Beginning December 9, 2012 and for a limited period of time, players will have the exclusive opportunity to download ‘Gnome Homes’ on iOS as a Free game. In a special collaboration with popular games- and app-portal ‘Daily App Dream’, games developer ‘Inert Soap’ decided Santa would be extra nice this year, and grant you the wish of receiving this awesome simulation game for free.

‘Gnome Homes’ challenges you to build, maintain, expand, and be the caretaker of a thriving gnome burrow. In this highly unique and hilariously entertaining simulation game, your tasks will be many and varied (some would say weird and crazy.) Tame and adopt wild animals like fuzzy voles, sleepy lizards, or bouncy mice; grow your own vegetables and fruits, and explore the depths of the meadow for precious diamonds.

Get Ready For Some Serious Fun As You Explore The Following Features:

• Dig deep through the ground, unearthing treasures, or just worms
• Customize the dozens of unique gnomes who join your burrow, with unique names, clothing, hair styles, and more.
• Build anything from simple chairs to cozy fireplaces and modern electric lights.
• Lots of unique animals like bees, skinks, voles, fireflies, lizards, kangaroo mice, and more.
• Let your gnomes do the work. Set up a thriving community, then sit back and watch your gnomes go about their daily chores
• Visit friends. Connect via Facebook to journey to your friends’ burrows
• Play your map online from any device. Connect online and access your burrow from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
• Watch the weather change from bright and sunny, to a cloudy day, to a moonlit night
• Compete for special rare objects to make your burrow unique.

‘Gnome Homes’ is available for download on the App Store from here.

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Liverpool, U.K. — On November 6, Mobile games publisher, Thumbstar Games, announced with delight, the impending arrival of Gem Smashers for iOS and Android devices.

In Gem Smashers you take control of the three heroic creatures: BAU, BAM & BOM, who are tasked with smashing a wall of bricks and rescuing their friends from the evil scientist IMBU.

Smash, spring and spin to free your friends and collect a host of interesting power-ups. With more than 160 levels, split across five different game modes, and the option of multiplayer, Gem Smashers promises to deliver longevity, as well as a memorable mobile gaming experience.

Gem Smasher’s Arkanoid style game-play will delight fans of retro gaming, and with an easy to pick up and play style is suitable for all ages- and best of all, will be free.

Gem Smashers is the first title Thumbstar are due to release in conjunction with Urbanscan, the much-loved development team they signed a publishing deal with earlier this year. Known for IP’s such as Premier Manager and Bounder, Urbanscan’s legacy in the gaming world is a perfect match for Thumbstar’s ongoing commitment to high-quality Smartphone and Tablet gaming experiences.

To keep up with Thumbstar’s news, follow @thumbstar on Twitter and like their Facebook page.

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Cambridge, UK — Jagex unveiled on October 11, the first details of their latest title, Carnage Racing, which will be released exclusively on Facebook in November 2012. Carnage Racing has been developed by the company’s recently established Californian studio and marks the RuneScape developer’s first foray into social media gaming. Featuring platform defining 3D graphics, Carnage Racing aims to take multiplayer Facebook gaming to a new level in graphical fidelity.

Carnage Racing offers racing fans a fast-paced experience, complete with a wide variety of vehicles, weapons, warps, boosts and tricks to test even the most experienced gamer race after race. With every completed contest, players collect experience points and game currency which can be traded-in for new vehicles, more powerful weaponry and special features which could propel players to the front of the grid.

Regardless of whether you prefer racing head to head with up to seven friends, an achievement player looking to top the fastest times table, or even a single player looking to test your skills against the games AI, there is something in Carnage Racing for everyone.

Arash Amini, Carnage Racing Producer said, “Carnage Racing perfectly blends arcade style gameplay mechanics with AAA graphics to give racing fans a Facebook gaming experience like no other. With a vast array of customisation, upgrades and an army of waiting competitors, Carnage Racing is set to change the way people think about racing games on Facebook.”

