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A year ago, Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter was released and while full of potential, it didn’t quite meet expectations, including those set by the developer and publisher. Since its release, the main focus from publisher and developer has been to serve all of those that purchased and believed in Sword of the Stars II. Paradox Interactive has financed and distributed updates, giving Kerberos Studios the opportunity to continue patching the game to get it into a state where everyone can be proud of the product. Read the rest of this entry »

Vblank Entertainment‘s Retro City Rampage, which launched last month to very positive feedback and reception, has a new update based on player feedback. The update is available now for PS3, Vita and PC while the soon-to-be-released platforms, XBLA, WiiWare and PS3/Vita in Europe, will have the updates on their day one launch. Congratulations to Retro City Rampage for being the #1 PS Vita game for October and maintaining a 9.5+ customer score based on well over 1,000 ratings over the three platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

Reverie World Studios has announced plans for the imminent expansion event to their flagship MMORTS game – Dawn of Fantasy. Beginning today, this massive expansion event which has been titled The End of the World, promises to greatly enhance the gameplay experience in Dawn of Fantasy’s Online Kingdom. And in Dawn of Fantasy’s best traditions – this expansion event is absolutely free. With fantastic siege combat in a persistent online world environment, players will build; trade; ally and siege with hundreds of other players as they try to rid the world of the Dragon menace. Read the rest of this entry »

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have announced that Batman: Arkham City™ Armored Edition for the Wii U™ system from Nintendo will begin shipping to North American retailers today. Developed for Wii U by WB Games Montréal, the game builds upon the critically acclaimed, award-winning action game of 2011 created by Rocksteady Studios and makes its first appearance on any Nintendo platform as a launch title for the revolutionary new home console that hits stores beginning November 18th.  Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft^® has announced that Marvel Avengers ™: Battle for Earth, a video game based on the popular Super Heroes and Villains from the Marvel Universe, is now available in the UK on the Microsoft Kinect™ for Xbox 360^®. The game will also be released on Nintendo’s Wii U™ system during the Wii U™ launch window. Read the rest of this entry »

Zombie fans were in for a treat on Halloween as the bloodiest game ever to be seen on Facebook hit the social network – and Outlook failed me by ignoring every rule written and deposited the press release in the Junk folder, so this announcement is a tad late. Eruptive Games, the social gaming company responsible for the ISG top-10 title Mercenaries of War, announced the launch of Citizen GRIM on Facebook. With hordes of zombies, crazy weapons and thrilling game play, Facebook has never seen such a bloodbath! Read the rest of this entry »

Kerberos Productions is pleased to announce its partnership with Power Up Audio to provide sound effects for their latest title, “Sword of the Stars: The Pit”. As a demonstration of things to come, Power Up has re-cut the soundtrack of the first gameplay trailer for The Pit with all new sound effects to show-case the new sound package. Read the rest of this entry »

EPX Games has released a new trailer for Night Whisper Lane titled, “Night Whisper Lane Version 1.0.1 Showcase Trailer” which showcases the major feature added in version 1.0.1 – Animated Boss Battles. The animated Boss Battle was one of the top 5 requested features that fans and customers wanted. They spoke and EPX listened. As with most updates, the studio has also fixed various bugs and glitches and sound problems. Read the rest of this entry »

With a successful Steam launch last week, Montreal publisher Meridian4 and developer Full Control have released Frontline Tactics on iOS devices.  Although the game touts a strong single-player option, what really distinguishes Frontline Tactics from the rest is its ability to let gamers play against each other in two different multiplayer modes, regardless of which version they are playing.  So, players can be playing on their iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch against others who may be playing on their Windows laptop or Mac. Read the rest of this entry »

Rock Hippo Productions Ltd. has announced the launch of its Halloween update – Toy Stalkers – for their popular free-to-play cartoon-style third-person shooter, MicroVolts. This update not only includes game improvements for better game balance but also a slew of new content so that players can dress up their in-game characters for some Halloween triggering and treating! Join the toy war and check out the latest screenshots as well as the new update trailer featuring a special surprise ending. Read the rest of this entry »