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April 18th, 2012, 23:11 Posted By: wraggster
InnoGames just released the official trailer for its open beta browser title, Lagoonia. The video, planned for international television as well as online, features high-end 3D graphics and vibrant South Sea sounds, which set the tone for a tropical island game. Multiple language versions of the trailer are ready for TV viewing in Europe, the Americas, and further regions throughout the year. It can also be viewed on .
The trailer storyline mimics the game, by stranding a character on a remote island after a plane crash. After this, the story jumps further to a time when island society is built up, and many characters are interacting, which is a central game-play aspect. Humor and romance are intertwined in order to appeal to a wide audience, including both genders.
German-based Bumba Animation Studio developed the trailer graphics, andIMAScore is responsible for sound production. All other creative was done in-house at InnoGames.
The focus of Lagoonia is on the relationships between characters and players. One can plan and create many things that make the island livable and fun: from a warm fire and a cozy shelter, to useful fish nets, and later in the game lighthouses and waterslides. The game is free and no download is required – the only technical requirements are a browser and an internet connection.
With about 75 million registered players, InnoGames is one of the world's leading developers and providers of online games. The Hamburg-based company has scored major successes with games such as Tribal Wars, The West and Grepolis.
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April 18th, 2012, 23:09 Posted By: wraggster
As the chilly winter ends, Indie Royale - http://www.indieroyale.com - is debuting six quality, independent games for its Spring Bundle - altogether worth nearly $50 USD, and available now at less than one tenth of the recommended retail price, with the price increasing (and decreasing!) as more buyers jump on!
The bundle starts off with Futuremark's standout tower defense title Unstoppable Gorg, available for Windows and Mac on Steam, and Windows-only for Desura/DRM-free. The game is packed with campy 1950s sci-fi film nostalgia, with TotalBiscuit praising its "interesting and innovative [gameplay] mechanics", as the player takes on rubbery aliens by rotating weapons through outer-space orbits.
Also featured is Soldak Entertainment's in-depth action RPG Depths of Peril, available for Windows and Mac on Steam, Desura, and DRM-free. The title, described by GamesRadar as "Diablo meets STALKER" on its original release, features tens of hours of questing and combat in a living game world, where competing factions - run by the AI - battle the player for supremacy.
Also joining the Spring Bundle is Secret Base's smile-inducing 2D platformer, Tobe's Vertical Adventure, for Windows on Steam. The alluring 16-bit experience offers two characters with distinct platforming mechanics. Tobe and his crush, Nana, in what IGN calls a "standout platformer" with a "classic gameplay hook and charmingly nostalgic approach."
Finally, Indie Royale favorite Radiangames (Super Crossfire) returns with not one, but _three_ intense arcade-style titles - available DRM-free and on Desura for Windows and Mac. Inferno+ is a 40+ level, atmospheric twin-stick action-RPG starring drones. Slydris is an addictive block-based puzzler with a catchy electronica soundtrack, and Ballistic's intense twin-stick Geometry Wars-style arcade action is filled with concentric waves of devious enemies.
Finally, those who pay $5 USD or their currency equivalent during the Spring Bundle get Danimal Cannon's 'Roots' music album - one of the most acclaimed chiptune releases of 2011, and featuring a combination of wicked Game Boy DMG-01 and shreddin' guitar-centric remixes in 320k .MP3 and .FLAC formats.
More information on the Spring Bundle, including real-time statistics and its current price, is available at its official website http://www.indieroyale.com or via its Facebook http://www.facebook.com/IndieRoyale and Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/indieroyale pages. And a final reminder - the more buyers, the more the price will increase, unless kind buyers drop the price for everyone else, so hop on and buy soon to avoid disappointment!
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April 18th, 2012, 23:07 Posted By: wraggster
Funcom is excited to announce the launch of ‘The Secret War’, a browser-based online social experience inspired by the conflict between the secret societies in Funcom’s upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game ‘The Secret World’. Starting today ‘The Secret War’ will run as a campaign where players get to actively spread the influence of their secret society in a highly interactive experience that tracks each secret society’s level of power in the world.
