London, UK – June 6th, 2014 – Today Ubisoft® announced the first in-game event for Panzer General® Online, featuring multiplayer battles themed around the 70th anniversary of the Allied landing and the succeeding battles in Normandy. The D-Day event will be available for all players and introduces new troops, a new command card and a new event currency.
The D-Day event will start on June 11 and end on June 25. To get a head start, starting June 6 players will be able to start building up their army to prepare for the tough multiplayer battles they will face. During the event the main objective will be to defeat as many enemy units as possible to earn medals, the new in-game currency. Medals can be used to unlock new troops such as the “Bergetiger” or the powerful command card “Recover”. The D-Day event will be featured in a special section in the main menu, allowing for immediate battles against other players.
Players can participate in the event and play Panzer General Online through the official website www.panzergeneral.com. Here they will also find more detailed information on the event and its rules.
About Panzer General Online:
Panzer General Online is a free-to-play browser-based tactical game combining elements of collectible card games and board games. Players create their own armies of World War II units including tanks, artillery and the infantry as well as command cards that when deployed strategically, can turn the tide of battle. Featuring a single player campaign and multiplayer PvP battles, players can challenge their friends and other generals to race to the top of the leaderboards.
Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman and Far Cry. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2013-14 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,007 million. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.
About Blue Byte, a Ubisoft studio:
Blue Byte was established in 1988 and released its first hit game in 1991: Battle Isle. This was followed in 1993 by the development strategy game The Settlers®, which established itself as a longlasting favorite. In 2001, Blue Byte was acquired by Ubisoft, and in 2004 the studio moved into the premises of Ubisoft’s German branch in Düsseldorf. The team at Blue Byte is responsible for new productions of The Settlers® and ANNO®. The studio is also active in the free-2-play genre with the web-based browser game The Settlers Online, available in several languages and currently captivating millions of players worldwide.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
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From Halfbrick, the creators of Fruit Ninja and Monster Dash comes their newest and biggest adventure yet! Lock and load through the history of time as a tough-as-nails commando named Barry Steakfries, who is looking for nothing more than to shoot some zombies and make it back in time for a hearty dinner!
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“A time travelling, zombie shooting, wise cracking good time.” — GameZebo
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The evil Professor Brains has sent hordes of undead to the furthest reaches of time to destroy mankind, but Steakfries won’t be taking that lying down. He’ll take it with a gun, a Zombie T-Rex and a whole repertoire of cheesy one-liners!
Shoot up ninjas, mummies, cavemen and massive bosses with a huge variety of weapons and explosives!
Bonus Survival mode to take your zombie-blasting skills to the next level, with Game Center leaderboards and achievements!
Age of Zombies is the definitive action-comedy experience for the iPhone and iPad!
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Prepare for the ride of your life! Barry has tamed the Zombie T-Rex and is using it as a makeshift vehicle to travel through time. Get ready to dish out some prehistoric punishment in the most unique and exhilarating way possible!
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The fate of mankind is in your hands! Age of Zombies now supports all major iOS 7 controllers including the Logitech PowerShell, Razer Kazuyo, SteelSeries Stratus and a whole lot more. This is Age of Zombies the way it was meant to be played. Let’s do this thing!
Overview Earth. Birthplace of the human race and countless other creatures that call this big blue marble home. In reality however, only 30% of Earth is actual earth, leaving a whopping 70% covered in water. With this majority rendered uninhabitable to us air breathers, it’s no wonder people became curious. Thus scuba diving was born. Now people from all over dive down into the depths, intrepid folk who carry a sense of adventure. However, if you’re lacking in said department, why not just take a virtual tour of the ocean floor? It’s just like the real thing, except with a lot less water.
Story You are Nicole Lourie, a decisive journalist constantly on the hunt for the next big scoop. Taking a brief detour, you find yourself in Thailand where Eddie, an old pirate friend, presents a proposition: Find and return his back pack that he lost investigating a crash in the ocean in return it. Donning your wetsuit for the first time in a long time, you set off into the big blue and search low and lower for the object that will net you some priceless information.
Anticipating your curiosity and ardour for the truth, your dear friend Eddie continues to seek your assistance, citing the discovery of ruins resting on the ocean floor. Naturally you accept and your adventure continues around the world. But as you seek award winning articles, the truth behind your father’s last pieces of work remain ever distant. Perhaps this global trek will reveal the secrets you truly wish to discover.
