News: This IS the droid NEWS you’re looking for!

shane · Post by **shane** » Fri May 03, 2013 9:09 am

Great news everyone! We can finally announce that our port of the original Carmageddon will be making its way to Android phones and tablets soon. And by soon, we mean NEXT WEEK!!!

Warning · Post by **Warning** » Fri May 03, 2013 9:28 am

And the forum explodes in 5, 4, 3, 2...

Fasckira · Post by **Fasckira** » Fri May 03, 2013 9:30 am

It looks awesome but.... any chance we'll see a WP version of this....? *coughs*

Jimothey · Post by **Jimothey** » Fri May 03, 2013 9:42 am

Don't say that. It's taken them long enough to get the Android port out. how long would it take on windows Phone?. oh, maybe it'll run the GOG version, have you tried that? Does it run pretty much the same as Windows Desktop?

but I digress.. This is Great news!, and I'm sure the Andoid guy is happy too to be let out of his cupboard.

Fasckira · Post by **Fasckira** » Fri May 03, 2013 9:50 am

Jimothey wrote:-snip-

Can't see it running the GOG version, WP isn't quite that pick up and play! The new WP8 however is considerably easier to dev for however which is why we're starting to see more apps make their way across to WP thankfully. Admittedly cant see it happening with Carmageddon though, was more just a light tease question on my behalf. :p

Trent · Post by **Trent** » Fri May 03, 2013 9:51 am

Jimothey wrote:Don't say that. It's taken them long enough to get the Android port out. how long would it take on windows Phone?. oh, maybe it'll run the GOG version, have you tried that? Does it run pretty much the same as Windows Desktop?

but I digress.. This is Great news!, and I'm sure the Andoid guy is happy too to be let out of his cupboard.

Windows Phone is as much like Windows as iOS is like OSX. Realistically it shouldn't be as difficult to make a WP8 version of it as the Android version, though, as WP8's graphics API is DX11 (though only feature level 9_3) and supports pure C++. Still a shit ton of work, though, and while I would love to have it on my Lumia 920 I would prefer the development resources required for it stay focussed on Reincarnation.

Great to see the Android version is finished, though.

Jimothey · Post by **Jimothey** » Fri May 03, 2013 9:58 am

I do apologise. I was thinking he had 8 on his phone. Sorry for all the confusion.

derdelush · Post by **derdelush** » Fri May 03, 2013 11:03 am

Is there a list of supported devices?

jimday · Post by **jimday** » Fri May 03, 2013 11:06 am

neat! will inform all my friends!

Metalfist · Post by **Metalfist** » Fri May 03, 2013 11:22 am

Awesome news indeed! Wondering if it will work on my cheap HTC Wildfire S..

JoeTheDino · Post by **JoeTheDino** » Fri May 03, 2013 12:02 pm

Now THIS is a great news! Thank you guys!

bakerman1971 · Post by **bakerman1971** » Fri May 03, 2013 12:15 pm

This........then grid2....then Haswell.....then Carma Reincarnation...

This is a good year, who needs Half Life 3 anyway....

Breakin'Benny · Post by **Breakin'Benny** » Fri May 03, 2013 12:28 pm

Looks like my LGP500 isn't late enough for Funsize, it's got v2.3.3

Might as well use my oldest bro's Tablet

Espyo · Post by **Espyo** » Fri May 03, 2013 12:33 pm

Fasckira wrote:It looks awesome but.... any chance we'll see a WP version of this....? *coughs*

Fasckira wrote:*coughs*

Pretty sure it was just sarcasm, not quite sure why it was handled so seriously...

derdelush wrote:Is there a list of supported devices?

I could swear there was a list somewhere... But hey, you can always check out the video on the main page.

sergiocomputacao · Post by **sergiocomputacao** » Fri May 03, 2013 12:36 pm

how about multiplayer mode?

I would love to play this game in android with my brothers, it will be like old times...

Carmanen · Post by **Carmanen** » Fri May 03, 2013 12:38 pm

My Xperia go now running with newly updated Jelly Bean is ready for Carmageddon! And i'll be damned if it's not supported!!! Btw, couple of months ago i guessed it's coming May 3rd, i was only one week early with my guess :D Damn i'm so good at guessing!

Ventrance · Post by **Ventrance** » Fri May 03, 2013 3:59 pm

You know, it's just my luck...

I don't have an Android device :(

Still it's great news for everyone who does though :)

CharmingCharlie · Post by **CharmingCharlie** » Fri May 03, 2013 5:02 pm

This is truly delicious news been waiting for the Android version :-D. I can't wait to mow peds down on my Nexus 4 and 7.

It is kinda incredible to think when I first played Carmageddon all them years ago I had a Pentium 166mhz PC that just about run the original. Yet here we are now our hair is greyer but to compensate we can play Carmageddon on these wafer thin tablets (ok it is a very thick wafer).

