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  • Game Insight reveals new endless runner, The Running Shadow
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    Game Insight reveals new endless runner, The Running Shadow

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    Game Insight is getting ready to take the endless runner genre to the next shadowy level with The Running Shadow: a game about quick and fluid running, and gorgeously spooky Gothic environments. Hey, the "Shadow" in the game's title isn't for nothing, after all!What's unique about this one is that The Running Shadow is said to combine the now-traditional fast-paced action of an endless runner game with the deep and engrossing upgrade system of a classic RPG; not to mention an invigorating 3D combat system! In the game, players will get to explore the dark fantasy world of Adrion, as they interact with more than 20 different characters, and help to rid the realm from all kinds of cruelty and injustice."Featuring a deep and expansive storyline (especially for an endless runner game!), players will take control of various members of the "Brotherhood of Shadows," a secret organization that has its own incentives for taking to the rooftops and shallow pits of Adrion: namely, for looting valuable treasure!The Running Shadow will be debuting first exclusively on Android in the near future, with other mobile platform support to follow shortly after, which I think is pretty safe to assume will include iPhone and iPad.
  • Multiple Steam machines coming in 2014
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    Multiple Steam machines coming in 2014

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    On Monday we told you that Valve would be dishing out its very own operating system called SteamOS, with the promise of being able to run on any "living room machine." Well now we finally have some sort of idea as to what those mysterious living room machines will be, as Valve shed some light today on the proverbial "Steam Box." And as it turns out, it looks like we'll have multiple Steam boxes to look forward to in the New Year.There will reportedly be several different models of Steam gaming machines to choose from, and if the artwork on the official announcement page is anything to go by, then it looks like you'll have your choice from a variety of different colored and rectangular-shaped hardware. There's no word yet on what kinds of specific factors will differentiate the various models of the Steam machine, other than being made by different manufacturers, but Valve promises more information on this very soon (as well as a screenshot of what the actual prototype will look like in person!)."All of the upcoming Steam machine models will be running on the new SteamOS operating system once they're released to the masses sometime in 2014. However, there's also a chance that you could be one of the very lucky few who will be chosen to test out a new Steam box as early as this year! Valve will be shipping out a limited run of 300 free Steam boxes before 2013 is over, so players have a chance to test it out and provide Valve with valuable feedback about the new system, as well as SteamOS.
  • Replay Wednesdays: Solstice Arena, Greedy Grub and more!
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    Replay Wednesdays: Solstice Arena, Greedy Grub and more!

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    We cover plenty of new games here at Gamezebo every week, but the number of games we've already covered that show up on new platforms?  It's staggering.  This Wednesday and every Wednesday, Gamezebo is rounding up the games that aren't quite new, but might be new to you depending on your platform of choice.  And who doesn't love new(ish) games?This week's highlights include defending your Solstice Arena crown on Mac, getting greedy with some hungry grubs on Android, and spending some quality time with your pet Incredipede on iPhone and iPad."
  • Did Apple pay PopCap to delay the Android version of PvZ 2?
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    Did Apple pay PopCap to delay the Android version of PvZ 2?

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    For all the anxious Android owners out there who have been patiently waiting all summer to get their hands on the highly anticipated release of PopCap's Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time, we might finally have an answer as to what's been taking so long. Allegedly, Apple has been paying PopCap to intentionally delay the Android release of the game, in order to extend the window of iOS exclusivity for PvZ 2 that Apple has been enjoying ever since the game's official worldwide launch this past August.Giant Bomb broke the news of this interesting piece of information earlier this morning, after watching an "internal town hall meeting" for Electronic Arts. During the presentation, head of EA Labels Frank Gibeau was reported as saying "Apple gave us a truckload of money to delay the Android version [of Plants vs. Zombies 2]." The game in question has only been released on Android devices in China so far, where it is said to currently be outselling the iOS version by "six-to-one" in that specific market."It should also be noted that paid exclusivity deals are not all that uncommon in the competitive games industry, with most big releases on home gaming consoles getting some form of extra content that is exclusive to a single company for a predetermined amount of time. What is intriguing is that Apple now seems to be taking a much more aggressive approach in its own gaming deals against the competing Google platform, and that this same kind of industry competition has now seeped its way into the mobile games space.
  • Legacy of Transylvania Review
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    Legacy of Transylvania Review

