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Android game developers: innovate, don’t emulate

Android game developers: innovate, don’t emulate

I have a confession to make: I almost never use any of my Android devices for gaming. If I want to play video games, I either find a truck to jump-start my ancient desktop computer or turn on my even more ancient Dreamcast. The fact that I’m terrible at touchscreen controls (and I am) is …

Minecraft sells a million on Android

Minecraft sells a million on Android

02 March 2012 by Discuss (3)

Ah, Minecraft. Not since WoW have we seen a gaming experience so effortlessly addictive, not to mention appealing to the obsessive-compulsive in all of us. As testament to that fact, Minecraft Pocket Edition has now sold over one million copies on the Android Market since its introduction just six months ago. That doesn’t even come …

Brick Force combines Android and PC platforms for Minecraft-inspired FPS

Brick Force combines Android and PC platforms for Minecraft-inspired FPS

15 February 2012 by Discuss (1)

Indie smash hit Minecraft taps into that part of your brain that loves playing with Lego: simple tools, endless possibilities. Of course, one of the most fun parts of building blocks is completing your edifice, waiting about three seconds… then blowing it to smithereens. For that essential experience, look to Brick Force, a new game …

Minecraft gets an 8-bit version called Minicraft for Android

Minecraft gets an 8-bit version called Minicraft for Android

25 January 2012 by Discuss (1)

For the hundreds of thousands of Minecraft fans in the world of Android we have some good news. While Minecraft came to Android already, this is something different from creator Markus Persson. What we have today is Minicraft — a mini version of the game in 8-bit format for Android made by the same genius …

Minecraft gets more than 700,000 downloads in just 2 months

Minecraft gets more than 700,000 downloads in just 2 months

20 January 2012 by Discuss (2)

IF you haven’t heard of Minecraft, you don’t spend enough time on the Internet. (Good for you.) For a lot of other, the open-world construction game Minecraft has become an addiction on par with Angry Birds. The game debuted on Android as a Sony Xperia Play exclusive back in August, then a general Android Market release in …

Minecraft Pocket Edition coming to the Android Market today

Minecraft Pocket Edition coming to the Android Market today

07 October 2011 by Discuss (1)

Minecraft addicts, prepare to have your productivity assassinated in more places than just your home. The super-popular independent game is releasing in the Android Market later today, according to a developer’s Twitter posting. Android-using Minecraft fans have been waiting months for the announcement.