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Apr

6

2012

Max Payne Mobile coming to Android on April 26

by Emily Aquin
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From the ones who brought gamers everywhere hits like Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto, popular game developer Rockstar Games aims to bring the familiar hit Max Payne to Android users everywhere with Max Payne Mobile. Experience the classic PC Max Payne that has been optimized for Android and iOS devices. The game is [...]

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Apr

3

2012

Dance Legend: First True Dance Game For Android Officially Launched

by Roy Alugbue
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If you’re a gamer, chances are you’ve probably played a certain dance game called Dance Dance Revolution. While the game has been acclaimed for years in arcades and on consoles, Android gamers have been left to only dream of a dance game to finally hit our devices. Well cheer up kids— dance on our Androids is [...]

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Apr

3

2012

Orbotix Gets Busy – Sphero Now in 96 Countries, New Apps Coming April

by Jim Farmer
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Orbotix has posted an end of March progress report and things are looking good. The company’s product, Sphero, has rolled its way into 95 new countries, in addition to the US, since shipping began last December. As a thank you for waiting patiently, Orbotix has offered a 10% discount on international orders using the code [...]

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Apr

3

2012

OnLive Gaming Specials – Up To 75% Off

by Ed Caggiani
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OnLive, everyone’s favorite cloud-based game-streaming service, is holding some killer specials right now. How about Batman: Arkham City, Duke Nukem: Forever, or F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, all for half off? Or maybe Orcs Must Die or Divinity II The Dragon Knight Saga for a whopping 75% discount? Unfortunately, the newer, more current games, such as L.A. Noire, are still at [...]

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Apr

3

2012

Gaming The System: Using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk To Boost App Ratings

by Ed Caggiani
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  By now, we are all conditioned to make online shopping decisions based on previous buyer’s reviews. Amazon taught us that over the years, and as Android users, we continue this behavior in the Google Play Store. Community reviews help us make the decision to download an app or skip it and keep looking. That’s [...]

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Apr

1

2012

Quick Thoughts On Soulcraft THD Beta For Tegra Devices

by Roy Alugbue
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NVIDIA’s Tegra platform is no doubt a great one for showcasing Android gaming. We know there are plenty of Tegra-exclusive games out there, but there’s one game that’s standing out head and shoulders above the rest of the Tegra-based games. You may have heard about a certain Action-RPG called Soulcraft THD, which is pretty much [...]

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Mar

31

2012

Temple Run Update Brings Bug Fixes And Added Support For DROID RAZR And DROID Bionic Smartphones

by Roy Alugbue
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One of the most anticipated games of the year finally came to Android handsets. Unfortunately, Temple Run brought some bugs and some frowns with it to a vast amounts of gamers ready and eager to try out the game. The developers quickly brought out a new update which not only alleviates some of the crashing [...]

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Mar

30

2012

Temple Run Creator Confirms New Content In Future Update

by Stacy Bruce
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Temple Run launched on Android only a few days ago and has already managed to achieve over 1 million downloads in the Google Play store. According to a recent interview with PocketGamer, Imangi Studios, the games developer, isn’t content with the way the game is now and plans to add new content in the near [...]

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Mar

30

2012

Sony Xperia PLAY Gets Ice Cream Sandwich Beta

by Ed Caggiani
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In a page right out of the Android openness handbook, Sony released an official beta of Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 today for anyone who owns an unlocked Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Seems like Sony decided to get feedback from beta testers on how games perform on the device with ICS. Making this update available so [...]

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