Many thanks to the team at Stainless. I had loads of fun following and supporting the kickstarter and had loads of fun with the GOG version of Carmageddon and now I am gonna have loads of fun again with Carmageddon on my phone and tablet.

TheChrisGlass · Post by **TheChrisGlass** » Fri May 03, 2013 5:48 pm

The Google Play Market doesn't allow changing a free app to paid. That means, unlike Apple and Amazon, you can't do a 24-hour giveaway.

It seems your workaround is to put up a free version of the full version for 24 hours, the PROMO app, and then take it down?

So that means those who get the promo version will never be able to redownload it or get patched? Sounds awesome.

yyyt · Post by **yyyt** » Fri May 03, 2013 6:13 pm

can't believe, finally

cr4zyjay · Post by **cr4zyjay** » Fri May 03, 2013 6:56 pm

TheChrisGlass wrote:The Google Play Market doesn't allow changing a free app to paid. That means, unlike Apple and Amazon, you can't do a 24-hour giveaway.
It seems your workaround is to put up a free version of the full version for 24 hours, the PROMO app, and then take it down?

So that means those who get the promo version will never be able to redownload it or get patched? Sounds awesome.

haha! that means then the release date might get pushed back to fix that problem.

cr4zyjay · Post by **cr4zyjay** » Fri May 03, 2013 6:57 pm

thank you stainless! cannot wait! very excited!

Pringlos · Post by **Pringlos** » Fri May 03, 2013 7:02 pm

TheChrisGlass wrote:The Google Play Market doesn't allow changing a free app to paid. That means, unlike Apple and Amazon, you can't do a 24-hour giveaway.
It seems your workaround is to put up a free version of the full version for 24 hours, the PROMO app, and then take it down?

So that means those who get the promo version will never be able to redownload it or get patched? Sounds awesome.

I think it is possible to hide the free version of the app so that no new "purchases" can be made, yet those who already own the game can see it in their collection. Stainless will just have to update both the promo and the paid version on Play Store.

Still, it's much more complicated than simply being able to change a free app to paid and vice versa.

Sturmkind · Post by **Sturmkind** » Fri May 03, 2013 8:11 pm

Hooray! Hooray! Let the carnage begin!

Carmanen · Post by **Carmanen** » Fri May 03, 2013 9:17 pm

Not a problem for me as i will of course download the promo version but play it as a demo (and see how it works on my device) and i will purchase it once the paid version hits Google Play as i think Stainless has earned their money:) So, i don't mind.

deadsheep · Post by **deadsheep** » Fri May 03, 2013 9:31 pm

Oh boy, I no longer need to check my e-mail, Play Store and Carmageddon.com like a maniac every day!

Finally, more time to watch crappy tv shows!

Gruntled · Post by **Gruntled** » Sat May 04, 2013 12:10 am

Can't wait to play this! I remember playing the PC version on LAN ages ago.. Good time. :)

Will the Android version have any sort of multiplayer?

mr_zen256 · Post by **mr_zen256** » Sat May 04, 2013 12:28 am

starbuck · Post by **starbuck** » Sat May 04, 2013 12:38 am

I am glad for all you people that can play it so thank Stainless for that.

I understand it is only opinions but do any of you think it will be available (i mean actually WORK ) for the Kindle Fire ?

I know I am still years behind :)

darthvader666uk · Post by **darthvader666uk** » Sat May 04, 2013 8:30 am

amzing!

yes

yes

yes

yes!

Trent · Post by **Trent** » Sat May 04, 2013 10:01 am

starbuck wrote:I am glad for all you people that can play it so thank Stainless for that.
I understand it is only opinions but do any of you think it will be available (i mean actually WORK ) for the Kindle Fire ?

I know I am still years behind :)

Hardware wise the Kindle Fire should be able to handle the game, however the game will be released through Google's Play store which the Fire doesn't have access to as far as I'm aware. Stainless would have to release it through Amazon's Appstore. I guess if you have an Android phone you might be able to grab it on that and then side-load the game onto the fire? I'm assuming that also works with the BlackBerry Z10 as it has an Android compatibility layer.

Off topic: Is your name a reference to Battlestar Galactica? If so, totally awesome. My old housemate called his cat Starbuck after the character in the (re-imagined) show.

jimday · Post by **jimday** » Sun May 05, 2013 7:49 am

so guess what's will happen on 10. may too?

COINCIDENCE?

source

majkl · Post by **majkl** » Sun May 05, 2013 10:04 am

and what about Splat Pack?

Breakin'Benny · Post by **Breakin'Benny** » Sun May 05, 2013 10:10 am

majkl wrote:and what about Splat Pack?

It was never released for Gizmondo, tough luck for you!

Espyo · Post by **Espyo** » Sun May 05, 2013 3:19 pm

jimday wrote:so guess what's will happen on 10. may too?

COINCIDENCE?

source

Surely there must be some pun with "Android" and anything related to solar eclipses, hmm...

...Also, what does 9gag have to do with it?

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