New Android apps worth downloading: Flipboard update, AVP: Evolution, Toy Story: Smash It!

Were starting the week off with an update to Flipboard to lead todays fresh apps, which adds The New York Times to the news apps available feeds and publications. Weve also got some great games for you to play this week: first, theres AVP: Evolution, an Aliens vs. Predator title in which you can play as both killer creatures; second, we have Toy Story: Smash It!, an Angry Birds-like game based on the movies of the same name.

Flipboard update (Free)

Whats it about? News app Flipboard gives you a beautiful way to organize the stories you want to read from RSS feeds, social networks and other sources, presenting stories in a magazine-like format thats elegant to navigate.

Whats cool? One of the most well-loved apps in the App Store is Flipboard because its a fairly gorgeous way to consume content from a variety of sources. The app takes feeds from different sources and presents them in modules with a heavily image-focused design. Flipboard makes reading, searching through articles and navigating your feeds quick and easy. The apps new update adds The New York Times newspaper to the available feeds, with Top News available to all readers and subscribers receiving the full newspaper through Flipboard.

Whos it for? If you find yourself reading a lot of articles and news content, you might want to do it with Flipboard.

Whats it like? Other great news apps include Pulse News and Google Currents.

AVP: Evolution ($4.99)

Whats it about? AVP: Evolution lets players fight the war between the xenomorphs of Aliens and the titular creatures of Predator in a futuristic setting that puts players in Foxs film franchises.

Whats cool? Fans of Aliens and Predator will recognize the many sounds and visuals used in AVP: Evolution, which really bring a lot of the feel of the film franchises to the games. Players venture through two parallel single-player campaigns during the course of the game one as the predators, one as the aliens and get to take on the unique properties of each creature as they fight through various levels. Taking out Marines and other bad guys earns you points to buy upgrades for your creatures, so you can increase your lethality throughout the course of the game as well.

Whos it for? Fans of Aliens and Predator, as well as other AVP video games will enjoy AVP: Evolution, but its not a game for kids.

Whats it like? Try Fox Digitals Predators and Gamelofts The Dark Knight Rises for more movie-based action.

Toy Story: Smash It! ($0.99)

Whats it about? The toys from Toy Story are back and in this puzzle title, in which players have to help Buzz Lightyear knock down structures made out of blocks.

Whats cool? Taking a page from the Angry Birds formula, Toy Story: Smash It! has players taking on the role of Buzz Lightyear and throwing bouncy balls and other implements to knock down structures made out of blocks. Each level challenges you to take out the structures in as few shots as possible, and youll get several di fferent toys with which to do the job, including explosives. Smash It! includes 60 different levels to challenge you, with players working for the most efficient solutions to each puzzle.

Whos it for? If you like Toy Story or games similar to Angry Birds, try Toy Story: Smash It!

Whats it like? Check out other Disney games, such as Wreck-It Ralph, and Siege Hero for a game with similar mechanics.

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