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Tuesday, 25 December 2012

Roundup of Google Play app and game deals for the Holidays

It’s that time of year where many developers put their apps on sale to celebrate the Holidays. We have put together a comprehensive list here to make things easier for you. There are a lot of apps already, and we will try and update as more get added. Some of these sales will last for a few days and some will run through the New Year. If you see anything we are missing please add it to the comments. Hit the break for the full list and links….

[New Game] Free Android Game : Death Dome

Whether you call it the T-virus, the Z-virus or the M-virus it makes no difference, they all have the same thing in common. Every one of those viruses transform human beings into something sinister, something primal.

Zombies are played out, so I’m glad this next game doesn’t actually do the whole zombie apocalypse thing.

The game for today is called Death Dome. It’s a post-apocalyptic hack and slash that has a lot in common with Dragon Slayer. In fact, if you’ve played Dragon Slayer then you already know how Death Dome plays, considering they use the same battle mechanics.

Death Dome: Practice for the Apocalypse by Participating in Intense Battles with Mutated Behemoths

The “M” virus… Most people who showed symptoms were dead within days…but others weren’t so lucky. Mutations were showing up all over the city. The infected were quarantined in a bio-dome force field that encased the city of Palamira. Some called it a “safe zone”, but most know it as the Death Dome. The M virus grew stronger inside the Death Dome and eventually became strong enough to live on its own without a host. Strong enough to become…The Behemoths!

It goes without saying that Death Dome story takes place after the world has been ravaged by the M-virus. You play as a Phoenix, a strong woman who has been affected by the M-virus mutations. The common goal is to eliminate all the mutated baddies, and behemoths so that you and the rest of the survivors can escape the Death Dome.

The main gameplay in Death Dome is the hack and slash battles that you will participate in. Just like in Dragon Slayer, you attack enemies by slashing the screen in different directions with your finger. You can also dodge attacks, deflect them and block. By blocking, parrying or dodging at the appropriate times the enemies, you are facing become more vulnerable. When they’re exposed, you’re free to attack them with a whole slew of combos.

As you battle, you also build up a unique energy bar called Flux. Once your Flux capacity reaches 100%, you can unleash a Flux attack (very original terms here). A Flux attack essentially allows you a few seconds to unleash attacks on your enemies while they are stunned, and at the end you can perform a powerful finishing attack.

Obviously, Death Dome isn’t just about the intense hack and slash battles. Before each enemy appears, you are given a few seconds to scavenge the levels for coins and resources. This is done by tapping continuously on an icon that displays on the screen.

Behind the scenes, you can upgrade armor, weapons, and equip unique charms to gain special abilities and statistics. Leveling your character is fairly straightforward, as each level you achieve more HP is automatically added to Phoenix.

Like the other games I’ve talked about in the Countdown to the end series, Death Dome is free. That also means that the in-game segment sees a freemium sales model. There are portions of the game that will require you to grind for extended periods of time to get enough money so that you can buy better equipment to progress. That is, of course if you don’t want to spend any real world cash for in-game currency.

Dragon Slayer uses the same exact freemium model for digital goods, so if you’ve played that game then you know how Death Dome operates.

Personally, I think the battles are compelling enough to warrant the long hours of grinding that is required to advance. For others, this may not be the case.

Still, it’s hard to deny the usefulness in Death Dome. It’s a brilliant way to prepare for the impending apocalypse. You can chop and cut all kinds of baddies with weapons like a stop sign, and shields like a car door. While this may not be the most realistic form of equipment ever included in a game, it clearly teaches you to utilize your surroundings and take advantage of whatever resources you can.

Of course, you’re not actually scavenging for any resources in Death Dome so you’ll have to build up those skills another way.

The post-apocalyptic world in Death Dome

If you'd like to give Death Dome a try, you can find it in the Google Play store.

[New Game] Free Android Game : The End App

Well, it’s Friday December 21, 2012, and we’re still alive. There are no catastrophic changes in the Earth’s climate, and there have been no world ending incidents. Where I am, located in Sunny Florida within the United States, it rained early this morning, but that was it.

As far as we’re concerned it’s a just another beautiful day. That means our Countdown to the End series was actually a countdown to new beginnings.

