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.
Featured App
Today's roundup is sponsored by HeroCraft's latest game - Musaic Box. Our own Liam Spradlin reviewed this game a few weeks back and found it to be excellent for both lovers of puzzle/hidden object games and music. In HeroCraft's own words:
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Musaic Box is an unusual combination of musical puzzle and a detective quest. Its scenario offers you a riddle: to find the old organ master who has vanished.
Solving various quests and gathering the clues just like in other classic hidden object games you'll find outlines of musical scores for your music box and reveal exclusive puzzles where you have to recreate masterpieces of classical and modern music out of smaller pieces.
Unlike other puzzles, Musaic requires not just logic but a sense of musicality. Correctly composed melodies will lead you to the mystery's revelation and unlock new game mode.
A free Lite and a $1.49 paid versions are available in the Market.
Games
Minecraft - finally no longer locked down to the Xperia Play.
Minecraft - Pocket Edition allows you to build on the go. Use blocks to create masterpieces as you travel, hangout with friends, sit at the park, the possibilities are endless. Move beyond the limits of your computer and play Minecraft everywhere you go. *Xperia PLAY optimized*
The gangs want you dead. They don’t know what they’re in for. Now you can play 9mm for Android and become John "Loose" Kannon, the leader of a special team of hardened cops that aren't afraid to bend the law to clean up the streets. But when they kill a local drug lord's brother and steal millions in cash, the theft makes Kannon's whole team the target of every gangster in the city. Now Kannon has only one option: Take down the gang leader that's hunting them, legally or not, before his team gets taken out first.
Guns'n'Glory WW2
Enter the battle and lead your troops to glory. Explosive defense action in World War II. Grab your bazookas and ready your grenades in the thrilling successor to the award-winning action-strategy game Guns’n’Glory. Order your tanks into combat and march your troops to the frontlines of World War II. Axis or Allies - the battle will be decided by YOU.
- Thrilling defence-action strategy during WW2
- Successor to the popular Guns’n’Glory Wild West game
- 2 factions to choose from: US Forces, Axis Germany
- 4 different units to recruit on each side
- 12 challenging maps with 3 different difficulty modes
- RPG-like skill system to upgrade your units
- Powerful items to use for tactical advantages
- Earn Glory Coins and spend them on troop and battlefield improvements
- Earth-shattering explosions and awesome effects
- Pounding battle tunes
* Xperia PLAY optimized *
Skip the description unless you want to see some fine Engrish. Here's pretty much all you need to know: "Just move the birds freely. That’s all. Move your fingers really fast. Then, you could be the number one." But seriously, the game looks great.
NaturalMotion Games, the makers of the million-selling hit Backbreaker Football, are proud to present: ICEBREAKER HOCKEY. Crushing checks, slick moves, and super-addictive gameplay combine to create an experience that redefines action on the rink. Deke and spin your way towards the goal, dodging and skating past players on a mission to take you down. If you make it through, it's time to face the GOALTENDER: taunt him with your SHOWBOATING skills, and charge up a SUPER-SHOT to show him who's boss.
Magic Defenders HD was released as a Honeycomb exclusive, but is no longer limited to it. Watch the video to experience all its glory.
Ready for magic circles, spells and an endless army of orcs? Be the hero and defend your village from the evil orcs in three different invasion episodes. You will fight in the forest, near the walls and inside the town to defend the town’s last resort, the castle. Compete with people around the world for the highest score in an endless battle to defend everyone in an arcade style gameplay.
- Beautiful scenarios fully optimized for Android tablets
- Fluid and amazing character animations
- Unique spell animation art
- 3 engaging scenarios with unique art
- Endless hours of rewarding intense action
- Multiple ways to specialize your characters evolution
- Next level gameplay
- Simple and intuitive yet deep and powerful
- A great number of achievements to unlock
- Worldwide competition through OpenFeint
- New heroes added on a regular basis
Explosions, sweet graphics and an awesome description - you have my attention.
So, what did you do today? Really? Well that's interesting. GUESS WHAT I DID? I F#*ING SAVED THE WORLD FROM A HORDE OF ADVANCE BIOMECHANICAL CREATURES! This Space Shooter is full of action, be ready for explosions and crazy enemies on this arcade.
Invade your neighbours, spread mayhem and destruction, drink a little tea. GLWG is the hit 3D turn-based strategy game that everyone's talking about. With a unique comical style and plenty of laughs and excitement, you'll keep coming back again and again for "just one more go." Take command of your army and battle the foe on land, sea and air but be sure to make wise decisions as you go. You want to deploy your soldiers to take full advantage of the higher terrain, natural choke points, ambush spots and defensive walls. Get it right and the bad guys will lose to your superior strategy skills.
❋ Four difficulty settings
❋ Full 3D terrain affects gameplay
❋ Simple control method
❋ Lots of units
❋ Lots of terrain types
❋ Tons of humour
❋ Absolutely no birds or zombies
You are as a battle-hardened mercenary to fight enemies using a variety of weapons. Totally 15 weapons, grenade and 3 armors can be bought in store. To make money by completing more tasks to buy better equipment. There are 60 levels in 6 maps and 2 extra funny games. And a number of game achievements and online leaderboards, players can join with the global rivalry.
Fun, brain-teasing and quirky. Kaptilo is a unique and charming puzzle game. Guide Kaptilo, the friendly robot, around a series of mazes. Get him to the exit but remember to turn off all the lights as you go. Four different characters, each with different effects on the puzzle, will challenge your skill. Each puzzle is carefully crafted to provide a new engaging test. With 40+ levels and more released all the time there is plenty of puzzling to be had.
