For seven years, Travian has been one of the most popular browser games worldwide. Millions of players from all over the world have been charmed by the free-to-play strategy game, in which you must manage a Gaulish, Roman or Teutonic village. In Fall 2010, Munich-based browser games company Travian Games invited players from different countries around the world to take part in a prize-laden championship tournament. Over 350,000 players from over 150 countries took up the call to arms and spent several months battling through the qualifying rounds and final tournament, which came to a surprisingly abrupt end last week. … Continue reading Players Win Thousands In Travian Games Contest→
German publisher and developer Daedalic Entertainment and Czech studio Amanita Design have extended their succesful partnership. Daedalic will be the exclusive publisher of Botanicula, the new title from the makers of Machinarium, in most major European territories. Telling a wonderful story without words is the great art of Amanita Design. Botanicula takes the player to a fairy-tale world of plants, where he helps five tree creatures on a quest to save their home’s last seed from a pack of evil parasites. Each of the five protagonists has unique skills, which have to be combined in many different ways throughout the … Continue reading Daedalic Entertainment To Publish Botanicula In Europe→
There are 10 million people who play World of Warcraft…because Chuck Norris allows them to live! Too Funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=arKpdxjHamI Publishers: Activision Blizzard Platforms: Mac, PC
Are you ready to get FrogWild? Today Oakland, California-based Easymode Games launched its debut mobile game, FrogWild, an artfully rendered casual game that’s fun for the whole family. The frog has an incredible appetite and temptations abound. Dragonflies are everywhere and it’s the player’s job to help the frog catch them with his turbo tongue. The idea is simple: players use their touchscreen to throw the frog’s tongue to catch dragonflies flying by. While the goal is simple, the challenge is anything but. As the frog visits nine visually stunning natural environments, the new dragonfly species inhabiting the environments become … Continue reading Easymode Releases Its First Mobile Game→
PopCap Games, maker of some of the world’s most popular video games, today unveiled the results of a survey updating a 2010 report targeting social gamers in the U.S. and U.K. The survey found that 118.5 million people now play social games at least once a week, up 71%. Among other results in the new survey, players are now significantly more likely to spend real-world money to buy content within social games, with 31 million players having purchased in-game currency, up 86 percent. The full report, conducted by Information Solutions Group is available for download at http://www.infosolutionsgroup.com/pdfs/2011_PopCap_Social_Gaming_Research_Results.pdf The report examines … Continue reading PopCap Survey Finds Huge Social Games Growth→
Making History II: War of the World is an incredibly deep strategy game that puts you in the driver’s seat of almost any country on the planet at the outset of World War II.
Big Bite Games are proud to announce the Alpha launch of World of Football: a 3D Synchronous Multiplayer Football Game on Facebook. World of Football is an arcade style football game that enables you to play real time football matches with up to 19 other players at the same time. The game is Free to Play and is launching an invite-only Alpha version on Facebook in November, followed by a Closed Beta, before launching in Open Beta in early 2012. Be the first to try the game, by signing up at http://apps.facebook.com/worldoffootballgame The first wave of invites will be sent … Continue reading World of Football Looking For Alpha Testers→
Robot Entertainment has announced the release of Lost Adventures, the second DLC pack for their critically acclaimed action strategy game Orcs Must Die! For a limited time, you can return to the dead world beyond the rifts for 20% off! Download the "Lost Adventures" DLC Pack here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/102623 Conquer a new series of five challenging fortresses. In Lost Adventures you’ll travel from the depths of the Pit to the narrow passages high over the Great Gorge. The Lost Adventures are five of the most deadly rift assaults the War Mage has ever faced. Developers: Robot Entertainment, Runic Games Platforms: Mac, … Continue reading Orcs Must Die DLC Ships→
Trukatu, Inc. has launched a revolutionary website that will finally put gamers in control, allowing members to continually trade video games for a low monthly cost. Trukatu.com was designed by gamers who were tired of paying high costs for used games only to turn around and sell them back for just pennies on the dollar. "I wanted to create a place where gamers could trade video games without the hassle and high cost associated with retail game trading todaym," says Robert McClellan, co-founder and CIO of Trukatu, Inc. "I wanted to put the gamer in control and with Trukatu.com we … Continue reading Trukatu Game Trading Website Gearing Up→
Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the second game add-on for the year’s highest rated multiplatform game, Portal 2, is in development and targeted for release early next year. This major update will feature an easy-to-use in-game map editor that will let users design, build and share their own single-player and co-op test chambers with the community, who will be able to view, play and vote on them with a simple click. Portal 2 was released April 19, and currently … Continue reading Create Your Own Portal Levels Soon→
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