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Big Fish Games has just released a video trailer for the upcoming fourth game in the Hidden Expedition series of hidden object adventures, which will be called Hidden Expedition: Devil's Triangle. You can watch the video here. Read more»

Gemini Lost has just launched for PC and Mac. Gather necessary resources and food, build structures, conduct useful scientific research and increase your population by creating happy couples based on their astrological signs. Can you complete the tasks and puzzles needed to find the lost keys to the teleporter and get your people home safely? Download Gemini Lost, write a review, or talk about the game in our forum.

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Hello Gamezebo readers,

 

My name is Ryan Modjeski, designer and producer extraordinaire at Legacy Interactive and I am writing to give you all a peek at my latest project, The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes Vol. 2.

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Back in 2006, Spore creator Will Wright had proudly announced that the game would be playable on pretty much every device known to man.  If you're toaster didn't run a copy of Spore it would have been seen as a failure in Wright's eyes.  Flash forward two years.  The game doesn't exactly make its way to the Wii or Nokia n-Gage as promised.  In fact the only devices you find Spore on are the PC, Mac and iPhone.  But could the iPhone version possibly offer everything it's PC counterpart did? Read more»

There's a distinct component in New York Times Crosswords Daily 2009 that should appeal to crossword aficionados all over the world.  It isn't the 4,000 classic archived puzzles, it isn't the competitive social leaderboards, and it isn't the conveniently designed interface.  No, the real draw is in that the fifth little word: daily.  This app offers up the exact same New York Times crossword puzzle that is published in the paper, every day, for every puzzle released in 2009.  Amateur wordsmiths, your day has arrived. Read more»

ARRRR!!!!! T'day be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and Gamezebo is proud t' bring ye 10 pirate-themed casual games that are ripe for the plundering.... er, downloading. Read more»

As the new Assistant Art Director, you have to prove you're good enough to work on the big budget movie productions in this hidden object adventure. Download HdO Adventure: Hollywood, write a review, or talk about the game in our forum. Read more»

Explore the rainforest while following the trail of a missing National Geographic researcher in Lost City of Z in his new hidden object game. Download Lost City of Z, write a review, or talk about it in our forum. Read more»

Funkitron has just launched Slingo Mystery, a new game that caters to both hidden object game fans and Slingo lovers. Download Slingo Mystery here, write a review, and talk about the game in our forum. Read more»

To commemorate International Talk Like a Pirate day, Steam is offering The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition for just $4.99, and Telltale Games is giving away the first episode of Tales of Monkey Island for free on Saturday, Sept. 19. There's 1 day left to save 35% on Diaper Dash at PlayFirst - enter coupon code PF00069ER at checkout. Reflexive is giving away the original Cake Mania for free until Sept. 23. Read more»

Shockwave drops the price of most of its download games to $6.99; RealGames introduces the Federation of Studios for mobile developers; and Gamasutra profiles the most popular gamer on Facebook (she has more than 4,500 friends!) These headlines and more behind the cut. Read more»

RealGames today announced the Federation of Studios (FoS), a solution designed to give small and mid-sized mobile game developers the ability to port their games across more than 1,700 different mobile handsets, eight different operating systems, and 130 carriers at no up-front cost. Read more»

Help tame an unruly household in the new time management game Nanny 911. Download the game, write a review, or talk about the game in our forum. Read more»

Follow the story of 19th century European circus performers Luca and Natalie as they part, reunite and find true love in the old west! Download the brand new hidden object game Legends Of The Wild West: Golden Hill, write a review, or chat about the game in our forum. Read more»

Buying games on Shockwave just got cheaper today. The company has announced a permanent price drop on most of the 700+ casual downloadable games in its catalogue to $6.99. Read more»

How does that slogan go? "Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don't." Well, I think playing games is the same way. Sometimes you feel like exercising your noggin and working on perplexing puzzles. Sometimes you feel like kicking back and relaxing with something mindless and repetitive. I enjoy both types of games. Just depends on my mood. So, if you're in the mood for soothing, brain-yoga experience, then you're sure to enjoy the iPhone version of Reflexive Entertainment's Music Catch. Read more»

Today we're pleased to be giving away five copies of Empire Builder: Ancient Egypt. (Read the preview here.) To enter the contest, head over to our Facebook fan page and tell us about your favorite historical empire. Was it the Greeks? The Romans? The Aztecs? We want to know!

