Best Casual Game Sprinkle splashes onto the Mac

March 1^st 2012, Sweden. Mediocre is proud to announce that their highly successful mobile game Sprinkle, is now available for Mac. Moreover, the developers have just beenannounced that the title won the IMGA Best Casual Game Award! The IMGA Awards are the mobile entertainment industry’s leading showcase for groundbreaking innovations, displaying exceptional quality and new trends in mobile entertainment. This year, the competition among the nominees for the Best Casual Game section was fierce (Jetpack Joyride, CreaVures, Hector, The Blocks Cometh), but Sprinkle was the one taking home the award.

Now, you can play this highly acclaimed, award winning, wet physics puzzler with amazing gameplay from any of your Apple devices and save your progress in the iCloud. This way, you will be able to continue from the level you left off anytime, anyplace.

The inhabitants of Titan, a moon of Saturn, lived out their days peacefully in their straw hut homes – until space tourists from Earth crashed through Saturn’s rings, bringing a storm of flaming asteroids crashing down on the Titans. To combat the widespread fires threatening their homes, the Titans have built a massive water cannon.

Players must adjust the height and angle of this water cannon mounted on a crane to fight fires, move obstacles, spin wheels and activate traps in this challenging water-physics based puzzler! But squirt carefully as you will run out of water and the less water you use, the more drops you earn!

The game has amazing water physics and brain-teasing puzzles that become more and more complex during its 72 levels. Use the power of your water cannon to move blocks of ice and boulders, spin giant cogs, and depress traps in order to reach and extinguish every last fire.

Ready, aim, squirt!

Sprinkle is now available on the AppStore at a $4.99 price point. Enjoy!

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Biart Announces a Free-to-Play Ocean Management Game for Mobile Devices

Your very own underwater paradise to create and enjoy

March 1^st, 2012 – Delaware, North America – After the successful launches of Depth Hunter and Deep Black: Reloaded, Biart announce a switch in focus towards free-to-play games. The first game of the series is in development right now: Fish & Reefs, a cross-platform real time ocean management game. Additionally, this will also be the first game based on Biart’s proprietary tech, biEngine 2.0, and their own cloud solution – biOcean.

In Fish & Reefs players can build their own reefs, as well as manage them by rearing fish. But it does not only serve as a fish farm: players can take part in different competitions, be it a best reef contest or a treasure hunting one. Biart is working hard on the game’s atmosphere to produce a realistic ocean management game with easy controls for touch devices.

The game will be released in Q4 2012 on iOS and Android, but Biart is already planning to port it to PC, Microsoft Xbox 360 (XBLA) and Sony Playstation 3 (PSN). “I am happy that we now have enough time to prepare a version of biEngine for mobile devices. We are using our experience in developing for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 to create a solid cross-platform solution. We are going to unite gamers from all devices on one OCEAN cloud. I am sure we can release a F2P version of Fish & Reefs for consoles soon, after mobile release. We are ready to do this in terms of technology”, says Konstantin Popov, CEO of Biart Company LLC. With Fish & Reefs, Biart wants to reunite the existing community of all those who admire the underwater world under the same umbrella.

The game will be in full 3D, and you can have a glimpse at it now, in this trailer: http://youtu.be/m-R6EAxtTBM

Biart Company will be attending the upcoming Game Connection and GDC (March 5-9, 2012), where they will be demonstrating Depth Hunter and Deep Black: Reloaded at the Intel booth, so remember to drop by!

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Pirates of New Horizons free preview
Exit Strategy Entertainment open up for pre-orders and invite everyone to play two levels for free

February 29^th 2012, Hamburg, Germany. Indie games studio Exit Strategy Entertainment is inviting you to check out the preview version of their swashbucklin’ ActionAdventure/Platformer, “Pirates of New Horizons”. This preview version contains the first two levels from the final game – The Meteor Crashsite and Hubington. The preview can be played directly in your browser, for free. In the spirit of crowdfunding, players are also able to pre-order the full game, thereby directly supporting the developers efforts to make the game better and get it out the door sooner, while enjoying some special perks that come with purchasing early.

Pirates of New Horizons is the 3D love child of two classic genres: Jump’n Run and Action Adventures. The game is set in an original universe of pirates and science-fiction. Players follow the pirate girl “Annha” – a courageous young lady with kleptomaniac tendencies whose only dream is to become one thing: filthy rich. They will need to use their spaced out inventory of gadgets and acrobatic skills to loot the hovering islands of “New Horizons” and solve the mysteries of a universe that has come apart at the seams.

Watch the latest Video Trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNxmACsGMCU

The game will be released first for PC and MAC, but XBLA and PSN versions might follow, so stay tuned!

