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Friday, March 20, 2015
03/20/2015 - Reliance Games and Dreamworks Release Real Steel Champions on AndroidRELIANCE GAMES AND DREAMWORKS
SKG RELEASE REAL STEEL CHAMPIONS ON ANDROID
CHICAGO,
IL – MARCH 20, 2015 – Reliance Games today announced Real Steel Champions is
now available for Android. Based on the popular movie title franchise and the latest in a series of hit Real Steel
games from Reliance and DreamWorks SKG, Real Steel Champions features the most comprehensive and
customizable Build-a-Robot mode in the series’ history.
The Real Steel franchise
has amassed over 50 million passionate robot battling fans across Android and iOS. Real Steel Champions
continues the winning tradition with a host of headlining features: 10 new arenas, a nearly unlimited
combination of robots to choose from, a new Tournament mode which includes 20 fights with four ruthless bosses,
each prepped to go the distance. Players can perfect their jabs, crosses, feints and haymakers across 30 challenges, 90 Time
Attack fights and practice their glove game in the unlimited Free Sparing mode.
For more information on Real
Steel Champions, please visit http://www.reliancegames.com.
About Reliance Games
Reliance Games,
a leading publisher and developer of mobile games is a division of Reliance Entertainment Group whose subsidiaries include
entities like Dreamworks, SKG, IM Global and Codemasters. Reliance Games block buster hits include Real Steel, Real Steel
World Robot Boxing, Pacific Rim, and a slew of exciting mobile games developed in association with Hollywood Studios such
as Dreamworks, Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros.
With over 200mn downloads
globally, Reliance Games currently operates four studios worldwide. A strong, multi-disciplinary, cross-skilled and talented
team spanning three continents across US, UK, Korea and India spearheads the creation of high quality mobile games. Reliance
Games titles can be enjoyed through iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and Windows as well as 80 leading networks across 40 countries.
More information about Reliance Games is available at www.reliancegames.com
About DreamWorks Studios
DreamWorks
Studios is a motion picture company formed in 2009 and led by Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider in partnership with The Reliance
Group. The company’s recent releases include Spielberg's "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis,
Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. The film has grossed over $180 million at the U.S. box office and was nominated
for twelve Academy Awards® with Daniel Day-Lewis winning for Best Actor. Other releases include "Real
Steel," starring Hugh Jackman and directed by Shawn Levy, Steven Spielberg’s "War Horse," based on Michael
Morpurgo’s award-winning book and was nominated for six Academy Awards® including Best Picture, and "The Help,"
which resonated with audiences around the country and earned over $200 million at the box office and received four Academy
Award® nominations with Octavia Spencer winning for Best Supporting Actress. Upcoming films include the WikiLeaks drama
“The Fifth Estate,” the comedy “Delivery Man,” starring Vince Vaughn, and car racing actioner “Need
for Speed,” starring Aaron Paul.
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by: E. Thomas
Thursday, March 19, 2015
03/19/2015 - Take on Mars New Update & Developer LivestreamTake On Mars: New Update & Developer Livestream
Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday March 19th 2015
Bohemia Interactive today released an update for its Early Access title Take On Mars. The update equips all Take On Mars
players with the ability to grow plants that produce consumable food. From now on, players will also need
to be careful about their hydration and general health status.
The update is a first glance at
the advanced survival features planned for Take On Mars – when combined with features that were previously
available in the game (like the pressurised buildings, properly simulated Martian gravity and advanced physics of world objects),
players will now be able to experience some new challenges that future colonists would likely be facing
on Mars.
As well as that, the contents of this new update will be showcased in a developer livestream
on Friday, March 20th at 15:00 UTC. The session will be hosted by Bohemia Interactive’s Associate Producer
Matt Lightfoot and the Take On Mars Project Lead – Martin Melichárek aka Dram.
"We would love to show the new content to players directly in the multiplayer mode, so that they can have
a first-hand experience with how it works and what it brings to the game. And one more thing: we will try to provide our fans
with an update on how the development is going in general. I want to talk about the challenges we are facing and how our small
development team is dealing with them – we want to keep our players in the loop" said Melichárek.
The livestream will be broadcasted over the Bohemia Interactive Twitch channel at http://www.twitch.tv/bohemiainteract.
Some of the highlights from this updates changelog:
- Implemented water and hydration
- Implemented vitamin intake
- Implemented growing of crops in a Hydroponics Station (from seed to plant to edible food)
- Implemented realistic sound simulation (disabled by default, can be enabled in options)
- Added a compatibility-oriented MP save/scenario load system that respawns vehicles and characters to ensure they
are the newest
- Added moving of items between inventories,
for example the Airlock Suit Holder, which now refills your suit with O2
- Implemented saving/loading of passengers in vehicles, no more having to jump out of vehicles before saving in multiplayer
- Fixed Mars 3/Prop-M sequence not deploying correctly
- Support for various hard drive format sizes (fixes startup issue for many)
- Added Topsoil Extractor for harvesting Mars Soil
- Added
Resource Tank capable of storing up to 9500L of resource
- Optimized
light, dependent on Light Detail setting in Options
- Added
Rock Reducer tools for reducing rocks in a map file (for modders)
- Heavy
location optimizations (result on Cydonia was increase from 24 to 60+ fps!)
