Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit for iOS- first screenshot

Portal PocketGamer shared new details about Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit for iOS, and also showed the first screenshot of the game. For the first time that Electronic Arts is preparing a mobile version of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, it became known early this month.
The picture shows a Lamborghini Reventon police car driven by a player, and the Pagani Zonda Cinque as a hijacked sports car. And the cars themselves, and the scenery looks good.
It is known that in the iOS version of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit there will be three types of terrain - coast, desert, mountains; each type will correspond to six runs. Cars also a lot - 20 pieces.
Develops a mobile version of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit studio Iron Monkey. The release of the game is scheduled for November.
I think on Android this miracle will drop)

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Post has been editedneonwow - 22.10.10, 23:20

Aurora Feint - the OpenFeint developers seem to have understood and accepted new investors, and as the name suggests, this is Intel. In fact, this is Intel Capital, which is an investment subsidiary of Intel Corporation, in comparison with Google Ventures. This investment will help Aurora Feint release more games and content for most mobile devices, including Android.

The total investment amounted to $ 3 million. Not bad considering that Aurora Feint now has funding of more than $ 8 million. Perhaps some of this money will be seen in their game, called Aurora Feint. In fact, they can easily make their way to Android, as many people have turned to them with this request and the comrades from Aurora said that this is possible.

Another major investor in Aurora Feint is DENA, which recently bought ngmoco, which developed similar awards / achievement systems for its games called Plus +, is basically the same interest, right? However, this did not embarrass Intel or any other company, and even on the contrary, they would return this money to themselves by investing in Aurora Feint, many times more.

It's nice to see that Aurora Feint gets some pretty strong support from some big companies. I hope soon, we will see more than one game on Android thanks to OpenFeint, and if not, at least, our own game may appear. At least at any time, developers can download the OpenFeint SDK for free ...

Andy Rubin originally responded to Steve Jobs's attack ...

It is known that the relationship between the two modern IT giants Google and Apple, to put it mildly, is far from ideal. The reason for this is, including, fierce competition in the mobile market, where smartphones running the Android operating system are actively pushing all other solutions, including the famous iPhone communicator.

Naturally, the leaders of Google and Apple do not miss a chance to slightly (and sometimes not so much) pry and prick the enemy. Another such case was presented at an event dedicated to Apple's financial statements for the past quarter, Mr. Jobs, who is known to all of us, spoke out quite hard to Google, namely, to its very successful product, Android, and very flatteringly about Windows.

In particular, Mr. Jobs was simply outraged by Google’s regular statements about the openness of the Android platform and the ostensibly “closed” iOS. He explained: “If computers running Windows have the same interface and can work with any programs, then Android is an extremely fragmented platform. Many manufacturers, including such large ones as HTC and Motorola, offer their own graphical environments that are completely different from Google suggestions. "

As an example, Steve Jobs mentioned the well-known program TweetDeck, the Android version of which, due to the fragmentation of the platform, had to be tested more than a hundred times on 244 devices. "A huge amount of hardware configurations and various software versions prevent programmers from working. Many applications work only on some models of devices. And this applies to smartphones that appeared less than a year ago!" - Mr. Jobs said indignantly.

Steve Jobs assured that by talking quite loudly about closed and open platforms, Google simply throws dust in their eyes, trying in this way to get away from solving really real problems. In the opinion of the head of Apple, openness and closeness are secondary issues, highlighting the convenience and comfort of the end user when using Apple products. And even such far from flattering remarks did not prevent Steve Jobs from recognizing in Google a serious and dangerous opponent.

One of the first to respond to the harsh criticism of the “extremely fragmented Android platform” was Andy Rubin, Google’s vice president of the Android project, who, in a very peculiar way, in practice, demonstrated the simplicity and openness of his brainchild . In his microblog, Mr. Rubin has published a number of console commands, which will be quite enough for anyone who wants to download and compile a working image of the Android platform on a PC, keeping within the standard 140-character Twitter volume.

The next participant in the emerging conflict was Iain Dodsworth, the head of Jobs’s TweetDeck company, who denied the information on the problematic and time-consuming process of adapting the same-name TweetDeck application to the Android platform. In particular, Mr. Dodsworth noted that only two people worked on this project, which is the best proof of the simplicity and openness of the platform.

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Opinion Facebook-developer Joe Hewitt on this topic:

According to the well-known Facebook developer Joe Hewitt, Google is clearly disingenuous when it claims that its mobile Android operating system is open, because the Internet corporation does not allow any third-party add-ons to key platform releases.

