“The Lost Crown: A Ghost-hunting Adventure” Goes Gold 

Ghostly things come to those who wait as anticipated suspense-adventure game for the PC is finally ready for its North American retail debut next monthWeston, CT – February 14, 2008 – Channeling the tingling excitement of sighting an approaching apparition after a long night’s ghost-hunt, Got Game Entertainment today announced that “The Lost Crown: A Ghost-hunting Adventure” has gone gold. Now set to haunt North American retail shelves this March, “The Lost Crown: A Ghost-hunting Adventure” finds ghost-hunters Nigel Danvers and Lucy Reubans in search of hidden treasures, and answers to an ancient mystery, along England’s fog-shrouded coastline. Created by Jonathan Boakes and his Darkling Room team, this hair-raising suspense-adventure game for the PC will make its retail debut at $29.99 (USD).

“We know it’s been a long wait for adventure fans, but care and precision are hallmarks of all Jonathan Boakes projects, and that often time-consuming attention to detail will certainly be seen in ‘The Lost Crown: A Ghost-hunting Adventure’,” said Got Game Entertainment President Howard Horowitz.

Bringing a frightening ghost story to spine-tingling life, “The Lost Crown: A Ghost-hunting Adventure” features actual E.V.P. (Electronic Voice Phenomena), photographs of unexplained entities captured by creator Jonathan Boakes while researching the game, and a bone-chilling original soundtrack. In a cinematic, richly detailed world filled with taunting town “locals” and mind-bending puzzles, players will be armed with the tools of the modern-day ghost-hunter to investigate local legends and discover long-lost secrets, previously known only to the dead.

For more information, visit www.TheLostCrown.com.

About Got Game Entertainment

Founded by Howard Horowitz, Got Game Entertainment, LLC is a leading publisher of interactive entertainment games. With the release of games such as “The Lost Crown: A Ghost-hunting Adventure”, Got Game Entertainment continues its commitment to bringing to market quality games offering exceptional entertainment. For more information on the company and its games, visit www.GotGameEntertainment.com.

About Jonathan BoakesWriter and developer of the immensely popular supernatural ghost adventures, “Dark Fall” and “Dark Fall II: Lights Out”, Jonathan Boakes has already achieved legendary status in the world of adventure gaming. Working with Darkling Room, Jonathan brings a realistic edge to supernatural gaming. With unparalleled use of real gadgets, traditional techniques, and a gift for storytelling, he creates truly immersive game experiences. Splitting his time between London and Cornwall, Jonathan uses England’s most south-westerly location as a muse and inspiration for his work. As well as enjoying the sights, scenery and legends, he formed the ghost-hunting group known as This Haunted Land (www.thishauntedland.co.uk), to investigate local paranormal phenomena, and provide research for his upcoming title, “The Lost Crown: A Ghost-hunting Adventure”. 

About Darkling Room

Based on the rugged coast of Cornwall, on England’s west coast, an area that has inspired ghost stories from Wilkie Collins, M.R. James and Daphne Du Maurier, Darkling Room enjoys the perfect setting for constructing ghostly games. Many of the team have taken part in the chilling paranormal investigations conducted by ‘This Haunted Land‘, a group of dedicated ghosthunters based in Looe, Cornwall. In Spring 2005, Darkling Room joined forces with XXv Productions to pursue many shared interests, and construct projects with a shared passion, and devotion. Darkling Room are proud to support contributions from London, Europe, the US and beyond. For more information, visit www.darklingroom.co.uk.

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Weston, CT – January 30, 2007 - Got Game Entertainment LLC today announced that “RHEM 3”, an intricate pure-puzzle, first-person adventure game for PC and Mac has gone gold. In this third installment in the popular “RHEM” series, the adventures of brothers Kales and Zetais continue in a labyrinthine world of hidden rooms and secret passages, strange vehicles and odd machines. Featuring non-linear gameplay, non-violent story, and mind-bending puzzles, “RHEM 3” opens the door to a new journey of mystery and adventure this February. The game makes its retail debut at $29.99 (USD) and is rated “E” for Everyone by the ESRB.

“RHEM 3” finds you in search of a powerful black gem. As alluring atmospheric sounds surround, you search for hints hidden in a secret library and ponder clues offered by the peculiar inhabitants of the world of RHEM. With an adventurous spirit, logical thinking, and keen puzzle-solving, you will slowly but surely divine the location of this curious treasure and unveil the secret it holds.

