Becky and Tim fell asleep on the job and let all of the spooky spirits escape. They must now get them back before they lose their jobs for good. Players help Becky and Tim by matching falling blocks in one of three modes. In Panic mode players have to race against the clock to collect the allotted number of spirits. Puzzle mode allows players to take their time and complete the puzzles, but they only have a limited number of blocks to solve the puzzle. The last mode is Eternity mode, where the blocks keep falling until the player can’t keep up any more.

If your into puzzle games, check out Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!!.

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Gothenburg, Sweden & Tampere, Finland – November 20^th, 2009 – Legendo Entertainment and Innogiant today announced that Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!!, an original falling-block puzzle game wrapped up in the adventures of wacky spirit wardens Becky and Tim, is now available on the iTunes App Store. The game, which offers game modes for all types of gamers, can be downloaded from:

http://itunes.apple.com/app/spooky-spirits-puzzle-drop/id339559266?mt=8

Developed by the handheld specialists at newly founded Innogiant, Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!!, will have players traveling the world, capturing  runaway spirits in various fun and exciting game modes designed for puzzle fanatics and casual players alike. Having fallen asleep on their watch and lost the Spookies, Becky and Tim are banished and risk losing their spirit warden jobs unless they manage to recapture these pesky ghosts. The unfortunate duo must search haunted locations on Earth to track down the Spookies including the Sphinx of Egypt, a Haunted House in England and an abandoned crypt in Finland featuring none other than Dead Santa himself.

Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!! offers a unique twist on the classic falling block and “match-2” gameplay format. In the game, players build and expand stacks of Spookies in any direction and in any amount.

Three Game Modes:

• In the Panic Mode, players must clear each level by catching an appropriate amount of Spookies before the screen overfills.
• Puzzle Mode is a relaxed mode with no stress – players must outsmart the Spookies’ clever puzzles and beat them in their own game using only a limited number of blocks.
• Eternity Mode is a Tetris-inspired exhaust mode that just keeps going for as long as players can keep it at or reach the max-score of 9,999,999 points (that’s A LOT of Spookies to catch!).

Touch Controls:

• Swipe the screen to control the game, left and right selects blocks, up swaps them and down drops them!

Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!! can be downloaded from the Apple App Store via iTunes or directly from compatible handsets and costs $1.99 (£1.19 or €1.59).

Natalie Books is on the hunt for her high school friend, Chad Robertson. Natalie hadn’t heard from Chad in a while, until he sent her a letter asking her to come to his art gallery. When Natalie arrives she sees someone that resembles Chad, but is not Chad. Before she can ask the stranger any questions he disappears. Natalie under takes a search for the real Chad Robertson.

The story line is said to be fast moving and will keep users glued to their PCs until the very end of the game. If you are into adventure games, check out Natalie Brooks: Mystery at Hillcrest High.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA, Nov. 19 — Alawar Entertainment, a leading publisher of casual games, today released the adventure quest, Natalie Brooks: Mystery at Hillcrest High. The game is the third to feature Brooks, the inquisitive young lady who previously appeared in Secrets of Treasure House and The Treasures of the Lost Kingdom.

This time out, Brooks embarks on a search for her friend and former classmate, Chad Robertson. After receiving a letter from Robertson begging her to meet him at his art gallery, Brooks instead encounters a stranger bearing an extraordinary resemblance to her friend. When the body double slips away before she can ask him any questions, Brooks sets out to find Robertson and solve the mystery behind the doppelganger.

The fast-moving and unpredictable plot of Mystery at Hillcrest High promises to keep players glued to their PCs until the astonishing final scenes. Over 20 beautifully rendered locations and more than a dozen mind-bending mini-games await both established fans of detective games and new players, who can take advantage of unlimited hints to progress through the tougher challenges.

As in the previous installments in the series, the creators of Mystery at Hillcrest High paid special attention to the character design and graphics. The new adventure uses 3D models, giving the images more color and texture. This also allows the player to manipulate objects by rotating them in space, a feature utilized in several of the mini-games.

Key features:

•    12 chapters
•    17 mini-games
•    23 stunning locations
•    1,200 hidden objects
•    3D characters
•    Unpredictable plot

Download a free demo or purchase the full version of Natalie Brooks: Mystery at Hillcrest High at http://www.alawar.com/game/natalie-brooks-mystery-of-hillcrest-high.

Players have to use their brains and decode the clues. Once they think they know the correct answer, they click on the answer button and type the answer in using the iPhone/iPod Touch keyboard. If the typed in answer is correct, players will hear a dinging sound and the answer will be accepted. If the answer is incorrect, nothing will happen and the player will have to try again.

