Software Industry Announcements and News
Linux Versions of Sudoku Epic, Mahjong Epic from Kristanix
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 03.28.10 under ASP Member Companies, Games & Entertainment
March 12, 2010: Kristanix Games announces the release of Linux versions of its most popular games. The Linux Games project now includes such high quality casual games as Sudoku Epic, Solitaire Epic, Mahjong Epic, Jewel Twist, Fantastic Farm, Crossword Twist and many more. The clear interface, rich graphics and variety of genres (time management, puzzles, cards, match3, math games, etc.) guarantee hours of entertainment! Free trial editions of Linux Games are available at http://www.kristanix.com/linuxgames/
Solitaire Epic for Linux
Solitaire Epic features more than one hundred involving levels, unlimited hints and undo! Besides, it is actually a three-in-one game, as there are three solitaire styles: Klondike, Tri Peaks and Matching. An interesting option is that the player can make his/her own customized levels!
Sudoku Epic for Linux
Billions of sudoku puzzles with tips! Customizable difficulty levels and puzzle sizes (from 4×4 to 16×16). Bonus: it is possible to enter a puzzle from a different source and the program will solve it.
Kakuro Epic for Linux
Kakuro math puzzles are for those who would like to train their minds. Difficulty level and board size can be changed; if a puzzle proves to be too difficult, the game provides the player with useful tips. Just like Sudoku Epic, Kakuro Epic can also solve puzzles from other sources.
Fantastic Farm for Linux
A truly magical farm for time management game lovers! The player’s task is to take care of plants, animals and magical machines in order to get enough products and save the endangered farm! More than 150 levels, five game modes, various species and fantastic machines, great power of magic – all that is enough to fascinate anybody for a very long time.
Crossword Twist
Three different crossword modes in one game: common Fill-In mode, challenging Jigsaw mode and Cipher mode, which involves deciphering numbers. The players will appreciate the great number of levels, the absence of time limits and unlimited hints.
Pricing and Availability
The games are compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac. Their prices range from 9.95 USD to 19.95 USD. Volume discount of 20% is available. Further information on the games, as well as their free trial versions, can be found at http://www.kristanix.com/linuxgames/
About Kristanix Games
Founded in 1999, Kristanix Games combines creativity and great expertise when developing its fascinating and colorful games. That is why its products are so popular with casual game lovers. The major products of Kristanix Games are Sudoku Epic, Solitaire Epic, Mahjong Epic and Fantastic Farm. For more information please visit the company’s website at http://www.kristanix.com
Take part in Cold War with Us & Them
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 03.17.10 under Games & Entertainment
Icehole Games is happy to announce the completion of its latest game “Us & Them – Cold War”, a serious strategy game about the cold war period.
“Us And Them – Cold War” is a turn-based strategy game about cold war. Although it is a game of territorial expansion, the rivals do not attack their opponent using military force. Instead they are using an army of Spies, Assassins and Experts of various kinds (like economy, technology etc.) in order to destabilize the enemy’s countries socially, economically, politically and finally to change their governments’ ideology and attach them in their own political block.
The players will have to manage resources like money, oil and technology. They must place their units strategically on the map and create a series of spy networks waiting for the right moment to unleash a series of sabotages, assassinations, bribes, revolutions, arrests and interrogations of enemy units. Since most of the units are hidden to the enemy, the collection and interception of crucial information about the countries, the units’ attributes and their whereabouts is essential for victory.
All units, as a representation of actual persons, have their own skills and attributes that make them unique and allow the player to connect with them personally, as they develop and get better and more experienced by the time.
A series of special rules will allow you to deploy special strategies like the “Domino Effect” and the “Communist sandwich” (as described by Richard Nixon) and to take advantage of great personalities of the time like Che Guevara, John Edgar Hoover, Mao Ze Dong, the Pope, Fidel Castro and others.
Also the players will be able to benefit from advanced technologies, using gadgets right out of James Bond’s laboratories and some famous equipment of real life spies.
Finally, the game features a series of random events that in the most part are real events well known to the majority of the public.
