Gaming has long been a strong suit for Apple and iOS while being an easy target as a weak spot in Google’s Android OS. Apple has Game Center a dedicated gaming platform that works across their range of offerings and it is about time Google start taking gaming more seriously and release a dedicated gaming [...]
Mobile gaming is huge business. Whilst the iPhone has been the leader in this fast growing market, Android is fast gaining pace with games such as Galaxy On Fire 2, Need For Speed and Modern Combat 2 entering the scene, and with Android 3.1 bringing the option to install a variety of USB accessories and [...]
Yahoo just released an interesting piece. While it seems like Apple’s iOS devices are stealing the portable gaming crowd, it looks like Google and Android could soon be receiving a lot more attention from the big players. It is only natural that as the Android system evolves and the mobile device space gets bigger that [...]
Open Feint, Fund9 to Pay Developers to Move to Android Even though the market is starting to favor Android as the go-to mobile OS, a lot of developers are still only making apps for the “other team”. Open Feint and Chinese investor Fund9 have teamed up and now have 100 million dollars allocated to assist [...]
Same Game sells more Android Versions Ever since Android first came out there has been a debate over which OS was better; Google’s or Apple’s. Having released first, iOS was the winner for a long period of time. It had Android beat on number of apps available, number of developers associated, and revenue brought to [...]
Angry Birds still Huge Hit: 30 Million Downloads In case you didn’t get the memo, Angry Birds is a popular game. It has become a staple in our pop culture, and has brought more attention to downloadable quick-games than anyone else. When it was reported that Angry Birds has hit 30 million downloads on Android, [...]
It seems that Motorola wants to go beyond its BLUR UI in regards to being more social. Recently they have invested in popular social gaming company Moblyng, which is well known for their HTML 5 and mobile gaming. With the company having over 9 million downloads, this is sure to be a good investment for [...]
Got Game? NVIDIA Tegra Zone got plenty! NVIDIA just dropped a whole lot of awesome into the Android Market. Tegra Zone is a one-stop shop for all things optimized for use and play on Tegra 2 dual-core devices, specifically Tablets, but works fine on dual-core smartphones too! “The free app delivers a curated selection of [...]
Google TV Doesn’t Draw at Game Developers Conference The Game Developers Conference is going on right now in San Fransisco’s Moscone Center, and as expected Google has a rather large presence at the event. Throngs and crowds and lines have been seen for conferences on the search giant’s phones and tablets, but less impressive were the [...]
Sony is taking every opportunity to market the new Xperia Play. They just announced that the Android powered PlayStation phone is now the official handset of Major League Gaming. Sony will be present at all of the 6 MLG Pro Circuit events in the U.S. this year. Sony “will feature demonstrations, game challenges and giveaways” for those in attendance. [...]
Desert Winds by Southern Interactive Brings On The Intense! How many of you have wanted to have games on your Android? And I don’t mean sudoku and chess. I’m talking graphics that will make you think you are staring at a 42 inch plasma screen running a console. Well, check this video out for size. [...]
PopCap Releases 94 Page Survey on Mobile Gaming PopCap released a 94 page report about the state of mobile gaming across platforms and devices. James Deruvo of AndroidCommunity wrote up a nice summary of the study including many which were pretty surprising to me! Here is a round up of the findings. Mobile Gaming Findings [...]
While people love gaming on their Android devices, the market still doesn’t have a very strong way to single out the ‘cream of the crop’ when it comes to games and applications. While Appbrain is a service loved by many, it still doesn’t have a gamer in mind with its filtering. Playandroid.com is here to [...]
If you’re a gamer who prefers Android then stand up and take notice. OnLive recently announced that their streaming game service is now available for Android-powered Vizio devices. Gamers can stream content straight to their Vizio TV sets right now and will be able to stream to their Android tablets and phones once they’re available. [...]
Open Feint, the maker of games such as Mini Squadron, Bone Cruncher Soccer, and Frogger, have given the Android community an early Christmas present! The company is releasing 11 games and holding a contest for holiday downloads. Anyone who downloads a game between December 23rd and the 25th is automatically entered. These games include SkyForce Reloaded, Mega [...]
Sony Ericsson’s Playstation Phone has been rumored for some time now. New information states that the official name could be Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play, if a new batch of freshly-registered domains can be trusted. Right now the pages do not hold any content and are just place holders to stake out the name. We are supposed [...]
