The biggest surprise of the 2013 International CES for Android fans had to be NVIDIA’s Project Shield announcement. How NVIDIA was able to keep the device a secret is beyond me, but it’s certainly making headlines around the globe now. As you will see in the video above, we stopped by NVIDIA’s booth to...
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While at the 2013 International CES, we dropped by Qualcomm’s booth to check out their upcoming flagship quad-core mobile processor, the Snapdragon 800, which succeeds last year’s Snapdragon S4 chipset (think: HTC Droid DNA & LG Nexus 4). Understandably, since the Snapdragon 800 won’t debut in retail smartphones and tablets until mid-2013, Qualcomm didn’t...
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At the 2013 CES, NVIDIA was easily the star of the show for gamers, as they announced the Tegra 4 mobile processor, Project Shield portable Android gaming console, and NVIDIA GRID cloud gaming service. In this video, we go hands on with NVIDIA GRID to see if it really has the potential to be...
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UPDATE: NVIDIA Grid, Tegra 4 and Project Shield demo videos added. The show floor at CES 2013 doesn’t open until January 8 (we’ll be there to cover everything mobile), but the event festivities have already started! You can watch NVIDIA’s CES special event live stream in the embedded video above. The webcast will likely...
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Rovio is planning to release the much anticipated Bad Piggies game for Android and iOS on September 27. Windows Phone and Windows 8 platforms will get the Angry Birds spin-off shortly after, according to the official presser. The new game will be a departure from the previous titles in the Angry Birds series, as...
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Rovio will release an update to the popular Angry Birds Seasons game soon in which a new character will be introduced. A short teaser video was posted on YouTube showing the upcoming “Pink Bird” as she seems to blow bubbles as her weapon of choice against the evil pigs. No word on a release...
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Gameloft finally revealed the release date for their upcoming move-based action game, “The Dark Knight Rises.” It will be available for Android and iOS (iPhone, iPad) on the same day the movie hits theaters – July 20th. Gameloft released another teaser/trailer for the game as well – check it out, along with the game...
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Today, Verizon Wireless announced GameTanium, the first game subscription service for Android devices that offers unlimited gameplay for $5.99 per month. The app provides Verizon customers with unlimited access to more than 100 Android smartphone games and 50 tablet games, including titles like World of Goo, Fruit Ninja, RipTide GP and Doodle God. “GameTanium...
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UPDATE: here’s a closer look at Windows Phone 8 (Video). Microsoft just announced their upcoming mobile OS, previously codenamed Apollo, as Windows Phone 8. They detailed and previewed 8 new platform features centered around a “shared core” strategy with Windows 8. Windows Phone 8 will feature support for multi-core processors, two more resolutions (720p...
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Gameloft released the first trailer for their upcoming Batman game, The Dark Knight Rises, which is inspired by the movie of the same name. As you can see in the video above, it looks like it will deliver fantastic third person action to the smartphone realm. Unfortunately, we have a sick feeling that this...
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It’s not often that you see a new app from Microsoft Corporation in the Google Play Store, but their latest is sure to please many Xbox 360 gamers who own Android smartphones. The My Xbox LIVE app is now available for Android and it allows users to take their Xbox LIVE experience on the...
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At E3 2012, Gameloft unveiled several games for Android and iOS (iPhone, iPad). Smartphone and tablets gamers can look forward to seeing the following titles from Gameloft in the near future: The Amazing Spider-Man, Asphalt 7: Heat, Cosmic Colony and Kingdoms & Lords. N.O.V.A. 3: Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance, Fashion Icon, Shark Dash, Ice...
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At an industry event hosted by HTC in Seattle yesterday, Nvidia talked about the rise of Tegra and its potential to match console quality graphics (think Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) in the near future. “Since the introduction of the smartphone, mobile graphics technology has advanced considerably – and it is expected to close the...
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Along with NBA Jam, EA Sports also released FIFA 12 for Android on the Google Play Store for $4.99. The hit soccer/football/futbol series offers over 500 international clubs and leagues, realistic animations and fantastic graphics. Check out the feature-list below. Features: - Experience vibrant graphics and ultra-realistic animation like never before - Play like...
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