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“FALLOUT: LANIUS” SMASHES HALF A MILLION VIEWS

New Unannounced Series in development

Perth, Western Australia- (January 7th, 2014) ENCRYPTION FILMS and DRACOGEN INC. are proud to announce that ‘FALLOUT: LANIUS’ has surpassed 500,000 views on YouTube.

The film was released on YouTube in August and succeeded in picking up 100,000 views in less than 24 hours. From there, the film has had consistent success across the web being covered by major news outlets globally.

Director Wade K. Savage commented, “We are ecstatic with the numbers. Without any commercial promotion by a major YouTube network, Fallout: Lanius has achieved incredible viewership. Our fans have stayed with us from the beginning and it shows”.

Producer Stuart Mackenzie also added: “The support from our fans has been truly astounding and without their passion for our film and all things fallout, we could never have reached this milestone. And it’s not over yet!”

“This has been a labour of love from the beginning” said Executive Producer Steven Dengler “It’s made by fans for fans, and the fans have embraced it”.

As well as having a new “micro-short” on the horizon, the team is currently developing an as yet unannounced new series. “We think our fans will be very excited” continued Savage “We have some interest from some major studios to make it a reality and we are currently shopping it around. It won’t be long until we lock something in”.

“FALLOUT: LANIUS” was funded via a crowdfunding campaign in late 2012.

ABOUT THE TEAMS

ENCRYPTION FILMS is an independent film production company headed by Director Wade K. Savage. The company’s sole ambition is to create entertaining films, that combine story, style and substance.

Founded by Steven Dengler, Dracogen™ is committed to helping fun and awesome things happen, backing tech companies, gaming, new media, and other creative projects.

Once Upon a Light available at App Store

Once Upon a Light available at App Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore for Android An exciting physics-based puzzle game, about bulbs, love and gear!

December 15, 2013

Rome, Italy – Guru Meditation Project today is pleased to announce that Once Upon a Light has become available through the App Store in the Games Category, through Google Play store in the Games Category and through Amazon Appstore for Android.

Once Upon a Light is a puzzle game for iOS and Android devices. Help Eddie find his beloved Amèlie in an exciting physics-based puzzle game!

The objective of this steampunk tale is to help Eddie Thomason find his beloved Amèlie Ampere. Keep your eyes open: as in every tale worthy of its name, here we have a bad guy, Nikolai Teslov. ! Let yourself be drawn by the in-game cinematics and unlock power-up never granted before to a light bulb. Rediscover through the eyes of our hero vintage scenarios, old west dusty landscapes and the wet depths of water worlds. Don’t forget to charge the bulb!
Each level has its own challenge with higher levels requiring you to also end up with particular power-up.

Features:

  • Paid game with more than 90 levels of increasing complexity
  • Each level has a challenge.
  • Different sounds for Home page, game moves, winning and losing play
  • for iOS devices, iCloud support

Once Upon a Light is a awesome puzzle game for all age groups.

Device Requirements

  • iPhone, iPod or iPad; Android device!
  • Available for Kindle Fire, and Kindle Fire HD and HDX!
  • Requires iOS 4.3 or later; requires Android 2.3 or later
  • Universal app optimized for display on all iOS devices, optimized for iPhone 5;
  • 97.1 MB for iOS devices; 78 MB for Android devices

Pricing and Availability

Once Upon a Light 1.0.4 is a paid app, it costs 0.99$ on App Store, 1.36$ on Google Play and Amazon Appstore. It is now available almost worldwide, through the different digital stores.

Download

App Store:  https://itunes.apple.com/app/once-upon-a-light/id776000229!
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.gurumeditationproject.onceuponalightgame
Amazon Appstore for Android: http://www.amazon.com/Guru-Meditation-Project-Once-Light/dp/

Guru Meditation Project is a Indie studio located in Rome, Italy. Our brand name is a tribute to Amiga error notice. We design, love and (more than everything) play video games. We make use of our expertise for conceiving new, funny and original products, always keeping in our minds and hearts the milestone games that made history. Once Upon a Light is our fist product.

Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

This app was not created or endorsed by Amazon.

Android is a trademark of Google Inc.

Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/onceuponalight
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/OnceUponALight_
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUonhp5wxQ4
Website:  http://www.onceuponalight.com
YouTube trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUonhp5wxQ4

WARGAME RED DRAGON – the first hostilities caught on video!

