The Testament of Sherlock Holmes unveils its Official Website and a Video!

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, the new investigation video game developed for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC by Frogwares, today unveiled a new video teaser! This is a great opportunity to discover the game’s incredible progress, both on production and narration.

This video immerses us in the dark ambiance of the game, in which the very personality of the famous detective is explored, and his true nature called into question. If Doctor Watson’s faith in Sherlock is reputedly unwavering, it will eventually fade and doubt will quickly set in as Holmes begins to act ever-more strangely. The video successfully carries the feeling of doubt concerning Sherlock Holmes, a feeling that will soon be felt by players as well as they progress through the investigation!

Also, we invite you to discover the official website of the Testament of Sherlock Holmes, which opens its doors today! This website is the place to be to stay informed about the game. Offering lots of information about The Testament of Sherlock Holmes–its story, production, and even the very character imagined by Doyle–the website also opens a huge gallery of screenshots and videos. Here is another opportunity to discover more about the universe of the game before its release!

Visit the official website of Sherlock Holmes

SYDNEY, Australia – 6 December 2011 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the Symantec Mobile Security Assessment Suite , a set of services that help enterprises evaluate their mobile security postures and develop defences against mobile threats and vulnerabilities. Leveraging Symantec’s extensive knowledge base and deep technical and operational skill sets, the Symantec Mobile Security Assessment Suite provides enterprises with strategic and tactical recommendations for the secure deployment of mobile devices and applications.

The exploding use of mobile devices and mobile applications within enterprises creates a unique set of challenges that must be addressed in order to ensure sensitive information accessed, stored and transmitted is properly protected. These challenges have left many organisations wondering how to manage the risks associated with these devices, transitioning them from simply consumer devices on the enterprise network to properly managed and protected endpoints.

“When it comes to implementing mobile technology, enterprises are being thrown into the fire,” said Clint Sand, senior director of the Security Business Practice at Symantec. “Enterprises know that security is the main impediment for broader adoption of mobility, but with all the changes in operating systems and applications, IT managers are unclear on how to comprehensively address the security challenges. We want to help these organisations with an assessment of their security posture and make recommendations on the best ways to embrace BYOD.”

Symantec Mobile Security Assessment Suite uses a solution oriented approach based on Symantec’s exclusive Mobile Security Framework. It consists of two modules; one for holistic assessment of enterprise mobile security, and one specifically focused on mobile application security.

• Symantec Mobile Security Assessments evaluate the level of risk inherent in the enterprise use of mobile computing devices, such as the Apple iPhone, iPad, or Android phones and tablets. The assessments provide an understanding of present or anticipated exposure to information security risk likely to result from gaps within the information security programs, policies and processes, based on mobile device use cases and available security controls
• Symantec Mobile App Security Assessments evaluate the security of an organisation’s custom mobile applications against best practice criteria for mobile application security. By simulating real-world device operating system and application-level attacks, the tests provide insight into the ability of an organisation’s mobile applications to resist attacks from unauthorised users and to help prevent misuse by valid users

After completion of the assessments, Symantec delivers a written report which includes an executive summary, showing the high-level analysis and findings, a scorecard illustrating the organisation’s mobile security readiness, detailed findings and recommendations, and prioritised action plans for closing any gaps that may exist. Enterprises can use the final report to formalise their mobile strategies and deployment plans around mobile device management, mobile data loss prevention, mobile encryption, mobile anti-virus and mobile authentication.

Availability
The Symantec Mobile Security Assessment Suite is currently available. These services can be purchased directly from Symantec.

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Wargame: European Escalation, the new real-time strategy game for PC by Eugen Systems, specialist of the genre and developer of the critically-acclaimed R.U.S.E.™ and Act of War: Direct Action™, today unveiled a series of 5 new screenshots! Wargame: European Escalation is a real-time strategy game built around depth and reflection, the key element of all classic wargames.

The battles between NATO and the Warsaw Pact are raging more violently than ever, as each side is trying to get to higher ground. The 5 screenshots released today are testifying once again for the great capability of the graphics engine developed by Eugen Systems: Lighting, modelling, visual and sound effects, but also the size of the battlefields and number of units… all aimed at creating a grand visual showcase, while still providing a real depth to strategy. Battles in Wargame: European Escalation are as impressive as there are profoundly tactical! This is all but a mere taste of what awaits all virtual commanders in the huge solo campaign and in its complete multiplayer mode, when the game releases in 2012!

