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NVIDIA shows off Real Boxing game demo on Project SHIELD

By Cory Gunther
on 8 Feb, 2013

The folks from NVIDIA are getting busy with their Tegra 4 quad-core powered gaming console, simply named Project SHIELD. You should all know plenty about this impressive little gaming system already, so today their just teasing us with a video showing some of the awesome games we can expect to enjoy. Get ready to fight like Mike Tyson (biting ears) in Real Boxing for Android on Project SHIELD.

Vector brings Parkour side-scrolling action to Android [Hands-on]

By Cory Gunther
on 8 Feb, 2013

There's certainly no shortage of what we call 2D side-scroller platform games on Android. They're simple, easy to play, and usually a good bit of fun. Meet a new game called Vector that was just released and spotted by Android Police. The same free running side-scroller action we know and love has been mixed into an arcade style Parkour game. It's fun yet challenging so read on for more details and our hands-on video.

Rovio drops all their Angry Birds HD games to $0.99

By Cory Gunther
on 8 Feb, 2013

Just when you start to think everyone is finally getting over the excitement of this Angry Birds stage, the developers Rovio go and do something awesome. I'm still wondering when this phase will actually die, and we're starting to think it never will. Angry Birds Star Wars revived the brand for a while, and now it looks like they're tossing all their HD games on sale to get some added attention.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out by EA blasts onto the Play Store

By Cory Gunther
on 7 Feb, 2013

It's the Simpsons, you can't go wrong with them! Today Electronic Arts, better known as EA Games have released a neat new time wasting game to the Google Play Store. It's called The Simpsons: Tapped Out and is available completely free as we speak. You'll be playing Homer, who managed to blow up the entire city of Springfield.

Gameloft’s multiplayer FPS Blitz Brigade video hits the web – looks amazing

By Cory Gunther
on 7 Feb, 2013

The developers at Gameloft have a pretty epic looking team-based first person shooter game coming soon for Android. A few weeks back we showed you all a quick teaser for the upcoming game called Blitz Brigade, and now an actual gameplay trailer is available for your viewing pleasure below. This actually shows up how fun this game will really be.

OUYA starter guide: apps and gear you’ll want on day 1

By Cory Gunther
on 5 Feb, 2013

In case you haven't been following along lately, the OUYA Android-powered game console will be arriving in stores soon. The OUYA console raised more than $8.5 million on Kickstarter and has been extremely popular and in demand from eager gamers. Today we learned that retail stores like Best Buy, Target, and more will have them in stores for $99 starting in June. So come June what will you want and need to be ready to game? Read on to find out.

NVIDIA shows off PC game Borderlands 2 streaming with Project Shield

By Cory Gunther
on 4 Feb, 2013

This evening the folks from NVIDIA have released a video for what will be known as PC Mondays. Each Monday they'll be showing an impressive PC Game or something similar running on their new Project Shield Android-powered gaming device. For the gamers around these parts today they have Borderlands 2, one graphically intensive game looking just beautiful on their Tegra 4 powered gaming device. Check it out below.

Classic puzzle game 7×7 hits Google Play [Hands-on]

By Cory Gunther
on 2 Feb, 2013

For those Classic 5 or Bejeweled fans we have an awesome and beautifully designed new puzzle game for Android to share with you all today. It's called 7x7 and was just recently launched in the Google Play Store this week. Just like Classic 5 and other puzzle games it's extremely easy to understand, but gets very addicting as you go along.

Temple Run 2 breaks mobile gaming records, passes 50 million downloads

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Jan, 2013

The hit mobile game Temple Run 2 has been pretty popular the past two weeks, and today we've learned that it broke a few records in the mobile gaming space. Imangi Studios today has announced that Temple Run 2 broke the record for fastest growing mobile game of all times, and has been downloaded over 50 million times in just 13 days.

Epic Citadel released for Android with included benchmarking mode

By Robert Nelson
on 29 Jan, 2013

Epic Games has officially released Epic Citadel for Android. The game is available for free and can be found by way of Google Play and the Amazon Appstore. That said, it should be made clear from the beginning -- this game was released to demonstrate the Unreal Engine 3 (UE3) technology. To drive that point home, Epic Games has included a benchmarking mode.