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Merry Twistmas with the Moshi Christmas song download from Moshi Monsters + win Moshling Zoo video game

Head over to iTunes and download the hit Moshi Twistmas song starting today.

Once you know the song, you won't be able to stop singing it! Hey, why not enter the MOSHI TWISTMAS singing competition? You could win a copy of the Moshling Zoo Nintendo DS game and have your video featured at Moshi TV! To enter, check out the contest!

LUXOR Amun Rising HD Video Game Released

Glory and adventure await as you return to save Ancient Egypt from certain doom in Luxor: Amun Rising. Battle through 88 all-new levels with new backgrounds and twisting pathways. Use your mystical winged scarab to protect the ancient pyramids of Egypt!

As chains of colored spheres rapidly approach the gateway of the pyramids, it’s up to you to stop them with your magical winged-scarab shooter. Fire colored orbs to make matches of three or more and eliminate the chains before Egypt is doomed.

Zombie Wonderland is now available on the Apple App Store!

Zombie Wonderland is now available on the Apple App Store! Get ready! Grab your handy shotgun and your mop because the undead are coming! Residents of Niceville are terrified of the zombie infestation and there's only one person they know who does house calls. Chuck the most qualified (and only) zombie cleaner in Niceville. Direct Chuck to take out those shuffling zombies in five different locations of Niceville – Oh, and no one likes a messy houseguest, so clean up those zombie guts!

'Fighting Fantasy: Citadel of Chaos' Video Game

Big Blue Bubble Inc. announced today that Fighting Fantasy: Citadel of Chaos has been released to the iTunes store!

Deep inside the Citadel of Chaos, the dread sorcerer Balthus Dire is plotting the downfall of the good folk of the Vale of Willow. His battle plans are laid, his awesome army equipped, an attack is surely imminent. YOU are the Vale of Willow’s only hope. Though you command many powerful spells, the quest may be deadly, for who knows what creatures lie in wait in the Citadel of Chaos?

Handmark and Sandlot Games Release Popular Trading Adventure 'Tradewinds 2' on Apple App Store

Handmark and Sandlot Games announce the release of Tradewinds 2, part of Sandlot Games' popular trading adventure franchise, on the Apple App Store.

Based on the acclaimed PC game by Sandlot Games, Tradewinds 2 is a highly immersive adventure for iPhone and iPod touch where players navigate the pirate-infested waters of the Caribbean. Be a master commander, defeating pirates and plundering their vast hordes of booty, or, play it safe by trading exotic island goods, gradually amassing untold wealth, power and influence.

"Once again Handmark has done an excellent job bringing another Sandlot Game to millions of iPhone and iPod touch users," said Daniel Bernstein, CEO Sandlot Games. "We're very proud of Tradewinds 2 for the Apple App Store and we believe that users worldwide will once again get swept away in the unique gameplay and story that unites the Tradewinds series."

Gamers who enjoy trading and strategy games will love Tradewinds 2. Players can choose one of 5 characters to play as, or create their own using the 'Character Generator'; explore 20 different ports each with different buildings and characteristics; and enjoy over 100 hours of gameplay across Story and Free Trade modes. Players new to this genre will gain an introduction via the full tutorial in Tradewinds 2.

"Following the success of Glyph and Westward, we're excited to work with Sandlot Games to bring Tradewinds 2 to the iPhone and iPod touch," said Cassidy Lackey, vice president of Handmark Studios. "The venerated franchise has a loyal online offering, and this immersive version reinforces our intention to bring high quality, value-packed games to the Apple App Store."

Tradewinds 2 is available now for $4.99 from Apple's App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore/. For more information about Tradewinds 2, along with screenshots and a video demo, please visit: http://www.astraware.com/iphone/tradewinds2.

'Kenken: Train Your Brain!' released on Apple's iPhone

The next generation puzzle craze has made its way to the iPhone. Popularized by famed puzzle master Will Shortz and created by Tetsuya Miyamoto, KENKEN is a simple concept that’s entertaining, engaging and addictive.

