Bohemia Interactive Community Awards 2009 launched!

Bohemia Interactive in collaboration with NaturalPoint and RockPaperShotgun.com is pleased to announce the launch of the 2009 Community Awards where the community nominate and vote for their favorite community enterprises of ARMA and ARMA 2.

Prague, Czech Republic – 1st December 2009 – Bohemia Interactive together with NaturalPoint and RockPaperShotgun.com today announces the start of the 2009 Community Awards which invites the extensive ARMA and ARMA 2 community to nominate and vote for their favorite fan made content. Winner of each category will win a pack of attractive prizes including one of 5 TrackIR’s from NaturalPoint.

“Our titles are known for their complexity and open approach to the modding community. Modding tools released by us earlier this year, together with a complex yet easy-to-use mission editor allow fans to create their own custom content, far above and beyond fan content typical even for other PC exclusive titles.” explains Marek Spanel, Bohemia’s CEO and continues: “We have always believed in the power of a strong community and the benefits which both sides receive from such a strong relationship. I respect each and every fan that spends hours and hours doing the precise and patient work on new ingame models, missions or even complex modifications such as completely new environments or campaigns. We would like to express our thanks to all these guys and we believe that an annual Community Awards is the best way to celebrate this exhaustive work and show the fruits of such labor, beyond the walls of our own community forums.”

The 2008 awards were a great success and we received some very positive feedback from members of our community that told us that this annual tradition must continue, and here they are!

Strengthened by the official partnership with NaturalPoint, creator of unique TrackIR PC accessories and supported by RockPaperShot.com we’re pleased to announce the launch of the 2009 Community Awards. We’ve added a new category – Best ARMA/ARMA 2 User Created Movie – in order to demonstrate the unique gaming experience and favorite aspects of the Bohemia’s titles fans.

The Bohemia Interactive Community Awards 2009 contest consists of three phases:
- Nominations: starting today till December 31st 2009 12:00PM CET
- Final voting: January 1st 2010 12:00PM CET – January 31st 2010 12:00PM CET
- Winners announcement: first two weeks in February 2010;

The following categories are included:
- Best ARMA/ARMA 2 Mod / Addon
- Best ARMA/ARMA 2 Mission
- Best ARMA/ARMA 2 User Created Movie
- Best ARMA/ARMA 2 Website
- Best ARMA/ARMA 2 Member

The nomination stage for the Community Awards has just opened so we ask everyone to head over to the online nominations form now!

“NaturalPoint is excited to participate in such a creative, community-driven contest,” said Seth Steiling, Marketing Manager at NaturalPoint. „The legendary ARMA community is so passionate and dedicated-collectively creating what is really an unmatched gaming experience. We’re honored to support both Bohemia Interactive and ARMA players around the world, and we’re looking forward to checking out some amazing submissions.“

“It’s fantastic to see companies recognizing the significance of gamer creativity. It’s the vital lifeblood that sets the PC apart as a gaming platform, and the BIS games have long been among the most valuable to modders.”said Jim Rossignol, editor at RockPaperShotgun.com

All details inluding the competition´s conditions are described at Bohemia´s homepage at www.bistudio.com

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For more information please contact:

IDEA Games
Michal Harangozo
Email: michal@idea-games.com
Tel: +420 257 189 564

About Bohemia Interactive
Established in 1999 in Prague, Czech Republic, Bohemia Interactive is an independent game development studio that focuses on developing original state of the art computer entertainment and simulation software, including the research of proprietary advanced real-time 3D graphics, artificial intelligence and physical simulation technologies for real-time interactive environments.
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis*, Bohemia Interactive’s debut game published by Codemasters in 2001, became the No. 1 bestselling PC game around the world and has won many international awards, including “Game of The Year” and “Best Action Game.” Over 2 million copies of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis* have been sold since its release. Bohemia Interactive’s second major release, ARMA: Armed Assault (also known as ARMA: Combat Operations), followed in 2007 and sold over 400,000 copies on PC through various local publishing partners. ARMA 2, the latest hit in the series of realistic military simulators, released worldwide during summer 2009 was placed in the top positions of official PC charts around the world immediately following its release.
The research and development team of Bohemia Interactive has more than 50 experienced developers at studios in the Czech Republic. Bohemia Interactive won the Best PC Game Developer award for 2001 at London’s ECTS exhibition and Rookie Studio of the Year award at GDC 2002. http://www.bistudio.com
*”Operation Flashpoint”™ is a trademark of Codemasters.

