NimbleBit’s pixelated airline sim has flown itself into the Play store courtesy of Mobage. This tiny time consumer took iOS by storm, amassing more than 2.4 million downloads in 3 months and earning an Editor’s Choice award. This fully featured 8-bit sim is free to download on the Play store and puts users in control of growing their own fleet of planes across 250 cities.
It looks like those little green hamlets have been filling their noggins with all sorts of engineering tidbits. Armed with nothing more than a few spare parts and ingenuity, these Bad Piggies are set to take off and conquer Android, iOS, PC and Mac come September 27. Rovio has teased us once or twice already, but this is the first time we get to see the actual gameplay of this upcoming Angry Birds spin-off.
[Update: Currently the WiiMote App cannot connect to devices running Android 4.2 but the developer is looking into a fix.]
My biggest gripe with trying to play console quality games on a mobile device has to do with on-screen controls. No matter how accustomed to them I become, they just don’t offer the same precision and/or experience as do physical controllers. I find playing FPS games with on-screen controls to be close to unbearable. Maybe I’m just old school, but give me a controller over onscreen controls any day.
After a brief Xperia device exclusive, Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies is now available for most Android devices. The game itself is another Zombie shoot ’em up, which frankly, is getting a little old. Glu mobile has also decided to drive users bonkers by charging $6.99 for the game as well as including in-app purchases. This model is a far cry from what MadFingers Games is doing with their free Zombie hit Dead Trigger. By comparison, Dead Trigger (which dropped its price to free) has amassed almost 5 million downloads in two months while COD: Zombies with their $6.99 price tag has only managed a couple thousand downloads in the month that it has been available.
I can feel the excitement across time and relative dimension in space going on as I type. Season 7 of Doctor Who airs in a few minutes and my bow tie is busting at the knot. This season is going to be epic, as well as extremely emotional, as we’re forced to say goodbye to the Doctor’s beloved companions Amy and Rory. It’s time to start preparing ourselves for what is going to be one wild ride, so grab your trusty sonic screwdriver and get ready to turn your Android device into your own personal TARDIS full of Doctor Who greatness.