For more information, visit www.Rhem3.com.

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Zombie attack! Droves of undead are converging in the streets. Now Sam & Max must confront their leader – a Eurotrash vampire with a style all his own. Are the Freelance Police cool enough to outsmart this emo before his flesh-eating army usurps the western world?

This game will be released on Wednesday, February 13. Until then, check out the video and screenshots!

http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/nightoftheravingdead

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Reward your Sims with a variety of fun, new activities!

Now your Sims can rediscover the joys of leisure time! Awaken your Sims’ true passions in life as they discover and excel at all-new activities. Whether they’re tossing a football with the family, practicing ballet, restoring cars with friends, or building train sets, your Sims now have more ways to build skills, enhance friendships, and make their lives more successful. Craft new, unique items for your Sims to use in their daily lives including clothing, pottery, and more. Your Sims will even unlock secret rewards by mastering their hobbies and advancing all-new careers. Explore a wide variety of new hobbies that will change your Sims’ lives!

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As Old Man Winter shakes his frosty beard all over your life, do you find yourself pining for someplace with a little sun? Some interesting sights? A seaside view? Maybe some vaguely annoying giant stone heads and an ominous ancient prophecy? If so, your dreams will become manifest when the next Sam & Max episode, “Moai Better Blues,” drops into your digital lap on January 11th (January 10th for GameTap subscribers). After a break this month without a new episode, Moai Better Blues kicks off the full-on madness of Season Two, and marks the beginning of the onslaught of monthly Sam & Max releases which won’t stop until the season finale in April. For screenshots, video, and more from Moai Better Blues, be sure to stop by the newly refurbished Sam & Max website right now! Click here!

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Released in anticipation of November 8/9 season premiere

With the November launch of Sam & Max Season Two fast approaching, Telltale has just released a trailer for Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa, along with a new batch of screenshots.

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Additional Sam & Max Season Two assets can be found on our press page telltalegames.com. Feel free to mirror any of these assets on your site.

Sam & Max episode 201, Ice Station Santa, will premiere on GameTap on November 8 and will be released to gamers worldwide one day later on November 9 from telltalegames.com. The premiere episode brings the Freelance Police to a bleak and desolate wasteland, to face their most ancient and powerful opponent yet – Santa Claus! More details about the Season Two premiere episode – including gameplay videos, purchase information, and a streaming version of today’s trailer – can be found at samandmaxseasontwo.

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True phenomenon in the adventure game genre on PC with more than one million of players across of the world, Runaway comes to Nintendo DS™ with this new version custom-designed for Nintendo’s handheld, featuring enhanced controls, new features and updated content.

Focus Home Interactive is pleased to unveil Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle for the Nintendo DS™ with this first developer video.

Watch the trailer (streaming) 
http://www.runaway-thegame.com/video_ds/RDS.php

Download the video (56 Mb)
http://www.focus-files.com/videos/runaway_ds/runaway_ds_st.rar

Visit the official website
http://www.runaway-thegame.com

While bringing a point ‘n’ click adventure game on Nintendo DS™ seems like a great idea, making one proves to be quite a challenge as explained in this “making of” video. In the video, members of the development team discuss the challenges and advantages of working on Nintendo’s incredibly popular handheld, and how it’s a perfect fit for this type of adventure game. Runaway for the DS is perfectly tuned to take advantage of the touch-screen features of the DS, and the game introduces a wonderful animated graphical adventure taking place at the four corners of the globe. Follow our heroes Brian and Gina on this handheld adventure and meet dozens of eccentric characters while completing wacky puzzles and exploring more than one hundred places with a flick of the stylus! A unique and exciting adventure is at your fingertips!

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Frogwares and Focus Home Interactive are pleased to release the first official trailer for Sherlock Holmes versus Arsène Lupin, their upcoming mystery game featuring two of the greats of detective and crime literature.

This 90-second video places viewers on the streets of London and inside some of its most famous buildings where Holmes’ latest investigation will take place. In the trailer, viewers will discover some of the game’s riddles and meet some of the characters from this new adventure.