The tension is ramping up in Wargame Red Dragon! The latest game in the spectacular RTS series created by developers Eugen Systems can today reveal the very first teaser video that takes us to the heart of Asia and the scenes of the next clashes of Wargame.

The NATO and Pact armies and their allies finally deploy in Asia. This first Red Dragon video gives us a taste of the strategic and pyrotechnical delights in store for you in this new Wargame title, which takes place at the start of a new major armed conflict. You can look forward to new factions, new units and combat vehicles (for a total of over 1,300!) and, in particular, the introduction of naval units: the landing craft, amphibian vehicles and warships will thrill fans of complex strategies, who will now be able to include the waterways as an integral part of their tactics!

More ambitious than Wargame AirLand Battle, Wargame Red Dragonessentially retains the same game mechanics that made the series so successful, but the action leaves Europe for the first time and shifts to a conflict in central Asia between 1975 and 1991, and adding loads of new features. 5 new nations, among which China and North Korea, join the armed forces in Wargame with over 450 new units. The introduction of naval and amphibian units is a particular highlight, and the maritime and river areas provide fresh strategic opportunities! A new solo campaign plunges players headlong into a hellish war around Korea, while Wargame’s extensive, road-tested multiplayer mode will engage them in some intense and spectacular battles with up to 20 other players simultaneously!

More of Wargame: Red Dragon will be revealed over the coming weeks with new screenshots and videos.

– Watch the video

– Visit the official website

About Focus Home Interactive 
Founded in 1996, Focus Home Interactive is an independent French publisher based near Paris, France. Known for the quality, diversity and originality of its catalogue, Focus has published and distributed original titles that have become benchmark titles worldwide – such as Blood Bowl, the strategy games Wargame, Sherlock Holmes, TrackMania, Runaway, Cities XL and also Cycling Manager and Farming Simulator.
http://www.focus-home.com

About Eugen Systems
Eugen Systems, founded by the Le Dressay brothers, has specialized in real-time strategy games on PC and next-generation consoles (Xbox 360 and PS3) for 10 years.
Based in Paris, Eugen Systems released Act of War: Direct Action, one of the most acclaimed RTS games in 2005, and last year R.U.S.E.™, considered by many to be the best RTS ever released on consoles.
For more information about Eugen Systems, visit their official website
http://www.eugen.fr

Doctor Who: Legacy Recognised by BAFTA

Popular mobile game in the running for gaming accolade

8th January 2014, London: Doctor Who: Legacy, the puzzle RPG mobile game from Tiny Rebel Games, Seed Studio and BBC Worldwide has made it to the jury stage in the Family Category of the games BAFTAs.

Since its release on the 27th November last year, Legacy has been winning over both the most hardcore Whovians and casual gamers, alike. The Facebook community alone has grown to over 26,000 followers while a fan site and sub-reddit have become hubs for players from all over the world.

Hailed by Digital Spy as ‘one of the more moral free-to-play games when it comes to how it treats its players’, Legacy runs on a highly responsible monetisation strategy. With no energy system and regular character drops, it is entirely possible to play the game without spending anything what-so-ever, making it perfect for players of all ages and experience.

‘Our goal from the beginning for Doctor Who: Legacy, was to create an experience that can be enjoyed equally by fans of all ages,’ said Susan and Lee Cummings of Tiny Rebel Games. ‘We’re thrilled that the BAFTA has recognised that there are sons and daughters, mums, dads and grandparents all over the UK, some of whom have never played a video game before, enjoying Doctor Who: Legacy together.’

Peter Hickman, Producer of Digital Entertainment & Games at BBC Worldwide added, ‘It is an honour to be considered for a BAFTA and a privilege to be working with such dedicated and skilled developers as Tiny Rebel Games and Seed Studio. With a raft of new content on the way, 2014 is going to be a great year for Legacy fans. New Year. New Who.’

The final shortlist will be announced at the end of the month with the winner being unveiled in February.

