Thursday, August 13, 2009

Luxor Is Coming To Ipod Touch And iPhone. It Will Be Part Of The Plus+ Network

Plus+ and MumboJumbo are bringing the PC hit Luxor to the iPhone. it currently has a August release window.
the game will be part of the Plus+ social network, which can send updates and challenges to friends via Twitter and Facebook.
the game has 88 levels, global leaderboards, and will be the premier title which is part of the Plus+ network.


Press Release

SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)-- Aug 13, 2009 Plus+, a publisher of iPhone and iPod touch games, and MumboJumbo, a developer and publisher of critically acclaimed casual games, are bringing the award-winning PC and Mac classic LUXOR to the iPhone and iPod touch.

LUXOR, the No. 1 marble-shooter game, will make its debut on the App Store this August with exciting community gameplay features enabled by Plus+, the free social play network.

“Plus+ publishing is delighted to team up with a talented company like MumboJumbo to launch our first title,” said Simon Jeffery, Chief Publishing Officer, Plus+. “This award-winning franchise will be the first of many top caliber games that players will enjoy on Plus+.”

The LUXOR franchise has amassed more than 75 million downloads worldwide with its fun and addictive gameplay. The Egyptian-themed classic has earned distinctions like Casual Game of the Year, Best Puzzle Game, Best Visual Arts and Best Audio among other industry awards. LUXOR, the pioneer of the franchise, now gets amped with the power of touch and tilt, and the network features of Plus+.

In LUXOR, the god’s evil minions have unleashed chains of colored spheres to destroy the pyramids of Ancient Egypt. Players must clear these chains by color-matching three or more spheres. Native controls allow players to slide, tap, shake and tilt to manipulate the magical winged, side-scrolling shooter and launch power-ups. The fate of Ancient Egypt is literally in the player’s hands.

Plus+ registrants in LUXOR can experience not only the touch innovation of a genre classic, but also the added depth of social play. Players can send challenges to friends via Facebook and Twitter, blaze to the top of global leaderboards and earn points on Plus+. These social play elements add to the hours of gameplay packed across 88 levels of chain-blasting strategy.

“It’s a thrill for us to bring LUXOR to the iPhone and iPod touch with Plus+,” said Mark Cottam, Chief Executive Officer, MumboJumbo. “We are delighted to work with Plus+, drawing on the company’s unrivaled marketing capabilities as well as the Plus+ Network player benefits that will enhance the LUXOR experience on our fans’ favorite device.”

To get the latest media and news for LUXOR, please visit http://www.luxoriphone.com.

About MumboJumbo
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, MumboJumbo LLC™ is a worldwide publisher, developer and mass marketer of premium casual games for PC, mobile, handheld devices and game consoles. MumboJumbo games are downloadable at its website as well as key game portals, or purchased at retail through mass merchants, computer retailers and specialty outlets. MumboJumbo owns and operates studios located in Dallas and Vladivostok, Russia, and publishes and distributes software through its subsidiaries worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.mumbojumbo.com.

About Plus+
Plus+ publishing is a division of ngmoco that brings externally-developed titles to the App Store. The Plus+ Network is a social play service free to players that harnesses the iPhone OS 3.0 technology and enables players to create a persistent profile, challenge friends via social channels, compete for leaderboard glory, participate in game events and discover new games. To stay tuned into exciting developments with Plus+, visit http://www.plusplus.com/.

About ngmoco
Headquartered in San Francisco, ngmoco was founded in 2008 by game industry veterans committed to the new mobile landscape opened up by Apple’s iPhone. ngmoco creates and publishes games built specifically for the iPhone made in collaboration with the best and brightest game makers in the world. Founded by Neil Young, Bob Stevenson, Alan Yu and Joe Keene, the company’s investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Norwest Venture Partners and Maples Investments.
To witness the lives and minds of the ngmoco team at work on the future of iPhone and iPod touch games, please visit http://www.ngmoco.com.

Plus+ and ngmoco are trademarks or registered trademarks of ngmoco, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All rights reserved.

Cars Race-O-Rama Boxart

THQ has released the boxart for their upcoming Cars game, Cars Race-O-Rama.