Gameplay True to its intention to throw you into the life of a (reluctant) scuba diver, the game is played entirely from a first person perspective. To give you a little direction in the immensity that is the ocean, each locale is divided into missions and each mission contains objectives. Complete these to proceed. Classic game scenario. The game is based around three different modes: Exploration, Photography and Fish Feeding. All the major components of diving. By pressing the switch button, you are easily able to shift modes and complete each underwater task. Exploration mode allows you to search the ocean for lost treasures, even providing you with a hand radar system to make things a little easier. Photography is pretty self explanatory, though you will only be able to take a small amount of shots, so make them good ones. The percentage bar should help on that one, 100% means perfect. Again, a pretty self explanatory venture. Do I really even need to explain Fish Feeding? In this mode, you feed fish. Also you can take pictures of them. Simplicity aside, each task will net you experience, which will in turn allow you to level up and buy better equipment. So give everything a go, you just might like it.
Progressing through the game will also net you a few minigames to complete. Whilst controlled similar to the main game, there are a few differences imposed to keep things interesting. In one particular game, you are unable to move, instead you must turn on the spot and search the immediate vicinity for hidden treasures. You are also given access to new elements that exist to assist you, such as an item that stops the clock. There’s even one that immediately uncovers five treasures for you. Helpful.
The main difficulty in the game arises from the time limit imposed on you as each mission begins. Being underwater you must rely on an Oxygen tank and when it runs out, the mission is over. So don’t dawdle, lest you be forced to complete the same objective over and over and over again. Should you really not wish to replay a mission, you can purchase an emergency air tank that will allow you to continue. This, however, will cost you diamonds, the game’s secondary currency. And wouldn’t you know it, it’s the currency you can purchase with real world money.
Being a free iOS game, Scuba Diver Adventures features all the classic handicaps that come with such a position. The diamond currency exists as a shortcut to higher ranked items, at the cost of genuine money. Though in all honesty it’s not that big of a deal. The option is there should you want to use it, so feel free. The main issue I found with the game’s currency system instead lies in gold. Found within the game itself, you can easily bolster your riches and spend it on upgrades to enhance your dive time, camera, swim speed, you name it you can buy it. However, the game will occasionally provide you with an annoying ultimatum regarding your air supply. In the case that you have used up your collection of tanks, you will be forced to either pay for a new one or wait a designated amount of time. I understand that this mechanic is prevalent across the mobile gaming world, but I’ll never understand why a game would willingly force you to wait until you can play again. It just doesn’t make sense.
Visuals and Audio One of the major selling points of the game. That’s not just a personal opinion, with the file clocking in at over 1GB, a great deal of effort was put into making the game look good. Which it does. Though the graphics themselves are not revolutionary, they definitely stand out from what you’d expect an iOS game to look like. The 3D models all hold up fairly well, though their movements possess a sense of rigidity at times that does remove some of the majesty the game was clearly going for. That being said, there’s actually a pretty decent range of fish types presented within the ocean. It might not sound like a big deal, but when fish are the only thing swimming between you and a blue abyss, you’re going to notice the types.
In line with the more advanced graphics, the game is also fully voiced. Now, this is probably one of the most important features that the game possesses. Honestly, if dialogue was presented through text, playthrough would have been exponentially more tedious. I’m not trying to attack the gameplay, but without the voices breaking up the mission progression, taking a photo of fish for the umpteenth time would have gotten on my nerves even more. That being said, the voice cast didn’t exactly provide a stellar performance. The staggered delivery of lines and slightly off inflections made it quite clear that the cast was speaking directly from paper. Props for efforts though. If that’s really the type of thing that bothers you, simply turn down the voices and enjoy the lilting piano that comprises the soundtrack and drift off into your own world.
Overall Scuba Diver Adventures: Beyond the Depths is an interesting concept. In my long list of game scenarios, scuba diving was not anywhere near the top…or on the list at all. Regardless, the game provides a fun little expedition beneath the waves that will provide you with a decent level of entertainment. That is until you run out of oxygen and have to wait a few minutes to play again. Seriously, the most annoying feature of the game. So suit up, grab your camera and fish food and take a trip into the 70% of the world that’s significantly wetter than the other 30. Just watch out for sharks. They’re those things that look like angry dolphins.
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Explore the depths of the ocean in this incredible aquatic adventure game.
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Travel across the globe from Thailand to the Bahamas as a top deep-sea diver who is reluctantly jumping back in the water. Scuba Diver Adventures is a gorgeous taste of the life of a Scuba diver!
