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MACHINE and Unconditional Studios announced today that bittos+, the flagship edition of the bittos innovative arcade-style puzzle game, has launched for WiiWare™ and is available today through the Wii™ Shop Channel for 1,000 Points ($10.00).

Developed by Unconditional Studios and rated “E” for everyone by the ESRB, bittos+ is a fun puzzle game for the whole family that challenges players to guide, rotate and slide the shapes into just the right arrangement to construct vibrant, shiny squares. Yes, squares! Make squares, and squares within squares, to advance through the levels which become progressively quicker and more challenging. Loaded with multiple modes to unlock, collectable in-game awards, local leaderboards for both you and your household, and unique game styles to suit your every mood, bittos+ sweeps you away, delivering a brand new gameplay experience that everyone can enjoy.

The PC version, bittose is also available exclusively through machinearcade.com for $14.99. To access the central resource for the growing bittos community, players can point their cursor at bittos.com, where fans and newcomers alike can download the PC version of the game, study bittos anatomy, download gameplay footage, vividly detailed screenshots, and find information on every detail about the game with the latest news and updates.

To learn more about bittos, please visit bittos.com, become a fan of bittos on Facebook at the official Unconditional Studios page: facebook.com, or subscribe to the official bittos YouTube channel at youtube.com.

Not slowing down after an exciting week of announcements at the Paradox Interactive Convention, today Paradox Interactive reveals the first trailer for Majesty 2: Kingmaker. Offering fans a preview of what to expect from the first expansion to Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, witness the goblin invasion as the green menaces of the night terrorize the lands of Ardania.

To view the action, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNpYX3KrKOQ

Featuring the brand new “Return of Grum-Gog” campaign, Majesty 2: Kingmaker will be available in Q1 2010 on all major digital distribution portals.

Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim is available in retail and for digital download on all leading digital distribution platforms. For more information about Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, please visit http://www.majesty2.com and follow @pdxinteractive on Twitter.

For all the latest Majesty 2 news and beyond, visit the recently redesigned www.paradoxplaza.com

The Gauntlet, IGG’s brand new Freesky Online (http://fo.igg.com) server, will soon be up with tons of new content at the end of the month. The Gauntlet will offer FO players a much fairer battlefield to explore and challenge them while narrowing the gap between advanced players and those lagging behind.

The newly updated world of The Gauntlet is filled with magic and excitement. Players who never purchase items in the Item Mall will find it easier to compete than previously. The number of advanced items sold in the Item Mall will be extremely limited, so the gap between the most powerful and weakest players won’t be as wide. To survive in PVP, players will need to rely on ability and teamwork more than ever. With more competitive PVP, more players can enjoy that side of the game, even if they never thought they could keep up in the past.

The Gauntlet retains the classical gameplay features of other servers, but also adds a brand new operation model to the game that helps weaker players advance. On the new server, the number of times Treasure Boxes open for free has been increased, and the limited number of items sold in the Item Mall will cost much less than the ones on other servers. In addition, players can choose from 2 stunning architecture types. These changes enable FO players to pay less while leveling rapidly, making The Gauntlet a more balanced battlefield that will attract non-consumer players who want to join in the fun.

Please visit http://fo.igg.com for more information about The Gauntlet.

Running since Friday morning (01/22/2010), GOG.com started a countdown to the biggest announcement in GOG.com’s history!

The countdown will reach it’s end on Thursday, January 28 at noon CET (6:00 a.m. EDT). That is when they will reveal the secret!

GOG.com users are already guessing what is the secret announcement on the forums: http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/the_countdown_has_started/
“There are some great expectations about our this and we promise we won’t let classic games fans down. In the next days we’ll give some hints that should give our users a clue what the announcement is all about. ” (From the press release)

Check it out, the clues are there, and they promise it will be exciting. Classic gamers take notice! We’ll keep up on it and let you know what the big news is all about, in the meantime, visit the forums and see if you can guess for yourself!

G4BOX Inc., announced that it will launch a brand new website for its military shooter, Cross Fire. The completely redesigned site includes a new blog-style news section and RSS feed, YouTube video integration, a new weapons guide, and a cool new community and contests section. The site re-launch also brings with it the unveiling of the long-teased “Rival Factions” event and an exciting new trailer. To check out the new site features and to download the game for free, visit http://crossfire.z8games.com.

