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  • Fox announces Family Guy mobile game for 2014
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    Fox announces Family Guy mobile game for 2014

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    Fox Digital Entertainment has announced today that Family Guy will be getting its very first officially licensed mobile game in 2014! As a huge fan of the popular cartoon show, this news couldn't be more exciting, as we've already seen how well some of Fox's other successful primetime cartoons have fared in the mobile games space, such as EA's The Simpsons: Tapped Out. Fox has selected TinyCo to handle the developing duties on this one, the same studio that brought us games like Tiny Monsters and Spellstorm in the past, and who have now doubled their team size to take on this ambitious new task.While specific details about the game are still being kept under wraps for now, TinyCo says that Family Guy will be a simulation game of sorts, in which players will get a chance to recreate the town of Quahog where the Griffins and all of their friends reside on the show. However, both companies felt that similar games on the mobile platform today have been severely lacking in terms of a deep story and character interactions, and so with their new Family Guy game, a big emphasis will be placed on the many characters from the expansive Family Guy universe that fans of the series all know and love."Through the different gameplay mechanics and "strange occurrences" in the story, Family Guy will remain true to the world, the characters, and of course, the humor that has become such a staple in the long-running cartoon series. In fact, the game itself was written by several writers at Fuzzy Door, the same production company that makes Family Guy, and even several actors from the show are currently recording voiceover work for different characters in the game. TinyCo and Fox both feel that the upcoming game will hit the visual style of Family Guy dead-on, with the ultimate goal of having it play just like an episode of the TV show.The free-to-play Family Guy game is currently slated for an early 2014 release, and will be seeing a simultaneous launch on both iOS and Android platforms. We'll be sure to keep you updated in the meantime as soon as more details begin to emerge with regards to the gameplay, the story, and the familiar faces you might see around town (I've got my fingers crossed that Peter's nemesis, the giant chicken, will make an appearance). So now can I get a resounding "Giggity!" on this news?!
  • KingHunt Review
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    KingHunt Review

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    Billed as "The Next Generation Slicing Game," KingHunt is here to serve as a fitting reminder of why Halfbrick's Fruit Ninja was such a huge hit, and to give us some food for thought on what a deeper "slicing" experience could really be like in 2013. The evil Chef has taken off across the kingdom, wreaking havoc on the world as only evil chefs can do, and you've been tasked to travel in his footsteps and stop him. In each level, hoards of enemies, items, and even food products will be tossed up in front of you, and it's your job to swipe on the screen and cut them all into tiny little pieces.Anyone who has ever played Fruit Ninja before will immediately feel right at home here in KingHunt, and it will only take newcomers to the genre a few seconds to get accustomed to the game too, for that matter; all you have to do is swipe your finger on the screen to slice stuff up, and away you go! In addition to the addictive slicing gameplay, KingHunt also benefits from paying close attention to the smaller details, like the different aftereffects of the enemies and objects you'll be chopping up: fruits will explode in delicious bouts of juice and seeds, while birds will burst in a giant cloud of feathers. But be careful though: there will also be plenty of bombs thrown into the mix, and later enemies can even slice back at you, which will deplete your health meter in a real hurry."The graphics in KingHunt are just as much a highlight as the pitch-perfect gameplay and simple slicing controls. Everything you can slice in the game is positively bursting with color and flavor, from the mouthwatering 3D fruits, cakes, and veggies, to the adorable little villains and quirky boss fights (which are an insanely awesome touch, by the way). The different environments that you'll move through are wonderfully vast and unique, and each one has their own respective enemies and items that adhere to its fun and refreshing theme: from deserts and swamplands, to snowy castles and caves, I was constantly surprised to see how many new and exciting levels continued to pop up on the vibrant world map during my pursuit of the ever-evasive Chef.
  • Santa Claus and water slides come to Temple Run 2
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    Santa Claus and water slides come to Temple Run 2

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    Can you believe it's almost been a year since Temple Run 2 first hit the App Store? I know, sometimes it feels like I've been running through those ancient ruins for most of my life! Well to commemorate this grand achievement today, Imangi Studios will be rolling out one of the biggest content updates that Temple Run 2 has ever seen since its initial launch.The greatest draw of today's title update is the new inclusion of a water slide mechanic, which sends our hero careening down a slippery log-flume of sorts right in the middle of his harrowing escape! In addition to that, you'll also find a few holiday-themed items sprinkled over top, such as new artifacts like the Candy Cane, Stocking, Holly, Present, and Wreath, as well as an all-new character who dresses in red and has been known to say "Ho-ho-ho!" once or twice in his life."And to round out the total package, you'll also have a few new collectable masks to work towards earning while you play. So needless to say, water slides and Christmastime seem to make the perfect pair, and in that regard, Temple Right 2 will be ringing in the holidays just right! The new content is said to be going live in the game as of this morning, and will be available on both iOS and Android versions of Temple Run 2.
  • GOG.com issues new Worldwide Money Back Guarantee for broken games
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    GOG.com issues new Worldwide Money Back Guarantee for broken games

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    Our friends over at GOG.com have announced a brand new Worldwide Money Back Guarantee today, which will serve to benefit all users who happen upon a faulty download of a digital game that they've purchased through the site. Simply put, in the rare event that your GOG.com game just isn't working, you'll have a full 30 days after the initial date of purchase to contact the website about getting a complete refund.But wait, it gets even better! The new Money Back Guarantee is also being made effective for any faulty downloads that were purchased over the last 30 days. And they've even made a pretty awesome promotional video to tell you all about the new guarantee, which you can watch right below this paragraph.Now of course, hopefully it won't even need to come to that point: as most download issues could also be solved by scouring the website's helpful FAQ or support section, and keeping in mind the very low frequency with which these broken downloads tend to occur. But still, there's nothing like a bit of added insurance. So now head on over to GOG.com and get to buying more great games without any fear!
  • Government agents are spying on your World of Warcraft sessions
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    Government agents are spying on your World of Warcraft sessions