CLICK HERE TO PLAY ‘THE SECRET WAR’
Players start by taking a unique personality to determine what secret society they belong to. After joining a secret society, players are immediately placed in the middle of the secret war and can start recruiting agents to their cause through their Facebook friends list. Players will have to deploy agents to different countries to increase the influence of their secret society in those regions.
As you assist your secret society in their bid for world domination, you will climb their ranks and unlock a wealth of exclusive rewards that can be used in‘The Secret World’ MMO at launch, such as clothes, weapons, elixirs and more. Players can also unlock guaranteed access to the upcoming Beta Weekends, and can win a trip to Montreal to meet the developers of ‘The Secret World’. One of the more exclusive prizes is the opportunity to have your name embedded into the game at launch.
“One of the most interesting features of ‘The Secret World’ is the three profoundly different secret societies that players can join,” says Funcom SVP of Sales & Marketing Morten Larssen. “Since we first announced the game we have gradually revealed more details about them, and what we have seen is that hundreds of thousands of gamers in our community have come to identify with them and form a loyal bond to other community members belonging to the same society. With ‘The Secret War’ experience we are excited about the prospect of allowing for even more community interaction and engagement.”
‘The Secret World’ is consistently mentioned as one of the most anticipated online games in development, and over 750,000 gamers are now registered for the ongoing beta testing. Feedback from media who have experienced the game themselves has been very positive, and the latest demonstrations at GDC 2012 in San Francisco resulted in another round of glowing previews (see the full list here). ‘The Secret World’ breaks new grounds and genre conventions by introducing a modern-day setting, a story-focused MMO experience, and a freeform progression system using no classes and no levels.
‘The Secret World’ is developed by Funcom and co-published by EA Partners, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA). For more information about ‘The Secret World’ or how to register for the beta, please visitwww.thesecretworld.com.
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April 17th, 2012, 13:58 Posted By: wraggster
Week ending 14 April 2012
1 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM
2 - FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012
3 THE SIMS 3: SHOWTIME
4 MASS EFFECT 3
5 THE SIMS 3
6 - STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC
7 - SHOGUN 2: TOTAL WAR FALL OF THE SAMURAI
8 - THE SIMS 3: GENERATIONS
9 - THE SIMS 3: PETS
10 BATTLEFIELD 3
11 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3
12 - THE SIMS 3: LATE NIGHT
13 - KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING
14 WORLD OF WARCRAFT: CATACLYSM
15 THE SIMS: MEDIEVAL
16 FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS ULTIMATE EDITION
17 FIFA 12
18 SYNDICATE
19 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY
20 re AGE OF EMPIRES III: COMPLETE COLLECTION
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April 17th, 2012, 13:47 Posted By: wraggster
Gaijin Entertainment today announced that they have come to a distribution agreement for the hack-and-slash steam punk action game Blades of Time: Limited Edition, which they are spinning towards PC and Mac players starting end of May 2012.
Erik Schreuder, CEO of Iceberg Interactive says: “We are thrilled to continue our co-operation with Gaijin Entertainment. With Blades of Time we add a first class action game to our growing range of quality action games for PC and Mac. We feel that Blades of Time will definitely stand out from the crowd with its unique feature of Time Rewind, its stunning graphics and the addition of many extra´s that our version will include.”
“It feels great to have Iceberg Interactive as a partner” says Anton Yudintsev, President of Gaijin Entertainment. “I am completely confident that Iceberg will provide successful retail distribution to bring PC and Mac gamers the unforgettable experience of Blades of Time innovative hack'n'slash and shooting"
The PC and Mac version of Blades of Time: Limited Edition will be distributed in retail stores by Iceberg in North-West Europe, Australia/New-Zealand and South-Africa - and worldwide via a multitude of digital download portals. Fully localized versions have been announced by Iceberg Interactive for Germany and France.
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April 17th, 2012, 13:47 Posted By: wraggster
Today InnoGames’ classic online game Tribal Warsstarted a Knockout Phase for its International Speed Championship 2012. Sixteen National Teams of 20 players face off in speed matches, fighting to reach the quarter finals. The German team is set to face Denmark; USA will fight the Czech Republic for a space in the final eight.
