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Red Iron Labs, the virtual reality game studio that released Abduction Prologue: The Jonathan Blake Story game demo earlier this year will be launching their Indiegogo campaign to allow fans help finance their follow up title Abduction Episode 1: Her name was Sarah.  

The passionate gamemakers at Venatus have released their first custom game to the public, Spaceships IO, which is currently in alpha. To help fund further development of the game, as well as the production for two upcoming releases, El Monstro and Roboto, the dedicated team of programmers and creatives have just launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Their goal is to gain enough support in order to take Spaceships IO further and to bring more games, along with consistent updates, to fans.

One of the leading VR development companies, AppReal-VR, has announced their decision to make Casual VR Startup Contest the annual event. As it has recently been reported, the first Casual VR the company hosted in September 2016, was a huge success. It was the competition between the developers of independent software like casual games, augmented reality and virtual reality applications. The winner of the contest - Castle Wars VR game - further took part in the Casual Connect 2016, which was held in Tel-Aviv.

Mega Cat Studios, an independent video game developer, has officially launched a Kickstarter campaign for 'Coffee Crisis', a groundbreaking Sega Genesis game in 16-bit, Hi-Definition glory. The Kickstarter campaign aims to garner widespread support and financial backing to market and distribute Coffee Crisis to a mass audience.

The SEGA Genesis reached the United States market in 1989, taking the gaming world by storm. Players were enthralled by the arcade-like experience as the console fed off of the lackluster performance of the Nintendo gaming giant. The beloved console was home to the Sonic The Hedgehog series, garnering over twenty-five million sales.* Today there is still a thriving market of retro game collectors searching for the same retro feel. Coffee Crisis by Mega Cat Studios is here to provide that exact feeling. With versions available for the PC and the SEGA Genesis, both long-time retro players and newcomers to the genre will be able to enjoy the lighthearted game.

With so many of our gadgets having constant online access and the Internet of things becoming a much more realistic possibility, gamers often find themselves with a lack of bandwidth when partaking in their favorite multiplayer games. Since no one likes being deprived of the perfect kill due to lag, Peter Hall, the chief editor of OpenHandType, has published the site's premier picks for gaming routers in 2016.

Willy-Nilly Knight, the incredible new realtime epic fantasy RPG game from Double Dice Games, is live on Indiegogo and raising funds to bring the project to life.

Free Download Games has reported their decision to enrich the list of web-based and downloadable games available at the website. The service, which always focuses on the needs and requirements of their customers, has decided to keep adding new games to the catalogue on a regular basis to make their users satisfied and pleased with a wide assortment of games they may choose from any time of the day.

The gaming world never remains the same. With hundreds of new mobile and PC games and apps that keep emerging nowadays across the globe, it's often close to impossible to stay aware of all of them. To simplify the choice of users and provide them with the basic knowledge of the advanced games and the news that happen in the industry, Game Apps Free Download has offered an extensive selection of games for download and online play.

In order to be successful in the information age, students have to learn to be creative problem-solvers and to passionately explore topics they enjoy, while learning about sustainability and the fragility of the planet within relevant everyday situations.

The past six decades have seen a massive evolution of music. The conservative values that hold music to conformity have been broken down. As a result Jazz, Electro, Swing, Hip-Hop, and more music genres were born. To pay homage to this diversity of music, D&F TwinsProd have engineered a new app titled Dance Battle to facilitate virtual dance duels. With Dance Battle users have the ability to battle their friends in a dance-off at their fingertips. The action is fast-paced, competitive, and requires a diverse skill set just like real-life dance battles.

David Myers, a game developer looking to release his first mobile game for android and iOS in December 2016, has officially launched a Kickstarter campaign for 'Bubbles', a 1980's 8-bit arcade style video game. The Kickstarter campaign aims to garner widespread support and financial backing to complete development of the game and distribute it to a mass audience.

Timeless Games Inc. has officially launched a Kickstarter campaign for 'Law Paths', a graphic novel/game with a dark, twisting storyline, that harkens back to the "Choose Your Own Adventure" style books of the 1980's. The Kickstarter campaign aims to garner widespread support and financial backing to allow the company to complete production of the game and to begin marketing and distribution to a mass audience.

Dogfight Elite, the multiplayer flight simulator based on World War II, has released a special U.S. presidential election edition that lets players battle as Donald Trump against Hillary Clinton. Let the hair fly!