The developer knows what he says: Android assemblies are closed in the process of their own development - their code is translated into an open form only at the time of publication of the finished release. Android cannot be considered an open OS, because its development model is very, very far from the development process of the same Linux, Firefox and Chrome - all maps are collected in the hands of Google.

Joe Hewitt, known in the industry for his contribution to Firefox, FireBug, Facebook’s mobile web version and the iPhone client of this social network, is sure: openness of the system means community participation in its development, but in the case of Android developers simply get the finished product. Openness is not only show the code and talk about it.

There is no significant difference between Android and iOS: both Google and Apple are engaged in a farce, refusing to share with the community the most important thing - power. Let the openness of the Android code allows you to make changes to it, but the development of the platform is still carried out exclusively by Google.

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Post has been editedCube - 23.10.10, 13:08

Angry Birds captures reality !!!

The creators of Angry Birds seem to actually decide to take over the world. According to the latest data, they decided to release the plush birds from the game. All the birds that you have identified in the game will be presented. True, it is not known whether the pigs will be released to complete the picture.

We suspect that they will appear by Christmas), but we already love them.
Remember, do not throw them into real pigs. You can be arrested)).
toys ala maid in tribute IMHO

BOJIKOJIAK I agree yes, and both platforms are closed well, personally, in my opinion))). Picture also pleased
This news really does not apply to games))))


Post has been editedBOJIKOJIAK - 31.10.10, 01:38

Gingerbread Interests

I do not want to write anything about this !!! Himself confused already (



The next version of Google’s mobile operating system is already undergoing testing! Recently, we learned about the innovations in Android 3.0 Gingerbread, and now we can take a look at the animation of turning off the new screen:
=>Watch the video<=
Many people remember the times of television sets with cathode-ray tubes, which took some time to “warm up”, and the effect of switching off with a bright dot or strip on the screen. So, the Android 3.0 Gingerbread screen turns off the same way! :)



Google installed the same cookie as in Shrek in honor of the imminent update of the firmware with the code name Gingerbread
=>Watch the video<=



Post has been editedBOJIKOJIAK - 31.10.10, 01:48

Sony eyeing new Android devices

The Japanese corporation considers the Google Android operating system from the standpoint of its applicability on a wide range of consumer electronics. Recently, Sony launched four TV models with the Google TV Android platform.

The company, however, did not indicate which particular devices it sees as promising in this case. Now in the portfolio of Sony Ericsson, jointly with the Swedish vendor company, there is a set of Android-smartphones Xperia family. Announcements Android-tablet Sony has not yet published.

It is believed that we can talk about a gaming PSP-phone that integrates the entertainment capabilities of the Sony PlayStation Portable handheld console with the latest Android 3.0. However, no one excludes the birth of tablet computers and handheld media players with Google-system.

Now things are in the smartphone market that Sony Ericsson, according to its own data, owns a 19 percent share in terms of revenue in the global Android business. The company intends to beat Motorola, HTC, Samsung and LG, becoming the Android manufacturer number one.

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Angry Birds - Sounds for call and SMS

While there is no gaming news, Angry Birds fans from TalkAndroid.com have decided to help Ravio "take over the real world." Long and hard they operated the game in order to extract from it all the songs and sounds. Sounds from the game such as launching birds are ideal for SMS notifications. And now, with relief, I can tell you that they managed to do this well and you can download them to your phone:

Download =>SMS Notifications
Download =>Ringtones

To put them on your phone use this instruction:


P.S During the operation, not a single bird has suffered!

Post has been editedCube - 25.10.10, 11:33

Overlocking in 3 MHz reality or fake?

Bourgeois users of Droid X could overclock the processor of their PDA to 3 MHz !!! But not everyone believes that “that's your business,” says one of the overclockers. From myself I add - it's like a UFO, until you see it - you will not believe

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Video...<<==

Post has been editedpomidoru - 26.10.10, 20:31

PopCap, the most popular game development studio, said that they are currently working on games for the Android platform.

Unfortunately, this news became available only after they announced the release of Bejeweled LIVE for Windows Phone 7. Recall that PopCap are among the industry leaders. And it is very nice to know that now they work for Android.

But something they are not in a hurry with the release of games for Android Market. Rumor has it that the majority of new products may not enter it at all, but simply simply will be given the opportunity to play the flash version from the game’s site. . Personally, I am against it, I want to be able to play without the possibility of going online.

Well, we'll wait for Bejeweled and Plans vs zombie for Android.

The online application store Android Market officially announced it has reached 100 thousand. boundary in terms of the number of different names of programs on their windows. The required indicators are collected for two years of operation of the electronic counter.