The Speed Championship 2012 is an international tournament between players from all Tribal Wars language versions. The Teams compete in various matches, until the 2012 Ultimate Speed Champions is revealed. The browser game, normally set for sessions that can last several months or even years, will be increased to 300-400 times the normal speed, allowing for matches to be settled within hours. In order to keep updated about fight schedules and game rules, players can go to the Speed Championship homepage,www.tribalwarsmasters.net.
Tribal Wars places the player as leader of a small village, striving for power and glory. In order to build a strong empire and conquer other villages, players must unite with powerful allies and found a mighty tribe. Its vast game worlds and varied tactical opportunities make Tribal Wars one of the most popular browser-based games in the world, with 44 million registered users playing it in over 30 languages.
With more than 75 million registered players, InnoGames is one of the world's leading developers and providers of online games. The Hamburg-based company has scored major successes with games such as Tribal Wars, The West and Grepolis.
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April 17th, 2012, 13:43 Posted By: wraggster
"After over one year of work by the two creators, the young independent studio Upper Byte presents its first video game: Wooden Sen’SeY”
It's an action/platform game for PC and Mac, set in a colorful and offbeat Japanese universe, "Japan Steam Rock," scheduled for release in summer 2012.
You follow Goro, a village chief, as he seeks revenge through a variety of levels (Japanese temples, ocean beds, flying boats, and other inhospitable caverns).
The game has 9 levels with bosses that Goro has to overcome using his axes.
Run, grab hold, throw yourself forward, chop, throw shurikens: anything goes in pursuit of your goal!
Each time a level changes, the graphics and sound also change!
The difficulty draws inspiration from old-school games for scores and achieving perfection.
More experienced players can try to beat the developers' score... if they dare!
In summary:
· Several ways to take the way of the Sensei: dive in or play with finesse!
· A unique "Japan Steam Rock" universe with punch and tons of humor
· Several different types of atmosphere and gameplay
· An original graphic style, an exclusive OST
· "Dev-Time" challenge for each level: beat the developers' time
· Localized in 5 languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian, German
Additional information:
Available for download on PC and Mac: summer 2012
Trailer available here : http://www.upperbyte.com/fr/wooden_sensey
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April 17th, 2012, 13:42 Posted By: wraggster
Wizkids/N.E.C.A., the makers ofHeroClix Online, a digital transliteration of the table-top game, today revealed the latest Marvel collection, Marvel’s The Avengers, to be incorporated into the online game. The collection, available as a Starter Pack and as Single-Figure Boosters on Thursday, April 26, will add over one dozen new figures for players to collect and will also be available via codes in physical sets starting this Wednesday, April 18.
Marvel’s The Avengers Starter Pack includes six figures: Thor, Captain America,Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Hulk. The pack joins Marvel’s Fantastic Four set as a starter option for new players.
Marvel’s The Avengers Single-Figure Boosters add another 10 figures, includingThor, Hulk, Nick Fury, Captain America, Iron Man, Agent Coulson, Skrull Infiltrator,Hawkeye, Tony Stark and Heimdall.
Additionally, beginning April 18, players and collectors can find codes for virtual Marvel’s the Avengers figures—both the Starter Pack and Single-Figure Boosters—in physical sets.
For more information on HeroClix Online, visit http://hco.heroclix.com/.
For news updates and announcements, follow HeroClix Online on Facebookand Twitter.
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April 17th, 2012, 13:36 Posted By: wraggster
Koram Game has announced that their eagerly awaited browser based World War II strategy game “Checkmate”, will launch its CBT later this week onThursday April 19th, 2012. During the run-up and to celebrate the launch of this exciting SLG, Koram Game has held various giveaway events on their Checkmate Facebook page. The main event was the Caption Contest, where two radio control Panzer battle tank for were up for grabs.