AMAZING ADVENTURE
You play as Nicole, an amazing diver with a sense of adventure! Help her uncover the incredible mystery of a sunken treasure with the help of her old partner, Eddie.
TREASURE HUNTER
Collect coins, pearls and other hidden treasures as you explore the deep. Dive into secluded coves, check out underwater caves and more as you attempt uncover all the secrets that the seafloor has to hide.
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Use your special camera to take pictures of all the mysterious and wonderful creatures under the waves. Snap better pictures to earn more Experience and money, and then share your best pictures with your friends using Facebook.
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FROM ETOO TO RADIUS FESTIVAL – A CELEBRATION OF GAMES
London’s EToo gaming event becomes the Radius Festival; Games Exhibition next to London’s Leicester Square; Nightly live-streaming show with developers, special guests and more!
London 5 June 2013: If you love games then you’ll love the Radius Festival, successor to last year’s hugely successful ‘EToo’ event, founded by The Guardian’s games editor Keith Stuart, game designer and producer Georg Backer, and Loading Bar Manager Jimmy Dance. The ambition was to create an event where people could discover and explore new and interesting games – and over the course of four days, it attracted over a thousand visitors.
This year EToo has evolved into the more ambitious Radius Festival, which will include several separate events.
The festival kicks off this Monday, June 9th, with “Radius Loading”, a big E3 media briefings party at the new Loading Bar location in Dalston, London, where popular gaming podcast Midnight Resistance and friends will collectively analyse the major press conferences.
Then, between June 19th – 21st, the “Radius Exhibition” will showcase a range of fascinating, exciting and intriguing games, from both well-known studios and new talent. The venue is one of London’s premiere locations, the White Space, seconds away from Leicester Square, right in the heart of London. “Radius Exhibition is not just for developers; it is for everyone who loves to explore, discover and engage with games and their creators”, game developer and Radius organiser Georg Backer says, “which is why we’re curating the exhibition rather than asking developers to pay for exhibition space, and why the exhibition is free to attend.” “There are amazing games out there, many unheard of, struggling to be discovered. We want to help them find an audience”, adds Andy Payne, chairman of UKIE, CEO of Mastertronic and co-organiser. During the evenings, the venue will host the “Radius Show”, a live-streamed Internet show broadcast on Twitch featuring developer interviews, guest stars and many surprises. As with last year’s show there will be amazing games, interesting conversation, fascinating insights, breaking news and controversy.
“Last year we had everyone from comedian and actor Rufus Hound to video game poets and a music group that uses modified Guitar Hero controllers,” says co-founder of Etoo and Radius, Keith Stuart. “We’ll also have some great guest presenters, and I’ll be wearing a new jumper.” The full line-up for the “Radius Exhibition” and “Radius Show” will be announced very soon, along with a few surprises.
The Radius Festival is a not-for-profit event supported by sponsors that include Sega, Mastertronic and game designer Mike Bithell, who says “Grass roots events like Radius are the unsung heroes of game devs, bringing exposure to the projects and people that define our medium’s future. I’m excited to do my bit to help the folk at Radius empower new people. Also I’ve been assured that there will be a Volume poster in the bathroom of the event.”
Keith Stuart adds “Radius continues what Etoo started, but one thing won’t change: Radius will maintain the intimate and friendly atmosphere for developers, gamers and everyone who is enthusiastic about technology, creativity and gaming.”
“You don’t need balls to be ballsy.” Acclaimed Scottish author Christopher Brookmyre introduces new character for forthcoming FPS
“The average FPS protagonist is a testosterone-addled sociopath with all the endearing charm of a cornered honey badger”
London, Thursday June 5th 2014: UK developer RedBedlam has taken a step towards redressing the longstanding gender imbalance in the FPS genre by announcing that the lead role in its innovative, generation-hopping shooter Bedlam will be a new character created specifically for the game.
Players will take on the role of Heather Quinn (aka Athena), a programmer at medical scanning developer Neurosphere who finds herself transported into the world of Starfire: a nineties FPS she remembers from her teen years. Searching for an explanation and a way home, she ventures beyond Starfire to discover a vast realm of interconnected game worlds documenting the evolution of the FPS genre and of video games in general.
Bedlam is adapted from the novel by Christopher Brookmyre, but diverges from the original in this change of protagonist. The novel’s hero, Ross Baker, does feature prominently in the game, but the switch to a female lead – who is a gamer and sci-fi fan – offered a fresh and bitingly humorous new perspective upon the “gameverse” that the player will explore.