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    In Legacy of Transylvania, players will embark on a harrowing tale of vampires and hidden objects, as they work their way towards becoming the king or queen of an old Gothic castle. They'll be guided through their adventure by a stubby gargoyle named Dante, as players acquaint themselves with a colorful cast of quirky characters and mysterious environments. The result is a highly stylized hidden object and social experiment, with a sense of depth and intrigue that is matched by few others, and an ease of accessibility that would even allow Dracula himself to pick it up and play.The game starts out with your fairly typical hidden object and social hybrid tropes, like replaying the same scenes over and over again in order to level up and add new items to your inventory for questing purposing; the use of an energy system (called "Light points" in this game); and the endless pages of "Collections" to complete, a concept I still just can't seem to grasp for whatever reason, no matter how many times I've seen it in action before. However, once the quests start rolling in (and trust me, you'll quickly have upwards of 10 to tackle in your Questlog at any one time), and the hidden object mastery requirements start stacking up, you're going to need to sacrifice plenty of precious real-world sunlight just to stay on top of it all."You'll also begin unlocking larger "Chronicles" the further you progress in the game, which encompass a string of 6 or 7 related main quests that serve a larger purpose like expanding the overall story, or introducing a bigger concept that might take a few different steps in order to fully comprehend. For instance, one of the earliest Chronicles is focused on the biggest social component in Legacy of Transylvania: visiting your friends' castles and biting them to get them to help you in your own hidden object endeavors.
  • New survey shows that piracy and discoverability are still pressing issues for game developers today
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    New survey shows that piracy and discoverability are still pressing issues for game developers today

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    It's no secret that developing a successful mobile game isn't easy in today's increasingly digital age, but I don't think that any of us gamers truly realized just how hard some of those challenges may be until now. The new App Developers Conference (ADC) has conducted an extensive survey that serves to show just how difficult it is to turn a profit with your latest mobile game, let alone to get mobile gamers to actually play it legitimately.The ADC surveyed over 250 solo- and small team-developers who primarily make games and other apps for iOS and Android platforms (other operating systems like Windows and Mac, in addition to web-based games also had a strong showing in the survey, although iOS and Android were in the majority by a clear margin, representing over 80% and over 60%, respectively).As some might have expected, the survey results show that app-based game development is not all that lucrative as it might initially have been cracked out to be. A staggering 40% of all developers surveyed made zero revenue at all from their latest applications, while an equally poor 49% made a disheartening profit of zero. And while most of the developers who participated in the survey work out of very small-scale studios and have only been in the development game for a handful of years, it's still a pretty tough pill to swallow.
  • New Spec Op brings Infinity storyline to Marvel: Avengers Alliance
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    New Spec Op brings Infinity storyline to Marvel: Avengers Alliance

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    Marvel: Avengers Alliance has unleashed a brand new Spec Op for the popular action-packed superhero universe, and this time it's bringing the new "Infinity" storyline from the Marvel comic book series directly into the fold!In the new Spec Op event, players must face the dreaded return of Thanos the Mad Titan and his fierce following of warriors known as the Mighty Black Order. Expanding the character roster of Marvel: Avengers Alliance to exciting new heights, the new Infinity Spec Op will reward players' efforts who complete the journey with a rare Black Bolt character model for future use in the exhilarating action game."What's more, new Inhuman Lockbox pickups will offer the chance of adding Infinity's Thane (a mysterious new face to the Marvel universe) to your character roster as well, in addition to other new characters like the Black Dwarf, Corvus Glaive, and Proxima Midnight.So will you be taking on the task of stopping Thanos on his rage-fuelled quest to capture Black Bolt, the King of Inhumans? Be sure to let us know in the replies!
  • Valve unveils SteamOS; a new Linux-based operating system for your living room
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    Valve unveils SteamOS; a new Linux-based operating system for your living room

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    The first of three mysterious announcements from Valve has been unveiled today, and it looks like Steam will be getting a brand new free operating system designed to take advantage of your TV and your living room. It's certainly the next logical step for the innovative gaming company after the recent success of their Steam Big Picture Mode.The newly coined "SteamOS" will use a Linux-based architecture combined with a Steam gaming experience that is fine-tuned for the big screen. But the best part about the new operating system so far? The fact that Steam OS will be available as a "free stand-alone operating system for living room machines.""The official announcement page for SteamOS tells us that the operating system is capable of running on "any living room machine," and that it will come with a significant performance upgrade that not only increases the breadth of graphics processing, but also audio performance as well.