HanbitSoft Reveals 1.5 Patch Details of Hellgate: London

1.5 patch details of Hellgate: London, an online action RPG developed by Redbana US Studio, every week through the game’s Korean official website.

HanbitSoft and developers in Redbana has been preparing 1.5 patch since last year, as soon as the developing crew had been formed. It is planned to be an extensive update to reinforce Hellgate’s reputation. HanbitSoft announcing that the company will be posting the patch details in weekly basis suggests that the update date is getting close.

HanbitSoft posted the general introduction of 1.5 patch on March 6th through Hellgate’s official website, and mentioned that there will be Mode Merger, Consignment House, and various kinds of PvP features, etc. On March 13th, the company revealed parts of the patch contents in details: Mode Merger, Achievement Reward System, Instance Swtiching and Item Linking.

After 1.5 patch, all modes will be merged. In current Hellgate, players play either in Normal Mode or Elite Mode, but later on, the two modes will be combined and all players will be playing the game together. Players who are playing in Elite Mode will be able to keep the Elite mark next to their names, and granted with special titles.

Achievement Reward System is a system that rewards the players who accomplish the challenge achievements, with ‘- + To all attributes’, ‘Health injectors’ and etc. Instance Switching will also be added for easier channel shift. Instance Switching is designed with simple User Interface, so that any player can easily transfer to the place where the player he wants to play with is. Ultimately, it will also strengthen the community by providing convenient system for more active interactions between players. With Item Linking, players can link their items to chatting window, and show off their luxury items. It will make the item trade a lot easier.

HanbitSoft will be revealing more details on rest of 1.5 patch contents step by step every week through Hellgate’s Korean official website.

Flight Control highly addictive iPhone game

Firemint today issued a warning to App Store shoppers. Early reports indicate that the company's new game, Flight Control, may be highly addictive. Firemint recommends small doses to be taken as part of a balanced lifestyle.

"My first 5 star app! Can't...stop....playing....!"
"Love it! Simple but incredibly addictive"
"I can't stop trying to break the highscore."
- App Store customers

Within a few days of release, the game has entered the top 10 charts in many countries, including #1 paid game in the Netherlands, #3 in Finland, #4 in Taiwan and rising rapidly in other regions. Purchasers are generous with their praise, and the game currently has an average worldwide review score of 4.63 out of 5 stars.

“Can't stop playing this, perfect controls, simple idea, incredibly addictive, one more go gameplay”
“Great stress reliever, great fun, great mobile gamine experience”
“This is the best game on in the AppStore!”
“This is my new favourite game for the iPhone”
- App Store customers

Professional reviewers agree:

“Incredibly fun... while the game seems incredibly simple on the surface, the company has managed to hit upon the winning balance of easy pick-up gameplay, ramping difficulty and tickling the need to try “just one more time”… we’re big fans of the game”

- Arnold Kim, Touch Arcade

The game delights with broad appeal and quirky humour. Its polished graphics and music evoke the golden era of aviation. “We’ve been really pleased by the wide adoption of the game. People love the simplicity and style, and are on Twitter confessing to their addiction. We’re even hearing stories about married couples competing against each other to get the higher score” said Alexandra Peters, Firemint’s Community Liaison for the game.

Gameplay is easy to learn - just touch and drag planes to their runways - but difficult to master, as more and more aircraft appear and the player is challenged to redirect them to avoid mid-air collisions. The unique control method is only possible on the iPhone and iPod Touch, with the player drawing flight paths directly on the screen. Aircraft can fly in a straight line, an elegant curve or more complex patterns. Players have even been observed performing intricate skywriting manoeuvres. Flight Control is ideal for two minutes or two hours, with extremely fast “two-taps-to-play” startup and "just one more go" gameplay.

"The game is something I refer to as ultra-casual. It is quick to play but extremely addictive," said Robert Murray, CEO of Firemint and the game’s designer. "Games that are typically called casual have become surprisingly complex. I think they have lost their way".