- Added using Methane and Oxygen as fuel for vehicles (must be produced from available resources)
- Added Isidis Planitia Multiplayer scenario
- Added Ptolemaeus Crater Multiplayer scenario
- New
vehicle -Manned Cargo Transport
Spawn/respawn in Landing
Module in Multiplayer Submitted by: E. Thomas
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
03/18/2015 - Jordan Mechner's The Last Express Now Available on MAC OSXJORDAN MECHNER’S
ADVENTURE GAME ‘THE LAST EXPRESS’ IS NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC OSX
Paris, France – March 18, 2015 – DotEmu, developer and publisher specializing in
modern releases of beloved retro games, announces that ‘The Last Express’ is now available in Gold Version on
MAC OSX.
Described as one of the best adventure games of all time, The Last Express is an intrigue-filled adventure
set aboard the luxurious Orient Express. The player steps into the shoes of Robert Cath, a doctor with a mysterious past.
A fugitive from police, Cath boards the train in answer to an urgent telegram from his best friend – and plunges into
a maelstrom of conspiracy, romance and murder.
FEATURES:
• 20+ hours of game play:
interact with 30+ characters, move in real-time and converse with them
• Your actions affect other characters’
behavior, making every play-through different
• Rewind feature allows you to back up and choose a different course
of action
NEW “GOLD EDITION” FEATURES :
• Advanced hint system
•
New more intuitive UI & improved inventory
• Challenging achievements to test your sleuthing skills
•
In-game bonuses (unlock characters biographies and more)
Download ‘The Last Express’ on Steam (50% off for a limited time)
About Jordan Mechner:
Jordan Mechner is a video game
designer, author, screenwriter and filmmaker, best known as the creator of the Prince of Persia franchise. His games include
the 1980s classics Karateka and Prince of Persia. Over 17 million Prince of Persia games have been sold. Follow Jordan at
jordanmechner.com and @jmechner.
About DotEmu:
DotEmu is a French video game company specializing
in modern releases of beloved retro games. Our mission is simple: give every gamer access to yesteryear’s classic video
games on today's platforms, including PC/Mac, mobile (iOS, Android, etc.), console and more. DotEmu is proud to have worked
with some of the gaming industry’s most prestigious companies, including Square Enix, SNK and Ubisoft. Our passionate
team has worked on dozens of high-profile projects, including Street Fighter II – Champion Edition (Flash), R-Type I
& II (iOS/Android), Another World (iOS/Android), the Double Dragon Trilogy (iOS/Android) and Raiden Legacy (Mobile, PC).
Founded in 2007, DotEmu leverages its considerable technological know-how to maintain the original spirit of classic games
while giving them a second life as rediscovered gems for a new generation of gamers.
Submitted by: E. Thomas
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
03/17/2015 - Shards of War Introduces New CharacterShards of War: Bigpoint introduces new Sentinel Breach
Humanity will rise above
Let´s start
literally from the very top. Breach´s ultimate skill, ‘Overlord’, lets him soar above his foes. Whilst bombarding
the entire area in front of him, he becomes temporarily invincible. He can also use the extremely versatile ‘Magnetosphere’
bombs which stick to the closest target and can be detonated precisely for maximum impact. They are especially effective
against drones and towers, dealing increased damage to them.
Escaping from Breach is no easy feat. Groups of fleeing
foes must be especially wary of ‘Bio-Net’. This piercing shot’s initial damage increases over time and slows
all enemies hit. Added to that, Breach´s passive skill ‘Tentacled Pursuit’ gives him increased movement
speed after a period of no damage, making it even more difficult to escape his clutches.
Finally the ‘Nanophage’
skill is an extremely effective way to clear entire areas of strategic importance. This bomb deals damage to all enemies as
long they stay in its area of influence, making them keen to leave as soon as possible.
Rage against the
Machines
For years, humanity has been hunted. Driven underground by the Overmind, and cowering into the
shadows as robotic eyes scan for movement. Yet there are those who fight back. Breach is a bogeyman feared by the Overmind’s
minions, his lash cutting through steel and layers of code, enslaving the fearsome automatons to his will.
Among
the human survivors of the Singularity shard, he is akin to a legend—a lone figure hacking into the Overmind’s
collective, turning the machines against themselves. It seems, that for the remnants of humanity, the dream may be over. However,
for the Overmind and its minions, the nightmare is just beginning.
About Shards of War
Shards of War is the world's first science fiction-oriented MOBA game and available via a free-to-play client version. It
combines Teamplay with an intelligent strategy, character mastery as well as classic top-down shooter controls (WASD) provide
action-packed PvP battles in a unique setting.
