formed, introducing you to the perplexing world of Lume. A hit on PC, Mac and iOS, the unique Indie game Lume is now available for Android, including remastered sound and an improved interface for touch devices. With a set built entirely out of paper and cardboard, and sumptuously filmed, Lume is a game with a style unlike any other. Power to your grandad’s house has failed. What’s more, he’s nowhere to be seen. Immerse yourself in Lume’s photoreal world, solve perplexing paper puzzles to help restore the power, and uncover a deeper mystery behind the blackout.

Cryptica Lite

Solve the ancient crypts and find the lost relics in this challenging game. These mysterious crypts were created thousands of years ago to protect the temple relics. Only the wisest were meant to solve these riddles and reveal the relics, but they have all failed. Beaten by their own creation the relics were buried forever. Can you succeed where all wise man have failed?

Krafteers - Tomb Defenders by Deonn Games

What would you do to survive alone in an island? Explore the world to collect resources, food and water, craft tools and weapons, use your creativity to build a fortress and defend yourself from a mysterious menace. Multiplayer support.

Traffic Panic London

Will you control the Traffic or cause total Panic? Will you control Traffic or cause Panic? The most chaotic traffic management game on the App Store comes to London. Tap to change the lights and get points for safely crossing the traffic. If you cause an accident prepare for more points and an explosive cinematic visual feast. Explode Nelsons Column, collapse the London Wheel or blow up Battersea. Control the traffic lights across London in the Classic, Historic and Tourist stages. Plus earn interactive new vehicles, such as the Hippie Van, Car Transporter and Pizza Delivery Guy. Control the traffic or cause total panic, it’s up to you...

Forever Drive

Forever Drive is a fast-paced racing game set in a futuristic 3D city made by YOU, the players. Using the In-game Track Editor, tracks made by different players are joined together into a never-ending neon racetrack.

Features:

- In-Game Track Editor: extremely easy-to-use editor to make beautiful, winding city tracks with just a few touches!

- Weekly challenge mode: race against the world and competitors’ ghost cars on specially created tracks

- Regional Leaderboards: see how you stack up against other players around you and compete against them

- 4 different control types: arcade, tilt, digital pro, analog pro

- Unlock new cars, paintwork, buildings and license plates!

- Race against the clock to accumulate XP for LEVELING UP, and access to brand new content.

- Custom 3D engine rendering

Bulldozer Inc. by Handy Games

Power up your engine, enter the arena and raze everything. Welcome to the Bulldozer Cup, the ultimate bulldozer spectacle. Outclass your rival in the most extreme demolition competition of all times and become a true master of destruction. Power up your engine, enter the arena and raze everything. Speed and precision are key to your success. Pimp your bulldozer with mighty powerups and show your rivals who’s the boss. What are you waiting for?

Plutonic Repulse

Plutonic Repulse is a Defence game with a twist where you play as the point to be defended and your towers are moving creatures in the world whom you nurture a friendship with in order for them to help you in your battle against your obsessive intruders. In this plutonic world filled with bioluminescence creatures, you played as a humble little creature, unable of defending yourself in this vast dangerous world. Your only means of defence is your ability to nurture and spawn with other creatures to get help from them.

Heretic GLES

Android Police coverage: From The Developer Of Doom GLES Comes Heretic GLES – Spill Demon Blood Like It's 1994 Without MS-DOS

Defeat D'Sparil, in HereticGLES, the best looking Heretic port on mobile. HereticGLES is the classic Heretic game ported to OpenGLES.

You are one of the last Sidhe elves. D'Sparil, the Serpent Rider, with its minions destroyed your civilization. Now, you will take revenge.

To-Fu: The Trials of Chi

Help the stretchy To-Fu undertake the infamous Trials of Chi. He's pliable, resilient, and tasty. Besides pairing nicely with noodles or soup, he's an excellent weapon for sticking, slinging, and flinging through the Trials of Chi. Go on: play with your food in this entertaining game for your Android device.