Herzogenaurach, December 5 2011 – In conjunction with adidas’ release of the miCoach SPEED_CELL™, and the much-anticipated adizero F50 soccer cleat, miCoach Soccer has arrived for free on iPhone and iPod touch. The miCoach SPEED_CELL™, adidas’ latest injection of advanced technology into training, captures an athlete’s 360° movement and measures key performance metrics including average speed, maximum speed, number of sprints, total distance, distance at high intensity levels, total steps and stride rates.
 
The miCoach SPEED_CELL™ can be placed directly into the cavity of the adizero F50 soccer cleat, or attached to any training shoe when purchased separately. The device’s internal memory tracks and stores up to seven hours of data and wirelessly transmits performance data to iPhone, iPod touch, MAC or PC.
 
miCoach Soccer for iPhone and iPod touch
 
adidas’ miCoach Soccer app syncs with SPEED_CELL™, collects and visualizes data, and allows athletes to share stats via social media or upload stats to adidas’ interactive online training system, miCoach.com. Data can then be analyzed and compared with friends, followers, and even some of the top soccer players in the world. Athletes can use the stats collected from the pitch to power a virtual avatar featured in the miCoach Soccer mini-game. The more an athlete train or plays, the better their mini-game avatar will perform.
 
Daniel Alves, one of the world’s premier defensive players and miCoach Soccer’s chief ambassador, walks athletes through the app experience and provides encouragement via a series of in-app videos and motivational messages.
 
The app is available for free on the iTunes App Store at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/micoach-soccer/id479843852?mt=8

Haarlem, The Netherlands – 5 December 2011 – Videogame publisher Iceberg Interactive and UNIGINE Corp., are pleased to announce the signing of the naval strategy game “Oil Rush” for PC, Mac and Linux. The deal includes all boxed retail rights for UK, Germany, France, Scandinavia, Australia/NZ, S-Africa and Benelux and a selection of download rights. The global war for oil in the flooded post-apocalyptic world of “Oil Rush” starts on February 24^th 2012 by Iceberg in retail and January 25^th 2012 online.

Debut Title from the Tough Guys Out Now on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Copenhagen, Denmark – December 5th, 2011 – Tough Guy Studios, a new independent micro studio staffed by indie veterans and fuelled by a desire to create and develop unique interactive entertainment experiences, today announced the availability of their debut game Time Ducks – now available on the App store for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Taking players back in time in more than one way, Time Ducks is a mixture of innocent animals, Froggers’ gameplay mechanics and Braids’ creative and ingenious time manipulation.

Featuring over 15 different animals and 30 cars, your goal is simple – deliver the animals safely across the road by drawing routes for them on your touch screen. The drivers steer their cars like maniacs, but fortunately the animals possess the ability to manipulate time!

Through modern finger-swipe technology, the animals magically rewind or fast forward time. During rewinding, time stops in its tracks as the traffic moves back, creating useful openings and potential dangers as you move to safety. Fast-forwarding time produces a super-fast visual multi-Technicolor extravaganza that will boost your score with crazy combos.

Apart from being a game and a cabaret show, Time Ducks is also a music box. The music and effects, composed by Lasse Sommer and performed by ‘Hank & the Fiddlers of the Past, Present and Future’ is affected by the passing of time, allowing you to create your very own audio and visual experience.

With an all-star cast including a bear body builder, a celebrity teen idol, two house bands, a private instruction/insult lesson, 35 achievements and a maximum score of 999999999, Time Ducks is not for those who are chronologically challenged!
To download Time Ducks from the App Store, please use the following link:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/time-ducks/id481310810?mt=8

To learn more about the Tough Guys check out the official site over at:- http://www.toughguystudios.com/

About Tough Guy Studios
Tough Guy Studios is a tiny independent game studio located in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Fuelled by a strong desire to create unique emotional experiences, be it in small arcade style games or in large scale psychological fairytale story games, the Tough Guys always go their own way. Inspired by literature, avant-garde movies, childhood memories and conversations in smoke filled bar rooms, the Tough Guys create experiences that feel truly fresh and unique.

The Tough Guy manifesto emphasizes that the gaming experience follows the Pareto distribution: 20% is induced by gameplay and 80% by the players imagination and emotions. The TGS games are all created with a tremendous respect for the medium and for the player. The game must always tickle the players conceptions and transcend the actual gaming experience.

