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Gunshine.net is a free to play social roleplaying video game that runs directly in your browser, release date to be announced later. The game is developed and published by Supercell. The game has been designed to played together with friends - co-op battles have never been this easy to access and fun to play.

Gunshine.net takes place in Dawnbreak City, an artificially created island that is ruled by an evil megacorporation called Labycore. Labycore, and its leader Sid Lovens, attract visitors to the island by promising the moon and stars, and the harsh reality only becomes visible when one actually lands on the island.

Gunshine.net game features:

•Build your character: Build you own hero just as you want it. Choose from three different character classes - tank, damage dealer or healer - all of which have their unique characteristics. There is a mindboggling variety of gear, equipment and other items available for your character. You can learn a wide variety of different skills that your character can learn and apply in the combat. In Gunshine.net, every character is unique.

•Play with your friends: Invite up to three of your friends and fight side-by-side with them, in real time, to defeat the mean bosses of Dawnbreak City. Invite your friends from Facebook, or in case it is not your thing, you can also do it the old-fashioned way via email or in-game character codes. No friends online when you need them most? Not to worry, you can still borrow your friends' characters, the AI will emulate their playing style while you decide their their overall tactics.

•Hours, days, years of gameplay: Take on an almost endless amount of quests - hundreds of mysteries around the Dawnbreak City are waiting to be solved. There are ten different factions fighting over the control of the city, and it is up to you to decide who you want to join to end the chaos that rules the city.

First look at upcoming sci-fi MMORPG video game “Stellar Dawn” developed and published by Jagex Ltd., release date to be announced later. The game set in an alien star system, Stellar Dawn will offer an exciting multiplayer game experience in your browser.

Sky Legends is a flight simulation videogame for the Web, set for release in Q1 2011, the game is developed by Smart Bomb Interactive and published by UTV True Games. In the game, players will take flight in this unique browser-based game where they will fly customizable open cockpit era airplanes and battle other players in fast-paced multiplayer combat.

Influenced by FPS titles and based in a fictional fantasy world, Sky Legends will feature multiple factions to join or battle against as a work-for-hire mercenary that seeks to restore order to the world! The game's item shop will include hundreds of items to enhance the player's planes, weapons, and piloting skills, presented in numerous categories with exclusive items on offer. Airplanes in Sky Legends reflect the personalities and combat styles of their pilots; and with the diverse, fun art styles of three airplane classes to choose from and hundreds of possible enhancements, players will discover endless customization options.

The Mummy Online is a free-to-play action-RPG MMO video game with adventure elements inspired by the films, release date to be announced later. The game is developed and published by BigPoint. In the game, players will take on heroic roles as adventure seekers with various talents and skills that will allow their characters to be unique within the MMO virtual world. Set in Egypt during the first half of the twentieth century, gamers will experience familiar environments and key characters from the film franchises as they battle against each other and ancient evil.

FrontierVille is an economic simulation video game for the Web, developed and published by Zynga.

In the game, you arrive with your covered wagon on your plot of land where you start chopping trees, harvesting crops, and scaring away wild snakes and bears. Once you have cleared your homestead, it’s time to build a log cabin and bring your family from back east to live with you on your homestead and explore the Wild West together

FrontierVille game features:

Create your own pioneer avatar. Once you’ve customized your facial features and clothes, you can begin playing the game. You can always change your avatar, customize your spouse’s avatar, and the rest of your family in the Family Album feature. Your children’s avatars will grow larger as they grow older.

Customize your cabin and each of your buildings with add-ons and colors.

After you’ve cleared enough land, it’s time to plant some crops and trees and raise animals. Buy seeds, trees and animals in the marketplace. Be careful to not let your crops wither as they become worthless. Harvested crops yield extra coin, food, and experience points.

The wilderness is filled with dangerous vermin. Snakes, groundhogs, and bears lurk behind trees, rocks, and tall grass. You’ll have to attack or chase these varmints off your homestead, but there are great rewards.

