Indomitus is aiming to stand apart from other browser games by offering a refreshing new player experience. Koramgame are saying there’s more ways to battle than any previous strategy game of the same ilk. Real time city sieges, historical battles, bandit raids, PvP face-offs, Guild battles and more are lying in wait for you and your troops.

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Daedalic Entertainment are clearly concerned about the environment; if Al Gore had made an adventure game, well, this wouldn’t be it because he’s a politician and knows diddly squat about making games, but it’d be similar! Billed as an ‘eco-thriller’, a phrase that conjures up images of trees toting machine guns, A New Beginning tells the story of a dying Earth far in the future. Our blue planet has been ravaged by climate change, making the air unbreathable and the land pretty much uninhabitable.

Even worse is that a band of surviving scientists have discovered the world will be slapped around by a solar flare in two weeks time, destroying everything. Not being fans of a slow and painful death, the hardy bunch of individuals decide to send a select few back in time to sort the environment out before this can happen – opening up another splendid time paradox that the media seems to love.

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At the end of the day, though, there is a group of people who ensure that the work gets done. These guys and gals work tirelessly to make sure the studio has the resources it needs to deliver games on time. They fall under a category called Operations Management.

No one knows the guts of operations better than Karen Clark. Her current role as Director of Studio Operations at Loot Drop Inc., a start-up social gaming company, gives her broad insight on what it takes to fill this understated, but always needed, role.

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First of all – great to see Allods finally fully launched! How relieved are you guys to have the game out there without the “beta” tag?

Yes indeed, we went live on the 11.5.11 after 1 year of Open Beta. It took a year to make sure there would not be any more major changes in the game, and to get to stage where we’re only polishing the last few corners of the game. Great games mean great testing and that can take a bit of time, but it was all very worth it. Just browse any forum about Allods and you’ll see that all the players are very happy.

But as for being relieved, well, that’s a very rare feeling in the MMO industry. Every new update is not just a milestone for the teams, but for players also. The work never stops.

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Truth be told, we’ve always fancied ourselves in the zombie apocalypse; and why not? If games and movies have taught us anything, zombies are nothing more than cannon fodder awaiting our gun-toting fun times. A shotgun shell here, a slightly faster walk there – a spot of undead dodging is the kind of breezey lifestyle us work-a-phobes could get used too.

So imagine our surprise when a 2D isometric indie game came along and told us we’d actually die in a matter of hours. Not because of a zombie bite, or some big overpowered boss running faster than we can. No. Apparently we’ll die because of something stupid like forgetting to barricade all the windows, leaving the soup in the oven until it catches fire, or failing to listen carefully to a mad man waving a shotgun in our face.

It’s the human drama that made Romero’s “of the Dead” series so successful, questioning the trust you place in yourself and your fellow man when times are at their most desperate. That’s the fear you have to contend with in Indie Stone’s major debut title, and that’s why, even though it’s still only a pre-alpha tech demo, we’re already in love with Project Zomboid.

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Koram Games announce exciting new MMORTS

Online-gaming publishers Koram Games have just revealed Indomitus, an exciting new free-to-play browser-based MMORTS with a focus on massive battles, city building and heroic leadership.

Confirmed for beta release on June 13th, Indomitus promises a unique guild system and more combat features than other games on the market.

Enter Indomitus, Koramgame’s latest free-to-play medieval browser MMORTS. In the shattered lands of ancient Europe, Indomitus allows you to unleash your inner barbarian and storm through the continent in the conquest for absolute domination.

In a saturated market of browser games with recurring themes, Indomitus is set to make a massive impact by striking a perfect balance between town management and massive army combat, with a few surprises thrown in for good measure.

Indomitable One

While most MMORTS games place you behind a city interface half of the time, Indomitus plunges you straight into a deep RPG experience. You are the commander; meaning you want to ravage the lands as Supreme Overlord Bjongard; not Placeholder City #105.

Indomitus promises more combat modes than any previous browser-based strategy game: real time city sieges, historical battles, bandit raids, PvP face-offs, guild battles, and more. There’s a variety of battle options ready and waiting for you to attack.

You can choose from a variety of nine allegiances to join when wrecking your way across Europe with your fellow tribe members. Social interaction is garnered through visceral combat. You must become indomitably allied, or be totally dominated.

Indomitus also boasts a surrender option, which allows you to carry on playing even after defeat. Never again will defeat automatically require you to restart.

If you’re on the pointy end of a spear in your last standing city, fear not – your heroic expertise will serve the other nations well if you so choose. All it takes is a swallow of pride and bowing down to a new master…

Indomitable Enterprise

In Indomitus, city building is your key to creating a resource network.

This isn’t your average city building game where you are restricted to just a single city. You can create manors in nearly a dozen different cities, wielding ultimate control in resource manipulation and channelling. Beefing up your most strategic strongholds will be key to domination.

