Call for Heroes: Pompolic Wars for Nintendo Wii

Data Design Interactive a successful video games publisher, games developer and owner of the Popcorn Arcade label, is pleased to release the first batch of screenshots from the Nintendo Wii version of “Call for Heroes: Pompolic Wars.”. The game is a 3D RPG action title set in a fantasy world and developed by Quotix Software, a games developer based in Serbia and Montenegro. Call for Heroes: Pompolic Wars for Wii is due for release in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Story:

Call for Heroes: Pompolic Wars is a third-person action game with RPG elements. The game places players in a fantasy medieval world, where a dimensional portal to the Outer Worlds has opened, and an enemy from the darkness has encroached upon the world. Led by a demon named Pompolic, the armies of demonic hordes have taken over most of the planet. With mysterious origins, Pompolic’s malevolent spiritual being possesses supernatural powers.

His desire is to possess the people and turn them into minions of his dark army, as he wields his power through his servants, the Dark Souls. These Dark Souls - protected by a horde of monsters - are poisoning the minds of his victims and making them slaves of evil. The denizens of this world are on the edge of total annihilation. However, a little hope still exists in the heart of the remaining citizens.

They believe that there are brave hearts who can save the world from the source of the evil power. If the Dark Souls were to be captured, the onslaught would stop, and Pompolic would be defeated; the call for heroes is made...

Features

· 2 unique characters to choose from

· Each character has unique weapons, items and special abilities

· Characters gain experience which will help them to upgrade strength, armour and health

· 15 special abilities per character

· Fantasy/medieval type world divided into 15 levels

· 18 different types of monsters and 3 bosses at the end

For more information on “Call for Heroes: Pompolic Wars” please visit the Data Design website: http://ddigames.com/pompolic

Sho Online PC video game closed beta Test kicks off

Sho Online Beta Test kicks off with a fresh start!

Sho Onine, Lizard Interactive's second global service, kicks off with 1,000 testers from all over the world..

SSang-Wook Lee, CEO of Lizard Interactive Co., Ltd., announced today that Sho Online has successfully launched its Closed Beta Test (CBT).

The 1st CBT of Sho Online has launched 18th of March will continue until the 25th of March 2008 (GMT). Selected testers will have chance to take a first peek at what Sho Online is made of. So far 1,000 testers are testing the game under the stable service and server condition. Along with the promising result, Sho Online Team is planning to Invite 1000 more CBT users.(Soon will be posted through the official website www.shoonline.net )

Sho Online is also executing a CBT Event for users to win Nintendo DSL. Testers have to simply submit bug reports within the game or submit proud screenshots of their game play. It is a simple event to boost up the active participation and It also shows Sho Online project team’s great effort to revised the game to its perfection.

CEO Sang-Wook Lee said “I would like to thank all gamers who have applied for Sho Online CBT. With their support, we are off to a promising start. For those who couldn’t join our 1st CBT, We will try our best make more opportunity for more users to be part of the CBT. Finally, as CBT progresses, we will implement well-systemized game management and various updates to provide better service for you.”

‘Sho Online’ is 3D MMORPG developed based on true Chinese epic tale of the brutal and merciless war which took place between the two nations ‘Yin’ and ‘Zhou’, the game will take you to the mystic world of Taoism in the 11th century BC.

Players start the game by selecting the dynasty of their choice between Yin and Zhao. Once players choose their destiny, all must fight with honor to defend and conquer the 80 mutual territories based on true historical locations. More territories you gain more hunting grounds you secure for your nation. Players are to expand their territories by going through various quests and challenges that they encounter throughout the game. Players will fight for their fame, wealth, and honor till the day they are acknowledged as heroes. Depending on their active participation at the battle ground, rewards and earned fame will differ from one another.

Sho Online brings some of its unique and strong features. War System between the two rival dynasties naturally leads players to bond within their own community, but hostility to grow towards their enemy. When defending and attacking the enemy territory, players can transform into siege weapon such as catapult, ballista, and many more.

Games also may find other features such as differed Pet System and Rare Items & Enchant System enjoyable. Pets in Sho Online grow, transform, assist in combat, and, of course, its ride-able while Rare Items & Enchant System offers its players to test their nerves and luck. Player will get to choose to enchant and upgrade an item in exchange for possibility of loosing it even though it may be rare that everyone desires.

For further information on Sho Online, a globally played game, please visit www.shoonline.net.

Free Mac game - Mac Arcade

Reflexive announces new Mac Arcade

Reflexive Entertainment is proud to announce the unveiling of Reflexive Mac Arcade, a new extension of Reflexive.com offering casual games to Mac enthusiasts and a special free game for everyone who visits during the grand opening.

Reflexive Entertainment is proud to unveil its new Mac Arcade. Featuring a growing catalog that already contains over 70 games for the Mac, Reflexive's Mac Arcade brings the fun of casual and downloadable games to Mac users everywhere.

"We're very excited to be expanding the market and making Mac games available to the ever increasing number of Mac users," said Reflexive CEO Lars Brubaker. "It's been a long time coming and something that we've put a lot of effort into as we think Mac users have waited long enough to have a great destination to find the latest fun Mac games."