The game itself promises to deliver a realistic, exciting and vivid game play experience that will appeal to everyone from the casual gamer right up to gamers of the most demanding persuasion. Checkmate is a game of depth that attempts to pay great attention to detail. You can battle all over Europe on a variety of historical battlefields from World War II, including “The Siege of Leningrad”, “The Battle of Stalingrad” and “The Belorussian Offensive”. On these battlefields you can attempt to defeat the NPC whilst gaining valuable combat experience and rewards, moving forwards in your campaign for victory.
With the captivating setting of World War II you’ll find the legendary generals, officers and commanders whose daily decisions helped to shape the war and subsequently the world. These military leaders were the finest war strategists of their generation, they were considered heroes by the men they led and villains by the enemies they sought to destroy.
Checkmate gives the players the chance to go back in time to this turbulent period of history in a detailed and action packed game. Prepare to do battle, win the war and rewrite the history books. But where do your alliances lie?
Checkmate is the latest exciting title from Koram Game and launches the CBT April 19th 2012!
For all the latest Checkmate news and events you can visit the following links:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CheckmateOnline
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CheckMate_EN
Web: http://www.facebook.com/CheckmateOnline
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April 17th, 2012, 13:35 Posted By: wraggster
Order of Magnitude Games is pleased to announce the release of a free version of their iPad board game, Mother Lode. Players can sample a two-player human versus computer match before deciding to upgrade.
Mother Lode is a family style board game where players control miners on the surface of a dying planet, trying to escape with the most ore. Players take turns moving their miners, removing land tiles from the planet, and moving creatures. The play field becomes increasingly dangerous as more of the planet's surface is removed. When flipped, land tiles reveal actions that players can use to help themselves or hinder their opponents. Miner value is hidden until the end of the game. No one knows who will win until the planet explodes and the final score is revealed.
The game features:
- Detailed high resolution graphics enabled by the new iPad
- Each planet tile reveals one of 14 possible actions
- Strategic thinking and adaptability required to maximize your score
- Three creature types are out to thwart you
- Wormholes, planet quakes and escape pods ahoy!
By unlocking the free version of the game via in app purchase, players instantly convert to the full game, enabling the following:
- Full four player matches with any combination of human and computer players
- All future gameplay updates
http://www.motherlodegame.com
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April 17th, 2012, 13:31 Posted By: wraggster
The organisers of the Eurogamer Expo are delighted to announce a new PC and indie consumer games show coming to Brighton this July, with widespread industry support already confirmed.
Rezzed: The PC and Indie Games Show will take place at the Brighton Centre on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th July this year and expects to welcome over 5,000 hardcore PC and indie gamers to Brighton's picturesque seafront.
The Rezzed show floor will offer gamers their first chance to go hands-on with many upcoming PC and high-profile indie games due out later this year, including Aliens: Colonial Marines from Gearbox Software, with many titles to be announced. Attendees will also be able to discover amazing new experiences in The Leftfield Collection, sponsored by SEGA - a collection of up and coming indie titles curated by the editors of PC site Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Eurogamer.net.
Top developers including Creative Assembly (Total War) and The Indie Stone (Project Zomboid) will also be on hand to show their work to the public in the Rezzed developer sessions. More sessions will be announced soon.
Tickets are now on sale at www.rezzedgameshow.com, priced £12 for one day or £20 for a two-day ticket.
Rezzed will feature a range of surrounding activities, including classic game tournaments (Quake 2! Duke Nukem 3D!), a large vendor area (pick up the latest PC hardware, merchandise, board games and more), a range of retro arcade machines and much more.
The show will be brought to life online by exclusive media partners Eurogamer.net and Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Both sites are heavily involved in determining the show's content and panels, and will be reporting throughout the event.
"Following last year's hugely successful fourth Eurogamer Expo, we're broadening our horizons for 2012 by introducing a new summer event to highlight the best of PC and indie games," said Rupert Loman, Managing Director of organiser Eurogamer Network Ltd. "PC and indie games are enjoying huge success now after years in the ascendancy and we want to draw more attention to that fact and give people the opportunity to get up close to the biggest names and games before they're released."
Exclusive games, speakers and activities will be announced in the coming weeks as we lead up to opening day on 6th July. Check outwww.rezzedgameshow.com for more details, follow us on Twitter (@rezzedgameshow) or catch us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/RezzedGameShow).