Tough Guy Studios is run by three tough tireless fireballs, Morten Sommer, who comes with years of experience from working in the game/visual experience field, working both in self-founded start-ups and acclaimed companies such as Unity Technologies. He dreams about the mental pictures he got when playing games as a kid and wants to give back the feeling that a game was more in your imagination than on the screen. Lasse Sommer, brother, master of ideas, and artistic genius behind graphics and sound for Tough Guy Studios. And Christian Lauth, an old school philosopher, entrepreneur and marketing guru trapped in a younger man’s body.

MELBOURNE, Australia – 5 December, 2011 – Puzzled Rabbit, an app with a charming take on the classic sokoban style of block-moving puzzles, is now available for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch as well as Android devices.

In the world of rabbit, life has one natural purpose, which is moving the red boxes into the green spots. With nearly 200 levels to complete, Puzzled Rabbit offers a cute and challenging experience as well as a novel reward for completing each level – a quote of wisdom from Albert Einstein and other luminaries.

“My hope is that Puzzled Rabbit, with its unique artistic presentation will give players a chance to truly enjoy solving old-school sokoban puzzles,” said Maciej Sawitus, developer at Pixel Elephant.

Puzzled Rabbit highlights include:
• Fun and addictive game-play;
• Nearly 200 challenging levels;
• Rewarding wisdom quote;
• Online leaderboards.

Availability
Puzzled Rabbit is available from the following stores:

Puzzled Rabbit
App Store on iPhone or iPod touch or at http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/puzzled-rabbit/id465250747?mt=8
Google Marketplace on Android devices or at https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pixelelephant.puzzledrabbitq

Puzzled Rabbit HD
App Store on iPad or at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puzzled-rabbit-hd/id464569065?mt=8

Pricing: US $0.99 / AUD $0.99

Iron-clad security meets feather-light technology in Bitdefender Mobile Security

SYDNEY & AUCKLAND – December 5, 2011 –Bitdefender®, the award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, is opening a new front in its war on malware and other online threats with the launch of Bitdefender Mobile Security – its first security product for the Android market.

Bitdefender Mobile Security links in-the-cloud technology to the company’s years of experience of battling against e-threats. Bitdefender Mobile Security is crafted by Bitdefender’s veteran security team and fine-tuned with the help of more than 120,000 beta testers.

Bitdefender’s Mobile Security has made steady updates to the security software to ensure more efficient use of the device’s battery and operating system.

Bitdefender Mobile Security features an Application Audit that keeps a watchful eye on the permissions of installed applications; Anti-Theft that allows users to track down a lost or stolen device, and Web Security that alerts Android users to lurking threats such as phishing or malware on web pages.

“Security can be iron-clad and feather-light at the same time – Bitdefender Mobile Security proves it,” said Bitdefender Senior Product Manager, Alexandru Balan.

“The security is guaranteed by Bitdefender’s years of experience on the front lines of the war against e-threats. At the same time, our in-the-cloud technology prevents battery strain, updates continuously and takes it easy on the operating system. Mobile security is, finally, truly mobile. Android device users can now be secure without having to constantly carry around their phone chargers.”

For more information on Bitdefender Mobile Security, please visit the product page.

The most popular cricket game in the world, Stick Cricket, is available today as an Android app. Already the number one iPhone App for sports games, the Stick Cricket Android version enables users of Android phones and tablets mobile access to the world s most popular online cricket game.

Available for FREE download from Android Market : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sticksports.stickcricket
The pro pack featuring additional games modes is also available for 1.49.

A title of online legendary status, (Pocket-Lint), Stick Cricket sees the player assume a batsman role, with the opportunity to select from 14 international teams in 5 match formats. Real player names and true to life international venues (right down to seagull sound effects) make for a compelling time, fine tuning form and honing the perfect cover drive, hook or six against the likes of Anderson, McGrath, Holding and Lillee.

Responding to significant demand for an Android app, and released in time for Christmas and the Australian cricket season, Stick Sports Managing Director, Paul Collins looks forward to welcoming Android players to the challenge, Given the success of Stick Cricket on iOS, it s finally time for Android users to experience the phenomenon. We have invested in significant research and testing to meet the challenges presented by multiple handsets and screen sizes, and are excited about the results.

Stick Cricket is published by Stick Sports Ltd, an Anglo-Australian company creating sports games. Along with Stick Football, Stick Baseball, Stick Tennis, Stick Aussie Rules and Stick Racing Games, they have also created custom games for clients including UEFA, KFC, Pepsi, Toyota, Slazenger and The ECB.