Android users who don’t have HBO Go access have had limited options for checking out HBO’s most famous shows like The Wire and Game of Thrones, but the premium-cable giant is finally ready to start offering a selection of its shows on Google Play.

Starting today, Android users can purchase episodes from seven of HBO’s top shows from the Google Play store. The list of shows includes The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, Girls, Veep, True Blood, The Newsroom, and Game of Thrones.

All of the shows have been available on iTunes for a while now, however, Google Play’s prices are much more competitive as most seasons are 10 bucks cheaper than on iTunes. Prices per episode vary from $2-$3 while an entire season can cost you up to $29.

Wordament, the word game from Microsoft that brought Xbox Live achievements to iOS for the first time back in December 2012, is now available on Android. Players can login with their Xbox gamertag to play the game and earn up to 50G for competing simple tasks, such as playing ten rounds, or finding the longest possible word in a round.

Google has just launched its Google Play gift cards in Canada, as it continues to expand its worldwide availability. Canada will have gift cards in $15, $25 and $50 (CAD) denominations with the Play Store account limit remaining at $2000.

The incredibly popular assistive GPS application, Scout, received a pretty nifty update yesterday, which brings users the ability to share their estimated time of arrival (ETA) in real-time with friends – providing they’re all members of the same communal group.

If you happen to be a fan of what Samsung’s doing with TouchWiz, then you may be interested in a new app that brings the Galaxy S4’s lock screen to other Android-powered smartphones. It’s free and it runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and above, and you can download it now from Google Play.