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Touch-friendly puzzle game available on the App Store for $1.99 in the US, £1.19 in the UK and €1.59 for the rest of Europe

Gothenburg, Sweden & Tampere, Finland – November 20^th, 2009 – Legendo Entertainment and Innogiant today announced that Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!!, an original falling-block puzzle game wrapped up in the adventures of wacky spirit wardens Becky and Tim, is now available on the iTunes App Store. The game, which offers game modes for all types of gamers, can be downloaded from:

http://itunes.apple.com/app/spooky-spirits-puzzle-drop/id339559266?mt=8

Developed by the handheld specialists at newly founded Innogiant, Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!!, will have players traveling the world, capturing  runaway spirits in various fun and exciting game modes designed for puzzle fanatics and casual players alike. Having fallen asleep on their watch and lost the Spookies, Becky and Tim are banished and risk losing their spirit warden jobs unless they manage to recapture these pesky ghosts. The unfortunate duo must search haunted locations on Earth to track down the Spookies including the Sphinx of Egypt, a Haunted House in England and an abandoned crypt in Finland featuring none other than Dead Santa himself.

Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!! offers a unique twist on the classic falling block and “match-2” gameplay format. In the game, players build and expand stacks of Spookies in any direction and in any amount.

Three Game Modes:

• In the Panic Mode, players must clear each level by catching an appropriate amount of Spookies before the screen overfills.
• Puzzle Mode is a relaxed mode with no stress – players must outsmart the Spookies’ clever puzzles and beat them in their own game using only a limited number of blocks.
• Eternity Mode is a Tetris-inspired exhaust mode that just keeps going for as long as players can keep it at or reach the max-score of 9,999,999 points (that’s A LOT of Spookies to catch!).

Touch Controls:

• Swipe the screen to control the game, left and right selects blocks, up swaps them and down drops them!

Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!! can be downloaded from the Apple App Store via iTunes or directly from compatible handsets and costs $1.99 (£1.19 or €1.59).

About Legendo Entertainment
Legendo Entertainment is an independent publisher and developer of computer and video games based on myths, legends, classic novels and historical events. Though its headquarters are located in Sweden, Legendo uses a distributed development model employing top talent from across the world. Legendo currently publishes and develops for the PC, Nintendo’s Wii system and Apple’s iPhone / iPod Touch.

About Innogiant
Innogiant is a newly founded games outfit located in Tampere, Finland. The studio specializes in developing downloadable games for handheld devices with its first title being Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!! for Apple’s iPhone / iPod Touch.

Last night Steam rolled out an update for Shattered Horizon which added three popular features requested by our community.

“ROLL LEFT” AND “ROLL RIGHT” CAN NOW BE ASSIGNED TO INDIVIDUAL KEYS.
Fans of Descent, space-sims, and other six-degrees-of-freedom games now have more options to set up and play Shattered Horizon the way they want.

EACH GRENADE TYPE CAN BE ASSIGNED TO A QUICK SELECT KEY.
A quick-key for each grenade type makes it easier to select and fire the right one when under pressure.

CHANGES TO THE COLOR OF THE EMP GRENADE EFFECT.
The color of the EMP lightning effect on players has been changed from blue to white to better balance the effect on MMC players.

OTHER NEWS: GUEST PASSES
This week we have been giving Steam Guest Passes to all of our existing players. Those looking to try Shattered Horizon before they buy should have no problem getting a pass from a friend with the game or from one of the many generous people in our community forums.

Shattered Horizon forums:
http://futuremark.yougamers.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=93

Shattered Horizon forums on Steam:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=755

Full details of the update are listed below. If you have any questions about Shattered Horizon please feel free to get in touch.

