News • Schlock Mercenary

RSS Feed Tuesday 17 April 2012

iOS Retina Updates Galore!

Good news for users who have purchased a new iPad: the latest update of the Schlock Mercenary app includes Retina display graphics for all the UI elements of the application. All the buttons, backgrounds and text of the UI are now incredibly sharp. But wait, there's more... The latest version of the app can also now download Retina display strips. These strips provide the best looking Schlock Mercenary you've ever seen. Currently, these strips are available for the most recent years, but Howard is working on exporting and uploading the entire archive at higher resolution. More? Okay - Howard is... Read more

Thursday 1 March 2012

Android Application Released

After an extended beta period, the Android application has finally been released to the Google Marketplace. The application itself is free, and displays ads on the home page, and while reading strips. By purchasing a subscription for US$0.99 a month, or $4.99 for 6 months, the ads are removed and you gain access to strips 3 days ahead of the website. Subscriptions can be purchased in the app using your Google Marketplace account. If you prefer PayPal, you will shortly be able to purchase subscriptions for the application on this site.

Thursday 3 November 2011

Android Application in Beta

On Sunday the 30th of October, the Schlock Mercenary application for Android was sent out to the selected beta testers. In the first 4 days of testing, we have received some great feedback, and are aiming to get updates out regularly during the beta period. Exactly how long it will be before we release the product to the Google Marketplace is not yet determined, but we hope it will be before the end of November. Watch this space.

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