Strategy Games Get Invaded with X-Mercs: Invasion from Game Insight

Alien invasions and turn-based tactics come to iPad strategy games with X-Mercs: Invasion

Moscow and San Francisco – March 3, 2014 – Game Insight, a leading global developer and publisher of free-to-play games for all major mobile and social platforms is proud to present an explosive new addition to iPad strategy games: X-Mercs: Invasion. This epic turn-based strategy game puts players in control of a military scientific corporation that has only one goal – to fight off an invasion of vicious aliens bent on conquering Earth and destroying humankind!

X-Mercs: Invasion takes place in 2040, at a time when scientists discover a new natural resource: the energy-rich crystals known as “Advinite.” A massive conflict erupts over this valuable new treasure between the warring Red Dragon Union and North Atlantic Defense Alliance, leading to global devastation, both from the war, and from the environmental hazards caused by Advinite radiation—which creates mutant monsters that force humans to seek shelter in cities shielded by impenetrable force fields. Yet in the midst of the battle, humanity faces a new threat—an all-out alien invasion! This new threat forces humanity to create the Earth Council, an organization that decrees that the war against the alien invaders will be fought by private military companies. Players begin the game as the head of one such company.

In X-Mercs: Invasion, players will spearhead their very own military campaign by assembling an army of the finest mercenary soldiers in the world, constructing a military base, and researching and converting alien tech into deadly weapons to use against their extraterrestrial creators. In X-Mercs, players will find that the fate of mankind rests on their shoulders. Save the earth from a full-scale alien invasion and become a legend!

Strategy games will get upgraded, locked, and loaded in X-Mercs: Invasion–coming soon for iPad.

Additional Information:

Visit the official X-Mercs: Invasion website: http://x-mercs.com/

Visit the official Facebook page for X-Mercs: Invasion: https://www.facebook.com/XMercs

Watch the official X-Mercs: Invasion video trailer: http://youtu.be/uYG_7j-EXZ0

Assets are available here:  http://www.game-insight.com/files/EN/Games/GI_XMercsInvasion/iOS/

About Game Insight

Founded in 2010, Game Insight is a global-facing developer and publisher of varied, user-focused, and free-to-play games for all major mobile and social platforms, including iOS, Android, Facebook, and Web. We are a team of more than 800 passionate game developers who actually play games ourselves. Our internal network consists of 15 different studios that constantly create and update high-quality games, many of which have already become #1 top-grossing hits in mobile application stores and on social networks around the world, which has led Game Insight to build a global audience of more than 150 million users. Visit http://www.game-insight.com for more info.

VLAMBEER’S LUFTRAUSERS CLEARED FOR TAKE OFF ON MARCH 18

– Pre-Orders Open for $10 Game and $750 Air Raid Pack –

Utrecht, The Netherlands – Independent game studio Vlambeer (Ridiculous Fishing, Nuclear Throne) and patriotic publisher Devolver Digital have announced that the much-anticipated realistic aerial dogfighting simulator LUFTRAUSERS will launch on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PC, Mac, and Linux via Steam and Humble on the 18th of March.

“OH DEAR GOD FINALLY YES,” said Rami Ismail, 50% of developer Vlambeer.

Potential recruits and amateur rauser pilots can visit LUFTRAUSERS.com to learn more about the war effort, train on the original LUFTRAUSER web game, and pre-order LUFTRAUSERS on Steam and Humble for 10% off the $9.99 price.

The most patriotic of citizens and tycoons of industry that wish to help with the recruitment effort on a more grandiose level can invest in the $749.99 LUFTRAUSERS Air Raid Pack that yields 1 DRM-free download of the game and 100 giftable Steam keys. Purchasers of this special bundle of aerial firepower are encouraged to recruit new rauser pilots from their ranks of friends and aid in the war effort by any means necessary.

“I honestly thought LUFTRAUSERS released back in 2012,” said Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker when reached for comment. “Ironically, I spent what I thought was LUFTRAUSERS royalties on a private jet.”

News reports and details from the front can be found via Twittergraph via @Vlambeer and @DevolverDigital.