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April 17th, 2012, 13:26 Posted By: wraggster
GRAVITAZ blew the doors off its Kickstarter, and we’ve already hit 14% - fantastic! To celebrate, we’re unveiling some new information. Weapon details, track design theories... maybe even some new swag for supporters.
For gameplay footage (it’s the video up top):http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/954522547/gravitaz
For GRAVITAZ info: http://www.glassbottomgames.com/projects/gravitaz/
We had a few prototype vinyl bumper stickers made up, and they look pretty great. What better way to celebrate a racing game than by slapping it onto the back end of your car? Images of the fresh vinyl are available here:http://imgur.com/a/bkPBa
We’ve also answered some questions from our fans, a sample of which is available below. Most of these have come from the SomethingAwful.com forums, where we’re fielding any and all questions:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/sho...readid=3477930
Question: “What would your response be to naysayers who'd say this is just another Wipeout ripoff?” - from ‘Urdnot Fire’
Answer: There are two areas in which we’re really focusing our differentiation: weapons, and track design.
Weapons in racing games have always been a bit of a mixed bag in terms of effectiveness. A missile fires out, hits a car - yay - and then your opponent stops dead in his tracks, you can't swerve in time, and all you've done is knock yourself back. Not fun. So, skilled players just treat the weapons as recharges and instantly absorb them; mid- to high-level play might as well not have weapons at all.
We believe that weapons in a racing game ought to affect racing. Rather than a missile that stops opponents dead in front of you, how about a weapon that shoves them out of the way? One that slings you ahead of people? A power-up that lets you bull through a crowd, knocking everyone back without hurting your standing? Weapons should be strategic, with a real sense of risk and reward. We're steering well clear of anything like Mario Kart’s infamous Blue Shell, or heavy “rubberbanding” physics, but... there's a lot that could be done to make weapons more relevant to the genre.
Track design is another element that's gotten a bit weird. If you look back at Wipeout XL, or Hi-Octane, or any of the earlier racers, you'll see wider tracks. There's plenty of space, plenty of lines to take, and as a result, they were fun for just about anyone. Great players nailed the perfect route, novice players swung a bit wide, and you could dart around opponents and get a true sense of jockeying for position. Fast forward to current day: track widths have been cut nearly in half (by making the cars twice as big visually, amongst other tricks), and the experience has been carved down to just high-end players optimizing lines in tight alleys.
We're going to widen the tracks back out, and work on giving players a sense of choice and risk in the paths they choose. We're also looking at adding shortcuts back to the genre: tactically advantageous side paths that you may or may not want to run depending on your skill level. "Well, I could try and stick that thin path up there, but man, if I fall..." or "Ok, those crunchers just went up, I can make it!"
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April 17th, 2012, 13:25 Posted By: wraggster
Scientists, engineers and software developers are always looking for innovative ways to accelerate applications and shorten computational cycles. SoftLayer is looking to help them out by offering a new HPC cloud-based solution consisting of dedicated servers leveraging the latest GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) cards from Nvidia.
SoftLayer’s new offering provides an on-demand, consumptive billing model for High-Performance Computing (HPC) users looking to meet the most compute intensive environments. These environments include traditional HPC fields such as data mining, numerical and seismic analysis as well advertising agencies and web design shops looking to develop interactive games, applications and 3D content.
“Using GPUs for running applications is an emerging trend in HPC today. Computing requirements continue to skyrocket but users remain as demanding as ever. They want capacity on-demand and prefer to pay only for what they use. It is incumbent on hosters to deliver this capacity in a cloud-like fashion if they want to break into this market,” said Philbert Shih, Managing Director, Structure Research Ltd. “Giving people the ability to scale GPU resources adds incredible flexibility in the way research, engineering and development projects are conducted. By putting such raw computational power into a user’s hands, in an easy pay as you go model, the focus is on research results not acquiring or maintaining the latest technology.”
