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Dragon Quest venturing into Android soon Oct 11th 2013, 01:02, by Juan Carlos Torres Mobile gaming is on the rise and even mainstream game developers and publishers are starting to take notice. One such developer is Square Enix, who has recently been quite tireless in porting over its popular Final Fantasy titles to mobile devices. Now, the company is announcing that it will soon be bringing its Dragon Quest franchise to Android and iOS as well. The Dragon Quest series, the first of which was released way back in 1986 and was known as Dragon Warrior in the US, may not be as popular as Final Fantasy, but it has had its own fair share of fans. It even has more official anime and manga spinoffs than Final Fantasy. Like that other franchise, titles in this video game RPG series are not always related to each other save for some common gameplay elements, bestiary, and, on some occasions, a particular person or location. Square Enix has made known its desire to address the mobile gaming market while not totally shifting away from its primary console focus. As such it has brought some of its classic titles to Android and iOS, tweaking things here and there to make the games playable on touchscreen devices. We’re expecting the same treatment for the Dragon Quest series, although it is still unknown at this point which titles will first be making its way to mobile. Below is a hands-on demonstration of one of the more recent titles, Dragon Quest VIII to be exact, running on a smartphone, strangely in portrait orientation. Square Enix has not given any tentative or ballpark date for the release and its still unknown if and when the games will be made available outside of Japan. But considering that the company has so far made Final Fantasy available in English, we can presume that it will be the same case for Dragon Quest as well. VIA: DroidGamers Google ditching 'Google TV' branding, but Android will stay in the living room Oct 10th 2013, 23:52, by Nate Swanner Google is reportedly set to shutter the Google TV brand and go a different route, according to sources. As GigaOM recently discovered, many hardware partners have already begun moving away from the Google TV branding, instead opting to mention their devices will offer “Google services.” The move is not surprising, if indeed true. The widely panned platform nearly bankrupted Logitech, and offered little bang for the consumer buck. Regularly tipping the scales at $100 and up, the service offered little more than the ability to search YouTube and browse the web on your TV. Google declines comment to both GigaOM and Android Community, but they may have learned something from the Chromecast. Google almost never releases information on sales figures, but the widely sought after dongle had a few interesting tweaks. Rather than operate with a clumsy remote, it used what we already had in our hand: an Android phone. By simply pinching the functionality of what we were doing on our phones and tablets, Google found an end-around for our living room attention. The last news from the Google TV team was in July, when they noted Verizon Redbox would be available for the service. Other services, like Netflix and Amazon Instant Video, are available on other devices. What isn't clear is whether or not those services that don't translate — like Amazon — would be available for the newer service. Going as far back as Google I/O, there was a session named Android: As Seen on TV!. That session, which was geared toward Google TV (which runs on Android), repeatedly shied away from saying Google TV during the session. Google also decided to remove the Google TV track for I/O 2013, though it had three sessions in 2012. The hints have been here for some time, and we've quietly wondered if Google TV was going the way of the dinosaur. Though Google said they believed there was room for both Google TV and Chromecast, it was clear to see that a two-pronged attack would do them no favors. Perhaps the critics were right, and the Chromecast really did kill Google TV. We'll just have to wait and see what official news Google has for us. Story Timeline Why Chromecast is the future of Google TV Chromecast is not the end of Google TV GTV Hacker exploits Chromecast, reveals Google TV roots Chromecast Review: Easy to setup and easy to use, but will it stick around LG files new trademarks hinting at future Google TV devices LG Google TV reportedly getting update to Android 4.2.2 this Monday

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