Vector Entertainment and developer MCS Games today announced the open beta public release of their evolutionary casual multiplayer online game for kids, Vector City Racers. Vector City Racers is the first browser-based massively multiplayer online game (MMO) to offer real-time 3D action using Flash 10 technology. The game can be played for free - with no download required - at www.vectorcityracers.com.
“Vector City Racers empowers kids to create their own unique racer vehicles in a world that offers both social activities and achievement-based gaming,” said Chris Bergstresser, CEO, Vector Entertainment. “Boys crave competition, measurable achievements, kinetic gameplay and action. Vector City Racers meets those demands and also offers instant access to an exciting 3D world right in their browser. The open beta offers more features and more opportunity for massive fun.”
Designed with boys age 6-12 in mind, Vector City Racers combines the excitement and fun of circuit track racing gameplay with the community aspects of a virtual world. In Vector City Racers, each child’s self-designed, one-of-a-kind racer vehicle is their avatar. The game environment is comprised of shapes and structures, all constructed in real-time 3D by the V3D Flash 10 engine, running directly in one’s browser. The open beta invites everyone to come and explore Vector City, where all roads lead to fun.
Vector City Racers features include:
· Ten cities to explore! Ski up and down the arctic slopes of Avalanche City, burn rubber in Racers Rise City, or get some deep tread tires and explore Great Outdoors City!
· The Vector Zone Store where hard-earned points get turned into Revs to spend on cool vehicle upgrades.
· The Garage where users can park and hang out in their own personal spaces.
· The Trophy Wall to show off achievements and trophies.
· The Showroom to manage personal collection of racers and upgrades.
· Brand new ModShop (replaces the CarStructor), for creating and modifying racer vehicles. Move, model, paint and name sweet one-of-a-kind rides.
· Race results post rankings against all other racers.
· Safe moderated chat as well as “snap chat” (common phrases for quick communication).
· A News blog that lists the latest information on events, updates, game improvements and exciting information from the world of Vector City.
· Tons of new achievements to conquer!
· Both single player and multiplayer activities in every city – endless hours of fun for the young and young at heart!
Vector City Racers official site:
http://www.vectorcityracers.com
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BETandRACE is an absolute novel and unique action-rich massive multiplayer online racing game. While racing against thousands of other real players you can show your talent and improve your driving skills constantly.
Start your racing career and duel with real opponents on the numerous original adapted tracks in Berlin, Vienna and other capitals of this world.
BETandRACE is absolutely free! Install the game on your PC via the free download, register on the BETandRace web portal und start to practice in the training (it is also offline playable) and play money mode (totally for free).
Depending on your success, the chosen race participants and game mode also second and third places will be honoured. Almost like in real life your success is shown immediately on your account.
An utterly highlight of BETandRACE and worldwide unique is the possibility to play/drive for real money (entirely voluntary and only for players aged 18+) in the real money mode. Your real money winnings can be turned into real cash and paid out at any time (similar to poker games).
BETandRACE captivates by its excellent 3D graphics, a fast and easy entry and short, but very action-packed races (depending on the route max. 2.5 min). Therefore you have several chances to win within a short time.
Use the possibility to share your experiences with other players via the chat function.
Learn more about the extensive features of BETandRACE under www.betandrace.com.
- Multiplayer arcade racing game against real opponents
o Up to 8 participants for the online multiplayer racing mode
o Duel with thousands of other players
- Free download (BETandRACE Download-client approx. 308MB), registration and participation
- Simple game access for new players and easily learned gameplay!
- Excellent 3D graphics - all in real time
- Realistic driving experience
- 15 originally adapted race tracks trough famous capitals of the world:
o Berlin (z.B. Brandenburger Tor)
o Vienna (z.B. Stephansplatz, Parliament, etc.)
o London
o Paris
o Rome *
- Each 3 different tracks for each town (circuit, sprint course and drag course)
- Original reproduced, authentic car models (such as Volkswagen Golf GTI, Volvo C30 etc.)
- Various cockpit views:
o Rear
o Driver’s View
o Bird’s-eye view
o Front
- Various leagues and levels of difficulty
o Rookie
o Amateur
o City Masters
- Car Configurator (garage):
o Tuning functions / car vernier adjustment (braking, acceleration, top speed, etc.)
o Color selection
o Own license plate
o Car stickers, etc.