In Shards of War, two teams of five compete against each other in
20-minute matches, fighting for PvP dominance on the game map. The increasing number of characters currently measures 16 unique
Sentinels, each specialized in a certain field: tank, operative, assassin or medic.
The objective of the rival
team is to destroy the enemy headquarters by conquering and defending three different paths (Lanes). Each team is given AI-controlled
drones to help them in their mission, shipped out by the headquarters to provide assistance. Both teams also may seize neutral
drones in the map's central zone.
Experience points are given for taking down enemy drones, destroying defensive
towers, completing missions as well as wiping out enemy players. These points enable individual players to unlock ability-increasing
items and to determine which items will be used in a match from their stash of items (Loadout system).
By
leveling up one's own account, opportunities will be unlocked to players to hone their character and activate stronger items.
Key Features of Shards of War:
- Traditional 5 vs. 5 PvP MOBA gameplay
- Science-fiction
based, unique setting
- Intuitive top down shooter controls
(WASD)
- 16 unique playable characters, each with their own
set of powerful skills
- Action-packed intense 20-minute matches
- Item upgrades and crafting
- Loadout system (opportunity to choose from a pool of different items before the match)
Further information can be found on the official homepage: www.shardsofwar.com.
Submitted by: E. Thomas
Monday, March 16, 2015
03/16/2015 - Game Connection America 2015 Celebrate Most Successful Year YetGame Connection America 2015 Celebrates Its Most Successful Year Yet With
More Than 2,700 Attendees, Almost 12,000 Meetings, 247 Exhibitors
San
Francisco, CA, USA – March 16, 2015 – As Game Connection 2015 came to a close the first week of March
in San Francisco, the conference had a record-breaking turnout of more than 2,700 attendees and visitors, who participated
in more than 11,983 meetings with 247 exhibitors – a sold-out show, and an increase of attendees by 60 percent from
the previous year. There were also 296 certified buyers this year, an increase by 52 percent from 2014. Development
studios and game companies were there to showcase new releases and upcoming game projects - some of which were unveiled exclusively
at the 4-day industry event, one of the largest gaming conferences hosted in San Francisco this year. Game Connection 2015 brought members from all aspects of the industry together,
from development, publishing, and funding, to production, middleware, marketing, and distribution and where big players sit
side by side with indie developers and the future stars of tomorrow. Many countries were represented at Game Connection, with
countries including Spain, Singapore, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, Costa Rica
and the United Kingdom all representing at the show. The show
also hosted the Game Connection Development Awards, recognizing and promoting independent game projects at any stage of development.
At the ceremony, Studios Active Gaming Media, Hololabs, Brainseed Factory, MADFINGER Games, A Crowd of Monsters, Bigpoint,
Square Enix Montréal, Sarepta Studio, and LyteShot all picked up awards at the Development Awards. The Game Connection
Development Awards 2015 were given out in partnership with Microsoft Studios, Bandai Namco Games, Sony Computer Entertainment
Europe and Michael Meyers Public Relations. "We are extremely
proud to get this recognition from the Game Connection Development awards,” said Khaled Helioui, CEO of Bigpoint, referring
to its win of Best Desktop/Downloadable” for the client-based MOBA Shards of War. “This is a testament to
the dedication & commitment to quality of the Shards of War team as well as an important milestone in our path to build
a new branch in the e-sports category. We are doubling down on this game and have a number of senior Design (MOBA, Combat
Design), Art (Illustration, Character Design) and development positions open to keep exceeding our players' expectations." "We are humbled that we were selected from such an extremely talented
group of international teams, and very pleased to receive accolades for LyteShot's platform, said Mark J. Ladd, Founder and
CEO of LyteShot. “We also hope that this award will help pave the way for interested developers to join us in creating
a truly interactive augmented reality mobile gaming platform."
For more information on Game Connection America, please visit: www.game-connection.com
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us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Game.Connection.Official.Page Follow us
on Twitter: www.twitter.com/The_GameCo Tune
into our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/gameconnectionvideos About
Game Connection: Game Connection is an international
conference that gives video game industry professionals the opportunity to interact, network, and promote their products,
services and expertise. Since 2001, key players from the games industry have gathered in Europe and in the US —to meet,
do business together, connect with new industry professionals and socialize in a lively environment where business gets done.
This business-focused setting is largely enabled by the Game Connection Meeting Application, a unique match-making tool allowing
attendees to schedule meetings in advance of the event – thereby effectively optimizing time spent onsite. Game Connection
Europe 2015 launches a new program of conferences with Mentors and peer conferences (in different topics : payment, localization,
marketing management, user aquisition, Xdev arts and Xdev techno) and Master Classes (game design mobile, Techno Unity, Arts
Animation, etc.) For more information, visit www.game-connection.com Submitted by: E. Thomas
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