About NaturalPoint
Based in Corvallis, Oregon, NaturalPoint® designs and manufactures the TrackIR™, OptiTrack™, and SmartNAV™ product lines. With a rapidly growing and enthusiastic user base, over 100 supported titles, and a product in its 5th generation, TrackIR has a long history of supporting pioneering gaming titles. It is the highest-selling head tracker in the world and represents the industry standard for optical motion tracking for PC gaming. Visit www.trackir.com for more information.

About RockPaperShotgun.com
RPS is about PC gaming – all of PC gaming, rather than just one of the weird and wonderful niches most other PC-centric sites confine themselves to. It’s written by four of Britain’s top games journalists, and it aims to cover everything from the latest breaking stories about the biggest releases to esoterica from the format’s obscurest peninsulas.
Visit www.rockpapershotgun.com for more information.

THE SECOND PSP MINI FROM HALFBRICK RELEASED IN UNITED STATES ON 24/11/09 FOR $2.99

November 25th, 2009 – Blast Off – ESRB rating E for EVERYONE – is an interstellar arcade game featuring gravity fields, lost astronauts and bizarre planetary systems. Use your rocket ship to rescue astronauts and carry them through the warpgate to safety. But be careful! The ever-present force of gravity can help you on your journey, but can also bring you crashing down.

Each planet and celestial body has a gravity effect which must be accounted for. This gravity must be used to the player’s advantage in combination with rocket boost power and directional control. Various hazards must be avoided, and if the ship crashes into an object the mission fails.

• 45 missions across four difficulty settings
• Planets and Asteroids will have gravity and attract the ship, allowing players to float around the level
• Black Holes will attract the ship with even more ferocity
• White Holes have a reverse gravity field, pushing the ship away
• Awarded Silver, Gold or Brick medals based on mission success

Good luck, and Blast Off!

About Halfbrick

Halfbrick is a professional game development studio based in Brisbane, Australia. Founded in 2001, it has developed popular titles for the Game Boy Advance, PSP, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS, with expansion into Xbox Live Arcade, WiiWare and PlayStation Network development. For further information, please visit www.halfbrick.com and follow on Twitter, Youtube and Facebook!

Press Contact/Review Codes/General Inquiries

Phil Larsen
Phone: +61 7 3356 0429
Email: plarsen@halfbrick.com
Web: www.halfbrick.com

Theatre of War 2 CENTAURO add-on released!

23 November 2009 — The Theatre of War 2 CENTAURO add-on has just been released today! Grab it while it’s hot! And we have a surprise for you, too*

CENTAURO is available immediately for download and costs just $25. An attractive new bundle of the base game Theatre of War 2 plus the CENTAURO add-on is available as well at the reduced price of just $50!

Hardgoods will be available for shipping within 14 days. Downloads are available immediately.

Theatre of War 2 CENTAURO is an expansion to the WW2 tactical ground combat simulation Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 and is dedicated to the Italian 131st Armored Division „Centauro“ and the battles it took part in North Africa, starting from December 1942 until mid-May 1943. Some of the exciting new features include new desert and mountain landscapes of North Africa on ten brand new maps accurately reconstructed according to historical documents, ten new military vehicles such as the Semovente M40 tank destroyer, the Carro Armato M13/40 medium tank or the Autoblinda AB 40 armored car, and much more.

*In addition to the new Centauro Division campaign and the standalone missions, a suprise bonus US campaign is included as well! Follow Stuart tank commander Sergeant Alan Mitchell through a number of missions at the Kasserine Pass!