Doctor Who: Legacy is available now on Google Play and iTunes
And keep up to date with Legacy on Facebook and Twitter

https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWho?fref=ts
https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho
http://www.youtube.com/user/doctorwho

About BBC Worldwide Ltd
BBC Worldwide Limited is the main commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). BBC Worldwide exists to support the BBC public service mission and to maximise profits on its behalf. It does this through investing in, commercialising and showcasing content from the BBC around the world, in a way that is consistent with BBC standards and values. The business also builds the reach and reputation of the BBC brand overseas and champions British creativity.
In 2012/13, BBC Worldwide generated headline profits of £156m and headline sales of £1,116m and returned £156m to the BBC. For more detailed performance information please see our Annual Review website:
http://www.bbcworldwide.com/annualreview
bbcworldwide.com

About Tiny Rebel Games LLC
Tiny Rebel Games LLC is a publisher and developer of richly designed and addictive games for mobile and other platforms.  The latest partnership venture for Lee Cummings and Susan Cummings, Tiny Rebel Games is the culmination of over a decade of work together across a broad variety of genres and platforms, including a broad portfolio of design and production contributions to such blockbuster successes as the Grand Theft Auto series, Bioshock, Borderlands, and Bully.
About Seed Studio
Established in 2006, Seed Studio is a global developer of entertainment software, specializing in the creation of social game content for all platforms.  With offices located in Taipei, Taiwan and Woodland Hills, CA, Seed Studio is a unique blend of Eastern-Western art, design, and programming.

TRANSGAMING AND TOSHIBA PARTNERSHIP EXPANDS GAMETREETM TV’S DOMINATION IN SMART TV MARKET

Recent Global Partnerships Solidify GameTree TV As Industry Leading Games On-Demand Service

LAS VEGAS, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW – Jan. 8, 2014 –TransGaming Inc. (TSX-V:TNG), the global leader in delivering on-demand family friendly and social games to the TV, today announced a partnership with Toshiba Europe GmbH to bring TransGaming’s GameTree™ TV platform to Toshiba’s line of Smart TVs. As a premium partner of Toshiba’s Game Section, GameTree TV will provide the very first games available to consumers in the section, without the need for any additional hardware.

TransGaming’s partnership with Toshiba follows recent partnership announcements with more giants of the consumer electronics industry, bringing GameTree TV’s reach to millions of consumers worldwide. The Toshiba partnership reconfirms GameTree TV as the leader in the cloud-based games on-demand industry, allowing consumers to instantly play high-quality games in their living room.

“Partnering with Toshiba further catapults GameTree TV ahead of the industry. As the leading games platform globally, providing multi-millions of new users with an engaging, interactive entertainment experience built directly into their Toshiba TVs, TransGaming is poised to continue our industry domination in 2014,” said Vikas Gupta, CEO & President of TransGaming. “The Smart TV market continues to explode, with exponential growth of TVs being Internet connected, and will dominate living rooms worldwide this year.”

GameTree TV is the industry leading cloud-based games-on-demand service that brings some of the biggest brands and franchises for family friendly entertainment to the living room without the need for additional hardware. With a rich catalog of content and easy-to use-interface, GameTree TV extends the television experience to a complete entertainment ecosystem. GameTree TV delivers content to multi-millions of consumers worldwide through partnerships with Smart TV providers and Managed Service Operators.

About TransGaming Inc.
TransGaming Inc. (TSX-V: TNG) is the global leader in developing and delivering platform-defining social video game experiences to consumers around the world. From engineering essential technologies for the world’s leading companies, to engaging audiences with truly immersive interactive experiences, TransGaming fuels disruptive innovation across the entire spectrum of consumer technology. TransGaming’s core businesses span the digital distribution of games for Smart TVs, next-generation set-top boxes, and the connected living room, as well as technology licensing for cross-platform game enablement, software 3D graphics rendering, and parallel computing. Visit us at  http://transgaming.com.

About Toshiba Europe GmbH
Toshiba is a world-leading diversified manufacturer, solutions provider and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products and systems. Toshiba Group brings innovation and imagination to a wide range of businesses: digital products, including LCD TVs, notebook PCs, retail solutions and MFPs; electronic devices, including semiconductors, storage products and materials; industrial and social infrastructure systems, including power generation systems, smart community solutions, medical systems and escalators & elevators; and home appliances.

Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global network of more than 590 consolidated companies, with 206,000 employees worldwide and annual sales surpassing 5.8 trillion yen (USD 61 billion). Visit Toshiba’s web site at www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm.

Toshiba Europe GmbH, headquartered in Neuss, Germany, is a fully owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo.

Game Insight Announces New City Building Game The Tribez & Castlez

Spin-off to smash hit city building game The Tribez to offer high-fantasy adventure

MOSCOW AND SAN FRANCISCO – January 8, 2014 – Game Insight, creator of worldwide hit city-building game The Tribez, is delighted to announce a new spin-off for this popular game – The Tribez & Castlez! This exciting new title will be released for iOS, Android, Amazon, and Facebook in early 2014.