Preview Version details

Besides the 2 preview levels available at www.piratesofnewhorizons.com, gamers who pre-order the Buccaneer Edition at a discounted price of €14,99(/~$19,85), will gain instant access to the first dungeon of the game (Volcano Island), more gadgets, a downloadable version and early access to future content.

The Captain Edition ships at a pre-order price of € 24,99(/~$33,00) and comes with special perks such as access to the Pirates of New Horizons themed puzzle title “Planet Buster”, as well as access to the game’s original soundtrack. Additionally, Exit Strategy Entertainment will print and feature a photo (or avatar) of your choice in their ‘Hall of Captains’. It’s their way of showing appreciation to those who go the extra-mile in supporting them (for more information, access: http://exitstrategyentertainment.com/piratesofnewhorizons/hallofcaptains.php).

About the developers

Exit Strategy Entertainment is a young development studio consisting of four developers from Scandinavia and Germany, who have previously worked on titles such as Crysis and the Kane & Lynch series.

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Ittle Dew: Kicking Ass and taking Blame

Word has been spreading for some time now about Ludosity’s new project, an offbeat puzzly Action-Adventure titled Ittle Dew. The developers have been working very hardand have regularly released gameplay videos to keep their fans updated. There still is much work to be done, and the guys want to get it perfect, so they kindly ask for their fans’ patience. However, they thought the time has come to reveal more than gameplay videos, in the form of a more in-depth description of the game, just to make things clear about what you are waiting for.

Formed in 2008 in Sweden, Ludosity have previously released the indie hit Bob Came In Pieces, which has sold more than 50,000 copies, as well as several smaller games for Android, iOS, Xbox Live Indie Games and the Web. The quirky flash game Garden Gnome Carnage has been played more than 5 million times so far. Next on the menu is Ittle Dew – take the caustic, cruel flavor of humor from Garden Gnome Carnage, add in some Bob Came in Pieces accents, sprinkle it with mellow nostalgia and add some modern game engine tech, and you end up with a full, distinctive, new aroma. Hungry yet?

Ittle Dew is an unapologetic girl with only one thing on her mind – adventure!  One day when she is out sailing the seas, she crashes onto an island, damaging her boat badly. She soon discovers Itan Carver, a trader who promises to fix her boat – for a price. Ittle has no money, but she knows where to find it. There just so happens to be a rich guy living in a fancy castle nearby. Ittle resolutely breaks and enters, and begins her quest for valuable loot!

The game is quirky in style, has lovely hand drawn visuals and crazy characters such as Tippsie, a winged rodent, who is perpetually drunk, living up to the moniker. In terms of genres, we’re dealing with an action-adventure game with exploration, dungeons, cool items and weapons to find, puzzles, bossfights and crazy NPC’s. Gameplay focuses on streamlining the classic adventure formula, by for instance, boiling down the amount of weapons to four basic ones – Bombs, Icegun, Portalwand, and the Stick (which can be set on fire). These can be combined to solve puzzles and defeat enemies in innovative ways, making much of the game highly replayable. The level design actively embraces open-endedness with ingenious puzzles that can be solved in many different ways, many of them quite subtle. Rewards are given to players who experiment and explore the many secrets of the castle. The game is also built for speed-running, and keep tracks of all your best times and completion gear (or lack thereof) with achievements and leaderboards.

Ludosity will be present at GDC, and a really eager to show a demo and have a chat. Please get in touch if you’re interested.

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Zero-lines-of-code concept continues with RAZE 2
The free car physics puzzler developed with Brain Builder 

February 24^th, Linköping, Sweden. The car physics puzzler Raze for iOS and Android, has just been upgraded with more tricky levels, better physics and revampedgraphics. The unique, minimalistic 3D art-style has been perfected, and 20 new levels are now available in the in-app store.

What started out as a tech demo to showcase Brain Builder, the tool that enables game development without traditional programming, caught on, so Boldai decided to make a solid update for its fans.

“The initial levels are very easy, but we added some die-hard levels for the hardcore fans”, says Magnus Hallin, CTO at Boldai.

Raze is the first game developed using Unity3D and Brain Builder, and it was made with zero lines of code!

The game is available in the App Store and on the Android Market

About Boldai

Boldai is a Swedish spinout from the University of Linköping that went on developing Brain Builder and Raze.

Currently, they are working on a new creative community, described as a mix between Minecraft and LEGO, to be announced at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. The team will be available for meetings at GDC February 7th – 9th; please contact Tomas Ahlström, VP Business Development: tomas@boldai.com.

