Hello, pups! Taylor here. You may (or may not) recognize me from across the lot. I am a contributing editor and the weekly Android columnist over at PhoneDog. As of today and every forthcoming Friday, I will be doing a live chat via Ustream. Nothing fancy, just a place for some Q&A and some time to chat it up about our favorite mobile platform. It… Read more
If you’re looking to save a couple bucks on a fantastic RPG for Android devices, look no further. Amazon has put up their free app of the day, and today it’s Zenonia 2. Zenonia 2 is a hack-and-slash-esque game with strong RPG roots. You can play as one of four class types — Paladin, Shooter, Magician and Warrior — in 98 quests on 152 different… Read more
Rumored to be due to the release of the Xperia Play, the first PlayStation certified phone, Google has pulled the popular PSX4Droid emulator from the Market, with no intention to allow it back in. However the developer, ZodTTD, wants to make sure the app is still available. Alternative markets and different distribution methods are being looked at, but… Read more
Announced today, social gaming network OpenFeint has expanded their lineup of compatible games to include 14 new ones. Not all games are entirely new, but OpenFeint support is. A full list of newly supported games is as follows: Can Knockdown: 2 Infinite Dreams Doodle Bowling: GameResort Grave Defense Silver Free: Art of Bytes Guerrilla Bob:… Read more
It looks like Amazon has had their share of the fun with the exclusive launch of Angry Birds Rio in the Amazon Appstore, and it’s Google’s turn to get in on the excitement. Available now, you can head on over to the Android Market and download Angry Birds Rio, Amazon free. As far as I can tell right off the bat, everything in the Android Market… Read more
If you’ve been pondering whether or not the Xperia Play is the device of your gaming dreams, Gameloft has put out a video that may help convince you it is. As you will see in the video below, controls look amazing, gameplay looks smooth, and with launch titles like Spider-Man, Assassin’s Creed, Splinter Cell, and Brother’s In Arms, you have to imagine… Read more
If you’re into gaming on your Android device, then Amazon may just be the way to go. Gameloft, notorious for how terrible their buying experiences have always been, has recently said in an interview that instead of utilizing the Android Market for game distribution, they’ll be turning to Amazon. Thanks to Amazon’s higher security and the maturity of… Read more
Whenever I’m looking to play a game on my Nexus One, it’s usually because I have a couple of minutes to spare. In the past, that meant fumbling around a terrible UI just to try and entertain myself with complete garbage. Fortunately, that’s no longer the case. Mobile gaming is still growing in big ways, and small yet incredibly good looking and… Read more
Anyone looking to get their Angry Birds fix in the coming weeks with Angry Birds Rio won’t be able to do so in the Android Market. Instead, the destined to be incredibly popular Rio will see an exclusive launch in the Amazon Appstore. According to the Amazon Appstore Developer Blog, Amazon plans on using the launch to draw in customers once their… Read more
Thanks to a joint venture between companies OpenFeint and The9, Android could be on the brink of receiving yet another shot in the arm to bolster the gaming community. According to Venture Beat, OpenFeint and The9 are utilizing a $100 million investment fund known as Fund9 to try and get more game developers switched over to Android. By analyzing… Read more
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