Avalon Heroes currently all about the Soccer World Cup

The Soccer World Cup in South Africa is growing more exciting by the day, and thrilling fans of the round leather ball around the world. DotA players now also get to experience the special atmosphere in the free-to-play online RTS RPG Avalon Heroes. Soccer enthusiasts can now join the battle with brand-new jerseys and show their support. A total of ten heroes – such as Subaekrim, Masamichi, Juajin, and Secmat – present themselves wearing the colors of different nations.

Video Game 'Tales of Fantasy: World Cup Version'

The World Cup fever’s up a notch with the remaining 8 countries vying for top 4 spots in the passionate land of South Africa. Well, we ’re not losing out in Tales of Fantasy, for here comes our very own World Cup fiesta!

Video Game 'Burning Tires' Now Free – peel rubber at no cost on the iPhone and iPod Touch

Fishlabs Entertainment GmbH, a leading developer and publisher of highquality smartphone games, today announced the publication of a free US version of their successful 3D game Burning Tires for the iPhone and iPod touch, which has to date been downloaded over 3 million times worldwide. With this, Fishlabs is one of the first publishers to offer a free version of a successful iPhone and iPod touch title with iAd integration.

OGPlanet Levels Up 'Rumble Fighter' Video Game

OGPlanet announced today that their popular free-to-play MMO fighting game Rumble Fighter would be updated, providing even further visual and gameplay enhancements to the brawler.

In Season 2 update, players will immediately notice an overall boost to Rumble Fighter's graphics. Along with sharper details and other visual improvements, the game's resolution has been raised to 1024x768 from 800x600.

3ds Max Plug-in – Quicker, Easier, Cheaper

Italy’s leading independent games developer, Raylight, today announced that their Xrayunwrap 1.5 toolset is now available for purchase. Designed specifically as a plug-in for 3ds Max, Xrayunwrap provides the user unprecedented improvements in speed, ease of use and real-time options, all to help increase the pipeline work speed.

Creedence Clearwater Revival Debuts On 'Rock Band' Video Game

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that American rockers Creedence Clearwater Revival will make their Rock Band debut next week in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Wii.

TIGA Wins ‘Trade Association of the Year 2010’

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, last night scooped two awards at the annual Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards – ‘The Member Recruitment Award’ and the top award ‘Trade Association of the Year 2010’. TIGA also received a commendation for its ‘Sector Representation’ work.

FScene to open new subsidiary in Germany

Ruud Faber of FScene writes with a wink (not a wing):

Traditionally our main market is and, as we see it, will be the USA.

On the other hand we also believe Europe is very promising for L.I. (landscape improvement) companies like ours. The expected economic growth and new regulations for "green" environment could easily prove us right.

'Madden NFL 11' video game team assets now available

As the August 10th launch of Madden NFL 11 approaches, gear up with team-specific assets, featuring two divisions per week, through the month of July. This week, the focus is on the AFC East and AFC West.

The teams are rated as follows in Madden NFL 11:

Independence Day promotion of 'Crap of Defense' video game

Polish developer and publisher iFun4all announced timely price drop of their extremely acclaimed and successful Crap of Defense game from iPhone to honour Independence Day.