Avoid the To-Fu Traps. Join our stretchy protagonist as he gets ready to undertake the infamous Trials of Chi. Ping, stick, and rebound our little hero through treacherous booby-traps and complex mechanisms using only your finger and To-Fu's unique stretch control. The objective is to get to the Fortune Kitty while collecting as many blue Chi as you can. Don't fall victim to a trap and become Tofurkey. Conquer the trials and help To-Fu become the illustrious Master of Chi.

Boom Beats

Enter compelling worlds full of club tunes. Boom Beats is a very addictive rhythm game which lets you enter compelling worlds full of club tunes: drum and bass, jungle, dub step, rave and house. All you need to do is tap the rhythm and earn the score. Use multipliers, unlocks, special powers and more. Headphones recommended.

  • Music / Rhythm Game with 14 club bangers: Drum and Bass, Dub Step, Rave, Jungle, House
  • Fantastic visuals
  • Animated backgrounds
  • Superb 'Star Power' effect
  • High replay value

Feed Me Oil

Note: Grab this version if you live outside of North America.

A variety of levels to test your mental skills. When hunger strikes, strike oil! Welcome to a weird and wonderful place where the land is literally alive — and it’s starving! Your job is to get the oil from the broken pipe to the mouths of the strange creatures. It won’t be easy though, as you’ll need to use all sorts of fun tools, as well as your brains, to solve the puzzles.

  • AMAZING DESIGN A huge variety of mind-bending levels will test your mental skills. Different ways to solve each puzzle for endless replayability.
  • A JOY TO PLAY Intuitive controls that make the game a breeze to pick up. Incredibly slick and realistic physics create oil like you've never seen. Use fans, magnets, wind, and more to beat each level.
  • BEAUTIFUL Unique, surreal art design that looks amazing. Stunning musical soundtrack that features jazz, emotive piano tracks, and more.

Astro Dodger

Get Astro home by collecting fuel bubbles and dodging space debris along the way. Stranded in the far reaches of the Galaxy our intrepid hero Astro must make his way back to Earth by collecting fuel bubbles. With limited fuel you must guide your ship around an odd assortment of space debris - including aliens! Avoid getting hit as this will destroy your ship. 3 hits and it's GAME OVER. Collect power-ups to help you get to your destination.

Mystery Manor

Android Police coverage: Mystery Manor Promises Never Ending Puzzle Fun, Oh And Don't Forget The Mystery

A mysterious Event took place in the Manor and completely ruined the ordinary life of its inhabitants. Their deeply loved master Mister X has suddenly disappeared leaving nothing but a strange message. Only you can break the secret of the Mystery Manor. Dive into the mystery and challenge yourself with hidden objects action. Mystery Manor is a mystery-style hidden objects game. In a mystic mansion, inhabited by strange but lovely people, spooky monsters and scary ghosts you’ll have to solve logic puzzles, find hidden objects and unlock new rooms and complete quests. Mystery Manor is a never-ending game. New quests, rooms, characters are being added on a regular basis. Unlike all other Hidden Objects genre games, you will never finish the game.

Harry the Fairy

Note: Grab this version if you live outside of North America.

Harry the Fairy is on a mission to rescue his fairy friends. He's green but not so mean. Follow him on an adventure through mystical and dangerous underground caverns as he avoids many dangers and eventually saves the day.

  • IT AIN'T EASY BEING GREEN Harry didn't ask to be a hero but now he's got no choice, his friends have been kidnapped and he's the only one who can get them back.
  • DODGE DANGERS As you guide Harry through the winding caverns, avoiding drills, falling barrels, spinning spikes and more. Be careful not to pop your bubble—it's your only protection against the dangers out there
  • QUITE THE ADVENTURE Guide Harry to the goal in 28 levels spread over four unique environments; Underground, Caves, Lava Pits and the extra tough Inferno! Perfect for players of all ages, Harry the Fairy will take you on a magical trip!

Crown Caps Soccer

A button football fan? This is your game. Crown Caps Soccer (CCS) is the best button football (button soccer) game for Android Devices. You can play 2-players hot seat games or CPU versus mode. Create your favorite teams and simulate best matches of Euro 2012 or your favorite soccer competitions. CCS comes with a swiping control system which makes it a very addictive game.

