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ItsMusic Interactive Music App Hits Facebook
ItsMusic, a revolutionary new game company, is ready to hit social networking with an interactive music collaboration game. - September 11, 2011 - ItsMusic
Wiki Golf - a Wikipedia Game for iPhone and iPad Releases Major New Update
Wiki Golf is a Wikipedia game based on the popular concept of “Six degrees of separation.” When brought to Wikipedia, this means connecting two articles in as few clicks as possible. - September 10, 2011 - Wiki Golf
Enigma Games, Inc. and Tapjoy Sign Publishing Agreement to Produce Mobile Version of Theta Warriors Online
The mobile version of the popular role playing game (RPG) will be the first product released under the agreement between the independent video game producer and the mobile application developer. - September 10, 2011 - Enigma Games
OmNom Apps Releases Button Smasher 2.0, Now with Power-ups
OmNom Apps today announced a significant update to Button Smasher. This update includes a variety of power-ups and tweaks aimed at making the game faster, more strategic, and more engaging than ever before. - September 09, 2011 - OmNom Apps
Animals Come to Life in Hello Farm App from Digital Media Interactive
California based Digital Media Interactive has announced the arrival of baby's next animal app, Hello Farm for Kids. The sequel to world renowned Hello Zoo is available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Hello Farm is a fun and educational app for infants and toddlers. Touch anywhere in the landscape background to trigger snorting pigs, flying owls, bouncing bunnies and more. Designed to engage young eyes and help memory and recognition development, this app is sure to entertain for hours. - September 09, 2011 - Digital Media Interactive LLC
AtGames to Launch the Atari Flashback 3 Retro Gaming Console with 60 Built-in Games Recreating the Original Atari 2600 Retro Gaming Experience
AtGames announces the release of the Atari Flashback 3 console including 60 built-in games in the USA. - September 08, 2011 - AtGames Digital Media Inc.
New Book Challenges Old Thinking on Video Games and Addiction
A new book challenges healthcare providers & the public to rethink how they understand and work with patients who play video games. - September 07, 2011 - Mike Langlois, LICSW
Hipster Chess for iPhone Tries to Reinvent Match 3 Game Genre
Silent Apps Team has released its second game for iPhone with a hope to reinvent crowded match-3 game genre one more time. Hipster Chess is a smart cross between chess and match-3/gem/jewel games. The game accordingly subtitled "Not Really Chess" and is available on the App Store. - September 07, 2011 - Silent Apps Team
Games-Masters.com Announces Closed Beta Launch of CTRacer Season 2
Games-Masters.com, a leading publisher of massively multiplayer online games, today announced the start of closed beta for CTRacer 2; the first truly realistic and adrenaline-pumping free-to-play online racing game. Developed by M.Planet, the fast-paced MMO has achieved great success in its home... - September 07, 2011 - Games-Masters.com Ltd.
HD Interactive Hits iTunes 100K Download Mark with Self-Published Apps
HD Interactive announces the 100,000th download of their apps and games in iTunes - September 01, 2011 - HD Interactive
Apps Genius Corp Announces Joint Distribution Agreement with Wizard World, Inc. and Celebrity Entertainment Division Launch
Social games and mobile apps developer Apps Genius has announced a distribution agreement with Wizard World, which will expand its market for future distribution of apps and games. - September 01, 2011 - Fan Expo HQ
Dream Brother Introduces Salute to Me Lite 1.0 for iOS
Salute to Me, which is made by Dreambrother Technologies Ltd, is a humorous, peculiar, and extremely funny game. Players take the role of president in the country's military parade to review mighty force and civilized force. A mighty country must own a very strict troop, but some soldiers are not following the discipline, they are grinning, talking, or even dozing off....How can a strict president endure this? Take out the palm to teach them what is called "Order." - August 31, 2011 - Dream Brother
BidWhammy Takes the Fear Out of Penny Auction Industry
BidWhammy.com is putting shill bidders and scammers out of business. - August 31, 2011 - BidWhammy LLC
The Multilingual Manga Platform Application “JapanManga” Now Providing Works in Japanese, English, and Chinese
JapanManga users are able to switch between multiple languages while reading works provided through the application, which will satisfy both the recent need of wishing to read manga in Japanese and the need of Japanese wishing for an aid in learning foreign languages. - August 30, 2011 - JapanManga Inc.
