IGG & Alltern8 team up to offer Altis Gates Alpha Keys - How to claim your Free Alpha Key

Alltern8.com gaming Community Site Hosts four week giveaway

Alltern8, the world’s first consumer driven industry dedicated online publication, community and resource site, announced that for four weeks only beginning today, gamers have the opportunity to win 500 alpha keys for the brand new MMORPG from IGG, Altis Gates.

Meet the Characters from the Upcoming PC Mac Video Game, House M.D.

The character line up of the second game in its Hollywood Hits series, House M.D.

House M.D. places you in smack in the middle of all the drama and smart dialogue fans love from the popular TV show. Play as the surly Dr. House and the skilled staff at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital, as you race to unravel 5 all-new medical mysteries. Your job is to diagnose unknown illnesses by interviewing and examining patients, analyzing lab tests and even performing surgery! With over 100 varieties of mind-bending puzzles and mini-games, House M.D. guarantees to entertain even the snarkiest player for hours.

Runes of Magic video game Christmas competition Fabulous hardware prizes and ROCCAT Kone Unikat to be won

Christmas time is also coming to Taborea: A whole host of special events and offers around the season of giving is set to get Runes of Magic fans in a proper Christmas mood.

In mid-December the online role-playing game will launch the 'Snowflake Festival', where the game world will take on a festive look. With the release of daily quests, adventurers will be able to play for gifts. Festive furniture as well as Christmas tree seeds, will invite adventurers to decorate their in-game houses.

Facebook Mafia Wars video game Cheats and secrets to advancing in the game

For every game there are secret codes or cheats to get players ahead in the game quickly.

There are some scripts to automate actions of the game. One script touts that it automatically sends friend invites to players in the fight window. It may or may not work all the time. Players can advance faster by strategising instead of hunting cheats.
Grow the Family.

In Mafia Wars, players form mob families by inviting other Facebook members to join. The more family members a mob has, the stronger they are. The first and ultimately most important key to advancing is to keep the mob family growing. This can be done in a couple of ways:

* Players invite all of their friends to join
* Link to other players on one of the many ‘add me’ pages in FB, thousand of players network on these pages
* Reciprocate when players join their mob family – Mafia War players can be members of more than one mob.

Family Defense

Family members need to be able to defend themselves. It is up to the Boss to make sure each team member has defensive tools. As the family accumulates wealth, the boss should make sure each member has weapons, vehicles, etc.

* Initially, funds will be low, the Boss should focus on growing wealth in order to take care of family
* As wealth is accumulated, Boss should purchase each member of family more weapons

Increase the Wealth

Each Mob Boss will have different strategies for accumulating wealth. Some families focus on more jobs and payouts while other families are more involved in property acquisitions. These strategy tips will help increase the family wealth regardless of the ultimate goal:

* In the early levels of game play, purchase properties with a low investment cost and decent return rate. Mafia Mike’s Delis are an excellent choice; however, the number available for purchase is dependent on the number of family members.
* As the money increases purchase high end properties – the key is to purchase as many as possible at one time. Once a purchase is made, the price increases for the next purchase.
* Beware of the upkeep cost of some high end weapons and vehicles. Make sure money flow is sufficient to cover the costs.

Using Points Strategically

With each level up, players are given reward points by the Godfather. These can be used to increase a variety of attributes, such as attack, defense, energy and more. Where to apply these points depends on the Mafia Boss’ strategy.

* Knocking off rivals and going for kills: this strategy requires using reward points to increase attack, defense, and stamina attributes. This allows the player to knock off other mobs and engage in more fights while staying strong themselves.
* Money Accumulation: this strategy requires putting most reward points into the energy level. Energy enables the family to do more jobs, thus acquiring more money.

Mafia War players also have the option of buying reward points from the Godfather, if they so choose. Additionally, there are often special weapons or incentives available that can only be purchased with reward points.

Mafia Wars is an extremely popular game that has become the rage around the world. Players who are looking for shortcuts to bypass the actually playing of the game might not find what they are looking for, however, employing a few secrets to advancing their mob can prove to be just as valuable. For more valuabe information regarding Facebook Mafia Wars see Facebook Mafia War Secrets Revealed or Facebook Mafia Wars: Getting Started or Confessions of a Capo.

Facebook Mafia War players are constantly on a quest to acquire more money, power, weapons and the randomly dropped special loot items. Often, special looted items are required to perform jobs. Frustration soon ensues because there is no visible way of knowing how to get that random loot drops. Until now that is. The Mob bosses have revealed Mafia War secrets for adding items to the family bounty.

Through hours of play a listing of jobs that have random loot drops and what that loot is has been compiled. Doing the job may not always result in the loot being dropped on the first time, but what is listed is what was consistently dropped for the noted job.
Random Loot Drops

Jobs that advertise random loot drops are useful for acquiring necessary weapons or other specialty items needed for other jobs and hits. This listing of jobs and associated random loot drops should be a great asset in further advancement in the mafia world.