• Puzzles serialized in top U.S. dailies including The New York Times.
• The evolution of sudoku.
• Puzzles designed by creator Tetsuya Miyamoto’s puzzle team.
• Varying complexities of puzzles.
• Interactive tutorial to help new players with the basics.
• Stunning graphics to capture the players’ imaginations.
• Over 250 different puzzles.

Funji Launches the First Avatar-Based Social Networking Application for the iPhone

Funji, Inc., an iPhone application company, launches the first avatar-based social networking application only for iPhone and iPod touch on May 23. While some avatar applications allow users to customize characters, Funji is the first to blend avatars and social networking only for iPhone/iPod touch users. Funji users can decorate their own avatars and rooms to show friends, save as wallpaper or publish to Facebook using FB connect. They can visit strangers' rooms to see what they have created and initiate friendships.

Funji’s comic-book style stands out from the geometric 3D virtual worlds prevalent on the web and many other iPhone applications. With Funji, users have more than 2000 possible combinations for creating their unique avatar. The customizable avatars show random dance moves when touched. Each update will feature new avatar animations for intimate and personal interaction. The background and decorative items also help to create imaginary scenes, such as a huge cupcake on the bed or pink dog on the road.

Funji will regularly update items based on a theme such as disco hall or summer vacation. While Funji is focused initially on giving users a new level of self-expression, the company is planning to expand its application to allow users to communicate with and play games with friends. Games will allow users to earn points to express themselves with unique items.

An intensive development effort was required to create animated avatars in traditional comic book style without using 3D tools. Funji is the only iPhone application that allows users to customize and animate avatars.

“Users have been thirsty for an avatar application for the iPhone that integrates with other social networks,” said Shinyoung Park, CEO of Funji, Inc. “At Funji, our goal is to satisfy users’ quest for self-expression and playful interaction with friends within the mobile environment. Funji’s offerings will move users beyond the web, leveraging the mobile platform to create a far more intimate and personal means of communication.”

The price of the Funji is $2.99. However, for a limited time, Funji is available for $0.99.

GAMEVIL Launches Zenonia on Apple App Store

GAMEVIL USA, Inc., the LA-based mobile games publisher, today announced that its classic action role-playing game Zenonia for iPhone and iPod touch is available on the Apple App Store. Zenonia features anime style characters and graphics which will bring back nostalgic moments from epic role-playing games in the past. The game has numerous quests to follow with an interesting story line, as the hero goes on a journey to figure out his past. For each different skill class, there is a unique set of skills to master along with hundreds of items and weapons to acquire.

“We’re thrilled to launch Zenonia on the Apple App Store”, said Kyu Lee, president of GAMEVIL USA. “The revolutionary iPhone and iPod touch have allowed us to develop a unique version of this game and we are certain fans will love the engaging gameplay and captivating fantasy world we’ve created.”

ZENONIA is now available for $5.99 from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/

For more details, please visit www.gamevil.com

Clickgamer.com and Exosyphen release Hacker Evolution to the iPhone and iPod touch

Mobile game publisher Clickgamer.com is bringing Exosyphen Studio’s Hacker Evolution to the Apple App Store.

In Hacker Evolution, you pit your skills against a network of computers and try to hack into as many computers as possible. Use viruses or bounce your connection through hacked servers, in order to avoid being traced and lose your firewall. Something that looks simple at first, will become a challenging adventure. Balance your resources carefully and plan your attacks to obtain the maximum number of score points and to retrieve deadly viruses you can use in your attacks.

“Hacker Evolution is the first step from a series of innovative and unique games that we are designing and bringing to the iPhone and iPod devices.” said Robert Muresan, Founder and CEO of Exosyphen Studios.

Hacker Evolution is available for $0.99 from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch, or at www.itunes.com/appstore/

For more information about Clickgamer.com please visit http://www.clickgamer.com. For more information about Exosyphen, please visit http://www.exosyphen.com.