PATCH NOTES – Shattered Horizon 1.0.2.3

NEW CONTROL OPTIONS
- Each grenade type can now be assigned to a separate quick-select key.
- “Roll left” and “Roll right” can now be assigned to individual keys.
You can adjust the roll speed when rolling with keys. While you are rolling with keys the mouse is completely free to aim.
- Both the mouse and the individual keys can be used to roll in-game, you don’t have to choose between them so are free to use different roll methods depending on which you prefer for each situation.
- Help screens and FPS-counter controls can now be bound to different keys in the controls menu.
- Added mouse wheel support to controls.

GAME CHANGES
- The color of the EMP lightning effect on players has been changed from blue to white. This change is to reduce confusion when MCC (yellow) players are EMPed. The EMP particle effect however is still blue and will be changed in a future update.
- When typing a message using in-game chat, a history of all in-game chat messages will appear. The text will disappear automatically after a short time.

BUG FIXES
- Firing the weapon in silent running mode now plays the correct muffled audio.
- Fixed a rare bug that caused rendering to freeze while the game continued running.
- Fixed an occasional issue that resulted in a player spawning into a level with too much speed.
- Fixed an issue with shadows initializing incorrectly, which could cause aliased sharp edges.
- Fixed a bug with in-game chat where lines of text could appear on top of each other.
- Fixed a bug that allowed in-game chat to be used while in silent running mode.

DEVIANTART CHALLENGES ARTISTS WITH  DARKSIDERS: THESE ARE YOUR LAST DAYS CONTEST 

Submit Your Interpretation of the Apocalypse to Win Video Game Prizes 

Hollywood, Calif., November 20 – deviantART today announced the Darksiders: These Your Last Days Contest, based on the highly-anticipated action-adventure game from THQ, Darksiders.  The contest will challenge deviantART’s online community of millions to create artwork depicting an apocalypse vision of their own.  The winners will be personally selected by Joe Madureira, the legendary comic book artist and Creative Director at Vigil Games, the development studio behind the game. Darksiders is scheduled to be available January 7, 2010 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system 

Artists can submit their entries online to win prizes.  For rules, and more information about the Darksiders: These Are Your Last Days Contest, please visit  http://www.deviantart.com/darksiders 

“We are really excited to partner with THQ to bring this contest to the deviantART community,” said Heather Wetzler, deviantART’s vice-president of Advertising Sales “It’s a great opportunity to engage with both artists and gamers, and a privilege to be working with Joe Madureira.”  

Darksiders is an original action-adventure game that will plunge players into a near future world devastated by the apocalypse.  Developed by THQ’s internal development studio Vigil Games, Darksiders gives players the ability to experience the supernatural destructive power of WAR, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, as he explores a demon ravaged world – seeking revenge and ultimate redemption with a vast array of modern and mythical weaponry. 

About deviantART

deviantART, Inc. runs the largest online art community in the world with over 80 million unique pieces of artwork and 30 million monthly unique users worldwide. Its past advertising integrations have included brands such as adidas, Wacom, nVidia, Focus Features, Mountain Dew and Scion. 

About THQ

THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. The company develops its products for all popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices. Headquartered in Los Angeles County, California, THQ sells product through its global network of offices located throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. More information about THQ and its products may be found at www.thq.com and www.thqwireless.com. THQ, Vigil Games, Darksiders and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc. 

Microsoft, Xbox 360 and the Xbox logos are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or in other countries and are used under license from Microsoft. 

“PLAYSTATION” is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 

All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

OPERATION FLASHPOINT^®: DRAGON RISING MULTIPLAYER PC DEMO OUT NOW! 

Insert behind enemy lines in Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising PC Demo – download Intel available at www.flashpointgame.com

It is with great pleasure I give you your first glimpse of the BioShock®2 Special Edition available in Australia and New Zealand on February 9, 2010 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Games for Windows LIVE. The BioShock 2 Special Edition carries a suggested retail price of $149.95 (NZ $159.95) for Xbox 360 and PS3 and $129.95 (NZ $129.95) for Games for Windows LIVE. (Image of the BioShock 2 Special Edition is attached)  

The BioShock 2 Special Edition  celebrates the game’s unique music and art with contents inspired by the time period and the fantastic undersea world of Rapture.
 