Download the trailer (45.2 MB)
http://www.focus-files.com/trailers/sh4/sh4_trailer_divx.rar

Watch the trailer (streaming)
http://www.sherlockholmes-thegame.com/en/movies/trailer.php

Visit the official website of Sherlock Holmes
http://www.sherlockholmes-thegame.com

Having grappled with the machinations of a cult of Cthulhu in his last PC adventure (Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened), the world’s greatest detective is now ready to challenge Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief. Lupin, a character invented by renowned French writer Maurice Leblanc, has thrilled millions of readers worldwide with his exploits, and will prove a perfect foil for Sherlock Holmes.

This new Sherlock Holmes game sends players to 19th Century London where Arsène Lupin, a young French burglar with an impressive track record, has just challenged Scotland Yard and the most famous of detectives – Sherlock Holmes. Lupin has announced that he plans to rob the capital of five objects of immense value over the course of five days. The objects are housed in highly prestigious locations such as the National Gallery, the British Museum, the Tower of London and even Buckingham Palace! Sherlock Holmes will have to muster all his courage and ingenuity to save England from terrible humiliation.

About Focus Home Interactive
Founded in 1996, Focus Home Interactive is a French publishing and distribution company based near Paris, France. Known for the diversity, quality and originality of its catalogue, Focus now publishes and distributes many of its titles throughout Europe and also world-wide in both boxed retail and digital distribution formats. The last five years have been very successful for Focus in France, with many of its PC licenses becoming top-sellers. Focus has also published several original titles, including the adventure game Runaway, the renowned Cycling Manager and the much-loved TrackMania. The coming months will be exciting and full of surprises with the release of high-quality games such Blood Bowl, TrackMania United, Loki, Paradise City, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened and sport games dedicated to major events such as the 32nd America’s Cup or the Tour de France. http://www.focus-home.com

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Experiment 112 by Dreamcatcher Interactive Out 2008 experience112

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Darkness Within: In Pursuit Of Loath Nolder by Lighthouse Interactive Oct. 26 lighthouse-interactive

CSI 4: Hard Evidence by UBI Soft Out Sept. 27 ubi.com

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By SouthPeak Interactive

SEATTLE, WA - August 24, 2007 – SouthPeak Games, from the 2007 Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), today announced that Two Worlds, the publisher’s new, open-ended role-playing game for PC and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft is now available in stores nationwide. Two Worlds features over a hundred hours of single-player quests, stackable weapons and magic, as well as epic online multiplayer PvP and RPG gameplay. PAX show attendees will be among the first to experience Two Worlds through demos and mini competitions at the SouthPeak Booth # 603 during the three-day game festival for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers.

Developed by TopWare Interactive and Reality Pump Studios, Two Worlds delivers the ultimate role-playing challenge. The game features unprecedented “player freedom,” with player decisions shaping the world permanently and directly affecting how the world reacts to the mere presence of the main mercenary character. Their journeys will take them through cities, dungeons, snow-covered mountains, bamboo forests, barren deserts and cause kings to be overthrown, cities to be sacked, and organizations to be eradicated. The world lives its own life, but it’s well within the player’s power to change it. The entire game of Two Worlds explodes with personality and original features like stackable weapons and magic - for the first time in an RPG, every item you collect has value. The  abience is at a new level with stunning graphics and Grammy Award winning composer Harold Faltermeyer providing the soundtrack. Combine this with online options that allow players to adventure together, and it’s easy to see why Two Worlds is destined to become the premier role-playing game experience.

“Two Worlds is a huge leap forward for role-playing games in terms of scale and new ideas,” said Melanie Mroz, Executive VP of SouthPeak. “We can’t wait for everyone to start exploring the world of Antaloor.”

The storyline, based in the ancient world of Antaloor, thrusts players into a silent war amongst all of the civilized races and the Orc hordes, an evil legion of vicious beasts. The Orcs are desperately seeking to rediscover the power of their fallen leader, Aziraal, the god of war to launch their own holy crusade and take over the world. As one of the few people able to unlock the secrets of Aziraal’s tomb, gamers play a pivotal role in this ancient conflict. All the forces of the world wish to find the tomb first and seize its power. It is up to the players to save the world or destroy it.

Two Worlds is rated M for Mature, and comes in both a Standard Edition and Collector’s Edition for both platforms. The collector’s version includes a bonus disc with additional art, videos and music, along with a collector edition map and hardbound role-playing book based off the game. For more information about Two Worlds or SouthPeak Games, please visit www.2-worlds.com or www.southpeakgames.com.

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