The game will be release from Audio Visual in Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Romania, while icehole is still looking for publishers worldwide. It is available online at www.usandthemcoldwar.com
About icehole games
Icehole Games was founded in 2000 in Athens Greece. The goal of the company is to develop unique strategy games for the PC users. The company is mainly known for its successful series of Basketball management games called “World Basketball Manager”.
Except for WBM series, the company’s portfolio includes titles like “1821 fight for freedom” and “Select Quiz”.
Zombie Apocalypse MMORPG launches 3D Development Blog
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.09.10 under Games & Entertainment
Kent, United Kingdom – February 9th, 2010 – Having announced a number of planned enhancements to Dead Frontier (the world’s #1 Zombie MMORPG), including the introduction of 3D game play earlier this month, Jagged Blade Games are pleased to announce the launch of their new development blog.
The blog will allow players to keep up to speed with all the latest news and updates surrounding the development of Dead Frontier’s new 3D client. It will also contain exclusive commentary from Dead Frontier’s Lead Developer, Neil Yates. The blog can be found at www.deadfrontierdev.blogspot.com
In addition to the blog Jagged Blade Games will also be launching the first playable demo of the new 3D client later this month.
About Dead Frontier
Dead Frontier combines 3rd person survival horror action with more traditional role-playing elements to create a totally unique MMO experience. Players will need to have their wits about them as they struggle for survival in the decaying, zombie infested city of Fairview. Will you stay in the relative safety of the last remaining human outpost, or attempt to create your own hideout in the depths of the city? The choice is yours.
Dead Frontier plays exclusively in your browser and requires no extra downloads of any kind. What’s more the registration requires only a few seconds so you’ll be playing in no time!
Begin your survival horror experience now by visiting www.deadfrontier.com
Latest Dead Frontier 3D concept art, screenshots and other press information can be downloaded here:
http://e1h13.simplecdn.net/deadfrontier/frontpage/DeadFrontierPRMaterials.zip
About Jagged Blade Games
Jagged Blade Games is small game development studio based in South-East England. Formed by Neil Yates, JBG has been providing quality shoot ‘em up titles since 2003.
Matchmaker: Joining Hearts game
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.08.10 under Games & Entertainment
Sugar Games has announced the release of Matchmaker: Joining Hearts – the new hidden object game featuring a variety of challenges embedded into romantic story line. With its release timed to Valentine’s Day, the game instantly creates the perfect mood, bringing a player to the small seaside town where there are ten singles in desperate need for advice from an observant matchmaker.
In the game you assume the role of Helen Jones, a nice woman that moves to a resort town where even wind whispers love. However, there are still some lonely hearts that haven’t found partners yet. An encounter with a new neighbor inspires you to start helping singles choose a partner employing your own highly efficient approach.
Not unlike a detective, you visit the single in question and the three candidates at their places – but instead of evidence you look for objects that may characterize their owner and use your observations to decide who will be the perfect match for your friend. To make sure the choice is right you will also have to spot identical objects in the rooms of the single and the potential partner, as they are bound to have lots in common. After the match has been found, you help your friend make an impressive gift and organize the perfect first date – each of the tasks featuring its own challenge, including searching objects by name and by shape and finding a right place for an item.
Whether you have already found that special someone in your life or your perfect match is yet to be found, Matchmaker will give you unforgettable hours of fun and bring you into the most romantic mood, with photorealistic graphics and sweet soundtrack adding to the vividness of experience.
Features
- 40 different scenes and 70 levels
- More than 2000 unique objects
- Romantic story line and exciting gameplay
- Great replay value due to objects automatically changing location
- Different hidden object gameplay mechanics
Pricing and Availability
Matchmaker: Joining Hearts runs under Windows 98, ME, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista and Windows 7. Matchmaker: Joining Hearts for Mac runs under Mac OS X 10.3 or better. A single-user license costs $9.95 (US). Further information on the product as well as the free trial version is available at http://www.SugarGames.com/matchmaker
About Sugar Games
Founded in 2003, Sugar Games is a software development company providing quality casual games for online distribution. The company delivers exciting gaming experience through captivating family-oriented games, including its popular Rainbow series (Rainbow Web, Rainbow Web 2 and Rainbow Mystery). For more information please visit http://www.sugargames.com/about/
Get ready to rip your opponents to shreds in Silas!