The world’s most exciting golf odyssey returns with more great new features that you’ve been waiting for! Everyone can join in this fun and exciting golf adventure. Create your avatar and challenge friends and opponents from across the globe in golf tournaments that are unlike anything you’ve seen before.
- WHERE NO ONE HAS GOLFED BEFORE • Travel to six of the most far-out locations you’ve ever played, from the Great Wall of China to Outer Space! • Each course is created in 3D so you’ll see every beautiful waterfall, lush forest and distant green as if you were immersed in an adventure.
- • Up to 4 golfers can compete in fun matches online and locally (via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth). By popular request, you can also play on the same device! • Your friends are not online? Challenge them to beat your score and see who will win the top prize. • Chat live during your online games. • Invite all your friends to join the Golf Club via Facebook, Gameloft LIVE!, email and more. • Watch your opponent’s turn during a match! (Feature only available for certain devices.)
- BE YOUR OWN GOLFER • Create your unique golfing avatar from thousands of combinations of clothes, hair, gear and more to match your style, no matter how colorful or down-to-Earth. • Purchase special skills (like increased range or accuracy for your shots) or balls with special powers (like Tornado, Luck, etc.) using virtual coins you can earn in-game.
- Progressively unlock new modes: Stroke Play, Match Play, Shootout, and Close to Pin. Need a change of pace? Play some challenging mini-games like Catch the Star, Target Range and Putting Master to hone specific skills and become a champion of the links.
Enclosure is a twist on the classic Tower Defense game in which you not only place guns, but also build walls and doors to keep the attackers at bay. Enemies come from all sides and have several potential exit points, all of which must be protected using a combination of force fields and heavy weaponry. The force fields are shaped into passages, rooms and obstacles, to slow the attackers down long enough for the weapons to kill them.
Space isn’t big enough for this much fun. Take part in the comical escapades of a cold-war superpower’s attempt at galactic domination. Or challenge your friends to epic space battles featuring unique spaceships and devastating weapons.
Key features of Cosmonauts include:
- Single-Player Campaign and Multiplayer Modes
- Turn-based Space Combat
- Free to Download
No clubs. No rules. Just flick, spin and curve your shots to try and sink that perfect hole in one. Watch out for the usual hazards: bunkers, trees, sand... and of course the wind.
★ Try to shoot the perfect score in Quickshot mode.
★ Play World Tour, from the USA’s West Coast to Japan in the Far East.
★ Varying wind from the lightest breeze, to full on gales!
★ Incredibly accurate in-flight spin control.
★ Stunningly realized 3D environments.
Can you own the game? Can you control the pitch with one touch? Use your vision and destroy a defense with one pass? Can you earn the ultimate respect from Nani and Van Persie on your way to the final? Gear up. Take the new adipower Predator from the pitch to your smartphone and master every curve, every lob, to deliver that killer pass to your striker. It won't be easy, you'll have to take on defenders, ignore the pressure and find the space. In the new game by the creators of the legendary Flick Kick you rule the midfield:
- Show what a Predator can do, with an arsenal of passes, assists and counter-attacks.
- Split defenses in two with amazing curls and lob shots.
- Go one-touch genius and do your magic to set the goal.
- Master the 12 levels, from practice to full football action.
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Upload your score, share on Facebook and follow the leader board to see who owns the game in the end.
- Gameplay NFL Rivals is football for everyone. Charge down the field to score touchdowns for your team, juking, trucking, jumping and spinning past ever-tougher rival opponents. Or, on Defense, chase down that running back and tackle him in style.
- Authentic NFL Teams Featuring all 32 NFL teams, NFL Rivals is a fan’s dream. Unite with fellow fans to help your favorite team dominate its rivalries and rise to the top of NFL Rivals.
- Introducing NFL Points – Your Chance to Represent your Team By scoring NFL Points, fans from all over the world unite to move their team up the NFL Rivals rankings. Every amazing touchdown and every tackle; every jump, every drive, every juke and every spin counts towards your team’s ranking in the Rivals leaderboards. Make sure to get your swagger on and execute your play with style to earn bonus points in the game.
- Gameday – Play Your Team’s Schedule All Season Long During the NFL season, the awesome new Gameday feature lets you play alongside your favorite team's weekly schedule. Real life rivalries become your challenge. Giants and Eagles – prepare to meet in Week 3. Steelers and Ravens fans – get bonus points for taking each other on in Week 1 and Week 9 when your teams meet in primetime.
- NaturalMotion Games ups the ante again with jaw-dropping player and stadium visuals. Featuring our most detailed graphics yet, NFL Rivals is a console game in your hands. Smooth animations and crushing tackles combine with advanced lighting and shadows to produce the most engaging mobile football experience to date.
For Tablets
We posted the tablet roundup separately - see here.Know A Worthy New App? Let Us Know!
If you have an application in mind for the next issue of the roundup, feel free to send us an email and let us know. Important: there are 2 requirements in order for the app to be considered, listed below. - the app's launch date has to be no longer than 2 weeks ago
- it has to be original, ground-breaking, well-reviewed, interesting, fun, etc - the cream of the cropNow, if and only if the above requirements have been satisfied, fire up an email to this address: oh.no.its.the@androidpolice.com. 1 sponsored placement per week is available (your app would be featured at the top and marked as sponsored) - please contact us for details.