This week’s Android charts showed a lot more variety than they had in past weeks, with Droidhen’s fast rising game Defender shooting up the top grossing charts to the #2 spot,  and newer titles from YoYo Games, Ace Viral and Rubicon Development all doing well on the paid charts. (Update) Defender – This week the Android top grossing charts see the fast-rising game Defender capture the #2 spot. Droidhen’s tower defense game has proven to be immensely popular since its release less than a month ago and according to its Android App store listing it has notched up almost 5,000,000 installs in that time. The game was last updated on November 17th with minor bug fixes. Defender is free and monetizes through in-app purchases. (Update) Zynga Poker - One of the three poker apps that seem to be locked in a constant battle for dominance of the Android top grossing charts, Zynga’s Read More

Trying to envision what Android gaming is going to look like in, say, a year’s time is immensely difficult. On the one hand, we’ll hopefully have Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich OS uniting handsets into one cuddly green robot family, while on the other, there’s the ever-growing issue of hardware fragmentation. Even compiling this modest list each month can be a challenge, with some titles being exclusive to Sony’s Xperia Play or those packing Nvidia’s dual-core Tegra 2 chip. So, here’s our rundown of October’s best releases for Android, Tegra 2-chipped devices, and Sony’s controller-blessed Xperia Play. Astonishingly, it wasn’t Gameloft which first created a Gears of War-alike for mobiles (though, surely Cogs of Conflict is still in the works). Instead, Samurai II developer Madfinger Games pleasantly stunned us all by creating a third-person shooter that looks and plays nearly as perfectly as its console inspiration. Playing as ultra-muscular Shadowgun John Slade, Read More