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Take a virtual dive and experience the life of a speargun hunter

In Depth Hunter you play as a speargun hunter in search of ancient treasures and rare species of fish, in a beautiful underwater world, while avoiding the dangerous predators that lurk within the depths

Biart is proud to announce the release of their much-awaited title: Depth Hunter. Here’s a title not only for the underwater world aficionados but also for those who love adventure and great graphics. As you might have guessed, the theme of the game is underwater adventures brought to you in 25 breath-taking and breath-holding missions. Rest assured you will get the chance to experience all the perks of the underwater world: empty your mind and calmly explore the levels while quietly observing the fish and the scenery, spice it up and start your hunt for fish or treasure, or fight predators if you want an adrenaline rush. Hold your breath and be cunning and quick. The game is now available for PC, and due to the support of the Intel engineers, the game runs fast on Intel Sandy Bridge and Intel Ivy Bridge computers. Microsoft Xbox 360 (XBLA) and Sony Playstation 3 (PSN) versions will follow. Until then, enjoy the enhanced experience with motion controllers, such as the Razer Hydra system and Sony Playstation Move. Or, for the ultimate underwater feel, try it out with NVIDIA 3D VISION: the game will run in 3D mode and it will surprise you with perfect pictures of the underwater world. If you are not yet convinced, then put your mind at ease – you can try out the free demo right now: http://www.biart7.com/dh_demo.zip Also, Biart Company, the original video games developer will not only be attending the upcoming GDC (March 5-9, 2012), but they will be demonstrating Depth Hunter at the Intel’s booth. So make sure to drop by! About Biart Company LLC Delaware based Biart is an independent developer of console, PC and mobile games. The company has developed its proprietary technology biEngine for high quality games production for Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3, Sony Playstation Portable and mobile devices.  For more information, please visit http://www.biart7.com/node/14

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Oy Ahoy

Oy Ahoy is a Danish-Swedish game design studio that focuses on delivering dynamic, fresh and spell bounding experiences to children in the age of 2-6. Each app is created with great care towards kids appropriate content and amazing artwork. For each cultural theme, they work closely together with children’s books illustrators representing the specific culture, for a more authentic, culturally accurate experience.

Their proposal is to literarily rebuild our world of cultures, traditions and great stories and squeeze it into the iOS devices. They want to let the toddlers explore the world with their fingertips, in a series of apps each representing a unique country or culture.

Oy Mexico

Oy Mexico is a sweet story about our memories of our lost loved ones. It is about a little boy and his memories of his grandfather that has passed away. Let your kid take a journey into a famous Mexican tradition, and relive some of the boys best moments playing music, light a candle to show him respect, and visit the cemetery for a happy and surprising reunion. The app is inspired by the popular Mexican tradition “Dia De los Muertos”.

Oy China

Give your kids an adventure, let them discover the colorful world of lucky dragons. Experience yet another fascinating culture and be creative creating a dragon from one of the many exquisitely designed dragon sets. Fly over the rice fields and collect magical items that makes the dragon longer, and as the old legend says, the longer the dragon is, the more luck it brings.

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Fun in Sight: Celebrating the Year of the Dragon with OY China!
Oy Ahoy studio takes your youngling for another educational adventure 

To celebrate the Year of the Dragon, which started on January 23^rd, Oy Ahoy has launched a new kiddies iPad (and soon iPhone) app, Oy China! It takes children and theirparents on an educational adventure, and lets them discover the colorful world of lucky dragons. Oy China helps your children discover yet another fascinating culture and the heritage of one of the world’s oldest civilizations.

Oy China encourages your kids to be creative and design their own dragon by choosing pieces from one of the many exquisitely designed dragon sets. The dragon is built by picking one of the eight smiling heads, three bright body modules, wagging tail and vibrant spikes. And this is just half of the fun!

In China, every kid makes a paper dragon kite and takes it for a wild dance in the sky, to celebrate the coming of the New Year. Open your kids’ minds to a new culture, give them the opportunity to explore and be creative! They can navigate their dragon over the rice fields and help it collect magical items. Each magical item makes the dragon longer, and as the old legend says, the longer the dragon is, the more luck it brings. So be careful to avoid fireworks, they make your dragon shorter. Teach them how to tap on the boxes to grant their dragon the ability to spit fire, as any “serious” dragon can, and your kid with giggle joyously. At the end of each journey, help your young one count the body modules of the dragon.

Oy China is the second in the Oy Ahoy series, after a highly praised Oy Mexico, which tells a sweet story about memories of a lost loved one, introduced by the Mexican tradition of celebrating Dia de Muertos. The Danish-Swedish game design studio focuses on delivering dynamic, fresh and spell bounding stories to children of age 2-6. Each app is created with great care towards kids appropriate content and amazing artwork. For each project, they work closely together with children’s books illustrators from the specific culture they present, for a more authentic, culturally accurate experience.

