Electronics

iFree Studio announces Easter promotion events for Lies of Astaroth 1.1 for iOS. In Lies of Astaroth, an RPG card-battle hybrid game, players use a level of strategy not often found in the current mobile game market. This fantasy MMORPG card game of card collecting, role playing, adventure and social interaction, is easy to learn, allowing players to jump right into the game action. Easter promotion events include bonus gold and crystal events, Scavenger Hunts, a new card naming event, and more.

Happymagenta today releases Video Poker by Happymagenta, an artistic approach to a classic card game, with a beautiful card deck art, sleek graphic design and fluid animations. Designed for both offline and online play, it offers players participating in a global country versus country competition, as well as competing in country and worldwide ratings. As a universal app, it supports iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, is maximized for Retina displays, and has synchronization via iCloud.

PLEK Studios today announces Shows Tracker 1.1 for iOS, an update to its entertainment app that stylishly displays all the details of the user’s favorite TV shows, including Seasons, Episodes, Broadcast Dates, Plot Summaries, Production Stills, Show Logos, Total Seasons, Current Airdates & Times, Networks, and more. Featuring translucent black animated windows and buttons, the app also has a Show Calendar, an RSS Feed of the latest TV-related news and photos, iCloud Sync, and built-in sharing.

Hit The Lights by XPerienced is a new puzzle solving game for iPhone with a gameplay that reminds of and old, good “The Incredible Machine” series. Combined with a stunning, cartoon graphics, polished user experience and original music by famous guitar teacher Justin Sandercoe it guarantees a fun and challenging entertainment for many hours. The difficulty of levels is tailored in a way that helps players get used to game mechanics at first and difficulty of each next level graduates.

Wimlog debuts Cats in Black 1.0 for iOS, its sliding puzzle game, where players move one or more cats within an 8×11 grid with the goal of capturing an egg. They need to plan several moves ahead, while following the simple rules of the game: a cat must always alternate between horizontal and vertical moves. Players must visualize a series of moves to capture the egg, use obstacles to their advantage, strategically relocate movable objects, and avoid landing on corner squares that cage the cat.

UK based application and games developer Liquid5 today, is proud to announce they have secured seed funding for a range of new product streams and cross promotional platforms. Investment has been secured by the firm’s co-founders Ted Nash and Nick Reffitt, from Marc Nohr (co-founder and CEO of Kitcatt Nohr Digitas), Steve Pankhurst (co-founder of FriendsReunited) and Tim Ward (former marketing director at FriendsReunited).

Mpeople Inc. today announces Big Sliding 1.1, an update to its game title for iPhone and iPod touch. Big Sliding is a game that stingray enjoys sliding on the water in the seabed cave and pushes obstacles out of the screen by firing the projectiles during sliding. Blow away stress by tilting iPhone to fire projectiles at obstacles to push them out of the way before stingray meets it. Big Sliding features 3 stages, including beginner, intermediate and expert.

You know the feeling of spying through a peephole: you can only see a small percentage of what’s behind it, and the rest leaves you desperately guessing? “Guess That Pic” creates mind-bending challenges of that same vein. Each turn, a partially obscured picture is presented, and players must guess what it is before revealing the entire image. From the creators of “Photo Quiz,” this free-to-try app is now available for iOS and Android devices.

Haypi Co., Ltd. today announces Haypi Monster 1.2, an update to its fun-to-play MMORPG for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Haypi Monster is a two-in-one game that combines strategy with luck. Players can capture, collect, breed, and bless over a hundred monsters from 9 different element types. Version 1.2 contains fifteen new monsters, new scenes, new skills, and new Mystery Talents. Version 1.2 also introduces a new ice element as well as increases the level cap from 40 to 50.

Empoc Interactive announces their new KickStarter project for Novus: Tanaak’s Quest, its 2D action, puzzle platformer. Novus is designed to give the player a retro look and feel like the games back in the 80’s. Tanaak has volunteered to go to Novus to battle all of these little pests all to recover crystals for some core generator that his civilization needs in order to survive. Novus: Tanaak’s Quest will be released on Mac OSX first followed by iPhone, iPad and iPod.