SPACE EXPLORERS REJOICE! EDGE OF SPACE MULTIPLAYER LAUNCHES THIS WEEK

To survive the dangers of space exploration and planet terraforming in Edge of Space, where lethal Jetpack Space Penguins, Space Laser Sharks, and other monstrosities lurk in the dark, it’s better to have allies around. That’s why Handyman Studios is very excited to announce a slew of new features for the upcoming content update this week, including the long-awaited deployment of Multiplayer mode.  Gamers will be team up with other players online to explore the menacing landscape, gather resources more efficiently, share materials to create badass gear, build and modify the base operations, and band together to take on a horde of terrifying space creatures.

Along with Multiplayer features, a new Training mode has been incorporated that brand new Edge of Space recruits and long-time veterans will find very useful. The new Training mode acts as an optional tutorial that explains the fundamentals of the game as well as detailing some of the newly added mechanics. Last, dynamic game events will have players experiencing frantic action, as they deal with huge alien swarm invasions on bases and major boss encounter challenges that will require both quick decision-making and precise gameplay skills.

Set in deep space, Edge of Space is an open-world, dynamically generated sandbox survival-adventure game. Gamers start with only a laser pick and the gear from a crashed cryopod, and immediately start exploring and collecting resources as every piece of ore mined is used to fabricate survival equipment. Fight against an array of creative horrors including cybernetically enhanced Space Laser Sharks, vicious genetically evolved polar bears, and deadly quick Jet Pack Space Penguins — and those are not even the strangest monstrosities to encounter! At the absolute edge of space gamers must adapt or die – good luck ArkCo Operative!

Edge of Space is available at the Steam Early Access price of $11.99; for new feature announcements, please visit the game’s official Website, playedgeofspace.com, follow the development team at Twitter, “Like” it on Facebook, and watch development video streams on Twitch.

MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES GARDENING MAMA 2: FOREST FRIENDS COMING THIS SPRING TO NINTENDO 3DS™

Get Your Gardening Gloves on and Help Mama Plant the Seeds of Friendship

Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), publisher of the award-winning Cooking Mama video game franchise that has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide, announced today that Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends blossoms this April on Nintendo 3DS™.

Mama is going green again in a brand new stylus-based experience that challenges players to grow 50 fresh flowers, fruits and vegetables her animal friends can sell in their woodland shops.  Additional gameplay features of Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends include:

• Use the stylus as your master gardening tool to plant seeds, bulbs and saplings, then care for them with water and fertilizer.
• Grow 50+ different types of plants including beautiful hydrangeas, juicy watermelons and sizzling hot peppers!
• Nurture, harvest and deliver garden items to six different animal stores including: Bear’s Restaurant, Rabbit’s Flower Shop, Cat’s Beauty Shop and Squirrel’s Cake Shop. Fulfill their shop requests to earn garden points!
• Trade points for items and decorations that let you create a one-of-a-kind, custom garden. Use shop tickets to purchase more flowers, fruits and vegetables to enlarge your garden and make it more productive.
• Earn rewards such as new varieties of seeds, flower bulbs, and trees from your animal friends so you can expand your garden and they can grow their shops into bigger businesses that attract more customers.
• New activities with multiple variations star Mama’s friends and family featured throughout the Mama games. Sort, pick, clean, organize, mow, arrange, water, harvest and much more!
• Keep your garden healthy by protecting your plants from viruses and bugs.
• Customize and decorate your garden with 100+ items: fences, fountains, playground equipment, topiary, pergolas, sculptures, benches, pets and more. Even dress up Mama in fun new outfits!
• Use Spot Pass to receive new garden backgrounds.

Developed by Cooking Mama Limited, Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends releases this April on Nintendo 3DS. For additional information on the Cooking Mama franchise please visit: www.CookingMamaUS.com.

Versus Evil Launches Indie Publishing Company Focus on Partnering and Supporting Indie Developers

Austin, TX – March 3rd, 2014 – Versus Evil, a new company established with the goal of helping make independent video game developers successful, officially launched today in indie development hub Austin, TX. The company’s first published title, The Banner Saga in partnership with indie dev studio Stoic, launched last month to resoundingly positive reviews and was hailed by the industry as 2014’s first new standout intellectual property. Following the commercial success of The Banner Saga, Versus Evil is now turning its attention on a handful of other as yet unannounced game releases as well as looking at potential partnership opportunities with other talented indie dev studios.

