New Hearts of Iron III in game footage released Japan and the Pacific War

Paradox Interactive has today released brand new in-game footage for Hearts of Iron III, the long awaited third installment of the best selling and critically acclaimed World War II Strategy series. Set to release on August 4th, the game was recently awarded the Readers Choice “Best of E3 – PC Strategy” on Voodoo Extreme, along with being nominated for the “Best of E3 – PC Strategy” on IGN and Gaming Excellence.



About the movie:
This brand new Hearts of Iron III movie depicts the strategic problems Japan faced during the Second World War. Long supply lines stretching over the Pacific Ocean were vulnerable to hostile navies, but were needed to transport resources back to the Home Islands in order to fuel the war effort in China. This called for a large and powerful navy, and an inevitable conflict with the United States.

Avatar details and screenshots released for Kalypso Media's Tropico 3.

Tropico fans from around the world have been eagerly awaiting a sequel to the cult series for years – now their long wait will finally come to an end in September 2009!

Tropico 3 stays true to the heart and soul of the original Tropico. One of the most prominent features of the sequel is your own, freely customizable avatar. This time, you will be able to slip into the clothes of El Presidente, wander about Tropico Island and directly influence your people.



Avatar Features:

• The avatar is a special customizable unit that the player creates and controls.
• Avatars can be male or female
• The player is able to customize the avatar's face, hairstyle, facial hair, hat, clothing, and additional accessories.
• The avatar travels across the island on foot or with his limo.
• The avatar is able to speed up constructions, inspect buildings, address the people from the balcony of his palace, calm down a protest, or go on a diplomatic mission abroad.
• The avatar may also engage in combat and personally shoot down rebels. If he is unlucky enough to be wounded, he can retreat to his palace to recuperate.

Secret Flirts the game on Nintendo DS Try it online now...

Make everyone fall for you this summer on Nintendo DS!

Help Cupid to target the heart of your prince charming!

Train yourself to win the heart of the boy of your dreams. Go straight to: www.secretflirts-thegame.com and try this amazing Cupid’s game.

Using your mouse, target the hearts and pierce them with your arrows.

You’re not happy with your score? No worries, you can replay it anytime you want!

Coming in June 2009 on your Nintendo DS

You still can check out CLARA’s LOVE TEST and test your compatibility with the one you love on
www.secretflirts-thegame.com

Information
• Genre : Adventure
• Editor: Nobilis
• Developer : Smackdown Productions
• Platform : Nintendo DS™
• Release date : June 2009
• Pegi : +3

Youda Legend - the curse of the Amsterdam diamond video game

Youdagames announces the release of its first hidden object game: Youda Legend: the curse of the Amsterdam diamond, on the 20th of June. In first instance the game will be published only on the Youdagames website and the website of Big Fish Games, the world’s largest game distributor. One month after initial release the game shall be published on other main casual game platforms worldwide.

The dark influence of an old curse still taunts the beautiful city of Amsterdam. Starting off as a tourist at Central Station, you sense there is something in the air! Once settled in your hotel room, more and more mysteries reveal. Explore this city by combining clues and solving puzzles. You have no choice but use all the knowledge and wisdom you may find during your exploration. Passing by the most famous places in Amsterdam, like the Rijksmuseum, the Flower Market and the Carré Theatre, you will solve the mysteries that finally lead you to the greatest diamond you have ever seen!

The curse of the Amsterdam diamond has all the ingredients an hidden object adventure could wish for. An eagles eye and common sense will lead you through an exciting adventure in the beautiful city of Amsterdam. Hidden clues and tools will provide you enough rope to hold on to and the amazing design will make your heart beat just a little bit faster.

Puzzling through old city mysteries and searching for clues you might be on the biggest quest you have ever experienced.

MyBrute Launch Updated Application With iPhone OS 3.0 features

Bulkypix and Motion Twin today announced the availability of an updated version of their MyBrute application that incorporates iPhone OS 3.0 features. With over 1.7 million visits per day throughout the world and over 70 million Brutes created MyBrute is a crazy, off-the-wall game of combat that gives players the chance to challenge fighters from all over the world with new competition and regular and exclusive content for iPhone and iPod touch.

