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No Waiting, More Playing! PlayScreen today launches its Instant Opponent Social Game System in Word Carnivale. In Word Carnivale, players are pitted against their friends in a “best of three” contest to form words within the allotted time. Word Carnivale replaces boring static blocks with balloons that pop when words are formed, allowing new balloons to float up. The new system enables all Word Carnivale players to start a game and play their turn within seconds, at any time of the day.

Kwalee announces Koala, their proprietary, cross platform, game players network. Kwalee makes social games and Koala provides the entire infrastructure to allow players to find and play each other. Totally platform independent, a player in the USA using a PC could play against someone in Italy using an Android tablet. Koala lives in the cloud and is extremely scaleable. It sits on Amazon servers to ensure maximum stability and speed. It has the ability to run multiple in game currencies.

Independent game developer, Pixels on Toast, today introduces Food Run 1.0.5 for iOS. Food Run is a level-based platform game, combining a simple one-touch interface with old school platformer gameplay. The goal in Food Run is to reach the end of the level, collecting all the foods and stars along the way. As foods are liberated from their floating bubbles, they start following the player, joining the food chain behind. The app features colorful characters and crisp cartoon visuals.

Game developer Richard Lay, founder of SkyTop Labs, has announced the release of Kapeesh 1.8.1, a mobile social game where the aim is to describe an answer for others to guess, without using a list of taboo words. Inspired by the success of OMGPOP’s Draw Something which was acquired by Zynga in 2012, Kapeesh has set out to gain the attention of social gamers around the world who prefer to express themselves using their words rather than a paint brush.

360 Digital Co. today announces their first app, Write It! Versus 1.0 for iOS. It’s a writing game similar to those note passing games straight out of junior high classrooms. But instead of a teacher snatching the story away and reading it aloud in front of the whole class, the story can be broadcast over multiple social media networks for the entire world to see. The new app seeks to make its mark with young adults across the globe by providing a unique prompt to inspire originality.

Haypi Co., Ltd. announces the release of their new MMORPG, Haypi Monster 1.0.2. For the kid and the hero in everyone, Haypi Monster provides entertainment and challenge. Game experts have called Haypi Monster the best Pokemon-based game available for iOS devices. This game features over a hundred different critters that each have their unique fighting skills and element type. Players must combat and capture, breed and bless. Only those with sharp wits and excellent battle tactics will succeed.

The former software-sharing site administrator that was convicted of copyright infringement and served time in a federal prison has turned over a new leaf and is now developing legitimate iPhone apps. Scott McCausland, co-owner of The AppFlixion Group, has been spending his post-prison time developing software and has recently released his first app into Apple’s App Store. Bust A Caption+ 2.0 is an image captioning app meant to bring a little laughter to an otherwise heavy world.

Mobile game studio, BrainBlast Games today announces Curio 1.5, an update to its popular 2D side-scrolling adventure game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Filled with mood altering gameplay and a storyline that evolves as you progress, Curio begins deep within the confines of an asylum for the criminally insane. The game has undergone a refreshingly massive face lift. New perks, new secrets, and best of all, the game looks absolutely beautiful on the new iPhone’s and iPod touch’s larger screens.

Seattle based Hado Labs today introduces Hearts 1.0, a fun new entertainment app developed for iPhone, iPod, iPad and iPad Mini. Hearts makes it easy to express your feelings and share creative messages with those you love. With the touch of a finger, design single valentines with varied sentiments and decorative borders or layer multiple hearts to build rich textural effects. Save and print your high-resolution creations, or share them instantly via email, Facebook or Twitter.

Boston based Thefty Jack Studios have declared their intention to honor “the Zombie days of Winter” by lowering the price of their game, “Zombie I Scream.” Feed specially formulated ice cream cones to an onslaught of relentless, though lovable, zombies. Each zombie requires a special recipe, which the truck’s scanners tell you moments before the undead shuffle to your window. Save enough humans and the apocalypse is avoided.