Mark Your Calendars: XMG Studio Inc. and The National Post Announce Great Canadian Appathon²
A call for up-and-coming coders across Canada to create a mobile game within 48 hours over the weekend of September 30th to win a grand prize. - August 27, 2011 - XMG Studio Inc.
"Cat Games" for iPad Releases to the App Store from Big Monk Games
Big Monk Games, is proud to release iPad title “Cat Games” for cats on the Apple iPad. “Cat Games” will stimulate feline instincts of hunting and stalking their prey. - August 24, 2011 - Big Monk Games
4shared.com Launches Entertainment Platform with Bigpoint as Its Exclusive Cooperation Partner
The file-storage platform publishes their first directly playable online games. - August 24, 2011 - 4shared
Cabals: The Card Game - Open Beta, Players Have a Chance to Win an iPad2
Cabals: The Card Game is an exciting new online trading card game that you can play for free anywhere, at any time. Cabals: The Card Game launches in the late Summer 2011. - August 22, 2011 - Kyy Games Oy
iRunTrains for iPad is a 3D Train Simulator for All
Onomaly Software today announces iRunTrains 1.4.1, a 3D, hobby train simulator for the iPad. Fun to play and pleasant to just watch, this app is fun for all ages. Drive your trains, control speed, direction and braking with the touch train selector, with throttle and brake controls. Select from many dynamic views that "chase" and track the trains. Choose from 4 different vantage points on train engines or cabooses. With this train set on iOS, you can even take a virtual ride on steam trains. - August 20, 2011 - Onomaly LLC
HD Interactive Releases Kung Fu Game for iPad and NOOK Color™ Gameplay Allows Two Users to Play Together on One Device
Tampa web development company HD Interactive announces the release of their 10th game. Kung Fu Battle Slots can be played with two people on one iPad. - August 20, 2011 - HD Interactive
Raw Talent Guitar Officially Announces New Offices; End of Era for CEO
Raw Talent Guitar has moved to Boca Raton, FL, from Coral Springs, FL, after employees worked from the "Darth Vader" building on University Drive for more than 15 years. - August 17, 2011 - Raw Talent Guitar
i-Jet Connect: New Generation Platform for Social Games Presented at GDC Europe in Germany
i-Jet Media presented i-Jet Connect, a new generation technological solution for developers of social games. i-Jet Media announced i-Jet Connect at the Social Games Summit at GDC Europe. Slides can be found here: http://slidesha.re/pm7yvW. i-Jet Connect is based on four key opportunities: -... - August 17, 2011 - i-Jet Media
Publisher FIAA Released the 35th Content Update for Their Free2Play Shooter Operation7
Operation7 is a free-to-play MMOFPS (Massive Multiplayer Online First-Person Shooter). Featuring real-life-maps and real-weapon-assembly, Operation7 provides the most realistic FPS experience. More than 100 types of real weapons can be assembled and tuned. Currently, you can meet players from all around the Europe. - August 12, 2011 - FIAA GmbH
Samsung Mobile South Africa Announces Key Partnership at Leading Entertainment Event to be Held in Cape Town, 23rd & 24th August 2011
Samsung Mobile South Africa today announced a major partnership that they have signed with UK-based conference company, All Amber. The deal will make Samsung Mobile South Africa the Platinum Sponsors at Mobile Entertainment Africa, which is taking place at the One & Only Cape Town on the... - August 08, 2011 - All Amber
Cabals: the Card Game Enters Beta, Testers Have a Chance to Win an iPad2
Cabals: The Card Game - an upcoming online free-to-play collectible card game (CCG) for iOS, Android and browsers, enters public beta. Cabals [beta] can currently be played on the website at: http://www.cabalsgame.com. Participating in the beta testing or liking the game on Facebook entitles for a chance to win an iPad 2, in a lottery during August. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cabals-The-Card-Game/228911117124060 - August 07, 2011 - Kyy Games
HerculesPoker Offers Easy Opportunity to Win $428.31 Freeroll Jackpot