“Our mission is to make development teams independently successful by offering them our expertise in marketing, social media, community management, advertising, business development and distribution” says Versus Evil General Manager, Steve Escalante. “We are not in this business to take over a game’s creative direction or vision. We are here to work with each studio in a very transparent, open relationship and focus on the business needs of the studio so the dev teams can concentrate on making the games they love. This focus allows us to be a part in the creation of successful companies, not just successful products.”

Versus Evil, is lead by General Manager, Steve Escalante, who was previously at Bethesda Softworks and Zenimax Online Studios. Joining Versus Evil as Marketing Director is Georgina Verdon and Community Director Lance James. Together the team brings marketing, sales, business development and community experience from a host of AAA products.

Versus Evil is seeking to work with passionate development teams. They can be reached via their website www.vsevil.net and will also be taking meetings with developers at this year’s Game Connection and Game Developers Conference (GDC) taking place in San Francisco March 17-21. Anyone interested in meeting with the team should email [email protected] or if attending Game Connection should request a meeting through the official online Meeting Application.

About Versus Evil
Versus Evil is an independent video game publisher who’s main focus is working with talented independent game developers to help them launch unique, creative and groundbreaking video games across all platforms. The company’s philosophy centers on building a partnership, giving development teams the level of support they want, offering advice when needed and working in tandem to maintain a brand’s true identity. Direct support capabilities include marketing, advertising, public relations, social media, community management, as well as senior level counsel on product strategy, monetization and distribution through a network of trusted partners. © Versus Evil LLC. 2013-2014. All rights reserved.

DYSTOPIAN CINEMATIC PUZZLE PLATFORMER “MONOCHROMA” TO LAUNCH THIS APRIL

Nowhere Studios Announces Release Date for Methodical Journey of Bravery and Discovery

Istanbul, Turkey, March 3rd, 2014 – Independent developer Nowhere Studios, today announced that its 1950’s influenced cinematic puzzle platformer “Monochroma” will launch on Windows PC, Mac and Linux on digital download distribution service Steam in April 2014. Set in an alternate dystopian state during the 1950’s, Monochroma follows the story of a boy and his brother who witness a horrific crime committed by an evil corporation. Narratively led with no cut-scenes, text or spoken words, Monochroma offers a deep visual, intellectual and emotional attachment, as the brothers work together to progress past devilishly clever puzzles to save their world from tyranny.

“Monochroma mixes the paranoia and dreading forbode of the 1950’s with the recent geopolitical landscape of protest, upheavals and revolutions, and builds an alternate universe that places gameplay, atmosphere and narrative above everything else,” said Burak Tezateşer, Executive Producer of Monochroma. “We’ve been inspired by a mix of influences, from classic video games from our childhood including Abe’s Oddysee and Heart of Darkness, to classic tales such as Red Riding Hood and the Wizard of Oz and the urban architecture of the 20th century”.

Inspired by the developers’ childhood memories of moving from the countryside to urban Istanbul and the “Gezi Protests” of 2013, the most violently oppressed protest in modern Turkey, players discover the environment and follow the story through a carefully constructed black-and-white palette with splashes of red. As a result, the story is instantly understandable by players of all nationalities – without any localization required.

Spread over four chapters, discover vast ghettos built upon thousands of sheds reaching into the clouds, a labyrinth of sewer tunnels, factories bellowing out industrial smoke and a city sized zeppelin hovering in the sky. The puzzles encountered in Monochroma are realistic and use physics to naturally blend in with the environment.

Another Monochroma trademark is the relationship between the two brothers. Early in the game, the younger brother injures his leg after an accident, and must be supported by his older sibling. At times, the player needs to temporarily stop carrying him in order to solve puzzles. However he can only be placed near safe, bright areas—because like most kids, he’s scared of the dark. This gameplay mechanic defines Monochroma as a cerebral, methodical puzzle game that rewards players who are caring and brave at the same time. Being a responsible older sibling is mandatory—just as in real life.

Monochroma secured a substantial portion of its funding via crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, concluding a successful campaign in July of 2013. Nowehere Studios will be debuting Monochroma at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco from March 19th – 21st. To book a media appointment please contact: [email protected]

To learn more about Monochroma visit: http://www.monochromagame.com

Visit the Monochroma Blog at: www.monochromagame.wordpress.com/

About Nowhere Studios
A beacon of light in the Turkish games development region, Nowhere Studios was established in 2010 with the goal of bringing emotional and intellectual indie-minded games with top-notch production to players all around the world.