Rovio extends the devices supported by Android Angry Birds Lite Beta

Rovio has extended the devices supported by its Android Angry Birds Lite Beta, its commercial launch is expected in weeks (so keep a watch), while support for the four launch Symbian^3 phones from Nokia - the N8, C6, C7 and E7 - was announced at Nokia World 2010.

Simplicity of Fruit Ninja raking in millions

Heard about ... Fruit Ninja.

A group of Australian app makers is raking in millions out of this simple yet addictive game.

Simple and addictive as the main aim of the game is to slice fruit with your finger.Check out this video:

Fruit Ninja, the brainchild of Halfbrick executive producer Luke Muscat age 25 , available for the iPhone, iPad and Google Android platforms, has consistently hovered around the top of the iTunes App Store charts since its launch in April.

The first million copies of the $1.19 app were sold in 74 days and this week the Brisbane-based developers, Halfbrick Studios, announced it took a further 78 days to sell the second million copies.

Courtesy, the wide popularity of Fruit Ninja (simplicity allows it to be a hit with all demographics) has transformed Halfbrick into one of the most successful app developers in the world. Founded in 2001, the company used to create games under contract for major publishers on platforms including the Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS.

Halfbrick's second iPhone game, Monster Dash (iPad version available), sold a respectable 300,000 copies and its third game, Age of Zombies, is due out in the next few months. The company has also launched several titles for the Sony PSP and soon Halfbrick will launch its first game for Xbox Live Arcade, Raskulls.

Zynga to bring biggest game titles on Android soon

Zynga is eying making games for Android. So Farmville will soon be coming to your Android phone.

According to a Zynga job listing, the social gaming company is looking for an Android developer. The move comes as Zynga has just released the popular Farmville for the Apple iPhone. The job posting demands something like this: addressing critical issues on some of our biggest game titles, which have several million users across multiple social networks. You must be able to write coherent, organized code and be comfortable working on a complicated code-base with high levels of abstraction.

Add to the above cue , the fact that Android platform entity , the Google has invested in Zynga.

Even though Google is party to Zynga now, but unless Android gains traction; no high-profile game developers would have paid attention to it. Hence this should also be seen as Android gaining traction.

But it’s not cakewalk for Android ahead; not because iPhone (Apple iOS 4.1 also added Game Center), as iOS games have a huge potential audience with the iPod touch and iPad. But the fact that, in Apple’s own words iPod touch was the best-selling mobile gaming device last quarter (outselling mainstays like the Nintendo DS or PlayStation Portable).

Angry Birds For Android launched

A cute game 'Angry Birds' in which birds take revenge from Greedy pigs (who steal Birds' eggs) is launched for Android. The game currently in Beta is available for download.