Zynga, the makers of Farmville, Frontierville, and ZyngaPoker have announced that Mafia Wars will be coming to Android this month. Mafia Wars has been a very popular game on Facebook (21 million users) and was the winner of the 2009 Webby Award for gaming. It looks like Zynga as finally decided that Android is too [...]
Motorola has filed a trademark for the name Stadia, for a new smartphone. For this device Motorola has used the description as follows: “Handheld game device in the nature of hand-held units for playing electronic games for use with external display screen or monitor.” There’s also a reference for an “Electronic non-medical portable device for [...]
The Playstation Phone makes another appearance on video, and this time it is in complete clarity. As you can tell from the video below, it is in fact running Gingerbread (Android 2.3) and it has the slide-out game controls. The codename used by Sony Ericsson is Zeus, and the phone is rumored to have a [...]
Up until now, most Android phones have been very week in gaming performance. You can thank HTC and Qualcomm for promoting and making such weak GPU’s. It’s also the reason why the UI of Android has not been GPU accelerated. Game developers are going to love the Tegra 2 chip. Not only will it be [...]
Gaming and tablets seem to go hand-in-hand since the release of the iPad, and we are getting closer to the release of the first major contender to its reign with the release of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. It seems like Gameloft is planning on releasing three of its HD games for the Tab when it’s [...]
With Apple’s Game Center live and slowly starting to attract games and gamers, it’s no surprise that the thirdparty social gaming networks are looking further afield. Scoreloop’s CEO Marc Gumpinger is positively effervescent when it comes to taking about the opportunity across all mobile platforms. “The crucial thing about being cross platform is that gamers [...]
Google’s got game. Their ThinkGaming conference was held without much fanfare, but Lazard Capital Markets’ Colin Sebastian sees a focus on social gaming as “a strategic necessity.” The analyst said in a research note that Facebook was “the elephant in the room.” “Games could help drive Android, Chrome and Google Checkout adoption,” he said. “With [...]
Sony is reported to be working on an Android device that will revolutionize the way we look at gaming on a smartphone. A slider phone running Android 3.0 will actually slide out a gaming pad instead of a QWERTY keyboard. As we know, Sony is heavily vested in gaming with it’s popular PS3 game console [...]
If the rumors are accurate, Google is planning something big in social gaming, and not just with Farmville. The Wall Street Journal’s “people familiar with the matter” say Google is negotiating with a few heavy hitters of social games. Not only has Google reportedly invested in Farmville maker Zynga — between $100 million and $200 [...]
WhileAndroid’s user base is expected to surpass the iPhone’s, many passionate gamers would tell you that the gaming experience on the iPhone is far better than on Android – primarily because of the buttonless form factor of iPhone, but also because of the superior iPhone graphics. But a panel on mobile gaming at VentureBeat’s MobileBeat [...]
We all know that Android is becoming one of if not the major player in the smartphone industry. However, while it has a huge number of great apps and utilities, it lacks greatly in one area that area is gaming. Apple has jumped on the Gaming bandwagon this year with their game center coming this [...]
It’s just a tablecloth and a piece of paper, until you pull out a Nexus One, at which point it magically becomes an arena where toy robots fire off punches. Augmented reality isn’t anything new, of course, but Qualcomm seems determined to bring it to cell phones in a big way — launching an AR [...]
So, by now, you’ve probably already heard that the Samsung Galaxy S is a beast at gaming – it can produce a staggering 90 million triangles per second compared to the Nexus One’s 22 million. But that is just one spec, and real world tests are what most people care about. Quake 3 has now [...]
Qualcomm’sUplinq developerconference has been taking place this week, and SlashGear has been here keeping track of the news. The silicon company has been demonstrating new Augmented Reality apps based running on their Snapdragon processors, kicking off a newAR Developer Challenge – with a $200,000 prize fund – and showing how its system-agnostic peer-to-peergaming technology can [...]
Best Buy has released a new gaming app for Android phones. This app features news content from GameSpotand trailers and screen shots for new and upcoming titles.Users will also get to browse weekly deals, get specs, and read customer reviews. The app also features the ability to find the nearest Best Buy store. Check it [...]
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