Click here to buy your copy now= http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=27&Itemid=26

Click here to jump to the CENTAURO product page= http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=230&Itemid=357
Official Theatre of War 2 web page: www.battlefront.com/tow2

Level R – gamigo’s cooperation with VW puts GTIs and Sciroccos in the race

Hamburg, 18 November 2009 – gamigo’s cooperation with Europe’s largest car manufacturer is bearing fruit. The community took to the original Golf V GTI with great gusto, and now race fans can get their hands on the new VW Scirocco. We’ll be releasing it in two waves: we start with the consumer version – one optimised for racing will be coming soon! gamigo’s hit racing MMOG has been a runaway success in four languages, rightly earning the title “The European Championship”. Over 200 tracks, more than 40 cars plus countless items and features explain why millions of gamers have started their engines.

Aspiring racing drivers can register free of charge at levelr.gamigo.com – and get playing!

gamigo AG
gamigo AG, a subsidiary of Axel Springer AG, has played an important part in the world of online gaming since starting in 2000. Thanks to its many years of experience, attractive products and the emphasis on relationship with customers, gamigo – under the label gamigo games – is one of the leading online game publishers in the German-speaking world, marketing Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) of different genres to a wide target group. The range extends from “casual” games right through to captivating fantasy MMOs.

Contact
gamigo AG / Behringstr. 16b / 22765 Hamburg / Tel.: +49(0) 40 22 63 052 64
pr@gamigo-mail.de

Theatre of War 2 CENTAURO add-on goes gold!

16 November 2009 — Battlefront.com and 1C Company are thrilled to announce that the CENTAURO add-on to the epic World War Two tactical wargame Theatre of War 2 : Africa 1943 has just gone gold! Theatre of War 2 – Centauro is going to go on sale this week, and will be available for $25 plus S&H, for immediate download as well as mail delivery, and only directly from www.battlefront.com.

An attractive bundle of the base game and the add-on is going to be available as well, at the reduced price of just \$50. Theatre of War 2 – Centauro is not a standalone game, it requires ownership of the original english language Battlefront.com version of Theatre of War 2.

Theatre of War 2 – Centauro is an expansion to the WW2 tactical ground combat simulation Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 and is dedicated to the Italian 131st Armored Division „Centauro“ and the battles it took part in North Africa, starting from December 1942 until mid-May 1943. Some of the exciting new features include new desert and mountain landscapes of North Africa on ten brand new maps accurately reconstructed according to historical documents, ten new military vehicles such as the Semovente M40 tank destroyer, the Carro Armato M13/40 medium tank or the Autoblinda AB 40 armored car, and much more.

Want to know more?
Click here for Screenshots: http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=230&Itemid=357
Click here for the Video trailer!: http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=202&Itemid=263

The World Ends With Batman, Brando And The Spy [Pumpkins!]

Today’s Kotaku pumpkin patch includes the Godfather , Batman, the Spy from Team Fortress 2 and the World Ends With You . Cheers to Chris Wells, Lee Harris, Kevin “ShadesBot” Moore and Chae Wells! Some of you keep starting your pumpkin emails with “Mine’s terrible, but…” Seriously, guys, it doesn’t matter . You want to see how bad my pumpkin skillz are? Check out the last image. It’s supposed to be Bubs from Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People (which is really just a Bubs stencil from Homestarrunner.com) — but it kind of looks like a retarded Popple. Or Gary Busey, depending on whether or not it’s lit up. So, don’t be shy! Send me your gaming pumpkins!

Visit link:
The World Ends With Batman, Brando And The Spy [Pumpkins!]

The most complete difference game on iPhone, iPod Touch and PSP Mini.

20 October 2009 – Sanuk Games announces the release of “Spot The Differences!” on iPhone and iPod Touch today, and on PSP Mini on November 5th.

“Spot The Differences!” is the most complete difference game on these platforms, with 240 scenes, 4 levels of difficulty, and 4800 differences to spot!

It offers a journey through odd and attractive scenes on various themes: travel, gastronomy, playground, sports, pets, wildlife.

3 game modes are available: Arcade, Select Pictures and Time Attack.

The iPhone / iPod Touch edition is available now:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=334399926&mt=8

A LITE version will be released shortly.

About Sanuk Games (www.sanukgames.com)
With over 25 games shipped on various platforms since its inception in 2003, Sanuk Games is a leading actor of the casual game development space. Its Bangkok-based studio combines local and international talents to develop high-quality games at a competitive cost.

For more information, please contact Yan Marchal – yan@sanuk.biz / +66 2962 2995.