The Tribez & Castlez begins with a scientific experiment gone awry. This time around, the experiment has sent players to another world, where magic reigns supreme, where dragons hover in the sky, and the forests are teeming with treacherous werewolves. Fortunately, the Professor and Princess Aurora return to help Prince Eric rebuild his kingdom and protect it from the evil machinations of the realm’s most heinous villains!

In The Tribez & Castlez, players will embark on an epic journey to restore peace and prosperity to their kingdom. Players will build and fortify magic towers to protect their citizens from enemies like vicious Gobools, powerful Trollums, and other amazing creatures. They will also develop their nation economically by constructing sawmills and factories, cultivating grapes and aubergines, and breeding pigs and sheep. An enchanting soundtrack and gorgeous graphics will bring the game’s fairytale version of the Middle Ages to life.

This fascinating new city building game will let players visit well-guarded dungeons and wizard towers, discover the ancient ruins of abandoned castles, seek mysterious artifacts, and wage war on hideous monsters. Meet loyal friends and fight cunning enemies, behold mighty giants, magic, dragons, and of course, a beautiful princess in The Tribez & Castlez.

Assets for media are available at:
http://www.game-insight.com/files/EN/Games/GI_TheTribezAndCastlez/

Additional information:
Visit the official The Tribez & Castlez website:  http://tribezandcastlez.com/

Visit the official Facebook page for The Tribez & Castlezhttp://www.facebook.com/TheTribezAndCastlez

Watch the official trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FGLwwtcFUo&feature=youtu.be

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 17 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.

Two Tribes Rebooting After Poor Results from Toki Tori 2

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Two Tribes, the studio developers behind the Toki Tori series, has been shut down because of less-than-stellar performances in development and sales.

In a blog post that states all the facts on what’s happening with Two Tribes, co-founders Martijn Reuvers and Collin van Ginkel said “When Toki Tori 2 ended up taking way longer than expected and not achieving the sales we needed, it basically took the company down with it.” Most of the team was laid off, leaving only the co-founders in their empty office. However, they will still be creating an internal studio under Two Tribes Publishing as a subsidiary. Two Tribes Publishing is the parent company to Two Tribes, and will have no noticeable changes.

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The next planned title for this new developing studio under Two Tribes will be a 2D side-scrolling shooter, one that will utilize the Toki Tori 2 engine. The co-founders have a different outlook on their company’s methods. The blogpost states that, “We’ve decided to move away from creating custom technology and focus on what’s readily available.”

Hopefully Two Tribes will live up to their former glory and thrive in this competitive setting we currently have. To see the original blogpost, click here.

MIDNIGHT CITY ANNOUNCES NEXT BATCH OF INDIE RELEASES

MIDNIGHT CITY ANNOUNCES NEXT BATCH OF INDIE RELEASES

Krautscape, Double Dragon Neon Coming to Steam with Slender: The Arrival for the First Time on Consoles in 2014

Edison, NJ – January 8, 2014 – Midnight City, the recently founded indie label of Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of games for the mass market, is proud to announce its next batch of indie games coming to market; generative racer Krautscape and throwback brawler Double Dragon: Neon will both be coming to Windows PC via Steam, with Slender: The Arrival making its console debut on Xbox Live online entertainment network for the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation® Network. All three titles are planned to launch in the first quarter of 2014, each listed at a tasty $9.99.

Midnight City is excited to introduce Krautscape, the revolutionary racer from Mario von Rickenbach, coming to Windows PC via Steam early next year. Featuring hybrid bird-like flying cars and color-soaked racetracks in the sky, Krautscape shows off Rickenbach’s keenly unique perspective towards tactical racing – by giving his cars wings. Players can jump off the track and glide through open air to avoid obstacles and collect special items. Driver-pilots then return to the track to gain speed and score points to win, creating a tension and balance all its own. The dynamic racetrack is generated real-time by the lead vehicle; turn right and the track builds right, turn left and it builds left – meaning no two races are ever entirely the same. In addition to speed trials, different modes challenge players to do more than just be the first to cross the finish line. Combining a track that drivers can steer and cars that can fly, Rickenbach has created a game that looks and plays like nothing else.

