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PopCap and Sony Ericsson have just announced a partnership that will put classic games like Plants vs. Zombies, Peggle, and Chuzzle onto the upcoming Xperia Mini and Mini Pro Android smartphones. This is the first time PopCap’s games have landed on Android devices in Europe, though they’ve been available in the U.S. through Amazon for…
EA has finally decided to bless the growing Android community with some SCRABBLE fun. The new game, which BTW is the first free Android app from EA, allows multi-platform play across Android, PC (via Facebook) and iOS devices. You can either play against someone you know or a random scrabbler via Internet. In the first…
If you’ve ever played Flight Control or Real Racing, then you’re familiar with the work of mobile game developer Firemint. That’s why we were all excited to hear they were finally moving on to a new IP which was called Agent Squeak when it was announced back in March. Since then, Firemint has kept mum…
Well, it looks like the rumors were true, as EA announced its intentions to buy PopCap Games for about $750 million. Make no mistake, this move is all about mobile and social gaming. TechCrunch originally reported that PopCap Games would be acquired for about $1 billion a few weeks ago and it looks like it…
Glu Mobile keeps launching new social mobile games, offering them as free downloads while making money on various add-ons and enhancements that are available throughout the game. Their recently launched titles for iOS-based devices are Eternity Warriors and Space City. The first of the two is placed in a 3D fantasy world, where you lead…
In another sign that Zynga is taking the mobile space seriously, the social gaming company just announced it has purchased Toronto-based Five Mobile. As the name indicates, Five Mobile is well known for creating mobile apps and it will also give Zynga a nice foothold into Canada. The company said: Five Mobile, now Zynga Toronto,…
Gameloft UK is running a neat promotion, offering three of its “Android HD+” titles for free over this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We don’t know which games they will give away, or exact moment when you will be able to download them. However, we do know they’ll make one game free every day for a…
Samsung made a deal with Rovio to include a special Golden Egg level in Angry Birds Seasons for Samsung Galaxy S II owners. The new level is available as part of the latest Summer Pignic update and can be accessed from the third level, though it’s not that easy to figure out how. That said,…
Well, mobile phone users – it looks like the cat is finally out of the bag. All of your hours of playing mobile games such as Angry Birds has finally been tracked by Nielsen and apparently approximately 64% of you play games on your mobile device. Bravo! According to Nielsen’s latest findings, Games is the…
After the soft launch in GetJar, ZeptoLab is bringing its BAFTA-winning title Cut the Rope to the wider audience. The popular game is now available through Android Market and Amazon Appstore for Android. However, unlike the free, ad-supported version GetJar offers, the one you will be able to download from Google’s and Amazon’s app stores…