SoftLayer’s new HPC hosting solution consists of dual-processor Intel E5-2600 (Sandy Bridge) based servers supporting one or two Nvidia Tesla M2090 GPUs. GPUs work in conjunction with the server’s CPU to accelerate application and processing performance. The GPU will offload compute intensive portions of the application from the CPU to accelerate overall performance of the machine, dramatically boosting application performance by running in tandem with the CPU. As a result, SoftLayer users will see a massive performance boost and HPC applications accelerated by as much as ten times.
“We are offering breakthrough performance in a unique delivery model,” said Duke Skarda, Chief Technology Officer of SoftLayer. “The beauty of this solution is the way users can break down to toughest computational problems and largest blocks of data to work them in parallel over our network driving quicker results. GPU technology is still in its infancy but customer demand continues to soar as more and more HPC applications get migrated over to cloud infrastructures.”
“Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers like SoftLayer are pushing the technological envelope by making the latest technology accessible and scalable through a cloud offering,” said Sumit Gupta, General Manager of Tesla HPC at Nvidia. “This technology is all about performance without compromise and we found a partner in SoftLayer committed to enabling cloud computing services that enable GPU computing from anywhere around the world.”
Key features and benefits:
- Cost effective HPC (ideal for scientific and technical computing)
- Massive compute performance increase while accelerating application speeds by up to 10x
- Cluster management and GPU monitoring
- Parallel compute environment operates invisibly to the user
- GPUs specifically designed to work as computational accelerators
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April 17th, 2012, 13:24 Posted By: wraggster
The Central Valley of California is known better for its produce than its games but one independent game studio hopes to change that. SemiFormal Studios has bootstrapped itself through the three-year-long development process of its first game, Ensemble Online. Now, entering into Beta, the Ensemble team has turned to crowd-source funding site, Kickstarter.
“We’re one of the only game development houses in the Valley and certainly the only one working on a project of this magnitude” said Jesse Martinez, Lead Designer for Ensemble Online. “We’ve made it very far, but between legal fees, technology costs, and advertising, making the leap to Beta can be daunting.”
Ensemble is a Realtime Strategy Game much like the classics of the ‘90s, e.g., Age of Empires, but on a breathtakingly vast map and in a persistent world. Players take control of heroes exploring an uncharted desert, battling nature (and other player settlers), uncovering and gathering various resources, and discovering new territory in which to build towns and outposts.
The Kickstarter campaign can be viewed at:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...nsemble-online
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April 17th, 2012, 13:22 Posted By: wraggster
Gamania Digital Entertainment announced today that it will launch Soul Captorthis summer. Soul Captor is the latest free to play MMO title to arrive on Gamania’s beanfun! platform and will offer gamers an epic fantasy adventure filled with challenging quests, comradery and magic.
Players will explore an alluring Eastern world full of fantastical creatures and are tasked with purging this world from a mysterious evil force. To get their adventure started, players can register to participate in the forthcoming closed beta test by visiting the Soul Captor teaser website (https://uk.beanfun.com/SoulCaptor ).
Furthermore, four out of the six playable classes have been revealed today which are listed in detail below.
Spencer Chi, Director of New Game Development at Gamania said: “Soul Captor offers a unique gameplay experience, and we can’t wait to open the servers for closed beta. We are confident that Soul Captor will further bolster the userbase of our beanfun! platform. Soul Captor is a key title that will pave the way for other games in our product pipeline and will further contribute to Gamania’s growth in western markets”.
Key Features:
- Unique and beautiful graphical style
- Soul System that allows players to capture and collect the souls of fallen monsters in the “Soulpedia”
- Captured souls can be used as mounts
- ”Anima” companion system with on-the-fly defensive, offensive or healing capabilities
- In-game cut scenes and rich storylines
- Friends system that allows players to advance bonds with others and gain buffs and bonuses
- Comprehensive Achievement System
- Advanced Autopilot System
- Player vs Environment (PvE) and Player vs Player modes (PVP)
The World of Soul Captor
In the beginning of time, the God of Creation looked out into the chaotic realm, and used his divine power to inhabit a continent with the most beautiful flora and fauna the universe had ever seen. He created the humans in his own image to populate this world and named the continent the “Mortal Realm”. Another continent teeming with life started to imitate the Mortal Realm. Strange creatures possessing abilities different to that of the humans appeared and slowly became known as the “Asura”. Thus, the god of creation named this continent: “Dark Realm”.
