CARLSBAD, Calif., April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — NTN Buzztime, Inc., a multi-point social interactive entertainment company, today announced the launch of two new interactive trivia games — “True, Half-True … or a Total Lie” and “Odd Couples.”
These games are now available in bars and restaurants across North America on the Buzztime® Network.
In “True, Half-True … or a Total Lie,” players are challenged to sniff out the correct answer and decide whether each of the statements in each category is (as one might guess) true, half true or a total lie. For example:
Question:
Queen Elizabeth II once misplaced the Koh-i-noor Diamond, the second largest diamond in the world. Luckily, a chambermaid found it in a bathtub.
Answer:
It is half-true! The Koh-i-noor Diamond is part of the royal crown jewels, but the Queen never misplaced it.
Next up is “Odd Couples.” The show challenges players to match seemingly unlikely couples to figure out if they have anything in common by guessing one of them, both of them or neither of them. For example:
Questions:
1. Dropped out of school: Paris Hilton or Bill Gates?
2. Had a tattoo on his bicep — Mr. Clean or Mr. Rogers?
Answers:
1. Both! Paris Hilton and Bill Gates are school dropouts.
2. Neither! Mr. Rogers and Mr. Clean never sported arm ink.
“These games are the next installments in an aggressive slate of new Buzztime programming planned for 2008. “Odd Couples” and “True, Half-True … or a Total Lie” are irreverent, funny and unique, and we hope our players have as much fun playing them as we had creating them,” said Jake Tauber, Buzztime’s Executive Vice President of Content and Marketing.
Played on televisions in each Buzztime subscriber location, the Buzztime network features original programming including predictive sports games, multiple genres of trivia games and casino-style card games. Like all Buzztime games, “True, Half True … or a Total Lie” and “Odd Couples” are free to play. They will air on Thursday nights beginning April 24, with encore presentations throughout the week.
About NTN Buzztime, Inc.
NTN Buzztime, Inc., a leader in multi-point social interactive entertainment for more than 20 years, is based in Carlsbad, CA. Buzztime is distributed in-home and out-of-home across broadband platforms including online, cable TV, satellite TV, and in approximately 3,800 restaurants, sports bars and pubs throughout North America and the United Kingdom. Buzztime entertainment is also available on electronic games and books. For more information, please visit http://www.buzztime.com.
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WatchMojo NewsletterMontreal, Canada. April 23, 2008 - Meridian4 (http://www.meridian4.com) and developer Frozenbyte are pleased to announce the release of an update to their critically acclaimed Action/Shooter; Shadowgrounds Survivor.
The update includes two extra languages; Spanish and French to open the game up to new audiences and two additional difficulty settings; Bleeding Hard and Impossible to challenge even the best Survivor gamers.
“With the added difficulty settings, Frozenbyte has given fans another reason to jump back into the alien slaughter. New comers to the game as well as Survivor die-hards will find a challenge with these new settings…Good Luck!” said Jeff Giasson, Production Director at Meridian4.
The update is now available on Steam for new purchases and any existing clients. For more information about the update and the title, visit: www.steampowered.com or www.meridian4.com.
About Shadowgrounds Survivor
Shadowgrounds Survivor has been well received by the press and gamers alike and is even one of the top ten rated games released in 2007/2008 according to Metacritic.com.
Shadowgrounds Survivor provides exhilarating gameplay for any action fan, pitting players against waves of relentless alien foes as they battle for survival on Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede. In addition to the exciting campaign, Shadowgrounds Survivor features the thrilling and brutal Survival mode, cooperative multiplayer and on-disc editing tools that further extend the game experience.
About Frozenbyte
Frozenbyte is an independent game developer based in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 2001, the company is out to show the world that dedication, hard work and innovation can deliver inspiring and fresh games. Highly-acclaimed PC action title Shadowgrounds was Frozenbyte’s debut game and the story continues in 2007 with Shadowgrounds Survivor. In 2008 the company will break new ground with a brand new unannounced project. For more information, visit http://www.frozenbyte.com.
About Meridian4
Meridian4 is an interactive software publisher located in Montreal, Canada. We are a new publishing company, with new ideas and a different approach to forming partnerships with developers. The difference is we actually form a partnership – a true relationship characterized by mutual cooperation and responsibility to achieve the best possible performance for their products. For more information, visit http://www.meridian4.com.
A terrorist watches over a hostage in the DIA’s Sudden Thrust game. No, you don’t get to shoot him.In the wake of the intelligence bungles that propelled the United States into the Iraq war, it’s no secret that the nation’s spies have been working to improve the quality of their analysis. Now the top U.S. military intelligence agency has come up with a new tool for teaching recruits critical thinking skills: videogames.
The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency has just taken delivery of three PC-based games, developed by simulation studio Visual Purple under a $2.6 million contract between the DIA and defense contractor Concurrent Technologies. The goal is to quickly train the next generation of spies to analyze complex issues like Islamic fundamentalism. more…
According to Michael Peck
While we watched kids at Children’s Hospital playing Xbox 360 kiosks that Microsoft donated today to the recreation program, I chatted with Robbie Bach about a game that won’t appear on those particular consoles — “Grand Theft Auto IV.”
Bach, president of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Group, which includes Xbox, expects the company will get a boost from the rowdy action game New York-based Take Two Interactive will begin selling April 29.
UPDATE: Microsoft just contacted MTV Multiplayer with an official statement, confirming the prospective hires will work on Peter Jackson’s “Halo” project.
“A Peter Jackson-helmed Halo project was announced at X06 in Barcelona,” said a Microsoft spokesperson. “Since then, Microsoft Game Studios has been hard at work collaborating with Peter Jackson and Bungie on the development of that project. At this time, it’s necessary to grow the internal team to keep pace with development. Bungie will continue to remain involved in multiple aspects of the Halo Universe with MGS.” more…
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