Today, the Cross Fire website will be re-launched in order to better serve the growing Cross Fire community. The new site will offer numerous new and exciting features and benefits including, a blog-style news section with an RSS feed, YouTube video integration featuring community and fan-made videos, an extensive weapons catalogue and stats guide, and an all-new community contests section where players can quickly and easily submit and view screenshots and videos for future contests. All this, in addition to the launch of the highly-anticipated “Rival Factions” event.

“We have been waiting a long time to reveal the completely redesigned Cross Fire website to our community and fans. There are so many great new features that players can use to enhance their game,” said Howard He, Chief Executive Officer of G4BOX. “We’re also quite excited to launch the ongoing “Rival Factions” event, a unique event unlike any other in the free-to-play space.”

At the heart of Cross Fire is the conflict between Black List terrorists and Global Risk mercenaries. Now, as part of the new “Rival Factions” event starting January 22nd 2010, a winner can finally be declared. Upon visiting the “Rival Factions” event page, players will be forced to make an important choice: Black List or Global Risk? Once players choose a side, they will be entered into a game-wide clan for each faction, competing together as one team to influence the outcome of monthly missions that promise to finally tell the real story behind Cross Fire. Competing in missions can also earn players special in-game rewards.

Cross Fire is a free online military first-person shooter for Windows PCs supporting Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Players assume the role of either a Black List or Global Risk operative and compete in various modes of play including Free-for-All, Team Death Match and the exclusive stealth-action Ghost Mode. Cross Fire includes a military ranking system, in-game friends lists, an integrated clan system, and deep character customization options. Cross Fire is part of the Z8Games platform of free-to-play games.

Cross Fire is free-to-download-and-play. Visit the Cross Fire homepage at: http://crossfire.z8games.com

For more information about G4BOX visit www.g4box.com. For more information about the Z8Games lineup of games please visit www.z8games.com.

NecroVisioN: Lost Company, the sequel to the old-school first-person shooter NecroVisioN, launched a new website with overview, key features, latest news and much more about the title. The website is available at http://www.necrovision-game.com

NecroVisioN: Lost Company is the prequel to the old-school horror FPS and covers the events that happened before the NecroVisioN story began. The game contains several unique levels, characters and weapons, as well as a new main hero that tells the original game story from an opposing perspective.

Player now acts as one of the WWI German soldiers that discovers the evil forces unleashed by the war and starts to fight against them. Eventually he leads soldiers from all the nations gathered on the front through massive battles against zombies and demons. Finally the player becomes the first Necromancer that was defeated by Simon Bukner in NecroVisioN.

NecroVisioN: Lost Company is scheduled for release in February 2010.

With the debut of their new title, Lords Online, progressing smoothly, officials at IGG are announcing the opening of their official Lords Online game page on Facebook, the massive social networking community of more than 250 million users.

To allow players to log directly into Lords Online, an APP plug was added to the Facebook interface on January 15th. All players need to start their very own kingdom is a Facebook account.

The Facebook initiative is just one of many planned by the Lords Online team, which is looking to cooperate with other popular websites in the very near future, and welcome even more players to join the fun and add to the growing community of gamers who already enjoy Lords Online.

Visit http://apps.facebook.com/lords_online/ to add the Lords Online page into your Facebook applications.

If you’re a fan of the Facebook version of Mafia Wars by Zynga, it’s newest area, Bangkok is in the beta stages. Check the news on the bottom of your Mafia Wars “home” page, and click to see if you have been granted access to the beta.

For those of you who are addicted to Mafia Wars, this area is similar to the Moscow area, with the twist that once you complete your selected “side” you are free to help the other (Triad and Yakuza). You have a bar at the top which shows your Faction trust level. There will be special items that you can buy for either faction, but when you fight for one, the level for the other goes down, and you access to the store may be revoked if you are too loyal to one side or the other.

Also back are the businesses, which are the way to make extra money in the game, and this also continues on with the Cuba and Moscow “click to get paid” method.

Zynga has crafted yet another area for those of us who are power hungry enough to conquer all, so get ready, and look for that passport soon!

