Sunday 26 February 2017

Best Android Games 2017

If you’re looking for a first-rate mobile basketball game, look no further further than NBA 2K17. Slick graphics, a variety of game modes, and full court gameplay continue the record set by the series, with expanded gameplay features and physical controller support included in the latest release. Highlights include a deeper MyCareer mode with a new Off Day Simulator, as well as an expanded EuroLeague feature, alternate team uniforms, and historic players. All of this comes on top of the already excellent package of Season, MyCareer, and Blacktop mode play, making this a premium sports game well worth its asking price.
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JUST DANCE NOW
Best Family & Group Game
FREE Google Play
Nothing brings a party together like getting people to dance. Still, not everyone knows how to dance, which is where Just Dance Now comes in. This mobile spinoff of the hit console series brings more than 200 titles to iOS and Android smartphones, including "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson, "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley and (for some unfathomable reason) “Hungarian Dance No. 5” by Johannes Brahms.

While the game is free to download, you'll need to pay for most songs. However, you can buy a temporary pass for as little as $1 per hour — great for a single night of entertainment. You can also cast it to a big screen via Google Cast or Apple AirPlay.
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WORLD SERIES OF POKER
Best Casino & Dice Game
FREE Google Play
An officially licensed app from the professional tournament for high-level poker players, World Series of Poker (WSOP) focuses on bringing the cutting edge competition right to your phone. You can play with friends or with online opponents to hone your skills and get on the world leaderboard. The game aims to make you a better poker player, and the extensive statitstic tracking will help you improve your poker game. If you're feeling all pokered out, you can take a break by playing the virtual slot machine and get chips to fuel your next poker campaign. If your goal is to be a Las Vegas pro, this is the app for you.
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XCOM: ENEMY WITHIN
Best Strategy Game
$9.99 Google Play
XCOM: Enemy Within puts players in command of Earth’s last line of defense against alien invasion, the XCOM Project. Players must dispatch troops to hotspots around the world, fighting off alien abductions and the traitorous agents of EXALT in turn-based tactical battles while you husband XCOM’s resources, develop your HQ, and reverse-engineer alien technology in the game’s strategic layer. The standalone Enemy Within expansion adds a ton of new options such as genetic manipulation and cybernetic troops; there’s also a new enemies in the form of the renegade EXALT, humans attempting to exploit alien technology to their own ends.
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TRIVIA CRACK KINGDOMS
Best Trivia Game
FREE Google Play
Trivia Crack Kingdoms gives the Trivia Crack formula a more focused approach by allowing players to subscribe to specific categories (“channels”) of trivia questions to follow, and then engaging in asynchronous head to head trivia battles against your Facebook friends or random opponents. Players can choose to engage in focused single-channel games or multi channel trivia matches, and the asynchronous design allows you to have multiple games up while you wait for other players to take their turns.
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REAL RACING 3
Best Racing Game
FREE Google Play
Maybe it’s showing its age a little bit, but Real Racing 3 remains an excellent free-to-play driving sim that lets you take the wheel of a host of real-world cars as you drive around gorgeously rendered real-world racetracks. Numerous game modes — including time trials, standard races and the Time Shift multiplayer mode — offer varied challenges to players, with updates continuously adding new content such as new cars and racing events.
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BROKEN AGE
Best Adventure Game
$9.99 Google Play
Double Fine's adventure Broken Age, the game that helped start gaming's crowdfunding revolution, goes mobile. Broken Age tells the story of two teens, each struggling against traditions that bind them. Deep in the bowels of a starship, Shay Volta is trying to escape the clutches of a stiflingly maternal AI, while Vella Tartine has been chosen to be sacrificed to a mysterious monster in order to save her village. Gorgeously rendered 2D graphics, a neat soundtrack and a genuinely well-built adventure make Broken Age a keeper.


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THE ROOM THREE
Best Puzzle & Word Game
$4.99 Google Play
The Room Three builds on the success of its previous installments, providing gamers with a series of challenging tactile puzzles. The game’s hallmark is its use of touch screen controls, with swipes, taps, and gestures intuitively manipulating puzzle elements. That gives The Room Three a very natural, immersive feel. Players must unravel a series of increasingly complex puzzles as they seek to unearth the secrets of The Null and the mysterious Craftsman. New additions to the series include a 'hub' area called Grey Holm with a series of ongoing puzzles, as well as a branching ending that depends on how well you solve the game's mysteries.
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HEARTHSTONE
Best Card & Board Game
FREE Google Play
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is a fun, free and fair digital collectible card game that you won't be able to stop playing. Playing as one of the great heroes (or villains) of the Warcraft universe — such as Thrall, Jaina Proudmoore or Gul'dan — you'll fight epic duels and summon allies and minions to your side. The easy-to-learn rules work cross-platform among PC, iPad and Android players. You can earn gold that can be spent on booster packs. Plus, in the Arena mode you can play in a special, "sealed draft" format that rewards canny deck building and smart play.
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IMPLOSION: NEVER LOSE HOPE
Best Action Game
FREE Google Play
Fight for humanity’s future in Rayark’s sci-fi hack-and-slasher Implosion: Never Lose Hope. Piloting an agile Warmech, players do battle against the alien XADA, engaging in intense melee combat and gunplay. Implosion’s slick graphics, responsive controls and adrenaline-pumping combat are all wonderfully satisfying, evoking the spirit of console greats in a remarkably nimble mobile title.
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7 MAGES
Best Role-Playing Game
FREE Google Play
A mobile RPG that takes equal inspiration from classic computer RPGs and Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, 7 Mages casts players as the titular seven mages gathered together to defend the island of Roven against its many enemies. 7 Mages owes much to games like the Westwood classics of yore like Eye of the Beholder, as well as the more recent Legend of Grimrock. It combines a detailed turn-based combat and magic system with intricate, adventure-like puzzles, presented with a slick, premium feel. The first part of the game is free to download, with the rest of the chapters unlockable as in-app purchases.
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Why We Love Android Games
When it comes to mobile gaming, Android no longer finds itself in the shadow cast by the iPhone. And that's good news if you find yourself with a brand new Android phone ready to fill up with all kinds of games. Browse through Google Play, and you’ll find a surplus of top games across a wide variety of genres. Whether it’s action and adventure, puzzle games, or titles that the entire family can enjoy, our roundup of the best games available for Android offers something for every kind of gamer.

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