Ever since the early days of Android its users have been stereotyped as folks who aren’t too keen on paying for their software. The myth has been kept afloat by a plethora of ad-supported titles available via the official Google Play Store (once the Android Market) and a handful of developer horror stories lauding the [...]

It’s easy to forget that Rovio has more games than Angry Birds Space in the shadow of thenew game, but they do. Angry Birds Rio just got a pretty nice update in the Android market. They’ve added twelve new bonus levels for players to unlock. As usual, you get the bonus levels by beating all [...]

Humble Bundle fans get a nice surprise today as the second edition of the charity-driven Android game bundle has added a new game. Users now get Snuggle Track as part of the bundle, bringing the total possible amount of games to six. (You get an extra game for buying it for more than $5.) Snuggle [...]

And here we were thinking the Angry Birds craze had somehow died down. Rovio dropped some stats on us via Twitter to reaffirm their flying birds as the royalty of smartphone gaming, revealing that Angry Birds Space has reached 10 million downloads after only three days of availability. The exact split between operating system, paid, [...]

Most Android users have probably kept themselves occupied with Draw Something, lately. The app quickly raised to the top of the free and paid featured apps in the Google Play Store. But while the app is insanely fun and addictive, it is not perfect. Those that have been playing the game probably received an e-mail [...]

I absolutely could not contain my excitement when reading the following piece of news. The King of Fighters is now available on Android. It’s a classic side-scrolling 2D fighting game (Street Fighter for a more mainstream example) with many unique fighters (20) who have many unique abilities. This rendition has upgraded graphics and it shines. [...]

You may have remember that Shadowgun received a nice four-level expansion pack, dubbed Datadisc, a while back. Unfortunately, Tegra HD gamers were a bit left in the dark – their optimized version didn’t receive the update right away. The wait is over, though, as Madfinger Games have unleashed the free upgrade to the Google Play [...]

While my fondness for futuristic racers, such as Wipeout, has long faded, developers JuJubee S.A. might pull me in with their take on the genre. They’ve introduced a game called Flashout 3D, a graphically rich racer with bonuses and power-ups, online multiplayer, and a lot more. One big feature in that “a lot more” category [...]

Humble Bundle for Android 2 is now available. Don’t know what that is? It’s a service that allows you to buy a pack of games for the price that you want. This second release includes five games that have never been released on Android. You can get Zen Bound 2, Canabalt, Cogs, and Avadon: The Black Fortress in this [...]

A new update is rolling out to the Google Play Store for Android devices bringing the digital marketplace’s version number to 3.5.15. Though it won’t be immediately noticeable, enough has changed to warrant a quick video rundown of what you can expect in the store’s latest iteration. Reviews now list the associated device (just like [...]

Game developer Nordic has announced that Cheezia: Gears of Fur will be coming to the Google Play Store on March 21st. The game is a platformer where you take Manu the Mouse through unique and challenging levels to chase the ultimate goal. “What’s that goal,” you ask? Cheese recipes. That’s right, ancient and secret cheese [...]

A year ago Amazon boldly launched a direct competitor to what was then known as the Android Market with a modest selection of around 4,000 apps. Twelve months later the service is celebrating its first birthday and solid growth to what now amounts to over 31,000 applications and games. To commemorate the occasion a sale [...]

Mojang’s just released a new upgrade to their Minecraft game in the Google Play Store. This update brings Survival Mode alongside the already existent Creative Mode. Pigs have been added to that aforementioned Survival Mode. We’ve also got new split touch control scheme and a new control scheme for flying. With that and the usual [...]

Rovio and Samsung are showing off the upcoming Angry Birds Space game at SXSW. And while there are some good videos out there, The Verge has just posted one of the best hands-on demo videos for this game. This is the latest iteration of Angry Birds, with an interesting spin and different physics approach. The [...]

There were a ton of great sales in the Google Play Store this week. If you know me, you know I can’t resist a great deal. Hell, I’ve even purchased albums of artists whose genres I’m not even a fan of just because $.25 is unbeatable. I’ve also installed a ton of games and apps [...]

SXSW has just kicked off, and Rovio is proud to bring Angry Birds Space to Austin. Rovio will be letting SXSW attendees get some first hands-on time with the new game. But Rovio is not letting go of an opportunity to make an impact on everybody’s day. A whole crew of birds and pigs has [...]

Some of us may still miss the Android Market. But Google is working on integrating all platforms to the equation, and the new name looks like it is here to stay. But if all those 50-cent apps where not enough to make this a celebration, Google has decided to add 7 to the list. These [...]

Technology has improved and there is no doubt that it is for the best. But if you happened to be lucky enough to witness a world with non-colored screen cellphones, you surely remember Snake 2. We would spend all day making that snake as long as possible on our Nokia phones. And now we can [...]

As you know, Samsung and Rovio are hand-in-hand at South by Southwest today showing the new Angry Birds Space off on the Samsung Galaxy Note. Aside from users getting to play a bit of the game ahead of its March 22nd launch, Samsung has detailed the exclusive content that their Galaxy users will be able [...]

Samsung and Rovio will be at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas tomorrow to unveil a game that they’re drumming up a fair bit of hype for. Angry Birds Space is the game we’re talking about, of course, and it’ll be our second look at the title since Rovio announced it last month. The first [...]