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Mar

Subatomic Studios Announces FieldRunners 2, Coming To Android In April

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Games, News

The original FieldRunners was easily one of the best tower defense games I've ever played. While I may be pretty awful at the genre as a whole, FR offered nice visuals, fluid and fun animations, and an overall good experience. I'm sure many of you share my sentiments on the title and have been actively waiting for its sequel to finally make its way to Android. Good news! It's coming next month.

According to Subatomic's blog, the company is currently looking for players to volunteer to beta test the upcoming sequel, which, judging by the released screenshots, looks pretty fantastic.

Mar

Trendy Entertainment Teases Dungeon Defenders 2 With A Pre-Alpha Gameplay Video

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Games, News

If you've been looking forward to Trendy Entertainment fulfilling its promise to deliver Dungeon Defenders 2 into your hands, then a recently-released pre-alpha gameplay teaser should whet your appetite nicely. Unfortunately, it's a fairly short clip that doesn't show a whole lot in the way of gameplay, but it does give a good idea of what to expect, which includes some nice looking graphics and lots of pretty colors.

The game was officially announced earlier this month for Windows, Mac, and Android, and should include both co-op and competitive modes for your playing pleasure. Unfortunately, that pretty much covers all the info we have right now, so it's just a waiting game until the next teaser (or another announcement) comes along.

Mar

[New Game] Chillingo And Wicked Witch Launch Catapult King Into Google Play

Posted by Ryan Whitwam in Apps/Games, Games, News

We all have a deep-seated desire to smash things – a love of destruction, if you will. Don't bother denying it. Well, there are plenty of things to destroy in Catapult King, a game that made quite an impact on iOS. This is a physics game that invites you to knock down all manner of structures with a magical catapult.

You can think of Catapult King as a more advanced version of Crush the Castle. The gameplay is dead-simple. Just pull back the sling, aim, and release to watch the mayhem begin. You've beaten a stage when all the enemies in it have bitten the dust.

Mar

Here's Why You Need To Download Duck Retro Hunt Right Now: Do It

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in Games, News

If you're old enough to have been around for the coolest parts of the 20th century, you know Duck Hunt. I don't need to explain this, do I? No. You know all about the bright orange gun and that annoying little dog and getting frustrated and walking right up to the screen and shooting an 8-bit duck point blank in the pixel. This is your childhood. And now, it's on your phone in a fantastic clone that utilizes the gyroscope in the best possible way.

Ignoring for just a moment the silly AR mode (which actually didn't work very well when I tried it), Duck Retro Hunt has one advantage over the myriad of Duck Hunt clones on the Play Store: instead of using a touch screen, you have to aim your phone in a gyroscope-powered virtual world to shoot the little birds.

Mar

Yet Another Humble Bundle Is Live, Pay What You Want For Metal Slug 3, Plants Vs. Zombies, Anomaly Korea, And More

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in Games, News

The last Humble Bundle for Android just ended, but if that wasn't quite enough to slake your desire for gaming on the go, may I interest you in the Humble Mobile Bundle? The primary difference between this one and the last is that this package won't include Steam codes for the desktop counterparts. Only Android. However, the four primary games you get are Contre Jour, Anomaly Korea, Plants vs. Zombies and Bladeslinger. If you pay more than the average ($5.38 at time of writing, but ~$7 is typical throughout the life of the sale), you can unlock Metal Slug 3 and The Room.

Mar

Real Boxing Review: A Beautiful, Clunky Mess That Delivers An Uppercut To Your Wallet

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Games, Reviews

Real Boxing has garnered quite a bit of success on iOS, and with a little help from NVIDIA, it's grabbed headlines on its way to Android as well. Though the game was first spotted running on the Shield hardware, it's now available on other Tegra devices. With a title as pretty as this, it would be a shame to run it on anything less than the most advanced hardware out there - too bad we'll have to settle for a Tegra 3 for the time being.

Though Real Boxing is superb as far as the graphics are concerned, the rest of the game falls flat.

Mar

PUK Is A Fast-Paced Action Puzzle Game That-Wait, Holy Crap, What's Happening?!

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in Games, News

I am going to show you a game. It costs about a buck on the Play Store and is very fun. However, once you begin playing it, you will have roughly five minutes until you either scream, demand a refund, or your head explodes. There are no other options. The game is called Puk. And it is insane.

The concept is simple. At the start of each level, you are given a set number of slingshot-able pucks (I get it!). You have to hit a number of large white circles on the play field with said pucks (...ohhh.

Mar

Qualcomm Releases 'Reign Of Amira: The Lost Kingdom' To Show Off The Power Of Snapdragon 600 Processors

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Games, News

When Snapdragon processors with Adreno 320 GPUs were the hottest thing coming out of Qualcomm's factories, the company released Reign of Amira to show off the power of its then-flagship hardware. Now, the company is using a similar method with the game's sequel, Reign of Amira: The Lost Kingdom, which is available now exclusively for devices packing the Snapdragon 600 CPU (or supposed to be, rather – I was given the option to install it on my Nexus 4).

The game, which probably doesn't offer a whole lot in the way of good gameplay, looks to be more of a "benchmark" than anything – something to show off what the 600 can do.

Mar

[New Game] Kairosoft's Ninja Village Available In English, Combines Fan-Favorite Formula With Feudal Japanese Aesthetics

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Games, News

Kairosoft plus ninjas. Now that the die-hard fans are already stampeding to the Play Store, the rest of you can stick around and find out why you should play Ninja Village. The previously Japan-only title is now available to the English-speaking world, bringing Kairosoft's familiar, pixelated spin on city-building and battling to the well-trodden Edo Period setting. Those of you who've played Epic Astro Story should find the game familiar.

The style of the game closely follows Kairobotica, tasking the player to build a city for their ninja clan with various structures to train, equip and deploy tiny killing machines.

Mar

[Deal Alert] SNK Playmore Sale: All Metal Slug Titles 50% Off, 66% Off Blazing Star In The Play Store

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Deals, Games, News

Need a little old-school kick to start your weekend? Then look no further than SNK's developer page on the Play Store. Over the last few months they've populated it with no less than four of their classic Metal Slug side-scrollers (Metal Slugs 1, 2, 3, and X) and the top-down space shooter Blazing Star. All are available at significant discounts: half off for the Metal Slug games, bringing them to two bucks each, and a full two-thirds off for Blazing Star, which is now just a dollar.

If you've never heard of Metal Slug... well, shame on you. It started out in the Playstation era as a modern (for the time) arcade riff on Contra, featuring copious amounts of both running and gunning paired with crushing difficulty.