Humble Indy Bundle

Just a reminder that the Humble Indy Bundle for Android is available for only 8 more days! The average price has gone up to $6.42, so if you spend more than that, you will receive Swords & Soldiers for free, as well as Canabalt, Zen Bound 2, Cogs, Avadon: The Black Fortress, and EFF. More info, plus link, below:


Link to: Humble Indy Bundle

Cross-platform.

All games in this Humble
Bundle will work on Windows,
Mac, Linux, and Android.
Pay what you want.

Pay what you want.

If purchased separately, these
games would cost around $57
but we're letting you set the price!
Support charity.

Support charity.

You choose exactly how your
purchase is divided: foundations,
game developers, or even us!
Unlock on Steam.

Unlock on Steam.

Redeem the games on Steam,
OR directly download DRM-free
versions from our servers.

The HumbleBundle for Android 2

Five games—never-before-seen on Android—for your phones and tablets. We're bringing the hottest mobile entertainment to your Android devices. Pay-what-you-want to get Zen Bound 2, Canabalt, Cogs, and Avadon: The Black Fortress (tablets only). And if you pay more than the average price, you'll also get the vibrant, side-scrolling strategy game Swords & Soldiers. 

Playing at your desktop? No problem. Buying the Humble Bundle for Android 2 also gets you Mac, Windows, and Linux versions of all the games! Customers will also receive digital audio for each game with an official soundtrack.
Pay what you want. If you bought these games separately, it would cost around $57. We are letting you set the price! 

The games work great on Mac, Windows, Linux, and Android (system requirements here ). Note that this is the initial release of all the games for Android, and most of them for Linux. Please be patient while the developers fix any 1.0 bugs as quickly as they can, and of course, don't hesitate to contact us if you encounter any issues. 

You can support charity. Choose how your purchase is divided: between the developers, the Child's Play Charity, or the Electronic Frontier Foundation. And if you like this deal, a tip to Humble Bundle would be much appreciated!

Amazon Kindle Fire - 7" Android

Amazon has decided that it will be the one that can stand up to the iPad 2's  (or iPad 3) dominance. The contestant is Amazon's Kindle Fire, a 7" Tablet that will feature the Android Operating Software. At $199, it will lose some of the most sought-after features for most tablets such as an embedded camera, 3g network access, and a microphone. It will have wi-fi, however. It seems it will make most of its use with off-line apps. 

The Kindle Fire will feature all of the Android's crazy popular games such as Crazy Birds, and Cut The Rope! Since Amazon has their own marketplace, lush with many great apps, and as well as a free app of the day, this tablet may just take off. I'm hoping it will, at least. 

El Shaddai To Grace Android Phones

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron will be coming to the Android platform. Though the original console version has both 2D and 3D segments, the Android version will only be 2D. It will, however, maintain the beautiful art style of the original game. El Shaddai is only slated for release in Japan, so far. Knowing Android, it'll take about 2 seconds for it to be uploaded for North Americans.

Source: Shacknews

Actually Scary: Dead Space Now On Playbook, Xperia Play

MjolnirX - For whatever reason, EA Games decided to port the mobile version of Dead Space to Blackberry's Playbook. I'm not exactly sure the market or demand for games necessarily even exists on the Playbook, but that remains to be seen. I see this as more of a rare feature for the Playbook, as opposed to attempting to start a new market for core games on Blackberry's app store.

As for the Xperia Play, the so called "ROM King", I would consider this too little, too late. The phone is almost 6 months old now, has pretty much no new games since launch aside from this one (and even the launch games are laughable). It is relying mostly on Android games with dedicated controls built-in specifically for the Xperia Play (like Pocket Legends). Having considered this phone and having been lied to by Rogers, who told me that you can purchase any and all PSP games on it, as well as the type and speed of the RAM and Processor, I'm not exactly enthused with its release.

I'm not too sure that either device, being in their own niche away from the popularity of Android mobile phones, and Apple's iPad, should really be considered for gaming. The effort put into porting them is time that could have been better spent elsewhere.

The games will release at the $10 price point.