HerculesPoker announces new, easy-to-win promotion. - August 05, 2011 - Herculespoker
RockYou® Partners with Aktiv Digital to Roll Out Pan Regional Offering
RockYou® partners with Aktiv Digital to roll out pan regional offering. Aktiv to manage RockYou ad sales. Partnership for Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore. Follows exclusive partnership for Hong Kong. - August 05, 2011 - Aktiv Digital
Game Developers Release Game and Ask iPhone/iPod Users to Help Save the Eeeps
New game company Fine & Dandy Games ask iPhone and iPod touch gamers to help them save the Eeeps with newly released game Goop. - August 04, 2011 - Fine & Dandy Games
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TotalESoft.com announces - "David G. becomes the biggest ever winner at CasinoCo.com with a $142K win on Fun In The Sun Video Slot." - August 01, 2011 - Total E Soft Ltd
Sportsbook Guardian Launches Betting News and Bookmakers Review Site
Summer 2011 has seen the launch of Gambling Guardian. The www.gamblingguardian.com blog portal comprises five different areas, namely the flag ship www.sportsbookguardian.com and burgeoning sites for poker, casino, bingo and financial spreadbetting. The site was originally set up by Alex Lafferty... - July 29, 2011 - Gambling Guardian
Red Flush Online Casino to Celebrate 3rd Birthday with the Return of Slot Survivor
Anticipation builds as Red Flush Online Casino prepares for Slot Survivor Season 5 - July 28, 2011 - Red Flush Online Casino
Dreamkind Announces Frankenstein Matchmaker for the iPhone and iPad: Because Monsters Need Love Too
Dreamkind will release Frankenstein Matchmaker on August 4th for the iPhone and iPad. Frankenstein Matchmaker is a monster of a word game where the player has to think fast and shoot straight. The game will be available in lite and full versions. - July 27, 2011 - Dreamkind
New Content Update Published by FIAA for the F2P Shooter Operation7
Operation7 is a free-to-play MMOFPS (Massive Multiplayer Online First-Person Shooter). Featuring real-life-maps and real-weapon-assembly, Operation7 provides the most realistic FPS experience. More than 100 types of real weapons can be assembled and tuned. Currently, you can meet players from all around the Europe. Maximum of 24 players play against each other in two teams in one of the following game mode: death-match, survival, head-hunting, demolition, hold-the-line and melee. - July 24, 2011 - FIAA GmbH
New Free2Play Shooter Operation7 Published by FIAA
Operation7 is a free2play shooter offering realistic combat with weapons based upon their real counterparts. It’s a fast paced, dynamic MMO action game with locations modelled after their equivalent scenes where two teams are trying to succeed in different modes, which makes team play a key feature. Operation7 was published in 2009 and the FIAA Interactive Inc. licensed the European version. - July 24, 2011 - FIAA GmbH
The New Addicting iPhone Game App, Starcraze, Has Hit the App Store
Tony's Apps has released Starcraze, a new game app available in the App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. This new app is available for download in both Lite and paid versions. - July 19, 2011 - Tony's Apps
Making Money Overnight - Two Grand Wins for Grand Duke Online Casino Players
Two online casino players had won more than $25,000 cash prizes in one night of playing online slots games at the Grand Duke online casino. - July 15, 2011 - Grand Duke Online Casino
Good Work Systems Releases New Edition of the Only Multi-Genre PC Gaming Pedal, the Fragpedal Quad
Good Work Systems releases the Fragpedal Quad, the newest edition in the only line of foot pedals designed specifically for all types of PC gaming. With 4 buttons for two feet, the Fragpedal Quad proves that foot pedals are a unique advantage to PC gamers. Complex button types like press/release and tap/press/hold buttons revolutionize traditional button behavior, thanks to GWS' IDI technology. The Quad's buttons give a durable and realistic pedal feel and improve on its predecessors' design. - July 15, 2011 - Good Work Systems
GDPA Launch the Social Game Q.B.I. Qualified Bureau of Investigation
