T-mobile, WildTangent to bring 25-cent game rentals to Android devices, harken back to arcade days

Test driving an app isn’t entirely unheard of — Apple introduced its lackluster “Try Before You Buy” system last summer and the Android Market’s got a 15-minute return policy. Now T-Mobile’s teamed up with mobile gaming outfit WildTangent to bring a novel approach to looking under the hood of gaming apps: rentals.

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OnLive outs universal wireless controller, seamless Facebook integration and more — we test the tablet experience on an HTC Flyer (video)

We told you that OnLive was coming to tablets, TVs, and other devices a while back, but perhaps you were vexed by the thought of controlling Duke Nukem via touchscreen or IR remote.

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Apple patent application suggest iPod nano could become even more of a ‘fashion accessory’

There’s no guarantee that it will show up in the next iPod nano — or any iPod nano at all, for that matter — but a newly published patent application has now offered a few more hints about how Apple might make such a device even more wearable. Titled simply, “Environment Sensitive Display Tags,” the patent application details how a small, wearable device could use a variety of sensors and inputs (including a camera, microphone, accelerometer — even a thermometer) to obtain information about its surroundings and translate that into a visual element that’s displayed on the screen. So, for instance, the camera could be used to create a background that matches your shirt or jacket, or the accelerometer could be used to make a screen saver react to your movements (like the rain drops illustrated above)

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Ubisoft founds motion picture division, vows to keep Jake Gyllenhaal working

Quick show of hands: how many of you like playing video games?

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Sony Ericsson sets up its own channel in Android Market, relegates ‘My apps’ link to a menu item

Open up Android Market on your Android device today and (most of) you will see a familiar set of three headings — Apps, Games and My apps — bidding you welcome. Do the same on your Sony Ericsson Android phone, however, and the last item in that list might no longer be there.

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Sony Ericsson sets up its own channel in Android Market, relegates ‘My apps’ link to a menu item

VIDEO: Duke Nukem Vids Feature Jetpack, Poop

2K Games and Gearbox Software have released two new Duke Nukem Forever videos showing fun with a jetpack and poop.

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Turn Your iPhone into Game Boy Camera With 8-bit Pocket Camera

We just recently reviewed the excellent 100 Cameras in 1 app, but while it may have 100 cameras…in one, 8-bit Pocket Camera still gives it a run for its money. Admittedly, this retro-inspired camera filter is only really useful for nostalgia trips, but sometimes we all need a quick 99 cent vacation back to a simpler time. If nothing else, this app forces us all to take a step back and appreciate everything the iPhone 4 camera offers

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Gameloft Reveals New N.O.V.A. Episode on Facebook

As part of a Facebook promotion , highly popular iOS developer and publisher Gameloft has pulled the lid off of its “secret project.” The secret announcement turned out to be a brand new episode in the celebrated N.O.V.A. series [ iTunes Link ] of first person shooters.

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Gameloft’s NOVA 3 rumored to be built on Unreal Engine

Gameloft has announced that it has licensed the Unreal Engine for four upcoming games set to be released in 2011 & 2012.

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London Underground to get 120 WiFi hotspots in advance of the 2012 Olympics

A big announcement arrived today if you live in or around London: to prepare to the onslaught of data-hungry visitors for the 2012 Olympic games that the city is hosting, 120 WiFi hotspots are being added to various locations along the Underground subway system’s stations and platforms, in addition to other measures being taken to beef up tech . No WiFi will be in the actual tunnels, mind you, but it should definitely come in handy for all those tourists trying to find their way around the city. British Telecom has already tolled out a trial run at the Charing Cross station, with further installations expected in the lead up to the games.

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Real Racing 2 Looks Sexy Via 1080p Full Screen Video Out

Square Enix launches Hippos Lab for smartphone game development

Square Enix isn’t exactly a stranger to the smartphone scene, but it looks like the company behind Final Fantasy (among countless other games) is now going to be moving quite a bit beyond ports of its existing games for other consoles.

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Sword & Sworcery Is Hauntingly Beautiful iPad Fun

Ars recently sat down with some of the minds behind the best-selling Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP at Capy Games’ downtown Toronto studio to discuss how the game came to be, what it was like dealing with the early hype, and why the game just might change the iOS landscape for the better.

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Superbrothers: Sword and Sorcery EP Now Available on iPad

Hidden behind one of the corniest names we’ve ever seen (possibly intentionally so) Sword and Sorcery EP [ iTunes Link ] may just be one of the most unique games of the year. All it takes is one good look at the game and it’s powerful tone to understand that this is about as far from Cut the Rope as you can possibly get. Today we’ll get to put our grimy mitts on the full game

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Gameloft’s New MMO Looks a Lot Like World of Warcraft

Gameloft has made a lot of money for themselves by – shall we say – taking inspiration from other classic video games. For a while most iOS gamers were willing to accept this for a variety of reasons

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Need for Speed Hot Pursuit

Whether your passion is outrunning the law, or busting perps in a nitrous-fueled cop car, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit has your fix. It’s safe to say that just about everyone has fantasized about stepping on the gas to lead the cops on a 100 mile police chase, and Hot Pursuit offers an extremely fun adaptation of that fantasy.

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Borderlands Review

Make a run for the border…then fight to stay alive We’ve all made plans for what we’d do if we were dropped on a postapocalyptic desert world with nothing but our keen wits and a vast arsenal to survive. Or you’ve made these plans if you’ve watched The Road Warrior more than once recently… This is the scenario you’ll find yourself exploring with Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition, developed by Gearbox Software and published for the Mac by Feral Interactive

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Game Time: Devs We Love, Games We Love Even More

If there was a way to subscribe to developers games on iTunes, I would subscribe to these developers without batting my pretty eyelashes. These teams really innovate and entertain on a consistent basis.

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Metacritic now charting iOS games

Gaming review aggregation site Metacritic has posted that it is now charting for iOS games through its service . The site has long charted movies, music, and video games as an overall average of all the scores found online (out of 100), and now it’s going to do the same thing for iOS games

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Roxio debuts $100 Game Capture device to record your console heroics

Looking to record some of your marathon Call of Duty sessions for posterity and (potential) internet fame?

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