Compatibility: Requires iOS 5.1.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Description
Dark Lands is compatible with the following devices : iPhone 4S and higher, iPad 2 and higher iPod Touch 5th generation.
Run through enemies and dangerous traps! Dark Lands is an epic battle runner action game. Develop your hero to survive this infinity battle and run as long as possible!
Dark Lands is an addictive mix of an infinity runner fantasy horror game with a dynamic combat system. Take your hero on an epic journey of defeating evil forces who corrupted the land.
Beat enemies like goblins, orcs, skeletons and monstrous trolls and ogres! Fight unique bosses like the fierce Currusor or the deadly Minotaurus!
Avoid dangerous traps and treacherous corrupted terrain!
Show other players that you are the best warrior of them all!
FEATURES
– Overcome the 40 missions of the adventure mode and survive the endless mode.
– Run and Fight through easy to use controls with sharp reactions!
– Develop your hero! Improve stats and buy mighty weapons and armor!
– Fight hordes of fantasy enemies! – Get into epic fights with mighty bosses such as the minautorus or the giant scorpio!
– Learn to avoid deadly traps and use them in your favor to lure enemies into them!
– Enjoy beautiful, original, atmospheric music and great sound effects!
– Artistic silhouette graphics with a changing environment!
– Unlock more than 50 achievments and write your name in the hall of fame pantheon of Dark Lands.
Create and Play with Content and Characters from the New Animated Feature Film
Friday, March 9, 2014— Linden Lab and Summertime Media today announced that a new Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return set will be available in Blocksworldon Friday, May 9, in coordination with the release of the new animated feature film. This is the second Legends of Oz set in Blocksworld and is the result of a content-licensing relationship with Linden Lab and Summertime Media, brokered by KZero Worldwide.
The Legends of Oz sets allow players of Linden Lab’s free, 3D building-block game for the iPad to create and play with content and characters from the new animated feature film and include:
New props and decals players can use to create playable versions of characters from the film, including Dorothy, Toto,
Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, and more
New games in which players can re-create iconic scenes from the movie
A new world of terrain to build in, featuring the Emerald City, Jester’s Castle, and dynamic lighting effects
The new Four-Legged Block – great for creating small creatures like Toto and bringing them to life
New action controls, expanding Blocksworld’s drag-and-drop visual scripting language to make it easy to control multiple
characters in the worlds that players create
Linden Lab has also secured other relationships to bring world-famous brands to Blocksworld. Blocksworld has seen more than 1 million downloads and more than 600,000 user-created worlds shared to date.
About Blocksworld
Blocksworld is a free 3D building-block game for kids and family that brings the imaginative play of toy blocks to your iPad’s touch-screen. Snap-together 3D blocks to build anything you can imagine from crazy characters to cars, space rockets, animals, robots, planes, monsters, and much more – and then bring your creations to life! Simple drag-and-drop controls make it easy to add interactivity and animations to anything you make. Play with your creations in action-packed games, share what you’ve made with your friends, and explore creations made by people all over the world.
About Linden Lab
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Francisco, Linden Lab makes shared creative spaces that inspire and empower users to explore and share their creativity with others. For more about Linden Lab, its products, and career opportunities please visit LindenLab.com.
About Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return
Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return is an animated feature film based on the adventure books by Roger Stanton Baum, the great-grandson of L. Frank Baum. In the film, Dorothy (voiced by Lea Michele) awakens to a devastated post-tornadoKansas, and is soon whisked back to Oz and its new villain in this 3D-animated musical adventure. The film also stars Martin Short, Jim Belushi, Kelsey Grammer, Dan Aykroyd, Hugh Dancy, Megan Hilty, Oliver Platt, Patrick Stewart and Bernadette Peters. Moreinformation about the film can be found at www.LegendsOfOzMovie.com.
About Summertime Entertainment
Founded by Ryan Carroll and Roland Carroll, Summertime Entertainment is a multi-media company specializing in family-friendly entertainment for film, television, digital, mobile and other trans-media platforms. Currently, Summertime Entertainment is in production on a new franchise of epic proportions, the re-vitalization of the indelible and beloved world of Oz. Through various forms of digital worlds, online communities and a brand new stereoscopic, 3D animated feature film, Oz will soon be brought back to life in literally new dimensions, for a whole new generation to love and cherish. More information about Summertime Entertainment can be found at www.summertimemedia.com.
