That Christmas deals thing Gameloft is running has DELIVERED THE GOODS today, with the game publisher deciding to give away a copy of its Dungeon Hunter HD Android game to anyone that wants it.
With this being an “HD” reworking, the handsets included in the promotion are rather limited – you’ll need something with a decent processor and high-res screen.
Also, it’s not found on the Android Market – it’s a direct download to your phone via Gameloft’s site. Get the full list of included phones and do everything you need to make it work over on the game’s listing page.
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
The HTC One V is HTC’s third entry in its high-profile new HTC One range, offering a smaller 3.7″ display running on a single-core 1GHz processor. It is is very much the “affordable” option in HTC’s newest Android series, but…
The HTC One S is the piggy in the middle of HTC’s 2012 line-up, offering a 4.3″ AMOLED display inside a very slim and stylish aluminium chassis. The end result is a phone that’s very, very slim and stylish.
HTC’s new quad-core monster, the 4.7″ flagship for 2012 that introduces the Tegra 3 processor to mobile phones, updates HTC’s range to Android 4.0 and brings us the supposedly streamlined version 4.0 of HTC’s Sense user interface.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
PK
/ December 3, 2010OK I chose my phone from the list (Desire Z), got a text, clicked on the link and it says: “Sorry, but there are no available game for your mobile. If you are using a web browser, please try to connect with your wap browser.”. Any clue?
Chris
/ December 3, 2010Same here. If this is what I can expect from Gameloft in general they won’t be getting any purchases from me.
MB
/ December 3, 2010Same for me.
Gary C
/ December 3, 2010They’ve put up a tweet saying they’re extending the scheme because of the troubles. They know their system is a bag o’ shite.
Simon
/ December 3, 2010Same problem here. This is exactly why Gameloft need to be using the Android Market!
Jeff
/ December 3, 2010HTC Desire – I successfully downloaded it over WiFi.
I DID have to change my browser settings to enable the “mobile view”
As soon as I did this it recognised my phone and gave me the download.
What I don’t like is the permissions it wants…:
* Edit, Read and/or receive SMS/MMS
* Full Internet access
* Modify SD Card contents
* SEND SMS MESSAGES?? (Why does a game need this!?)
* read phone state and identy
* Change network conectivity, change WiFi State, prevent phone from sleeping.
A little OTT for a game no?
I have downloaded but not sure if I will install TBH.
Aik
Oli
/ December 3, 2010Yeah, the permissions are questionable…I understand the need for 4 of them but edit, read, send and receive SMS/MMS??
I don’t see how that is needed
Gary C
/ December 3, 2010Worked on my Desire pretty seamlessly, although the file name had “Motorola Milestone” in it – and when you launch it for the first time it asks you to download 241MB of data before playing the game!
No thanks.
Lars
/ December 3, 2010Why not? Those MB are stored on your SD card. Most major games require additional data, since they’re so graphically advanced. You’re missing out :)
Stuart Foy
/ December 3, 2010No such luck on the ZTE Blade, I’m going to try fake it in the build.prop, see what happens.
clawster
/ December 3, 2010why no concern about the overreaching app permissions?
PK
/ December 3, 2010True, it even says in the text that message rates may apply. I guess I’ll pass until this company becomes, sort of, normal.
PK
/ December 3, 2010Has anybody had any luck on Desire Z/HD? I’ve tried enabling and disabling mobile view and I do get different websites but I still don’t seem to be able to download anything.
Stuart Foy
/ December 3, 2010Just got it working on my ZTE Blade.
If you want to get it to work, just change your build.prop so it reads like this.
ro.product.model=HTC Desire
ro.product.brand=htc_wwe
ro.product.name=htc_bravo
ro.product.device=bravo
ro.product.board=bravo
ro.product.manufacturer=HTC
and order the desire version.
si
/ December 3, 2010Hmm I click Desire/bravo and get sent to £5 buy option.. not freebie..
si
/ December 3, 2010ahhh, change browser on phone to “mobile view” got freebiee. Happy days :D
si
/ December 3, 2010How did you do it? it didnt work for me
Oli
/ December 3, 2010I got it to work on my Desire Z. What I did was:
- Visited http://www.gameloft.com/free-hd-game on my phone
- Clicked/tapped on “Your Model: HTC Desire Z”
- Chose “HTC” as manufacturer
- Chose “HTC Desire/Bravo” (choosing Nexus One worked as well)
- Tapped “Free Download”
The .apk was downloaded and installed and works beautifully :D
I’m guessing choosing other makes/models would work as well
Hope it work for you :D
Patrick
/ December 9, 2010I get the same as people above me. It wont download, not even an option. I have to pay 5 dollar.