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The Ultimate Puzzle Game: Match 3D Flick Puzzle Preview

"This is an INCREDIBLE game!"  - Lord Gek

"If Spock played games, he would play this!" - Mobile Game FAQS

MATCH 3D FLICK PUZZLE has 512 cubes of the hottest puzzle playing goodness to mess with your brain.

This game is more than an awesome matching game, its EIGHT different modes and UNLIMITED LEVELS will satisfy your puzzle playing mania.

You control a 3D supercube consisting of 512 smaller cubes.  Easy-to-use controls allow you to access the individual planes and faces of the cube.  Flick the cube to move it.  Pinch to zoom in or out.  Shake your iPhone or iPod touch to spin it. Lock it to a full screen view with just a single tap on the magnifying glass.  

In Match 3D Flick Puzzle matches of three or more of the same patterned cubes can occur in three dimensions as well.  Special cubes enhance play with wild-card instant-matches, cube-blasting explosions, locked blocks and clear blocks.

If you get stuck, DON'T PANIC!  You can earn bonuses that provide special moves enabling you to advance to expert levels; destroy a block, change a block, highlight all matches, swap blocks, change any block to a random normal block, randomly change the location of every block in the game, even destroy all blocks of a single type.

Match 3D Flick Puzzle offers many addictive play options -- from casual to intense.  

• Classic: Blocks removed are replaced with new blocks. You progress from level to level by scoring a specific number of matches.

• Survival: Blocks removed are not replaced. You progress from level by level by removing ALL possible matches on the board.
  

• Un-Timed vs Timed:  Create a casual game experience or an incredibly intense one that tests your speed.  It's your choice.

• Locked vs Unlocked blocks:  A challenge for the true pro puzzle player - locked blocks appear at higher levels and cannot be moved.
  

Survival-Timed may just be the most challenging game you have ever played, just getting to the 2nd level will drive you crazy.  

So ... if you've Beaten Bejeweled, Bested Bloons, Survived StoneLoops, Solved Sudoku and are looking for the ultimate puzzle game challenge, you just found it.

Match 3D Flick Puzzle saves multiple games in progress automatically, records your high score and features three different music selections.  It even will allow you to play music from your iPod instead of the game's music.

Video Preview:

PlayScreen launches portal with OVER 25 Free games for the new Palm Pre Phone, Games Galore for Palm Pre Users at PlayScreen.com

SAN DIEGO - June 8th, 2009. The company that launched some of the most popular iPhone web-based games has announced the release of more than 25 web-based games optimized for the Palm® Pre™ browser. Titles include casual, action, puzzle and social games. 

"These ad-supported titles take advantage of the phone’s screen size and the advanced Palm webOS™ browser’s performance and Ajax capabilities," said William Volk, president and CEO of PlayScreen. "Titles include blackjack, solitaire, bowling, sudoku, solitaire, roulette, backgammon, darts, golf and other popular games."

"PlayScreen is applying its considerable experience in advanced mobile technology to bring these titles to consumers," commented PlayScreen President Sherri Cuono. "There are no installs required and these games are optimized to play via Pre’s excellent browser."

"With all the excitement over this new phone and operating system, we wanted to make sure consumers had their favorite games," added William Volk. "And the games are here, at PlayScreen.com."

About the Palm Pre Phone

Palm® Pre™ is the first phone running the new Palm webOS™ platform, which brings together your important information from where it resides – on your phone, at your work or on the web – into one logical view.(1) Palm Synergy™, a key feature of webOS, pulls your contacts and calendars from places like Outlook, Google and Facebook, so everything is right there for you when you need it. Palm Pre also lets you flip back and forth between all the things you have open at once-instead of opening and closing them-so you can flow easily between activities without losing your place. Pre’s exquisite design includes a touch screen and a physical keyboard that slides out only when needed. The new Palm Pre and webOS are designed to be so in sync with your needs that it feels like Pre is thinking ahead for you. More information about the Palm Pre phone is available at www.palm.com/Pre. 

(1) Use of this device requires providing a valid e-mail address, mobile phone number, and related information for account setup and activation. Unlimited usage data plan strongly recommended; additional data charges may apply. Within wireless coverage area only. Number of applications and actual performance will vary depending on applications used and actions performed.

PlayScreen and the PlayScreen logo are trademarks of MyNuMo, LLC. Palm, Pre, webOS and Synergy are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About PlayScreen: San Diego based PlayScreen is a social entertainment company publishing casual, social and action games on the iPhone, Google Android, Palm Pre, and Nokia handsets. More Details about PlayScreen at www.PlayScreen.com . (PlayScreen is a trademark of MyNuMo, LLC.)

Contact: bizdev@PlayScreen.com +1 858 692 1124

You can preview these titles on your PC/Mac with Safari, Firefox or Opera at: PlayScreen.com/PalmPre

Huffington Post: Mountain View, We Have A Problem ... Google's Android Phone Disappoints Developers.

The Huffington Post covers the issues with the Google Android App Market:

Mountain View, We Have A Problem ... Google's Android Phone Disappoints Developers.

Want to know why there are over 30,000 applications on the iPhone? Ask Ethan Nicholas. Mr. Nicholas programmed a little game called iShoot in his spare time. iShoot shot to number one on Jan 11th, with the $2.99 game reportedly earning Ethan over $800,000. Mr. Nicholas has quit his day job at Sun (good timing!) to devote himself to iPhone programming.

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Huffington Post: Farting Permitted, Politics Prohibited? Does Apple Have a Problem with Political Games?

The Huffington Post covers the issue of Apple blocking and/or delaying apps with political satire.

Farting Permitted, Politics Prohibited? Does Apple Have a Problem with Political Games?