Add friends as your neighbors to help you chop trees and build your log cabin.

Being a good neighbor to your fellow pioneers earns you hearts. As you gain more hearts, or points, your reputation level increases. A good reputation makes you more useful to friends to hire you and increases the number of bonuses you can get each day.

Quest system keeps new adventures coming.

The Big Bluff is a trivia video game developed and published by Himojo for the Web, release date to be announced later.

The game is playable within Facebook and on TheBigBluff.com via Facebook Platform, the free-to-play online trivia game stands ready to pit your knowledge against others unlike any other trivia experience to date.

Similar to Texas Hold 'Em Poker, a dealer will display three cards in the community hand - the first displaying the question category, followed by two hints at the answer. Players will then have the option to match the pot to continue playing based on the cards shown. The fourth card displays another hint, while the fifth and final card displays the question that players must correctly answer. Fold at any point in the game if you're not confident in the final question and answer, or bluff your way to the end and force your competitor's hand. Call your opponent's bluff and win bonus currency if they don't know the answer.

The Big Bluff game features:

Facebook Platform - Play the game by logging into your Facebook account on either Facebook.com or on TheBigBluff.com

Real-time Online Multiplayer - Step into a room for five and watch opponents and friends play you live from across the table.

Chat System - Real-time chat during the game, allowing players to put on their poker face and play their bluff.

Customization - Access the dressing room and customize your avatar from head to toe with publicly available and exclusive items.

Virtual Currency - Earn in-game currency by winning a hand, daily check-ins and by purchasing with real-world money.

Global Leaderboard - Win rounds, build up your purse, unlock high-roller rooms and gain stardom by making it onto a central leaderboard.

Vindictus is a persistent online RPG video game for Web, release date to be announced later. The game is published by Nexon.

The game is a prequel to the popular MMORPG Mabinogi and is known as Mabinogi Heroes outside of North America. In the game, Blood spurts from enemies, right where your twin blades sliced. Enemies fall, only to become corpses you can hoist and brandish as sadistic weapons. Watch as walls crumble and whole buildings topple, providing you with new toys in the battlefield. With Source Engine physics and destructible, interactive environments, Vindictus redefines everything you thought you knew about free-to-play.

Party Play - Vindictus boss fights require teamwork and strategy. When a spider three times your height skitters toward you, you'll want one party member to whip a chain around its legs to pin it in place and another to distract it by flinging debris from a nearby pile of rubble, all so you can sneak behind and unleash insane damage with your blade. On the sidelines, your final party member casts healing spells. Dungeons change each time you enter them, so you'll never get bored.

Customize Gear - Crawl through dungeons to obtain rare drops and craft one of hundreds of equipment items. Next, personalize your newly crafted gear with stats via the Enchant system and color via the Dye system. In the end, your character will be clad in gear that's powerful, stylish, and unique. Just be careful when picking your undergarments - too much fighting can break your gear, revealing what you're wearing underneath!

Lord of Ultima is a persistent online strategy video game for Web developed by EA Phenomic and published by Electronic Arts.

In the game, playable from a web browser, Lord of Ultima features in-depth strategic gameplay and multiple social features from an advanced trading system and alliance creation to online chat and forums. Set in the legendary Ultima universe, the game takes players to the new world of Caledonia, formed from the remains of Sosaria, which was shattered into countless islands and torn from its place in time. Players must master the art of diplomacy and trade as well as the military activities of spying, plundering, attacking and sieging enemy cities to succeed in the game.

Empire building for everyone - With best in class accessibility and features like a registration free trial and an interactive tutorial, Lord of Ultima ensures that everyone can find his or her way into Strategy MMO gaming.

A game accessible at any time, everywhere - Being a play4free browser game Lord of Ultima is accessible from everywhere at every time. No download or installation is needed and within the persistent world your orders are being carried out even after you log off - your city continues to grow and troops still march towards victory.

