Total War Battles: KINGDOM launching March 24th
Over the years I have spent countless hours besieging towns, villages and fortresses in Rome: Total War. I spent many a days with all the various versions...
Software
Android New York Cheesecake is Google’s internal name for Android N
As we all know, Google has most recently been referring to its upcoming software releases by the first letter of its name – this year’s being...
NVIDIA GeForce NOW adding SEGA and Warner Bros. titles in coming weeks
NVIDIA announced this morning that two more major developers, SEGA and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, are jumping on board with their GeForce NOW subscription game streaming...
Miitomo goes live in Japan next week; pre-registration still open
Nintendo is about to start its official onslaught on mobile devices and its first act shall be Miitomo, a free-to-play pseudo-social game that features Nintendo’s trademark...
YouTube Gaming app spreads to Canada, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand
In the highly competitive space of video streaming, YouTube has been trying valiantly to cover all its bases. It’s game streaming effort, YouTube Gaming, has been doing...
Android N Developer Preview announced, adds improved Doze and multi-window support
I’m sure many of us weren’t expecting to hear anything official about Android N until Google I/O 2016 later this year, but it appears that Google...
New object Blurring Tool finds its way to YouTube
YouTube has announced a new tool for its creators that lets them apply a custom blurring effect to objects in their videos. Creators could already use...
The Smurfs Epic Run gets new playable content update with Ancient Forest
I am an 80’s kid, so I grew up watching the Smurfs. The new era Smurf movies are fun, cool and exciting, but they just don’t...
Gmailify will allow you to get Gmail features on your Hotmail/Yahoo/Outlook account
For those of you who are yet to come over to Gmail as your primary email provider, you’ve been able to access your other accounts from...
Picasa is shutting down in favour of Google Photos
Many of you will know the name Picasa as a place to store photos and many of you will have used it for many years. Unfortunately,...
GTA: Liberty City Stories is out now, 40% off for a limited time
For Rockstar Games, the mobile gaming revolution has been a great time to dig out all its last-gen games (or in some cases last-last-gen) and repackage...
Alto’s Adventure for Android is out now for free
Alto’s Adventure is a name that has circulated the Internet for a year now, but unfortunately the hugely popular mobile game has only been available on...
Final Fantasy IX for Android is out now, 20% off for its first week on sale
We knew Final Fantasy IX for Android would be releasing soon based on the state it was in for a livestream we saw last month, but we...
Firefox OS will end support after version 2.6
Even though we focus on Android here at AndroidStory, it’s been an interesting experience watching Firefox OS try and break into the mobile industry. It’s been enlightening,...
Tennis Club Story continues Kairosoft’s run of brilliant simulation games
I have a pretty big soft spot for Kairosoft games – if you haven’t heard of Kairosoft before, you might have heard of their breakout mobile...
GTA: Chinatown Wars discounted to $1.99 USD to celebrate Chinese New Year
For those who don’t know, Chinese New Year is just around the corner and we’ll soon be welcoming the Year of the Monkey. To help celebrate the...
Taylor Swift game from Glu Mobile is on its way
Mobile game publisher Glu Mobile has made a number of big announcements over the last few months and has been generally successful over that period as...
Microsoft buys SwiftKey in latest mobile acqusition
Microsoft has been doing a pretty spectacular job recently of getting its tendrils into the Android (and iOS) world, whether it be via first-party developed apps or...
Second Nintendo mobile game will feature a “familiar” character
Nintendo is a company in flux at the moment with its traditional means of sales (i.e. consoles and associated video games) slowly faltering. 2016 promises to...
One billion Gmail accounts are now active every month
Gmail achieved the milestone of one billion Android app downloads some time ago, but getting to one billion Gmail accounts being active every month? That’s an entirely...