Neuchatel, Switzerland – Miniclip, the world’s largest website dedicated to online games, is broadening its business to support the mobile gaming platform. With a dedicated audience of more than 57 million casual gamers worldwide and a library of more than 600 online games, Miniclip’s newly formed mobile games division, led by former Skype manager Antonio Sergio Varanda, will develop, publish and distribute its most popular online casual games for mobile operating systems. Consumers can play Miniclip’s online games and then easily purchase the mobile versions on the App Store or Android Market.

“In the era of app fatigue and the overabundance of games for the iPhone, Miniclip has been able to break through the clutter and leverage our massive community of casual gamers to drive awareness and sales,” said Antonio Sergio Varanda, director of the mobile division at Miniclip. “Miniclip has spent the past nine years building the largest online destination site for gamers and establishing a trusted reputation amongst households worldwide. Now with our global distribution platform, we have the capability to distribute and market Miniclip games across multiple channels including online, mobile and console.”

Miniclip has tested its methodology with a handful of externally developed game franchises available for mobile, including Fragger, Monster Trucks, Disc Pool and Monkey Kick. Proving its model to be successful, the company has secured more than 1.9 million paid sales of its mobile games to date. Fragger for iPhone reached the #2 paid app position in the US App Store and #3 in the store’s overall top grossing apps. The car-crushing, adrenaline filled Monster Trucks Nitro II, released in April 2010, made the App Store’s Top 10 ranking and the original Monster Trucks was featured in Apple’s iPhone 3GS television advertising. Monkey Kick, a free game released for iPhone and Android in November 2009, offers simple and addictive gameplay and has generated more than 1.7 million downloads.

Miniclip’s mobile games portfolio includes both new IP as well as some of Miniclip’s most successful online titles. Initial titles slated for release in late 2010 include:

* Ping Pong! – An easy-to-play favorite from Miniclip, players use the iPhone’s accelerometer to move the paddle and bounce the ball as many times as they can. Platforms: iPhone, iPod touch.

* Fragger HD – The top-selling iPhone app that has players tossing grenades at the enemies, gets an upgrade with HD graphics, redesigned completely for the iPad.

* Fragger 2 – The sequel to the top-selling original will include new types of grenades, moving enemies and many more surprises. Platforms: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad.

* Candy & Clyde – Based on the successful Flash game, with over 20 mini-games that get progressively harder. Play as Candy to play fair, or as Clyde to be naughty. Platforms: iPhone, iPod touch.

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With more than 57 million players every month, Miniclip is one of the world’s largest free-to-play online game destinations. The company develops, publishes and distributes more than 600 casual and mobile games. Founded in 2001, Miniclip is privately owned and privately funded with its headquarters in Switzerland and offices in six countries. Miniclip is the only website to ever win the prestigious Webby Peoples Voice Award, the “Oscars of the Internet” for the Internet’s Best Game Site for three consecutive years. Copyright (C) 2010 Miniclip. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Hong Kong – Game and applications developer Humble Gaming today is pleased to announce the release of Aliens Need Brains 1.0 (US$ 1.99) on the App Store. The game has been designed specifically for iPhone 4 users; taking advantage of the widely publicized Gyroscope functionality and making it the first Asian company to reach this milestone. The retina display also offers crisp resolution, making the game engaging and addictive.

The world is being attacked by different kinds of Aliens (6 types) and the user operates as the last line of defense, with the location being Central Park. The aliens are here to steal human brains. With the use of an array (7 types) of cool weapons like “Can Launchers” and “Wave Cannons”, blowing up aliens on an iPhone 4 is a very cool experience.

With unlimited/no ending game modes, players can continue to receive aliens in waves and use multiple weapons to destroy them. Open Feint leaderboards maintain high scores and unlock achievements as the game progresses. Aliens Need Brains has three difficulty levels making it a game for hard core gamers and beginners. The use of the in game currency allows users to buy or refill their arsenal of weapons.

“We are very excited about the iPhone 4 and it has allowed us to unleash our strongest 3D Graphics enhanced and most content and experience driven game to date. The Gyroscope just brings more realism to a fantasy situation, allowing the user to move right left up and down, making the game multi-dimensional in graphics and game play whilst the retina display enhances the 3D graphics. An absolute joy to the eyes,” said Prakash Bharwani, Communications Director for Humble Gaming.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPhone 4
* Requires iOS 4.0 or later
* 28.2 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Aliens Need Brains 1.0 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Humble Gaming has committed to an update in a few weeks that will enhance the game play even further.

