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N4G Battle of the Immortals Beta Key Giveaway
Thanks to Jason Varden and the rest of Perfect World Entertainment, we have 5000 beta keys to give out over on N4G for the closed beta of their upcoming MMO, Battle of the Immortals!
A 2.5D MMO, Battle of the Immortals is a highly competitive PvP MMO with players pitted against one another for the right to slay epic bosses in dungeons.
N4G Star Trek Online Beta Key Giveaway
Want in on the Star Trek Online closed beta? Assimilate!
N4G Kung Foo! Beta Key Giveaway
Thanks to Jason Varden and the rest of Perfect World Entertainment, we have 1000 beta keys to give out over on N4G for the closed beta of their upcoming MMO, Kung Foo!
Chillingo Game Sale
iPhone gamers, Chillingo has slashed prices on a number of their games. For three days only:
1. Touch KO 4.99 -> 0.99
2. Defender Chronicles 4.99 -> 0.99
3. Jules Verne’s Secrets Of The Mysterious Island 6.99 -> 0.99
4. Jules Verne’s Return To Mysterious Island 4.99 -> 0.99
5. Cash Cow 2.99 -> 0.99
6. iDracula 2.99 -> 0.99
7. Toki Tori 4.99 -> 0.99Unlimited Free Trial of the first 20 levels in Age of Conan now available
Age of Conan is one of those games I’ve really been wanting to get into – especially after checking out the Xpac progress at PAX. The game just looks beautiful. Now, I suppose, is the time to try as Funcom is offering unlimited access to the Island of Tortage (levels 1-20) to everyone that downloads, registers and starts playing before January 1, 2010.
Onto the press release-y stuff:
“Our original seven day trial has been very successful so far,” says Morten Larssen, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Funcom. “But with the holiday season coming up this is the perfect time to shake up our trial offer a bit and try out something new. So everyone who downloads the trial before January 1st will be able to play the first part of the game for free, forever. We are confident that many of those taking advantage of this offer will choose to become permanent players, allowing them to experience all of what the game has to offer including all the additions and improvements introduced since launch.”
Celebrate the holiday season by downloading the trial today, and experience `Age of Conan’ in all its savage, sexy and brutal glory. Go to http://www.ageofconan.com/trial to download the client and start your barbaric adventures today. Players can level up as many characters as they want before choosing to move on and explore the rest of the game. Players will be able to enjoy all of what Tortage Island has to offer, complete with player vs. environment and player vs. player gameplay. Users must take advantage of this offer before January 1st, and will need to log in to the game for the offer to take effect.
Launching in May last year `Age of Conan’ quickly became a smash hit in retail, shipping over 1.2 million copies around the world. In North America, the most prominent online gaming market in the west, `Age of Conan’ became the third best-selling PC title of the year in 2008. In the weeks after launch `Age of Conan’simultaneously topped the charts in 17 countries, and the game received critical acclaim from gaming press across the globe. `Age of Conan’ is now available in English, French, German, Spanish, Russian and Polish localized versions, and is being prepared for launch in Korea as well.
Indie hit Osmos Arrives on Mac
Steam and I had a falling out earlier this year when I tried to run Osmos on my Windows partition. Hemisphere Games wiped away my tears and promised me a Mac version, and what do you know, just in time for Christmas! (more…)
Outbreak Studios Develops Sequel to Bestselling iPhone Game
Peter Björklund, the CEO of Outbreak Studios announced that they have signed up with 1337 Game Design to develop the second episode of the game Dark Nebula for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The first episode of Dark Nebula was released on Apple’s App Store and has already become a bestseller in many countries. Some reviewers have even named it the best game released for the platform to date.
Play to Win: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Fortune Hunter Edition
Arne Meyer is over on the PlayStation Blog to tell you how you can win a copy of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Fortune Hunter Edition – Just by playing.
In short, login to you PSN account, fire up your copy of Uncharted 2, select Multiplayer and then Matchmaking. Just by joining a match you’re entered for the day!
Trine Gets Patched
From the release:
THE “BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME AT E3” IS NOW EVEN BETTER
Finnish game developer Frozenbyte and French publisher Nobilis Publishing are proud to announce the release of a patch for Trine on the PlayStation Network.
We received great feedback from the players and we listened. We are now thrilled to be able to offer them an even better experience playing Trine.