In light of our current predicament, which is the world will trudge on in a normal fashion, I will close out this series with one final game. This next game is a real treat, of course, it still maintains the apocalyptic theme.

The End

The End is a free running game on rails, very similar to Temple Run, albeit with a unique twist. You play as a lone survivor, trying to outrun the apocalypse.

The world comes to an end; run like hell, collect duct tape, and buy goodies for your survival camp. Once the streets are deserted, everything is covered in lava, and you are alone. Yet, you hear the call… and even in the middle of the Collapse, you know it is time to run, to survive!

Run!

The End App challenges your reflexes and offers infinite game play with progressive level design and multiple environments. Jump over the burned down police car and reach the hidden duct tape while running through the deserted city. You will be guided through 28 days with 5 challenges for each day. Practice with free-runs for a challenge or buy boosters to take the edge off, but never, ever take your eyes off the duct tape! Collect them!

The controls are easy to learn. To jump, you swipe up on the screen, to slide you swipe down and to turn you swipe left or right respectively. As your character runs through each level, you just have to avoid all of the obstacles and navigate the course.

While running through each level you just have to tilt your device to move left and right on the screen. The tilt controls seem to be just right; they aren’t too sensitive or sluggish.

You collect green duct tape, which can be compared directly to collecting golden coins in Sonic. Except in The End you can use the duck tape as currency to purchase new powerups and character upgrades.

There are three different parts of the “city” to explore, which all essentially comprise a destroyed urban environment that serves as your running terrain. One of the sections is labeled as the “Pro” running course, and you have to spend money to unlock it. Like in Angry Birds though, there is plenty of material included for free if you don’t want to spend any money.

You can either freerun through each course, or complete various challenges while doing so. Challenges include doing things like collecting a certain amount of duct tape rolls, or doing a select number of slides. There is an endless supply of challenges to complete so you won’t get bored as long as you don’t mind repetition.

The freerun game mode essentially plays like an arcade title where you just go through the track to see how long you last.

There isn’t much to this game seeing as it’s not incredibly deep or engrossing so I’ll stop here. Take my word for it though, The End is a lot of fun, but it is best played in spurts.

You can find The End via the Google Play store for free.

[New Game] Anomaly Korea Officially Hits The Play Store

Well that was quick. After seeing a new trailer unveiled just last week, 11 Bit Studios has formally launched Anomaly Korea in the Play Store. As a reminder to you forgetful type out there, the game is a follow-up to Anomaly Warzone Earth and features intense action across 12 new levels with new special units and power-ups. In addition, the game is optimized for premium devices, so those of you looking to utilize those dual or quad-core toys you own can look forward to some topnotch and higher quality gaming.

The game is available now at a discounted rate of just $2.99 for all Froyo+ users. However, it is important to keep in mind that the game does come in at a hefty 294MB, so you’ll want to ensure you have the space for that on your device before diving in on the action.

Play Store Download Link

[New Game] Avengers Initiative from Marvel ready to land on Android devices

If you have ever muttered to yourself, “HULK SMASH!” Marvel may have a new game right up your alley. Demonstrating the influence of smartphones and tablets, Marvel is releasing Avengers Initiative as a title specifically developed for touchscreen devices. This is the first of four planned titles in the series, this one giving players the opportunity to play as the Hulk.

The back story involves several monsters and criminals breaking free from a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility. The Hulk is recruited to track down as many of the bad guys as he can while the rest of the Avengers are assembled. Marvel indicates the combat system is completely gesture based with high definition visuals. Players can customize their Hulk character and access on-line features like live events and new character reveals. Marvel has created a new service called Marvel XP that will let players track progress, receive achievement rewards, unlock badges and other character content. The system is also supposed to work across multiple games like the Avengers Alliance game on Facebook.

Avengers Initiative requires Android 4.0 or better and Marvel lists about 18 devices the title will work on. If you have a Tegra powered device, Marvel has included some TegraZone enhancements like better character textures, realistic clothing, life-like environments, and Iso-8 effects.

Avengers Initiative is available in the Google Play store using one of the links below for
~~$6.99~~ $4.99. Who is ready to show they are the strongest there is?

