This is starting to become a theme for the good Android games. This morning, the anticipated new game Horn from Phosphor Games (the makers of Dark Meadow) was released onto iTunes, but no love yet for Android. The game was previewed at Google I/O and looks genuinely awesome. The game is a third-person action adventure title where players roam around a “console-like” world all with touch controls. 

You play as Horn, the town’s young blacksmith. You wake up to find that the town is under a terrible curse that turns all living things into monsters. Naturally, you’re the only person that can lift the curse. Guess we’ll just have to wait for “soon” to come so we can get our hands on the game for a full review.

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Phosphor Game’s Horn Launches for Mobile Devices, Coming to Android “Soon” is a post from: Droid Life

Last month, our friends over at NVIDIA held their first annual Player’s Choice Awards to determine which Tegra-optimized Android title was the best of the best of the best, sir. Major titles such as Shadowgun, GTAIII, Dark Meadow, and many others were up for three top titles – Best Graphics, Best Gameplay, and Best Overall. We had many of our own readers vote, so let’s get down to it. 

And the winners are…

Best Graphics: Shadowgun THD

Best Gameplay: Grand Theft Auto III

Best Overall: Grand Theft Auto III

Well, Rockstar’s GTAIII basically swept it. Shadowgun had little to no competition for best graphics, but I wouldn’t have been shocked if Dark Meadow had somehow taken the Best Overall title. It’s a fun game and is actually a lot easier to control on a mobile device, unless you happen to own a Bluetooth gaming controller. If you haven’t checked any of these titles out yet, this is a good sign that you might want to get on that.

Via: NVIDIA

NVIDIA Announces Their TegraZone Player Choice Winners, No Surprises Here is a post from: Droid Life

With the launch of Dark Meadow: the Pact on Android this morning, the teams at NVIDIA and Phosphor Games decided that to celebrate, they would like to hand out a 32GB Asus Transformer Prime, matching keyboard dock, and $25 giftcard to one lucky DL reader. We just posted our review of the game, which I highly recommend that you read.

Powered by the Unreal Engine and built specifically for the Tegra 3 4-PLUS-1 chipset, Dark Meadow is a pleasure to look at and play. The high polygon count and added textures and effects really come to life if using the right device – such as a Transformer Prime. When you think of the game type, we tend to compare it to older classics like Myst that involve strategy and adventure through the eyes of the main character. This takes a step up in the awesome meter though, thanks to all of the demon slaughtering that occurs along the way. This is easily one of the more beautiful games you will find on any mobile platform. 

So about that contest…ready to win a Transformer Prime and take on the evil white-glowing witch in Dark Meadow? Let’s do it.

Winner:

Congratulations goes out to Gary Martel, who loves Battlefield 1943 on the Xbox 360!

Contest:

To enter -

1.  Follow @droid_life and @NVIDIATegra on Twitter.
2.  Tweet the following:

Win a Transformer Prime, Keyboard Dock and $25 from @droid_life and @NVIDIATegra to celebrate Dark Meadow! – http://goo.gl/Vjc9I #android

3.  In the comments, tell us what your preferred gaming platform is (XBOX, PS, mobile, PC, etc.) and your favorite game on that platform.

Entry period and Winner -

The contest will run from the time of this posting until Friday (4/27) at 3PM Pacific. At that time, a winner will be chosen from the comments and contacted.

A huge thanks goes out to NVIDIA and Phosphor Games for hosting the contest and putting up the prizes.

Contest: Win a Transformer Prime 32GB, Keyboard Dock, and $25 Giftcard from NVIDIA to Celebrate the Launch of Dark Meadow (Update: Winner Picked) is a post from: Droid Life

Phosphor’s Dark Meadow is now available in the Play Store for select Tegra-powered Android devices. We have been fortunate enough to have the game for a few days and there is no doubt that it is one of more beautifully designed games I have had the pleasure of playing on a mobile platform. You awake in an abandoned hospital, but as you come to find out through exploring the halls and rooms, you are not alone. A single voice through a loudspeaker is your only guide, whose sole purpose is make sure you destroy the witch that has you both trapped there. 

The game takes a lot from PC classics such as Myst in the aesthetics department. As you walk around the building and interact with all of the different environments, you can tell that the developers really took advantage of the Tegra 3′s computing and processing power, as well as the Unreal Engine with such detailed renderings and creatures. I have been playing the game for two full days now and I haven’t even really made a dent in the plot yet, so for the price tag of free it doesn’t get much sweeter than that. The game does have in-app purchasing, but trust me, you do not need to buy anything to complete the game. That is only if you want to walk around like a total boss slaying demon beast after demon beast without having a real challenge. Once you start dying countless times, you realize that dying is inevitably the point of the game.

By collecting gold and XP from fallen foes, you rank up your player to challenge the witch at the end of each floor. Beating the witch several times is what you must do in order to move along in the game and explore different parts of the hospital. But of course, as your player ranks up and you buy stronger weapons, the monsters only get stronger and more creepy looking. Quick tip: Invest in blocking and melee power. As I mentioned previously, I haven’t beaten the game yet, so I will cut the review here and go off to finish it. If you own an Android device powered by a Tegra chip, I recommend picking this game up for sure.

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Contest: To celebrate the launch of Dark Meadow, we are teaming up NVIDIA and Phosphor games to give away a 32GB Transformer Prime, matching keyboard dock, and a $25 gift card. For your chance to win and instructions on how to enter, check out the contest page.

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Thanks goes out to Phosphor Games and NVIDIA’s Tegra team.

Dark Meadow Arrives for Android, Powered by the Unreal Engine and Evil Spirits is a post from: Droid Life

Be on the lookout during the first quarter of 2012 – you are in for a treat.  Dark Meadow is making its way to Tegra powered Android devices.  This creepy first person game is out to haunt you.  Powered by the Unreal Engine 3, it brings console-like graphics and an exceptional plot for people who love a scary challenge.

This game is already a huge hit for iOS devices, so there is no doubt that Android owners will love it just as much. It looks genuinely frightening.  A mix of Left 4 Dead and DOOM.  Below is the teaser trailer for the game.  

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Dark Meadow Website

The Dark Meadow Powered By The Unreal Engine 3, Headed To Tegra Devices Early 2012 is a post from: Droid Life