As an extra enticement for visitors to come and check out the new Reflexive Mac Arcade, Reflexive is also giving away one of it's own Mac games, Big Kahuna Reef.

Big Kahuna Reef is the first game in the best-selling Big Kahuna series, which has been one of the most popular franchises in the casual games industry over the last few years. Featuring addictive play in a gorgeous underwater setting, Big Kahuna Reef is mesmerizing fun that will be free to everyone who visits the Reflexive Mac Arcade at www.reflexive.com between now and the end of April.

In addition to opening up the new Mac Arcade and giving away a free game, Reflexive is also empowering everyone to create their own Mac Arcade. As part of the launch of the Mac Arcade section on Reflexive.com, Reflexive has added Mac games to the white-label affiliate program GameCenterSolution. Using GameCenterSolution has always enabled webmasters to offer PC games to their website visitors, and beginning today, Mac games are now also available to all affiliates of GameCenterSolution.

All combined, it's three things that Reflexive Entertainment is excited to be announcing at the same time in hopes of bringing just a little more gaming fun to the Mac.
- New casual game arcade for Mac users
- Free Mac game, Big Kahuna Reef, for all visitors during the grand opening
- Mac games added to the white-label affiliate program GameCenterSolution

Turning Point - Fall of Liberty Design a secret weapon competition

One of the main features of Turning Point™: Fall Of Liberty™ lies in its terrifying depictions of weaponry from a technologically advanced Nazi force.

We'd like to invite you to participate in our Turning Point: Fall of Liberty "Design A Secret Weapon" competition, where you have an unique opportunity to submit your vision of a devastating secret weapon and possibly win fantastic prizes for your efforts!

We are looking for outlandish and creative new designs for all sorts of weapons: planes, tanks, rifles, machine guns, ships, submarines, or whatever else you can imagine. Please don't think you are restricted to designing weapons just for the Germans either. If you have a weapon idea for the Resistance we'd love to see that too!

The contest winner receives a Limited Edition lithograph of Turning Point game art signed by creator Matt Hall along with an XBOX 360 Special Edition of the game. Runners-up win their choice of 360, PS3 or PC standard versions of the game.

In order to enter the competition, either email us a picture of your weapon to competition@codemasters.com with the subject title "Secret Weapon", or, using an image-hosting website of your choice, post it in this forum thread: http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=262733

For more information and inspiration on Turning Point please go to www.codemasters.co.uk/turningpoint.

Video games release dates 2008 Microsoft XBox 360 Sony PlayStation Nintendo Wii

Games Industy provide a list of games platforms and publisher details for Computer and video games to be released in 2008.

Read the list here...

No Nintendo Wii version and no demo planned for Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Ubisoft will likely steer clear of hardcore shooters because the market is too narrow for it to be a viable business choice said Rainbow Six Vegas 2 game designer Phil Therien.

Therien had been asked whether the company planned to reintroduce more realistic shooters such as the original Ghost Recon on current-generation hardware.

He also revealed that there won't be a demo version of Vegas 2.

"We took the decision to spend our time on polishing the game and the demo option was cut," he said.

"It's really time-consuming to create a demo and we needed the dev time to finish our game."

He also explained that four-player co-op was reduced to two-player because the single-player levels couldn't easily support four players.

Therien says that there are virtually no differences between the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Vegas 2 - and at the moment there are no plans for working on the Nintendo Wii.

Read Eurogamer's LiveText Interview with Philippe Therien, Game Designer on Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2.

Read through the dialogue below.

Vegas 2 is due out on 20th March for PS3 and 360 and on 17th April for PC, and you can check out our review early next week.

Full Q and A can be read here

Europa Universalis: Rome PC Strategy game Fact Sheet

Experience one of the most defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy. The greatest cultural and military civilizations are brought to life through this epic title rife with great strategic and tactical depth.

Europa Universalis: Rome will cover the time period from the first Punic War to the start of the true Empire. Players will have thousand of gameplay choices ranging from country, culture, provincial and character options to name but a few, making each and every game infinitely customizable and truly unique.

"Europa Universalis: Rome combines the best of the Empire Building, Conquest and Warfare genres, wrapped into a title that contains all main characteristics of a typical Paradox Interactive game", said Johan Andersson, Director of Development. "This project has the potential to become the most talked about grand strategy game to date."



Key Features

• Fully 3D map with integrated graphics and detailed topography
  
• Start at any date between 280 B.C. and 27 B.C.
  
• Choose between 10 different cultures, including the Roman, Celtic, Greek and Egyptian civili zations, with more than 53 playable factions on a map spanning hundreds of provinces.
  
• Watch your characters develop new traits through political intrigue and various interactions with thousands of other characters.
  
• Trade, negotiate or fight with your neighbours and advance your technologies to unite the Mediterranean World.
  
• Robust multiplayer allows you to challenge up to 32 players either competitively or in co-op mode.
  