About KZero
Founded in 2006, KZero is a market-leading online games consulting firm providing strategy, analytics and insight for the rapidly growing kids gaming market. KZero clients include Summertime Entertainment, Viacom, The BBC, France Televisions, Mattel and Ubisoft.
Visceral new gameplay trailer released for the future of online team-based tactical combat games
MOSCOW, Russia – 8th May 2014 – Kraken Games, an independent development studio based in Moscow, have today released an epic new gameplay trailer for their upcoming multiplayer sci-fi 2.5D shooter Warsidethat showcases the five playable classes in the game. Warside is currently undergoing a Greenlight campaign on Steam and is set for a full release on PC in 2014.
Set against a futuristic backdrop of three powerful rival factions attempting to dominate the galaxy, Warside is a balanced mix of platformer, shooter and RPG where team co-ordination is essential for success on the battlefield.
Players will be divided in to leagues, depending on the level of their character, to ensure battles are fair and balanced and where the outcome is determined by skill and tactics rather than having all the best weapons and perks. Once players progress to a certain level within their league, they will then be ‘promoted’ to the next league up where they will then gain access to a variety of new skills and equipment, making their character more powerful for the challenges ahead.
As with all great online multiplayer shooters, Warside will launch with a variety of PvP and co-op battle modes to challenge players skill and teamwork to the limit:
· Team Death Match (PvP): two teams go head-to-head in an arena with the first to reach a certain number of kills winning
· Point Capture (PvP): a variation of ‘capture the flag’, several Control Points are scattered across a level with points earned by capturing and controlling them. The first team to reach a certain number of points wins the match
· Resource Gathering (PvP): boxes with various resources spawn randomly throughout different parts of the level. Locating them and returning them to your base earns points for your team with larger and rarer resources bringing more points but requiring teamwork to move
· Artifact (PvP): A single Artifact randomly spawns on the map with any player holding it earning points for their team. Their teammates must protect them in order to maximize the number of points earned while their opponents must work to relinquish the enemy player of the Artifact by any means necessary!
· Dungeon (co-op): teams must run a deadly gauntlet of rooms and areas filled with waves of enemies, automatic turrets, flying drones, traps, snipers and kamikaze drones to name but a few!
· Survival (co-op): hold an objective against relentless waves of enemies with each wave stronger than the one before it. With each wave survived the level of reward incrementally increases
As showcased in the new trailer, players can choose one of five classes, each with their own preferred weapon types and gadgets. The classes in full:
· Defender: Tank class. High armour and defence. Preferred weapons: machine gun, handgun. Gadgets: stationary shield, extended shield
· Assault: Main damage class. High attack capabilities. Preferred weapons: assault rifles, melee. Gadgets: rocket, stationary turret
· Infiltrator: Damage class with some control abilities. Preferred weapons: sniper rifle, shotgun. Gadgets: poison dart, stunning trap
· Destroyer: Damage class focusing on area damage. Preferred weapons: rocket launcher, flamethrower. Gadgets: grenade, mine
· Medic: Healer class, specializing in keep teammates alive. Preferred weapons: charger, sub-machine gun. Gadgets: charging grenade, charging station
About Kraken Games
Kraken Games is an independent game development studio founded in 2010. Over the past four years they have gathered a team of dedicated specialists and now stand at 17 members strong. Their primary goal is to make unique and interesting games for like-minded gamers. They are currently working on their debut game the sci-fi multiplayer shooter, Warside, scheduled for release in 2014.
LONDON (9th May 2014) – Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces FINAL FANTASY® III, one of the best-loved games from the epic RPG series, is coming soon to Steam.
First released in Japan in 1990, FINAL FANTASY III was the first title in the Final Fantasy series to become a million-seller, establishing once and for all that Square Enix’s classic RPG saga was here to stay. The game first reached European shores in 2007 when it launched as a 3D remake on the Nintendo DS, also selling in excess of one million copies worldwide.
Coming soon to Steam, FINAL FANTASY III has been optimised for PC gaming with new and improved 3D visuals and story sequences, and will include Steam Trading Cards and Achievements and new visual designs for the Job Mastery Cards.
The Story of FINAL FANTASY III
Protected by the crystals of light, the once peaceful land has forever been changed by the great tremor. Without warning, the earthquake pulled the crystals into the earth, upsetting the world’s fragile balance. It seems as if all hope is lost – but as the Gulgan prophecy foretold, four souls blessed with the light shall once again restore balance to the world.