An unmatched depth of player involvement and strategic possibilities - While building and ruling your empire has never been so varied, there is plenty of other stuff to do in the world of Caledonia. A full quest-book is waiting for the player. Dungeons be looted for precious resources and bosses drop precious treasure after they have been defeated.

Unrivaled production values - With highest level of detail and best in class in-game graphics Lord of Ultima presents visually stunning, animated cities. For comfortable navigation, players can zoom into their city as well as explore the lands of Caledonia thanks to the region or world view.

Head-on competition and peaceful co-existence possible - Although player to player conflict is quite common in the world of Caledonia players do not need to engage in all out war by all means. Choosing a peaceful play-style focusing on trade and alliance diplomacy is an alternative way to enjoy the game with your friends.

PoxNora is a strategy RPG video game developed by Octopi and published by Sony Online Entertainment for the PC and Web. PoxNora is set to be released in March 2010. In the game, players command armies of fantastic creatures, cast spells of devastating power, and summon artifacts of ancient renown in order to defeat their opponents. These creatures, spells, and artifacts are represented by Runes - items of magical power that, when activated, come to life on the battlefield. In addition to the gameplay itself, there is the collectible, creative aspect in which a player assembles a customized set of items for play. In PoxNora, this set of items is called a pox battlegroup, or pox, for short, and consists of exactly 20 Runes. Each Rune type has its own set of traits, though some traits, like Nora Cost and Cooldown Rating, are common to all Rune types.

Battle Punks is a fighting adventure video game developed and published by Gravity Bear Studio for the Facebook (Web). Battle Punks is set to be released in March 2010. In the game, players will journey through a meticulously crafted 3D world of pure adventure, where local skirmishes between combatants pave the way to an open world of exploration and combat. Along the way, each unique fighter will have an array of customization options to make their own Punk truly unique. The adventure opens with a roster of choices to create a memorable character. Players will need to select a look defined by dozens of hairstyles, facial expressions, clothing options and more, giving them a one-of-kind look sure to get them noticed on the social battlefield.

Missile Command is an action video game developed by OMGPOP and published by Atari for the Web. In the game, defend cities around the world from an airborne alien attack. Play is available in a Classic mode, which has only minor retouched game play. Ultimate mode has new graphics, locations, and other caveats.

Online Co-op Gameplay - play instantly with up to seven-players in real-time.

Unlimited Levels - play with increasing challenge as you progress.

Unique Difficulty Scaling - difficulty scales based on number of players and level progression into the game.

Power-ups - all new power upgrades help players increase blast radius, missile speed, reload rates, missile supply and more.

Enemies – take on massive waves of enemy missiles, aircrafts and bosses with varying speeds, health, behavior and characteristics.

Award Systems - Medals awarded to top players in each round and a leader board support system to track players and friends with most medals.

Castle of Heroes is a strategy online video game developed by Snail Game and published by Gala-Net for the Web. Castle of Heroes is set to be released in January 2010. It is an extensive strategy game that is playable for free through a web browser. Players are able to choose from four different races and build up their kingdom in a fantasy world. The game combines the best elements of management, role-playing and strategy games and offers all round entertainment for players of all levels.

Mortimer Beckett And The Time Paradox is an online adventure video game developed by Paprikari and published by RealArcade for the Web (also available on PC). Mortimer Beckett's back for an all-new, eye-popping adventure! Although Mortimer was able to get rid of the ghosts in his last outing, his Uncle Jerome's home is now host to another ominous challenge - a time portal! Even worse, the Time Bomb that Jerome built to close the portal has been scattered across eight different eras! Join Mortimer for a wild trip to find the scattered Time Bomb, put it back together, and close the portal before it's too late!

