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New Social Gaming Company Named as Brandyl, Inc.
Interactive entertainment industry veteran France Tantiado recently announced the start of a new venture, Brandyl, Inc. The new company is a 
social gaming company dedicated to bringing fun and exciting new game play to the online social gaming sphere. They are very focused on developing fun and engaging games for Facebook and mobile platforms. Brandyl is currently assembling a top-tier team of engineers, game designers, and graphic artists to join their team.
Interested applicants can visit http://www.brandyl.com/hire.html to check out current openings.
“With my years of experience in the gaming industry, I decided that it was time to start my own company,” stated France Tantiado, CEO and founder of Brandyl, Inc. “The growth of the social online gaming sphere has just been phenomenal, and I look forward to introducing a richer, and more engaging experience into the online arena.”
France Tantiado has spearheaded numerous marketing campaigns in the industry, and built up some of the biggest brands in the console gaming realm, such as Sonic the Hedgehog for SEGA. She also implemented several ground-breaking marketing strategies for the video game industry while working with Electronic Arts and Microsoft’s Xbox Live.
Seeking to bring a new vision to the social gaming space, France and the Brandyl team have been hard at work, looking forward to releasing upcoming games by the end of summer. “Everyone is working hard to bring the vision to life,” according to France, “and we can’t wait to unveil what we’ve got.”
Here at GhostStorm Gaming News I wish you the best of luck!
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New STAR TREK Games Incoming and they’re FREE-TO-PLAY
A German publisher GameForge has entered into a worldwide agreement with CBS Consumer Products, allowing it to create and publish free-to-play online Star Trek games. From this, the company is currently planning both a Facebook-based game from a German studio, and a broader browser game from a Californian developer. While both studios will be external, neither have been named as yet.
“Because of the differences of the platform we produce two different games with different concept”, GameForge’s producer for the Star Trek franchise, Michael Hengst, told the German edition of GamesIndustry.biz.
“The acquisition of a well-known and high-level license is another significant step for Game Forge,” said CFO Christoph Jennen. “We are very proud that the quality of our products and reputation as a publisher has enabled us to purchase a license of this size. The upcoming Star Trek online games will increase our international market share, and the US market is particularly of great interest to us.”
“Normally, we pan our first rollouts in Germany and Europe. and bring into other international markets after that,” added corporate spokesperson Kerstin Müller. “Having as strong a franchise as Star Trek, we have decided for the first time to rollout in the US simultaneously. The market for browser-based games is not as established in the US as elsewhere in the world, so we intend to prepare the ground with this valuable franchise.”
Under the terms of the agreement, both games will be free to play. One will concern the ‘classic’ Star Trek universe, and the other the Deep Space Nine timeline. Rights for any MMO version of Star Trek remain with Atari, who last year published Star Trek Online to a mixed reception.
The Karlsruhe-based publisher’s twenty-plus games are available in 50 languages, and sport 100 million registered users worldwide.
The West Heads for ARIZONA
The West UK and The West US have been updated with several new features and you can test them all in the new world: Arizona.
The more or less peaceful atmosphere in The West is all over. Bandits have entered the area. You will be able to fight against them in the duel menu. Bandits are NPC’S (Non Playable Characters), but they are at least as dangerous as real Players. In case you do not find suitable opponents for a duel, you can now challenge the bandits and make your town’s streets safer. You can generate five bandits, which will change every half an hour. Their strength will differ and they will have varied skills, so that you can figure out, which character would be the best to challenge. After you have beaten a character and after a short period of time a new NPC, with a different strength level, will appear. We are sure that this innovation will ensure more fun with the dueling system for you.
A second improvement is the possibility to invite foreign cities in your own city forum, for example to discuss strategic alliances. You will be able to start surveys in your city forums, too. So it will be easier to illustrate the opinion of all inhabitants.
Just on new worlds there will be a change in the working times. One hour jobs will be as effective as a two hours job and the two hours job will be removed. As a result the working queue will be extended to three entries for normal users and eight for premium.
Have a great time with the new features in The West.
Second Major Release of justRace is Live
justRace is the only real racing game on the Facebook platform, launched in March 2010. The game combines a classic passion for driving in simulated racing tracks with the modern appeal of car customization and social interaction through competition.
The casual racing game justRace has just been revamped with its second major release. The developers at justGamez studio are working constantly to make it a great entertainment and socializing product. A series of new, more engaging features were just released, including two initial cars to choose from and cool racing trophies to be won.
The game is now based on levels, and the user needs to perform a series of challenges, wins and gain experience points in order to advance and unlock more features. The players will discover two new cars corresponding to the initial levels of play, a Hot Rod and a Sparkster. Each comes with acceleration, handling and other features. As they will advance through the game, users will get access to better performing cars and other various upgrades.
Another major introduction is the ‘My Achievements’ section. Each player will be able to gain a number of trophies and medals for their outstanding racing skills. There are requirements for each trophy to be gained, from number of winning challenges to number of successfully finished races, with even more to be added soon. The faster the racers and the more they challenge their friends, the more trophies they will be able to collect and show off!
justRace can be accessed from the following link: http://apps.facebook.com/justrace/.
Football Fever Scores High on Business Tycoon Online
To celebrate and coincide with the World Cup, DOVOGAME has announced a brand new feature to be introduced into the popular browser game, Business Tycoon Online. The Arena kicks off with the world cup, from June 9th PDT.
The Arena will allow all players to select a team of their employees, and challenge their fellow gamers on their respective server for arena points to climb up the rankings. The top 32 players will then move into a knockout tournament, until the last player standing on each server is found! Luxurious rewards are available to participants of the event; including brand new items to be introduced to the game for the first time.
With this intriguing and exhilarating feature introduced by DOVOGAME, it is sure to bring fierce rivalry and competition to the players, and bringing in a whole new dimension to Business Tycoon Online.
A Selection of FREE to Play Games NOW ONLINE
Zattikka, a major new player in the online and mobile gaming market, today announced BadHed, a brand new gaming portal specifically targeted at gamers with attitude. BadHed is now live with a selection of free to play games at www.badhed.com
Zattikka’s presence in the industry was firmly established with the acquisition of the popular portal Gimme5Games – hosting an extensive variety of well known titles such as Butt Scan, Balloon Headed Boy and the Phantom Mansion series. Now the company has its sights set to expand into the more dedicated hardcore gaming market with its new ‘Blood ‘n’ Gore’ portal BadHed.
New games already available to play on the on the new portal include Chubby Ninja, in which players must “prove their girth” as a Ninja Master and Dog Pound, a quirky take on post-apocalyptic survival which involves defending your rowing boat from mutant dogs with your trusty oar!
As well as making available the web’s finest extreme Flash games, visitors to the site will be able to sign up for Zattikka’s new ‘Games For The Planet’ passport. This allows members to access an array of exclusive website extras: players can earn ‘Gimmes’ to buy additional content in games; reward fellow users with ‘Hi-Fives’; and maintain Friends lists and achievement collections. This new gaming passport can be used across all of Zattikka’s current and future gaming portals.
“We’re delighted to be bringing BadHed to gamers with a passion for the more extreme games,” said Tim Chaney, CEO of Zattikka. “Whether you want to test your skills as an ass-kicking chubby Ninja, or just spend five minutes clubbing mutant hounds around the chops, BadHed is bound to be every extreme gamer’s new port of call. We’re really excited to be launching BadHed as our latest Games for the Planet portal, and fans can look forward to new games on the site on a regular basis, as well as more brand new specialised gaming portals from Zattikka in the future.”