Cars Race-O-Rama Boxart



Frogger Returns Screenshots For Nintendo Wii

Konami has released new screenshots for the newest entry in the Frogger Series. Frogger Returns is a Nintendo Wii game with a TBA 2010 release.

Frogger Returns




Dark Age of Camelot: Darkness Rising and Labyrinth of the Minotaur Expansions Are Now Free For Subscribers.


Mythic Entertainment have announced that Dark Age of Camelot: Darkness Rising and Labyrinth of the Minotaur expansion packs are now available for free to subscribers.
As well as this, those who want to try the game can also experience all 5 expansions for the game in a 14 day free trial.
A Come Back To Camelot campaign is also running at the moment. it allows past users to come back to the game and get 10 free days of play when they update and reactivate their account.

Press Release

FAIRFAX, Va. --(Business Wire)-- Aug 13, 2009 Mythic Entertainment, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) studio, today announced that Dark Age of Camelot™: Darkness Rising™ and Labyrinth of the Minotaur™, the fourth and fifth retail expansions to the epic fantasy MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot, are now available at no charge to all subscribers. Originally launched in 2001, Dark Age of Camelot remains one of the more popular MMORPGs in the genre’s history and is heralded for introducing the renowned “Realm vs. Realm™” gameplay experience.

Current subscribers will receive the expansions as part of an automatic update to their existing game client. For players that are new to Dark Age of Camelot, or for those interested in returning to the world, they can download the new 14-day free trial which now features all five retail expansions, including Darkness Risingand Labyrinth of the Minotaur. New players can download the Dark Age of Camelot 14-Day free trial here: http://www.darkageofcamelot.com/trial.

“The Dark Age of Camelot community has thrived for nearly a decade and the game has helped transform the MMO landscape with the introduction of groundbreaking Realm vs. Realm gameplay,” said Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer of Mythic Entertainment. “We could not be more excited to offer all this entertainment to all current players and to those interested in returning to the game, as well as to those looking to experience the game for the first time.”
In addition, seasoned veterans of Dark Age of Camelot can now return to Midgard, Hibernia and Albion and play free for a limited time. The Come Back To Camelot campaign allows former players with closed accounts for 90 days or more receive 10 days of game-time free when they update and reactivate their account.

Darkness Rising, released in 2005, introduced Champions of the Realms to Camelot, which included new weapons, advanced mounts and expanded Champion levels which allow players to gain new skills and learn abilities from other classes. Labyrinth of the Minotaur, released in 2006, introduced the playable Minotaur race and the Mauler class, as well as the largest dungeon in Camelot history.

For more information about the Dark Age of Camelot: Darkness Rising and Labyrinth of the Minotaur, please visit: www.darkageofcamelot.com/.

About Dark Age of Camelot ®
Celebrating its eight year anniversary in October 2009, Dark Age of Camelot is a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game ("MMORPG") featuring Realm vs. Realm™ combat, EA Mythic's unique take on Player vs. Player action. In addition, the game features multiple class and race combinations, a robust trade skill system, and a comprehensive player Guild system. The world of Dark Age of Camelot features three Realms at war - Midgard, Hibernia and Albion. Based on the mythologies of Viking-era Scandinavia, ancient Ireland, and Arthurian Britain, respectively, the once-peaceful Realms began to battle after the death of King Arthur. Players quest, fight monsters, form guilds and eventually gain enough power to defend their Realm from enemies. Since its release in October 2001,Dark Age of Camelot has received critical acclaim, including Online Game of the Year by Computer Games Magazine and Computer Gaming World, and PC Game of the Year by USA Today and MSNBC. After five years and hundreds of thousands of players, Dark Age of Camelot has proven to be an enduring success.

About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EATM, EA SPORTSTM, EA MobileTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

EA, Mythic Entertainment, Dark Age of Camelot, Labyrinth of the Minotaur, Darkness Rising Public Quests, and Realm vs. Realm are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


Touchmaster 3 And Game Party 3 Are Being Published By Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment


Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have announced that they are publishing Touchmaster 3 on the Nintendo DS and Game Party 3 on the Nintendo Wii. both these games used to be Midway titles.
Game Party 3 has 19 different game options, 8 of which are new party games, including Billiards, Miniature Golf,Racquetball, and more. the game features up to 4 players in Co-Op modes and the ability for the player to create their own player.
Touchmaster 3 has 20 different challenges and 2 player multiplayer. new to the series are badges, trophies and wizard points which offer great re-playability.
Both titles are currently set for a Fall 2009 release.


