Gaming

Kongregate back for good this time?

Kongregate back for good this time? Just as quickly as Game Stop's Flash-based gaming portal Kongregate took the Android Market by storm, it was yanked from it's position, fate left unknown. In a nutshell, Google didn't like how much the app mimicked another app store. That would have been a completely valid reason if true - yes technically some games would be downloaded and stored via SD for... Read more »

Video: Angry Birds Valentine’s day edition coming soon

Screen shot 2011-01-21 at 2.40.43 PM Wondering when you'll get your next holiday edition Angry Birds fix? In a recent video interview, the fine folks from Rovio Spent some quality time talking about where they want to take Angry Birds, how the game came about, and shared a special look at an upcoming Valentine's Day edition of the massively popular app. Which platforms will see the app on release... Read more »

Bejeweled 2 launching this week

POPCAPGAMES-LOGO-300x300 As far back as early November, PopCap Games’ development director, Sameer Baroova, was quoted as saying “I am delighted to confirm that we are working on bringing both Peggle and Plants vs Zombies to Android in early 2011.″ Well it's early 2011 already, and while Plants VS Zombies and Peggle are still a ways away, a different PopCap game - the ever popular... Read more »

Kongregate Arcade hits the Android Market

kongregate_arcade_logo-275x284 When Game Stop acquired Kongregate roughly six months ago, there was good reason to believe the gaming giant was looking to become more active in the online entertainment market. After all, Kongregate is essentially an online Flash portal designed around community involvement. Well today we finally get to take a good look at where Game Stop is looking to take the... Read more »

PlayStation for Android coming soon

PlayStation for Android coming soon Before you go and get too excited, Sony's new PlayStation app for Android isn't directly related to playing games on your phone. So then what is it? It's more of a PSN management tool, along with some news (advertisements) thrown in. "In version 1.0 you’ll be able to: Check out your PlayStation Network trophies and keep up to date with your friends’... Read more »

Zynga games coming to Android

Zynga games coming to Android With the announcement of the newest version of Facebook for Android, and the changes that came along with it, comes good news for casual gamers everywhere. Social gaming giant Zynga is going to be utilizing Facebook's new single sign-on with their first Android game, Zynga Poker. Presumably, this is only the beginning for the ever popular Facebook game developer,... Read more »

Hummingbird processor shows off on video

Hummingbird processor shows off on video If ya got it, flaunt it. Right? Samsung has made the claim that their Hummingbird processor (the same one found inside the Galaxy S) has 3x GPU power when compared to similar models (AKA Snapdragon). The video you are about to watch most definitely shows just how true that is. On the right, you'll see the Samsung Galaxy S playing Quake 2. On the left, you'll see the... Read more »

Game Gripper for the MotoDroid

Game Gripper for the MotoDroid If you saw part 4 of my Nexus One questions and requests post, you'll remember what a hard time I had playing game console emulators on a device with so few buttons. The touch sensitive buttons beneath the screen could not register a tap at the same time as an on-screen button so the experience was hobbled, at best. Motorola Droid users face a different challenge:... Read more »

Lookin’ pretty good, ODROID

Lookin’ pretty good, ODROID If there's one Android device that's caused people to jump back and "Oh, SNAP!" in a manner that reminds me of that "Ugly Baby" episode of Seinfeld, it's the ODROID. But one cannot deny the power of the device, which houses a Samsung-manufactured application processor running at 833MHz. Here we see a developer unit - which recently launched around the world for... Read more »