Cities were built above these realms where the gods; assigned by the God of Creation, could oversee their inhabitants. With the two worlds in harmony, the God of Creation left. However, his departure created a disturbance and the beasts from the Dark Realm started invading the Mortal Realm. As the force controlling the worlds started to dissolve, a mysterious darkness emerged. You enter this story as a divine oracle and begin your adventure by descending to the Mortal Realm in order to bring peace to the world.
The Classes
Warrior
Proud Warriors are resolute and courageous in battle, wearing heavy armor and wielding powerful weapons. They are very capable in close-ranged combat and are the backbone to any team. Warriors protect other team members from harm and can reduce damage that’s being inflicted by enemies. They even have the ability to exchange some of their defense power in favor for more powerful attacks. This is why they can always be found at the front lines, inflicting fear into their enemies.
Priest
Priests are wise and warmhearted people. With their high will and intelligence, they can cast healing spells and protective charms to ease the burden of the entire party. Some spells also boost allies’ overall defense or attack powers. Although Priests are known for their compassion, they can use their powers to attack enemies with deadly force when their cause calls for it.
Shaman
Shamans work as lone wolves to ambush the enemy. Their natural dexterity provides high defense against physical attacks and they are known to use sinister dark spells to topple their enemies. Shamans practice a line of secret rituals with mysterious healing abilities to remedy the sick, but their blood curses are often fatal.
Onmyoji
Onmyoji wear tall hats and snow-white robes with loose sleeves that conceal weapons and deadly gadgets. They are graceful, elegant, and use their magic to directly inflict damage with powerful spells and chants. Onmyoji also support allies by summoning totems from the 5 elemental energies at their disposal.
Plus two additional classes to be revealed at a later date!
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April 16th, 2012, 23:01 Posted By: wraggster
EA has quietly made things a little easier for those banned from its digital Origin service, allowing even those scorned by the company to access single player content in purchased and downloaded games. Previously, gamers who behaved badly on official EA forums or otherwise caused their accounts to be revoked were locked out completely, but now EA is saying that by switching the Origin client over to offline mode, players can at least play bought games by themselves.
To get back online, players will need to appeal the ban, for which instructions can be found here. EA does say that most bans are only temporary, but just in case you want to speed up the process, we'll say this: Offering crop sacrifices to an idol of John Ritticello certainly can't hurt.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/ea...fline-content/
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April 16th, 2012, 22:57 Posted By: wraggster
Described as a "metaphysical sci-fi thriller in the vein of Fringe," Moebius is set to be the first adventure game from Pinkerton Road Studios, pending a successful outcome on its ongoing Kickstarter campaign. Early project backers pushed Moebius through the gate first, and have contributed nearly $174,000 out of the requested $300,000.
The publicity surrounding the project is hinged on Jensen's prior work as designer and author for Sierra's celebrated Gabriel Knight series, in which a long-haired occult expert and demon hunter solved dark mysteries in-between sarcastic quips.
In Moebius, we get an antiquities dealer named Malachi Rector, who's gifted with an ability to sense "the soul" of an object. (So, think of him as having a knack for explaining any nicks on your knick-knacks.) Rector seeks to identify the significance of a woman's suspicious death in Venice, and how that connects to a shifty millionaire named Amber Dexter.
Moebius, as currently envisioned, should arrive sporting a "graphic novel look" in March 2013. Project backers have until then to fund the project and provide feedback throughout its development, possibly starting with an even-handed request to have the name "Amber Dexter" stricken from the game.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/mo...jensens-new-s/
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April 16th, 2012, 22:55 Posted By: wraggster
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP is available on big-boy computers today, in the form of a Steam (Swteam?) release. Right now it's PC only, but a Mac version is due to follow.