The game has been developed by Jagex’s newly created Californian studio, staffed by the team of Midnight Club series veterans, who bring a wealth of experience in the racing genre and promises to bring high-quality multiplayer racing to the world’s largest social network for the first time.

Commenting on the announcement, Rob Ollett, Jagex’s VP of 3rd Party Publishing said, “Carnage Racing is set to bring the development quality of AAA gaming to Facebook by presenting racing fans with a truly compelling and unbeatable multiplayer racing experience. With Carnage Racing, we are determined to offer a console-like experience which capitalises on Facebook’s vast network to match player’s race after race, in what promises to be the best 3D racer on Facebook.”

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Berlin, Germany — On October 11, kunst-stoff releases its very first social game and gets a six-month featured spot from Ehapa in the pages of the German cult magazine YPS. Up until now, J. Jitters— the little green jelly protagonist— could only be seen in the award winning game “The Great Jitters: Pudding Panic.” Now, he’s on the loose on Facebook, together with his new partner in crime: the German cult figure YPS kangaroo.

Help the shivering green pudding protagonist J. Jitters drive through a chimerical world of fright in a haunted house, where he must carry out a series of mini-quests.

There’s just one catch: He’s never alone! Bony witches, rattling skeletons and other freakish monsters romp around the maze of rails. The only way to survive is to rout these creatures with your own crazy weapons. Scare or be scared.

“The Great Jitters: Haunted Hunt” is a tricky action-puzzle game that demands quick reflexes to use the right weapons and work the railway switches to collect boosters and other tokens. Players who master this challenge can invite their Facebook friends to see who is the best and fastest at navigating the haunted house. “The Great Jitters: Haunted Hunt” poses a perpetual challenge to collect goodies, scare your foes and outrace your friends.

“You can see Haunted Hunt as a modern Pac Man,” said Patrick Rau, CEO and Creative Director at kunst-stoff, “in that you can play against all your friends”.

From October 11, the beta version of “The Great Jitters: Haunted Hunt” will be available to all Facebook users to get them in a Halloween mood.

For more information, visit Facebook App Centre or the official website http://www.thegreatjitters.com.

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Cambridge, U.K. — Jagex, the creators of the hugely popular and multi-award winning free-to-play online adventure game, RuneScape.com, announced on September 11, 2012, details of Jagex Account Guardian (J.A.G) -  a new free security feature that provides enhanced account security to protect RuneScape players from unauthorized game access commonly known as ”hijacking.”

Once enabled by players, J.A.G will allow players to associate specific trusted devices with their account to provide security beyond the traditional username/password. Players can enable J.A.G through their account settings on the RuneScape.com website, thereby helping to ensure their RuneScape account, and valuable in-game items are secure.

“Ensuring the integrity and security of our valued community’s information has always been a top priority for us, this recent update serves to strengthen the number of other innovative countermeasures we have developed over the past years” said Mark Gerhard, CEO of Jagex.

“Unfortunately a lot of people tend to use the same username and password on other websites, many of these are not well managed from a security standpoint and end up becoming compromised, others are simply phishing websites intended to steal player credentials, sadly the industry also has a very long list of high profile games publishers that have been hacked resulting sensitive customer account information being in the public domain”, Gerhard went on to add, “Our players put a significant investment of both time and effort into their RuneScape accounts so it’s incumbent on us to remain at the very forefront of protecting their investment.

Once a player has enabled the Jagex Account Guardian, if their account is accessed from an unregistered device the player will have to go through additional layers of validation to ensure that the account is not being hijacked.

RuneScape is recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most popular free-to-play massively multiplayer online game. Launched in 2001, RuneScape is played by millions of people around the world every day and recently celebrated the epic milestone of exceeding 200 million player accounts.

Play www.RuneScape.com for free today.

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On August 27, 2012, Project Whitecard Studios announced that the NASA-themed online game formerly named Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond will now be known as Starlite.

