This is not your typical chance to win a free phone by re-tweeting hash tags or adding your name to a list. This is a full- on contest of skill. The rules are fairly lengthy, so I suggest you head on over to droidgamers to catch all the details of the challenge. To sum up, there will be 5 games played over 5 days. At the end of 5 days the top 40 players will battle it out in an elimination ladder.  You then will have 24 hours to beat your opponents high score or you are eliminated. Every day you are still in the tournament you will play a different game. So don’t get to comfortable on the game you just learned. Be prepared to play games from all genre such as puzzle , action, shooter and more.

This looks like a pretty promising event. While the prize list is still unknown, DroidGamers aims to make is sweet

“Prizes will range from free games, gear and swag all the way up to the grand prize package. The grand prize package for the champion of AGC #1 will be a whole bunch of items including a brand new Android phone of your choice, provided by Wirefly.com! We will post an official prize list before the tournament starts.”

Along the way you will get to play some great games, as well as some games that have been modified for the challenge. The games will be free and will include some are paid games that will be available for free for the contestants. . I already signed up, have you? Good luck to everyone else that participates, I look forward to beating you.

Source: AndroidReviewer and Droidgamers

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Are you always determined to get the high score no matter what game you play? Have you worn off your fingerprints from touching and tapping your Android phone while gaming? If so, then the first annual Android Gaming Challenge might just be for you. Here are some specifics:

The Details Summarized

• Tournament starts approx 10am PST July 30, 2010
• To enter the tournament, just be here when we announce the starting game, we will announce the highest Top 40 scores and the usernames that they belong to. Those people will move into the ladder. Also please post here your username that you will be using and make sure you use your correct email address when posting your comment with your username.
• First 5 days are qualifiers for all entries
• Ladder begins after 5 days of qualifiers, Top 40 players will be placed into the ladder
• Each Ladder round will last 24hrs starting at 10am PST and ending 10am PST the following day. We may introduce breaks to let people rest. Each round of the ladder will be a different game.
• The last player standing will be the winner of the Grand Prize package which will include a free new Android phone and listed as Best Android Gamer of AGC #1
• Top 5 players will also win prizes
• No cheating
• We (Droidgamers.com) will update scores via our Twitter account as well as post the Ladder results for everyone to see

So there you have it. Start limbering up your thumbs for July 30th.

[via droidgamers]

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Prove you’re the best in 1st annual Android Gaming Challenge

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There is good news for all you hard core Android gamers out there, the guys over at Droidgamers.com are sponsoring the first ever Android Gamer Challenge!  They are looking to find out who is the best of the best at gaming on the Android platform, and are looking to do it by pitting gamers from all over the US against each other in nightly challenges to see who can score the most points in an array of games.  The tourney is going to start on July 30th, and is open to US residents only.  The first round last for 5 nights, giving players 5 different chances to qualify for the elimination round.  40 of the best Android gamers in the land will move on to this round, with the last person standing being the grand prize winner!

So what is up for grabs in this tourney?  Well, according to the Droid Gamers site, the grand prize winner will get “a whole bunch of stuff” (taken directly from their site), along with their choice of a brand new Android handset!  That alone is pretty sweet indeed!

So get your thumbs warmed up and ready to do some serious gaming, we are going to see who is the best of the best come the 30th!

NOTE: Android’s First Official Gaming Challenge! originally appeared on AndroidGuys.

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What better way to take out all of your fan-boy hatred than by strapping into a World War II era plane and strafing some iPhone nerds into fiery oblivion. While doing this in real life is a) not advisable, b) completely illegal, and c) a caper the likes of which would take almost too much planning, doing so on your Android phone is simpler than ever.Social Gaming Network has ported their WWII dogfight title (note: not Michael Vick in a Hitler suit throwing money at pit bulls) to Android, and unlike most games that come out for various consoles, the live multiplayer element remains cross-platform.

You can tail your iPhone loving buddies while unloading fierce machine gun fire via WiFi, Bluetooth, and 3G data connections. We’re not saying Apple is like the Third Reich or anything, but we’re not asking you not to.

[via Engadget]

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After showing off his Nexus One slot car gas pedal, Grant Skinner is at it again with another Adobe AIR application for Android. This time he has put his own spin on the classic Asteroids, bringing a multiplayer version of the game to the Android OS that he has dubbed Androideroids. The concept is the same as the original, navigate your spaceship through a field of deadly asteroids while blasting them to pieces, but the game is taken a step further with the addition of 8-person multiplayer.

