Software Industry Announcements and News
Zombie Apocalypse MMORPG launches 3D Development Blog
[ No Comments ] 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
Flex Your Brain Muscles Solving Nonograms with World Riddles: Animals!
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 10.27.09 under Games & Entertainment
Funny Bear Studio announces the release of World Riddles: Animals, the game offering the chance to travel around the world while solving nonogram logic puzzles.
Nonograms, also known as picross or griddlers, are picture logic puzzles in which cells in a grid have to be colored according to numbers given at the side of the grid to reveal a hidden picture. Providing a huge collection of griddlers to solve, World Riddles enables a player to flex mental muscles in a captivating way. Much like a training program created by an experienced coach, the game starts with simpler nonograms to give a player a feel for this kind of puzzles, gradually increasing their difficulty.
The aim of the game is to collect the seven parts of the Medallion. This can be achieved by exploring North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Antarctica, which involves solving the set of nonograms for each of the seven continents.
Solving nonograms without mistakes, with no hints and within a time limit earns a player badges. If a player manages to collect all the badges, he is rewarded with the golden part of the Medallion; otherwise he receives a silver part. Those who consider silver not satisfactory enough can replay the level to perfection to get the golden part.
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Gloom Beacon: Use Your Strategic Thinking And Release Your Inner Magician!
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 10.20.09 under Games & Entertainment
October 20, 2009 – StrongGames has announced the release of Gloom Beacon, the new addictive game that successfully blends role-playing set and turn-based card strategy. The game offers the chance to get into the world of magic and challenge the evil wizard and his black army.
Gloom Beacon tells a tale of Oasis, once a thriving trade center, which has been turned into the residence of the Dark Lord named Krachont. Wielding dark magic, the evil wizard has enslaved the citizens, turned the former king into a ruthless monster and imprisoned the queen. The Oasis is now disguised by the Gloom Beacon, and ships of the desert fail to find it. But this all is about to change now, as you start a fight against Krachont and his black minions.
In the game, a player takes on the role of a brave warrior who makes up his mind to fight Krachont. Gloom Beacon offers four classes (Fire, Earth, Water and Air) and eight races for your character (Human, Elf, Dwarf, Minos, Lahama, Rooh, Skogi and Kanchhor), making it completely customizable. You will play through 50 challenging levels involving strategic thinking, and will have 300 terrifying enemy monsters, including 10 bosses, to defeat. As you earn enough gold, you’ll be able to recruit allies to support you in this epic battle.
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