App Review Tags : "addictive"

Balliland XL is a smash-hit iPhone game that’s just made its way to Android. Or I’m sure that’s how the developers like to think of it. A quick glance at the iTunes Store, however, tells a slightly different story. The reviews of all versions, while good, aren’t exactly plentiful. We’d suggest that Balliland XL is a more of an undiscovered iOS gem than a ‘smash-hit’. Anyway, if it were appalling, we’d be strapping on our size nines right now ready to give it a shoeing. Thankfully, it’s not half bad. read more

It’s long been the dream of the Life of Android team to be able to blow up various structures while leaving a cuddly panda miraculously unscathed. Until recently, that’s been a mere pipe dream… And then Blow Up arrived. Now we can use a variety of explosives to raze buildings to the ground, all the time keeping our cuddly friend safe from harm. You can’t imagine how happy this makes us… read more

UPDATED with video 9/09/11:
John Madden’s unstoppable march across the pond – where his name means more or less nothing to this island – continues unabated with the launch of Madden NFL 12 on Android. Featuring all of the deep, deep strategic guff of the real game, Madden NFL looks to be the very antithesis of Backbreaker 2: Vengeance’s pick-up-and-play simplicity. The question is: does all this immersive strategy and realistic gameplay amount to £4.28′s worth of Android game? read more

UPDATED with video 9/09/11:
You, as a humble dairy farmer are being plagued by UFOs. In order to keep your cows safe, you’ll need to herd them into the barn and keep those pesky alien varmints away from your prize fresians in order to score milk points. The more cows you rescue and aliens you mange to fire off the edge of a cliff, the more MP you score and the further into the game you progress. read more

UPDATED 2/09/11 with video:
Reckless Getaway comes from the same developer as Life of Android fave Reckless Racing, moving the emphasis away from circuit racing to a headlong hurtle down freeways and dirt tracks while trying to leave the chasing cops eating dust or better still running them off the road, leaving twisted metal mayhem in your wake. read more