Enjoy the new background image, the all new custom graphics Trophies and many more improvements and optimizations to the game (including Finnish localization).
Trine™ is a fantasy action / platform game where the player can create and use physics-based objects to beat hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. Three heroes are bound to a mysterious device called the Trine in a quest to save the kingdom from evil and the player can at any time freely choose whoever is best suited for the upcoming challenge or puzzle.
DOWNLOAD THE PATCH THIS FRIDAY ON THE EUROPEAN PLAYSTATION NETWORK
Torchlight available on Steam beginning October 27th
From the press release:
Steam users, rejoice! No more waiting for Torchlight: Runic Games Inc, developer of the-Action RPG Torchlight, is thrilled to announce their new agreement with Steam, allowing players to download Torchlight on the first day it’s available, October 27th. (more…)
Fallen Earth Announces Commercial Launch
From the press release:
FALLEN EARTH, LLC announced the commercial launch of its self-titled massively multiplayer online (MMO) game today. The game is scheduled to reach retailers nationwide by September 30. Additionally, fans can download Fallen Earth digitally from Direct2Drive, Steam and the Fallen Earth store for instant access to live service today. (more…)
ngmoco Hires MySpace Executive Jason Oberfest to Helm Social Applications
From the press release:
SAN FRANCISCO – Sept. 16, 2009 – ngmoco, leading developer and publisher for iPhone games, has added MySpace executive Jason Oberfest to its executive team to lead its expansion into the social web. Following his role at MySpace as the Senior Vice President of Business Development and General Manager for the social network’s open platform, Oberfest will bring his extensive knowledge of social applications and new media to ngmoco’s swiftly expanding network of games. (more…)
Flight Control: Update with Outback Map
The fourth update for Flight Control is now available in the App Store. It features a new “Outback” map with special guest appearance from Australia’s Royal Flying Doctor Service, multiplayer over local WiFi network (as well as the existing OS3.0 peer to peer multiplayer), and the ability to play music from your iPod library while playing. (more…)
Nexon America Unwraps New Web Site For Dungeon Fighter Online
From the official press release:
Official Web site features new content, expansive game guide, special features and exclusive written content
Nexon America launched today its new Web site for the upcoming action-adventure title, Dungeon Fighter Online. Players can go to http://dungeonfighter.nexon.net and experience new content to help prepare for the upcoming early access beta for Dungeon Fighter Online, which begins on Sept. 15. (more…)
Funcom Establishes New Development Studio in Montréal
From the press release:
Durham, USA – September 1st, 2009 – Funcom is pleased to announce the establishment of a new development studio in Montréal, Canada, where it will build a strong and competent development team that will work on several games in the Funcom portfolio. Besides tapping into the excellent talent pool available in the region, Funcom will also move a certain number of key personnel over to the new studio.
“Montréal has established itself as one of the world’s most important locations for video game production, and we are looking forward to taking part in that success,” says Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas. “In addition to strengthening our North American presence, the new studio will take advantage of the great incentive programs offered by the Québec region, incentives that makes Montréal one of the most cost effective locations in the world for developing MMO games. This will in turn allow us to better balance our costs, making it possible for us to continue to expand our investments into the MMO segment.”
Funcom is one of the most multi-cultural game developers in the business, with over 320 employees from all corners of the world employed at the company’s offices in Norway, the US, China, and Switzerland. The company is responsible for the best-selling MMO `Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’ that shipped over 1.2 million copies to retail in 2008, as well as the pioneering sci-fi MMO `Anarchy Online’. The company has developed more than 20 titles since its founding in 1993; including the critically acclaimed `The Longest Journey’ and `Dreamfall’ adventure games. Funcom is currently working on the expansion pack for `Age of Conan’ called `Rise of the Godslayer’ as well as its new MMO `The Secret World’. Developers at the Montréal studio will play an important role in the development of both of these games.
“It has been a pleasure for us to work with Investissement Québec in setting up our Montréal studio and we are very thankful for the strong support they have given us throughout this process,” says Ole Schreiner, CEO of Funcom’s new Montréal studio. “We are excited about the opportunity that Montréal represents to our company, not only because of the great incentives offered by Québec, but also the authorities’ strong commitment to training qualified video games personnel and building a video games cluster in Montreal and Quebec.”
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