Near the small village of Ur, fate guides Luneth to a sentient crystal that changes his life forever. As the light of the crystal fades, Luneth embarks on a journey to seek three others who share his destiny to search for the remaining crystals, and fight the battle of light and darkness. Game Features
New and improved 3D visuals and story sequences
Quicker browsing through the monster bestiary and other game record
New visual designs for the Job Mastery Cards
Upgraded graphics
Includes Achievements
New feature of Steam Trading Cards
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AboutFINAL FANTASY
Since the release of FINAL FANTASY in 1987, this unique RPG series continues to showcase the spectacular visuals, highly imaginative worlds and rich stories leading the industry and earning the highest accolades from users around the world. Titles of the series have so far achieved a cumulative shipment of over 100 million units worldwide.
About Square Enix Ltd.
Square Enix Ltd., a part of the Square Enix Europe business unit, develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX, EIDOS® and TAITO® branded entertainment content in Europe and other PAL territories as part of the Square Enix Group. Square Enix Ltd. also has a global network of leading development studios such as IO Interactive™, Crystal Dynamics® and Eidos Montréal. The Square Enix Group boasts a valuable portfolio of intellectual property including: FINAL FANTASY, which has sold over 100 million units worldwide, DRAGON QUEST® which has sold over 62 million units worldwide and TOMB RAIDER® which has sold over 35 million units worldwide; and the legendary SPACE INVADERS®. Square Enix Ltd. is a London-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
Codemasters have just announced a special edition of GRID Autosport, the special edition is titled the GRID Autosport Black Edition. The Black Edition is now available for pre-order on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
The GRID Autosport Black Edition features the full GRID Autosport game as well as a great deal of additional content. The game will be available on June 26th, 2014.
You can check out the brand new trailer focusing on the GRID Autosport Black Edition in the video below. Be sure to let us know what you think in the comments section. Are you excited for the GRID Autosport Black Edition?
Good news Poke fans, the previously announcedTCG expansion Flashfire is now out in the wild just waiting to be purchased.
As you’d expect from such a blazing title, the expansion pack will include some of the franchise’s more heated characters, namely the powerful new form of everyone’s favourite kinda-dragon: Charizard. Both the X and Y variations of Mega Charizard will appear as EX cards, along with five other turbo charged monsters. Additionally, Flashfire brings in another 25 Pokemon from the X and Y 3DS games, along with 15 new Trainer cards. Talk about spoiled for choice.
So what are you waiting for? Get out there and turn up the heat on your opponents with a few new additions to you collection. Plus, within every booster pack lie codes to unlock virtual cards to use on the official site. It’s a digital age people, embrace it.
Overview Japan has a habit of taking almost anything and creating a cute anime character out of it. The current insanely popular game in Japan is all about warships that have been morphed into ship girls and there has even been an anime about a little cockroach at one point. Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! is similar to these as it takes H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos and makes creatures of nightmare into cute girls. Adapted from a light novel and brought to us by the same studio that made girls out of guns, is Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! Season 1 worth picking up?
Story Mahiro Yasaka is having a bad day. On his way home the air around him grows dark and the moon turns red as a faceless creature with rubbery black skin chases him through the streets. When Mahiro finds himself trapped in a dead end and his fate appears to be sealed, the creature is suddenly stabbed from behind by a girl with long silver hair and green eyes.
When he returns home he learns that this girl is named Nyaruko and that she is a Nyarlathotep. She explains to him that all of the creatures of the Cthulhu Mythos are actually aliens and Nyaruko is actually employed by the Planetary Defense Agency and she has been sent to Earth in order to protect Mahiro from being captured by other aliens who wish to sell him off into slavery.
However this girl is appears far more interested in everything Japan has to offer and Mahiro himself than protecting him as she chooses to move into his house and the first thing they do is head to a shop full of otaku games, light novels, and manga where Nyaruko ends up drooling over everything she sees since Earth’s entertainment; anime, manga, light novels, video games, etc, are a highly sought after commodity in space and their sale is strictly monitored.
After defeating the group that seeks to capture Mahiro, Nyaruko remains on Earth not only to protect Mahiro, whom she is madly in love with, but also enjoy everything Earth’s entertainment has to offer. By dealing with this foe Nyaruko’s childhood friend but also sworn enemy, a Chtughan named Kuko, also moves into Mahiro’s house to “protect Earth” but mostly to try and get into Nyaruko’s skirt as she is an obsessively in love with her and tries to assault her on a regular basis.