Assembly of Worlds DEMO

Experience first person 3D space combat simulation on your mobile device. Assembly of Worlds is a space combat simulator, heavily inspired by classic PC games of the genre, like TIE-Fighter and Freespace. The game features a single player campaign consisting of 23 missions tied together by a story of corruption, personal strife and open revolt. All missions use recorded voice acting. This free demo version contains the first 4 missions of the game. If you play the first 4 missions in the demo you will not have to replay them in the full game.

Be warned: This game is HARD and not intended for a casual audience. The difficulty can be softened somewhat by activating the aim assist feature, but even then you will consistently fail if you do not take the time to understand the objectives of each mission. Still reading? Very well then. Strap in, pilot! And get ready for a gaming experience to remember.

Virtua Tennis Challenge FREE by SEGA

This is the free version of Virtua Tennis, released earlier this year.

SEGA challenges you to take your best shot with the new Virtua Tennis Challenge. Dust off those tennis raquets and start training with the Pros. This Free version guides you through 5 training drills and one match to prepare you for the Sega Professional Tennis World Tour. Virtua Tennis, one of the World's leading tennis game franchises, is available for the first time on smartphones with the new Virtua Tennis Challenge. Slice, lob and hit your best top spin as you take on the world's best and compete against 50 players in 18 stadiums around the globe. Build concentration by making plays that match your player's style; unleashing a super shot that will make your opponent sweat. Enjoy hours of game play through different modes, shots and courts.

Sonic CD Lite

This is the free version of Sonic CD, released in December of 2011.

Take Sonic for a spin around Little Planet with Sonic CD Lite. In order to put an end to Dr. Eggman’s nefarious schemes, Sonic must use the power of Little Planet to travel through time; breaking Dr. Eggman’s hold over the future by destroying his machines in the past and recovering the missing Time Stones. Featuring 16:9 widescreen, achievements, leaderboards and both the US and Japanese soundtracks, experience the adventure through time that introduced the world to Amy Rose and Eggman’s most evil creation, Metal Sonic.

Bank Job

Help bungled burglar, Paulie Barbosa, escape the high security vaults while collecting as much loot as possible. Reach checkpoints to deposit loot or get hurt and lose it forever. Climb up and down between the vaults and sewers all while avoiding high-tech security lasers, spikes, anvils and spinning grinders.

The Naked Gun: I.C.U.P.

Hit the streets and channel the hard-nosed, dim-witted Lt Frank Drebin Jr in an all-new adventure based on The Naked Gun. Spoofing modern crime dramas & popular video gaming culture, THE NAKED GUN: ICUP features a fully voice acted, classic adventure game updated for today’s modern audience.

* Fully Voice Acted Classic Adventure Game

* Written by Naked Gun Writer/Producer Bob LoCash

* Dozen of Cases to Solve

* Finger-Tapping Mini-Games

* Hundreds of Collectible Objects

* Upgrade Franks Apartment and Unlock New Outfits to Wear

* OpenFeint Integration with 28 Achievements

The Tiny Bang Story by HeroCraft

Android Police coverage: HeroCraft's New Game, The Tiny Bang Story, Is A Creative Mystery Puzzle Game, Exclusively Available For Some Sony Devices

Note: The game is exclusive to Sony Xperia phones and the Tablet S until August 5th, 2012.

Welcome to Tiny Planet, a gorgeous steampunk inspired world sadly devastated by a recent asteroid strike. Your mission is to help rebuild this beautiful idyll and restore it to its former glory. To do so you'll need to hunt hidden objects, solve puzzles and conquer devilish brain teasers. The Tiny Bang Story is set across five distinct chapters each with their own lovingly hand-drawn location, which combined with the enchanting music created just for this game, adds up to an immersive and crowd-pleasing experience. With no text in the game users will intuitively find their way around the planet, work out what tasks need to be completed next and forge their own path through this unique adventure.

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