Games

Abduction! 2 for Android coming soon

Abduction! 2 for Android coming soon It's been brought up time and time again, and unfortunately, it still rings very true: gaming on Android sucks. There really is no sugar coated way of putting it. There simply isn't the variety and quality you may be used to from other operating systems. Having said that, there are of course several exceptions. Take for example Jewels. The game is highly... Read more »

Angry Birds Lite Beta now in the Market

Angry Birds Lite Beta now in the Market We've known for two months that the crazy popular iPhone game, Angry Birds, was on its way to Android, and today is the the big day! Well, today is the big day for a "Lite Beta" version, anyway. Initially, Rovio Mobile had intended a private beta for the app, but response was so overwhelming that the dev company decided to make it available to all of us. The... Read more »

id Software FPS titles coming to Android?

id Software FPS titles coming to Android? Last December, when id Software hit Google with a batch of DCMA complaints regarding ports of Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein, and even a Doom Soundboard, some speculated that that the figurative godfather of first person shooters had plans of its own for launching titles officially in the Android Market. And today, it looks like that could very well be the case. At the... Read more »

Top apps and games in the Android Market

Top apps and games in the Android Market Early this morning, Distimo released their monthly report, for June.  The report covers top apps and games, both free and paid, for Android Market, iPhone App Store, Palm App Catalog, Nokia Ovi Store, Blackberry App World, and Windows Marketplace. Let's focus on our lil green buddy... Robo Defense still tops the paid games list and makes an appearance on the... Read more »

Looking for an addictive game? Try Antigen

Looking for an addictive game? Try Antigen Today Battery Powered Games, creators of the popular games Light Racer 3D and Wixel, released a duo of new action-oriented puzzle games; Antigen and Antigen: Outbreak. Antigen is a take on an old-school side-scrolling game.  Enemies move across the screen from right to left.  Your character is a little square, with different keyed shapes on all four sides.  The... Read more »

Google acquires LabPixies

Google acquires LabPixies In the wee hours of the morning, Google announced that they have acquired LabPixies.  The blog post announcing the acquisition talks about the work that LabPixies has done with iGoogle and OpenSocial gadgets.  Here's a snippet from the post: One of the first developers to create gadgets for iGoogle was Labpixies. Over the years, we worked closely together on a... Read more »

Doodle Jump Review

Doodle Jump Review In this video, Carlos Graves reviews Doodle Jump, a game brought from the iPhone to Android OS devices Download this game for $3.99 from the Android... Read more »

ExZeus Arcade brings killer gaming to the Android touchscreen

ExZeus Arcade brings killer gaming to the Android touchscreen I love owning a phone with so few hardware buttons. In terms of daily use, my N1's power button, volume rocker, clickable trackball (plus four touch sensitive back, menu, home, and search keys), are more than enough for me to get by. I could probably eliminate one or two of those and function without hassle. However, I don't don't play complex games on a regular... Read more »

DroidWars: Jewellust vs. Bejeweled

DroidWars: Jewellust vs. Bejeweled Forget the other clones. For this kind of puzzle game, two stand at the top of the heap: Jewellust and... Read more »

DroidWars: Breakout Clones

DroidWars: Breakout Clones How many Breakout clones are available for Android? A lot, that's how many. I had to edit out my banter about how a neighbor destroyed my Atari 5200. That's how many Breakout clones are in the Market - and I didn't even cover them all. Here are a couple to look for, and a few others to avoid. BTW, if you can play Droid Breakout using the accelerometer while the... Read more »