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Howdy folks, it's time once again for another edition of The Dracula Files Developer Diary with eGames Product Manager Greg Zesinger (that's me).  As always, follow us on Twitter and Facebook for your chance to win some very cool Dracula-related swag! We last awarded one copy of The Complete Dracula #1 comic book to a lucky Twitter minion, and this week we'll be giving away at least one advance reader copy of Dracula: The Un-dead, the Stoker family-endorsed sequel to the original classic, set for release in October. Read more»

Creatures made from drippings of ink may be as adorable as can be, but that doesn't mean they're very bright.  In Scribble you'll be responsible for the safety of group of ink blots, a family of cute little creations that just don't know how to stop walking.  How do they expect you to protect these pen-dripped people from the predators and pitfalls that permeate the panorama?  By scribbling, of course! Read more»

Matthew Ward sneaks aboard a cargo ship to escape the Spanish-American war, but wakes up to find himself alone on the ship with a bunch of coffins. Where did the crew go? And why does he fell like he's being watched? Answer these questions as you explore eerie locations in this hidden object game. Download Vampire Saga, write a review, or talk about the game in our forum.

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Update: 11:12 PST - Forums are working again. Post away!

 

As many of you have probably already noticed, Gamezebo's forums aren't functioning correctly right now. Unfortunately no one can post in the forums at the moment. We're sorry for the inconvenience, but rest assured that our technical team is working to fix the issue as quickly as possible. We'll keep you updated on our Twitter and Facebook pages. During the downtime, head over to our Facebook fan page where you can carry on the conversation and check out some extra goodies!

 

-Joel, Erin, Jim, Debbie and the Gamezebo team

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Braid is on sale at Steam this weekend for $4.99, so if you haven't picked up this action-puzzle masterpiece yet, now's the time! Read more»

Alawar's producer and VP of publishing, Kirill Plotnikov, took us behind the scenes of Farm Frenzy to talk about the evolution of its heroine Scarlett, getting the right game balance, and... flying bears? Read more»

Can you imagine how you'd feel if you signed up to the armed forces, turned up fully equipped and ready for war, only to find out that the only skill you needed was the ability to match up colored marbles? Chances are, in reality, you'd be a little put out, but when it comes to games, such trickery is commonplace, and in Atlantis: Sky Patrol's case, utterly welcome.

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WildTangent launches the third FATE game; Tetris increases gray matter in test subjects' brains; and a study shows that casual games are just as "sticky" as traditional titles. These headlines and more behind the cut. Read more»

WildTangent has launched the third chapter of its fantasy role-playing game (RPG) series, titled FATE: The Traitor Soul. The release of The Traitor Soul comes 14 months after the company released the second version of the game, FATE: Undiscovered Realms, and four years after the original FATE was released in 2005. Read more»

Hudson Entertainment announced today that it will be bringing the PC puzzle game Rooms: The Main Building to Nintendo Wii and DS video game consoles in 2010. Read more»

I've given up trying to describe Kingdom of Loathing (KoL) to my friends. "It's an online adventure of sorts," I usually say, "and I'm currently a Pastamancer, armed with a spaghetti catapult and clad in a frilly skirt, sporting a monocle I took off a rat. Who was also a Baron." And it's around about that point that my friends politely excuse themselves and make very rapidly to go about doing something else. Read more»

BumbleTales, the charming match-3 that we previewed back in May, has just launched! Follow the lives of the Bumbles of Springleton as you collect resources to rebuild the town. Download the game, write a review, and talk about it in our forum.
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Help run a trendy boutique in the newly launched time management game, Fashion Fortune. Download the game, write a review, and talk about it in our forum. Read more»

Be Richer, the follow-up to the building sim Be Rich, has launched. Download the game, write a review, or talk about it in our forum. Read more»

Big Fish Games' adventure game Drawn: The Painted Tower has launched. Download the game, write a review, or talk about it in our forum. Read more»

We've interviewed some cool people here at Gamezebo, but it was truly an honor to chat with Steve Lanoce, an NYPD Bomb Squad detective who received the Medal of Valor for heroism during 9/11. Steve and his bomb-sniffing canine, Duke, are starring in Merscom's upcoming hidden object game Bomb Squad: NY, where players jump into the role of the newest bomb squad recruit sent on assignment to hunt down the culprits responsible for planting bombs all over the city. Read more»

Let the Labor Day sales begin! (Or "Labour" Day as we say in certain parts of the world.) Get Wandering Willows for 35% off until Sept. 6 at PlayFirst. Everything at the Wadjet Eye Games store (including the Blackwell Games, The Adventures of Fatman, and all game soundtracks), is 50% off until Sept. 7 (use coupon code "labor" at checkout). Read more»

There's a certain level of insanity to be found in Multitask that you're not likely to find anywhere else. The tasks you'll be assigned to do in Multitask are so simple a child could do them, but you won't be asked to do them one at a time, you'll be doing them all at once! Multitask is quite literally four games in one, and you'll be playing them all at the exact same time.