Androideroids is an Adobe AIR application that runs on a desktop computer with controls coming from your Android handset. The handset UI gives you a first person view of the action playing out on the screen. Throw in a few friends and you’ll be blasting your way through space debris while avoiding enemy fire aimed at taking you down. It is a great example of a multiplayer experience for smartphones done right.

Just like his slot car program, Skinner’s Androideroids showcases just how cool Adobe AIR combined with Android can get. While the game isn’t available for the general public, hopefully we’ll be seeing more innovative approaches to gaming and device interfacing coming to market very soon.

[via Grant Skinner Blog]

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Best Buy has just announced their new gaming app for the Android platform. Now, don’t go getting all excited, thinking this is an app that will let you be a virtual Best Buy cashier and rack up points for selling warranties. This app is to help you “discover weekly gaming deals and unique gaming content including the latest game news from GAMESPOT and trailers and screenshots of the top new games”, and is available on the Android platform (1.6+) as well as iPhone OS. To find it, simply search “Best Buy gaming” in the Android Market. It is a free download.

[via Best Buy Gaming facebook]

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Best Buy announces mobile gaming app for Android

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On Thursday, the cloud-based gaming service launched for the Mac and Windows, thereby enabling thousands of players to stream high-end games to their computers like never before.

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Well, the future is here and nothing supports that fact more than the Google Android mobile phone.  With the evolution of the cell phone, we see handheld devices becoming nothing more than tiny computers with the ability to do anything from take pictures to playing games on the Internet.  Game development has become a huge factor in the life of an Android phone.

The Android software development kit (SDK) makes it easy for game developers to enhance the gaming features on an Android phone.  Since this is such an easy program to work with we see game applications blossom at an unbelievable rate.

With the support of Google and the help of Android SDK, you can personalize your mobile device however you see fit.  This innovative software comes to us from the fine people at Google and Open Handset also leaving the Android as an open source program.  One of the main reasons the Android platform is so capable of developing innovative applications is due to the Java support that exists with the Android.

The evolving world of Android applications is redefining the uses and necessities of the gaming industry for mobile devices.  Android developers are opening the door with never before seen ideas using the latest technologies and mobile game development software.  Aside from gaming applications serving an entertainment purpose they are also starting to be used in conjunction with movie promotions, multiplayer online games, and even business motives such as advertising.

Now that Google has released API documents showing samples and examples of game development, many Android supporters are using this information to its maximum potential.  In addition to the gaming aspect of the Android you will also see this device support media formats like pictures, songs, videos, etc fueling the mobile entertainment industry.

With the plethora of technologies and platforms that are being used in correlation with mobile gaming, or application development, we see developers using tools like Windows Mobile, Symbian OS, Sun’s Java ME, Palm OS, Google Android platforms, etc.  We have come a long way from solitaire on a desktop so these developers need to be on the top of their game with graphics, game play, and sound effects.  This is not a difficult chore with the recent development of Android applications.  We are starting to see the Android shape the future for what handheld devices will be capable of doing, and if you are a tech-nut then hang on to your seat because the next fifteen years are going to be a wild ride.

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Sony launches 3D PS3 gaming tomorrow
Sony has announced it will release an update for its PlayStation 3 console tomorrow enabling 3D gaming, but the company is yet to set a date for 3D movies.

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I was recently reminiscing about days before having kids with my wife – it seemed such a quiet and peaceful world, but what did we do with all that time. Many things have changed since the arrival of our brood, and of course we wouldn’t go back for all the tea in china.

For me the biggest change has been how I play video games – as I often muse on my blog. At first my hobby took a back seat as I struggled to justify such frivolous time when there were so many other baby and child related chores to do. But soon I realized that video gaming was my cave time, which fuelled me up for another day of family chaos.

Recently, I was testing out some Tritton Gaming Headsets for Games Basement, the AX 180 model in particular, and realized this was a perfect way to get some gaming in while on baby duty in the small hours.

I set up the baby monitor beside the TV on mute, so I can see from the readout if I’m needed by any of our sleeping angels upstairs. Then, adorning the AX180’s I can happily game the night away.
I was particularly impressed with the build quality of the 180’s. Not only did they feel really solid, but could easily be adjusted to my head – it seems I have an unusual shaped cranium that many gaming headset simply don’t accommodate.

What I hadn’t expected before playing like this was just how much atmosphere it would add to my gaming experience. It’s not just the quality of the sound, but the fact that it surrounds your head. This is fast becoming the only way I want to play games – whatever time of day it is.