To round out the core cast a girlish boy named Hasuta who is also an alien from Hastur and carries feelings for Mahiro, Mahiro’s mother who has knowledge of the deities and lets them all move into her house anyways, and a talkative female classmate named Tamao Kurei who has been nicknamed the “Walking Speaker.” With Mahiro’s relatively peaceful life now full of obsessive Lovecraftian creatures and trouble popping up everywhere how will he be able to adapt?
Now I’m going to be honest, Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! is going to be a divisive comedy. Whereas I found the barrage of humor throughout the series to be a source of constant laughter, others may be scratching their heads. This depends on how much the viewer enjoys slapstick comedy, Nyaruko’s overflowing personality, and referential based humor since that is largely what makes the series so great for those, such as myself, that enjoy that type of humor. From the first episode alone viewers are given so many references to try and catch that, depending on how many you pick up on, will determine how many references you’ll likely get throughout the rest of the series.
There are references from The Ambition of Oda Nobuna, plenty from Kamen Rider and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Metal Gear Solid, Pokémon, and of course tons from the Cthulhu Mythos. That is only what I was able to pick up on in the first episode, with numerous other references being dropped in later episodes including some from One Piece, Back to the Future, Haruhi Suzumiya, and even knocks at some of Japan’s censorship laws that were being talked about at the time.
This show is one that those who have seen a wide range of anime in their time will probably appreciate the most as they will be more likely to catch the references that are often used for comedy. As mentioned, the other barrel in the series’ comedy comes in the form of slapstick humor and just how eccentric most of the core cast is. We have Nyaruko usually on the receiving end of punishment from Mahiro, usually with forks to the head, Nyaruko taking down Kuko, and Nyaruko using her ‘Space QCQ’ to eviscerate enemies.
Mahiro is rough with Nyaruko but actually comes off as a likable main character whenever he thinks about taking her seriously and Nyaruko herself is a bag of laughs and is easily the best character in the series. Her personality is eccentric to the max with her love of otaku things, persistent love of Mahiro, and sadistic and twisted personality when it comes to killing off her foes. Of the side characters, Kuko is a nice fit compared to Nyaruko’s overflowing enthusiasm for everything as her blunt monotone nature but passionate desire to be with Nyaruko is delightful and a good counterbalance for Nyaruko’s love for Mahiro.
The comedy and the way that the story of Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! unfolds, with a number of short story arcs throughout the series, can only be successful by having likable characters and thankfully that is the case with this series as it shows minimal romantic development and some notable character growth in the final arc. This does hinder the overall story but thankfully the constant humor and likable cast make this show worth watching. Perhaps even a few times as one can never get enough Nyaruko.
Visuals The animation studio Xebec has been around for quite some time now and although there are a number of series that step outside of their norm, Xebec tends to have a certain style when it comes to their character designs. Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! still has the Xebec feel to their female characters but it is more restrained. The characters’ eyes and basic designs are nice looking, though their faces tend to look far too angular at times and this becomes an issue during some scenes where many characters are on screen at one time.
The background and scenery throughout the series is relatively simple at times but there are a few key scenes throughout the series which look amazing thanks to the backdrop they take place against. The fan-service is tame and is usually delivered by Nyaruko and Kuko while the action scenes keep a decent level of quality with some rather absurd techniques used at times. There are also numerous costume changes throughout the series to help change things up from the standard school uniform.
Audio Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! has been released as an English subtitled series with only the Japanese voice track available but considering the nature of the show and how many references there are throughout the series to various Japanese anime and tokusatsus. These would not have translated well into English and it would have been hard to find a voice actor that would be able to even meet Kana Asumi’s portrayal of Nyaruko.
There are a number of fairly standard sounding background tracks used throughout the series, some of which are forgettable except for the main theme used whenever something involving a dramatic Lovecraft event occurs. The opening theme for Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! is “The Sun Says, “Burn, Chaos”” by Ushiro kara Haiyori-tai G, consisting of the voice actresses for Nyaruko, Kuko, and Tamao, is catchy and will stick with the viewer for a long time while the ending theme is “Forever With You” by Ramm ni Haiyoru Nyaruko-san is softer paced but a nice closer for the series, although a special ending theme is used in the final episode.
