Major Update to Popular Soccer Game Power Football - download now

Upgrades and Enhancements in Power Soccer Raise the Bar for Online Sports Games

Power Challenge, creator of the popular international browser-based soccer game Power Football, has updated their game with rich new community tools, improved graphics and a brand new name: Power Soccer is now the ultimate worldwide multiplayer experience.

Substantial upgrades promote a more ample community environment, including two-sided customizable trading cards for every player, opponent ratings and active forum support to aid new and veteran players and the only online game to offer saved personal game highlights. The new release further improves the community experience by allowing participants to play within their own region, play in a level-based official Power Tour Cup or challenge other competitors from different countries!

“We are very excited about the upgrades and additions we have included in Power Soccer for this major update,” said Johan Christenson, CEO of Power Challenge. “We have created a unique platform that merges the best elements of console play into the deep community involvement of web-based gaming. With a worldwide player base our goal was to make the game more enjoyable and allow anyone to play anywhere there is an internet connection. The new user interface gives players the ability to create a personalized team in minutes, and to be ready to play a head-to-head, full-screen 3D matchup in 30 seconds or less.”

Power Soccer is currently running 50,000 one-on-one matches per day, with a projected 1 million matches daily by December 2008. With this kind of growth Power Challenge has implemented several key improvements that will help to encompass the needs of such a large audience. These upgrades include increased player detail and additional models, gamepad support for console veterans, instant rematches and live system administrators to better address unsportsmanlike conduct. For more information visit www.powerchallenge.com.

Peggle video game download for Apple iPod 50% off or Try Free

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Front-Runner for Casual Game of the Year Available on iTunes Today in Six Languages

PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, announced that beginning today Peggle™ is available for play on the iPod. Casual gamers can download Peggle from the iTunes store for US$4.99, and the game is available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. Peggle has been downloaded more than 10 million times on the Web since its introduction in March 2007, and this enormous success prompted PopCap to accelerate development of the iPod version.

Peggle utilizes the iPod’s clickwheel and sharp high-resolution display. Another special feature of the iPod-optimized version of Peggle is the ability to listen to your own personal music playlists while enjoying the game. The iPod version of Peggle includes all 55 levels, 10 magical powers and 75 Grand Master challenges, as well as the two-player Duel Mode, of the PC and Macintosh original.

“The clickwheel input of the iPod is a natural fit for controlling Peggle, so we knew this adaptation of the game would be amazing,” said Jason Kapalka, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of PopCap. “And with the Duel Mode included, two players can pass the iPod back and forth while battling their way to Extreme Fever!”

In Peggle, players fire a metallic silver ball from the top of the screen, relying on gravity to propel the ball downwards while it ricochets off orange and blue “pegs”. The goal is to clear all the orange pegs from the screen before running out of balls. A moving “bucket” at the bottom of the screen offers free balls, while green power-up pegs give the player one of ten different abilities courtesy of the ten “Peggle Masters” who guide players through the game. These power-ups include explosive area-clearing blasts, lobster claws which serve as pinball-type flippers, and “fireballs” that cut through all pegs in their path. “But nobody can really be told what Peggle is like,” said Kapalka, “you just have to play it for yourself.” Available on retail store shelves, on the Web and now on iPod, Peggle is the must-have game of 2007.

Illuminate Labs Joins Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 Integrated Partners

World’s leading game engine to offer unrivaled lighting solutions

Illuminate Labs, creators of rendering and lighting technology for next-generation games, and Epic Games, Inc. today announced a licensing agreement to incorporate Illuminate Labs' global illumination system, Beast, into Epic's Unreal Engine 3 (UE3), the industry's most popular game engine. Under the terms of the agreement, Illuminate Labs will join Epic's prestigious Integrated Partners Program (IPP), and its technology will be immediately available to any publishers or developers that license UE3.

By incorporating Illuminate Labs’ Beast lighting solution into UE3, the two companies have enabled artists to seamlessly add global illumination to development environments using the renowned Unreal Editor. Beast is also a fully platform-independent baker that utilizes the open-standard FBX file format, which allows users to easily add extremely complex baking functionality to 3D asset creation tools. UE3 licensees can instantly start taking advantage of Beast’s features that are new to the engine, which include:

• Global Illumination baking
• Skylights from HDR images
• Baked soft shadows with transparency

Future feature sets developed by Illuminate Labs will be incorporated into UE3 per the partnership.