Purchasing the Steam version of the formerly handheld-only game gets you a digital copy of the companion soundtrack Sword & Sworcery LP: The Ballad of the Space Babies; watch (and listen to) the trailer above to see why that's such an impressive offer.The whole bundle is on sale for $5.99 (normally $7.99) through April 23.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/ps...-today-25-off/
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April 16th, 2012, 22:41 Posted By: wraggster
A sequel to Zynga’s farming simulation social network game FarmVille is apparently in the works.
The info comes about according to advertiser Alex Harvey’s résumé(via Superannuation), which claims a successful pitch for FarmVille 2 while working with Zynga as a client.
The work was done sometime between January 2011 and February of this year while with communications agency Isobar.
The original Farmville launched on Facebook back in 2009, and settled in for a long while as the most popular title on the social network until sometime during the middle of last year.
No official mention of Farmville 2 has ever come from Zynga before, so for now take the news with a grain of salt.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/farmv...the-way/094468
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April 16th, 2012, 22:30 Posted By: wraggster
RPGS are not cool. The genre conjures images of Dungeons and Dragons, Lord of the Rings and epic adventures that only the most dedicated gamer will ever stand a chance of finishing.
And while they have always been successful (on PC World of Warcraft still reigns supreme), they are hardly mass market entertainment properties.
Well, at least that used to be the case. Last year there were five games that sold over 1m units in the UK – two shooters, a football title, Zumba and an epic dragon and magic adventure game that can consume hundreds of hours of your life.
Bethesda proved with Skyrim that RPGs can reach a mass market audience, even in the hard-to-crack console sector that’s dominated by shooters and dance games.
And it did it shortly after Deus Ex posted good launch figures and before Mass Effect 3 became the biggest selling game in its series.
So for the likes of Namco Bandai, now really is the ideal time to release your critically acclaimed PC RPG on Xbox 360.
“This is the first time that the franchise is to be released on console and it’s a big step in taking this title to the masses,” says Namco Bandai’s marketing director Lee Kirton.
“It will also deliver one of the best RPGs to sit alongside some of the great titles out there such as Skyrim, Dark Souls and Mass Effect.
“It’s a very different game to anything else currently out and we hope that fans of RPGs in general will want to play it.
“We are investing heavily this time of the year. We want this to be the first major title for release in April and to grow the word-of-mouth on what a brilliant game it is.”
WITCH HUNT
The Witcher is based on a series of fantasy short stories by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski from the 1990s. It made the move into games with CD Projekt’s The Witcher in 2007. The game was critically acclaimed and even utilised BioWare’s own Aurora Engine.
The series nearly made it to consoles in 2009 with The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf, but following internal development struggles, it never saw the light of day.
Yet the series lived on, and The Witcher 2 emerged in May 2011. The game was a commercial hit, shifting 940,000 copies in just three months. Most sales were made via retail (roughly 200,000 were sold via the likes of Steam).
And this coming Tuesday (April 17th) marks the series’ debut on 360.
“It stands toe-to-toe in terms of development production value with the biggest RPGs,” says Kirton on the game’s popularity.
“It’s a 50-hour-plus experience that will grab you from the start. It will be talked about for many years to come. This edition has been secretly in development for a long time and it’s no port. The player will find over four hours of additional quests, new cut scenes, characters, a new opening CGI and other surprises. The game has already won hundreds of awards on PC and the work to develop it for 360 has been commendable.”
Namco Bandai isn’t just chucking The Witcher 2 out on shelves and hoping Skyrim fans will lap it up. Kirton and his team are advertising the title directly at these RPG devotees. There’s an exclusive review in Official Xbox Magazine, with covers, video features, trailers and more appearing regularly.
“We hope to attract a more mainstream buzz, but our overall marketing and PR is focused at those playing Mass Effect and Skyrim,” says Kirton.
“The game is good. People know about it. It’s developed by one of the world’s best RPG developers. The franchise has won over 100 awards. The Metacritic for The Witcher 2 is high. The console version is stunning – an epic journey and one of the most engrossing adult RPGs ever.
“Our expectations are high, but the market is hard to judge these days. We are passionate about the franchise and we are doing everything we can to shout about how great this game is.”
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