In the spirit of an emerging App Store trend, Murray has promised to announce the first month’s sales figures and document the company's experience with the App Store. "The App Store is an amazing new opportunity for so many smaller developers, but it is difficult to forecast sales and even harder to launch an effective marketing campaign. We hope that sharing our experiences will help, and the more developers do it, the more will follow. I think that will create a stronger ecosystem for everyone".

Flight Control is available now, worldwide, exclusively for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. The game is on sale at US$ 0.99 for a limited time, before rising to the full price of US$ 2.99.

Price: US$ 0.99
Release Date: 6 March 2009
Developer/Publisher: Firemint

Bored Meeting Online - free online update through Xbox Live

Due to Bored Meeting's positive reception both in the press and on the official Xbox popularity list, Bumble.bz announces a free online update under development to bring the smart, fun, and addictive game play into the Xbox Live arena.

"Since this is still the experimental stage of XBLCG," says developer Steven Jones, "we needed to gauge whether the additional development time [for online play] would be worthwhile. I'm happy to say that the initial release of Bored Meeting as a solid local multi-player game has been so well received that we're now developing the Bored Meeting Online update."

Gamers already enjoying Bored Meeting - or who purchase Bored Meeting in the interim - will receive the free online update through Xbox Live in the coming weeks.

Bored Meeting availability
Bored Meeting is available as a free trial and as a 400 Microsoft Point full version on Xbox Community Games.

Solitaire Lovers Love Unique Game PC video games variations

BVS Solitaire Collection 6.6 with 430 multi-featured, very different solitaire card games to play. You'll be able to learn solitaires not found elsewhere: Topsy-Turvy Queens, Twelve Sleeping Maids, Steeplechase, Braid and many others. It also includes all of the most popular solitaire card games such as Spider, Pyramid Solitaire, Klondike, Freecell, Carpet, Forty Thieves, Monte Carlo, Russian Solitaire, Flower Garden, Golf, Cruel, Accordion ...

You can modify rules of almost any of the included games, thus creating your own solitaire variation.

The whole design of the game can be customised, incuding card sets, card backs and backgrounds. BVS Solitaire Collection features attractive smoothly scalable playing cards to fit any game window size and any screen resolution up to 2500 x 2000 pixels and even higher.

The unlimited Undo function and "You are stuck" feature will help you to come back and try another approach. Use the plethora of statistical and scoring screens to track your performance and progress in playing solitaire, and even publish your personal statistics on the BVS Solitaire Collection web site to appear in the top scores list.

If you're tired of Klondike, check out BVS Solitaire Collection. Even if you've played a lot of solitaire, these games will definitely be new to you.

System Requirements
BVS Solitaire Collection 6.6 is available for PC computers running Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista. System requirements include: Pentium II , 64MB of RAM, 15MB HD space, sound card, and 32 MB video card.

BVS Solitaire Collection costs $19.95

Grandmaster Chess - Tournament PC video game

Grandmaster Chess: Tournament, a casual chess sim. The original, Grandmaster Chess Online, was popular with chess fans around the world.

The biggest improvement to Grandmaster Chess: Tournament is the enhanced hints and tips system. For example, the game can now teach a player the rules of chess and then sharpen his skills by displaying the best moves during a game.

Advanced players can also enjoy Grandmaster Chess: Tournament, as users can choose from six difficulty levels and two game modes. The first mode is good for polishing one's skills and finding a decent opponent. The second mode is a single-player tournament played against the computer. Grandmaster Chess: Tournament also allows two users to face off on the same computer.

Flexible configuration options enable players to select a game board, choose a set of chess pieces, change the camera angle, adjust the sound effects and music, and toggle the help system.

"Our developers set out to create a chess game that would appeal to everyone," says Denis Sedovich, producer. "Now everybody can take part in a simulated chess tournament and win. Grandmaster Chess: Tournament can even help novices master this classic game of strategy and prepare children for future challenges."