Little Shop Road Trip is a puzzle online video game developed and published by GameHouse for the Web (also available on PC and Mac). In the game, set off on the road to fun with this all-new hidden object adventure from the creators of the popular Little Shop of Treasures series. Time to take a break from running your shops, hit the road, and search stunning scenes from Seattle to South Beach on your quest to collect rare and exclusive items for your Little Shops back home. Complete 16 challenging road trips and unlock new bonus rounds and Blitz modes. Featuring two great game modes, thousands of cleverly hidden objects, over 100 levels of original gameplay, and miles and miles of family fun, Little Shop - Road Trip is an incredible journey of breath-taking sights. Grab the keys to success today!

Space Trader Wars is an action online multiplayer video game developed and published by HermitWorks for the Web. In the far future, humanity is ruled by The Ministry of Accounts, an oppressive bureaucracy that tracks, records and taxes every transaction of daily life. From the depths of Red Tape, a new breed of marketeer arises to challenge the authority and make a profit: the Space Trader is born! It is the game that has you competing against other privateers directly, fighting it out with live ammo and nothing held back. It's kill or be killed out there -- never let your guard down.

Asgard Heroes is an action online video game developed and published by Evolution Vault for the Web. In Asgard Heroes, far away in the galaxy an alien species prepares intensively for a full-scale galactic war with unknown enemies. As a future Fleet Commander, your skills and limits are put to the test, by being willingly stranded on an abandoned colony. You have to rebuild the existing structures, research new technologies and challenge your other brothers, who apparently have the same task as you do: to prove themselves worthy.

Asgard Heroes game features:

Expand from underground to the planetary surface and, finally, reach the stars

Research technologies that will allow you to move ahead of your competition

Carefully plan your defense, trade, spy, create treaties, forge alliances or wage wars

On the ground, your troops will travel to other planets through stargates

In space, powerful carriers will transport your ships, the harbingers of death

Rebuild your colony from the ashes to its fullest potential; prove yourself worthy

Platinum Life is a music video game, developed and published by Heatwave Interactive for the Web. Platinum Life (Web Edition) is set to be released in January 2010. The game provides the ultimate interactive entertainment platform for artists to connect with their fans. This Web Edition is a precursor to its in-development online title for PC and console, and gives players the chance to interact with the hip hop universe as they try to make the transition from unsigned musician to superstar celebrity. Work your way from playing shows at local dive bars to selling out world-renown venues, climbing up the ladder to fame and stardom. Along the way you'll encounter some of hip hop's brightest stars who will help you break into the big time.

Heroes of Gaia is an online RPG video game published by Snail Game for the PC (Web). Heroes of Gaia was released on December 22, 2009. Based on classic strategy game concepts pioneered in legendary PC strategy titles, Heroes of Gaia puts gamers in the shoes of one of four warring factions (Humans, Elves, Orcs or the Undead) and challenges them to build a castle, recruit mighty heroes, quest for magical items, summon up devastating armies and rampage across the land battling against players and NPCs alike in thrilling strategic combat to dominate the kingdom of Gaia.

Heroes of Gaia game features:

The Tower of Babel, a challenging multi-level experience with progressive rewards

Instanced Minion and Boss Monster fights

New PvP Features, including the ability to establish a Military Embargo on enemy castles

Significant Upgrades of the Arena Combat system, with exclusive titles and magical items

New Spells and Buildings for all races

New Scrolls, introducing the Elemental and Summoning schools

Additional Quests/Tasks to expand daily interactions, including repeatable daily tasks

Unit healing times reduced drastically, world map travel speed increased, and more!

For more information, please visit: http://www.heroesofgaia.com

Drinking Buddies is a party video game developed by ChaYoWo and published by Merscom for the Web (Facebook). Drinking Buddies was released on December 17, 2009. The game allows players to increase their popularity among friends by sending them custom made drinks and personalized messages. Players will be challenged to stay in a state of equilibrium by consuming both alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks. It will also feature: VIP drinks, holiday drinks, ways to meet new friends, and premium currency for enhanced game play.