What is interesting, 50 thousand the mark was received in 1.5 years - the next 50 thousand took only 6 months.

However, the success of the Android Market is relatively modest, if compared with the still unsurpassed Apple iTunes App Store, which offers more than 300 thousand iOS applications. Be that as it may, Google-store takes a decent second place, and the third position is the RIM BlackBerry App World - 10 thousand programs.

Despite the fact that sales of Android-smartphones seem to be ahead of sales of the iPhone, Google is still unable to gain momentum in the software ecosystem. This is hampered by a number of circumstances: firstly, a fair fragmentation of the Android platform by versions and more than 90 device models, and, secondly, the small geographic coverage of the sales mechanism of paid programs. However, Android Market has an important plus - significantly less stringent censors.

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pomidoru as far as I know this is a fan port and not an off optimized version for the droid

Alchemist 2 is just around the corner!

Alchemist is one of the most downloaded games from Android Market now will get a sequel!
The following features are announced:

• Attractive graphics and interface
  

• Top scoreboard
  

• Updated AI that will adapt to your game level.
  

• Achievement
  

• Modes: for survival and normal (the main enemy is time :))
  

• 3 difficulty levels
  

• Version for 2.2 I need Air from the market
  

The game is currently on sale.behind$1.34 and a free version for 30 minutes ...

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Post has been editedpomidoru - 26.10.10, 21:11

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Sony Ericsson's PlayStation Phone [/ color] - for the first time in live snapshots

Rejoice gamers! After years of rumors, live photos of the Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone appeared on the network. As the resource Engadget, who published the photo, swears, it’s hard to believe, but this is indeed the very long-awaited PlayStation Phone. On them, the device looks somewhat rough and unfinished, but, as reported, while it is at the prototype stage.



The Sony Ericsson gaming smartphone is a slider with a large touch screen with a diagonal of approximately 3.7 - 4.1 inches. It can be positioned horizontally by pushing a gamepad with gaming control buttons from under the display - the result is a portable gaming console, very similar to the Sony PSP Go.


According to the source, the Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone is based on the Android Gingerbread software platform (2.3 or 3.0, not yet known exactly) and the Qualcomm MSM8655 1 GHz chipset. In addition, the smartphone has 512 MB of RAM, 1 GB of ROM, microSD slot and built-in camera.



And the games for this phone will be available on the new Sony Marketplace Internet service. Apparently, we can hardly expect the release of the Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone before the end of this year. Most likely, the new product will be released in 2011.

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Post has been editedCube - 30.10.10, 10:01

Angry pumpkins

After one million downloads a day, melodies and plush toys, I just knew that we would see something like that. What you see above is the work of a talented pumpkin carver. If you look closely at the photo, this effect seems to be like a pumpkin launched from a slingshot).

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Post has been editedCube - 27.10.10, 11:02

Good news, Reckless Racing is back in the Android Market. After the game was removed from the Android Market due to the fact that the server did not cope with the load from those who want to download it, it is available again. Polarbit team quote:





Post has been editedBOJIKOJIAK - 31.10.10, 02:37

Looking to the future with Adobe

The main flasher event - the Adobe MAX conference - is in full swing. A few minutes ago, Adobe Technical Director Kevin Lynch completed his speech in front of a large audience during a general session with the saying “Welcome to the Revolution”. Adobe first introduced the new Flash player, using for its presentation the application MAX Racer, created by the Russian company AlternativaPlatform. Four years of hard work of the team on the Alternativa 3D engine were not in vain.

One of the main components of the new Flash-player is the 3D API, code-named Molehill, which radically changes the view of Flash applications thanks to 3D hardware support. And although the player is still far from the final release of the player, Alternativa is already working on the Alternativa 3D 8 engine based on it. The central demonstration of the general session was MAX Racer, built on A3D 8 jointly by Alternative and the American studio Mythos Labs.

And the demo definitely made an impression! Imagine the graphics level of a modern racing game with reflections, realistic lighting, hundreds of thousands of polygons, frame rates of 60 FPS, with believable physics ... And all this is right in the browser!

However, MAX Racer is just the beginning. At the moment, "Alternative" is working on two full-fledged browser games based on A3D 8, the demo videos of which are continuously spinning at the company's booth at the Los Angeles Exhibition Center.

Keep your finger on the pulse of events not to miss the “Revolution”!

Videos prepared for Adobe MAX can be viewed here:

Technically, this is good news, because thanks to Molehill we can see some pretty fantastic Flash games on our Android using AIR and Flash Player.