This list is set up with the loot that is dropped followed by the job that is done to acquire it.

* Stab-Proof Vest - Kill A Protected Snitch
* Bodyguards - Protect Your City Against A Rival Family
* Night Vision Goggles - Assassinate A Political Figure
* Armored Truck - Smuggle Across The Border
* Armored Car - Invade Tong-Controlled Neighborhood
* Bullet-Proof Bentley - Win 20,000 Chips In Mafia Wars Poker
* .22 Pistol - Beat Up Rival Gangster
* Butterfly Knife - Collect Protection Money
* Brass Knuckles - Rough Up Dealers
* 9mm Semi-Automatic - Rob A Pimp
* .45 Revolver - Take Out A Rouge Cop
* Tactical Shotgun - Perform a Hit
* C-4 - Destroy Enemy Mon Hideout
* Automatic Rifle - Bust a Made Man Out of Prison
* Semi-Automatic Shotgun - Fight a Haitian Gang
* Grenade Launcher - Repel the Yakuza
* .50 Caliber Rifle - Disrupt Rival Smuggling Ring
* RGP Launcher - Sell Guns to Russian Mob
* Napalm Attack - Exterminate a Rival Family

Keep in mind that doing a job does not always insure that loot will be dropped. Sometimes the job has to be done more than one time.

Special Loot Offers

The Godfather also offers special loot on occasion. If this is the case, it will be on the homepage and will list the requirements. Sometimes is will cost money other times it is offered in exchange for Reward Points, which don’t accumulate very fast during play but can be purchased if desired.
Winning Loot

In addition to random loot drops and offerings from the Godfather, loot can also be taken during fights. At the end of the fight in the summary section you will see how much money was won, how many experience points were gained and if loot was dropped or taken it will be listed as well.

Mafia family members can also bring in loot from fights when fighting alongside their mafia boss. A description of who brought it, what was brought and who they took it from will show up on the fight summary screen.

Loot is very valuable in Mafia Wars. Sometimes it is won through fights, sometimes it is rewarded by the Godfather and sometimes it is picked up during jobs as random finds. However it is obtained, it is necessary to have in order to accomplish higher level jobs. Knowing the secrets to finding loot can mean the difference between moving up or being left behind.

Players can gain more cheats, tips and strategies with the Guide to Mafia Wars or Confession of a Capo.

Source: Internet Games

Heir to the Throne, the third expansion for Europa Universalis III is now available for pre-order

The game will be available on December 15th on all major digital distribution outlets.

The historical strategy game now features new content and features across the board including:

Junk Battles Awarded Most Innovative Online Game Award Free game play now...

Antic Entertainment, Inc today announces that their title: “Junk: Battles” was on December 1st awarded the “Most Innovative Online Game” award during the Canadian New Media Awards ceremony. A complete list of all winners can be viewed here: http://www.nextmediaevents.com/toronto/index.php.
Junk: Battles is a free-to-play, fast paced real-time action-strategy game available on all major web browsers. The game can be played at www.junkbattles.com.

Third Novel Based on Hit MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Offers Epic Account of Destruction's Traitorous Alliance to Inflict Chaos

FORGED BY CHAOS, an original novel based on the critically acclaimed MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR). FORGED BY CHAOS is the third novel in a series based on WAR and is available now in all major bookstores and on the Games Workshop website.

“FORGED BY CHAOS provides readers with a horrific look into the warped minds of the soldiers of Destruction – the megalomania of the Dark Elves, the destructive single-mindedness of the Greenskins, and the unholy obsessions of Chaos”, said Jeff Hickman, Studio Executive Producer for Mythic Entertainment. “C.L. Werner provides a never-before-seen look at a single side of the Realm vs. Realm conflict, and shows just how fragile, and deadly, this alliance of dark powers can be.”

Space Pirates video game release date

MStar Games are pleased to announce that Space Pirates from Tomorrow is currenty passing through release testing with an even bigger playing area - players now have 9,000 star systems to explore, giving an estimated gameplay time of more than 2000 hours, if players undertake a single mission in each system. This represents a value of 0.21 Microsoft Points per hour of gameplay!

PT Boats Knights of the Sea developers diary - water physics

Both water and air in this game are represented as two viscous media separated by the surface of water. The surface of water corresponds to a conditional plane with two animated altitude maps laid upon its geometrical grid. One of these maps is used to represent the waves, and the other one is used to model the ripple on the surface of water. It activates when the camera approaches the water surface closely.

Shatter, which debuted on PlayStation Network earlier this year, is now available through Amazon.com

Shatter, which debuted on PlayStation Network earlier this year, is now available through Amazon.com. Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with a modern-crafted production approach. Shatter is the first third-party PlayStation 3 system title for PlayStationNetwork available through the world’s largest online retailer.