Cecil, Rosa and all their friends are back for one more go around! Final Fantasy IV is out on Google Play today. Square Enix has finally released the fan favorite title for Android devices and you can relive the battle against Golbez on the go. It looks like a pretty straight across port of the…
Sony’s Kaz Hirai says PS4 is ‘first and foremost a video game console’
Sony’s Kaz Hirai wants us all to be clear on one thing, the PS4 will be a gaming console first. In a minor dig at Microsoft‘s Xbox One, Hirai focused on Sony’s gaming first philosophy with the PS4. Hirai told reporters at the D11 conference today: “The most important thing we need to do is…
Double Fine Announces New Kickstarter for Massive Chalice
Double Fine, the studio that started the recent surge in crowd funded games, has announced a new Kickstarter campaign for Massive Chalice. The Kickstarter page bills it as being “inspired by classic tactical strategy games like X-COM, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Fire Emblem, as well as ‘Game of Thrones’ array of noble families.” The brand new…
Samsung Galaxy S4 Could Move 80 Million Units
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 smartphone became the fastest selling Android phone in history a couple of weeks ago. Samsung announced its flagship phone had surpassed 10 million units sold in under a month. While it can’t move at that speed forever, RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue predicts sales will hit 80 million units this year. He had this…
Battle Cats Free on Google Play!
It has come to my attention that there is yet another cat themed app on the Google Play store. Shocking, I know! Despite the internet’s blanket rejection of cats, they persevere. Battle Cats is similar to the side scrolling tower defense of Plants vs. Zombies, but you attack as well as defend. The point of…
Google Play Revenue Up, Still Trails Apple App Store
A new report from mobile app analytics company, Distimo shows that revenue is up for the Google Play store. Last November, revenue from Google Play made up only 19 percent of combined total revenue between Apple’s App Store and Google Play. By April 2013, Google Play’s share had increased to 27 percent of the combined total revenue. Apple is…
First Screens from 3DS Sonic Lost Worlds
Yesterday Nintendo released its a trailer for Sonic Lost Worlds. The Nintendo exclusive from Sega will be released on both the Wii U and the 3DS. While it was great to see so much gameplay footage in the trailer, it was pretty clear it all came from the Wii U version of the title. Today…
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Record Setter CEO and founder, Dan Rollman just tore a hole through the space time continuum of the internet. Stare deep, deep into the vortex and know what it is to see everything, and nothing at all. Yes folks, it is a Tweet of a Vine of an Instagram of a Tumblr post of a Facebook…
3 New Smartphone RPGs from Level 5
Japanese RPG giant, Level-5 announced 3 new smartphone games this week. Polygon reported on the announcement, made in Japanese language magazine Famitsu. Chikyu Kaimetsu teki B-kyu Kanojo, is described as a “Japan-made smartphone RPG”. It takes place in “a post-apocalyptic world where most of the men have died and the land’s full of beautiful, powerful female…
Now There’s Even an Angry Birds Soda!
Rovio’s Angry Birds branding juggernaut just keeps chugging along. There are several versions of the game, the branded merchandise is flying off the shelves and most recently, reports surfaced that a Birds movie is in the works. Today those angry, angry birds have moved into consumables market. While you might think a brand of pork marinade…