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The Shadow Sun is an epic RPG, now on Android

The team behind this epic RPG called “The Shadow Sun” had a lot of gaming cred behind them, having designed that highly enjoyable Neverwinter Nights 2 expansion “Mysteries of Westgate”. But the game was announced in 2010, and it took a while for it to get here. Now, it’s completely blown up (in a good way) on iOS and serious Android gamers are finally going to have a crack at it.



This is not your usual mobile RPG of the casual gaming type – the game was designed to emulate the depth of PC RPG gaming. “With The Shadow Sun, our goal was to make a high quality RPG for mobile devices in the spirit of the classics from PC and console,” Alan Miranda, CEO of Ossian Studios. “We are thrilled to bring the game to Android gamers.”


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The game requires some robust graphics chips, so this might be one for the higher end devices. But it’s definitely worth it, with serious gamers being wowed by the rich story and gameplay, the huge world the game resides in, and the immersive and numerous side-quests available to players of the game.




The Shadow Sun is available for the download price of USD$4.99. But trust us, if you are the hardcore RPG gaming type, this will be one of the most enjoyable games you could have on a mobile platform.


DOWNLOAD: Google Play Store





LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition gets Lollipop update

And still on the race of manufacturers trying to get Android 5.0 to their devices, the good people at the XDA developers forum have given word that the LG G Pad 8.3 already has a Lollipop update rolling out at this moment. That’s good news for all the users of the said tablet, as there was very little news about the tablet being upgraded to Android Lollipop.



So if you are interested in getting the update, a notification should be showing up on your G Pad 8.3 at this point. If so, this will be a straightforward process of downloading the update and waiting until it gets installed. Exercise patience, it could take a while.


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But if you still don’t have the OTA notification, you can head on over to the XDA thread we got the news from (via the source link) and download, then install, the Android Lollipop update manually. Of course it is not designed to be used that way, so always keep backups if needed.


The thread starter has also provided a handy “return to stock 4.4.4” link there on the thread if needed. Check out the source link below.


SOURCE: XDA





Sum It! puts your math skills to the test in a fun way

Some say there are two kinds of people in this world: those who cringe when they see numbers and those who get a thrill when they see numerical symbols, whether it's in an excel file, an infographic, or even a mobile game. If you're part of the latter, then you'll definitely enjoy a new Android game where all you can see are numbers (and some shapes and colors too).



Welcome to the world of Sum It!, a number puzzle game where you don't really need to be a mathematical genius to win. It would help if you can do quick and simple mental math though. The object of the game is to bring the number of your box to zero. You can do that by sliding it over circles that have numerical values as well. The value of the circle is deducted from the value of the square. You go on and on, until the box becomes zero. Sounds simple enough? Well, you should know that not all games are that simple.


The popularity of games like Sudoku (both the offline and online versions), 2048 and others has given rise to the emergence of minimalistic math and numbers games. The graphics are simple, the rules are basic, but if you really love numbers, then these games are definitely your Angry Birds and your Plants vs Zombies.


Sum It! is available for free from the Google Play Store. A minor update has made the game available for even more devices, with some necessary bug fixes. There are no in-app purchases needed, so feel free to enjoy your numbers without worrying about dollars.


McDonalds tries to stem rise of french fries theft with new app feature

This has probably happened to you once or twice (or more if you have greedy friends). You're sitting there, just enjoying your good ole french fries from McDonalds, when suddenly, from the corner of your eye, you see a hand reaching for your fries, and you are powerless to stop them. Well, if you live in Canada, the fastfood chain is giving you back the power to stop fry crimes or "frimes" with a new feature in their app: the Fry Defender.



In a witty and funny marketing move, McDonalds Canada will let your device masquerade as a phone in order to stop people from stealing your fries. With "cutting edge motion detector technology", it not only catches the fry thief, but even gives you the evidence against them by catching them in action. Simply turn on the Fry Defender feature on the McDonalds app and place it near your fries. When someone attempts to get fries off of you, your phone will sound an alarm (you have three options for the sound) and flash red.


