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Glu and GetJar team up for free Java, Android, and BlackBerry games

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Glu and GetJar team up for free Java, Android, and BlackBerry games
By Will Wilson
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Android + Blackberry + Java
| Build-a-Lot 2: Town of the Year

We’re used to seeing iOS-related sales here at Pocket Gamer towers (as well as the occasional Ovi store blowout), but Android, Java, and BlackBerry owners often get stuck with the same paid titles week-in-week-out.

This is changing. GetJar has just announced that it has teamed up with Glu Mobile to provide some of the company’s biggest games on the aforementioned platforms for free.

These include the fantastic Build-a-Lot 2 and Stranded: Mysteries of Time, although only the latter appears to be available on the GetJar website at the time of writing.

This sudden sale is a pilot for a new initiative from the mobile games distributor, which is hoping that ‘sponsored app placements’ on the site will allow it to give away certain content for free in the future as well.

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Will Wilson
Will Wilson
Will's obsession with gaming started off with sketching Laser Squad levels on pads of paper, but recently grew into violently shouting "Tango Down!" at random strangers on the street. He now directs that positive energy into his writing (due in no small part to a binding court order).