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Product: Ideapad Y460

Manufacturer: Lenovo

Wired Rating: 8

Buy a laptop today and you have to make (at least) one big decision that is an exercise in trade-offs: Get a machine with cheap, integrated graphics and better battery life, or buy one with a high-performance graphics card that sucks down more power and runs hot?

Can’t decide? Get the Lenovo Ideapad Y460. It’s both.

Perhaps we should explain. An innocuous switch on the front of the Y460 lets you control how much graphical power this otherwise unassuming notebook pumps out. Flip it on, and you’ll have full access to the ATI Radeon HD 5650 graphics chip. In graphics-on mode, gaming rocks, with performance on par with recent games-focused machines we’ve reviewed, but battery life fizzles to barely an hour and a half.

Not fragging this afternoon? Switch yourself into integrated mode. Gaming suffers immeasurably (framerates are on par with your average $500 system), but battery life shoots through the roof, jumping from 90 minutes to nearly four hours, perfect for long plane rides when an A/C outlet is miles below you.

Best of all: Graphics are switchable in real time without a reboot, so you can jump from spreadsheet to Sims 3 and back in seconds.

The only problem with the Ideapad Y460 is that you can’t switch the price. At a thousand smackers, it’s expensive, considering it bears the Ideapad brand instead of the more upscale Thinkpad logo. Clearly designed with consumers in mind, it offers an attractive, yet a little out-there, industrial design. It has desirable features like a multitouch trackpad, super-loud JBL speakers, and a mega-bright 14-inch LCD (at 1366 x 768 pixels). Other top-notch features are a 2.4-GHz Intel Core i5 M520 CPU, 4 GB of RAM and 500 GB of hard drive space.

The only question is whether you will want to pay nearly a grand for all of this. It’s not quite in MacBook territory, but it’s awfully close.

Maybe you can justify it. The Y460′s performance is so dazzling and the machine is put-together so well that I think you can make the case that it’s worth the cash upgrade. Just tell the wife you’ll eat ramen for a month. She won’t understand, but you’ll be so happy with your computer you probably won’t care.

WIRED Unbelievably dazzling performance. Switchable graphics give you the best of both worlds — gaming performance and battery life — at the flick of a switch.

TIRED Not all features are perfectly polished: SlideNav application switcher bar is functionally useless. Noisy optical drive. Surprisingly heavy (5 pounds) for its size.

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Mochi Media announced the launch of an optimized mobile site of Adobe® Flash games for the Android mobile platform. M.Mochigames.com will utilize Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to allow Flash games to be played on the Android 2.2 mobile platform. Mochi Media, The world’s largest browser based game network will allow “Froyo” users to play 25 browser based games on launch.

From the press release:

“The introduction of Flash to Android will open up a world of opportunity for Flash game developers,” said Jameson Hsu, co-founder and CEO of Mochi Media. “Through Mochi Media’s mobile site, our developer community will now have access to a whole new audience of gamers through the medium of mobile. We’re extremely excited about the great things to come, both for Mochi Media, and also its developer community.”

“The Flash game development community continually pushes the boundaries of what is possible with Flash,” said Ricky Liversidge, vice president, Product Marketing, Flash Platform at Adobe. “With the beta completion of Adobe Flash Player 10.1, sites like MochiGames are expanding the countless opportunities for developers to engage with consumers through mobile.”

About Mochi Media
Mochi Media is the world’s largest browser-based games network, with more than 140 million monthly active users and 15,000 games on nearly 40,000 publisher websites. Mochi Media’s game development products and services enable developers to track usage analytics, distribute their games to thousands of websites, and monetize global gameplays via micro-transactions and in-game advertising. The company is headquartered in downtown San Francisco and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shanda Games Limited

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Belly Bums - When you think of beach volleyball, typically the image that comes to mind is athletic, toned players diving for the ball in the sand. Prepare for that image to be demolished with Belly Bums. Instead, the game’s characters look like The Biggest Loser contestants—week 1 and without shirts.

The game certainly has some comic value considering that you launch the ball over the net with the player’s oversized stomach. But while some of the game’s nuances are a bit comical, the gameplay is quite thin.

The controls take some getting used to—tapping the screen catapults the ball with your belly. By swiping on a volleyball icon in the corner you can control the spin. With a little practice most players should be able to get a handle on it and master some of the decent spin and targeting moves that you can perform with the volleyball. (…)
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Free-to-play games have become something of a growing trend on the App Store, so much so that Aurora Feint, which makes a social gaming platform for the iPhone, believes that some projections about the iPhone’s potential as a gaming platform fail to take the trend into account.

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On Saturday, the Game Developers Conference wraps up at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. By all accounts, it’s been a very exciting week for Mac gaming.

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