For Oy China they developed a creative relationship with Yangsook Choi, selected as one of the most prominent new children’s book artists by Publishers Weekly. Her books have received several awards, including the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award, and the Skipping Stones Award. “Choi adapts thoughtfully to her new environs, without submerging her unique artistic identity.” (The New York Times)

Oy Ahoy proposes to literarily rebuild our world of cultures, traditions and great stories and squeeze it into the iOS devices. They want to let the toddlers explore the world with their fingertips, in a series of apps, each representing a unique country or culture. Oy China is now available on the Apple App Store!

More information about Oy Ahoy can be found at oyahoy.com

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Instamory for iPad now FREE for a limited time!
Enjoy the critically acclaimed memory game for free 

February 6^th 2012, Germany. One man Indie game developer Sponge Forge announces that you can now enjoy Instamory for FREE for a limited period of time! If youdon’t know it by now, the critically acclaimed memory game based on Instagram, is a 4.5 stars game for the iPad, and it’s considered to be one of the best memory games so far. It has been featured in “New & Noteworthy” on the Apple App Store in more than 100 countries and it was declared by the leading German magazine Spiegel Online as one of the best casual games for the iPad.

The game is design specifically for the iPad, having a clean and beautiful User Interface supporting up to 4 players on a single iPad. You can either play with your own Instagram photos, or choose from millions of public ones. Thanks to more than 150M photos in the Instagram database, this game never gets old. Every day you’ll have a new card set to discover. All you need to do is to type in what kind of images you’d like to play with.  Though based on Instagram, there’s no Instagram Account requirement, so even non-instagramers can play the game.

The game is offered for FREE this week. Go and get it on Apple App Store! Enjoy it alone, with family, friends… well, everyone!The game appeals to kids, elders and all in between!

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Game Rill

Game Rill is based in Sofia, Bulgaria. They have proven their ability to manage large masses of users and deliver interesting games.  Their experience is not limited to publishing , as they also have a good knowledge of game mechanics, which enables them  to pick and deliver the best titles. The variety of games, their unique technology for affiliate marketing, their sustainable partnerships and team of professionals are premises for successful growth.

XprO

XprO allows the gamers to buy their favourite automobile and tune it.

The competitors arrange races and show the power of their cars. They can also participate in teams and larger competitions

Pro Soccer

Pro Soccer is an untraditional football manager which gives you a new perspective on this sport.

5Strike

This game gives you the opportunity to recruit the best soldiers for your team, to develop them and participate in battles.

You will defeat the platoons of the enemy, win the war and become a real victor.

Discipline and tactics are of prime importance for the game. The right formation and strategy will turn your team into a  striking terror machinery of destruction. You can become the most wanted partner and the least wanted enemy.

5Strike is a MMO RPG Browser Game.

It is mostly a tactical game, in which the player creates a team of elite soldiers.

The story of the game takes place in the future. A Third World War has brought chaos to earth, resulting in an almost uninhabitable over world. The planet is covered with ice and snow, and the level of radiation is near lethal. In order for the human race to survive, the y have created a special underground world, were constant battles for dominion take place. It is mostly every man for himself, although some people have joined forces in order to have a better chance of survival, they’re all fighting for food, fame and power.

The users have to form their own team, manage it and order assaults.  They choose the strategy for each battle and then observe their team in action.  To optimize their results, they can buy different guns, armors and special items.

Every team can join a clan, which makes way for a large-scale military conflict experience. The teams can also choose to engage in different types of missions, earning them experience points, money and gold. Up until now, 5 types of soldiers have been developed and they all have unique skills against each other, on the principle of ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock’. The soldiers have names related to their skill – Gunner, Runner, Demolition, Pusher and Sniper.

The developers have tried to add a funny twist to the game, despite the seriousness of the plot. When unlocking levels, users unlock the so called ‘Fact Files’. These files are pages from a ‘Fact Book’, containing  humorous information about the personalities of the soldiers, the story of the game, a sacral meaning of the number 5 and creatures that show up during the game. The aim of the “Fact Book” is to make the users laugh at the hilarious puns and fantasies of the developers. This way the players have more fun and a eagerly waiting for the next joke.

The gameplay is based on competition between gamers, thus 5Strike is typically perceived as a game for males. Nevertheless, there is also some female presence. Providing help and support, in addition to explanations as to how the game is organized, there is a female fighter character, developed to be liked by males as well as females.

The target segment is men, who are between 17 and 25 years old.

The technology it uses is Python/PostgreSQL/Flash.

Below are some screenshots from the game showing the shop and war screen.

Below are some screens of  the characters in 5Strike.

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