Starlite is an adventure game focused on mankind’s future missions into the outer reaches of the solar system, this time to stay. The game will feature mission-based space exploration, career advancement and awareness of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

The game is being privately funded and developed in accordance with a “Space Act Agreement” with NASA Learning Technologies.

Project Whitecard Studios Inc. will enable delivery of Starlite on browsers and mobile-based platforms enabling users to play from virtually anywhere and recently announced a collaboration with MindArk, developers of Entropia Universe.

Khal Shariff, CEO of Project Whitecard Studios Inc.says: “‘Starlite’ was chosen as a name because it serves two purposes. Firstly and creatively, it conveys the idea that the solar system is still the ‘undiscovered country,’ and that space-farers of the future will experience the loneliness, the excitement, and the necessities of survival where sometimes all you have to guide you are the solace and guidance of the stars above, and indeed, around you.

Secondly, Starlite is a much more manageable length of name. Although the sentiment and the phrase “Moon, Mars and Beyond,” is echoed throughout the adventure, ‘Starlite’ as a name and brand extends itself to this and our other related projects, such as the ‘Starlite Digital Badges’ made in conjunction with NASA. It also gives focus to the 4-pointed star as a motif borrowed from NASA and extends it to adventurers in the imagined future of our game.”

A beta level is expected before the end of 2012. For more information, please visit http://www.starlitegame.com

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Hero Mages is a cross platform multiplayer turn-based tactical strategy fantasy game created by independent game developer, Ross Przybylski. In April 2012, D20Studios released Hero Mages for iOS, Amazon, and Nook (with previous availability on Google Play and web browser via www.heromages.com).

Fans of the game made an overwhelming request for asynchronous multiplayer, the ability to take game turns without having to be online at the same time as your opponent. Ross Przybylski responded directly to fans via the Hero Mages website and the popular iOS game site TouchArcade.com. Despite juggling a full-time job and his responsibilities as a new father, Ross was able to build a robust cross-platform asynchronous multiplayer system in just over four months.

One of the most remarkable traits of Hero Mages is how its developer responds directly to players and even actively seeks out comments and critique to move the game forward. “Hero Mages is more than just a game” says Ross. “It’s a unique and ever evolving world with a diverse and interactive online community. I value feedback and have grown the scope of the game in direct response to player requests.”

Creating asynchronous multiplayer was not an easy undertaking. Despite the popularity of asynchronous multiplayer games like Words with Friends, Draw Something, and Hero Academy, resources for how to actually implement the feature are virtually non-existent upon the web. Ross didn’t let this discourage him.

In fact, he started a new article series on his blog entitled “How to Create an Asynchronous Multiplayer Game” and openly shared how he created a cross-platform compatible multiplayer system that works on web, iOS, and Android devices. Ross’s article series is now the top search result on Google for “how to create async game”.

Hero Mages v1.8.0 launches today for web browser and Google Play, with iOS, Amazon, and Nook releases expected to follow later in the week. New features include:

• Asynchronous Multiplayer: Players from around the world can now engage in epic multiplayer battles at their own leisurely discretion. Every multiplayer battle is saved to the server. You can take your turn while your opponent is offline and receive email notification when it’s your turn again to play. Multiple async games can be played simultaneously and you can quickly take your turns for each game and move on to the next.
• Seamless Real-Time to Async: Hero Mages ensures maximum flexibility, allowing players to engage in real time battles and play casually with async option. Need to leave and can’t finish your game? It’s automatically captured on server so you and your opponent can resume playing later or take turns asynchronously. Have time to finish the fight face-to-face? The server will automatically connect you with your opponent if you’re both online and access the game record.
• Battle Replays: Relive your most glorious victories and learn from your defeats. You can now watch replays of your battles at the conclusion of every game as well as load battle replays from your previously played games list.
• In-App Purchasing: Native In-App purchasing is now available for iOS, Android, and Amazon, allowing players to purchase Hero Mages expansion content via micro transactions directly within the app and start using the new content immediately.
• Battle Reports: View detailed battle reports for every game you’ve ever played all the way back to Hero Mages v1.0 in July 2009. Starting with this version, game logs are tracked on server so you can even watch replays of your favorite battles.
• Dashboard: The new multiplayer dashboard makes it easy to find your active games, check up on the leaderboard, and connect with new players.
• Friends List: Become friends with any Hero Mages player and gain the ability to invite them to setup private game party invitations so you can play even when you can’t be face to face.