Billy and Jimmy Lee are back in Double Dragon: Neon, a reboot of the classic side-scrolling beat-em-up that is coming to Windows PC via Steam. To mark the occasion, developer Abstraction has gone back to the dojo and returned with an all-new online co-op mode for the true Double Dragon experience players have been waiting for. While taking down the Shadow Warriors and facing off with Skullmageddon, co-op players can ‘high-five’ to share health, ‘psych’ up their comrades for special moves and revive their fallen partner. Keep an eye on your surroundings to discover life-restoring sodas, peruse the shop for items and find special mixtapes. The tapes can be stacked to pump up their effects, while playing two tapes at once creates a fusion of powers for devastating results!

The only official Slender Man game, Slender: The Arrival, is back to scare your pants off with two new levels created for its console debut. Blue Isle Studios has gone back to the brink of insanity to bring even more new content to Slender Man fans, all with a smooth layer of polish for console audiences. Featuring the hallmark terror, insanity and paranoia of the original, the latest iteration will delve deeper into the lives of those Slender Man has touched. Once players complete the core game, they’ll gain access to new flashback levels that will put them in the shoes of Slender Man’s victims. Slender: The Arrival is the definitive Slender Man experience on console that taps into the powers of loss, fear and curiosity. Blue Isle Studios plans to release new console content as a free update to the standalone PC and Steam versions following the release for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Krautscape is rated E for Everyone, Slender: The Arrival and Double Dragon: Neon are rated T for Teen.

For more information, please visit our website at www.midnight-city.com, or follow us on:

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ABOUT MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
Majesco Entertainment Company is an innovative developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for consumers around the world. Building on more than 25 years of operating history, the company develops and publishes a wide range of video games through several divisions, including its console and handheld division, its mobile division, and its independent digital label, Midnight City. Majesco also owns 50% of GMS Entertainment, the parent company of online gaming company Pariplay, which specializes in iGaming, iLottery and social gaming. Majesco is headquartered in Edison, NJ and the company’s shares are traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol: COOL. More info can be found online at majescoent.com or on Twitter at twitter.com/majesco.

ABOUT MIDNIGHT CITY
Midnight City is Majesco’s independent digital label dedicated to supporting indie development teams with customized publishing services, including public relations, marketing, and community content. Operated by former IGN Editor-in-chief Casey Lynch and longtime industry veteran Doug Kennedy, Midnight City focuses its efforts on the ever growing independent game development market and independent game studios.

Unique FPS Title ‘Get Even’ Announced and Now In Development

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Game developers The Farm 51 announced today that their unique FPS title ‘Get Even’ is now in development for next-gen consoles and PCs.

The game will be very different from the typical shooters that today’s gaming community has grown accustomed to. Get Even removes the barrier between multiplayer and singleplayer experiences and meshes them together into a very unique storyline and game experience. The game mixes certain elements of horror and thriller with an exploratory focus.

One of the unique aspects of the game is that when a player embarks on a singleplayer mission, other individuals on the network can join him in the quest as enemies, making the players always wonder whether the enemies they face are humans or NPCs. Get Even is also the first game to utilize a large-scale, real world scanning to create a very expansive and realistic environment.

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With a talented crew, some of who were responsible for bringing Painkiller: Hell and Damnation, Deadfall Adventures, and NecroVisioN, The Farm 51 aims to create a new meta for the FPS genre, one that doesn’t follow the traditional lines of today’s expected FPS guidelines.

The game is scheduled to be released in 2015, and is expected to be widely distributed through digital means. Check out their trailer below!

Wargame: Red Dragon Teaser Unleashes Huge Aerial Assault

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Eugen Systems and Focus Home Entertainment have revealed the first teaser trailer for the next entry in the Wargame series, Wargame: Red Dragon. Tension may be ramping up in its East Asia setting, but so are fans’ anticipation and excitement for the title.

The video – which can be seen embedded at the bottom of this article – gives us a taste of the spectacular firepower being rained down upon by both the NATO and Pact armies. This new conflict also brings forth new factions, units and combat vehicles, taking the total over 1,300. The introduction of naval units play no small part in that, as landing crafts, amphibian vehicles and warships will be available for the first time. Gameplay will be familiar to series regulars, although the locations will not. Set between 1975 and 1991, 5 new Asian nations join the battle. You’ll be able to fight your war over China or Korea, amongst other countries.

Also check out the following batch of new, and not-so-new official screenshots.