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Asian based Humble Gaming Limited (HG) offers over a dozen entertaining iPhone and iPod games developed by an international team of experienced game developers. HG has now expanded its library to include Productivity Application(s) as well. The HG team prides itself on its ability to combine original content with popular game playing genres and useful applications, whilst continuing to offer value for money. Whether it’s a line drawing, time management or strategy based games or even a Productivity Application, you are sure to be impressed with the attention to detail and impressive graphics. HG team creates the highest level of graphics possible on handsets, and uses its vast development experience to make useful and fun applications. All Material and Software Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Humble Gaming Limited / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Christchurch, New Zealand – MiniMonos, the sustainability-focused virtual world for children, today launched its first iPhone app, MiniMonos Flight 1.0. Players of the game become flying monkeys, and have to tilt their iPhones left and right to swoop through the sky, collecting wind clouds and avoiding energy-sapping pollution clouds. Trampolines on the ground provide bouncing rescues to monkeys that get too low.

MiniMonos Flight is an iPhone adaptation of the game on its website, the popular children’s virtual world. Banana chips scored on the iPhone app can be posted to your MiniMonos account.

“We had a great time adapting MiniMonos Flight to the iPhone,” says Greg Montgomery, MiniMonos’ Chief Technical Officer. “It’s quite gratifying to fly in the game by physically moving the device.”

As the iPhone app was receiving the green light from Apple, MiniMonos passed another milestone: inspired by the company’s core values of sustainability, generosity, community and fun, more than 32,000 children from more than 150 countries have now registered for the virtual world. The team at MiniMonos will be continually updating the iPhone app, as well as launching new apps based on the other games in the MiniMonos virtual world like R.A.T.S. (Recycle All This Stuff), Go Go Green, and Monkey Fist.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later
* 4.3 MB

Pricing and Availability:
MiniMonos Flight 1.0 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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MiniMonos is a virtual world for children: a place of fun, beauty, discovery, generosity, sustainability and friendship. MiniMonos was created by Melissa Clark-Reynolds so that children could have a place of their own, a place that allows them to explore and grow without constant pressure to buy stuff. It’s a place that embodies core values like sustainability and generosity, without turning those values into a boring lecture. Children’s in-world treehouses require care and nourishment in order to flourish – just like our planet. The games they play are fun games – with a connection to our core values. MiniMonos’ aim is to continually answer the question: What would a virtual world for children look like if sustainability were a given and we could just focus on entertainment? Copyright (C) 2010 MiniMonos. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Helsingborg, Sweden – We at Frictional Games are happy to announce that Amnesia: The Dark Descent has gone gold. We are extremely pleased with our creation and cannot wait to unleash our bundle of madness on the 8th of September. We feel that we have taken a giant leap forward compared to our previous games, the Penumbra series.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a first person horror game with a focus on immersion. It is a game where atmosphere and story comes first. We hope that the game will be a breeze of fresh air, in a genre otherwise populated by “one-man-army action hero” sagas. In Amnesia you are almost completely defenseless, something we believe not only makes the game a lot scarier, but also gives a vastly different experience. Do you have what it takes to survive?

Supported Languages:
* US English with localized text for French, German, Italian and Spanish

Recommended Computer Specifications:
* Windows XP/Vista/7, OS X 10.5.8/10.6.4 or Linux distribution released in 2010
* NVIDIA GeForce 6 / ATI Radeon HD
* 2.0 Ghz CPU
* 2 GB RAM
* 2.5 GB Free hard disk space

Pricing and Availability:
On the 8th of September, an interactive nightmare where reality is a fragile concept awaits. Amnesia: The Dark Descent will be priced at only $20 (USD). Journalists are welcome to contact Frictional Games online for review copy requests.

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We are a small independent game developer located in the south of Sweden or, to be more precise, located on the Internet – the company is office-free. We develop unique technologies in form of a game engine and tools that are tailored specifically after the games that we create. Currently with a crew of five in-house and a network of contractors to utilize during production we can be dynamic and efficient, increasing production at key moments. Copyright (C) 2010 Frictional Games. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Gosford, Australia – Lovatts Interactive subsidiary YouPlay, a leading developer of crossword and puzzle games, has announced the release of GO! Word Power. A multiple-choice Trivia game with a linguistic twist, GO! Word Power features entertaining game modes that give the user the feel of playing a recreational game while improving and expanding their vocabulary. GO! Word Power is currently available on the iTunes App Store.