“We are very proud to be part of Epic’s Integrated Partners Program,” said Magnus Wennerholm, chief executive officer of Illuminate Labs. “Visual quality and cost effectiveness in the production process are key issues to all games studios, and with this partnership UE3 customers will benefit from easy access to our advanced lighting technology.”

“We are very pleased to give our licensees access to one of the most advanced lighting technologies available through this partnership,” said Dr. Michael Capps, president of Epic Games. “Integrating Beast into UE3 will help our licensees more easily create games utilizing best-of-breed global illumination techniques. We welcome Illuminate Labs into the partners program and look forward to empowering more developers through this relationship.”

Epic Games' Integrated Partners Program (IPP) establishes a formal business relationship with exceptional companies making cross-platform technologies which integrate with, and are complementary to, UE3. Under the IPP, Epic provides continuous UE3 source code access and full technical support to IPP members. Companies who join the IPP agree to provide a high level of technical support for UE3 licensees through Epic's established support channels, keep their implementations up-to-date with the latest engine versions and collaborate with Epic on potential promotional and co-marketing efforts.

Developers utilizing the UE3 and Beast technology integration include Gearbox Software, creators of the celebrated Brothers in Arms franchise, the upcoming first-person shooter based on the Aliens motion picture and Borderlands for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

“Gearbox Software likes to stay on the cutting edge of video game technology,” said Randy Pitchford, president of Gearbox Software. “Gearbox licensed new technology from Illuminate Labs for several of its upcoming games. This new arrangement with Illuminate Labs and Epic Games will ensure that the technology is supported at the source and will help Gearbox Software continue to make the most technologically advanced and graphically impressive video games as a licensee of Unreal Engine 3.”

DOWNLOAD UPDATE No5 FOR WORLD IN CONFLICT PC Video game

Sierra Entertainment's Massive Entertainment, developer of the award-winning action-strategy game World in Conflict, has released the World in Conflict Update No:5 for the PC retail game. Update #005 not only fixes bugs and balancing issues, but also introduces several new features that further enhance the gameplay and online experience, including the ability to prevent team stacking.

Update No:5 will be automatically downloaded and installed when users log onto Massgate. For a rundown of changes included in Update No:5 or for updated information, please visit www.worldinconflict.com. If you own the Trymedia Digital Download version, please download the update from Massgate's website.

Sony PLAYSTATION 3 System Software Update Version 2 specification.10

Blu-ray Disc Standard Profile 1.1 (Bonus View) EnabledDivX and VC-1 Video Playback Codecs SupportedVoice Changer for Audio Chat Introduced

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced the immediate availability of the latest system software update for PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3). Version 2.10 will enable the world’s most popular gaming system to expand its value as a home entertainment hub by allowing it to play the very latest interactive Blu-ray Disc™ movies, as well as broadening the number of video formats supported to make PS3 even more verstaile than before.

With the introduction of Blu-ray Profile 1.1 (known as Bonus View) PS3 will be able to fully exploit the potential of the new Blu-ray movies coming to market in 2008. With features such as Picture in Picture (PiP), the exceptional visual clarity offered by Blu-ray is further enhanced with richer features and interactive content, limited only by the imagination of the studio.

With sales of PS3 on track to have reached a cumulative global total of over 16 million by the end of March 2008, and the system software update making them all compatible with Bonus View, the market for Blu-ray discs showcasing these new interactive features is enormous. The first Blu-ray movies to take advantage of Bonus View are scheduled for release in January 2008, making PS3 owners amongst the first consumers able to enjoy the enhanced movie-watching experience that Blu-ray technology makes possible.

Many Hollywood and independent studios supporting Blu-ray will be bringing out an ever increasing range of movie titles in all genres featuring Bonus View interactivity to add to the pleasure of watching movies on Blu-ray disc.. With superb image clarity up to five times that of normal DVD video, and crystal clear Dolby 5.1 Channel audio, Blu-ray movie playback on PS3 really broadens the entertainment possibilities of PS3.

The provision of support for DivX and VC-1 video playback codecs in system software Version 2.10 will also significantly expand the multimedia capabilities of PS3 by enabling users to enjoy access to the broad library of video content available in both the the DivX and VC-1 digital media formats.

Version 2.10 also introduces an engaging voice changer feature to enhance Voice Chat on PS3, enabling users to alter the tone and pitch of their voice from the Control panel during AV Chat.