Twitter Saved My Life

Well, not exactly ... but for three days solid I used TweetDeck and replied to EVERY message I saw about the Bailout and keep pounding away that Bailout Bonanza (our iPhone game) was delayed, perhaps due to concerns about it's satirical nature. That message was then re-twitted by major bloggers to 10's of 1000's of followers

Well, it just went LIVE in the store. It had been delayed for well over a month.

You can see it on the iPhone App Store.

Sales were generated last night even though you have to type in the name or use my provided link to buy the title. It isn't in the "what's new" in the game categories yet.

Look, what I basically did was to create a wave of public discussion on the approval delay. Our contacts had told us that the title might be looked at next week. This Twit Blitz may have done the trick, I have NO WAY of knowing if it did the trick.

I also resorted to on-camera begging last weekend:

http://www.theappshow.com/2009-03-22-the-app-show-episode-21-no-parking/

Beat the Bailout on your iPhone or Google Android Phone

AN UPDATE:

IT SHIPPED! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SENT MESSAGES AND MADE CALLS

Buy it at the iPhone App Store

We've decided to increase our contribution to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties to 25% of sales (retail price).

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PlayScreen Battles the “Bailout Bonanza” with a New iPhone Game

Angered by the million dollar bonuses, corporate jets, fancy junkets and other executive perks

funded by the Bank Bailout?  Wish you could stop this “Bailout Bonanza?” A new iPhone game 

will give you the opportunity to do just that, and in the process, provide a REAL helping

hand for people in need.

PlayScreen has created “Bailout Bonanza,” a fast, fun and furious arcade-action game where 

you try to catch bundles of cash being thrown by a greedy executive.  Taking advantage 

of the iPhone’s cool control features, “Bailout Bonanza” gives you the option to play by swiping your 

finger across the screen or by tilting the phone.  Watch out for the occasional shoe toss!  If you 

miss a moneybag or get hit by a shoe you lose one of your baskets and make the greedy 

exec very happy.

PlayScreen is pledging to donate 25% (yes, we have changed this from 5%) of each sale to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.

With “Bailout Bonanza” you can channel your frustration over Bailout abuse into helping the people hit hardest by this economic crises.

Now available for the Google Android G1 phone!



Contact Information:

William Volk
bvolk@playscreen.com
(858) 692 1124

Bailout Bonanza, a new iPhone game that takes on the abuses of the bailout

AN UPDATE:

IT SHIPPED! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SENT MESSAGES AND MADE CALLS

Buy it at the iPhone App Store

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Motivated by anger over the abuses of the Bailout, PlayScreen is launching a iPhone game called "Bailout Bonanza."

Here is a video trailer for the game:

(There's a high quality viewing option on the lower right of the video).

"Bailout Bonanza" is a classic arcade game where you try to stop the abuses of executives using the Federal Bailout of Banks for their own personal benefit.

Featuring a choice of a Swipe or Tilt interface, "Bailout Bonanza" recreates a classic arcade experience with a theme as timely as today's headlines.

The game will be available on iTunes for a price of 99 cents.

PlayScreen is pledging to donate 5% of each sale to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. With “Bailout Bonanza” you can channel your frustration over Bailout abuse into helping the people hit hardest by this economic crises.

Bigfoot Sighted! On an iPhone.

Just released on iTunes!

The rare and elusive creature known as Bigfoot has been spotted on an iPhone.

In this new strategy game you have to capture Bigfoot before he can escape:

This game features auto save, manual save, and 11 levels that will frustrate you to no end.  Bigfoot likes to laugh when he gets away.  You'll learn to hate that laugh.

Here is a video preview:

I expect this will appear on the App Store sometime next week.

Building a Better Bounce Trap

This is a story about how a good game became GREAT.

I am proud to announce that Bounce Trap Tilt just got released on iTunes and the App Store. 



The original Bounce Trap got some nice reviews on iTunes and in the press. 

... this iPhone puzzle game is fun. It's got the addictiveness part down pat. This is one of the first iPhone games that I'd deem worthy for an actual gamer. - Hands-On, Destructoid.com

Addiction is a cruel mistress. She sneaks up on you, luring you with promise of pleasure. It's a rouse, a trap – one time and you're hooked. Bounce Trap ensnares you with its easy-to-learn gameplay, drawing you back with its subtle strategic depth. ... Bounce Trap provides polished casual play with enough depth to entertain a seasoned gamer. - PocketGamer 

With a mixture of action, strategy, and chance Bounce Trap can get fairly addicting and will provide entertainment for young and old. - AppCraver 

But along with that, there was a legitimate criticism that the game needed more interactivity. You could control where the ball was released, but like Peggle^tm, once the ball was released you didn't have any control over it's trajectory.

Well, Bounce Trap Tilt now allows you to control the ball by .... tilting the iPhone. You can curve your shots, aim for specific bonus holes etc... We also added a new audio driver and shrunk the game from 26MB to 9.3MB with all the music and sound effects of the original. You can even buy the game ($0.99) directly from your iPhone by texting BOUNCE to 74415.

And of course, it is a free update for existing players of Bounce Trap.

Update: Bounce Trap Tilt is featured in "What's Hot" on iTunes!

iPhone Reviews blog reviews Mystic Jewels

Wednesday's Review: Mystic Jewels

Mystic Jewels is a very clever strategy game. While it does look like another matching game, it is far from it. The aim of the game is to remove all jewels from the board. This is done by upgrading the Jewels until the are destroyed and sent out waves which start a chain reaction, earning you more points. It sounds simple but if you don't make big chain reactions, the number of moves which you get will get be down dramatically, causing you to lose the game. This is very addictive and a great game to play.
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This is a very addicting game with a lot of replay value as you try and master the game and beat your high scores. Very polished game that was well thought out. Anyone who enjoys puzzle games would enjoy this, definitely consider buying this for its sale price, well worth it.