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PlayFirst Takes Puzzle-match Gameplay to New Depths with Deep Sea Deli on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Leading Mobile Game Studio Dives in with Lovable Characters, Limitless Play, Friendly Competition and a Boat-load of Mystery Meat

SAN FRANCISCO – April 25, 2013 – PlayFirst® Inc., a global leader in mobile games for family and friends, today announced Deep Sea Deli, a quirky puzzle-match arcade title, available now on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. In addition to introducing a new and endearing PlayFirst character, Narly the Narwhal, Deep Sea Deli advances the puzzle-match genre by being the first game to combine limitless play-sessions with strategic depth and social competition, all in an undersea setting filled with lighthearted and witty humor.

Players can download Deep Sea Deli for free on the App Store or view the game in action with the official trailer. Continue reading PlayFirst Takes Puzzle-match Gameplay to New Depths with Deep Sea Deli on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

For Science!! Sporos “Discovery Lab” Out Now for iOS and Android; Alien Hive “Blitz Mode” Hatching Soon

Surpassing 1 million downloads, biological puzzler Sporos is a Google Play Staff Pick

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – April 19, 2013 – Appxplore today announced Discovery Lab, a brand new mode for Sporos, the puzzle game for iOS and Android that’s equal parts relaxing and brain-bending. The Discovery Lab adds a new twist that will challenge veteran players and amateur scientists alike: the robust new Phago Cell needs to be infected twice with Sporos seeds, from two different directions at once. The developer’s other puzzle game, Alien Hive, will also gain a major content update, “Blitz Mode,” which is essentially a brand new game within the game. Players will experience faster, more fluid action with an imaginative spin on Alien Hive’s sliding-tile gameplay. Check out the Blitz Mode teaser trailer, below, and explore the spores in Sporos, out now for iOS and Android.

[Alien Hive — Blitz Mode trailer]

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PlayFirst Powers Up Mobile Game Expertise, Hires Industry Veteran Tom Hall

From DOOM to Dash®, Hall brings award-winning experience to leading mobile game developer

SAN FRANCISCO – April 3, 2013 – PlayFirst^® Inc., the global leader in mobile games for family and friends, today announced that Tom Hall has joined the company as a principal designer. Hall brings proven experience in game design, character development, and quest creation across multiple platforms to PlayFirst. In addition to creating such global hits as DOOM and the Wolfenstein 3D series, Hall has also designed several puzzle games, pioneered gaming genres, and won over 60 professional industry accolades and awards. Continue reading PlayFirst Powers Up Mobile Game Expertise, Hires Industry Veteran Tom Hall

GDC 2013: Megapop Games Announce Trolls vs Vikings, Debut Game from Startup Indie Developer, Founded by Former Funcom and Artplant Veterans

Groundbreaking tower defense game pits peace-loving Trolls against angry Gods and Vikings of Norse mythology

OSLO, Norway — March 21, 2013 —Look out, here comes yet another stuffy announcement about an indie development studio formed by gaming veterans! Let me guess… they have groundbreaking new features that will turn the industry on its head? Well buckle in… here we go again!

Megapop, a startup studio founded by former Funcom (Age of Conan, The Longest Journey) and Artplant (Battlestar Galactica Online) developers, today unveiled Trolls vs Vikings, their debut game mobile / PC puzzle game, which will be demonstrated at GDC 2013.

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Raft Pirates Docks on the Shores of Android

6waves’s mobile MMO out now on Google Play

SAN FRANCISCO – March 20, 2013 – Leading global and mobile social game publisher, 6waves, and award-winning developer, Big Blue Bubble, today announced that Raft Pirates, their mobile MMO starring adorable robot pirates, is welcoming another famous robot—Android’s Green Robot—to release their game on Google Play: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sixwaves.raftpirates Continue reading Raft Pirates Docks on the Shores of Android

Horde and Humans Face Off in Castle Champions

Gamenauts’ tower-building / RPG hybrid iOS game now on the App Store

SAN JOSE, Calif. – March 14, 2013 – Gamenauts, in partnership with developer Artlogic Games, today announced the release of their tower-building / RPG hybrid, Castle Champions. Castle Champions combines castle-management simulation with medieval role-playing action and is the first game released under Gamenauts’ new Asian indie mobile publishing initiative. See the tower and tournament come together in the trailer: http://youtu.be/EMCYkNjo-TU Continue reading Horde and Humans Face Off in Castle Champions

Game Connection Announces Nominees for Indie Game Competition

Selected Projects puts indie games in the running for major publishing deals

SAN FRANCISCO – March 6, 2013 – Game Connection has today announced the list of Selected Projects for Game Connection America 2013, 15 game developers and their projects that have been nominated for the prestigious “Best Project 2013” award. Sponsored by Microsoft, the contest is open to console, mobile, PC, social, casual, and online games at any stage of development and from any genre, and will be decided by the Game Connection Advisory Board at Game Connection America 2013, held March 25-27 at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. Continue reading Game Connection Announces Nominees for Indie Game Competition

All Aboard the Carnage Express! Zombies & Trains Chugs onto the iTunes App Store

Arcade Defense Game Finally Proves Once and for All that Trains > Zombies, Now Available for iOS

NORWAY – Feb. 7, 2013 – Norwegian indie mobile developer Dragonhead Games today announced that their latest iOS title is now available on the App Store! Zombies & Trains is an action-packed arcade defense game that finally provides an answer to the age-old question: “who would win in a fight between an armored train and a zombie horde?” Players can blast through the undead with armored trains and add carnage with powerups in four different game modes. Download your ticket to zombie-smashing mayhem for $0.99 for iPhone or $1.99 for iPad today!

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