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PhoneArena Awards 2012: Game of the year

Have you played any cool games on your smartphone or tablet lately? We know we have. In fact, we got to try out a plethora of great games over the past 12 months - so many that we had a really hard time selecting the best ones among them.

Still, we had to pick a game of the year for our PhoneArena Awards of 2012 series.

The winner in today's category belongs to the third-person shooter genre. We recently gave it a thorough review and we were surprised by how engaging the game was. It combines many of the elements that make a great title when put together, such as amazing graphics, polished gameplay, and tons of in-game variety to keep a player satisfied for a maximum period of time.

Can you guess which game we've selected? If you can't, then we'll tease you no more. Ladies and gents, to us, the game of 2012 is...

SHADOWGUN: DeadZone​

Here's a game that you shouldn't install in case you have an important deadline coming up. That's because once you start playing SHADOWGUN: DeadZone, you'll have difficulties putting your smartphone or tablet down. It is a multiplayer action game inspired by the likes of HALO and Call of Duty.

You get to play with gamers from all over the world, in either Deathmatch mode, which is a classic, free-for-all fight, or in Zone Control mode, which requires tactics and teamwork to be applied. There are plenty of different weapons to unlock and purchase with the money you make while playing. Actually, there is so much variety when it comes to unlockables that you'll keep on playing just so that you can try them all out. But it wasn't only the gameplay that made us go with SHADOWGUN: DeadZone as our winner today. We also took into account the console-quality graphics that the game is so highly acclaimed for. All the eye-candy that has been thrown in enhances the experience even further, especially if you have a Tegra 3 powered device

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If you love mobile gaming, Gameloft is probably a company that's on your radar. The company has a solid stable of titles that span the gamut from casual to hardcore on multiple platforms. Now, a list has leaked revealing the names of all of the new games that Gameloft has planned for release in 2013. The leak happened last night, and Gameloft actually scrambled to have sites take down the list, which seems to add credibility to the leak.

Apparently, the leak included names of every game on Gameloft's 2013 roster, plus descriptions, screenshots, and even video, but all we've got are the names of the games. There are a total of 30 games scheduled for release, but the only names that are still floating around are:

• Asphalt 8: Infinity

• War Boys

• Total Conquest

• Dungeon Hunter 4

• Gangstar Vegas: City of Sin

• Brothers in Arms 3

• Order & Chaos Duels

• Modern Combat 5: Last War

• Iron Man 3

• My Funny Hospital

• GT Racing 2: Motor Academy

• Despicable Me 2

• Fast and Furious 6

• Tank Battles

• UNO & Friends

• Slots

• Epic

• Crystal Monsters

• Gangstar Tycoon

• Space Horror

• Die Hard 5

• Pocket Dragon

• War of Nations

• Temple Run

• Dragon Souls

• Diamond Blast

Many aren't new, and quite a few of them are movie tie-in games. Some will be iPad-only, but many will be cross platform with iOS and Android. All in all, a pretty solid list of games.

Which ones are getting you excited?

source: Droid Gamer