Recently, I gathered together a short list of the developers on Android that I thought deserved attention. The ones that I felt not only delivered a fun a game or two, but that had shown real effort in developing on Android rather than ignoring the large audience in exchange for the bright prospects of iOS - or that had given equal attention to both. (Ed. note: You should totally go and read that ... more.

Too often developers appear to get stuck in a rut, repeating themselves over and over again with endless sequels. They run out of innovative ideas, and there's barely any inspired changes between each iteration. Sure, they progressively improve, but everyone's bored by now. Time for some radical changes devs! Bungie are doing it. Neversoft are doing it. Insomniac are doing it (well... sort of)... more.

Here at NXTGamer, we strive to bring in-depth coverage from all the best conventions and festivals our industry has to offer. Therefore, we've sent our own writer Dave Taylor to the recently announced Henchcon 2010, an underground conference for enemies, villains and minions in our vast gaming industry. He'll bring up-to-date coverage on all the news and talks from this year's Henchcon, and hopefu... more.

The domestic football season is underway across Europe and as ever this signifies the release of the annual offering of FIFA. For many years now, the FIFA series have been the most popular and biggest selling game from EA Sports franchise globally. With FIFA 11 on the horizon, this doesn't look set to change with the inclusion of many new and improved features - so let's take a look at some of ... more.

If you scarcely indulge in technology (outside of gaming, of course), I wouldn't blame you for being largely unaware of the Android platform. The Google-developed mobile phone operating system hasn't seen the widespread success of Apple's iOS, somewhat unfairly. Open-source and full of applications that wouldn't be allowed on the Apple App Store because of it, Android has carved a space for itself... more.

The following is a collection of some of the most memorable bosses that I have come across during my time gaming. I'm sure plenty of what would be considered "memorable" bosses for many others will be missing from this list, but the eight listed below have all stuck with me, be that for the sheer terror they induced, the pure nostalgia they inspire in me or for just being totally brilliant charact... more.