Killer Edge launched for iPhone and iPod Touch

Nalin Sharma, the award-winning game designer behind PuzzleKings, is delighted to announce the immediate world-wide availability of Killer Edge on the AppStore for iPhone and iPod Touch for a mere £1.19/$1.99.

Killer Edge is a rip-roaring racing game where players can nudge, smash and swerve their way to the front of the race across a variety of tracks featuring incredible inclines, crazy curves and soaring straights.

Players can use the tilt control or touchscreen of the iPhone/iPod Touch to steer their way expertly round the tracks while avoiding collisions that reduce energy. If this runs out or if they fall off the "Killer Edge", they will lose a life.

All 12 cars in Killer Edge are accurately modelled with an expert physics engine inside, so they each handle differently and when they go over bumps, you can see them fly!

The Grand Prix mode has 3 cups, Bronze, Silver and Gold, each with 3 unique tracks that get progressively harder throughout, and there are 7 different pickups that can boost your car: Turbo, Speed, Attack, Defence, Traction, Shield and Energy.

Easy, Medium and Hard game settings plus Quick Race and Time Attack game modes complete the features in this super-smooth arcade racer along with pulsating music and 3D sound.

“I think there is room in this market for a fun exciting 3D racing game with retro graphics” said Nalin Sharma, and he goes on to reveal that he did this whole project as part of a bet with his better half: “my wife thinks that I won’t sell any copies, and maybe she’s right, but it would be nice to prove her wrong!”

Killer Edge is available at this link on the AppStore within iTunes.
For more information visit the Killer Edge website at www.killeredge.com

Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack available on iTunes

The launch of the extended Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack experience starting today exclusively on the iTunes store in the US and iTunes store in Europe.

The first release is a collection of six original tracks produced exclusively for Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned by elite underground hip-hop DJ and record producer Statik Selektah, featuring some of the most respected names in the genre.

Coming soon to the iTunes store, the second release features highlight tracks from from the overall soundtrack and gives listeners a taste of the updated genres that now play across Liberty City's airwaves via this new episode. Stay tuned for information on tracklist and release date.

Note that all of the new songs added to the Liberty City radio dial via the Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned soundtrack can be seamlessly purchased and downloaded online through the in-game ZiT function. Simply tag songs you like on your in-game cell phone to create a custom playlist which will automatically be uploaded to your Social Club profile. A simple click-through to iTunes from there will pull up your custom playlist for purchase.

Also check out the Grand Theft Auto IV destination page on iTunes with each in-game radio station's playlist, exclusive albums and more, all accessible at www.itunes.com/gtaiv.

Dr Awesome Microsurgeon MD iPhone iPod Touch operation game

Accelerometer-Guided Surgical Arcade Action Now Available Exclusively in the App Store

Calling all surgical specialists to assist Dr. Awesome, MicroSurgeon M.D. with microscopic missions. Exclusively developed for the iPhone and iPod touch by Escalation Studios and ngmoco, Dr. Awesome, MicroSurgeon M.D. takes up residence in the App Store for the great price of $1.99.

As the world’s most skilled microsurgeon, Dr. Awesome has been called in to eradicate a deadly virus spreading throughout the entire population, including the players’ friends and family saved in contact lists on the iPhone and iPod touch.

Dr. Awesome, MicroSurgeon M.D. (http://drawesome.ngmoco.com) challenges even the steadiest of hands with intense arcade gameplay.

Players perform microsurgery to isolate and eradicate mutagens that have infected their friends, personalized from the user’s iPhone and iPod touch contacts.

With the accelerometer-guided micro scalpel, players must cut and trap the offending viruses, avoid disruptive virus counter attacks and collect various power-ups to succeed in saving their friends.

An in-game autosave feature also saves patients when surgeons are called away from the operating table.

