News & Reviews:   Google Play Store

One of the most annoying things to happen while gaming on your phone are the pop up ads and banners that you find yourself accidentally clicking while you play. If you agree with me, there is a way to be rid of the annoying ads. Google is planning on launching a service called Google Play Pass which lets users game with no ad interruptions for a monthly fee of USD$4.99 (~RM21).

Finally some news on the anticipated Pokemon Masters. A lot of fans have been waiting on the release date for the upcoming mobile game but today, The Pokemon Company has announced the pre-registration for iOS and Android users have been rolled out.

It's happening, gamers. Dota Underlords, a spin-off of the massively popular DotA series, is now downloadable and free on Steam (Windows / Mac / Linux), iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play Store & APK) right now. The game is currently in beta so don't expect a perfect game, as there are bound to be bugs. But anyway, let's see what are the game mechanics!

Loot boxes has been deemed a form of gambling in gaming which is pretty detrimental as the audience in games are usually younger children. Due to that, Google has now asked developers of apps and games on the Google Play Store to show the loot box odds.

5 years ago, on 6th March 2012, Google opened its doors to their digital one stop shop for apps, games, movies, music and books across all devices running on the Android operating system, the Play Store. In five years, it had grown to more than 1 billion active users in 190 countries, whom had downloaded countless apps and movies, along with 40 millions songs and 5 millions books.

Android users who have the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow patch can now make purchases (yes, purchase) with fingerprint authentication in the all new Google Play Store. This includes the LG Nexus 5X, Huawei’s Nexus 6P and Honor 7, the LEAGOO Elite 1, or basically any handset that’s getting the Marshmallow (see the complete list). The finger authentication is a part of the revamped Google Play Store, and it’s very likely to be more expansive than this feature is in iOS with many third-party program supports.