A complete list of improvements and bug fixes can be found at http://www.heromages.com/news/versionInfo.html

Hero Mages is currently available for purchase in in the Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore, and as a Nook app and is free-to-play at www.heromages.com

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PopPace team announced that they will continue to open the 18th server called “The Pyramid” for all Tamer Saga fans at 6:00pm on August 23. In addition, a new Tamer Scroll system will be available after the server maintenance this week. More details are as follows.

The Pyramid is a map for level 51-55 players to complete quests, challenge monsters and hunt for treasures. Built by the Monya Elders in old days, the pyramid on this desert was long worn by ages. However, the Pyramid not only records the history but also conceals secrets uncovered yet.

This vast desert is sparsely covered with various types of vegetation ranging from grasses, shrubs, and trees in the highlands to halophytes, which are able to adapt to unreliable precipitation and excessive heat. The majority of the creatures living here are Gave Guards, Cuckoos, Anubis, Bandit Leaders and others which continuously move from region to region in search of better living conditions.

Similar with Tamer Goals released last week, Tamer Scroll system, in a manner, helps players have an intimate knowledge of the corresponding functions available at which level they reach. Once players enter the game, they will be able to view more details on the top right side of the game interface.

Every goal on Tamer Scroll is closely linked with the current storyline quests and available functions. By completing each goal on Tamer Scroll, players will be qualified to obtain tons of rewards, including Gold, Element, Sigils and other popular in-game items. Tamer Scroll not only offers players a chance to prove what they are capable of but also records the achievement and honor they gain in game.

PopPace team is pulling out all stops to add more attractive, interesting systems into the game. Join Tamer Saga now to experience brand new systems by yourself. Visit http://www.poppace.com/ to learn more about PopPace and visit https://tsapp.poppace.com/hd.php to enjoy Tamer Saga in HD version.

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Montreal, Canada — Hibernum Creations, a developer of unique gaming experiences, announced on August 21, 2012 that their hit action-puzzle game, Blockolicious, is now available to play for free on Facebook.

Appropriate for players of all ages, Blockolicious  for Facebook is published in cooperation with KONAMI and includes new socially-connected leaderboards that really juice up the competition across every version of the game.

Fromthe massive chains of Marathon Mode to the heart-pounding rush of Sprint Mode, players everywhere can have a taste of Blockolicious’ arcade action in their favorite browser today at apps.facebook.com/blockolicious/.

“Blockolicious was a big hit with players on the App Store, and we can’t wait to see what Facebook users think of the new version,” saidLouis-Rene Auclair, Chief Brand Officer at Hibernum Creations. “We’ve seen our early testers develop an extremely competitive, score-chasing attitude across the mobile and online versionswhen they’re up against their friends, so I can’t wait to see thingsreally heat up onour weekly social leaderboards.”

Blockoliciousfor Facebook features:

• Power Aid – Act fast to match up Fruit Blocks and form explosive Juice Bombs that can clear the board. Fill up the juice meter in one color, and you’ll be able to click on your animal buddies to unleash block-busting powers.
• Strategic Squishing – Good scores require both quick thinking and creativity to rack up major combos and set up board-clearing explosions.
• Unlockables Aplenty – Collect coins to buy new animal pals (there are six in all) and elevate your game.
• Fierce Multiplayer – With cross-platform leaderboard support, mobile and Facebook players can go head-to-head with their friends on the weekly leaderboards.

