5 Best Gaming Apps

There are a bunch of really great games available for Android phones and tablets, most of the same as the games on Apple's iPhones and iPads. Below, our list of the 5 best games for Android.

1. Angry Birds 2

The amazingly popular iOS game earned over two million downloads during its first weekend of availability on Android and despite myriad sequels and spinoffs, it is still a great game to play.

The Android version of Angry Birds is free, unlike the Apple release, with maker Rovio opting to stick a few adverts on it rather than charge an upfront fee. The result is a massive and very challenging physics puzzler that's incredibly polished and professional. For free. It defies all the laws of modern retail.

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2. Knightmare Tower

Do you know Doodle Jump? Knightmare Tower is a little bit like that, what with the constant jumping and trying to get higher. You can even tilt your tablet to help yourself along, rocking right to move to the right, and left to move to the left. But this game is different and, dare we say, better. You're a knight. You're trying to ascend a tower. You are trying to fly ever higher by bouncing yourself off of enemies that are flying up from below. The better you attack, the swifter you fly. The ascent is exhilarating, but you'll probably eventually fail. No bother. You're constantly earning new and better abilities that allow you to soar ever higher. Warning: this is a tough game to stop playing.

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3. Angry Birds Star Wars 2

Here's something unexpected: Rovio created something fun out of Star Wars' prequel trilogy. The sequel to Angry Birds Star Wars improves on that game's design ideas, with branching levels and character packs that let you swap out to try different strategies. And there are collectible toys now, too. Thankfully, you don't need to buy tiny plastic toys to play this sharp sequel.

Dedicate: Darth Maul fans. ABSW II offers you a chance to play as the evil pigs of the Pork Side. So, if you've ever thought that the titular birds were just too damn angry, here's your chance to get revenge.

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4. Asphalt 8

The closest mobile gaming comes to Criterion Games' Burnout series, Asphalt 8: Airborne is the premiere arcade racer on smartphones. Simulation nuts can keep puttering around with their Real Racing 3 — this is a game about using speed as a weapon. The cars are as sexy speeding down the road as they are leaping majestically through the air into a pylon, and Gameloft keeps adding more of them every time we turn around.

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5. Plants and Zombies 2

The cartoony garden-defense blockbuster soars on smartphones thanks to touch inputs and a port that sacrifices very little from other versions of the game. Put your battery on notice.
The cartoony garden-defense blockbuster soars on smartphones thanks to touch inputs and a port that sacrifices very little from other versions of the game. Put your battery on notice.
Its a Good Match for Urban gardeners. PvZ's all about cultivating flora to stave off hordes of the undead, something that anyone trying to grow tomatoes in a windowsill planter can probably relate to. Those would-be farmers probably need a bit of digital payback. Urban gardeners. PvZ's all about cultivating flora to stave off hordes of the undead, something that anyone trying to grow tomatoes in a windowsill planter can probably relate to. Those would-be farmers probably need a bit of digital payback.

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