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DeNA Launches Monster Match Puzzle Adventure Today

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Monster Match Puzzle Adventure is a mobile game that was just released by DeNA and was developed by the company’s San Francisco-based game studio. It is a game that mixes both the puzzle and adventure genres to make a game unlike a great deal of others that have been released. It is a game where players are given a monster, or team of monsters, they are to fight other monsters and, once a battle is finished, are able to capture and train those monsters but this isn’t your normal monster-raising game, not one bit. Players will use puzzles to power up their monsters to help in the battle, players can create and battle with different teams of monsters that can be placed strategically to heighten their strength and power. Between that and the power-ups you get from completing puzzles, this game seems fairly high-octane for what it is.

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Roger Royce, product leader for Monster Match at DeNA had this to say about the game:

Monster Match is a vibrant game that will appeal to fans of puzzle games and collectors who grew up playing games like Pokemon…We’re excited to bring this fun and entertaining experience to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and Android. The game’s pick-up-and-play accessibility makes it fun for casual players, while deeper puzzle strategies and monster team management offer long-term depth for more engaged players.”

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The game is now available, through the app store, for download on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Android users can nab this game through Google Play too, so nobody misses out! You can find links for both the iOS and Android version on their official page here and don’t forget to keep your eye on the site for any and all new information and news that is released. There’s also a nice trailer for the game that you can see down below in our Featured Video section so go take a look at that too!

EA Mobile News 8/29/2013

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EA Mobile has a few announcements this week.

First off, Madden NFL 25 has been released on iTunes for iPhone and iPad. The free to play football game allows players to play as their favourite American football teams and create their own Ultimate Team by collecting NFL player cards in game.

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For fans of international football, FIFA 14 will be released as a free to play title this fall. The newest iteration of the long running series features improved touch controls. Free players can access online quick matches, friendly unranked matches, Match Day games, FIFA 14 Ultiamte Team, and FIFA Ultimate Team Seasons, and the penalty shoot-out mode. Players will need to upgrade to the paid version of the game to access Manager Mode, Tournament Mode, and Kick Off mode.

Real Racing 3 has been released on Blackberry World. Blackberry owners who are running BlackBerry 10 will be able to download the game for free.

Finally, The Sims FreePlay received another major content update this week. Sims can now travel to the Mystery Island as an archaeologist and explore this unknown world. There are special powers to and ancient treasures to discover.

Majesco Entertainment Starts Midnight City Label for Indie Developers

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Majesco Entertainment Company announced at PAX that they are forming a new publishing label called Midnight City which is catered towards indie developers. Casey Lynch, former Editor-in-Chief of IGN, and Doug Kennedy, former President and CEO of Reverb Communications and Reverb Publishing, will be leading the label.

Along with the announcement of the formation of Midnight City, Majesco revealed the first ten titles that will be published under the new label.

  • VIDEOBALL – Action Button Entertainment
  • The Bridge – Ty Taylor
  • Blood of the Werewolf – Scientifically Proven
  • Krautscape – Mario von Rickenbach
  • Slender: The Arrival – Blue Isle Studios
  • Organic Panic – Last Limb
  • High Strangeness – Barnyard Intelligence Games
  • Super Rad Raygun – Tru Fun Entertainment
  • Grapple – Tuesday Society Games

Racing Rivals Released for iOS

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Free to Play drag racing game Racing Rivals was released on iTunes today. Drag racing is a short race where two drivers will race down a straight track in a head to head competition. In Racing Rivals, players will be able to customize and tune their race cars and compete with players around the world. Players can race for in game currency and cars. The vehicle line up includes over 40 licensed vehicles from big names like Honda, McLaren, and BMW.

Racing Rivals is created by Cie Games, the team behind Car Town. It is available for free for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch on iTunes.

The Capsule Computers Indie Bundle is Live

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Capsule Computers and Groupees have teamed up to release the second Capsule Computers Indie Bundle. The bundle contains 8 great games with two awesome bonuses.

For a minimum of $1.00, buyers receive:

For a minimum of $5.00, buyers receive:

Once 5000 bundles are sold, all buyers will receive a copy of Cognition: Episode 2 – The Wise Monkey. The two highest buyers will be rewarded for their generosity with a Roccat Kone XTD mouse kindly donated by Roccat.

10% of the profits will once again go to benefit the Australian Red Cross who provides important relief efforts in Australia and around the world.

