Sidhe, New Zealand’s largest game production studio, today announced that award-winning its original title, Shatter® is coming to PC. Shatter PC will feature new PC-exclusive game modes including Endless Mode, Endless Co-op Multiplayer, Time Attack, and Time Attack Co-op Multiplayer.

Shatter PSN won IGN’s Best PlayStation Store Game of 2009, and the Best Downloadable Award at the Game Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) Game Developers Awards 2009. Now, PC gamers will have the opportunity to play the game, which will be available on Steam in the coming weeks and also feature Steam achievements and leaderboards.

“Bringing Shatter to new audiences has always been our goal,” said Mario Wynands, Managing Director of Sidhe. “Following the warm reception we received for the PlayStation 3 version, taking Shatter to PC on the Steam platform was a natural next step.”

About Shatter® for PC
Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with unique twists and a modern crafted production approach.

Key Features:

• Innovative controls, physics effects, power-ups, special attacks, and boss battles which combine to provide an experience that is always interactive.
• Story Mode, Boss Rush, Bonus Mode, and all new game modes Endless Mode, Endless Co-op Multiplayer, Time Attack Mode and Time Attack Co-op Multiplayer
• A Vibrant 3D Style presented across 10 distinct worlds in high resolution.
• A fully scored soundtrack featuring over 90 minutes of award winning original music
• Steam Leaderboards and Achievements for all modes

For more information on Shatter, visit: www.shattergame.com

About Sidhe
Founded in 1997, Sidhe is an award-winning developer of console, handheld and PC games. The largest game production studio in New Zealand, Sidhe has a proven track record of creating high-quality, mass-market, licensed and original titles for a worldwide audience. The studio has produced more than 20 high-profile titles including the award winning original titles GripShift® and Shatter®, Speed Racer The Videogame, as well as multiple games based on the NRL Rugby League franchise. For more information on Sidhe, please visit: www.sidhe.co.nz

Copyright © 2010 Prodigy Design Limited. Shatter and Sidhe are trademarks or registered trademarks of Prodigy Design Limited. “PlayStation” is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.

“Our Karizmac line will provide deeper, more emotionally and intellectually engaging experiences than ‘girl’s games’ currently offer,” said Sharon Wood, CEO of Stone Creek Entertainment. “We’ve put a lot of experience and expertise in these games, and we’re confident we’ll be able to provide young women and women with gaming experiences that go far beyond their current choices. We believe Karizmac will become their brand of choice, and that we’ll create a uniquely trusted relationship with this very important demographic.”

Stone Creek Entertainment’s first two iPhone/iPod Touch titles which will be announced and released this month will give the world its first look at the new Karizmac slate.
 

About Karizmac
Karizmac games appeal to females’ natural interests and inclinations. Women are verbal, social and naturally curious about themselves and how they fit in. By focusing on games that provide meaningful interaction for young women and women and involving their sense of identity and opinions, Karizmac is fully embracing female gamers and giving them new ways to explore, create and have fun. For more information, please visit: http://www.karizmac.com
About Stone Creek Entertainment
Stone Creek Entertainment is an international publisher of on-line, social and mobile games that empower, inspire and entertain. The company creates titles under the brand Karizmac for the largest emerging digital gaming audience: young women and women. Stone Creek Entertainment currently has 15 titles in pre-production or development for mobile and web platforms. For more information, please visit: http://www.stonecreekentertainment.com

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Karizmac is a trademark of Stone Creek Entertainment, LLC

“With Battle Defenders, we wanted to provide players with a multiplayer title that really tested their strategic abilities,” said Hiroaki Ishibashi, Founder of Dango Inc. “What better way to do that then by pitting them against all the other talented gamers on Facebook Platform?”

Fights in Battle Defenders are divided into offensive and defensive rounds. As a defender, players are tasked with setting up units and barriers to repel the invading team. Successfully keeping the opposing force at bay nets players with coins for every enemy defeated and ensures they’ll survive long enough to counter-attack.

During the offensive round, players are given the opportunity to swiftly devise an attack plan and send a hand-picked group of units to the front lines. As the group navigates the fiendish gauntlet the opponent has built, players are rewarded for the damage they do. If they get enough units through to the enemy flag, they win the fight!

Battle Defenders is now available to play for free on Facebook Platform. To give the game a try, head to http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=113693073647

For the official trailer, visit http://vimeo.com/7052050

About Dango Inc

dango.Inc is the developer of “dango-PLAY,” a powerful and easy-to-use platform for game publishing that helps developers track user data, attract customers, and generate profit from their titles. Capable of simultaneously delivering a title to multiple social networks while supporting cross-platform ID authentication, save data management, SMS (sort message service), and more, “dango-PLAY” lets developers focus on doing what they do best: Make great games.

