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Jan

OUYA Manages To Wrangle 166 Game Prototypes In Its 'CREATE' Game Development Competition

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Games, News

Back on January 17th, OUYA announced a new contest called CREATE to motivate game developers to get their hands dirty and spend a little time (read: a lot) working on a some prototype games for the console. The entries are in, and there's a staggering 166 videos worth of alpha-esque gameplay for Kill Screen – who partnered with OUYA for this promotion – to sort through.

Among those titles, you'll find platformers, dungeon crawlers, action RPGs, brawlers, shooters, word games, puzzles, and more, according to OUYA. That's quite the impressive list.

So, how are the winners chosen, what do they win, and some other third thing?

Jan

[New Game] Old-School Crawler Dungeon Quest Lets You Loot To Your Polygonal Heart's Content

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Games, News

If the success of the Torchlight series has taught us anything, it's that dungeon crawlers are far from obsolete. The latest Android entry in the storied genre is Dungeon Quest, a solid loot-fest that's still in beta. Though there's only one class (mage,) the randomized levels and equipment should please click-happy Diablo fans all over. 100 levels and 5 difficulty settings should will keep things interesting, and the happy-go-lucky graphics don't hurt, either.

Like Torchlight, the game uses a simple health and mana system. Equipment can be upgraded via enchanting, and there's also a Dungeons & Dragons-inspired rerolling system. So maybe you want your staff to do more damage, and don't mind a decreased range - reroll until you get it.

Jan

Gameloft Shows Off Blitz Brigade Trailer – It's Like Team Fortress 2 For Your Phone Or Tablet

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

It would be great if Valve would make games for Android, right? Oh, what's this? It looks like Team Fortress 2, and sounds like Team Fortress 2, but it is not Team Fortress 2. What you're seeing here is Blitz Brigade, the new upcoming game from Gameloft. Yes, it appears the developer has finally gotten around to imitating Valve's smash hit first-person shooter. Let's not be too cynical, though. The trailer looks pretty neat.

Team Fortress 2 has a distinctive cell-shaded animation style, and Blitz Brigade looks to be going in the same direction. This is a multiplayer shooter with a five character classes to choose from.

Jan

Polarbit Releases 'Cracking Sands', A Cartoon Racer With Guns, Lasers, And Other Destructive Crap–But It's Not As Exciting As It Sounds

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Games, News

Everyone appreciates a good racing game. Likewise, most also enjoy blowing stuff up. When the two are married into one game, one would think the result would be amazing. Unfortunately, that's not always the case. Let's take Polarbit's new title Cracking Sands as an example – the screenshots look good, the video is promising, but the game itself... well, that's something else altogether. Now, I'm not saying it's a bad game, because it's not. It works well and it looks good – I was just bored within the first race. Perhaps I've become jaded after years of playing different Android games.

Jan

[New App] Classic, Open Source, Multi-Console Game Emulator 'RetroArch' Makes Its Way To Android

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Applications, Games, News

If you're into classic games – everything from arcade throwbacks to more modern Playstation titles – then you may have a handful of game emulators installed on your various devices. Now, thanks to an open source, multi-console emulator called RetroArch that just made its way to Android after six months in the making, you can do away with the collection of emulators and get all your old school gaming action in one place.

Some of you may actually already be familiar with RetroArch, as it's available on basically every platform in existence, including:

Linux
Windows
OSX
PS3
Xbox 1
Xbox 360
GameCube
Wii
Raspberry Pi
OpenPandora
and, finally, Android.

Jan

Puddle THD Goes On Sale For $0.99 (Formerly $4.99) To Celebrate Its One Year Anniversary

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in Games, News

Do you like physics games? I sure do. Puddle THD happens to be a great game in this category if you happen to have a Tegra 3 device. The puzzle-centric fluid simulator is typically available on the Play Store for $5, but today the app has gone on sale for a measly $0.99 to celebrate its first whole year on the market. Not bad!

To get an idea of what this game is like you can either watch the video above or rely on my words. Here they are: have you ever wondered what Sonic the Hedgehog would be like if Sonic were a glob of semi-viscous goo?

Jan

OUYA Controllers Get Some Tweaks For The Better, Thanks To Developer Input

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in Games, News

Remember when developers got their pre-release Ouya kits and started showing them off? In those videos, the controllers looked kinda crummy. Thankfully, the company said those were absolutely not indicative of the final design that will go out to consumers. Turns out, they really weren't! The company has detailed some changes and they sound pretty good.

For starters, the D-pad design has changed from a disconnected disc to the typical cross style that we've all gotten used to since the NES. The control sticks are more grippy as well. Also, the universally panned trigger buttons have been improved to have better mechanics and be more flush with the controller.

Jan

[New Game] Imangi Studios Debuts Temple Run 2 With Enhanced Graphics, New Obstacles

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Games, News

Bringing a much-needed update to the wildly popular Temple Run, Imangi Studios introduced Temple Run 2 to the Play Store earlier this evening. The game, which brings updated graphics, new obstacles, and player-specific powers, is essentially a refresh of the original, bringing it up to par with recent endless-runner entries like Activision's Pitfall!.

Temple Run 2, like its predecessor, provides players with a vague pretext surrounding a sacred idol. All you really need to know is that you're running from a big, scary, demon monkey, avoiding obstacles, and collecting as many coins as possible along the way. While the overall gameplay dynamic remains the same, players will enjoy sizable enhancements - for one thing, alternate characters are no longer just custom meshes - each character has its own special power.

Jan

[New Game] Old School Defense Is The Best Tower Defense Game Based On A Will Ferrell Movie You'll See Today

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Games, News

Ready for the most incongruous mobile game since Antz Racing hit the Game Boy Color? The latest release from Big Blue Bubble is a fairly standard entry in the tower defense genre, inexplicably licensed from the 10-year-old raunchy comedy movie Old School. Yes, really. Old School Defense tasks the player with defending the frat house from party crashers, including cops, jocks, nerds, and hippies. You use the various pledges from the movie as defense turrets, leveling them up as the round progresses.

Big Blue Bubble has become notable for solid games like Burn The Rope, but given the somewhat limited appeal of this particular title, they went to AppBackr (it's exactly what it sounds like: Kickstarter for mobile apps) to garner support.

Jan

[Update: Winner] Win A 32GB Nexus 7 From Gameloft And Android Police

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Contests / Giveaways, Games, Nexus 7

Last Updated: January 31st, 2013

Have you heard – the U.S. is under attack by the KRA. They're out to destroy free life as we know it, and it's up to you to stop them. I know, that's a lot of work to do just to win a free tablet, but we're running out of requisites.

This contest is now over.

The final results are listed below. If you've won, you will be contacted in the near future. Congratulations!

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