“Choosing a strong, independent and modern female lead for this role not only means that we can help to address the woeful diversity situation amongst video game protagonists,” said Nick Witcher, Marketing Director at RedBedlam, “but it also allows us to make the most of Christopher Brookmyre’s writing by drawing upon his acclaimed reputation for creating compelling female characters.”
“The average FPS protagonist is a testosterone-addled sociopath with all the endearing charm of a cornered honey badger,” said Christopher Brookmyre. “I thought we could prove that you don’t need balls to be ballsy. Players of both sexes will identify with Athena, because first and foremost she is a gamer herself. Women have been shamefully ignored by the FPS genre, so it seemed appropriate that we have an acerbic female perspective in a game that plays upon the evolution and conventions of the genre.”
Developed in association with Standfast Interactive, the decades-spanning FPS takes players into a unique world of action and intrigue, visiting a range of genres old and new, from arcade platformer classics to modern RTS and shooter environments, all from a first person perspective and with a smattering of Brookmyre’s trademark dark humour.
The game is set to appear on Steam in the summer of 2014 and with another two novel / video game tie-ins planned, the partnership between RedBedlam and Brookmyre looks set to take the gaming world by storm, with a new direction in plot-driven game design.
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About RedBedlam
RedBedlam Ltd. was founded in 2001 in order to create virtual worlds and to realise virtual economies. The company spent approximately five years developing its proprietary virtual world and virtual economics technologies alongside its first commercial virtual world, Roma Victor®, which was released in 2006. RedBedlam’s other MMORPG The Missing Ink launched in beta in 2012. RedBedlam’s virtual world technology is licensed by a number of clients including the popular kids virtual world and social network –www.dpals.com/ RedBedlam is a fully independent privately held company. For more on Bedlam please visit www.bedlamthegame.com.
About Christopher Brookmyre
Christopher Brookmyre has written 18 critically acclaimed novels and won numerous awards for his works, also appearing regularly on primetime radio and TV. His love of videogames has manifested in countless references and now, for the first time, in a fully-formed first person shooter that itself pays tribute to a wealth of iconic titles. Bedlam the book was originally published in hardback in February 2013 and paperback January 2014.
After a successful beta period in the UK and Canada, Gamesys has launched their new MMO Here Be Monsters for the iPad. Combining fantasy with reality, players travel the globe as they search for over 100 mythical monsters, whom they must trap.
Beginning in London, players are quickly caught up in a diabolical plot that forces them into situations far beyond their station as new recruits in the Ministry of Monsters. Utilising hundreds of painstakingly researched and illustrated resources from numerous countries, players will be able to improve their traps and choose their baits in order to better their chances at capturing the monster that inhabit the regions of the world. New quests are developed episodically and released monthly, so players will have a constant stream of tasks to perform. The first season of the game will centre around London and Europe in general, transferring to Nanjing when season two rolls around. There is also promise of at least four more seasons slated for release, each focusing on other continents, so keep your travel bags packed.
When not jetsetting around a monster filled planet, players may decide to kick back and relax at their Homestead. This base of operations may be placed anywhere in the world and allows access to resource farming and the option to optimise crafting production lines. It’s also a neat place to showcase souvenirs.
And then some…
If the game itself wasn’t enough to get you interested in buying the game itself, it would seem that being a member of the Here Be Monsters community can have some…less than expected bonuses. Players Lisa and Chris apparently met via a fan run guild (“The Mudskippers” for all those looking for love) and recently celebrated their wedding, featuring a Here Be Monsters themed cake. Isn’t that sweet?
The couple said:
“We both play Here Be Monsters and became friends last summer though we lived several hundred miles apart. We will always be grateful to the makers of Here Be Monsters for creating the virtual world in which we met.”
Michael Heywood (Executive Producer of Here Be Monsters) happily added:
“Everybody on the Here Be Monsters team sends a huge congratulations to Lisa and Chris on their wedding! Seeing players form real communities and relationships in the game makes us all very proud, and we’re very glad to have played a small part in their happiness.”
Well there you have it folks, an MMO that combines fiction and reality that actually combined fiction and reality. Crazy stuff. Anyway, Here Be Monsters is out now on the App Store for the low, low price of Free. So check it out and enjoy the monster trapping adventure. Who knows, you might even meet someone special.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 5.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
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6 takes! – Wolfgang Kramer’s ingeniously simple card game with “bullheads” – now as an app.
