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Konami Releases Puzzle Chasers to Facebook

Simon Wolfe
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Puzzle fans should be glad to hear that the Puzzle Chasers game from Konami has finally reached Facebook.  The game features not only jigsaw puzzle goodness, but an actual adventure story line that unlocks a new chapter by the puzzles that the player can solve.  The story holds not only adventure, but mystery and romance for the games characters Roxy, Blake, and a monkey named Austin.

Play is simple enough that by selecting an empty space in the jigsaw grid, players will be given several pieces to choose from to correctly fit in the spot.  But, don’t worry that it sounds so trivial as the difficulty ramps up with alter puzzles.  In terms of replayability, past puzzles can be replayed with the pieces randomized, as well as a Blitz Mode, that is set to get new puzzles weekly.

Players can find Puzzle Chasers on Facebook HERE.

New Napoleon:Total War DLC Released

Caleb Langkamp
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Creative Assembly has caught a lot of people out today, by out of the blue releasing two news DLC packs on steam, this following its successful free weekend. Napoleon: Total War still has a large community on Steam, with it remaining high on the Steam most played leaderboards even with Total War:Shogun 2 having been released for over a year.

The two packs are:

The Heroes of the Napoleonic Wars which contains 10 units that were only previously available as part of the Imperial Edition, these include the veteran cavalrymen of the 15th British Hussars, the close-combat specialists of the 1st East Prussian Grenadier Battalion, and the deadly Moscow Musketeers, capable of unleashing massed volleys of fire before performing devastating bayonet charges.

The Imperial Eagle Pack contains 11 units that were only previously available in the original box launch of the game or as preorder incentives. Some of the units you can control include  the Grand Battery of The Convention, and Great Britain’s HMS Elephant: a ship-of-the-line capable of “thunderous” broadsides. Also included are two brand-new units: Austria’s heavily-armoured Archduke Ferdinand Cuirassiers, and Russia’s elite Lifeguard Cossacks.

Heroes of the Napoleonic Wars and the Imperial Eagle Pack are both now available on Steam, priced at GBP £1.99 / USD $3.25 / EUR €1.99 / AUD $3.95.

Musical RPG “Rise to Fame” Goes Live

Caleb Langkamp
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Rise to Fame, the new musical RPG from Entertainment is My Life has successfully launched over the weekend. The Rock RPG game was released on iOS devices for the low price of $0.99 for the SD version, with the HD version setting you back $1.99, we also featured in this week’s iOS suggestions.

The game offers everything you would expect from a Rock RPG, plenty of stage dives and guitar smashing and… zombies. Sadly there is no whack-a-zombie minigame and instead the zombies are purely part of the crowd, you can still stage dive into them though! Check out the features below and also head on over to the iTunes page to pick it up (Click  here ):

Features include:

* 5 original rock songs and cool 3D graphics
* The power to alter music tracks with special abilities
* Perform a great gig to earn money and fame, unlock new gigs and special skills
* Make the in-game money work for your band:
* Buy skills, potions and more
* Customise your band’s looks with awesome outfits
* Get the best instruments to push your band to its finest hour
* Over 20 upgradable skills, 7 stage venues and 22 levels of one joyous journey to the top!

Check below the break to see the game in action with the trailer.

 

Man in a Maze Indie Game Coming Out Soon

Simon Wolfe
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Melbourne indie developer, SmallGreenHill, has a new game coming out soon for the Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.  The game?  Man in a Maze, a game where the man in question tries to win a set of steak knives on a ridiculously over the top game show of stealth and robot security systems.

Man in a Maze mixes humor and danger in over 80 mazes and 4 maze themes, including Urban, Hedge, and Medieval.  Armed solely with a ball, the player must make it through all the mazes it get the fabulous prizes, while unlocking more advanced equipment to use, since a ball just ins’t going to cut it in the long run.  With new gadgets like mines and cloaking, those robotic guards shouldn’t stand a chance.  Be sure to check out the screenshots in the gallery below.

Plith, a New Indie Puzzler from a New Indie Developer

Simon Wolfe
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Plith, a New Indie Puzzler from a New Indie Developer

Ya2 is a brand new indie developer, who has released their first game today.  Plith is a puzzle based game where players have to set gears to get the rotating green ones to rotate the red gears too.  A pretty basic concept, but the 3D graphics look very well done and there is more than just the stand find the right spot.  Gear can’t be moved after placement, but can be destroyed and from the trailer below the board isn’t all that static.  With over 100 levels across 5 worlds, it looks to have a whole depth of gameplay.

Plith has been released for Linux, Mac, and PC through various indie publishing sites as well as the Ya2 homepage HERE.  As their first game, we’ll have to see how well it can do and hopefully what other ideas they can bring to the industry too.