The Special Edition contains the following:
 
·        12” Vinyl LP with BioShock orchestral score

·        Audio CD with BioShock 2 orchestral score

·        Three vintage Rapture advertisement posters (rolled)

·        BioShock 2 Art Book, 164 pages and hardcover

·        BioShock 2 game 

Both the BioShock®2 Special Edition will be limited to a single-production run, so be sure to pre-order now to avoid disappointment!

http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/chipmaking/index.htm

CHAMPIONS ONLINE NEMESIS CONFRONTATION BEGINS 11.24.09 

Event to Run Alongside Free-to-Play Thanksgiving Weekend 

New York, NY (November 20, 2009) — Atari, Inc., one of the world’s most recognized videogame publishers, and Cryptic Studios, developers of City of Heroes, City of Villains, Champions Online and Star Trek Online, are pleased to reveal the Nemesis Confrontation event for Champions Online. On November 24, players will face their greatest Nemeses in a battle to protect our universe from being conquered by an interdimensional evil. 

“We wanted to take our unique Nemesis System to the next level and do something really awesome with it,” said Bill Roper, Executive Producer of Champions Online. “So we asked ourselves, what if your Nemesis could band together with your buddy’s Nemesis to take you on? Epic.”

Players will learn that their uniquely handcrafted Nemeses are trying to create a rift into another dimension in a plot to take over the Champions Universe. To save the world, a band of superheroes will need to defeat their ultimate enemies, as well as a host of dangerous alien gladiators and prison guards in an all new environment. The Nemesis Confrontation event will also launch alongside a free weekend of play that takes place between November 26 and November 30. 

Champions Online taps into a rich universe of heroes and villains with unparalleled intrigue and adventure. Cryptic Studios has taken the genre to new heights with Champions Online’s fast paced, “real time” action combat and the power of total customization.  Through Champions’ unique character customization tool the player can create and individualize every component of their hero: name, back story, costume, powers and abilities can all be modified in countless ways.  In addition to allowing players to transform into the ultimate hero, gamers can craft an enemy of the extreme opposite, concoct a villainous history for their ultimate foe and guarantee themselves a truly unique experience.    

To learn more about the Nemesis Confrontation event and to sign up for the free weekend, please visit: http://www.champions-online.com/nemesis_confrontation

Try Torchlight for Free at Perfect World Entertainment

November 19, 2009 – Redwood City, CA – Perfect World Entertainment today announced that players can now try out the highly-acclaimed, action-RPG, Torchlight, for free. The two hour free trial version of Torchlight can be downloaded from the Perfect World portal at http://torchlight.perfectworld.com/. Once the trial time has expired, players can unlock the full version for US$19.99.

Featuring hours of hack-and-slash, dungeon crawling adventure, Torchlight will also offer nearly limitless replayability with the developer tools with the full version.

For more information or to download a trial version of Torchlight from the Perfect World portal, please visit http://torchlight.perfectworld.com/.

About Runic Games, Inc.

Runic Games is a developer of PC-based entertainment software, designing games that focus on quality, approachability, and fun. Runic Games is staffed by a team with experienced members, including leads on “Diablo,” “Diablo II,” “Diablo II: Lord of Destruction,” “Fate,” “Hellgate: London” and “Mythos.” Runic Games is located in Seattle, Washington, United States.

About Perfect World Entertainment

Perfect World Entertainment, a subsidiary of Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD), publishes free-to-play, online games and provides online services in North America. The Company primarily publishes three-dimensional, or 3D, online games based on the Perfect World proprietary Angelica 3D game engine and game development platform. Perfect World Entertainment’s goal is to provide North American users with perfectly polished gameplay, exceptional localization, the highest quality customer service, and an unparalleled online community experience.

For more information on Perfect World Entertainment visit http://www.perfectworld.com/about/aboutus