The new expansion covers the Normandy Campaign, but this time puts you in control of the Germans and their mighty Tigers. Through ten single player battles you will face Allied troops breaking through from the coast.  You must hold them back with your beleaguered forces and their limited supplies. This add-on also features 5 great new multiplayer scenarios where you can try out the brand new Jagdpanther in combat.

We are now recruiting Beta testers for this upcoming expansion! You can sign up here.

The game will be available for PC, Mac and iPad as an in-app purchase.

Get more information about Battle Academy: Rommel in Normandy on its official product page.

Rommel in Normandy is an add-on for Battle Academy and requires Battle Academy to play!

About Battle Academy: Rommel in Normandy.

June 1944: the invasion has begun. 

 This time, play the Normandy campaign from the other side and plasy as the Germans and their mighty Tigers through ten varied missions.  Take command from the initial chaos of the airborne drops all the way through to the desperate escape from the Falaise pocket and learn the skills required to control an army stretched to its limit by years of war.  Can you master some of the most modern and deadly units of WW2?  Will you struggle to hold the line with battered equipment against the overwhelming mass of the Allied invasion?  Find out in “Rommel in Normandy”!

Slitherine is part of the Slitherine Group

About the Slitherine Group

The Slitherine Group is the world’s leading producer and publisher of digital wargames and strategy games. Under the Slitherine ( www.slitherine.com), Matrix Games ( www.matrixgames.com) and Ageod ( www.ageod.com) brands it has published literally hundreds of games, with many award-winning titles in its portfolio and spanning all digital platforms, from home consoles to modern Smartphone’s and Tablets. Slitherine is also involved with book publishing, board gaming and works with a wide array of key licensing partners, such as HISTORY®, MILITARY HISTORY®, Games Workshop®, Horrible Histories™, Showtime, BBC, Osprey, Scholastic, Buzz Aldrin Enterprises and many others to deliver the best blend of historical accuracy in an exciting and entertaining way. Together the Group companies form the world’s largest organization specializing in this important and vibrant niche. The Slitherine Group’s mission over the coming years is to lead the way in innovation and growth in an ever expanding segment of the entertainment industry

Call of Juarez® Gunslinger is a real homage to the Wild West tales and era. Players will live the epic journey of Silas Greaves, a ruthless bounty hunter who spent his life on the trail of the West’s most notorious outlaws.  Now it is Silas’ time to tell his story, which is linked to the history of the Wild West era: a mix of myths and historical facts.

Made of memorable encounters with some of the West’s most notorious names such as Billy the Kid, Pat Garret, Jesse James and Butch Cassidy, the game blurs the lines between man and myth. Call of Juarez® Gunslinger lets players live the greatest legends of the Old West.

About Ubisoft:

Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has offices in 26 countries and has sales in more than 55 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. For the 2011-12 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,061 million. To learn more, please visit:www.ubisoftgroup.com.

© 2012 Ubisoft Entertainment and Techland Sp. z o.o. All Rights Reserved. Call of Juarez mark is a trademark of Ubisoft Entertainment and Techland. Techland is a registered trademark of Techland Sp. z o.o. Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are registered trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries.

Soda Star lets players control a soda bottling plant gone haywire as they grow their soda empire by unlocking levels in a constantly expanding bottle factory. Players sort bottles and pack them into similarly colored crates by switching levers to ensure bottles get on the right conveyer belt. They progress through increasingly challenging levels that reveal new and rare items such as magic soda, coffee breaks as well as pitfalls and difficulties.

“We’re really excited about the launch of Soda Star,” said Tiny Utopia Founder and Lead Developer Neal Nellans. “Soda Star expands Tiny Utopia’s audience by including younger players for our indie games. While there are lots of mobile games for preschool children and adults, the preteen audience has not had many appropriate options that are also cool. Parents want positive games for their children but we wanted to make a game that was fun and challenging for adults as well. Soda Star is fun for everyone.”

While the audience might be new, Tiny Utopia’s seamless design and dazzling visual art remains. Every bottle and factory is rendered in beautiful 3D graphics by the powerful Unity 3D game engine. The game features stunning cartoon-like special effects and an original stereo soundtrack with real cartoon recordings. Soda Star demoed and received rave reviews at the SXSW Gaming Expo in March.

Tiny Utopia is an independent development company that strives to bring quality, original artwork and fresh exciting experiences to mobile game players. Founders include Academy Award winning artists and a team of AAA game developers. Tiny Utopia develops and produces in-house original titles, such as Epic Mech Wars and Soda Star, as well as works with third party publishers and marketing teams to extend their existing brands into new interactive IPs. Located in Austin, Texas, Tiny Utopia’s staff focus on making great games, breakfast tacos and keeping it weird.www.tinyutopia.com.

The Dynamic Lighting engine will use volumetric pixels (also known as “voxels”) to create more dynamic-looking shadows, which are updated in real-time, and with little to no noticeable lag. The reason for the engine’s smooth performance is that all of the technical behind-the-scenes stuff is going on in the user’s CPU, rather than the computer’s graphics card. So if I come along and destroy one of your preciously-built buildings in your game world, then I am going to see every brick fly off the structure with perfect and accurate shadows completely intact and in real-time.