For more information about “dango-PLAY,” visit the official website at http://www.dango-net.com/

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“The Digimon community has been waiting patiently for an online, interactive DigiWorld, and we feel privileged to be developing this experience for audiences,” said Kevin Seo, CEO of WeMade Entertainment. “In the open beta, players will be able to take on the role of hero or heroine in the game and embark on adventures with Digimon friends.”

In Digimon Battle, players select a Tamer character, Takato Matsuki, Henry Wong, Rika Nonaka, or Jeri Katou, and set off with their Digimon and human friends, helping their Digimon to progress in their Digivolution. Players and their Digimon level up by winning battles, and players can progress through several ranks of Tamer to achieve elite status. There are three types of Digimon Partners, and seven types of Captured Digimon for players to find and tame in the world. More information on the Digimon will be revealed soon!

From March 3 to March 16, players who register for the beta, download the client and create their characters will get an exclusive Frontier Starter Kit for being pioneering members of the Digimon Battle community. The Frontier Starter Kit will include valuable tools to help players prepare for the open beta, including 10 Jump Gates to jump to all the maps in the world map, 10 Vigor Floppy Discs to gain 200 VP recovery while in defense mode, and 10 Recovery Floppy Discs to gain 200 HP recovery while in attack mode. The kits will be delivered on March 17.

To check out Digimon Battle online and register for the open beta, please visit www.digimonbattle.com.

About WeMade Entertainment

WeMade Entertainment is a leading online games developer and publisher. WeMade has created several online games, the most successful being The Legend of Mir 2 and The Legend of Mir3, which currently have more than 350,000 active concurrent users and over 200 million registered users in the world. For more information, please visit www.wemadeusa.com.

“The addition of a streamlined in-game toolset to our service adds tremendous value to the GamersGate marketplace,” said Theodore Bergquist, CEO of GamersGate. “With the new features provided by PlayXpert’s program, our customers will enjoy always-on community and a better overall gaming experience.”

The new overlay system is a GamersGate skinned Signature Edition of the PlayXpert program and will be offered free of charge to all GamersGate users. The added in-game tools that accompany this program include:

o Web Browser: A complete Internet browser, surf the web without logging out of your game
o Friends List: In-game chat with friends from Google Talk, Sony Station Friends, AIM, and more
o System Diagnostics: Monitor and optimize system performance on the fly
o Tunes: In-Game control of local media players or streaming players like Pandora

“As a leader in digital distribution, GamersGate provides a strong community of PC gamers that will benefit greatly from our in-game toolset,” said Charles F. Manning, CEO of PlayXpert. “GamersGate’s dedication to its community is unprecedented, and we’re thrilled to partner with them.”

For more information, or to check out GamersGate’s new in-game toolset, visit: http://www.gamersgate.com/playxpert.

About GamersGate

GamersGate is a leading digital distribution platform creating easily accessible gaming experiences for gamers worldwide – anytime, anywhere. With the largest online catalog of downloadable games, GamersGate continues to redefine the download industry and future strategies including the launch of several accompanying services and comprehensive tools, in addition to an aggressively growing product portfolio from a wide range of internationally recognized publishers. http://www.gamersgate.com.

About PlayXpert

PlayXpert, LLC, is the provider of next-generation in-game community management tools for the PC and MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) market. Focused on delivering the technology gamers want to enrich their community experience, PlayXpert allows users to engage in their favorite activities (forum posts, chat, music control, or monitoring system diagnostics) while in-game. The PlayXpert client is a completely customizable platform that enables gamers to choose from a large variety of tools to enhance their gaming experience. For more information, please visit www.playxpert.com.

“We started Frogster America in the middle of a very poor economic climate and have been successful, which is a testament to the great team we have and the fun title we are operating,” said Lars Koschin, CEO Frogster America. “Over the past year we have continually refined our processes and seized opportunities such as launching the first North American Spanish-language server for a free-to-play online game, all in preparation for adding more games to our portfolio in 2010.”

Frogster operates Runes of Magic, a title that has redefined the standard for free-to-play MMORPGs in terms of gameplay, fun and quality. The online role-playing game has an exciting, multi-layered story, driven by more than 2,300 quests set in the fantasy world of Taborea. Runes of Magic is one of the most successful free-to-play titles on the market, and a must play game for fans of fantasy titles, MMORPGs and action games.

