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Hooked Android app provides personalized game recommendations

Hooked is a new mobile app made to help Android users find new and cool game, based on their own preferences. Using a technology that is compared to the one Netflix and Pandora use, Hooked learns users’ gaming preferences to provide them with personalized game recommendations and advanced search features. Of course, you’ll have to provide some feedback to the system so it can better serve you. To that end, you’ll be rating and playing games you like, while Hooked will do its magic in the background, even looking at Read more

AT&T changes 2GB Playstation Vita data plan to 3GB; increases price by $5

The Playstation Vita‘s launch date for the US is officially less than a month away, which means it would be the perfect time for AT&T to make some changes to its data plans even after announcing the plan originally during their CES press conference. Here’s what the Playstation Vita’s 3G network plan on AT&T looked like before: 250mb of data for $14.99 2GB of data for $25 Pretty straightforward, right? Well, AT&T has decided to make a bit of a tweak to the 2GB data plan. Here’s what AT&T will Read more

Samsung Game Hub updated with new games

Samsung updated its Game Hub app, bringing new games to its users. Available as a free download from the Samsung Apps store, Game Hub now offers new “social games,” allowing you to play/compete with your friends, chat with other players, compare your results with other members of the community and more. As for the games included with the new version of the app, we find such titles as BlackJack, Mancala, Paper Toss, Delicious Village, Checkers, Age of Legends, We Rule and Zombie Farm. Finally, it’s worth noting that Game Hub Read more

Zen Pinball gets Excalibur table

Last time we talked about Zen Pinball, it got a Thor-themed table. Like that’s not enough, Zen Studios (the game developer) released another table, this time dedicated to the legendary Excalibur sword. As you can imagine this table — available for $0.99 via in-app purchase — takes you back to the Middle Ages to the Kingdom of Camelot and where fight alongside Knights of the Round Table. The famous castle is under siege from every direction, and it’s your job to defend it. Fire-breathing dragons, bandits, wizards and witches all Read more

A tale of souls and swords, eternally retold as Soul Calibur is released on iOS

Namco Bandai is getting set to release the next iteration of its popular Soul Calibur series with Soul Calibur V later this month, and what better way to celebrate the game’s upcoming release than to release one of the most influential console and arcade fighting games, Soul Calibur, onto iOS. I honestly can’t think of a better way unless we’re counting watching a woman dressed up as Ivy grabbing her ankles. Bent over Ivy trumps everything. Soul Calibur for iOS is quite the gaming beast as all 19 characters from Read more

Another World for Android coming soon

After successful launch in the Apple AppStore, DotEmu announced that it will port Another World to Android. The company that’s specialized in bringing retro games back to life hopes that the Android community will love the legendary game as much as their iOS counterparts did. If you don’t know what Another World is all about, you should know it was originally released on Amiga in 1991, then ported to many other platforms over the years, eventually making it a cult video game… If you need more information, you can consult Read more

Video: Upcoming iOS game Nose Invaders looks awesome, addictive

Sweden-based Dear Future Astronaut will soon launch a new iPhone game called Nose Invaders. The awkward storyline sets you inside a nose, and your job is to help “Slimey” destroy viruses who invaded the nose while dealing with the ever-changing air currents which change direction every time the host inhales and exhales. It may sound terrible but it looks pretty addictive to me, somehow reminding me on Cut The Rope. Anyway, Nose Invaders combines cool physics with puzzle gameplay and comes with three level packs, including the nose of a Read more

OnLive Viewer hits Google TV

The popular cloud-based gaming company OnLive is expanding to Google TV. For a start, they released a Viewer app, providing folks with the ability to watch other people play games on their TVs, friend and chat with other players. Moreover, there are so called “Brag Clip” videos included, showing incredible moves and hilarious fails. The full-fledged version of OnLive is in development as we speak and will be rolled out soon (though we don’t have the exact launch date), allowing those of you with fancy Sony TVs and Logitech Revue Read more

Video: Angry Birds Seasons’ Chinese New Year update

Rovio will soon launch new levels for Angry Birds Seasons, as reported before. The new Chinese New Year-themed update (called “Year of the Dragon”) is set to be released on January 20th and the Finns have released a demo video to spice-up our imagination and we’re happy to share with you here. So without further ado, here’s what to expect from the new Angry Birds Seasons update… Angry Birds Seasons [iTunes link] [Android Market link]

Zynga mobile infographics

Popular social games maker Zynga is well known for connecting millions of players across iOS devices like iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. From zoos and forests to word games and poker tables, Zynga Mobile has 16 million social games on the iOS platform and enables millions of people to play wherever they are and whenever they want. Here are some stats they shared with us: Average App Store Player Rating – Above 4 stars, 2.3 million ratings Word With Friends – over 3.5 million words played per hour Hanging With Read more

Cut the Rope now available for BlackBerry PlayBook

Like all those iOS and Android users are not enough, ZeptoLab is bringing its popular, Bafta-winning Cut the Rope game to the BlackBerry App World. However, this isn’t a smartphone version — rather only those of you with RIM’s tablet (PlayBook) will be able to feed the lovable Om Nom with candy. The game mechanics remain the same (as on Android and iOS) and it’s your job to swipe the finger to cut through an increasingly complicated series of ropes to release candy into the mouth of the little green Read more