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→
Publisher Anuman Interactive is breathing life back into the XIII game, originally released by Ubisoft in 2003. The new game is called XIII Lost Identity and will be based on the Franco-Belgian comic of the same name. Ubisoft brought XIII to PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC eight years ago. It’s stylish cel-shaded graphics make it one to be remembered, but was let down by lack lustre gameplay and it failed to garner commercial success. The XIII comic series was originally published in 1984. Inspired by Robert Ludlam’s Bourne Identity novel, the comic’s protagonist is an amnesiac who struggles to unravel … Continue reading New XIII game on the cards→
Madfinger Games today announced that Shadowgun, the hit iOS game that ushered in a new era of mobile gameplay graphics, is now available for a new, lower price – $4.99. The game provides 10 levels of action and excitement, with console-quality visuals. The most advanced handheld game on the market, Shadowgun, authored with the Unity development platform, combines tactical combat with third-person action. The game puts players into the role of John Slade, a professional bounty hunter in the year 2350. Slade’s mission: hunt down Dr. Edgar Simon, renowned geneticist and former employee of the trans-galactic corporation Toltech Enterprises. Players … Continue reading Shadowgun Ships For iOS→
Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced that Sky Gamblers™: Rise of Glory, developed by Revo Solutions, is now available on the App Store, coinciding with this week’s release of iOS 5 and iPhone 4S. Taking advantage of the newly released features of iOS 5 and soon to be released features of iPhone 4S, the 3D World War I (WWI) aerial combat simulator puts players in the pilot seat as they immerse themselves in intense single-player or 8-player real-time multiplayer action. Available for $4.99 as a universal app on the iPad and iPhone, the … Continue reading Namco Bandai Launches Sky Gamblers For iOS5 and iPhone 4S→
7sixty is pleased to announce that Stronghold 3, the medieval castle building simulation developed by Firefly Studios, has gone gold and is ready for worldwide release on October 25th – almost exactly 10 years since the release of the first entry in the multi-million selling series. Stronghold 3 is the true sequel to the much-loved original, which sees the return of the franchise’s most notorious enemy: The Wolf. After seemingly falling to his demise following defeat by The Boy, he has cheated death and is back for revenge, along with some of his old supporters and new, more dangerous, allies. … Continue reading Get Your Castle Ready Stronghold 3 Goes Gold→
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