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 01.23.10 under Games & Entertainment
Looking to fire 10 rockets into the air, control them in-flight, then bring them down on your enemy? You can do that. Or maybe you just want to grab a glider, take it to the skies, and chain gun someone to death? You can do that too. Or, switch into turret mode, and shoot a barrage of lasers 360 degrees? Why not… and while you’re at it, deploy stationary guns, launch projectiles, blast cannons, place ice traps, and escape it all with a well timed boost! This is Silas. Get ready for one of the most fun and addictive multiplayer and single player experiences you will ever have!
Play online or through your LAN with up to 12 players. With 18 weapons to choose from, Silas really packs a punch. Use infinite strategies, plan your attacks, or just go in guns ablaze. Take the battle to the skies, form teams, capture flags, or just duke it out in classic deathmatch, whatever you’re into, Silas has it all! And if you like to race, yes, you can do this online as well. Or go solo, and chase after golden trophies all by yourself. Of course, this just scratches the surface of what Silas has to offer. Silas is a large game, with 20 different levels, a full 26 song soundtrack, hundreds of sound effects, 13 characters, and much more. It is being developed by sole independent game developer William Sworin.
Prepare to launch May 20th 2010!
Please visit www.kartsilas.com for all updates concerning a final release date, news, media, and future distribution channels.
Silas around the web:
www.kartsilas.com – Silas Website
http://www.moddb.com/games/silas – ModDB
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Silas/84128189746?ref=mf – Facebook
http://twitter.com/exaltstudios – Twitter
www.exaltstudios.com – Official Company Website (Exalt Studios Inc.)
Hidden Magic: the First-Ever Hidden Object Game Featuring Battle Mechanics!
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 11.24.09 under ASP Member Companies, Games & Entertainment
November 24, 2009: Dekovir Entertainment has announced the release of Hidden Magic, a game that combines Hidden Object tasks and magic battles. The player needs to find necessary ingredients to cast spells and defeat the enemies. The battles alternate with puzzles and more relaxed hidden object tasks, which add new spells to the player’s magic book. Besides the unique gameplay, Hidden Magic is remarkable for good graphics, which makes the search process quite challenging, and for special effects of magic battles.
Actually, Hidden Magic is a combination of several game genres: hidden objects, adventure, strategy, puzzle, arcade and action. The plot of the game is the following: two magicians lived happily together on the edge of the woods, but one dreadful night a troop of goblins kidnapped one of them. The player chooses whether to play as the sorcerer or the sorceress and starts on a journey to rescue the kidnapped spouse. The only clue is the scattered map fragments left by the goblins, and the only weapon is magic (the hero takes magic ingredients, the cauldron, and the book of spells).
On the way to the castle of a Demon the player has to fight various enemies. In the course of a battle it is possible to cast spells using the cauldron and numerous ingredients arranged on the shelves. Below the shelves there are the lists of required items (e.g. Meteor Shower: grasshopper, black spider, gold nugget…9 items left), and the player must pick the necessary ones.
Sometimes the battles alternate with vague visions of magical places – a certain picture shows through the thick fog and breaks into pieces. The player should work out the puzzle to get to that place and complete a hidden object task to add more powerful spells to the book.
As for the graphics, all the sceneries and items are depicted in detail and thus contribute to the reality of the game. But the special effects certainly deserve special mention: each spell is shown with unique visual and sound effects. The perfect examples of special effects are the sparks of Thunderbolt, the flame of Fireball or the disastrous Meteor Shower.
Features:
- 60 battle challenges, 36 monsters and 21 powerful spells;
- Unique battle mechanics based on Hidden Object tasks;
- Adventurous plot;
- Advanced graphics;
- Impressive special effects.
Pricing and Availability
Hidden Magic runs under Windows ME/XP/Vista and costs 9.99 USD (7.99 EU). Further information on the product is available at http://www.dekovir.com/hidden-magic.html
About Dekovir Entertainment
Founded in 2003, Dekovir Entertainment is a game developer specializing in high quality casual games. For more information, please visit the company’s website at http://www.dekovir.com