Cloud gaming on Android is going to get a shot of adrenaline later this year. Today at the GPU Technology Conference , NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang announced that their new Kepler chip was the world’s first GPU for cloud computing and it would be powering Gaikai ‘s multi-platform gaming service. Gaikai’s open cloud gaming platform
Are you guys ready for the first week’s TegraZone anniversary and Player’s Choice Awards contest courtesy of NVIDIA? We know we are. If you aren’t in the know, NVIDIA’s just hit their one-year anniversary with TegraZone and they’re holding a Player’s Choice Awards ! You can also snap a photo of the QR code directly below. You’ll get the chance to vote for your favorite games in three categories, including best graphical game, best gameplay, and best overall game. With your vote, you’re entered for a chance to win one of 7 Transformer Pad TF300 prize packs. More details on that specific contest are here.
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Scramble With Friends players who like to compete against random opponents may have noticed that they are suddenly winning more often or having fewer blowouts over the past few dies. No, you didn’t suddenly get better or worse at the game; Zynga just got better at finding a quality opponent. Scramble With Friends is Android 2.2+ game that tasks players with connecting adjacent letters to form words. Players must be quick and make smart use of their power-ups to score as many points as possible in three competitive 2 minute rounds. Scramble can pit users against their Facebook friends or a random opponent.
Gameloft thinks N.O.V.A. 3 will be their best game to date and they have pulled out all the stops to make sure you know that. We already saw three teaser videos released last week and they are back again with a new clip that shows all the
Boomshakalaka! I was really excited when EA Mobile released NBA Jam back in March, but I was quickly
Major League Gaming and Sony Mobile want mobile game players to do more than just shoot and destroy things when playing their favorite titles; they want players to shoot and destroy each other’s high scores. Sony announced today that it is launching the Xperia Mobile Gaming Arena, a competitive network for select games that creates leaderboards and competitions with cash prizes. The Xperia Mobile Gaming Arena tracks player performance in a particular category – kills or wins, for instance – and then compares that against others who have entered the arena. Gameloft’s Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation is the first game to incorporate the XMGA. Players can participate by linking their MLGid and Gameloft Live ID and then start the multiplayer mode in Modern Combat 3 on any device capable of running it. Stats are automatically uploaded MLG, and the winner of the first competition running from May 3 – 20, 2012 will receive $1,000 USD.
Gameloft just caught a sale before the game is even out. I’m talking about N.O.V.A. 3, and their new gameplay trailer is mouth watering in a couple of different ways. For starters, these are some damn good graphics for a mobile game. While most developers aim to develop for the largest group of phones possible, Gameloft wasn’t afraid to push things to the limit. And to top off what should be fun shooter gameplay, you can tell the team drew a lot of inspiration from Halo.
Draw Something ‘s meteoric rise was nothing short of amazing. The Pictionary-copying game got rave reviews and managed more than 20 million downloads within five weeks of its February debut, which eventually led to Zynga acquiring its developer OMGPop. But alas, even meteors fall, and so is Draw Something. The Atlantic , citing data gathered by AppData , claims that the number of people who use Draw Something through Facebook’s connect has dropped – down to 10.4 million from 14.3 million.
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