To buy Dr. Awesome, MicroSurgeon M.D. in the iTunes App Store, here


Dr. Awesome, MicroSurgeon M.D. follows the successes of ngmoco’s special effects-laden, touch-screen, arcade game MazeFinger (http://mazefinger.ngmoco.com) and the colorful, touch-and-tilt, block stacking game Topple (http://topple.ngmoco.com) which hit the App Store in October.

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The 2008 British Technology Awards 2008 winners

The 2008 British Technology Awards 2008 winners

Best Gaming Technology - Nintendo Wii

Best Home Entertainment Technology - BBC iPlayer

Best Kids Technology - Nintendo DS

Best Mobile Technology - Apple iPhone

Best Music Technology - Apple iTunes

Best Online Technology - BBC iPlayer

Business Technology of the Year - Asus Eee PC

Gadget of the Year - Apple iPhone

Greenest Technology - Toyota Prius

Most Indispensable Technology - Google Maps

Most Stylish Technology - Apple iPhone

Retailer of the Year - Amazon

Technological Innovation of the Year - Apple iPhone

Baseball Game for iPhone and iPods now on iTunes Store

Chalkboard Sports Baseball is now available on the iTunes Store. Sports fans can purchase and download Chalkboard Sports Baseball for $4.99 and play America’s favorite pastime anytime, anywhere on an iPod nano (3rd generation), iPod classic and iPod (5th generation).

Chalkboard Sports Baseball offers incredibly fun game play and depth not usually found in casual sports games and it was developed exclusively for iPod and the unique click wheel.

Chalkboard Sports Baseball features…

• Easy, Pick-Up-and-Play controls optimized for the Click Wheel.
• Personalized teams thanks to FaceMaker, a unique web-based tool that allows gamers to easily import their own images into the game via iTunes.
• I-Think AI: computer players so smart they literally think on the fly.
• Bonus point home run targets and unlockable pitches.
• Quick Play and Playoff modes, six ballparks, multiple camera views, all the sounds of being at the ballpark – even day and night games!

“The iPod is a game platform that offers a remarkably unique interface that is simple and intuitive, with endless possibilities to developers,” said Scott Orr, founder and CEO of D2C Games. “Chalkboard Sports Baseball is the first game we are bringing to iPod gamers and we have big plans to offer more Chalkboard Sports titles that are easy to play, incredibly fun and user personalized.”

Go to www.d2cgames-facemaker.com to try out the FaceMaker utility.

Free iPhone and iPod Touch games grab them quick

Apple iTunes launched it's new applications store with tons of free games to download for your new G3 iPhones and iPod touch and older iPhones with the software update.

You'll have to have the latest software on your PC and iPod and at the time of writing the update is unavailable due to demand on the Apple servers (UK).

Picked up a G3 iPhone today but O2 the UK carrier has yet to connect it as their computer systems went down almost as soon as the opened their doors today.

Top Free games



iPint - pour a virtual pint then navigate it along the bar to your friend

Cube Runner - Fly your ship across a landscape filled with cubes

Blip Solitare - Classic Virtual Tennis Game

Jirbo Match - Match Memory Game

Advent - Colossal Cave Adventure iPhone game

Plus loads more and some top games from only $9.99 including

Super Monkey Ball
Enigmo
Texas Hold'em
Cro-Mag Rally
Bomberman Touch
Bejeweled 2
Moto Racer

plus loads more...

all here www.itunes.com/appstore/

Release Of The Blue Dragon Original Soundtrack From The Xbox 360 Video Game

Sumthing Else Music Works Announces Release Of The Blue Dragon Original Soundtrack From The Xbox 360 Video Game

Original Music by Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu

Sumthing Else Music Works, through its licensing relationship with Mistwalker proudly presents Blue Dragon Original Soundtrack. The 2 disc soundtrack album is now available at US retail outlets through Nile Rodgers’ Sumthing Else Music Works label www.sumthing.com and digital download service www.sumthingdigital.com and will also be released on iTunes.