QBI is a social game which the player will take the lead of an agency and will have to recruit a team of experts to resolve investigation and move forward in history. Its missions: Build and developing its QBI, make advance its Avatar, establish and manage a team, assign its team for missions, solve case within episode. The game will take place per season like the series, the first season will have 28 episodes for a hundred missions. - July 13, 2011 - Global Digital Publishing Agency
Punflay Launches New Educational iPad App, Odd 1 Out
Punflay is happy to announce the release of their latest educational iPad app for kids, Odd 1 Out. - July 10, 2011 - Emantras
VMC Game Labs Sponsor Quality Assurance Track at the Inaugural IGDA Summit-Seattle
VMC Game Labs is the presenting sponsor of the Quality Assurance Track at the inaugural International Game Developers Association Summit-Seattle, taking place at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle, WA on July 18 and 19. - July 08, 2011 - VMC Consulting
Mix Master Mike’s App myRMX Spins Free with Free App Magic
myRMX and Mix Master Mike turn their paid app to free for a limited time in collaboration with Free App Magic. - July 07, 2011 - myRMX
3river3 Studios Releases Archers Online
3river3 Studios announced the release of their application Archers Online to Apple’s App Store on Friday. The application features turn-based gameplay and player customization. Merged with online capabilities and profile progression, players can unlock additional characters and weapons for completing matches. The game is available for free for a limited time and is compatible with the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. - July 07, 2011 - Alkyne Studios
How to Get Your iPhone Game Noticed - Enabled & Gametraders Use a Competition to Beat the Competition
How two companies are using an in-built competition to make their new iPhone game stand out among the hundreds of thousands others, giving entrants a chance to win $2000 in prizes, including a 40" Samsung TV. - July 01, 2011 - Enabled Solutions Pty Ltd
Dum Dum Pops® Flick-A-Pop 2.0 iPhone App
Ready. Set. Flick. Spangler Candy Company announces the release of Dum Dum Pops® Flick-A-Pop Version 2.0. - June 30, 2011 - Spangler Candy
"It Begins," an Exciting iPhone/iPad Game by Charleston Shi
"It Begins," an exciting iPhone/iPad game, is based on popular 11-book series, The Quest of the Phoenix" by Charleston Shi. - June 28, 2011 - Charleston Shi
Dreamkind Announces Office Riot: New iPhone and iPad Game Available June 30
Dreamkind will release Office Riot on June 30. Office Riot is an exciting iPhone and iPad game in which the player, the world’s worst boss, must escape from an angry mob of mutinous employees. The game will be available in lite and full versions. - June 27, 2011 - Dreamkind
"Blast Monkeys" Game for iPhone, Android and NOOKColor Gets 2 Millionth Download
Blast Monkeys was downloaded over a million times in the last four weeks, reaching a total of over two million cross platform downloads. It took the physics-based puzzle game from Yobonja exactly four months to reach over one million downloads, and in less than four weeks it’s now doubled... - June 25, 2011 - Yobonja
Combat Gets Medieval on Gamers June 30 with the Beta Release of Ethereal – Medieval Skirmish Warfare
University Students Train in Medieval Combat to Prepare for Development of Indie Game - June 25, 2011 - Project Ethereal
Hocobi's KillingZone Defense Will be Free for Limited Time
Hocobi Inc., a mobile game publisher announced that its action survival-defense game “KillingZone Defense” developed by CB Mobile will be free on the App Store for limited time. Hocobi Inc. is a publisher based in the US that specializes in publishing games into the North American... - June 24, 2011 - Hocobi Inc.
MmorpGuides Announces New Working Bots, Cheats and Hacks for Runescape, WoW, Guild Wars, Rift
MmorpGuides.com announces a strong lineup of new cheats, bots, hacks, exploits and guides for several popular massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). - June 19, 2011 - MmorpGuides.com