The ultimate guide to the Play Store is a must-have for Android owners. Reviewing and rating over 600 apps from every category on the Store, this bookazine contains apps that can help every part of your life. From business to entertainment, games and more, there are hundreds of apps reviewed to help you improve the functionality of your Android device. On top of that, there’s a round-up of the ten essential apps from every category of the Play Store.

“The growth of the Play Store has been phenomenal,” said Android Magazine editor Andy Betts. “There are now well over 300,000 apps for Android phones and tablets, and the number is increasing every day. But finding the best apps that are out there can be difficult, and that is why this book is so vital. The Android App Directory is unsurpassed in its depth and expertise, and is an essential resource for every Android user that wants to get more out of their Android device.”

Android App Directory is available from www.imaginebookshop.co.uk (29/3) and all good newsagents, priced £9.99.

Nintendo’s Kid Icarus: Uprising will be released across the UK tomorrow, and it’s a worthy sequel.

The series has effectively been dormant since 1991, with no games released since Kid Icarus: Of Myths And Monsters for Nintendo Game Boy. Uprising is a brand new reboot/resurrection by Project Sora and it’s a fantastic little game, with a clever blend of game styles, truly sumptuous visuals and lots of amusing, self referential humour.

It’s let down a litle by its Metroid Prime Hunters control system, but you do get used to it after a certain amount of play. By far the biggest surprise is the excellent multiplayer mode, which pits either teams of 3, or has 6-player free-for-alls in the style of Super Smash Bros.

Kid Icarus: Uprising will be available tomorrow. Expect a review in issue 102 of Retro Gamer

Colin Jones who once shot to fame with his excellent Rockstar Ate My Hamster and Slightly Magic has decided to start making videogames again. His first project has been an iOS game called Clockwork The Mouse, but it would appear that he’s been well and truly bitten by the coding bug again, as he’s started up a brand new blog as well.

Potassium Frog is a humourous, light-hearted blog that not only gives updates of Colin’s new games, but also reveals a fascinating insight into why he started making videogames in the first place. It’s been getting regularly updated and is certainly worth visiting if you’re interested in Colin’s games, or just want to know what it was like making games back in the Eighties.

Issue 1, Grand Theft Auto, Sonic The Hedgehog the ZX Spectrum and David Braben lead our 100th issue celebrations

Retro Gamer issue 100 is on sale today and to celebrate this momentous event it will be packaged with the original issue that first appeared in 2004. This makes it an unmissable edition of everyone’s favourite retro magazine.

In addition to featuring the original Retro Gamer, issue 100 represents some of the finest content to ever grace the magazine, and is filled with fantastic in-depth articles on your favourite games, machines and franchises.

Yuji Naka discusses the creation of Sega’s Sonic The Hedgehog; lead programmer Keith Hamilton reveals what went on behind the scenes of Grand Theft Auto, while Henk Rogers explains how he was able to turn Game Boy Tetris into one of the biggest selling handheld games of all time.

We’ve also managed to get plenty of exclusive interviews, including C64 music whiz Rob Hubbard, Ralph Baer, the father of videogames, and the legendary C64 programmer Andrew Braybrook, who hasn’t spoken about the industry since the closure of Graftgold in 1998. You’ll also receive fascinating insight into the creation of the ZX Spectrum, which is on the eve of its 30th birthday.

Developers have also kindly contributed to our 100^th issue, ensuring this is an issue you don’t want to miss. David Braben gives a detailed analysis of his hit 8-bit game Elite, John Romero and Eugene Jarvis speak passionately about one of their most important games, while Activision co-founder David Crane reveals the pioneering techniques he employed while working on the Atari 2600.

Many other developers have contributed to this special landmark issue by signing various pages of the mag. Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani, Final Fantasy VII’s Yoshinori Kitase, Microsoft’s Peter Molyneux, Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins and many, many others have also contributed, further marking issue 100 as one of the most collectible editions of any videogame magazine.

Yuji Naka speaks to Retro Gamer. You can read the full interview in issue 100, on sale 01 March priced £5.99. Get your copy from all good newsagents, the imagineshop or itunes.