The quicker you can solve the phrase the more points you will receive. The points are divided into gold, silver and bronze. The gold will reward 100 points and as the time ticks away the points get less and less. There is a bar that displays the time left for solving the phrase. The bar will change in color as the time gets less and less giving an easy visual for the current point range.

The control mechanisms are easy to use. The player simply touches the card, which causes the card to flip over. The flipped over card has the clue to the phrase and an answer and cancel button.  The answer button is touched to enter the answer. The answer button displays the keyboard and shrinks the clue so it is still visible on the screen.

Over all,  Dingbats is a fan, but challenging game. Some of the clues are not too difficult to figure out, while other clues  can be quite difficult. Every part of the clue can be used to get the phrase. All clues must be solved before players can move on to the next level. The game is entertaining and definitely passes the time. If you are into word games, you can not go wrong with Dingbats. The game offers plenty of fun and challenge.

Quinn and Flo are working in a hotel setting, but the business they are trying to get off the ground is a travel business. The girls will send customers to themed hotels and make sure the hotels cater to the guests needs. The game starts out in a run down hotel in Diner Town. Quinn and Flo have to keep the quests happy, which requires delivering luggage, handing off fresh towels and providing room service. That is not all, though, they will need to attend to room mishaps and customer whims too.

“Hotels are funny, and romantic and all about customer service,” said Kenny Shea Dinkin, Chief Creative Officer at PlayFirst. “With Hotel Dash: Suite Success, we’ve introduced a new vertical, timing element to the Diner Dash series, set against an exciting and spoofy hotel-culture backdrop. So with its set of new, quirky and demanding Dinertoon guests (sleepwalkers, anyone?) Hotel Dash has players strategically maneuvering to help the clientele across multiple floors of five hilarious hotels.”

Hotel Dash: Suite Success will be available for the PC and Mac on November 24th from PlayFirst’s website and other retailers on December 24th.

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SAN FRANCISCO – November 12, 2009 – PlayFirst®, Inc., the award-winning entertainment company, today announced the upcoming launch of Hotel Dash™: Suite Success™, a new addition to their best-selling Dash® time management series. Bringing an all new vertical twist to the patented time-management gameplay of the Dash series, Hotel Dash: Suite Success puts the well-known characters of Quinn and Flo™ into an all new hotel setting, with a new entrepreneurial hotel venture to tackle.  Hotel Dash: Suite Success will be available at www.PlayFirst.com November 24th, and other retailers beginning December 24th, for PC and Mac Digital Download, priced at $19.99.

Players helps Flo launch Quinn’s new travel business by running themed hotels, managing the flow of new & familiar guests, and fulfilling their unique needs & requests – in order to earn tips to refurbish hotels.  Starting with a ramshackle DinerTown™ hotel, players jump into a time management puzzle that sends them up and down the elevator, with a goal of keeping things in order to keep customers happy! Tasks include delivering luggage, handing off fresh towels and providing room service, while attending to room mishaps and customer whims.  Players must travel from top floors to the lobby via the hotel elevators, ensuring smooth hotel operations and collecting tips upon checkout. Juggling customer demands with logistics and an ever-ticking clock, players must be strategic in organizing their time versus customers’ patience and personalities.

As the game progresses, players can manage customer temperament by delivering mood-brightening extras, like floral arrangement and gift baskets. With their earnings, players can then upgrade the rooms and common areas of the hotel, fully renovating them and expanding Quinn’s new business. As the business succeeds, Quinn and Flo tackle additional hotels, with themes ranging from ski retreat to city getaway, taking on new challenges and challenging new guest types.

“Hotels are funny, and romantic and all about customer service,” said Kenny Shea Dinkin, Chief Creative Officer at PlayFirst. “With Hotel Dash: Suite Success, we’ve introduced a new vertical, timing element to the Diner Dash series, set against an exciting and spoofy hotel-culture backdrop. So with its set of new, quirky and demanding Dinertoon guests (sleepwalkers, anyone?) Hotel Dash has players strategically maneuvering to help the clientele across multiple floors of five hilarious hotels.”

Hotel Dash: Suite Success is developed and published by PlayFirst. For more information on the game, or the PlayFirst library of games, visit www.playfirst.com.

Peggle will cost $9.99 on PSN, and Peggle Nights will cost 400 MSP/$4.99.

A Kingdom for Keflings is a city building game. Players can build at their own pace as they listen to catchy music. The game gets addicting because players can play at their own pace and don’t need to race against the clock. Players get sucked in by trying to build a great city.The game has been a hit on Xbox Live and now PC players can enjoy the title.