Total War: Rome II Worldwide Steam Activation Times Announced

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For those staring at their preloaded copy of Total War: Rome II on Steam wondering when their copy will unlock, Sega and Creative Assembly has announced all copies will be unlocked at one time at Midnight, PDT on September 3rd, 2013. You can use a time zone converter to figure out the your local time. The game will have a day one patch that needs to be downloaded. The patch contains extra game content such as a new playable faction.

Total War: Rome II is the follow up to the popular strategy game Rome: Total War that was released in 2004. The new game positions the player in the most dangerous place in Ancient Rome, leadership. Players will lead their armies into battle as Rome spreads its might throughout the world, while they mold Rome to match their vision. Be careful though, a large percentage of Roman Emperors met untimely ends at the hands of those who they considered friends.

Diablo 3 Expansion Patch to Affect All Players

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Much like in Blizzard’s largest title to date, World of Warcraft, whenever there is a new expansion, there is a rather large patch to come just before it. Diablo 3 will be getting a 2.0 patch that will completely overhaul the game in order to prepare for new items, abilities, and areas.

The patch however, will affect all players, even the ones who don’t feel the need to tread into the story of Malthael. Kevin Martens (Lead content designer for Diablo 3) explained all of the features that will be incorporated into every players game play.

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These features include but are not limited to:

  • The new loot
  • The new item types
  • The new legendary affixes
  • The new gem type, which is diamond
  • All of the changes to the rules
  • The smart drop system
  • The targeted drop system

After that, there were two possible features announced to go towards all players.

These features include but are not limited to :

  • Loot runs
  • Paragon

Martens also explained that all of the content, the level cap increase, the higher level items, new abilities and runes, and new passives, will be a Reaper of Souls exclusive. Blizzard also mentioned that the new loot system is a rather significant piece of the expansion. They said that it is a way to take players away from the auction house, and getting them back out into the battlefield.

Grand Theft Auto V: The Offical Trailer is Here

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We’ve been introduced to our three player protagonists, had a gameplay walkthrough and a spotlight on GTA Online. But now, the first “official trailer” is here, and can be viewed embedded at the bottom of this article.

Rockstar‘s ‘official trailer’ for Grand Theft Auto V just debuted on Rockstar Newswire and the GTA V site. So now we know that Trevor returns to ‘torture Michael over mistakes he made a decade ago’ as the rich member of the trio sees it. But of course, he does give in to his old ways. If it were me, I wouldn’t listen to Trevor…hell, I never would have become friends with him in the first place!

Bound by Flame Official Announcement

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Developer Spiders Studio and publisher Focus Home Interactive have made an official announcement, in regards to their new RPG, Bound by Flame; to be released early 2014 on PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and PS4. Bound by Flame is a fascinating and enticing action game, that gives possessed players the choice between embracing the powers offered by their flame demon or keeping their humanity.

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Players can expect the following list of features in Bound by Flame, including:

  • Replayability: based on the player’s choices in the game, some chapters will offer different scenarios and experiences.
  • Impressive and dynamic real-time battles; players can specialise their performance by unlocking powers through 3 different skill trees.
  • Impressive bestiary: shadow dragons, liches, undead, ice creatures and epic confrontations abound (see screenshots in the gallery below).
  • Dangers and enemies in battle, will be temptations to acquire more power by giving up part of the hero’s soul to the demon.
  • Character customisation: gender, facial characteristics and transformation of the hero, also influence the demon’s appearance.
  • Crafting system for players to create and improve equipment, including their armour and weapons.
  • Several companions will join quest, although player’s actions determine whether they develop friendship or rivalry.

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Interested in finding out which path you are bound to take? Check out the official Bound by Flame site here for more insights into the game!

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Gun Monkeys is Innovative

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Gun Monkeys was released June 28th, 2013, and it’s gotten wonderful reviews so far. To put it simply, it is a physics-based, online death-match platform game, coming from Size Five Games. Upon release, the game found a flaw. Due to the fact that it is a multiplayer indie game, there were not many players at first. Dan Marshall, head developer of Gun Monkeys, had an idea to change this. He decided that once one person buys they game, over time they can receive up to a maximum of three free steam keys to give to their friends, making the online community much more lively.

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The game its self generates the steam keys when at low populations.  I feel that this is a brilliant move on Dan’s part, and possibly other indie multiplayer developers in the future will follow in this path. You can pick up the game Gun Monkeys on Steam for $5.99 and there is a high chance you’ll get multiple free copies of the game to give to your friends. It is currently available on PC and Mac, with cross-platform multiplayer.