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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and welcome back to Android apps weekly this is episode number 176 so let's get started it was announced this week that the team behind the intensely popular altos adventure is coming out with a skateboarding game called skate city based on the footage it'll be a to these runner with 3d graphics and it appears as though you'll also be able to perform tricks the game should be out sometime in 2017 and it'll be one of the better free-to-play games of Alton's adventure was any indication Google is currently fighting a new set of advertising that automatically downloads apps Google removed a few thousand of these self clicking ads back in 2015 and then had to remove over 23,000 of them in 2016 that's a pretty clear indication that the problem is getting worse the report went on to show that Google remove a total of 1.7 billion bad advertisements in 2016 alone it's a fight that will take some time to win but at least we know about it right now an interesting piece of ransomware made its way into the Google Play Store the app would open ask for permissions about your contacts and SMS messages and then give you a message that the info was up for ransom as you can imagine it wasn't a great experience thankfully the app is no longer currently available in the Google Play Store it goes to show that some trouble can still appear in the Play Store however these occurrences are still exceedingly rare as it turns out VPNs on Android really need to step up their game a research study came out earlier this week that shows a lot of VPNs aren't doing a great job to give you an idea of how bad it is eighteen percent of VPNs don't encrypt traffic whatsoever eighty-four percent leak traffic and most of them use third-party tracking considering that people use GPS to avoid literally all of those things this is highly disappointing Google staged reading platform is now open season for app and game developers that means that won't just be for the select partners that can release applications anymore there will be an approval process for daydream asked to make sure they are up to Google's very strict standards and that should help keep the experience consistent between apps they should also help increase the overall selection quite a bit real missed is a port of one of the most unique pc games of the 1990s the port features the entire game of missed along with the rhyme age expansion for those who haven't played the game you are essential dropped into an open world and left to your own devices there are puzzles and riddles to solve to make it to the end of the game it also comes with improved graphics a federation guide and a whole lot more it's six dollars and ninety-nine cents with no in-app purchases but it has had some early bugs so you may want to wait for the game to update before getting it core is a multimedia platform for those who like to watch video games being live-streamed it features prominent streams from a variety of posts that are all easily accessible you can also find streams from twitch YouTube and other sources without having to switch apps the app design is a bit cluttered but it isn't too difficult to learn how to use it's a good spot to find some popular game streams very quickly if you like that sort of thing the application is also completely free skydancer is a beautifully done infinite runner the game has you jumping from platform to platform while also making dramatically large jump down to other parts of the level it features simple controls minimalist graphics and a fun little soundtrack to keep you in the mood it also has 10 characters various challenges leaderboards and a whole lot more it's a bit simple but it's excellent for killing a few minutes and it's also a premium game just in case you wanted to know vendor released their first Android app this week it's a guitar tuner application which doesn't come as all that much of a surprise the application is very simple with clear controls and functionality it has 22 available tunings including standard da DG ad dropsy drop D as well as half steps and full steps up and down there are also some tuning tips manual tuning if you tune by ear and a whole lot more it's not the most innovative guitar tuner that we've ever seen however it's simple clean and completely free to use Pokemon duel isn't really a new game on mobile it was originally released in Japan under a different name and then it was given an English translation and released in an international market last week the game is a strategy board game where your goal is to move your characters into the opponent's goal you'll have six Pokemon various tactical options and a whole lot more it's a freemium game and it does have some issues but it's free to download if you want to try it out for even more Android apps and games news updates and releases don't forget to check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the 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