Gameloft’s incredibly over-the-top, incredibly fun arcade racer Asphalt 8: Airborne (Free) has just received its first content update since launching back in August, and it’s also now gone permanently free-to-play. The fact that Asphalt 8 is now free-to-play shouldn’t be surprising; its meager 99¢ original asking price was a hell of a deal for how much game it offered, and it contained the typical free-to-play infrastructure in terms of upgrades and an in-game currency system. Not necessarily in a bad way either, the game was quite generous in what it offered and never required that you pay anything in order to play the entire game. The fact that it’s now free just means the barrier to entry is completely removed.
As for the actual meat of the content update, there is a brand new vehicle, the Renault Clio R.S., and it sounds like more new cars will pop-up in the shop at any time and rotate out. So if you’re into buying new vehicles you should probably keep a close eye on what’s available at any given time. There’s also new limited time Cup events which will let you earn credits, upgrades and exclusive cars, and a new multiplayer World Series with 7 reversed tracks and improved matchmaking. There are also new per-event consumable boosters you can buy to help you get a leg up in certain races if you desire.
Finally, Asphalt 8 now includes the ability to customize the controls and place them however you like on the screen. Strangely, the update originally included text in the description that the game now supports Apple’s gamepads, but the description was quickly updated to remove any mention of it (the original update text can still be seen on AppShopper). We’ve seen similar things happen before where a game mentions iOS 7 controller support in its description but later removes it, likely at Apple’s request. So what gives? Does this mean controller support is still a ways out? Why is Apple being so weird about even the mere mention of official controller support when it’s something that was announced way back in June?
Whatever the case, we’re anxious as all get out for the curtain to officially be unveiled on the whole controller thing, but in the meantime be sure to check out Asphalt 8‘s new update and see what others are saying about it in our forums. And if you had hesitated on pulling the trigger for the game before with its 99¢ price tag, now you have no excuse not to at least download and check it out as it’ll be free forever from now on.
Now THIS is what I was waiting for tok get the game! Sold!
Still wait for Minecraft Redstone update...wait...and...wait...
Give theme 6 months.. They are slow as hell
Is minecraft pe playable online now? Or just restricted elpha server stuff?
Can the portable version connect to the PC version? I'd like to play with buds.
No :(
Personally, I like local multiplayer more. I like to be able to talk to the person I'm playing with. And be in the same room. It adds to the fun.
I agree, but online multiplayer would still be a great option.
Mhmm but our iphones/ipads have these handy microphones and speakers built in.
Lol nice way to test it. :)
Yeah! I wonder who won?
Not a far stretch to go from local to internet. If it can run on wifi I don't see why you couldn't have a VPN running or use some program so the computer pulling the internet traffic in sends it out over the wifi. Something like that hamachi program. I had duke3d working over the internet at one point. A program to change the Ipx network to tcp/ip then my buddies logged on the internet, called my server which served up their computer like they were in the room beside me. A "local" ip address and everything. Good stuffs. Course going back to duke3d is super hard after getting used to mouse controls on games like half life and quake. Oh. Woah. Quake team fortress. God I miss that. Shooting corpses everywhere in fear lol
This would be cool...if I had other friends who played iOS games. Which I don't. So womp womp.
There with you. I have no friends to game with.
I wish they would focus on getting h a hardmode to work instead of multilayer.
Next week brother
Oh man so amazing I bought it never thinking id play it just to support. But as soon as the multiplayer patch came out I called my friend. His android and my ipad connected perfectly. We beat some ass today working as a team.
To bad this is paid. I used to have cracked version on my ipad
Or you can buy it and have the update right away.
Go away.
Its not Online play :(
How do I join a local online game in terraria
Ya i wanna join my sisters game but it wont show up in the multiplayer. Even though she has host multiplayer on in in-game settings D:
I wonder how well it works with NeoRouter? likely as well as it does over lan. And right now, there's a bug where all but the host don't have an interface when they enter the server. I know from both self experience and bug reports on the terraria forums. gad dang it