February 17, 2012 in Preview

Seen our previews so far on the upcoming Dark Legends MMORPG? Are you someone who’s more visually inclined? How about a trailer to tide you over until the release?

Dark Legends Trailer

Dark Legends opens with the player recently raised and under the direction of the vampire that sired them. The secret existence of vampires has been exposed and angry, misguided humans are uniting to exterminate the undead plague by any means necessary. Players must work with their clan to survive this brutal new world.  Dark Legends is a MMORPG set to be released in Q1 of 2012 for iOS, Android and Chrome. 

Watch Live – The Humble Bundle Mojam

February 17, 2012 in Announcements, Indie News

Hey, look at this… A new way for Humble Bundle to raise money for charity with help from Mojang! You can donate to the following charities this time around: EFF, Child’s Play, charity: water and American Red Cross

Mojang has one weekend to make your game — live! The indie studio Mojang will be livestreaming all the glory and drama of making a brand new game in 60 hours. Based on a poll of more than 100,000 users, Mojang is tackling a real-time strategy shoot ‘em up with a steampunk ancient Egypt theme!

You can watch the live stream on Twitch.TV or on the Humble Bundle website. Enjoy, I am sure there will be some great moments during these 60 hours.

Spacetime’s Legends Mobile MMO Franchise Surpasses 100 Million Play Sessions

February 10, 2012 in Announcements, Indie News

AUSTIN, TexasSpacetime Studios‘ mobile MMOs Pocket Legends and Star Legends: The Blackstar Chronicles have been played more than 100 million times. Spacetime players spend about twice the number of hours playing Legends titles than the average gamer spends across all mobile games each month.

Users with iPhones play games for 14.7 hours per month while Android users play around 9.3 hours per month according to Nielsen research. The average Spacetime player spends 25.2 hours per month playing Legends titles alone.

Since the inception of Spacetime Studios, the primary focus has been to bring the immersive MMO experience traditionally found on the PC to the mobile world in meaningful, bite-sized play sessions.

“MMO games by their nature are more engaging and involved than most genres, but making that work in the mobile world is very delicate balancing act,” said Cinco Barnes, Chief Vision Officer and co-founder, Spacetime Studios. “With each launch of a Legends title we make it our mission to innovate and it has become the largest, most successful mobile MMO franchise in the world.”

Spacetime Studios has continually expanded the Legends franchise since the advent of Pocket Legends and its rich fantasy world in 2010. The second title and sci-fi adventure, Star Legends: The Blackstar Chronicles was made commercially available in 2011. The third entry in the franchise, vampire-themed Dark Legends, will be released in the first quarter of 2012. Read the rest of this entry →

Latest Trailer and New Games On Little Indie

February 9, 2012 in Announcements, Indie News

Since its launch in fall 2011, Little Indie has released six new games. To bring even more games to the portal, the client has been extended to support full DRM free titles. These don’t require a connected client or even the client running at all. To celebrate this new exciting feature and the latest releases, a new trailer has been produced and published.

New games have been added to the collection: Our original launch titles have been joined by the roguelike Pitman and the Windows port of the X-Box original Spring Up Harmony. High Tech Racing, a high-octane slot car simulator, and Baby Jones, an innovative puzzle game with its ubercute protagonist are now available exclusively on Little Indie. Other additions are the retro-styled Drag Rally 2 and Planet of the Eights.

With several exclusive titles which are tailor-made for the platform, Little Indie and Jade:DS prepare to become an important distribution technology for indepentent games with needs outside the standard. Read the rest of this entry →