Popular Free-To-Play MMO Kicks Off New Adventures and Events for Side-scrolling Gamers

THQ Inc. and THQ*ICE LLC, the recently launched joint venture between THQ and ICE Entertainment focusing on free-to-play online games, today launched Dekard, the brand new game server for the critically acclaimed, free-to-play MMO Dragonica™ Online (http://dragonica.thqice.com). THQ*ICE welcomes players of all free-to-play MMO games to experience the best 3D side-scrolling game of the year in the new server.

Dekard provides Dragonica Online players a fresh start to begin their journeys anew with friends. To commemorate the launch of the new server there will be several special in-game events including experience boosts, gifts, races and new missions. In addition, new users that register during the launch of the new server will be automatically entered into the Dragonica Online Water Series Game Card Sweepstakes for a chance to win a $2,500 Best Buy gift card and limited edition Dragonica Online Water Series Game Cards loaded with ICE Cash.

THQ*ICE also announced today the launch of a new Dragonica Online high-level dungeon – the Van Cliff Mansion! Vampirism is plaguing the land and a sense of dark magic is seeping from an old, elegant mansion. That mansion belongs to Count Van Cliff, and Dragonica Online needs adventurers courageous enough to travel through pitch-black prisons, treacherous libraries, and poisonous botanical gardens to reach Count Van Cliff himself. If you survive the journey and the showdown with the Count, lavish jewelry and untold riches are there for your looting pleasure!

Developed by Barunson Interactive, Dragonica Online is set in a world of dragons and magic and takes adventurers across the windswept land of El Grego to the far reaches of the world. Gorgeous visuals complement lightning fast combat while 3D side-scrolling battlegrounds let you get the upper hand on opponents. Dragonica Online is the only free-to-play fantasy action massively multiplayer game to merge innovative 3D side scrolling gameplay, arcade combat and a hilarious, yet devastating, skill system into a single MMO. Combining intense action with quirky humor, Dragonica Online breathes 3D fun into the traditional side-scrolling gameplay.

Dragonica Online is rated E10+ for Everyone over the age of 10. Register to play at http://dragonica/thqice.com, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/dragonicathqice and join us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/dragonicaonline.

For more information on THQ*ICE please visit: www.thqice.com. For more information about THQ please visit: www.thq.com.

Time is running out on your chance to enter to win a boatload of loot in the Divinity II – Ego Draconis “Quest for Glory” sweepstakes. The deadline to enter the sweepstakes is February 1st.

More than 100 dedicated Dragon Knights have already entered to win the “Quest For Glory” by unlocking every Achievement in the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft version of Divinity II – Ego Draconis and going to www.honorofrivellon.com to enter.

Visit www.honorofrivellon.com to enter, for all sweepstakes details and a full list of first place and runner-up prizes.

Check out the official “Quest For Glory” trailer here.

The first place prize package includes:

· The Dragon Knight Epic Trophy

· A Divinity II custom Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system

· Divinity II – Ego Draconis Controller Skin Set

· Divinity II – Ego Draconis Decal Set

· Divinity II – Ego Draconis Game Card Set

· Divinity II – Ego Draconis In-Game Items Pack (weapon /armor)

· Gaming lounge which includes a large screen TV, gaming chair and controllers

The Dragon Knight Epic Trophy, given out only to the first place winner, is a high quality 3D rendition of a dragon’s head mounted on a plaque. The figurine will be produced using the same 3D models used in Divinity II – Ego Draconis and rendered and machine cut for accuracy.

The sequel to the critically acclaimed action-RPG Divine Divinity, Divinity II – Ego Draconis transports players back to the wide-open, war-torn world of Rivellon where they will battle the forces of evil not just as a human warrior, but also as a powerful Dragon Knight! Developed by Larian Studios, Divinity IIboasts a robust fantasy adventure of more than 60 hours, teeming with massive dungeons and outdoor spaces to explore. It offers deep on-the-ground and aerial combat, and a mystery to unravel that could reveal hidden truths and revive forgotten evils, altering the face of Rivellon forever! Divinity II – Ego Draconis is available for Xbox 360 and Windows PC.

For more information about Divinity II – Ego Draconis, which is rated “M” for “Mature” by the ESRB, please visit www.cdvus.com or www.divinity2.com.