“Bringing A Kingdom for Keflings to the PC audience has been a priority for us.” said Brent Fox, NinjaBee’s Art Director. “It’s been a runaway hit on XLA and we are offering the same, high-quality game on the PC. We are proud and we’re excited to finally make it available to so many of those who haven’t been able to play before.”

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Orem, Utah – Nov. 13, 2009 – NinjaBee, a division of Wahoo Studios and a leading independent video games developer, has announced its award-winning Xbox LIVE® Arcade title, A Kingdom for Keflings, is coming to PC.

“Bringing A Kingdom for Keflings to the PC audience has been a priority for us.” said Brent Fox, NinjaBee’s Art Director. “It’s been a runaway hit on XLA and we are offering the same, high-quality game on the PC. We are proud and we’re excited to finally make it available to so many of those who haven’t been able to play before.”

The popular, innovative city-building game originally arrived on Xbox LIVE Arcade on Nov. 19, 2008 and a year later remains among the downloadable service’s most downloaded titles. Featuring a light-hearted, play-at-your-own-pace style of gameplay with beautiful visuals and catchy, frolicsome music, A Kingdom for Keflings offers players a relaxing, fun experience that is unexpectedly addictive. A Kingdom for Keflings was voted the 2008 Xbox LIVE Arcade Award-winner for Best Family Game.

No official release date has been announced, but NinjaBee is beginning beta testing and is accepting applications for beta testers. Interested persons should visit NinjaBee’s forums (http://ninjabee.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=17969) for details on how to apply. Testers will receive a free copy of the game in exchange for their feedback.
For more information about A Kingdom For Keflings visit http://ninjabee.com/akfk/index.html.

The bubbles fall down and float around the screen according to the laws of physics and players have to match the colors of the bubbles. The bubbles that are matched meld together and form a bigger bubble until it pops and leads to great power ups. The bubbles that have not been matched will settle into the board and take up the available space. Bubbles keep falling until there is no more space left on the game board.

Players can play in survival mode or challenge mode. If you are into puzzle/match three type games, check out Bubble Trubble in the PlayStation Store.

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November 12, 2009 – Creat Studios (Canton, MA) today announced that Bubble Trubble is now available as a PSP® Mini title for PSP® and PSP®go. The title is available for download on the PlayStation® Store for the PSP®, PSP®go and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.

A classic puzzle game with a unique twist, Bubble Trubble turns bubble popping fun into a competitive sport! Delightful bubbles freely float and naturally settle according to the laws of physics. Try to get the bubbles to match colors as they land.  Like-colored bubbles fuse together as one, creating even larger bubbles. Get them big enough and “POP!” they go, opening the door to exciting combos while the remaining bubbles settle into the available space. But make sure to keep them popping, because if you run out of space for new bubbles, it’s game over!   To avoid any Trubble, you’ve gotta burst your Bubble!

Bubble Trubble is a single player game with two modes of gameplay:

·         Survival Mode allows players to achieve the highest score by matching and popping the increasingly faster onslaught of colored bubble clusters.

·         Challenge Mode presents specific set tasks for players to enhance their skills, such as only popping certain colored bubbles or preventing bubbles from getting too big.

“Bubble Trubble presents an exciting new spin on puzzle games,” said Vladimir Starzhevsky, CEO of Creat Studios. “We are thrilled to release our second PSP® Mini game, and I know players will find Bubble Trubble to be delightfully addictive and a lot of fun.”

Bubble Trubble has been rated “E” for Everyone by the Entertainment Software Rating Board for this platform.

As players make matches, they earn money and can use that money to buy items for their fish tank. The fish tank is decorated with all types of winter themed decorations. The other feature that sets this game apart from other Fishdom games is that this game has two modes of play, relaxed or timed. Players can take their time making the matches in a relaxed setting or race the clock in the timed mode.

“The Fishdom franchise has a great potential for extension,” said Igor Bukhman, Playrix, President, Products. “We are excited to bring this new festive installment in our aquarium game series to our fans to get them in the holiday spirit.”

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VOLOGDA, Russia (November 12, 2009) – Playrix Entertainment, a top-tier developer of such hits as Gardenscapes™, Fishdom H2O: Hidden Odyssey™, Call of Atlantis™, 4 Elements™, Fishdom™, and others, today announced the exclusive release of Fishdom: Frosty Splash™, a new winter-themed game in the Fishdom series that challenges players to complete match-3 levels in order to create and design their own winter fish tanks. The game is now available for the PC via Web download exclusively from the company’s official website at www.playrix.com <http://www.playrix.com/> . The game will carry a list price of $19.95 US with Playrix offering a 50% discount on the game through December 31, 2009.