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Nintendo launches new DSi and Wii remote colors; According to Nielsen, casual gamers play less but come back more often; and Adventure Gamers has a wonderful game design column by Aaron Connors, half of the creative force behind Three Cards to Midnight and the Tex Murphy adventure games. These headlines and more behind the cut. Read more»

Awem has just launched Romance of Rome. Download the game, write a review, and talk about it in our forum.
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Experience the house-building fun of Build-a-lot combined with all your favorite classic Monopoly properties in MONOPOLY: Build-a-lot Edition. Download the game, write a review, or talk about it in our forum. Read more»

"We're getting the band back together."  No, this is not next Blues Brothers movie, but the premise behind Sandlot Games' new music-themed, point-and-click adventure game, Iron Roses.  I want to flick my lighter just typing that!

Our review and walkthrough is coming soon.  In the meantime, download a free trial of Iron Roses (with soothing original music from the mega-hit band Megasapien), write a review, and discuss the game in our forum. Read more»

We're starting to see more and more of the biggest franchises in casual gaming make the transition to the iPhone and iPod Touch, and MumboJumbo's massively popular Luxor series is the latest of the bunch. Luckily, little (if anything) was lost in translation, as the App Store iteration of Luxor plays extremely well on Apple's portable hardware, and the inclusion of 88 stages and support for the Plus+ network give the game serious legs. Read more»

Explore a carnival where the more tickets you earn, the more games you unlock in the hidden object game I Spy: Fun House. Download the game, write a review, or talk about the game in our forum.

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The rainforests are home to millions of exotic species, and you can help clean up the habitat in the new hidden objet game Eco Rescue: Project Rainforest. Download the game, write a review, and chat about it in our forum.

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Free the kingdom of Carpia from the Fire Dragon's reign of destruction in Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles, a new action/hidden object game from iWin. Download the game, write a review, or talk about it in our forum.

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NinjaBee and J. Kenworthy Entertainment, the creative team that developed Cloning Clyde for Xbox Live Arcade, have announced the title of their next XBLA game: Ancients of Ooga. Read more»

Big Fish Games has announced a release date of Friday, Sept. 4 for its upcoming adventure game Drawn: The Painted Tower. Check out the video trailer. Discussion is happening here. Read more»

Bunni: How We First Met is an incredibly simple resource management game that never really gets too busy or complicated. The mechanics in the game are easy to pick up, and the world size and variety of items offer just the right amount of variety to keep you bouncing from one area to another to check on your workers and further expand your dominion. It may seem simple by genre standards, but simple is something that's certainly welcome in a world of traditionally all-consuming resource sims. Read more»

Help reunite two ancient royal lovers in Hide & Secret 3: Curse of the Pharaoh, the latest hidden object game from Anarchy Enterprises. Download the game, write a review, or chat about it in our forum. Read more»

Help the young doctor Tifet stop the deadly disease that is afflicting his father in the large-file adventure game Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy. Download the game (warning: no free trial), write a review, or talk about the game in our forum. Read more»

You know that feeling the first time you played the Yeti game where you whack the penguin with a bat and send it flying across the screen? When I first played the Yeti online game years ago, I kept trying to beat my high score (sending the poor penguin further and further) and before I knew it, an hour had gone by. That's what happened to me the first time I played Doodle Jump by Lima Sky. This simple, yet ridiculously addictive little game will suck you in . . . you'll find yourself playing over and over until you have to tear yourself away or risk spending your entire day on a quest to become the Doodle Jump master. Read more»

Big Fish Games has always been known for their diverse library of casual games, but now their lesser-known online game offerings have taken a step into the spotlight with the launch of Big Sea Games. Formerly known as "Ion Thunder," "atlantis," or the "Big Fish Games Game Community," Big Sea Games is a free online casual game portal containing many fan favorites such as Riddle O'Day, Unwell Mel and Fairway Solitaire. Read more»