To view the trailer for Blockolicious and learn more about the game, visit http://www.blockolicious.com. Start playing today at apps.facebook.com/blockolicious/.

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Porto Alegre, Brazil –– Flying Princess Free presents an easy and fun gameplay, touching to throw the princess and to grab the coins. Special items grants more points and additional bonus. Retina support, Facebook integration and new graphics are some improvements made (also updated in paid version).

The game has a story mode with five chapters, each one offering different challenges: spikes, water, fire, snow, and the player can buy dresses which protect of these, which can be unlocked. But you can have fun playing a special chapter, designed specially for this version.

The endless mode stands out, adding replay value. In this mode, the goal is simply to reach as higher as you can. There´s no end.

Another feature is about game center integration, which offers achievements and leaderboard to integrate players.

Flying Princess: easy gameplay, throwing a princess to grab coins, five chapters, endless mode, game center integration and items to buy are the main features. Cute graphics and original theme song completes the game.

For additional information on the news that is the subject of this release and promotion codes, visit play.alephgames.com.br and feel free to get the press kit to reviewers in http://play.alephgames.com.br/presskit/.

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London, U.K. — GREE have announced the release of its latest game for iPhone, Monpla Smash, now available on the App Store. Monpla Smash is a free-to-play role-playing monster battle game that takes players on an adventure to Monpla, a once peaceful planet disrupted by corrupt monsters.

In Monpla Smash, players are invited to defend themselves and their planet against evil as they restore peace by collecting and growing their own ultimate monster team. With over 100 different monsters to collect and merge together, the game offers each player a personalized experience by allowing them to customize their own collection. Players are encouraged to think strategically as they decide how to apply each monster’s unique abilities during attacks, as well as which monsters to team up with. Monpla Smash also features an engaging storyline and action-packed battle gameplay, along with amazing graphics.

Plus, with Gree Platform, Monpla Smash players can enjoy a variety of social features, including teaming up with friends, calibrating where they stand on worldwide leaderboards, checking achievements against their friends, and finding other players to connect with.

The Monpla Slmash App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone or at http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/monpla-smash/id523031323?mt=8.

For more information on the game, please visit http://greegam.es/monpla-smash or follow them on Twitter at https://twitter.com/GREE_Europe.

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London, England. — From Tuesday, August 7, Facebook users aged 18 and over in the UK will be able to play games for real cash prizes thanks to the launch of Bingo & Slots Friendzy, the new Jackpotjoy application by Gamesys.

Gamesys, which operates the UK’s leading Bingo and Slots website Jackpotjoy.com, has marked itself in the history books of online gaming with the launch of its new Jackpotjoy gaming app, Bingo & Slots Friendzy, on Facebook’s UK App Centre enabling adult users to play real cash games and win huge cash Jackpots with their friends for the first time on the Social Networking platform.

The Friendzy App comprises of a series of 90 Ball Bingo and Slots games which will offer the Facebook community the opportunity to play with and win real money. Players will enjoy a safe and trusted gaming experience with unique features like:

• Community Progressive Jackpots, when they pop everyone’s a winner
• Friendzy Bonus games which gives players chances to win free bingo tickets
• Friendzy Time offers extra ball calls meaning more winners after every Bingo game
• Invite a Friend Rewards will result in enhanced payouts when invited friends play in the same game

“As the UK’s leading online Instant Win and Bingo operator we are committed to extending our products to a wider adult audience,” explains Jackpotjoy Managing Director Michael Saunders, “so we’ve reinvented our exclusive Bingo and Slots games to appeal to the UK Facebook community. This marks an exciting turning point for the industry and a milestone for the Gamesys business.”

“People love playing new types of games with their friends on Facebook and real money gaming is a popular leisure activity in the UK,” continues Julien Codorniou, Head of EMEA Gaming Partnerships. “We’re delighted to be working with Gamesys to enable them to offer their games on Facebook so that people can enjoy playing more games with their friends.”