Indomitable Spirits

A historical setting without its historical players would be, well, unhistorical. If you appease the gods, revered war gods will heed your call via the Altar of Heroes. Who wouldn’t want to fight alongside Mel Gi- I mean, William Wallace and Caesar?

Indomitable Tactics Global domination with your friends is the core goal of every strategy game, and Indomitus boast one exceptional difference: the robust guild system.

Allegiances only offer you the default protection of your nation, whereas guilds will provide you with a slew of other options, including: guild research, extra missions, resource bonuses in friendly cities, and strategic tools only available to leaders to mobilize their members efficiently.

The highlight of the Indomitus guild system is in its strategy system during war.

The war in Indomitus is ongoing, just like most MMORTS titles. Usually, if you want to keep your empire safe and expanding, you’ll have to either sacrifice sleep in case your opponents strike first, or establish a time for your entire guild to turn up if you want to occupy a region. But not anymore.

With the Indomitus guild system, guild commanders can post strategies on key strongholds for all members to see on the world map.

With the cunning use of arrows to indicate squad movement plans and customized notices that let you know what’s going on even with no one to brief you, conquests have never been easier.

Indomitus removes the need to follow strict disciplinary times and show up online with 500 of your other friends just to wage war. Live in an Asian time zone but conducting war in a US guild? No problem, just log in and get updated on the latest in guild warfare; it’s almost like an automated daily war planner.

Check out the official Indomitus website now for more information and a chance to play the game: http://indomitus.koramgame.com

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The world of anime-inspired MMORPG, Pockie Ninja is preparing for an exciting summer.

Publisher NGames have announced 3 gift-filled events for players to enjoy in the coming months, with more announcements promised soon.

The summer months are looking sunny for every player of Pockie Ninja, thanks to publisher NGames offering up 3 events that reward characters with a bounty of free gifts.

From fresh items to new outfits and even a few surprises, there are rewards waiting for every mini-ninja character of the Naruto and Bleach-inspired MMO.

NGames have confirmed 3 events running throughout June and July, with more events to be announced later this month.

Daily Login Event: June 10th – July 30th

A breeze for seasoned martial-artists and new-comers alike, you could win an exclusive mystery pet and loads of other rewards just for playing Pockie Ninja throughout June and July!

Signing in and making 5 arena challenges on 5 separate days over the Daily Login event period will entitle you to the first level of rewards, including a free pet egg and little beans.

If you login 30 times or more over the period and make 5 challenges each time, you could win a massive gift box featuring a rare pet, new outfits, a King of the Login title, and more.

Outfit Synthesis: June 10th – June 12th, July 15th – July 17th

Want more outfits for your mini-ninja character? Then you best get to the lab!

Synthesising your orange and blue outfits during the Outfit Synthesis event will reward you with bags of new outfits for your efforts. What’s more, if you synthesise your outfits to level 24 or higher, you will be gifted the awesomely powerful Little Jun or Little Meng outfit to wear (depending on character’s gender.)

The gifts are separate for both blue and orange outfits, so get synthesising both varieties for a chance to win big!

Remember: only one blue and one orange outfit can receive the rewards.

• Outfit synthesis level reaches 11 -15, receive +0 orange/blue outfit *10
• Outfit synthesis level reaches 16-20, receive +0 orange/blue outfit *20
• Outfit synthesis level reaches 21-23, receive +0 orange/blue outfit *30
• Orange outfit synthesis level reaches 24 or higher, receive Little Jun+0 or Little Meng +0 *20
• Blue outfit synthesis level reaches 24 or higher, receive Little Jun+0 or Little Meng + 0*10

Stay Online to Win: June 17th – 19th, June 24th – 26th.

Another breeze for Pockie Ninja’s roundhouse-kicking masters – players that are level 25 or above will receive gifts just for staying online and playing their favourite game.

Players who login and stay online for 2 hours every day during the Stay Online to Win event will be eligible for 150 gift coupons.
Started below level 25 and reached it during the event? No problem, just log out and log back in again to claim your coupons.

Why not combine this with the Daily Login event to make sure you walk away with an extra large bounty of gifts. A perfect aid in your quest against the evil warriors of Demon City!

Easy Prizes, Easy Summer Gaming

Going on a summer holiday of your very own? Not to worry; anime-inspired browser-based brawler, Pockie Ninja lets your character level up while you’re logged out and away, meaning you’ll come back to an even stronger character when you return.
Just remember to log in every now and again from an internet cafe to get your hands on the free gifts if you’re away during the events.

Oh, and don’t forget your sandals. All the cool Ninja Monks are wearing them.

Pockie Ninja players are constantly enjoying free gift giveaways to aid their quests and player vs. player arena battles! You can sign up and play Pockie Ninja for free now: http://www.pockieninja.com

More events will be announced soon.

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TQ Digital announce Edge of Night expansion, the new vamp-filled update is heading to Eudemons Online this June.

Longstanding online game publishers, TQ Digital have announced an exciting new expansion for their free-to-play MMORPG, Eudemons Online. Titled “Edge of Night“, the expansion promises to suck – in a fiendishly good way.