The app will even take a snapshot of the thief in action and you can upload it on your favorite social media sites. You can use #stopfrytheft and warn others about potential fry thefts in their area. You can even build a photo grid if there is a gang of fry thieves that might victimize your other friends and loved ones.


The McDonalds Canada app also has other "normal" features, like nutritional information on all your favorite food, restaurant locator, and the whole menu available. But admit it, the only reason why you'd want to have the app would be to catch your friends as they attempt to divest you of your hard-earned fries. Unfortunately, the app is only available in Canada but let's hope it's just for now. The world needs more fry defenders.




SOURCE: McDonalds Canada


Easily Mass-Send Snapchat Messages to All Your Friends

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Although it’s demonstrably insecure by its very nature, Snapchat can be a really fun way of communicating with your friends. While those immensely ugly faces that you make in front of the camera can technically last beyond those 10 seconds if you use an aftermarket client or any number of other methods to preserve the data, most casual users don’t do this so it’s kind of like the self destructing tapes used as plot elements in various movies. But when there are a lot of friends who need to see your ugly selfie, it can be pretty annoying and tedious to have to individually select every friend on your list to send your Snapchat to.


XDA Forum Member dapaintballer331 developed an Xposed module that provides a simple solution to this problem: include ‘select all’ and ‘deselect all’ checkboxes in the UI. The labels say it all; you can simply check ‘select all’ if you want to send your Snapchat to every single person on your friends list, or ‘deselect all’ if you subsequently realize that that may be a bad idea. But why have this when you can include it into your Snapchat story? Well, one possible reason is that not everyone will be inclined to view your Snapchat story, and another could be that Snapchats in your story actually last 24 hours rather than a few seconds.


If this sounds like something you want to try out, check out the Snapchat Select All Xposed Thread for more information. Just remember that as we’ve written several times in the past, Snapchat and other mechanisms that place trust in the client device are in no way secure, and your messages can easily be stored by your viewers.


The post Easily Mass-Send Snapchat Messages to All Your Friends appeared first on xda-developers.


Tribal Wars 2 arrives on Android, multi-platform strategy game

After being announced in January 2014, Tribal Wars 2 finally arrives on Android as a multi-device, cross platform strategy gaming app. With the landslide success of “Clash of Clans” a lot more developers are willing to develop cross-platform games, and InnoGames is betting on Tribal Wars 2 to be an exciting Android gaming prospect.



The plot is not uncommon – the strategy game is set in a medieval universe, where you have soldiers, knights, generals and leaders who have to make political decisions. You yourself will be playing as a ruler of a castle in a territory rife with conflict, and you must defend and expand your territory.


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The app will be free-to-play, and it can be played on multiple devices such as smartphones, phablets, and tablets. It is cross platform in that it is also available for iOS devices and players play against others in a massively online world regardless of platform. Players can even play from a browser!




The game is a follow-up to InnoGames’ relatively successful browser game – Tribal Wars – which has, as of last count, 55 million registered players. The Hamburg-based company is hoping that this sequel will give them the same amount of success as the predecessor.


DOWNLOAD: Google Play Store

VIA: Gamasutra





Hugely popular Touch Racing 2 arrives on Android

What do you do when your new touch-based racing game gets downloaded over 2 million times on iOS? Well, apart from be deliriously happy, the obvious next step would be to release it on Android as well. That’s exactly what Marvelous Europe and Genera Mobile have done with Touch Racing 2, bringing this new racing game as a free-to-download game to the Google Play Store.



What makes Touch Racing 2 addictive? Well, it built on the foundations of its first version, expanding the racing vehicles now to include off-road vehicles and speed boats. But the clincher here is that unique touch steering mechanic that makes the game work even without virtual steering controls.


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Players just simply tap and hold in the direction they want their vehicle to veer to. Holding further away gets you more speed. Drag in any direction makes your vehicle turns. That is the secret of why Touch Racing has been as popular as it is – it’s so darned easy to play.




The game keeps the players hooked with objectives to unlock, like upgrades and new vehicles. Check out the new game (we did) via the Google Play Store link below, and enjoy racing.


DOWNLOAD: Google Play Store





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