New Android Apps: Galaxy On Fire 2 THD Lands In The Android Market, And It's Free... Somewhat

It has been several weeks since Nvidia first dropped the news that Galaxy On Fire 2 was coming to Tegra devices, and now it's finally here. Galaxy On Fire 2 THD takes mobile gaming to a whole new level with its amazing details and rich gameplay, offering a massive galaxy for its playground. Here are some of the main features:

Game Features:

A huge galaxy with over 20 solar systems and beautifully rendered planets

100 unique 3D space stations and more than 30 customizable space ships

Unique reputation and diplomacy system

Story-based, mission-based and free gameplay

Complex trading system with over 170 different commodities of all kinds

High quality visuals and music, full voice acting (English) and 3D sound

Action Freeze™: 3D screenshot tool to save screenshots from any perspective and upload them to Facebook™

OpenFeint integration of leader boards, achievements and saved games

Supports up to full native 1280 x 800 pixels resolution

Tegra Features:

Heavily optimized to utilize the eight-core rendering power of Tegra’s GeForce GPU for console-gaming quality on mobile devices

All meshes re-created from scratch as if they were to be used for a proper console game

New details added to the design of each of the over 30 spaceships and 100 space stations

Carefully re-painted space background images and planets at 2048 x 2048 pixels resolution to ensure crystal clear game experience even on 10 inch tablets

Four times higher texture sizes on all in-game textures and four times higher polygon count on its spaceships, space stations, jump gates and asteroids compared to standard tablet versions

Sophisticated OpenGL ES 2.0 specular and displacement shaders on all in-game assets

You can get Galaxy On Fire 2 THD free in the Android Market right now - but there's a catch. The free version does offer some gameplay, but if you want the game in its entirety, then you'll have buy it through in-app purchase... and it will set you back $15.00, which is about $3.50 more than the Xperia PLAY variant.

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