GO! Word Power is the latest addition to the Lovatts/YouPlay series of Trivia applications. With over three thousand language-based quiz questions, this exciting new game also includes interactive challenges, detailed game results and a correct answer display. Players can join a virtual community to discuss questions, post their scores to Facebook, and compete with other players via online leader boards.

GO! Word Power is a multi-faceted trivia game that is accessible to most users, and requires only a basic understanding of the English language. There are two modes of play; a traditional mode consisting of ten multiple-choice questions, and a Word Dash challenge – where players answer as many questions as possible within a two minute timeframe. New questions are added daily to ensure minimum repetition and a rich and satisfying game experience. Post game features include a comprehensive game review, allowing the player to chart their progress and share scores via Facebook or on the GO! Word Power online leader board.

GO! Word Power provides a fun and informative game environment that is conducive to expanding everyday vocabulary. Whether used as a tool to master the English language or as a supplement to broaden existing lexical horizons, GO! Word Power proves that learning can be as fun and easy as playing a game.

Device Requirements:
* iPad, iPhone, or iPod Compatible
* Requires iOS 3.0 or later
* 4.5 MB

Pricing and Availability:
GO! Word Power 1.0.1 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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Located in Gosford, Australia, YouPlay is a fun, entertaining and educational place to play free quality puzzle and trivia games. The website is provided by the Lovatts Publishing Group. Lovatts created YouPlay to provide an online games & puzzles website that is friendly, safe, and fun. Copyright (C) 2010 YouPlay Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina – Kyle Webster, founder of Big Mouse Media, had big plans for the company’s new title, ‘Plates!’ but did not expect to find the game sitting on the homepage of the ‘Games’ section of the iTunes store after only two days of sales. As the game began to climb the charts and break into the top 200 overall Games list, followed by the top 50 Arcade list and the top 25 Family list, it was evident that a big push might help the game go even further. Kyle and his development partner, Denis Hennessy immediately set out to produce a major update to the original version of the game.

‘Plates!’ 1.2 will feature an entirely new and exciting gameplay mode, entitled ‘Dynamite Dogs,’ as well as new options for sound and music toggling, new OpenFeint functionality (new leaderboards and achievements), improved graphics, and improved scoring.

The team worked day and night at a frantic pace to ready the new version for release, knowing how crucial timing can be in the fickle and unpredictable world of App Store rankings. They are confident that the traction ‘Plates!’ has sustained throughout its first week of sales will be enough to place the game in prime position for another big leap when the update goes live September 9th.

‘Plates!’ was the TUAW App of the Day, a recipient of a four-star review from Macworld UK, and a perfect 5-star game on the AppConsumer website. Player reviews are averaging 4.5 stars, as well.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 12.9 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Plates! 1.1 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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Big Mouse Media is a new gaming company owned by Kyle T. Webster, an illustrator and designer for The New Yorker, Time, The NY Times, and most other national publications. Big Mouse’s first game, ‘White Lines’ was featured three times in the US Apple Store and made it into the top 20 Paid Games list in March, 2010. Copyright (C) 2010 Kyle T. Webster, Inc.. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Hong Kong – Zentertain today is pleased to announce the free version of Tapic 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Tapic is a revolutionary rhythm game that lets you play with your own iPod music. Finally you can play with whatever music you want to play with and you don’t have to buy the expensive music packs in other rhythm games.

In Tapic, you choose a song from your iPod library and if this is the first time you play with it, you wait a few seconds for Tapic to generate the tap notes. And once the notes generation is complete, you can play with that song in both portrait and landscape game modes. For each game modes, there are various game themes will give you different game experience. If you’re a fan of rhythm game and you want a large variety of song choices, Tapic is definitely the best game for you.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 4.0 or later
* 5.7 MB

Pricing and availability:
Tapic 1.0 is $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and is available exclusively in the App Store in the Games-Music and Games-Action and Music category. More information on Tapic is available on Zentertain online.

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Located in Hong Kong, Zentertain was recently founded in 2010. Zentertain specializes in developing both applications and games for the iOS devices. Copyright (C) 2010 Zentertain. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Columbia, South Carolina – Created by a retired research mathematics professor, Circular Tic Tac Toe 1.0 is the only game of its kind on the iPad App Store. It’s as easy to learn as Tic Tac Toe, but with considerable tactical and strategic complexity. The play is challenging, exciting, and filled with surprises.

The two-player game consists of a circular board divided by a grid into 32 squares. The players place pieces in consecutive turns with the objective being to get four pieces in a row around the circle, in a line from the center, or in a spiral. The user can play another human or play the computer at any of five strength levels from Easy up to Expert (where the computer can find forced wins in up to 12 moves ahead). In addition to the game play, the app includes 50 puzzles in three difficulty levels – with more to come in updates.