The aim of the game is to avoid getting cards. Each card you have to pick up costs you points for each bullhead on it. The player with the fewest bullheads at the end of the game is the winner. It sounds easier than it is, players will need some great tactics and perhaps a little luck.
6 takes! is regarded as a modern classic among card games and has been sold all over the world.
It has won the German “Games Prize” and has also been nominated “Game of the year”.
Licensed by AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH
Features:
– 6 takes! Singleplayer mode against up to four computer opponents.
– Three levels of difficulty
– Multiplayer mode for up to four players around the same device
– Quick game or first to 66 minus points
PlayStation®4players in Europe joincross-platform battles in War Thunder: Ground Forces
A massive update forGaijin’s military MMO game adds cross-platform multiplayer and new game modes with armored vehicles.
(MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION) – June 5th, 2014 –Gaijin Entertainment is pleased to announce today that its Ground Forces expansion for military MMO game War Thunder is released for PlayStation®4 (PS4™) computer entertainment system and available now for download at no extra cost via PlayStation®Network (PSN™).
This cross-platform, free-to-play, massively multiplayer military game combines unparalleled gameplay, immersive action and stunning graphics to bring fans an explosive World War II battle experience like never before. Players will engage in air and ground combat with access to over 400 historically accurate planes and armored vehicles. Fans can expect hundreds more to be added as Gaijin Entertainment commits to ongoing development via regular updates.
One of the outstanding features of War Thunder on PS4 is cross-platform multiplayer with existing PC and Mac OS users of the game.Players can even form squads (up to 4 people) and fight together with their friends regardless of the platform or complete single scenarios in co-op. The Recent Ground Forces expansion, which adds player-controlled tanks and anti-air self-propelled guns to the game, is also included in the update.
CEO of Gaijin Entertainment Anton Yudintsev commented, “Our daily efforts have been recognized by the community and helps to explain why War Thunder has an audience of more than 7 million players battling to be top gun on our PC version, and now we’re welcoming PS4 owners to join the fight! PlayStation 4 has allowed us to create a very beautiful looking game, which visually, is almost on par with high end gaming PC’s. Also, the PlayStation®Camera is a very handy device for a flight combat game – it makes head-tracking possible, which is invaluable in frantic dogfights.”
PS4 fans also have the option to purchase the exclusive “Invader” content pack that includes US attack plane the A-26C-45 Invader, along with great gameplay bonuses. Every console player will receive a unique decal for their vehicles and additionally PlayStation®Plus subscribers will also have the chance to earn a further decal as well as the ability to purchase War Thunder’s premium account at a discount.
Finally, celebrating the game launch, Gaijin Entertainment will be offering all PlayStation Plus subscribers a free plane – the P-36A “Hawk” fighter of lieutenant Philip M. Rasmussen, one of the few American pilots who managed to take off to protect Pearl Harbor from deadly attacks by Japanese planes. This gift will become available later this June.
Over seven million players already know the enjoyment of laying opponents to waste, leaving only burned out hulls in their wake in War Thunder. This cross-platform MMO game is currently in Open Beta for PC and Mac OS, available for PlayStation®4 and OnLive®, and in development for Oculus Rift and other unannounced platforms. For more information, please visit http://www.warthunder.com
About Gaijin Entertainment
Gaijin Entertainment is the developer and publisher of the online games War Thunder and Star Conflict, as well as PC, Mac, PS4, PS3, Xbox 360, iOS and Android titles across several genres. The company’s diverse portfolio has received a range of mass media and game industry awards including such as KRI Awards, Gamescom Award and many more. Official website: http://gaijinent.com
Codemasters, the undisputed masters of realistic vehicular racing video-game experiences, have released a brand new promotional video for GRID Autosport. This time the video focuses in on the ‘Open Wheel Discipline’ featured in the game which also includes a variety of other ‘Discipline’ styles.
‘Open Wheel Discipline’ focuses on the style of wheel-to-wheel balls-to-the-wall high speed precision racing. The video which you can see below details this style in greater depth, so be sure to check out the video to get a full understanding of what to expect from this ‘Discipline’ in GRID Autosport, the newest installment in the legendary GRID video-game series.
Also for those interested in a look at the vehicles that are part of this ‘Discipline’, take a gander at the discipline video below. Let us know you thoughts in the comments section.