Bingo & Slots Friendzy will only be available to Facebook users in the UK and in line with regulatory requirements, only users aged 18+ will be able to play. A series of controls will be in place to protect under 18s and vulnerable people while enabling adult Facebook users to enjoy the gaming experience:

• Before being permitted to play, users will be subject to strict account acceptance controls verifying their identity, and that they are over 18 and located in the UK.
• Thanks to Facebook’s age-gating and geo-location technology the applications, pages and newsfeed activity of the Games will not be visible to users under 18 years old and only visible to those in the UK.
• In line with industry standard gambling legislation, all users will have access to a number of self-help tools to limit their spending and exclude themselves from playing at any time.

About The Gamesys Group

The Gamesys Group was founded by Noel Hayden in April 2001 with a small team of developers. The aim was to build a profitable online entertainment business providing games to a worldwide audience using proprietary gaming software.

After eleven years, the Gamesys Group’s leading brand, Jackpotjoy is the UK’s leading online instant win and bingo site with over 4 million players. Jackpotjoy pays out in excess of GBP 200 million in prize money every month. Gamesys also operate Sun Bingo, Heart Bingo, Caesars Bingo and Caesars Casino in the UK.

Jackpotjoy is licensed by Profitable Play Limited and regulated by the government of Gibraltar. As a GamCare Certified operator Gamesys take the issue of responsible gaming extremely seriously and are committed to providing a safe, fair and enjoyable responsible gaming service and providing members with the highest levels of player protection.

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Virgin Games, the leading online gaming company, has recently launched a brand new offering for its customers – Virgin Casino Mobile. The mobile site will now allow players to experience the entertainment they get from Virgin Casino while they are on the move.

Virgin Games worked with leading mobile marketing agency, Somo, to develop the mobile offering using Virgin Games technology. The mobile product is integrated into the Company’s bespoke built gaming platform and will be developed into a multi-content proposition with games from a range of content partners.

The mobile product has been developed as a web application, allowing it to be instantly available to customers without the need for App Store approval. Virgin Games has attached its single wallet system to the new mobile product, meaning its players use the same account to play at Virgin Casino, Virgin Bingo, Virgin Poker and now mobile casino. Customers can register, manage their account, play for bonuses, deposit and withdraw seamlessly, whether they are on the web or on the move.

At launch, the mobile site will initially offer Microgaming’s mobile games content, including Thunderstruck and Tomb Raider slots, through the game developer’s Quick Fire integration process. However, Virgin Games plans to launch additional content suppliers into its mobile casino in a similar fashion to its internet offering, which provides a variety of games from a number of developers.

Simon Burridge, CEO of Virgin Games, commented: “With Smartphone penetration now exceeding 40% in the UK, customers want and expect to be able to do on their phone what they do on their PC. With the launch of Virgin Casino Mobile we’re simply responding to this demand.

“While the gaming industry has been on the cusp of a mobile revolution for some time, 2011 has really been the year when the planets have aligned to make mobile gaming a more attractive proposition. For us we see it as the right time in the Company’s life, the industry’s life and the technology is ready. It’s important for us as a company to follow the Virgin philosophy of being a customer-centric brand. We put customers at the heart of what we do and the mobile launch is yet another example of this. We can’t afford not to do this – it’s what our customers want and it’s where the online gaming industry is heading.”

Roger Raatgever, CEO of Microgaming, said: “We are very happy to continue expanding our strong share in the mobile market by providing Virgin Games with our suite of mobile content through QuickFire. In the past, we have seen joint success with our QuickFire partnership with Virgin Games so we are confident that together we can seize all the opportunities the mobile gaming market currently presents to providers. Microgaming has the strongest portfolio of Flash assets in the industry and our slick, user friendly content is sure to be a big hit with Virgin Games’s fans.”

Launched in 2004, Virgin Games is one of the UK’s leading online gaming sites. To visit Virgin Games go to http://www.virgingames.com.

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