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Click the image above to watch the video on YouTube!
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Android Apps you shouldn't miss this week
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Eisenhorn: Xenos
Eisenhorn: Xenos is a beautifully done adventure game set in the world of Warhammer 40,000.
Download from Google Play
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Gear Club
Gear Club is a new racing game that boasts a real-world style driving experience and good graphics.
Download from Google Play
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Chase Pay
Chase Pay is the latest NFC payment, or "tap-to-play" app to be released. It's for members of Chase Bank only.
Download from Google Play
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Pulse
Pulse is an SMS app that allows you to text people from your phone, tablet, or even computer if you want.
Download from Google Play
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Microsoft Solitaire Collection
Microsoft has released their Solitaire collection of games to Google Play. You'll be able to play five different variants of the popular card game. People can play the game for free to get the premium version which offers no ads and more stuff.
Download from Google Play
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Headlines this week
- Google Play is currently trying out individual game ratings. The way it would work is you rate titles based on game play, controls, and graphics. The scores for each category lets people know how good those qualities are for a more comprehensive look at the game. It can also warn people if games don't have good controller support or have great graphics but otherwise suck. We're not sure if this is going to roll out to everybody, but it seems like a good idea.
- So Twitter banned its own CEO this week. In an act that essentially summed up how bad it's been at Twitter lately, Jack Dorsey spent a good portion of the day not being able to view his own Twitter account. He did eventually make it back on. It was also revealed that it was an internal error that caused the temporary ban. There's nothing of real note here, but it was kinda funny.
- Google is officially hosting a new indie game developer contest in Europe. Devs from a variety of countries in Europe can enter as long as they submit a game that was released after January 1st, 2016. Developers can also enter if they have a game that is coming out soon but isn't ready for release. The winners will get tickets to Google's Playtime event while the top ten finalists get extra promotion in Google Play for their games.
- The latest Humble Bundle is live! This bundle features tons of games from HandyGames and includes Clouds & Sheep, Rocket Island, 1942 Pacific Front, and plenty of other games that would cost you $42 to buy individually. You can pay what you want and get five games, pay a $3 minimum and get up to 11 games, or pay $5 or more to get the whole bundle. It's a good way to get some games on the cheap and give to charity.
- It was announced this week that Google is ending Google Play Services support for Android Gingerbread. The change will happen in early 2017. By removing Gingerbread, Google Play Services will become a little more modern in nature and give developers more options for building apps. It's also worth noting that Gingerbread is used on about 1.3% of devices these days and most apps don't support Gingerbread anymore anyway.
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Additional app releases, announcements, and deals
- Google Play is tossing a huge games, apps, books, movies, and more sale in honor of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. You can get stuff for up to 80% off and some of the titles are rather expensive without deals. It's a good time to stock up on some stuff. We don't know how long these deals will last, though, so be sure to get them while you can. Click the links to check out all the deals for yourself. You can also get Google Play Music and YouTube Red for four months free if you start a trial.
- Square Enix has their Go series of games on sale this week for $0.99 in select regions. They're pretty good titles, check them out!
- The Gear VR, PSVR, and HTC Vive got a new game this week called NBA 2KVR. It allows you to play some basketball minigames using your VR headset. It looks kinda cool, check it out!
- Chase Pay has been officially launched. If you use Chase Bank, you can give this a shot right now.
- Telltale Games has announced that The Walking Dead; Season 3 will be released on December 20th. The long awaited third installment of the popular game franchise was delayed from its initial November release date. It'll take place with a new character named Javier and will feature characters from previous games. If the prior two seasons were any indication, then season three is probably going to be pretty awesome.
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