Google Play Download Link

Littlest Pet Shop comes to Android thanks to Gameloft

Gameloft has a new game out for folks who love cute, cuddly, adorable virtual pets with the release of Littlest Pet Shop. The Littlest Pet Shop toys are a popular item with the younger set where buyers try to collect a whole menagerie of animals. The actual toys do not have any “combat” or “game” system associated with them. They are only collectibles that kids can then play with using their imagination to guide them. Gameloft’s new title brings a little more structure as users can complete challenges, including simple things like caring for their pets, to unlock variations of the different animals. With 150 pets in the game and good attention to detail from Gameloft, the Littlest Pet Shopshould keep little ones busy for some time.

Hit the break for some screenshots and a video as well as links to grab this free game.



Google Play Download Link

Jet Set Radio Hits the Play Store

We gave you the heads up a couple of weeks ago about the 12-year old game that was originally released on the ill-fated Sega Dreamcast. Today is the day to get your retro tag and grind on – jet set, in-line skate style on your Android device. Cell-shaded games were all the rage back in the late 90′s and early 00′s. Now, those feeling a little nostalgic can go back in time and enjoy a faithful port of this niche game.

In the game itself, you use in-line skates to troll around town and mark or ‘tag’ your territory with graffiti all while performing flips and tricks.The game now features high-resolution graphics and has also been optimized for touch screens on our devices. The game will feature 10 playable characters and you’ll be able to rock out to the same in-game tracks as the original game. It will set you back 5 bucks, but the game is definitely different than others out there.

Google Play Store Link

[New Game] Sega Gets In On The Holiday Spirit By Offering Major Discounts Of Its Popular Titles

‘Tis the season to be jolly and famed video game developer Sega is certainly trying to get into the holiday spirit by offering some great deals for some of its popular titles for those of us here in North America. Between now and January 3rd, gamers will find games such from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, Jet Set Radio and Total War Battles between 99¢ and $1.99. Of course you’ll want to make sure your device has enough space to hold each game and you’ll want to set aside an hour or two (or two or three or four) in order to have time to play the addicting titles, but hey– it’s a nice problem to have, right?

Hit the break to see the full list of titles and the Play Store links for purchase and download.

Sonic CD Play Store Download Link

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I Play Store Download Link

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II Play Store Download Link

Total War Battles Play Store Download Link

Jet Set Radio Play Store Download Link

Monday, 24 December 2012

PartyPoker Now Lets Android Users Play Using Real Money

Online poker is serious business. But Android users never really had a lot of options for good online poker apps – particularly when it came to gambling real money.

That recently changed, as PartyPoker finally got around to releasing an Android app. Although the new PartyPoker Mobile App is still in beta, it has all of the features you know and love from the desktop version, including:

-Play for real cash in Texas Hold’em games

-FastForward Poker

-A quick seat lobby that matches players against others as quickly as possible

-Play poker games for both real money and play money

-Multiple language options

There’s a small catch to the real money feature of the PartyPoker Mobile App: you can’t choose to withdraw or despot cash from the Android app itself. You’ll need to login to your PartyPoker account from the desktop client and collect your winnings there. So if you only own a tablet or smartphone and not a full computer (which I doubt is the case), then you won’t be able to collect your cash.

HOW TO INSTALL THE PARTYPOKER MOBILE APP

Installing the new PartyPoker Mobile App isn’t as straightforward as you may think. Since the app is in beta form, it’s only been released onto the PartyPoker website and not the official Google Play Store. That means you have to enable a certain ‘unauthorized app’ section in order to download the app.

To do that, follow these instructions:

Step 1) Enable non-market app by going to Settings > Applications. Check the tick box next to “Unknown sources. Allow installation of non-Market applications.”

Step 2) Head to PartyPoker.com on your mobile browser and download the app

Step 3) Login with your PartyPoker account or sign up for a new account and start playing

The app is currently available to Android users running Android 2.1 or higher.

Thursday, 20 December 2012

Pudding Monsters game released by makers of Cut the Rope

The makers of the very popular, multi-platform Cut the Rope have a new game ready for fans of cute, puzzle-adventure games. Pudding Monsters from ZeptoLab is now available in the Google Play Store.