A mysterious new Vampire class is ready to invade TQ Digital’s popular free-to-play MMO, Eudemons Online this June, jumping out of the shadows with the release of a brand new, blood-soaked expansion.

Dubbed “Edge of Night“, the expansion promises a massive change to Eudemons Online and its world of Cronus, thanks to the introduction of the new class and its impact on current game dynamics.

The fourth class to enter the Eudemons universe, the Vampires have been hiding in the shadows for many centuries, gradually increasing in power and honing their skills. But now, with a new darkness spreading across Cronus that threatens to consume even them, the vampires are forced to show themselves and join the fight.

A notorious paradox of secrecy, everyone knows about Vampires without really knowing anything about them. True to this form, details of Eudemons Online’s new vampire class are as hard to confirm as the existence the blood-lusting creatures themselves.

Vampires are often described as posh, pale creatures with dark eyes, attributed to the drinking of blood and lack of their own. However, TQ Digital were also quick to point out the vampire representatives from recent movies and our own history; from the future predicting vampires of Twilight; to the real-life vicious Counts and Countesses that terrorised us in the past.

What changes will EO bring to the vampire? Will they be glamorous representatives of the blood-sucking species; or will they be more like the infamous real-life Countess Dracula (aka Elizabeth Bathory), a notorious historical figure who enjoyed blood-orgies and torture in her castle.

Players of the popular MMORPG are already speculating on the game-changing dynamics a magical class like the Vampires will bring to Eudemons Online. Will they dominate the world with their mysterious skills? Will they fight for good or evil? Will they be friends or foes? Only time will tell.

One thing is for certain – the equilibrium enjoyed by the current classes inhabiting the world of Cronus: the Mage; Warrior; and Paladin; will be changed forever.

How will a Vampire defeat the Warriors powerful Chain Chop; will the Mage’s famous range attacks be a match for the eerie speed of the undead; and what of the Paladin’s ability to revive the dead -will this be needed?

TQ Digital have promised that the Vampires will command a strong range of powers, pets and skills, and will be releasing previews for all players – along with exciting giveaways – in the buildup to the Edge of Night release.

The team dynamics of Eudemon’s Online, and the world of Cronus as we know it, will be changed for good when the Edge of Night expansion is released this June.

You can sign up and play Eudemon’s Online for free here.

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Phenomenal Puzzle Game Soars to the Top of the App Store Charts

Chillingo, leading independent games publisher and division of EA today announced that its brand new title, ‘Feed Me Oil’ was selected as Apple’s iPhone Game of the Week.

It has soared to the top of the App Store charts to become the number one top paid app in a number of countries.

Feed Me Oil invites gamers to a weird and wonderful place where the land is literally alive — and it’s starving! Players must get the oil from the broken pipes to the mouths of strange, beautifully rendered creatures.

Full of fun and entertaining challenges – players must use all sorts of creative tools, and their intuition to solve these carefully designed puzzles. When hunger strikes, strike oil!

“HolyWaterGames is an exceptionally talented developer with strong design, art, sound engineering and coding expertise,” explains Joe Wee, Co-General Manager, Chillingo.

“They created an amazing puzzle game with excellent physics mechanics; we knew from the very start that Feed Me Oil was going to be something very special,”

Check out the trailer below!

“Over the past months, we worked closely with HolyWaterGames to make Feed Me Oil even more accessible to gamers of all types by carefully examining every aspect about the game from theme, controls and level structure to tutorials, hint systems and music – all of which combine to create a truly fun and unique experience,” adds Chris Byatte, Co-General Manager, Chillingo.

“We’re proud to see it achieve this milestone within five days of its debut on the Apple App Store.”

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New Xbox Live storage function to allow Live account access from any console.

Microsoft has announced a new Xbox Live cloud storage function that will allow users to access their individual Live accounts from any Xbox console with an existing account.

The new service will also feature Facebook game invites and a ‘Beacons’ feature that will allow users to tag games they enjoy so that they will be alerted whenever a friend is playing that title.

“We are making it easier for you to sign into your Xbox Live account from any console at any time to access your game saves and full profile, including items such as Microsoft Points to make purchases, Achievements and friends,” explained Xbox Live VP Marc Whitten.

“Cloud storage will allow you to enjoy the same great Xbox Live gaming experience even when you’re not in your own living room by giving you the option to store your ‘game saves’ securely in the Xbox Live cloud instead of on a portable memory unit or your console’s hard drive.”

He added: “By setting a ‘Beacon’, you tell Xbox Live what you want to play. Then, Xbox Live lets you know when friends are playing or want to play the same game.”

[Source: CVG]

The future is shifting towards cloud-based gaming, and I think it’s about time Xbox hopped on board. I for one am looking forward to not having to spend a decade recovering my gamertag everytime I want to play on a different console.

Let us know what you guys think about this in the comments below!

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