Nintendo Partners Up With PDP

Matthew Vella
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PDP have formed a licensing agreement with Nintendo to produce accessories for Apple iPhone, iPod and iPad featuring classic Nintendo characters.

PDP Mobile, a devision of Performance Designed Products have formed a partnership with Nintendo to produce accessories for popular mobile devices such as Apple iPhone, iPod, iPad and Kindle Fire featuring popular Nintendo franchises such as Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong and many more. Accessories will include casing that feature brilliant graphic treatments, high gloss and rubberized finishes, metal and bamboo materials, sleek design with full access to all buttons and ports.

Nintendo Licensed cases will range in prices from $29.99 to $44.99 and be available in Fall 2012.

Another New The Dark Knight Rises TV Spot

Matthew Vella
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Another New The Dark Knight Rises TV Spot

Another TV Spot for The Dark Knight Rises has risen!

A brand new TV Spot for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises has been releases showing off brand new footage. It appears Gotham is going to go into out right civil war and the rivalry between Batman and Bane has never appeared more fierce. It seems that the trilogy really will go out with a gigantic bang!

A variety of vehicles are displayed including The Batcycle, The Batmobile, another armoured car that looks like The Batmobile and the brand new war machine of Batman’s – The Bat. The Dark Knight Rises is set to hit theaters July 20th.

Check out the trailer for yourself below!

Gameloft’s The Amazing Spider-Man Game Prologue Trailer

Matthew Vella
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Anybody having Déjà vu?

With the familiar Spider-Man origin story being re-told, re-imagined and rebooted in theaters next month, Gameloft are bringing a game based on the film to iPhone, iPad and Android devices as well. To hype of the game which will launch around the same time the film releases in theatres, Gameloft have released a teaser trailer entitled “Prologue” re-telling the familiar story in a similar style to the upcoming reboot.

After a display of motion comic themed antics and a voice over telling the tale, we are given a quick glimpse of gameplay footage. The gameplay appears to be reminiscent of Gameloft’s last game starring the famous web-head, Spider-Man: Total Mayhem but with perhaps more of a sandbox/free-roaming approach and a much more serious presentation. It’s not much to go by, but The Amazing Spider-Man from Gameloft is showing promise! Let’s hope the game delivers when it swings to mobile devices on June 28.

Until then, enjoy watching the Prologue teaser below!

 

 

Get Your Wolf On With The Sims 3 Supernatural

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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EA has announced some new information about the upcoming Sims expansion pack, The Sims 3 Supernatural, about the addition of werewolves to the Sims universe.

In the game the werewolves have the most turbulent lifestyles, going from a normal life, to getting super strong, emotional and totally unpredictable. Who else thinks this will lead to a lot of desperately trying to cancel an action?

Werewolf Sims possess the ability to morph between human and wolf form, either by will or an uncontrolled transformation due to low mood or the rise of the full moon. This will not cause them to turn into a full wolf, but their features will definitely become more wolfish, with some pretty hectic body hair, a more animalistic face, and claws from the fingertips.

While werewolves are intimidating and indulge in some pretty inappropriate behaviors, they also have a sense of honour that stops from them recklessly spreading the curse, and they can also develop their lycanthropy skill and reduce their uncontrolled transformations and increase their hunting prowess.

Don’t worry, having a werewolf won’t limit your options for having kids. You can either have kids with other werewolves, or normal Sims, which will mean there’s a 50/50 chance of your child being a werewolf. Look out for such wolf-like behaviour in toddlers such as howling, scratching and practice hunting. Then, as they become children they will behind to transform between human and wolf form, and when they become teens they will inherit all the positives and negatives.

The Sims 3 Supernatural is coming out on PC and Mac in September. Stay tuned to Capsule Computers for more information as it comes out!

Darksiders II Strategy Guide Announced for Release

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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Bluemouth Interactive are releasing a strategy guide for Darksiders II at the same time as the game’s release, on August 16. The strategy guide will be 256 pages long and readers will be able to explore every thing through it, with a detailed walkthrough that will go over every dungeon and sidequest in the game, item details for each item you can pick up within the game, labeled maps revealing hidden items and objectives, and solutions to all of the puzzles.

Darksiders II is the epic sequel that follows Death, another of the four horsemen, in a storyline parallel to the events of the first game. Death goes through a huge journey trying to redeem his brother and find out what the true reason behind the premature start to the Apocalypse was.

With a larger world, full weapon and armour upgrade systems, as well as more challenge and a new range of enemies to take down. And if you want a little extra help making your way through the game, then no one will hold it against you!

Darksiders II is due for release on August 16, 2012 in the Australia and August 14 in the US on Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The WiiU’s date set for a tentative late 2012. Keep tuned to Capsule Computers for more news on Darksiders II as it is released. For more information about the strategy guide go HERE.

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