GoldenEye Source 3.1 patch download... Half-Life 2 mo

Released on the 13th as promised, GE:S patch 3.1 is a vast improvement on an already very stable mod, and only one month has seen over 30 fixes and some neat additions. Enjoy!

GoldenEye: Source is a modification of Half-Life 2, with only one goal in mind; to bring the memories and experiences from the original GoldenEye64 back to life using Source Technology.

We want you to look at this mod and remember the first best multiplayer first-person shooter ever made. We are doing our best to bring in the opinions of the community to create a game that everyone is going to enjoy. But, we are not here to recreate the game exactly how it was in GE64, a lot of things have changed since they first designed that game, mainly in technology and gamers experiences. We are here to take the game even further but at the same time provide a lot of those fun elements that hardcore GE64 fans will enjoy. We've got experienced team members all across the board, from professional level, to amateurs looking to make it into the business working hard to make this dream a reality.

Read more and download here...

Pop Plus Solo video game ports from WiiWare to Nintendi DSiWare

NNoo have confirmed that their Pop Plus Solo WiiWare game will be release on Nintendo DSiWare.

They have a countdown timer on their website here...

Read their press release...

Pop Plus: Solo takes the great foundation of past Pop games and adds some cool new features and modes. Adventure mode takes the existing bubble bursting framework and adds boss battles, a first for the series. As the player progresses through the game these bosses will make themselves known and make life a little harder.

The new Challenge mode will allow players to create their own custom challenges. Want to see if you can beat 'Wave 5' in two minutes? Or try to pop 5,000 bubbles on 'Wave 7' in sixty seconds? Create a custom challenge and find out. The two brand new modes, Adventure with its four boss battles and Challenges means that Pop Plus: Solo now features a total of eight modes and five bonus round types. We think this will be a compelling purchase for new Nintendo DSi owners.

Nic Watt, Creative Director, Nnooo.

Pikmin 2 on Nintendo Wii latest play control videos

The linked videos show the Nintendo Wii controls in action.

Pikmin has been released in Japan, introducing the Wii-remote and Nunchuck working.

Brief history of mobile games how we came from WAP to reset generation.

Pocket Gamers have linked to their siter site guide to mobile gaming...

Stephen Hawkins' A Brief History of Time was famous as the book people bought to put on their shelves to appear clever, despite few actually attempting to read it.

Well, you can't put our A Brief History of Mobile Games on your shelf but it is free and organised in nine easy-to-skip-read chapters.

And you never know, a quick perusal might find some nuggets of mobile gaming history lodging in your brain, ready to be unleashed whenever you next find yourself in a lift with Trip Hawkins or Michel Guillemot.

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/A+Brief+History+of+Mobile+Games/news.asp?c=10739

Neighbours from Hell finally on Nintendo DS

Neighbours from Hell are about to feature on Nintendo DS.
Cover yourself with the role of Woody, the leading actor of a TV-reality show, and play your neighbour a huge selection of tricks, while you get filmed. Saw up his chair, let him slip on a banana peel, constipate/block his toilette, poison his favourite plant but don't get caught, otherwise the game is prematurely finished.

Your own TV reality show starts here – in a story of revenge that will bring you to exotic locations like Mexico, China and India, but the starting point is the house of your neighbour. There you play evil tricks on him, driving him crazy and entertaining the audience. Over 20 exciting levels, tough challenges, easy controls and great comic-style graphics deliver entertainment like never seen before!

Features:
Drive your neighbour crazy: In the beginning by sneaking into his own apartment, later on a cruise around the world: Over 20 thrilling episodes of revenge, anger and malicious joy!
Detailed comic-styled graphics of all characters, friends and foes!
The crowd is on your side – every act of revenge is accompanied with laughter and applause!
Easy to learn, simple to steer – and a virtual director provides the best hints.
Including three levels of difficulty - everyone should get his revenge
Unique Nintendo DS controlling