The creators of Moon Child received inspiration from anime video games such as Princess Mononoke, Future Boy Conan, and other Miyazaki works. Zelda, Terraria, Spellbound, Monster Hunter, and Wonder Boy have also inspired particular features of Moon Child; however, Moon Child still retains its own sense of style.

Sofia Angus, a UK free-lance digital artist, has officially launched an Indiegogo campaign for 'Realistic Pokémon: Concept Fan Art', a project to re-produce Nintendo's classic Pokémon as realistic digital concepts. The Indiegogo campaign aims to garner widespread support and financial backing to fund her efforts.

Mobile app developers, Battle Realm are preparing to launch the dream game for any devotees of ground warfare, military operations, and land combat skills.

The disapproval ratings for the 2016 presidential candidates are abnormally high, holding the worst favorability ratings in decades. (1) These numbers are reminiscent of the 1992 election where third party candidate Ross Perot actually claimed over eighteen percent of the popular vote. With this level of disapproval, the people of the United States need a way to vent their anger. This is where Race Wars: Trump vs Clinton fills its niche. The game is a satirical look at this year's presidential election, allowing users to pick a side and conquer America on the campaign warpath. Race Wars is essentially a fast-paced battle over states and monuments to declare either Clan Trump or Clan Clinton the winner.

The hobby game industry has recently been evaluated at over 850 million dollars (*), showing the rapid growth that is telling of tremendous customer demand. Fans are dying for games not as complex and time consuming as Dungeons and Dragons, while offering a higher level of depth than traditional playing card games. This is where Siege fills its niche. This game of medieval mayhem is ideal for veteran tabletop players as well as eager novices. The game features a play style reminiscent of the 2007's Castlewars, a once-popular online game, but Siege goes far beyond Castlewars in complexity and skill cap. Players must construct defenses, develop attackers, destroy opponent structures, and more in order to push through and pave a path to victory.

The real-life player base for card games is gargantuan, and the digital market is even fifty percent larger, containing thirty-seven million people. (1) And this population is dying for some in-game multiplayer interaction. This desire was made shockingly obvious by Pokemon Go's prevalence, incorporating just three teams and barely-functioning team battles. Brawl of Cards is a whole different beast. As a deck-based Collectible Card Game (CCG), Brawl of Cards features all the creativity players love in constructing their own playstyles. But more notable are the Brawl of Cards innovative formats. Of course the game includes the standard one vs one gameplay, but it also includes two vs two duals, and even three vs three team battles.

The video game industry has just reached a value of nearly one hundred billion dollars.(*) Sadly, much of this money is brought through microtransactions that yield an empty feeling of wasted time and money once the game falls out of fashion. Now imagine if these passive profits were put towards a more productive and charitable cause. This is where Outpost by Left Brain Games fills its niche. Throughout the game players will be able to donate to budding non-profits, learn about relevant issues, and be thoroughly enthralled by diverse gameplay.

The PlayStation 4 recently saw an upgrade by Sony as the Japanese Gaming giant revealed the PS4 Pro console. Now free PS4 games are coming into the limelight as the consoles popularity raises. Free to play PS4 games are an important part of the consoles ecosystem. The PS4 console has already done extremely well in the short lifecycle it has gone through, with now over 40 million units and counting already having been shifted by Sony. And the hardware's software ecosystem is as robust as gamers would like.

Online shopping site R4iDiscount has recently announced the availability of some new products including the R4i SDHC for DSi as well as the RTS R4 3DS for 3DS. The spokesperson of the site maintained, "It's always good to update our catalog of products which we believe is an important step to keep our shoppers excited. We at R4iDiscount are always working around the clock to bring new items at reasonable rates."

At the same day (September 7) when Apple announced iPhone 7 and Apple Watch 2, Sony also announced two new game consoles. The first one is a slimmer version of PlayStation 4. Still having the same name - PS4, the slimmer game console will replace the existing PS4 model, and it will be released on September 15, a week later from now. The second console called PS4 Pro with 4K and HDR support, better known for its code name Neo, will be released on November 10.

In order to attract more people to purchase Xbox One S and seize the initiative in the fierce competition with the upcoming Sony's September 7 PlayStation announcement, Microsoft has started an extra aggressive push on the Xbox One S. Beginning with September 6, when people buy an Xbox One S (or the original Xbox One) from Microsoft, they will receive a free $50 Microsoft Store gift code and a free Ubisoft game as well as a $10 discount towards an Xbox One wireless controller purchase. The offer for the free game expires on Oct. 31, while the offer for the $50 gift card does not seem to have an end date yet.