- Different game modes:
o Training mode: including best time-ghost (single-player mode)
o Play money mode: multiplayer mode with play money profits (2-8 players per race)
o Real money mode: multiplayer mode with real money profits (only for people over 18 years, 2-8 players per race)
o Tournament Mode
- Career mode, race statistics and various news of success, such as
o All-Time High
o Ranking and career displays: victories, second and third placings
o Individual winning accounts
- Different weather conditions (rain, snow, etc.)
- Day and night mode
- Authentic sound effects
- Different music genres and styles *
- Integrated chat feature
- Tutorial
Next they’ll be making video games about doing your homework on time!
In Bus Driver, your job is to transport passengers around an attractive and realistic city. You must drive to a timetable on a planned route, while obeying traffic rules, and taking care not to upset or injure your passengers. This makes Bus Driver unlike any other driving game - the experience of driving a bus is very different from blazing through a racing circuit.
On behalf of EA Games, I am pleased to present the release of Ninja Reflex for the Nintendo Wii and DS Lite on March 4th, 2008. Read on for some of the in game features:
Ninja Reflex features:
Develop the reflexes of a Ninja and test your skills against up to three friends.
- Master eleven belt ranks on your way to attaining your 3rd Degree Black Belt.
- Six core Ninja training exercises with several variations and difficulty levels for each game
- Shuriken: Defend the courtyard from attacks on all sides with throwing stars
- Hotaru: Test your quickness against the flash of a firefly
- Hashi: One who can catch flies with chopsticks can accomplish anything
- Koi: Capture koi fish with your bare hands
- Nunchaku: Crush incoming aerial assaults with your nunchucks
- Katana: Strike down demons with your Samurai sword in a bamboo forest
- Choose a unique Ninja name from over 25,000 combinations.
- Calm your body, mind, and spirit with meditation lessons from your Sensei.
See more at the Official Site!
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Nintencast.com has a bunch of new info and screenshots for the upcoming Mario Kart game for the Wii platform. Look for the game to launch in April.
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To get you through the rest of the week, we’ve got a brand new batch of screenshots depicting guns, aliens and carnage from Shadowgrounds Survivor. The original Shadowgrounds was a hit when it premiered on Steam, and SGS kicks things up by about 126 notches. The horror-themed shoot-em-up from Frozenbyte and Meridian4 is scheduled for release in November, and if you haven’t been playing the preview build, what are you waiting for?! It’s good old-school action… with lots of the aforementioned guns, aliens and carnage. Unleash the fury!
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For a quick look at the gameplay watch this video, and stay tuned to ArcadeMojo for more updates on gameplay:
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada – September 13, 2007 – Meridian4, a rising Montreal-based video game publisher, today announced that it will market and distribute IDEA Games’ upcoming first-person shooter, Alpha Prime, which will be available at a wide range of retail outlets and via numerous online-distribution networks like TotalGaming.net, Steam and Direct2Drive. Alpha Prime, a PC-exclusive title, is scheduled for release in October 2007 at a suggested price of $19.95.
Since signing the agreement, Meridian4 and IDEA Games have worked closely to improve gameplay and presentation in Alpha Prime, ensuring its appeal to North American audiences. Somewhere deep in space, on the lifeless asteroid Alpha Prime, something has gone terribly wrong… The miners were warned that the mysterious element known as hubbardium was too dangerous to excavate, but the lure of unimaginable wealth was too strong. Now, something has happened to them and it’s up to the player to save them and face an unknown threat. Armed with an assortment of hi-tech weapons and the ability to hack into the station’s own automated defenses, their mission is simple; get in, get the survivors and get out!
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“It’s been fantastic working with IDEA Games,” said Jeff Giasson, Production Director at Meridian4. “They’ve been very receptive to our feedback, and through our close cooperation, we’ve helped to make Alpha Prime a great value-priced shooter. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with IDEA Games.”
“IDEA Games is really excited to work with a dedicated publisher like Meridian4,” said Slavomír Pavlíček, CEO at IDEA Games. “Their great retail-distribution network and willingness to embrace digital distribution will help Alpha Prime reach a worldwide audience in all its glory.”
For more information about Meridian4 and its products, visit http://www.meridian4.com.
For more information about IDEA Games, visit http://www.idea-games.com.
We’ve got a batch of sweet new Sins of a Solar Empire screenshots, showing off both close-up and far-out (totally, dude) views in the space-based RT4X from Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games. Check em out (click on image for larger pic):
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