Huawei will reportedly have its Android alternative as early as this fall

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After Google pulled Huawei’s Android license, the company is left to lean on its own technology to continue its mobile business. A new report claims that Huawei might have its own mobile operating system ready as early as this fall. It’s being reported that Huawei consumer business CEO Richard Yu said this in a private WeChat group. It doesn’t come as a surprise that the company would need to speed up the process with recent developments. This project has been in the works in for some time already, so it won’t be that surprising that they could have something ready as early as possible. Will it be able to live up to Android and its customers’ expectations? That’s something we can’t say until we see the actual OS.

Source: Engadget

‘Dark Pictures: Man of Medan’ to launch this August 30th

If you’re familiar with Supermassive’s Until Dawn, then you won’t have trouble understanding what to do with the developer’s new Dark Pictures Anthology. This interactive horror series is launching with Man of Medan this August 30^th. It’ll be coming to the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The story revolves around a group on a diving vacation gone wrong. They end up kidnapped and trapped in a ghost ship. The choices you make in the game will determine whether these characters live or die. This anthology takes place in a shared universe and Supermassive plans to release a Dark Pictures game every six months.

The game will have a “Curator’s Cut” mode, which will come to all players for free eventually, but those who pre-order gain access to this mode from day one. In this mode, you’ll be able to replay scenes from the perspectives of the other characters when you finish the game. You also get more choices that affect the story in new ways. This mode also offers scenes and secrets not available in the main game.

Source: Engadget

‘Farm Punks’: Farming sim meets ‘Alto’s Odyssey’

If the premise seems familiar to you, then you’ve probably played Alto’s Odyssey. Coming from the same publisher of said game, Noodlecake Studios, we get Farm Punks. You’re still trying to make it as far as possible down a mountain, but this time you do it as some weird fruit hybrid. Also, you’re trying to grow said fruit as well. You need to pick a fruit and shoot this out of a cannon into the nearest fruit stand, the further down the mountain you go, the higher the price the said fruit fetches at the market. There are over 80 types of playable fruit that come in unique shapes.

Farm Punks is free-to-play but with in-game purchase options to speed up your orchard’s progression. But if you want to support the developers, you can pay US$2 to unlock a Golden Retriever that fetches you rewards over time as well as a small amount of in-game currency. Canada is one of the regions that get early access to the game, so you can head to the Google Play Store to try it out.

Source: Android Authority

Report claims Google will pull Huawei’s Android license

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A new Reuters report that cites an unnamed source claims Google will stop doing business with Huawei entirely. Future devices from the company will not have access to any Google services, such as the Play Store and Android updates. Huawei will be restricted to access to the Android Open Source Project, which is free for everyone to use. However, this means the company won’t be able to collaborate with Google within the actual Android operating system and access to Google’s own apps like Gmail and Chrome won’t be available to Huawei. This won’t affect the current crop of devices, but if the rumour is true, this would mean future Android releases won’t make its way to existing products. And it looks like Huawei has to work double time on the operating system it said could replace Android. Neither company has responded to the report yet.

Huawei continues to be in battle against the US government over fears that it’s using its equipment to spy on American networks. But the company continues to deny that the Chinese government is using its business to conduct these illicit acts.

Source: The Verge