In Fishdom: Frosty Splash, players customize their winter-themed fish tanks as they progress through match-3 levels and earn cash to spend on festive fish and wintertime accessories. Fishdom: Frosty Splash is the first game in the Fishdom series that allows players to choose between “Relaxed” and “Against the Clock” game modes any time they wish.

Features of Fishdom: Frosty Splash include:
Approximately 100 winter-themed fish and accessories
An unlimited number of tanks to create and design
“Relaxed” and “Against the Clock” game modes
Endless replay value
Bonus screensaver

Fishdom: Frosty Splash™ follows the recently released Fishdom: Spooky Splash and Fishdom: Harvest Splash, Halloween and farm-themed sequels of the flagship game. The original Fishdom has won numerous critical accolades and “game of the year” awards.  Fishdom was announced as one of the greatest games of 2008 by the Casual Games Association and was among the final nominees in RealGames™/RealNetworks®, Inc.’s 2009 Great Game Awards.

“The Fishdom franchise has a great potential for extension,” said Igor Bukhman, Playrix, President, Products. “We are excited to bring this new festive installment in our aquarium game series to our fans to get them in the holiday spirit.”

Just like the real world, players start out playing small gigs and working their way to larger and larger venues. Players work their way up in the career mode setting. Players travel to super clubs around the world to spin their discs and try and become the best DJ the world has ever seen. Players scratch using the Nintendo DS touch screen and will be scratching to more than 40 well known songs from genres of electro, R&B, and more. If players get stuck or just need a break from scratching, there are mini-games to play as well.

If you are interested in being a DJ, check out DJ Star in your local retail store.

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Hermosa Beach, Calif. – November 10, 2009 -  Deep Silver Inc., a publisher of interactive entertainment software and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Koch Media, and the French developer Game Life, today announced the release of “DJ Star” for Nintendo DS™. “DJ Star” lets music lovers imitate their idols and realize their dreams of becoming DJ stars themselves.

In the game’s career mode, players start out by performing at small private parties and work their way up, gaining recognition and finally becoming the world’s best disc jockey. The artist travels from one gig to the next in super-clubs throughout the world, including New York, Miami, Tokyo, Paris, Berlin and London. Players get to scratch in real time using the Nintendo DS Touch Screen. The innovative title includes several genuine DJ features and 40 well-known songs from the genres of electro, R&B, and more, as well as numerous mini-games.

“DJ Star” enthrals players with its excellent sound quality, and is easy to learn even for players who have never used a turntable before. A step-by-step introduction and easy-to-use interface enable fans to learn how to mix and create their own songs in short order. With 200 samples and a simple user interface, musicians in the handheld world can compose great hits with just a few moves of the Nintendo DS stylus. They can also exchange their best songs with friends using DS Wireless Communications.

The virtual online studio at the game’s official website http://djstar.deepsilver.com lets visitors test their skillz and create their own songs. Besides all kinds of information regarding the game, the site now offers music lovers the opportunity to mix their own tracks, save them to their Facebook profiles, and share them with friends.

The track editor from the online studio is also available directly from Facebook at http://apps.facebook.com/dj-star/.

Players take on the role of Raoul, a dog boy that has loved to cook ever since he was a young puppy. He would spend hours with his grandmother making burgers. Raoul had to be creative with the ingredients because he didn’t have much money. Unfortunately, Raoul’s grandmother had an accident that she did not live through. She left Raoul all of her money and Raoul bought a burger van and started on his way to running his burger business.

Players need to help Raoul make his burger business the best in Monsterville. If you are into time managment/cooking style games, check out Beastie Burgers.

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Beastie Burgers, a free online Flash game, was released 30/10/09 by independent game developers Robot / Lizard Productions who are based in Sheffield, UK. You can play it here for free: http://www.robotlizard.com/games/beastieburgers/.
Beastie burgers is a time management / cooking frenzy style game where you play the role of Raoul, a dog boy trying to make his way through the prestigious locations of Monsterville to become the best burger chef the town has ever seen. The game is beautifully styled and has a quirky sense of humour, making it an interesting and enjoyable twist on the genre.
Ever since Raoul was a pup, he loved cooking. He’d spend hours making hamburgers with his Grandma in her kitchen. Being very poor Raoul often needed to be creative with his ingredient choices but he always made the tastiest burgers. He tried for a job at the best burger restaurant in town, but they wouldn’t even let him through the door. When his Grandma is killed in a terrible accident, she leaves all her underworldly possessions to Raoul so he can follow his dream of becoming Monsterville’s greatest burger chef. Raoul buys a burger van and sets himself up in business to prove to the underworld he can make it on his own.

Robot / Lizard Productions is a trading name of Team Cooper Ltd, an independent Flash game development studio who build games and social media applications for their own (and their players) amusement.