Pudding Monsters revolves around a simple storyline. The pudding monsters are trying to escape from the cold-hearted fridge owner before he eats them. The escape plan involves growing into a mega-monster by literally joining together. The player has to work through a series of adventures and puzzles to be able to stick the gooey characters together. Some pudding monsters have unique powers or abilities that will prove useful and other goodies like a cloning machine can help in the quest for supersize status. As players work through the 75 levels, they will transition from the fridge, to the table, to the house, and finally out into the city.

Check out some screenshots below and the game trailer, then hit the source link to get a copy ofPudding Monsters. A free ad-supported version is available or the ads can be dispensed with by purchasing the $1 version.

ESPN Scorecenter receives a much needed UI overhaul

It’s been a while since ESPN’s Scorecenter app had received an interface update, and it showed. The app just felt clunky and certainly wasn’t pretty to look at. Fortunately, ESPN put some work into their latest update for the app, and it’s a great one. The interface has been completely redone to feel like a polished app that we should all expect from a company like ESPN. Navigating settings, notifications and information is easier than ever, and I’m personally glad to see the update, even if it came at the tail-end of the NFL season. Hit the link below to get the updated app.

Play Store Download Link

Countdown to the End: Rebuild Android Game

December 21st, 2012. We all know the date, and we’ve all heard about it. It’s supposedly the day the world ends.

Regardless of what you think is going to happen, that date is approaching fast. To be more specific, the 21st is Friday. Because the date is so meaningful, I’m going to start a countdown, which will represent either the beginning of the end, or the beginning of something new. For the next five days, I’m going to examine five games that will allow you to experience what it would be like to live in a post-apocalyptic world. What better way to ready for the apocalypse than to experience it first-hand.

We don’t have much time to waste, so lets get right to it!

Today we’re going to be talking about a lovely, strategy-sim called Rebuild.

Rebuild by Sarah Northway

“Today, we begin to rebuild.”

That single sentence sums up the entire premise of Rebuild. It’s your typical simulation game, where you’re tasked with building a city from the ground up. Except this city is simply being taken back and modified section by section. The world has been destroyed by a zombie plague, and the last survivors have holed up in a strategically fortified part of a city.

In Rebuild, your primary concern is to collect survivors, expand your fortress and protect it from undead attacks. To expand your fort, you move from one building to the next reclaiming it for the living. Survivors must be managed, using their time to scavenge for food, build or reinforce new structures, and discover new technology and weapons.

Zombies aren’t the only rival in Rebuild though. You also have to watch out for costly and contagious illnesses, looters and even rival gangs.

The game is fairly straightforward. The user interface just consists of your fort, and the menus reflect your individual selections. To expand your fort, you simply click on a greyed out building, or a structure that is outside your stronghold’s boundaries. You can then choose a task for your survivors to complete at the related location from one of many options. Tasks include scouting the property, scavenging for supplies, recruiting any survivors hiding out at a site, and of course clearing the area of zombies. Once a site has been cleared of all zombies, you can then reclaim it, thus growing your fort.

As the fort grows, more survivors will join your cause. You also need to manage living conditions and food supplies. Obviously, the more people that live in your fort, the more food you’ll need to survive.

Random events happen every now and then, but you usually have time to prepare. One of the most notable events is a zombie attack. This can occur randomly, but sometimes you are alerted about a zombie horde moving your way. When this happens you just want to make sure you have enough survivors still defending the fort. If you don’t have enough defenders, and the risk is too great, survivors will die, and you will lose buildings and resources.

All of this is done in turns. After every turn, you must advance the game manually to the next day. You can assign all of your survivors to tasks, or you can leave them to protect your stronghold. It’s your choice. Of course, the decisions you make will have repercussions and that’s what makes the game so captivating.

Anything you do in the game takes a certain number of turns to complete. Most of the time you must manage which survivors are tied up doing tasks and which are not.

If you allocate too many survivors to reclaiming a building, so that you can get the job done faster, then it’s possible you will be attacked by a horde of zombies and lose resources. It’s this balance act that makes the game incredibly fun to play.

Rebuild is certainly an excellent post-apocalyptic sim, and the turn based gameplay mechanics add a touch of strategy to the mix.

If you’re looking for something fun to play, and most importantly something to ready you for the coming apocalypse, then Rebuild is certainly a good choice. As always Rebuild is available via the Google Play store.

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