Guns N' Roses - ADRENALINE INFUSING SOUNDTRACK FOR BURNOUT PARADISE

Rock Paradise City with the Smash Hit Single from Guns N' Roses

Electronic Arts announced today that Guns N’ Roses high-intensity rock anthem Paradise City headlines the playlist in Burnout Paradise for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 videogame system. The music propels the game into high speed action with forty major artists including Alice in Chains, Jane’s Addiction, Soundgarden, Twisted Sister, Jimmy Eat World and N.E.R.D., as well as rising stars Airbourne, Jupiter One and Junkie XL who have been signed to EA’s own music label, Artwerk.

Set to release January 25, 2008, Burnout Paradise offers a true open world environment built for intense speed, excitement, and exploration within Paradise City. Feel the aggression in the streets off and online*, as friends can connect instantly in one another’s game to heat up the competition.

Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA, said, “Burnout is one of the world's most popular racing franchises and demands a soundtrack that matches the game's intensity at every level. We believe we've crafted a truly volatile mix of rock's most dangerous tracks -- beginning with the iconic 'Paradise City' -- for an audio fuel as explosive as the game itself."

The complete in-game soundtrack for Burnout Paradise includes:

Adam And The Ants - Stand And Deliver
Agent Blue - Snowhill
Airbourne - Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast
Alice In Chains - Would?
Army Of Me - Going Through Changes
Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
B’z - Friction
Brain Failure feat. Dicky Barrett - Coming Down To Beijing
Brand New - The Archers Bows Have Broken
Bromheads Jacket - Fight Music For The Fight
Depeche Mode - Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix)
Faith No More - Epic
Guns N’ Roses - Paradise City
Innerpartysystem - Heart Of Fire
Jane’s Addiction - Stop!
Jimmy Eat World - Electable (Give It Up)
Junkie XL feat. Lauren Rocket - Cities In Dust
Jupiter One - Fire Away
Kerli - Creepshow
Killswitch Engage - My Curse
LCD Soundsystem - Us V. Them
Make Good Your Escape - Beautiful Ruin
Maxeen - Block Out The World
Mexicolas - Come Clean
N.E.R.D. - Rockstar (Jason Nevins Mix)
Never Heard Of It* - Finger On The Trigger
Operator - Nothing To Lose
Permanent ME - Until You Leave
Saosin - Collapse
Seether - Fake It
Senses Fail - Calling All Cars
Showing Off To Thieves* - Everyone Has Their Secrets
Skybombers - It Goes Off
Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
Sugarcult - Dead Living
Swervedriver - Duel
The Photo Atlas - Red Orange Yellow
The Pigeon Detectives - I’m Not Sorry
The Styles - Glitter Hits (J.J. Puig Mix)
Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock

*Winner of the second international Burnout Bandslam competition.

New adventure game Dagger

Playlogic Entertainment - an independent worldwide publisher of entertainment software - has acquired the hack and slash adventure game “Dimensity” from Bulgarian developer Dagger Games. The latest addition to Playlogics line up is set for release on PC in the second quarter of 2008. In total Playlogic expects to publish 6 to 8 new titles in Q1 of 2008.

Dimensity reveals an epic and complex tale of honor, loss and betrayal in a gritty fantasy setting. Choose between two races in massive single player campaigns to unravel the path of the heroes of the humans and the opposing ‘Triends’ to discover who will dominate the world of Dimensity in the end. Choose online play and battle up to three friends in the Multiplayer mode.

Dimensity is a hybrid hack and slash adventure game and features light RPG and RTS elements including character development. Its 3D engine features advanced terrain and particle rendering, normal mapping and per pixel lighting.

Rogier Smit, Executive VP of Playlogic: “We are very glad to be working with the Dagger team in Bulgaria. They have developed great technology and tools over several years and managed to successfully implement these in “Dimensity.” Together with the Dagger team our production department is making final changes, fine tuning and balancing gameplay and setting up the required marketing & PR activities”.

Hristo Velchev, Managing Director Dagger games: Trough all of these years of development we put a lot of effort and emotion in this title and I am very pleased “Dimensity” will be introduced worldwide by PlayLogic. We believe our collaboration will be a good starting point for a long time partnership. We hope people who play our game will enjoy it as much as we did creating it.”

Features:

• two extensive single player campaigns on a variety of unique maps, with hundreds of quests, objectives and side missions.

• Play as either a mage or a fighter, with a great variety of combo attacks and magical spells. Command up to 16 NPC units to fight at your side and level with you.