The updated version of MyBrute gives players the option to access their iPod library so they can listen to their own music while throwing blows, kicks and punches to become the most feared brute of all. MyBrute features include:

- Listen to your own music (requires the iPhone OS 3.0 update).
- Create and personalize up to 8 brutes.
- Invite other players to become your pupils.
- Open your own dojo and find yourself a master worthy of this title.
- Fight up to 5 opponents a day.
- Discover and master more than 70 skills and weapons.
- Unlock up to 8 battle arenas
- Have discussions with other players from around the world via Open Feint
- Challenge your friends on Facebook Connect

MyBrute offers discussion forums included in the game to exchange ideas and challenge other players, and also so that the community can suggest improvements to the game (service provided by OpenFeint 2.0). Players can also share their feats and challenge friends on Facebook.

MyBrute is available for US$4.99 from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/

Ten years in the making EXOD Intervention video game for Xbox 360

WXP Games presents our first independent game development effort: Exod Intervention. Hit http://exod.wxpgames.com to follow our progress and learn more about the development team behind this new indie FPS for Xbox 360.

Exod Intervention (formerly entitled "Experience") Has been a work in progress for over 10 years, and has been in full production for the last 2 years with a team of only 9 people. It's a fast paced FPS that focuses on tight controls, analog snap shooting, and arcade style action with light RPG elements.

Mankind finds itself with 5 years to live, The top scientists create "Project EXOD" - a genetic ark that would seek out a new planet to continue our species. After a century of floating through space, a planet known as "Dagoth" has met the criteria, and the first stage of the EXOD system has been triggered. You are the Planetary Custodian, Grown through a bio-engineering master plan on an alien planet and designed to prepare and cleanse the surface for the resurrection of humanity. Aware of possible threats, the Bio-Code has equipped you with an incredible bug like weapon that evolves over time. But, there is another alien life form on this planet, and it wishes only to destroy all living things, can you overcome the odds to terraform the planet in time?

Tales Runner Launches Brand New Farming System in Chapter 3!

Tales Runner will launch Chapter 3 on June 18th! Tales Runner is a fast, fun, free to play MMO action adventure game that gives you the chance to compete or cooperate with your friends and gives you tons of customization options for your character and now your very own island farm!

The release of Tales Runner Chapter 3: Harvest Your Dreams on June 17th marks the arrival of the much anticipated Farm System. The Farm system gives each player a customizable island farm where they can grow trees, raise rideable animals, and invite their friends to hang out!

A strong community is a key part in any great MMO. The Farm System promotes community ties by allowing players to fully express themselves and share their creation with everyone. Players are not limited to experiencing just their own farms or even their friends' farms, but can also explore public farms.

Visually the Farm is a masterpiece, with a huge variety of visual styles to choose. You can choose anything from a vibrant spring paradise to a serene winter wonderland and even a haunted Halloween theme. With all these choices your farm can have exactly the style you're looking for.

The flexibility and creativity involved with the Farm System offers players more chances to meet and befriend other players. This game continually surprises us with each new chapter by displaying more innovative and interesting concepts. With the close of Chapter 2 (The Alchemist) and the beginning of Chapter 3 (Harvest Your Dreams), Tales Runner is definitely a game that will develop into something special due to its ingenious approach towards gaming.

To celebrate the release of Chapter 3: Harvest Your Dreams, Tales Runner has a special, limited time promotion. They want everyone to experience the new farm system, so they're making the farm and farm items completely FREE to try! This offer is only good from June 17th to July 15th. A free farm and the unlimited farm items that will be yours to keep after the event... Come experience the fun and excitement of decorating your fantasy island for free. Build your paradise now!

Flyff, gPotato's Illustrious Flying MMO, to Launch V13 June 18th!

Gala Net, Inc. will launch Flyff V13 this Thursday, June 18th. The long-awaited V13, will hit stateside this Thursday, bringing a slew of updates sure to please current Flyff users and new comers alike. This new version includes Coral Island, providing for fresh and challenging content for mid level users. This brand new area will yield double the XP and drop rates for users looking to boost their stats at an expedited rate.

V13 brings a couple system that rewards players for playing together. Once two players form a bond, Flyff rewards couples with bonuses simply for playing together. In this update, each player will get their very own home, to decorate with as they wish. In addition, players will be able to invite friends into their homes to hang out and show off their new digs.

For the glory seekers, V13 brings a new achievement system and a Rainbow Race to satiate the thrill seekers. The achievement system instantly recognizes users for in game feats and accomplishments while the Rainbow Race sets a competitive setting challenging users’ speed and problem solving skills in game!

