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Phosphor Games Studio, a highly regarded developer of innovative video games, confirmed that The Dark Meadow will look better than ever when it makes its Android debut in early 2012 with upgraded tech and features.

Just announced during the Spike TV “Video Game Awards 2011″ this past Saturday, the Android version will deliver enhanced visuals and physics resulting from the integration of the new NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 quad-core mobile processor, as well as new gameplay features including new game modes, story elements, levels and characters.

“The response we’ve received since launching The Dark Meadow has been incredible.  It’s clear that mobile players want console-style production values in their games,” said Chip Sineni, Director at Phosphor Games Studios. “We’re very excited to work with NVIDIA on incorporating Tegra 3′s quad-core power and give Android owners an unrivaled visual experience to add to our new game modes, levels and characters.”

Developed utilizing the acclaimed Unreal Engine 3, The Dark Meadow is a stunning first-person, action/adventure game where players fight to escape a nightmare world filled with fantastical creatures bent on destroying them. You awake in a hospital uncertain of how you arrived there or why. An old man warns of a beautiful witch whose minions roam the halls seeking to kill the living. It is only when the witch is destroyed that you will be released from this unrelenting torment.

As you explore the photo-realistic world, you will need both your crossbow for ranged combat as well as your sword for in close, melee combat.  Gesture-based “pull back and fire” as well as slashing combat will be instantly recognizable to touch screen players, and node-based movement through the world makes navigation simple yet compelling.

Role-playing game mechanics enhance the exploration, as a wide variety of items are secreted throughout the world from hidden scraps of paper that reveal the mystery of your imprisonment, to money which can be used to purchase better equipment and weapons.

The Dark Meadow arrives on Android in early 2012 and will be available in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Italian.  An exact date and price will be announced shortly.

Editor’s note

While this isn’t iPhone or Mac related, The Dark Meadow is a highly popular iOS game and we thought it would be helpful to let any of those who do happen to own both an iOS device and Android device (or just an Android device) know that this game is coming next year.

Yes, I know this already — PocketFullOfApps is dedicated to everything iOS, Apple, and Mac with an occasional exception for a post dealing with Android. This time, the exception is pretty good I think. Youtube user, TrevorEckhart, has uncovered a big privacy concern that deals with Android phones. What is this privacy concern you ask? Carrier IQ. Carrier IQ is an application that runs as a background process of your phone without you even knowing of, opting out of, or even being able to remove for that matter. Rather than me ramble on and explain it all to you, watch the video below (farther down are times for the main highlights).

Part 1 – Start – Device setup
Part 2 – 3:15 – Where we don’t see CIQ
Part 3 – 5:05 – Finding CIQ Application

Part 4 – 8:34 – Watching Carrier IQ Watch Us
8:39 – Keypresses
12:27 – Receiving a SMS Message
13:35 – Using Browser on WiFi

Part 5 – 15:45 – Carrier IQ on an out of service device
Part 6 – 16:49 – Conclusions

World Gaming Executives, the business network hub for the world’s gaming elite, has launched its first ever digital download magazine, WGE:MAG.

Produced by UK-based, digital media and marketing start-up, Moshen Limited, the magazine is free to download from the World Gaming Executives website and comes packed with a wide range of features and interviews.

The inaugural edition features an exclusive interview with Beenox‘s Executive Producer, Brant Nicholas, about their latest Spider-Man release.

WGE:MAG also looks at the work of Antix Labs and their AGP technology which could be set to revolutionise the games market for both developers and consumers.

The magazine includes a feature on Fiksu founder, Micah Adler, who explains why his app user acquisition platform has seen tremendous growth since launching earlier this year.

With a bumper 52-pages, there is a wide range of gaming content, including areas of interest such as mobile games, video games, gamification, voice-over work, artwork, careers, licensing and so much more.

Speaking about the launch of the magazine, WGE Director John Armstrong said:

“The gaming industry has so many facets to it and it has been a long-term ambition to bring together the many people and businesses that work within the industry.”

“The gaming community has a fantastic synergy and includes game studios, mobile content companies, model makers, graphic designers, comic artists, movie producers, TV show license holders, gaming/gambling companies and a whole host of businesses with many and varied interests in game production.”

“WGE:MAG is the culmination of that work and this magazine is an opportunity to showcase the many elements that make the global gaming industry one of the most exciting environments to work in.”

You can see more information here.

Pipclock is a clock app with a Fallout-esque style theme. Here are the built-in features (as said in the App Store)

Some of its built-in features:

✔ Rusty High Resolution Textures for iPhone 4 and iPod 4
✔ Post-apocalyptic retro-futuristic design in Metal Alloy with monochrome Cathode Ray Tube display
✔ Reliable Post-Atomic Clock and Calendar
✔ GPS powered real-time weather hazards detector (acid rain, UV radiation, toxic fog and many other)¹
✔ Target Maps – Select a target location or pinpoint your current one and let Pipclock calculate distance and direction (follow the arrow pointer on the compass)¹
✔ Landscape mode to use PipClock on your wrist
✔ World Weather Stats – Weather statistics among all PipClocks in the last 24 hours
✔ The Wastelander – A N.B.C. (Nuclear, Biological and Chemical) alert system updated in real-time
✔ Access Logs – Check PipClock activity all around the globe
✔ Night Mode – To use your PipClock as Night Stand Clock
✔ Hidden Retractable Compartment, easily accessed sliding the main screen
✔ Analog Magnetic Compass with realtime Sun Position and Target Indicator
✔ Realistic Geiger Counter with sounds and smoke!
✔ Real-time Thermometer and Barometer¹
✔ Nearby Landmarks Detector (or what’s left of them)¹
✔ Dashboard mode – All the important data in one screen
✔ Self Protection Reinforced Hull (shake the device to Protect the PipClock from a Nuclear Explosion)
✔ Nuclear powered Flashlight with three different lightning presets (Broken Neon, Sleep mode, Emergency)
✔ Sunset – Sunrise Forecast with countdown to sunset and sunrise
✔ Status of the day graph – check out the percentage of sunlight left or how long you have to wait until the light illuminates the wasteland
✔ Moon phase calculator
✔ Arpanet connection to receive important messages broadcasted by the Federal Government from its underground shelter¹
✔ Help and Settings to configure your device

That’s a lot of features for only $0.99. The only thing it’s missing is an alarm, but that’s alright though because all the features it gives you. Normally a clock app like this would cost $1.99 or even $2.99. If you’re a Fallout fan or not, pick this one up, it’s really cool.