• choose to either adventure through world of Dimensity, or decide to wage war and conquer enemies with the aid of NPC units

• challenging multiplayer mode with four playable races battling in PVP or coop mode

• gain experience and levels in both single and multiplayer mode

• all items, gold and experience earned in both gameplay modes will be carried by the player as long as he keeps winning

• various unlockable extra maps for a special challenge mode, featuring extremely difficult but highly rewarding missions

• NPC units feature a wide range of troop types, from ordinary swordsmen to flying transport ships

• Dimensity uses only one resource – gold - which must be looted from dungeons complexes beneath the battlefield

Marble Arena 1.4 for PC & Mac download the update

Independent game developers Brightside Entertainment have announced the release of version 1.4 of their popular family friendly, single player and multiplayer game for PC and Mac, “Marble Arena”.

This new version adds a considerable amount of new features designed to make the game experience even better and bring players closer to the active community of map makers. Players will now be able to instantly know, right from the game, if new free maps are available for download or if maps they already have were updated. They can then rate them as they consider appropriate thus letting their creators know what playing their maps really feels like.

Version 1.4 insists a lot more on the multiplayer component, allowing players to create their own servers and automatically storing leader boards for them that register how many rounds each player has won. That information is then displayed on the website for the world to see.

For experienced players, the Master Mode feature should be a great addition. If you can finish levels without saving your progress, without ever falling over the edge and in half the original time then you truly are a Marble Master and for that you will be awarded with 5 times the original amount of upgrade points.

The community of map makers is a very important part of Marble Arena and this new version is trying to reward them for all their efforts, by allowing them to receive full games for any map that is posted on the website, even if it's outside of the weekly competition. Each map that gets posted translates into 500 fame points for its creator. Each good rating received by the map translates into even more fame points. Get enough fame points and you get a full game from the Prize Bucket. All that fame will also show in the game and in multiplayer games, letting people know immediately who you are.

These are just some of the new features version 1.4 brings. Plenty more options for players and map makers alike are included. For more information, discussions, screenshots, videos and to download the latest version of Marble Arena, please visit the official website :

Download here... http://www.Marble-Arena.com

Elf Online video game win with Player Artwork Contest

As a game which highlights individuality, creativity and popular internet culture, Elf Online could meet the need of players. Now, Elf Online Player Artwork Contest has provide a platform for the players to show themselves. This is your chance to be admired and stand in the top of the trend.

Rules
1 Content: Player Blog, sites, video, comic, article, drawing or any other art form.
2 Players could post their artwork or the link of their blog or site in the Elf Online forum event zone titled [Art Contest] followed by your work name. Players should also include their ID and character name in their post.
3 Time for the event, Dec.21st 07 to Jan.21st 08.
4 On Jan.14th 08 to Jan 21st 08, Elf Online Official will count all the works and announce the winners.

Requirement:
All works should be centering on Elf Online including Elf Online blog, site, game video, comic, review, experience, screenshot story, drawings and so on. Anything relating violence, eroticism and politics is prohibited.

Criterion:
We will select the winner accroding to the hype. Player who receive the highest reply and vote will be the winner

Prize:
First Place: 5 Players. Each of them will get 10000 Elf Online gold bullion (item mall points)
Second Place: 15 Players. Each of them will get 5000 Elf Online gold bullion (item mall points)
Third Place: 30 Players. Each of them will get 3000 Elf Online gold bullion (item mall points) Honorable Mention: 50 Players. Each of them will get 1000 Elf Online gold bullion (item mall points)

After we announce the result, we will sent out the reward in 3 working day.

Games Creation : Clickteam Announces JAVA Export Beta

New Java Export Features coming to PC versions

Clickteam is a leading "Game and Multimedia programs" creation development team, today announced, the availability of their newest Beta which includes the ability to save games and multimedia programs created with their tools to the Java format.

With Java, your applications will run on almost every computer in the world (Mac in the middle of 2008). Every computer, that includes Linux, Windows, Servers and any other platform that has Java client. The new Beata includes a feature that can save Java applets in TGF2/MMF2 as well as the ability to save as Java applications in MMF2 Dev. The export feature also allows for exporting as a webstart application.

To save your application as Java, it is very simple. Just select the option and then choose build. Now anyone with no programming knowledge will be able to create Java games and multimedia quickly and easily.

Build No248 for The Games Factory 2, Multimedia Fusion 2 and Multimedia Fusion 2 Developer is now available off our website at http://www.clickteam.co.uk.