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    As if internet users weren't paranoid enough about everything they do online being monitored by government officials, it was now revealed today that secret high-ranking government agencies have also been commissioning spies to infiltrate another place that hits a little too close to home: online fantasy games. That's right, according to several classified documents that were leaked by ex-NSA contractor, Edward J. Snowden, ProPublica and The New York Times are both reporting that even online games are no longer safe from the government's prying ears and eyes.The classified government documents claim that online gaming uses most of the technologies that criminals or terrorists would need to make their illegal transactions, such as fake names and voice chats: the idea being that these shady individuals could essentially use an online gaming server as a front to conduct their businesses, where no one would even expect it. So government officials from the C.I.A., F.B.I., and even the Pentagon began creating their own player avatars in games like World of Warcraft and Second Life to do some snooping of their own, through collecting player data, monitoring communications, and even trying to recruit informers. Seriously."And what did the government find out from all of their deeply classified gaming efforts? Well, not a whole lot it would seem. None of the reports seem to indicate that any potential terrorist threats had been squashed due to the online gaming surveillance. However, it was also briefly mentioned that the government found a benefit in being able to identify gamers with backgrounds in fields like engineering and science for potential future recruitment within their agencies. So the next time you find yourself in a strong leadership role in a World of Warcraft quest, keep in mind that a government agent might be sizing up your skills for possible real world recruitment!
  • How Playnomics is helping developers to better monetize their gamers
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    How Playnomics is helping developers to better monetize their gamers

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    There's no question that the free-to-play model is here to stay in the gaming industry. After all, there's no better way for developers to get more people to check out their latest game than by using that alluring "Free" label. And for gamers, well who doesn't love getting free games? But then of course, the big question for free-to-play developers quickly arises: "How do I get users to actually spend money while playing my game?" The sad truth of the matter is that for many of today's smaller game developers, getting a lot of people to play their games for free doesn't necessary put money in their bank accounts. But luckily for them, Playnomics is here to help bridge that gap: by introducing their innovative PlayRM suite that serves as a platform for developers to analyze their users' in-game spending and staying habits, while effectively creating marketing campaigns to cater to these different individual monetization segments.I recently had a chance to send some questions to Chethan Ramachandran, the co-founder and CEO of Playnomics, and find out some more about the latest additions to the PlayRM suite, how the company sees the relationship between game developers and their high-value users, and of course, how the future of free-to-play games factors into the equation. Well for starters, Ramachandran chocks up the challenge of creating a free-to-play game that is constantly able to draw in monetization from users over long periods of time as being dependent upon two overarching industry problems. This realization ultimately led Playnomics to introduce two brand new features into their PlayRM suite in order to address these problems head-on: the Acquisition Value Predictor and the Churn Predictor."The first problem, as he tells me, is that "games must buy new users constantly to remain profitable." What's more, developers will tend to waste precious money and resources on marketing these new-user channels, only to bring in more players (acquisitions) who are unlikely to even spend anything in the long run. One way that the Acquisition Value Predictor aims to alleviate this problem is by displaying each player's Lifetime Value rating (or LTV) only a few days after they initially start playing. This way, the marketing team can quickly shift their efforts to key in on these higher-value users, as a result of determining the overall ROI of each player source or channel. The AVP also predicts the likelihood of player spending for a 90-day period after they've entered into a game, and it continues these predictions throughout the entire lifespan that a player stays with the game.
  • Free Games and Sales: Garfield Kart, Magicka and more!
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    Free Games and Sales: Garfield Kart, Magicka and more!

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    How is everyone doing out there in the world of free games and sales today? Still recuperating after the biggest sales weekend of the year? Yeah, us too. But even though things may have calmed down a bit around here after the craziness of Black Friday Madness last week, that's certainly not to say we don't have a few new gaming deals to send your way all the same!Why in fact, you're pretty likely to find some amazing new deals everywhere you look on the internet this week: from huge discounts on some of our favorite iOS games to be released this year, to big savings on adventure games over at GOG.com, and even a new Humble Bundle with the word "Jumbo" in its title, so you already know that it's going to be a good one! And even your old pal Gamezebo is hosting a great deal or two to round out the total package."Will you be cashing in on any of the great savings listed below? Let us know in the replies, and while you're at it, don't forget to point out any other cool deals that we may have missed!
  • Ravensword: Shadowlands is fighting its way onto Steam tomorrow
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    Ravensword: Shadowlands is fighting its way onto Steam tomorrow

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    If you're a big RPG fan and own a smartphone or tablet, then there's probably a pretty good chance that you're more than familiar with the epic Ravensword: Shadowlands from Crescent Moon Games. But every mobile RPG-goer needs a break from gaming on the go to take a seat at their computer, right? Well now you'll get to have the best of both worlds, as Ravensword: Shadowlands is coming to Steam tomorrow, December 6, and players will be able to download it at a nice 10% discount off the regular $14.99 listing price.Now in case you never took the time to adventure through the rich fantasy world of Ravensword and partake in all of its high-caliber RPG gameplay, these are just a few of the many features that you'll be able to find in this monster of a game: a vast 3D open world  that's just begging to be explored; vicious creatures to battle including giant dinosaurs; the seamless switching between first- and third-person camera perspectives; and of course, all of the lockpicking, pick pocketing, and item looting you could ever hope to find!So basically, Ravensword: Shadowlands is pretty awesome. And now that the game is coming to Steam tomorrow? Why that just makes it double awesome. In celebration of this exciting news, Crescent Moon Games has also just released a brand new game trailer, which you can view in all of its glory right above this paragraph there.