System requirements
VISTA COMPATIBLE
Microsoft Windows XP/2000
1.9 Ghz Intel Pen tium or similar
AMD 512mb
RAM Direct X 9.0c
128mb compatible video card & support for pixelshader 2.0

More information here

Open Door - Simple free online game - try it

Simply move the square to the X. Moving through lots of doors along the way.

Play it here

IMPORTANT: Don’t forget to click on the game before trying to play it.

Game Instructions:

To Move the Square use the Arrow Keys
R Key Resets 
Q Key Changes Quality 
S Key Toggles Sound

Call of Duty 4 Gun Sounds video mix

Watch the high resolution version here.
The Password is - serpentoisthebest

The YouTube version is here.

Weapons used in this video:
• AK-47 • Barrett • Desert Eagle • Dragonov • G36C
• M1014 • M14 • M249 • M21 • M40 • M60
• M1911 (Silencer) • M9 (Silencer) • MP5 • Mini-UZI
• P90 • Skorpion • USP • W1200

Xbox LIVE Arcade Adds New Arcade Hits - Assault Heroes - DOOM - Rocky and Bullwinkle - Shotest Shogi - TiQal - Wits & Wagers - Wolf of the Battlefield

Spring Fever is in the Air – Xbox LIVE Arcade Adds New Arcade Hits and Gives You a Sneak Peek at Upcoming Titles

More top-selling arcade titles available from Wednesday at discounted prices as they become Xbox LIVE Arcade Hits

Whether you’re avoiding spring cleaning or revving up for the Easter holidays, be sure to check out the latest Arcade Hits coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 on Wednesday, including “Assault Heroes” and “DOOM”. The Arcade Hits programme offers some of the best-selling Xbox LIVE Arcade games at permanently reduced prices. They can be found within the Xbox LIVE Arcade section of the new Game Store, making it easier than ever to build a library of great downloadable games.

Assault Heroes (Sierra Online)
Become the only surviving member of an elite special forces unit searching for a secret underground lab. Play the mission alone or fight side-by-side with a friend in the two-player cooperative mode. The winner of IGN’s Xbox LIVE Arcade game of the year for 2006, “Assault Heroes” will be available for 400 Microsoft Points.

DOOM (id Software)
Originally released in 1993, “DOOM” introduced millions to the white-knuckle excitement of the first-person shooter (FPS). Relive the classic demon-blasting action with up to four players over Xbox LIVE*, complete with 5.1 surround sound and smoother graphics. “Doom” will be available for 400 Microsoft Points.

With 14 Xbox LIVE Arcade games clocking in with a Metacritic score of 80 or higher, the platform has established itself as the go-to source for quality pick-up-and-play gaming. More than 120 games are currently available on Xbox LIVE Arcade, with new content added on Wednesdays. Specific information about each new title will be available on http://www.xbox.com in the coming weeks, but here is an early look at a few games coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade in the near future:

Rocky and Bullwinkle (Zen Studios Ltd.)
Here’s something you’ll really like! Based on the highly popular US cartoon series of the same name, “Rocky and Bullwinkle” on Xbox LIVE Arcade is a fast and fun party experience packed with over 100 micro-games and decked out in authentic retro art style. All your favourite characters are coming straight out of Frostbite Falls and into your living room: Rocky, Bullwinkle, Boris, Natasha, Dudley Do-Right and many more. Plus, players with an Xbox LIVE Vision camera can control 25 of these games using fun gestures. Gee whiz, Rocky!

Shotest Shogi (AI Factory Ltd. and Rubicon Development Ltd.)
Experience a new kind of shogi, Japan’s top board game, which encourages complex tactical play and strategic sacrifices. Set in an elegant Japanese room, this beautifully rendered game features 16 challenging artificial intelligence opponents as well as an online multiplayer mode*. For beginners, “Shotest Shogi” on Xbox LIVE Arcade also offers an advanced tutorial that guides and tests players as they progress through the game.

TiQal (Slapdash Games)
An addictive new puzzler, “TiQal” takes players on an epic journey to save an ancient Mayan village. Players demolish enemy block walls by matching squares of the same colour and building them up to unleash massive combo points and mind-blowing power-ups. Partner with a friend over local or Xbox LIVE* co-op play to rescue the village, while enjoying sumptuous graphics, exciting sound effects and an awe-inspiring musical score.

Wits & Wagers (Hidden Path Entertainment LLC)
Party and trivia fun! Even if trivia isn’t your thing, the first trivia and party game to hit Xbox LIVE Arcade is one in which players can win by making educated guesses, playing the odds or just knowing the interests of other players, whether they are local or online. Break out the Big Button Pad controllers or play couch vs. couch on Xbox LIVE for a trivia party extravaganza.

Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 (Capcom Entertainment Inc.)
box LIVE Arcade’s “Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3” revives one of the most popular arcade shooters with an all-new adventure. Battle solo or recruit two other specialised commandos to conquer the evil tyrant, General Ratiev. Players can play as Codename Wolf, Coyote or Fox to take on waves of soldiers, rescue POWs and blow up armoured vehicles through a variety of dangerous battlefields.

*Online multiplayer gameplay requires an Xbox LIVE Gold subscription.