Extras As one would expect from a launch release from NIS America Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! Season 1 has been given the premium edition treatment which means that the release includes not only on-disc bonuses but also a hardcover art book and a chipboard slipcase. The on-disc extras are slim on the release as they only offer the Japanese trailers for the series as well, a clean version of the opening and ending theme, and trailers for other NIS America anime.
Now the slipcase for the release features some nice looking artwork on both sides of the box, with the front side including numerous pictures of Nyaruko and the rest of the cast in various scenes while the back is simpler as it features the core cast. I did notice a couple of spelling errors in the art book which is unfortunate; anyways the hardcover artbook contains episode summaries for each episode as well as storyboard from Xebec accompanying each episode as well as character files that talk about each character and show off their various designs. A nice touch with these character files is an incredibly brief interview with each of the voice actors for that character. Closing out the book there are storyboard from the opening and ending animations, a data list talking about the various tools Nyaruko and Kuko use, a glimpse at some other character art and sketches of the main areas in the anime.
Overall A lot of what makes Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! so enjoyable is Nyaruko herself as her personality is easily the best thing about the show outside of the amount of references throughout the series. While the type of comedy in Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! Season 1 might not be something everyone will enjoy, those that do will be in for one hell of a ride as this show remains hilarious throughout and even has a few pieces of development here and there to make it worthwhile. While it has a few faults Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! does not disappoint as a light hearted comedy with a likable cast and an amazing lead female.
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It has been a long time coming and fans of Senran Kagura have been waiting with bated breath for the news that XSEED Games have announced today. That news being that Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus is going to be released in North America this fall and to top that off, there will even be a limited run of “Let’s Get Physical” retail versions to accompany the game’s digital release. The physical version of the game will come with a soundtrack CD as well as a “Shinobi Syllabus” that will contain profiles of the shinobi students, gameplay strategies, and illustrations.
Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus takes place immediately after the events that occurred in Senran Kagura Burst with the girls from Hanzo still battling against the now underground mercenary strike team from Hebijo now called the Homura Crimson Squad. When new foes from Gessen Girls’ Academy appear to fight against the Hanzo group and a new class at Hebijo is formed to fight against all three groups, a massive war breaks out that sees twenty playable characters in the game which will include four different story viewpoints.
Wyrmbyte Releases Adventure Mode Trailer for Dragons and Titans™
Indie developer, Wyrmbyte, released a new trailer today highlighting the benefits of playing in Adventure Mode, a single player campaign in the newly released MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena), Dragons and Titans. In addition to flying Dragons, faster match times and unique RPG elements, Adventure Mode is one of the key features that sets the game a part from other similar MOBAs out there. In Adventure Mode, players get to unravel the game’s deep Lore as well as earn stars and unlock unique Dragons. Dragons & Titans is currently available free-to-play on Steam and Facebook.
In Dragons and Titans players take on the role of a Dragon Lord who has been called into battle to release their deity (a Titan) from captivity so they can rule for the next 100 years. Players can select from over 30 different dragons, each with unique abilities and progression levels, as well as a range of weapons which can be upgraded in the Forge from elements scavenged during battle.
The battles in Dragons and Titans range from 10-15 minutes, giving gamers access to more matches during any given session with a variety of gaming options including 5V5 PVP, Co-Op or Single Player Adventure Mode. Map types are familiar to the MOBA gamer, including traditional MOBA, Capture Points and ARAM (All Random All Middle) maps.
Wyrmbyte is an indie video game studio founded in 2012 by industry veterans from END Games Entertainment and NetDevil. Wyrmbyte’s first published title, Dragons and Titans, was developed to offer gamers something new and unique in the MOBA space.
Dying Light developers Techland have just announced that the game’s release date has been pushed back a few months to February 2015. The developers are keen to stress that the slight delay is to allow for the best final experience possible in the open world horror game; the team don’t want to stop development before the game is ready, with freedom of movement high on the list of priorities – the only thing frightening about Dying Light should be the infected, the darkness, and the hunt.
Publisher’s Warner Bros are said to be fully supportive of the decision, allowing the Techland team to work on until Dying Light reaches the standard that they envision.
In addition to setting a new release date for the game, the team has announced that next month’s E3 will see a lot more information released about the title, so keep your eyes peeled if Dying Light has taken your fancy. You can also check out Capsule Computer’s hands on impression of the game’s early build here.
Dying Light will be making it’s way to PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 and PS4 in February 2015.