What this means for ROBLOX users is that their latest game worlds just got a whole lot more visual and creative. In short, players and creators will now not only be able to control their own ambient light and shadow effects, but also place customizable light sources for a variety of visual and gameplay interactions. The Dynamic Lighting engine will increase the visual depth of each and every game world without sacrificing the actual gameplay or performance, whether you want to make “realistic cave-exploration games and night-time police chase simulators,” or “dramatic sunset vistas and haunted mansions.

ROBLOX is currently the home to millions of user-created worlds and games. In fact, 99% of the content that you’ll find on the site is completely user created, and the team behind the social platform believes in this new lighting technology so much that they even went as far as to file a patent for it. So whether you’re a regular ROBLOX user or not, you can certainly be sure to see more of this Dynamic Lighting in your social games going forward.

You can see all of the light and shadowy action at work in the two select untouched screenshots included in this article. And in the meantime, Dynamic Lighting support is also being worked on for the service’s mobile iOS app, ROBLOX Mobile.

Source: http://www.gamezebo.com/news/2013/05/17/roblox-introduces-new-dynamic-lighting-engine

“Beyond beta keys, in Dragon’s Prophet guilds are integral to the Frontier System and are empowered to create and sustain their very own empire,” said Linda Carlson, Director of Global Community Relations at Sony Online Entertainment. “We are extremely excited to work with Guild Launch because they provide a valuable service for our passionate players and community of guildies. Plus they love dragons as much as we do!”

Developed by Runewaker Entertainment, creators of Runes of Magic, in Dragon’s Prophetplayers will be transported to the dragon-filled, beautiful world of Auratia, where they can capture, train, ride, and fight hundreds of unique dragons. Dragon’s Prophet features an action-based combat system that gives players visceral battle action gameplay. Set in a realm where dragons roam the land, sea and air, the game lets players band together to battle a variety of dragons as they work to restore order to the land from the evil Black Dragon that has escaped his eternal prison, and is more dangerous than ever.

“Guild Launch is the perfect hub for this Dragon’s Prophet promotion because we sit at the center of the gaming community,” said Stephen Johnston, CEO and Founder at Guild Launch. “We’re excited to join forces with SOE, and offer members of the Guild Launch community first crack at the beta for Dragon’s Prophet.”

About Dragon’s Prophet

Dragon’s Prophet is a free to play fantasy MMO that transports you to Auratia, a realm where dragons fill the sky. For the first time ever, players have the ability to CAPTURE, TRAIN, RIDE and FIGHT their very own dragons! Dragon’s Prophet features an action-based combat system that gives players visceral battle action gameplay. Set in a realm where dragons roam the land, sea and air, the game lets players band together to battle a variety of dragons as they work to restore order to the land from the evil Black Dragon that has escaped his eternal prison, and is more dangerous than ever. Dragon’s Prophet will launch as a free-to-play MMORPG in 2013 for PC systems via digital download.

Dragon’s Prophet is not yet rated. Visit www.esrb.org for rating information.

About GameSkinny

Founded in 2012 by the team behind Guild Launch, GameSkinny is an innovative publishing platform where gamers discover, create, and promote their voice to the gaming community. Created with the belief that gamers are the true voice of the industry, GameSkinny gives passionate players and gaming enthusiasts a platform of their own, where they can contribute a wide range of content, including articles, videos, reviews, and how-to’s. Curated by a professional editorial staff headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, GameSkinny is the place where great gaming content gets a voice, is shared, discovered, and discussed by millions.  Why GameSkinny? Because obscurity sucks!

For more information, go to www.gameskinny.com or follow @GameSkinny on Twitter. Visitwww.facebook.com/GameSkinny and become a fan for regular updates via Facebook.

About Guild Launch

The company behind flagship service Guild Launch and innovative publishing platformGameSkinny, Guild Launch is the leading provider of online gaming platforms based in Richmond, Virginia. Guild Launch delivers site hosting and support services to video game communities and fan sites for over 300 video games and three million registered gamers. The platform provides premium, feature-rich and easy-to-use hosting and social networking to customers playing the most popular video games. A feature set tailored to needs of all types of gamers also includes web forums, raid tracking and DKP, event calendars, recruitment tools, roster imports, and more; all with a degree of security unmatched in the industry.

For more information, go to www.guildlaunch.com or follow @GuildLaunch on Twitter. Visit www.facebook.com/GuildLaunch and become a fan for regular updates via Facebook.

About Sony Online Entertainment

Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games. Best known for its blockbuster hits and franchises, including EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Champions of Norrath®, PlanetSide®, Free Realms®, Star Wars®: Clone Wars Adventures™, DC Universe™ Online, and the recently launched PlanetSide®2, SOE creates, develops and provides compelling online entertainment for a variety of platforms. SOE is building on its proven legacy and pioneering the future of online worlds through creative development and inspired gameplay design for audiences of all ages. To learn more, visit www.soe.com.

SOE, the SOE logo, EverQuest, Champions of Norrath, PlanetSide, and Free Realms are registered trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.