This new version brings a slew of features that focus on the user experience and interaction in game. “I’m proud to present V13 to our users. The new features bring our players together to foster a stronger community. Not only does it encourage players to play together, V13 brings new and challenging content to seasoned Flyffer’s,” says Senior Producer, Keehwan Her. “Flyff has been a pioneer in the free to play MMO space ever since its launch, the game continues to be a trailblazer in the space—offering new innovations in features and game-play. We can’t wait for everyone to experience V13!”

Major update for Star Defense version 3 release for iPhone and iPod touch

exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch, today announced the launch of a major update for Star Defense (http://stardefense.ngmoco.com) including content designed for the powerful new iPhone OS 3.0.

With the advent of 3.0, Star Defense allows players to expand their campaigns and compete with friends via Direct Challenges. In addition to Twitter, Facebook & email, players can send Direct Challenges via Push Notification Service to their friends over the Plus+ network, a free service for the iPhone gaming community.

After registering for Plus+, gamers can challenge & play against the world, earn rewards, and discover more of the games they like.

“ngmoco is excited by the new opportunities for gameplay afforded by iPhone OS 3.0,” said Neil Young, CEO and founder of ngmoco. “Direct Challenges via Push Notification Service provide a compelling, new way for Star Defense fans to stay connected anytime, anywhere.”

In addition to 3.0 support and Plus+ network integration, the latest Star Defense update also includes a new planet in Challenge Mode. Players can track their challenge scores on live leaderboards and compare their rankings with players across the globe.

Developed in collaboration with Rough Cookie, ngmoco released Star Defense on June 8 to great critical acclaim. An innovative take on the classic strategy genre, Star Defense evolves the tower defense category with incredible, dynamic 3D environments, Multi-Touch user interface controls and innovative gameplay.

With seven unique planets, two different game modes, more than 50 Medals and Commendations to be earned on the field, and three different difficulty settings available at launch, Star Defense offers endless replayability for newcomers and war-hardened veterans alike.

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

Madballs Invade E3 2009: Popular Toy Icons Back with a Vengeance!

Upcoming Xbox LIVE Game and Much More on Horizon

Playbrains, an independent game development studio specializing in the digital download arena, is set to introduce those freaky-looking rubber balls with the grossly sculpted faces into the videogame console arena this summer via Xbox LIVE Arcade in Madballs in...Babo:Invasion.

Unleashed upon an unsuspecting world in 1986, Madballs were the gross-out phenomenon of the decade. Aimed at younger and older boys alike, Madballs featured such evocatively named characters as Oculus Orbus™ and Horn Head. Extending their gleefully outrageous reach beyond toys, Madballs sparked a merchandising craze that included action figures, t-shirts, comic books and animated entertainment. This summer, two popular Madballs characters are set to invade the world of videogames for the first time, bouncing fearlessly onto the Xbox LIVE platform.

Madballs in...Babo:Invasion is an arena-based 3D shooter featuring Oculus Orbus, a slimy mass of bloodshot veins who possesses an ultra-deadly "Ramming Speed" superpower that allows him to stun attack his enemies, and a super-speedy "Fast Forward" ability, which he uses to escape danger and any incoming fatal blows. Also up for the Babo:Invasion challenge is Horn Head™, a bodiless Cyclops with a massive horn jutting out of his forehead who can spin his nose chain with his "Psycho Slash" power to inflict pain, or taking it to the next level, can become an insane "Psyclone" of slobber and destruction. Both characters are fully loaded with weapons, unlockable weapon modes and plenty of Madballs' attitude.

About Madballs in...Babo:Invasion

A gameplay rich, feature laden "casually hardcore" action shooter, Madballs in...Babo:Invasion (MiBI) is that rarest of gaming commodities: a genuinely unique title. Featuring the recently re-released Madballs characters, Oculus Orbus and Horn Head, from the popular 1980's toys best remembered for their outrageously bad looks and graphically colorful names, MiBI is an arena-based 3D shooter where players are able to design their own combat maps almost instantaneously by placing a combination of map tiles to create a never-before-seen map before gameplay starts. Truly, no two games are ever the same.

Offering players a satisfying and immersive experience in both single-player and multiplayer, Madballs in...Babo:Invasion has a plethora of features and game modes such as 4-player online co-op along with, never-before-seen in an Xbox LIVE Arcade title, being able to incorporate your Xbox LIVE Avatar into multiplayer combat via the 'Avatar Attack' mode. Yes, Xbox LIVE Arcade combat just got personal. And with up to 16-player multiplayer support, MiBI will be one of the few Xbox LIVE Arcade games to support more than 8 players at a time, and the only avatar-based game to support 16 players.