Circular Tic Tac Toe supports both landscape and portrait modes. The game is very small, less than 2MB, and loads almost instantly. Game play is smooth, fluid, and nicely animated. The user has the option to hide all the buttons and labels on the screen for a fully immersive game experience. All settings are preserved between sessions, and the user will resume a game exactly where she left off. The app includes detailed, but easy to access, documentation of all its features.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.2 or later
* 2.1 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Circular Tic Tac Toe 1.0 is $2.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. An iPhone version of the app is planned for release in the early fall.

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David Sumner is distinguished professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of South Carolina and is also the author of Pentos, a board game/puzzle app, that was recently featured in Apple’s What’s Hot in Board Games. He has been an Apple developer for about 20 years. Copyright (C) 2010 David Sumner. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

BRAVO Game Studios^TM, the gaming subsidiary of Spanish mobile developer and publisher Genera Interactive, today announces that Touch Racing Nitro will be free to download and own for a strictly limited time only.

From Friday 13th August until Sunday the 15th August 2010, Touch Racing Nitro, the widely acclaimed finger-controlled racing game, will be available as a free download via the App Store, meaning that players can obtain the full game free of charge, with absolutely no restrictions, provided it is downloaded during the promotional weekend.

Jose Mª Hernández, marketing manager at Bravo Game Studios commented; “Touch Racing Nitro has been very well received by players and we wanted to give something back, hence the Touch Racing Nitro free-to-own weekend where everyone can download the full version for free and see why this is such an essential and accessible racing game to own.”

Touch Racing Nitro became the most downloaded racing game in the US upon release, as well as achieving a similar position across all the major European territories. Touch Racing Nitro is a uniquely innovative game that includes the revolutionary and intuitive control method, 3D race visuals and customisable vehicle. Other features in Touch Racing Nitro include:

•Play against your friend’s ghost tracks using OpenFeint or against the best lap times in the world
•Get to grips with the cars and the track with tutorial mode
•1-tap reset – get straight back on track when things go wrong
•Easy re-start option enables players to re-start midway through a race
•Physics and AI that allow a more progressive learning curve
•OpenFeint leaderboards and achievements

Touch Racing Nitro – Challenge! Will be free to download and own between Friday 13th August 2010 and Sunday 15th August.

Direct link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/touch-racing-nitro/id363548886?mt=8

St. Petersburg, Russia – My Kingdom for the Princess by Nevosoft, a top Russian casual game developer, was awarded as TOP SIM/TYCOON game at the second annual Great Game Awards(TM) (GG’s) held by GameHouse, a division of RealNetworks(R), Inc. The judging panel included representatives from leading independent developers across the casual games industry. GameHouse introduced the GG’s in 2009 as a way to showcase the most talented and creative casual games developers in the industry.

“The key to the casual games industry’s booming success is the creativity of game developers who are devoted to bringing fun games to players everywhere,” said John Barbour, president of GameHouse. “We’re honored to work with talented developers from all over the world, and the winners of this year’s Great Game Awards represent the top talent in the business.”

“My Kingdom for the Princess is definitely one of our best projects and we are happy for it being recognized worldwide. It has had great success and now we are working on the sequel which is going to be even better,” – said Pavel Ryaykkonen,
Nevosoft Distribution Director.

About My Kingdom for the Princess:
This title has a unique strategy/click-management framework that makes it an impressive causal game offering lots of hours of entertainment. There are 4 stages with 12 levels each for 48 levels total. The story is about Princess Helen who was out visiting her uncle King Sigmund, when a horrible tornado hit the kingdom. Luckily for Helen, a famous knight named Arthur offered to help return to her father and rebuild the kingdom. The richly detailed illustrations look like they are straight out of a fairy tale and the narrator does a great job of bringing this fantasy to life.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad
* iPhone OS 3.2 or later
* 38.0 MB

Pricing and Availability:
My Kingdom for the Princess (v.2010.06.10) is $4.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. It has been available on iPad since June, 2010 ported by Astar-Nevosoft, a division of the Nevosoft Group.

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Astar-Nevosoft is a Russian video game development studio based in St. Petersburg, specializing in casual games for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Windows and Mac OS X. Astar-Nevosoft is a part of Nevosoft Group which together deliver downloadable and online entertainment software for various platforms. Copyright (C) 2010 Astar-Nevosoft. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.