Come2Play is a new multi-player API for flash developers. The API is looking to take the work out of creating multi-player games for developers so they can concentrate on what they know best, developing. Developers can create an entire social network with the API. The API will take care of the bandwidth issues, database design and maintenance. 

Come2Play API handles everything involved with creating multi-player games, such as managing players chats and handling buddy lists. Everything has been thought of even monetizing the game.

Come2Play even offers a testing environment to test out the game to make sure it is going to play like you want it to play. Once the game is ready to go developers can put it on the site and start to monetize. Developers will receive $5,000 after they have achieved one million game plays as long as it is after the three month mark. Developers are able to sell ad space in their game too.

If you are a flash developer, check out Come2Play and see if it will work for you.

GameHouse, the casual games development studio of RealNetworks, and Matel announced the release of UNO BETA for the Facebook platform. UNO was developed as part of the exclusive deal between Matel and RealNetworks.

“Through our partnership with Real, we’re able to bring popular brands like UNO to longstanding fans in a new way, while also reaching new players around the globe,” said Cynthia Neiman, vice president of marketing for the Mattel Digital Network.  “UNO for Facebook offers a new, interactive experience that people will love, combined with the addictive fun that’s been attracting players to the game for nearly 40 years.”

In case you have never heard of UNO, do those people exist?, UNO is a card game that has players matching colors of cards to get all of the cards out of their hand before their opponent does. The first person to use all of their cards wins the game. Players have to match the color or the number of the top card in the discard pile. If they can not match the color or number they pick up cards until they can match the color or number or until they get a wild card.

It is not as simples as matching colors and numbers, though. There are other cards thrown in there like Wild Draw Four, Draw Four and rules that if you don’t say UNO and another players notices you have to draw a card. All types of evil things to keep you with cards in your had.

Facebook is a great platform for UNO. UNO is a great multi-player game that is made even more fun by playing with your friends. Head over to Facebook and see if you have what it takes to be the ultimate UNO player.

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Most of us remember how cut throat high school can be, well now you can experience that all over again, wonderful, in Mean Girls. Players battle their way through high school by getting three or more matches. As you may have guessed, Mean Girls is a match three game based around high school and the hit movie of the same name.

Players have two choices, charm their enemies or humiliate them with their popularity and skill. Players can customize their character’s skills to make each battle unique. As the battles play out, players can create a high school utopia or use their influences to sit at the “cool” table in the cafeteria. Decisions decisions.

If you like match three games with a purpose, besides making matches, check out Mean Girls.

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Nobilis and Ascaron Entertainment have announced the upcoming release of Case Closed: One Truth Prevails for the Nintendo Wii. Case Closed is an animated series from Japan that is making the jump over the pond.

Players take on the role of Shichi Kudo, who in Japan is known as the modern day Sherlock Holmes. Just like Sherlock Holmes, Shichi is a detective and he is investigating the Black Organisation when he finds himself drugged. The drugs were suppose to kill him, but someone didn’t do their job right and Shichi ends up in a 7 year old boys body. Shichi stays as a 7 year old boy, but continues to secretly solve cases.

Players have a wide array of detective tools at their disposal including a bow tie that changes your voice and a solar powered skateboard. The Wii remote is used to maniputlate objects or as a magnifying glass when investigating.

Look for Case Closed: One Truth Prevails on shelves at retail stores on May 1st.

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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced, today at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), that the Nintendo Wii will get a storage solution. The solution will be High Capacity SD cards. Gamers will have the option to use standard SD cards too, which will probably cost less than the high capacity cards. Granted the standard cards won’t hold as many games.

This is great news for the millions, over 50 million, of people that have Nintendo Wii systems and like to download virtual console games or WiiWare games. Now those folks are able to download the games they want to play and not have to worry about where they are going to be storing those games. Gamers can access the SD Card by going to the SD icon on the Wii Menu. Gamers will get the SD menu when they update the Nintendo Wii.

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