Blue Dragon is created exclusively for the Xbox 360 by famed game producer Hironobu Sakaguchi of Mistwalker game studio. Featuring the character design of Akira Toriyama, who designed Dragon Ball Z, and music by Nobuo Uematsu, the composer for Final Fantasy, Blue Dragon is an epic role-playing game (RPG) centered on a young boy named Shu and several of his friends. These unlikely heroes possess the power to control phantom shadows that mirror the actions of their masters, giving Shu and his comrades miraculous strength and magical powers.

Taking full advantage of the power of Xbox 360, Blue Dragon engages players in a world and characters that are brought to life with vibrant colors and detail, from Shu's wild hair to his martial arts-style garb, conveying the beautiful simplicity and sense of adventure found in this truly next-generation RPG. For more information on the game, visit www.xbox.com/bluedragon.

Second Volume of PopCap's Casual Video Game Hits for Sony PlayStation 2

Second Volume of PopCap's Casual Video Game Hits for Sony PlayStation 2 Coming Soon

PopCap Hits Vol. 2 Arriving at Stores in June

PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of “casual” video games, today announced the imminent arrival at retail of a new PopCap Hits compilation for PlayStation 2 featuring two of the company’s best-selling puzzle and “arcade action” games. PopCap Hits Volume 2 features Heavy Weapon and Zuma, carries an SRP of US$19.95, and marks the first time that those two games have been made available for PlayStation consoles. PopCap Hits Volume 2 is expected to hit store shelves in June 2008.

“We’re pleased to be bringing our second PlayStation2 ‘greatest hits’ compilation to stores so quickly after the first volume, and expect the upcoming product to be even more popular with consumers,” said Greg Canessa, VP of Video Game Platforms at PopCap. “Heavy Weapon and Zuma are two of our most successful games on the Xbox LIVE Arcade Service, and should prove equally well received by the PlayStation 2 audience.”

Zuma is a fast-paced action puzzler requiring quick reflexes and pattern-solving strategy as players rotate the stone frog at the center of the screen to shoot colored balls into place. Make sets of three or more balls to succeed – and don’t let the chain of balls reach the golden skull! Zuma is also available for Xbox 360, PC, Mac, online and select mobile devices. Zuma is also the highest-rated game for iPod, based on iTunes’ customer reviews.

Heavy Weapon is a light-hearted side-scrolling action game in which players strive to defeat hordes of enemy armies in the form of tanks, jeeps, fighter jets, helicopters and other land and air vehicles. Power-ups and secret weapons that provide additional speed, shields, firepower and more help the player overcome increasingly nasty enemy forces and bosses while progressing through levels representing the oppressed (fictitious) countries over which the war is being waged. Multiplayer modes available for the PlayStation 2 version of the game enable players to join a friend for furious shoot-’em-up fighting in multiplayer Arms Race and War Party modes. In addition, PopCap Hits Volume 2 provides exclusive behind-the-scenes access in “The Making of a Classic.” Explore early game concepts, high-res game art, and video clips featuring development history and tips from the games’ creators.

Guitar Hero tracks available on iPod

Do you wanna rock like a hurricane with your iPod? Of course you do! Check it:

Activision, Inc. announced that starting today a series of compilations featuring music from the hit franchise Guitar Hero will be available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store. The tracks will be featured in iTunes Essentials for Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

From “Surrender” to “Welcome to the Jungle,” to “Carry On Wayward Son,” nearly every song to appear in the Guitar Hero franchise has been gathered. A newly recorded version of "Anarchy in the U.K." which the Sex Pistols recently recorded for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, is also available as a separate track. The series also includes Artist and Genre Essentials custom-created especially for guitar fans. Titles include Shredders, Live Guitar Heroics, Killer Guitar Solos and Guitar Anthems of the ‘80s with tracks from Aerosmith, Guns ‘N’ Roses, Rage Against the Machine, Metallica, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Pearl Jam. Additionally, iTunes will be offering guitar-themed playlists from guitar legends Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols and Slash of Guns ‘N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver so fans can download the legends’ favorite anthems.