For more information and the terms of contest, go to: www.runesofmagic.com

About Frogster America, Inc.
Frogster America, Inc. was founded in 2008 to bring high-quality online games to the North American market. As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Frogster Interactive Pictures AG, a Berlin-based publicly traded publisher of online computer games, Frogster America is located in San Francisco, and focused on the operation and marketing of MMO games that appeal to a global audience. With Runes of Magic, released on March 19, 2009, the company is well positioned for success with a rapidly growing community of more than one million users and a strong initial title on which it is establishing its market presence. For more information, please visit: www.frogster-america.com

- Gamers who purchase HoN will receive a special offer to pick up the Peregrine at $20 off the retail price of $149.99.
- Customers who buy the Peregrine will be given an exclusive discount of $5 off their purchase of HoN.

“We’ve spent a great deal of time testing and refining the Peregrine to make it the best way to play PC games – and one of the games we’ve been testing with extensively is HoN,” said Brent Baier, CEO of Iron Will Innovations, the think tank founded to bring revolutionary products like The Peregrine to life. “Since HoN entered beta, we’ve been playing it non-stop – and discovered that the Peregrine is indeed the best way to play this awesome game.”

“As an independent game developer/publisher, we love seeing new and innovative creations that help evolve gameplay to the next level,” said Marc DeForest, President of S2 Games. “A partnership with Iron Will is a great example of two products that truly complement each other.”

Designed with real-time strategy (RTS) and massively multiplayer online (MMO) gamers in mind, The Peregrine is an intuitive, powerful way to gain an edge over the competition. Constructed of military grade flexible sensors, with a magnetically detachable USB connector, The Peregrine comfortably replaces the keyboard in any gamer’s command center. Gamers who add The Peregrine to their arsenal will gain access to more than 30 instantly accessible actions performed by simply tapping their fingers or palm to maneuver, strike or cast spells.

In Heroes of Newerth, two teams of up to five players each take on the role of special Hero units. With the assistance of AI-controlled armies, each team sets out with the sole objective of destroying the other team’s base. As a match progresses, players can earn experience and gold which can be used to upgrade skills or purchase items to make their character more powerful. The team-oriented design of HoN coupled with unprecedented in-game Voice-Over-IP controls and Clan Support allow for an incredibly deep, tactical team-based experience.

To pre-order the Peregrine or find out more, visit http://www.ThePeregrine.com.

Heroes of Newerth is currently in closed beta and is set to launch in Spring of this year. Gamers can pre-order the game now and receive instant access to the beta by visiting http://www.heroesofnewerth.com.

About The Peregrine

The Peregrine is a new way to control games: it is a seamless, customizable input device that you wear on your hand in order to better control increasingly complex PC games. It is designed to replace or, in some cases, augment the keyboard for game play, The Peregrine is an intuitive, comfortable way to gain an edge, taking advantage of the most powerful tool we have – the human hand. The Peregrine was developed by Iron Will Innovations, Inc., a think tank formed to bring game-changing products to the global market. With an innovative culture, IWI aims to empower people everywhere with products like The Peregrine, and change the way the world interacts with technology. For more information, visit http://www.ThePeregrine.com and follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ThePeregrineGamingGlove and Twitter at http://twitter.com/ThePeregrine.

About S2 Games

The core S2 Games team is an experienced group of developers from diverse backgrounds, including film, fine art, computer science and business. Through this mix of skill and experience, a synergy is born creating a fresh perspective in game design. The mission of the S2 Games team is to create the next level of multiplayer gaming. With the creation of the K2™ Engine, they have the freedom to take online multiplayer games to heights not reached before. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.s2games.com.

The broken seals don’t just mean trouble for Droes Dungeon divers; they also mean trouble for the citizens of Chester Island. Scores of aggressive Droes monsters have started harassing travelers on their way to and from Cherrytown, and adventurers would be well advised to lend a hand if they want to gain the inhabitants’ trust.

Today’s news isn’t entirely bad, however, as the approaching update will also add a series of high-powered potions to the item shop. Specifically, players will soon be able to purchase potions that heal 50%, 75%, or 100% of their HP, MP, DP, or EN in one shot. Potions that heal both HP and MP over a period of time are also in the works, so there’s no excuse for even the most timid traveler to worry about exploring Florensia. Load up with the right potions and the right gear, and you may even stand a chance against the evil that lurks within the watery, luminous heart of Droes Dungeon!

