September 2013

Indie developer Brent Chionh today launches Matching in the Rain, a colorful new puzzle game for iOS devices. Matching in the Rain provides familiar match-3 gameplay set against the backdrop of a soothing rainy evening. Puzzles are completed by clearing the board in an allotted number of moves, allowing players to play at their own pace. With many challenging puzzles to complete and explosive powerups to assist, Matching in the Rain is an addictive take on the classic matching game.

BeautiFun Games today announced that Nihilumbra is officially available for Mac OS X. Use the power of the colors to change the world around you, and join Born on his adventure while he tries to stay alive and escape from his inevitable fate: being consumed by the pure emptiness. The Void. Story, puzzles, challenges, terrifying enemies, lots of hours of gameplay, unlockable modes, and tons of fun, promising artistic aesthetics, and intuitive and simple controls.

Playmage today announces Dragon Era – Slots Adventure 1.0.5, their second major mobile game title for iOS. Dragon Era takes players on an epic voyage across the seas, where they can recruit hundreds of unique characters on grand quest for glory. Fight beautiful maidens, pirates, angels, bosses and dragons. Choose from over 250 exotic crew members and evolve them into powerful demons and gods. The game features a perfect blend of Slots, RPG, and CCG genre with simple and exiting gameplay.

Quizpics 2.0 is the latest guessing game made by the young team at Quizpics Pty Ltd. Think Logo quiz, 4 pics 1 Word and Icon pop Quiz all rolled in to one. With a fun cartoon theme that’s consistent across the whole game, from the clever individually hand drawn illustrations, to the carnival like musical score which plays in the background, Quizpics ensures a frustratingly addictive and fun user experience for those of all ages that love to put their thinking caps on and enjoy a good challenge.

Runesoft today is proud to announce Empire Builder – Cultures: 8th Wonder of The World has been released on the Mac Appstore. The game, originally developed by Funatics GmbH for the PC, is now for the first time available for Intel only Mac users. The game is the sequel to the very popular Real-Time-Strategy hit game Cultures: Northland. The game features lovingly animated characters, an eventful campaign, 3 levels of difficulty to choose from and now offers support for wide screen resolutions.

Nah-Meen Studios today announces Trial By Survival 1.10, an update to their popular game title for iOS devices. Trial By Survival is a beautifully drawn post apocalyptic action RPG with roguelike and strategy elements. Players will have to find food within the ruins of the wasteland to use for traveling the world map. The update brings exciting new features including a food mechanic and night time searching to Survival Mode. More weapons have also been added to the player’s arsenal.

Flow Studio, an independent game developer, announced today a $250,000 Seed Fund from Synot Holding a.s. Studio is known for its iOS titles Power of Logic and Sortee with 2.7M downloads. The company had two other Leap Motion apps for PC and Mac, Sortee and Midnight, prior to the July 22 release of Leap Motion. With its new funding, Flow Studio plans to increase its capacity and development speed so it can launch more Leap Motion enabled apps and find the right market within the next 12 months.

Yijie Studio today introduces R-ROUND 1.0 for iPad, its casual arcade game, where players must swivel a circular platform so that the hero, fixed on the edge, hits oncoming enemies in time with the music. It has some of the most foot-tapping, jingly pop tunes in gaming. Players earn combo points based on the number of consecutive hits without misses and how close the initial contact is to the beat of the music. With top-quality 3D animation and original music, R-ROUND rewards rhythm & reflexes.

Dutch company RappTech B.V. introduces Badger? 1.0, its new puzzle game for iOS devices. Developed as a playful nod to the growing prevalence of icons and badges in people’s daily lives. this multidimensional game builds upon the player’s spatial awareness and calculation skills. Make combinations of at least three icons with the same letter, badge number or color by swapping icons in a 4 x 5 grid. The app also includes iOS Game Center multiplay, where players can compete anywhere in the world.