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Post has been editedCube - 27.10.10, 12:08

Domestic cross-platform online MMORGPG Warspear Online conducts open beta testing. Details on the official website.http://warspear-online.ru/index.php?&go=news-ruThe client for the Android operating system can be downloaded there. Interesting testing.
PS: at the moment the game server is temporarily suspended, the resumption of work is expected in the next hours and minutes)).

Post has been editedDr.zen - 27.10.10, 12:43

Bubble Blast Halloweenin Market

Earlier this month, "Magma Mobile" released Bubble Blast 2, the sequel to its popular puzzle game for Android. As expected, the second edition received many positive ratings from nearly 9,000 users over the course of a few weeks. If you have not had the opportunity to check Bubble Blast 2, watch the demo video=>WATCH<=.

Magma Mobile was surprised at the success of the game and decided to release a festive version for Halloween for fans. The game is called Bubble Blast Halloween and, as you may have guessed, this is a thematic variation of the game with all sorts of Halloween symbols, visualization and sounds. The new version contains 300 more levels and two game modes, so head to the Android Market and download it for free.

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Post has been editedCube - 28.10.10, 16:42

It was expected that the next version of Google’s mobile operating system will be presented as Android 3.0, but according to the latest rumors, Android Gingerbread is number 2.3. This is confirmed by the first screenshot showing system information.

The Android 2.3 version, the communicator, is the Nexus One, on which we have already seen a couple of fuzzy videos with Gingerbread. In addition, the source noted the improved power consumption of the device and, as a consequence, an increase in battery life. From visual changes - a new browser logo and an updated call button.



As well as a study of Google Analytics magazines, which collects detailed information about website visitors who wish to use this analytics, confirms the existence of two new releases of the Google Android mobile platform.

And if previously it was not known exactly which Android build numbers match their code names, now, it seems, everything has fallen into place. So, Android Gingerbread is Android 2.3, and Android Honeycomb is Android 3.0.1. In any case, someone directly related to the development of the mobile Google system comes from test devices to websites.

According to previous rumors, the window between Gingerbread, which is about to be born, and Honeycomb will be small, since the industry is in dire need of the Android release most compatible with the features of the tablet form factor.

It is possible that the Internet Corporation will announce the announcement of Gingerbread to something like the Nexus Two smartphone, and the presentation of Honeycomb will be accompanied by a display of a tablet.



Posted 10/29/2010 5:08 PM:


A Japanese team of researchers has developed a new oxide material for negative electrodes that can increase the capacity of rechargeable rechargeable batteries, reduce their cost and extend the life cycle.

New material is a kind of titanium oxide. Its advantage is to increase the energy density by 30% compared with lithium titanate, traditionally used as an anode material, from 175 to 225 mAh / g. The cost of new items is lower due to the absence of lithium in its composition. The lifetime is such that if the charge-discharge cycles are repeated 50 times, the charging capacity of the battery and its operating capacity will be 213 and 212 mAh / g, respectively - almost the same as observed after 10 repetitions of the cycle.

Specialists from the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Scientific Industry and Technology also came up with a method for the synthesis of titanium oxide, which operates at relatively low temperatures of 200-300 degrees. The basis is sodium titanate, which is heated in the presence of acid, turning into a transitional form of titanium oxide, and then into a substance of the required quantitative composition.

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Post has been editedfreemsk1 - 19.04.12, 17:12

Rage from id Software will be released on Android!

It has been a while since we asked about porting Rage to Android.
And recently on Twitter, John Carmack appeared official confirmation of his release on Android.

John Carmack is the founder and technical director of id Software, which has created games such as DOOM, Wolfenstien and Quake. Also, when it was already rumored that Rage would be ported to Android, id Software had jobs for Android developers.
Given the quality of the graphics in this game, it will probably work only on new Android devices, perhaps only with Tegra 2.

Rage comes to Android about as amazing as the Unreal Engine.

A small piece of the Rage iPhone presentation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52hMWMWKAMk...player_embedded



Push:
As I recall, Rage is a computer game in a post-apocalyptic setting (as in Fallout) and with an RPG bias.
in the version for computers there will be one big advantage in contrast to the same Fallout transport (!!!)
to the account of the Android or iPhone version I am not aware

a source:http://www.droidgamers.com

Post has been editedMorpice - 29.10.10, 22:06

Fall

In early November comes the arcade Fall. In the game you have to play the role of birds feeding their offspring. But this, as they say, is not a fur coat in the pants to fill. Beware of spiders, snakes and watch the time.

Post has been edited_rewq_ - 30.10.10, 14:04