To acquire a BETA key please visit www.guildlaunch.com/DragonsProphet. Available while supplies last.

To learn more about this promotion, please visit www.guildlaunch.com.

For more information about Dragon’s Prophet, please visit www.dragonsprophetthegame.com.

Last time Closed Beta started, our patch notes immediately leaked, and we responded in the only way we knew how: by releasing the notes to everyone out of fairness. After seeing the reactions of everyone to our patch note release, we’ve decided that there’s no reason not to release the patch notes for Closed Beta 2 right here. Sorry, leakers! This one’s ours to release first.

Please know that by reading the patch notes, you are going to be spoiling some of our upcoming reveals for yourself, like new zone names, dungeons, etc. There’s not going to be ton of detail or context for these in the patch notes below, but if you’re the kind of person who loves waiting for true reveals, you may want to avoid reading the patch notes.

For those of you who’ve stuck around, here are the “M31″ or “CBT2″ patch notes for the latest round of beta. Enjoy!

Source: http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/news/wildstar_wednesday_welcome_to_closed_beta_2.php

Crafted using Unreal Engine 3, the developers took time to record the real gun shot sounds themselves, rather than using the free ones found on the internet. As listed on the teaser site, Special Force 2 will also feature special military units from all over the world, along with a huge weapon arsenal.

Source: mmoculture

New in the Temple Run 2 update:

• A new landscape called The Narrows introduces a treacherous new terrain to the game
• Spinning saw blades that create exciting obstacles to avoid
• A crumbling path that keeps players on watch for last minute turns and jumps
• New chances to earn free coins and gems, available under the “Free Stuff” menu

With over 300 million downloads between Temple Run and Temple Run 2, the series is one of the biggest franchises in mobile gaming. Since the launch of the original game in 2011, the brand has expanded to include apparel with Komar Kids, digital comics with Ape Entertainment, and card and board games with Spin Master, among other licensing partnerships. Imangi has collaborated twice with Disney to launch Temple Run: Brave and Temple Run: Oz. Both games reached the #1 slot on the App Store.

Download Temple Run 2 on iOS or Android.

About Imangi Studios 

Imangi Studios was founded by husband and wife team Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckyanova in 2008 with the goal of creating small fun games for everyone to enjoy.  What started as a dream job for the couple has evolved into a successful business, with Keith and Natalia now working with a team of other talented game creators. In 2011, the studio developed the mega-hit Temple Run, and followed with Temple Run 2 in 2012. The two games have been downloaded over 300 million times. Based in North Carolina, Imangi Studios is a self-funded and fully independent studio.

Official Website |  Facebook |  @TempleRun

1 of the more eye-catching features listed is “evolving world: community-driven story and content”. How will the studio make this happen in the MOBA genre, and how long before EA pulls out from the deal? We shall see.

Source: mmoculture

How do you balance a war between towns without letting either side obliterate the other? How do you rule over gods, creatures, and men who refuse to obey you? How do you build a thriving landscape of villages against the threat of bandits and mythological powers? Skyward Collapse places you into the role of The Creator, and frees you to tackle these problems your own way.

Create — but not control — gods, creatures, and artifacts from both Greek and Norse mythology. The power you wield with these is immense. Your task is to keep both factions alive until The Master calls you home — but this is harder than it sounds. Bandits, along with periodic Woes add to the variety of challenges that you’ll face in any given game. Every game plays out completely differently, and you’ll need even the craziest of your powers in order to survive what lies in store.

A short trailer for the game can be viewed now, showcasing both sides of the fight. Additionally, Nick Trujillo of Penny Arcade’s Strip Search has created a series of web comics based on Skyward Collapse – the first of which is out now.

The Skyward Collapse OST was also just recently completed by composer Pablo Vega, and is now available for purchase through Arcen Games BandCamp page – where the entire soundtrack can be previewed online.

Along with the Steam launch, Skyward Collapse will also be made available directly through Arcen’s online store. If you’re a member of the press and are interested in a copy of the game, please contact: arcengames[at] gmail.com.

About Arcen Games

Arcen Games entered the PC indie scene in 2009 with their cult classic AI War: Fleet Command, which was named the 40th best-reviewed PC game of the year by MetaCritic. Their second year saw the release of The Zenith Remnant, the first two full expansions for AI War; as well as Tidalis, an innovative block-based puzzle with casual appeal and hardcore depth.

AI War’s third and largest expansion Light of the Spire marked Arcen’s first release of 2011, with the rest of the company’s focus being devoted to their most massive project yet: A Valley Without Wind, which released in 2012. The end of 2012/start of 2013 has been another busy time for the team, with AI War’s fourth expansion Ancient Shadows launching, A Valley Without Wind 2 hitting 1.0, and Shattered Haven’s releasing as well. The studio is currently working on its latest title, Skyward Collapse, for release in May.

Originally a one-man shop, Arcen Games has grown to have half a dozen part-time or fulltime contributors to its various titles. The team is also proud to be a platinum sponsor of the Child’s Play charity. For all the latest news, coverage and other musings, visit us on our website, Twitter andFacebook; as well as Arcen lead Chris Park’s Games By Design blog.