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The Blackberry Z10 was launched with tens of thousands of apps, some were designed for the Z10 specifically, while some were Android ports, which is not a bad thing since the Google Play store has more than their share of decent apps. Now if you were worried that maybe Blackberry’s upcoming Q10 might not have the same support, thanks to its QWERTY keyboard layout, fret not as Blackberry has announced that the Q10 will be receiving Android app support as well.

This was announced on Blackberry’s developer blog where they stated that not only could developers port Android apps onto the Q10, but existing ports for devices like the Z10 and Playbook can also be brought onto the Q10 as well. Thanks to the Blackberry Runtime for Android apps, apps will be scaled automatically to fit the screen of the device it’s running on, although considering that the Q10 has a different display compared to the Z10 and regular full touchscreen phones, Blackberry noted it was best to config the app to make it an optimized fit.

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It looks like the Unicorn Apocalypse game featured in Samsung’s commercials is actually a real game. Samsung held a contest to get developers to create a game that matches the “Unicorn Apocalypse” theme portrayed in its commercials. Developers were given the freedom to create the best unicorn game they could come up with. The winner of the contest, who turned out to be Liquid Gameworks, received a grand prize of $25,000.

The game was released yesterday to Google Play, and is free to download. It was highly anticipated thanks to the hype from Samsung’s commercial, but unfortunately, the game was not positively received. The game currently holds an average rating of about 2.1 stars, with many users experiencing crashes and bugs in the game. The most common bug is when the user falls off the rooftop, and never respawns.

Fortunately for me (and my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1), I was able to play the game just fine. However, I agree with many other users who say that the game very much seems like a copy of Adult Swim’s Robot Unicorn Attack. You’re still jumping from platform to platform and dashing through objects, however instead of instantly dying to a trap or gunfire, you sustain damage to your hit points (which is a bit nice). You also get to fire your rainbow, unicorn, horn laser thing at humans, which is neat too.

For those of you who haven’t played Robot Unicorn Attack, and don’t want to pay the $0.99 for the app, Unicorn Apocalypse is a nice alternative. I haven’t spent too much time on the game, but apparently there are 3 “menacing” bosses in the game that you will encounter. Go ahead and grab the game from Google Play, and enjoy hopping over fiery buildings and blasting through the soldiers of the AUF (anti-unicorn force).

[via Android Community]

Samsung’s fictional Unicorn Apocalypse game comes to life is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
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