Press Release

BURBANK, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Aug 13, 2009 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces TouchMaster 3, a puzzle compilation game for Nintendo DS™ and Game Party 3, a social party game for the Wii™ system. TouchMaster and Game Party are multi-million unit selling franchise additions to the company’s casual and family line-up scheduled to launch in fall 2009.

TouchMaster and Game Party are fan favorites, with Game Party selling more than three million units worldwide and TouchMaster selling more than one million units worldwide. Appealing to players of all ages and abilities, both titles offer casual and family gamers a fresh take on the popular Game Party andTouchMaster franchises, incorporating new games and puzzles along with an enhanced variety of the franchises’ past fan favorites.

“We are very pleased to add the successful Game Party and TouchMaster franchises to our portfolio in the growing casual games space,” said Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “As we continue our strategy of offering consumers different types of quality casual games, Game Party 3 andTouchMaster 3 are great options for players and holiday gift givers with new features and group gameplay.”

Game Party 3 features 19 different game options including eight new party games like Billiards, Bocce Ball, Racquetball, Smack-a-Troll, Miniature Golf and Rootbeer Tapper. It supports up to four players in co-op mode, or up to 16 players in bracket tournament mode. The game also offers “Create a Player” and “Profile” features, allowing gamers to customize the look of their character as well as save high scores to earn tickets that unlock character customization options and unique in-game equipment.

In TouchMaster 3, up to two players can work through a collection of 20 puzzle, action, card, strategy, and word challenges with new elements such as Badges, Trophies, and Wizard points to give players endless hours of replay. The game features action, card game, strategy and trivia genres in competitive single player, two person multiplayer and download play options. Game options include Triples Plus, Slime Assault, Bumperball and Dice King 2.

Game Party 3 is under development at FarSight Studios and is rated “E” for Everyone (Violent References) by the ESRB. TouchMaster 3 is under development at Hijinx Studios, LLC and is rated “E” for Everyone (Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Language) by the ESRB.

About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.

Blood Bowl Announced For 18th September UK Release On PSP and DS


THQ has announced that they are bringing Blood Bowl to the UK On september 18th on both the Playstation Portable and Nintendo DS.
To win the game, all you need to do is score the most tries. however, it's not as simple as it sounds. you can bribe ref's to look the other way, hire illegal wizards from the crowds, and cripple the opponents.

Blood Bowl PSP


Blood Bowl DS


Press Release

THQ is happy to announce that it will be publishing the hugely successful Focus Home Interactive title Blood Bowl in the UK.

The game is a combination of a Wargame and a sports game The basics are extremely simple: two teams, one ball. The team that carries the ball into the opponent's end zone scores a touchdown, the team with the most touchdowns at the end of the game is the winner. However, it’s how you decide to do this that makes things interesting, the ends justify the means!

It’s not just the players you have at your disposal either. You can bribe the referee’s to look the other way as you cripple or trample annoying opponents
and hire illegal wizards to give you a hand directly from the crowd… Blood Bowl severely tests the finest tacticians' strategies.

Blood Bowl will be available on PC, Sony PSP and Nintendo DS on the 18th September.

Full List Of Madden NFL 10 DLC From Today's PSN Update


Full list of Madden NFL 10 DLC From Today's PSN Update:

Online Franchise Pack £6.29
Madden Max Pack £6.29
Max Franchise Pack £6.29
Franchise Player Pack £3.39
Great Staff Pack £2.39
Expert Scout Pack £2.39
Elite Status £3.19
One More Year £1.19
Expert Medical Staff £1.19
World Class Training Staff £1.19
Super Superstar £1.19
Pick A Superstar £0.79
Star Player £0.79
Skilled Medical Staff £0.79
Play Through The Pain £0.79
Not Done Yet £0.79
Game Day Instincts £0.45
Dig Deep £0.45
Hometown Hero £0.45
DL Scout £0.45
OL Scout £0.45
LB Scout £0.45
DB Scout £0.45
RB Scout £0.45
PK Scout £0.45
QB Scout £0.45
WR Scout £0.45