Games – New Releases

FarmVille is one hugely popular title, boasting over 75 million users worldwide. Well, the game is already one year old, but that doesn’t mean it is not about to lose its popularity anytime soon. To heat things even more, FarmVille will be released for the iPhone as well as iPod touch, virtually opening up new avenues for this title to reach millions of mobile users with the ability to play, engage and connect with their friends and family via social games. Looks like there is yet one more reason for you to purchase either device from Apple if mobile gaming is your cup of tea.

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Don’t pooh pooh Nintendo’s Wii and DSi platforms as consoles that are way past their sell-by date, since neither one is able to hold up against its more illustrious rivals who feature superior hardware, although sales figures have shown otherwise with the DSi and Wii outselling them by miles. Activision knows a good thing when they see one, and has recently announced the arrival of Wipeout: The Game for the Nintendo DSi and Wii. Based upon the Endemol USA produced hit ABC TV show, Wipeout, Wipeout: The Game will see friends and family go up against each other in the world’s largest, messiest, and one of the most hilarious obstacle course out there to date.

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The Apple iPad is one tablet device that really captured the imagination of the masses, not to mention swallowing up dough from millions of proud new iPad owners in the process. This tablet is not just a larger iPhone, but also an ebook reader (although not too suitable) as well as a portable games machine. Well, developer Route 24 have worked with Marvelous Entertainment to bring “Followars,” their first title for Apple’s iPad.

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D3Publisher (D3P) is ready to rock the portable handheld market with a new title, notably Puzzle Quest 2, while those who spend plenty of time on Xbox LIVE Arcade will be pleased to know that said title will also make an appearance there. This will be the sequel to Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, an Interactive Achievement Award winner for “Best Downloadable Game of the Year,” making sure that those who are fans of the ultimate puzzle-RPG experience will be able to enjoy it in an all-new fantasy universe. For Nintendo DS owners, Puzzle Quest 2 will retail for $29.95 which is a fair price considering the endless hours of gaming and brain-wrecking moments you will have with it.

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It is a pity that Megan Fox won’t be around for the third instalment of Transformers, but we’re sure that a game based on the third movie is already in the works even as we speak, regardless of whether it is playable or not, that is another can of worms. As for today, we will just have to concentrate on news that Transformers: War for Cybertron has arrived at store shelves nationwide, bringing the legendary conflict between the noble Autobots and the evil Decepticons to a head. All the metal crunching action will happen on their home planet, Cybertron, so you won’t really need to worry about stepping on innocent humans in the process of duking it out with one another.

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It is a really scary world we live in these days. After all, there is no more guarantee (at least the sense of it is much less than a century ago, or even heck, back in the days of our parents) that everything will turn out fine and dandy, what with crazed folks running around willing to blow up themselves as well as others all around without blinking twice. Well, emergencies are something nobody likes, but everyone can prepare for, and this is where video game developer and publisher Legacy Interactive comes in to offer a game that was specially designed to teach children and their families how to prepare for all types of hazards or emergencies. Find out more about it after the jump.

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Creative Kingdoms has just announced the first chapter of MagiQuest Online: The Portal Adventure Series, where it was developed in partnership with Cyan Worlds, the creators of the best-selling Myst series. MagiQuest Online will enable players to take their adventures from the real world into the virtual one, and not only that, to return as well.

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The World Cup 2010 is well underway, passing the halfway mark for number of matches played since yesterday. Well, what better time than now to capitalize on footie fever than releasing a closed beta testing for Online Soccer Champions, especially if you are Big Collision Games? This is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, which means you are able to play with a theoretical 6 billion other people worldwide as long as they are connected to the Internet. Big Collision Games does realize that soccer fans do need their fix when there are no matches to play for at the moment.

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Majesco has a brand new title for fans of the Wii, and good to know that it still features good old 2D gaming without having to jump aboard the world of 3D. We’re talking about Pirates Plundarrr for Wii, where this game allows you to fly solo if you’re an introvert, or play with another 3 players as you attempt to break out of the monotony of office life while living out the adventures of a pirate as you and your mates battle hordes of baddies in this swashbuckling multiplayer adventure.

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The Call of Duty franchise has been a phenomenal success to say the least, and it is no surprise that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack will do its bit to further increase the longevity and playability of the franchise. This time round, folks who are rocking to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 can pick up the Resurgence Pack on Xbox LIVE, which is the second map pack from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 after following the record-breaking release of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package, that managed to establish a new beach head in terms of Xbox LIVE launch records, reaching in to the living rooms of millions of gamers around the world during its initial opening days.

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