For more information about the powered-up potions, Droes Dungeon, and Florensia in general, visit http://www.florensia-online.com/.

About Florensia

Florensia is a free-to-play, maritime MMORPG that blends vibrant, colorful graphics with classically accessible gameplay. Choosing one of four starting classes, from the sword-wielding Mercenary to the spell casting Noble, players will do battle with a huge variety of weapons and magical abilities as they explore expansive, underground dungeons and sail uncharted seas. Players from every corner of the globe have already signed up and headed out in search of adventure, and there has never a better time to join them in the wild and wonderful world of Florensia.

About Burda:ic

Burda:ic GmbH is an online games publisher that markets and distributes massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) such as Ragnarok Online, Florensia, and Hello Kitty Online. Furthermore, Burda:ic has established interactive gamer communities like alaplaya.net or sanriotown.com. More information about Burda:ic is available at www.burda-ic.com.

Stickmen Studios, a growing studio focused on casual games for the leading consoles and PC, today announced its next original title, Kung Fu Funk for WiiWare™. Kung Fu Funk takes players back to when martial arts had style, and colors were either vibrant or beige. Players enter the world of big hair and flared pants in this comedy Kung Fu movie styled game.

“Kung Fu Funk is great for parties, anyone who enjoys comedy action, and of course comedy Kung Fu movies,” said Wil McLellan, CEO of Stickmen Studios. “The Wii Remote is the perfect interface for players to experience the fun of being a Kung Fu fighter with the funk.”

Players must first master ancient 70’s moves, using the unique Wii™ motion sensing controls. A training montage of mini-games prepares players for the culmination of Kung Fu Funk, with the final test of skills in the disco dojo showdown. Pricing and release timing for the game will be announced in the coming weeks.

Kung Fu Funk features:

• 1970’s styled funky Kung Fu mini-games
• The original 1970’s hit song “Kung Fu Fighting”.
• Singing Yaks!
• Comedy Kung Fu moves
• Up to four player Party mode

For more Kung Fu Funk game information, please visit: www.kungfufunk.com

About Stickmen Studios
Based in beautiful Christchurch New Zealand, Stickmen Studios is an independent game design company dedicated to producing top tier Casual games. The company provides a complete suite of game production services from game design and concept art to quality animation, programming and testing. Stickmen Studios is an officially licensed developer for Nintendo of America (Wii), Nintendo of Europe (Wii) and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (PS3). For more information, please visit: www.stickmenstudios.co.nz

Nintendo trademarks used under license. WiiWare is available only through the Wii console.

“We’ve received an unprecedented level of interest for the Audition Call for Artists Campaign, so naturally we want to extend the deadline to maximize the number of entries our community can choose from during the voting period,” stated Eric Liu, Global Manager of Redbana US.

Additionally, starting today Audition fans can visit http://www.audition.redbana.com/event to sample the music that has been submitted thus far and get ready to vote for their favorites when the voting period opens on March 01, 2010.

The Call for Artists Campaign winners will have their song featured in Audition Online , exposing their music to Audition’s diverse worldwide audience of 300+ million fans, and will win one of the following prizes to help further their music careers:

1st Place – Pro Tools M-Powered 8 DAW ($250 value)
2nd Place – $200 Gift Certificate to MusiciansFriend.com
3rd Place – $150 Gift Certificate to MusiciansFriend.com

To sample the Call for Artists music, or to submit music of your own, visit: http://www.audition.redbana.com/event

For more information about Redbana or Audition , please visit: http://www.audition.redbana.com/

About Audition Online

Audition is an online music and dancing game that allows players to compete and cooperate with players from around all over the world. The objective of the game is to dance your way to virtual stardom by syncing avatar’s moves with the beat of today’s hottest pop music. Players enjoy a variety of single and multiplayer modes, and in-game clothing and accessories can be bought to customize player avatars.

About Redbana US Corporation

Formed in April 2008, Redbana US Corporation is the North American development and publishing arm of Korean publisher, T3 Entertainment. Home to a group of developers hailing from renowned studios such as Blizzard Entertainment, NCSoft, Rockstar Games, Electronic Arts, Turbine, Inc., Monolith, Nihilistic, and Sony Online Entertainment, Redbana is poised to become a premiere North American studio with an assemblage of programmers, designers, and artists boasting decades of experience developing high quality titles. Their current titles include the online rhythm game Audition and the highly anticipated MMO Mythos. For more information, visit http://www.redbana.com/