Game developers initially struggled to bring “real” gaming experiences to smartphone, but it looks like the traditional first-person shooter genre is doing just fine. Over the past week, both Modern Combat 3 and Frontline Commando arrived on Android (they’re also on iOS), and both look poised to raise the bar for smartphone shooters. Just like how Shadowgun showed us a Gears of War clone could bring a beefy space marine and cover mechanics to the smartphone space, Gameloft’s Modern Combat 3 ($6.99) is an unabashed homage to Call of Duty, with a huge 1GB+ download’s worth of impressive graphics, while Glu’s Frontline Commando is a free-to-play third-person shooting gallery with destructible cover. Check out the videos below, and if they look interesting, find them both at our source links.
Modern Combat 3 and Frontline Commando hit Android, flesh out the smartphone shooter genre
Over the past week, both Modern Combat 3 and Frontline Commando arrived on Android (they’re also on iOS), and both look poised to raise the bar for shooters on the smartphone platform.
Over the past week, both Modern Combat 3 and Frontline Commando arrived on Android (they’re also on iOS), and both look poised to raise the bar for shooters on the smartphone platform.
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