USA Networks and GlowPlay have worked together to release Letter Matrix for the iPhone. Players have to be quick and know their words to pass the levels in this game. If you are not sure the game is for you, check out the Lite version. The Lite version is only one level, but it gives you a taste for the game.

Players have to arrange falling letters into words of three or more letters. The quicker players can spell words the better off they are. The clock adds another challenge to the levels. Not only do players have to be quick and spell correct words, but they have to beat the clock too. There are twenty levels to complete, each getting more difficult as you progress through the game.

Players can see how they are doing against other players by checking out the leader boards. Players can also compete against other iPhone players.

If you are a word game fan, check out Letter Matrix in the Apple App Store.

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Mevo and his band have gone their seperate ways and are no longer a band. Players must help reunite the band and bring music back to the land in Mevo and the Grooveriders. If players can mangage to reunite the band, they will save the universe.

Mevo and the Grooveriders is a Platform game where players have to use rythm and timing to make it through each level. The levels are psychedelic and require the use of power ups to keep the groove going.

Hopefully, players have what it takes to break the Silence in Mevo and the Grooveriders.

Legacy Interactive has announced the latest game in their Emergency Room Medical series, Emergency Room: Real Life Rescues. Players take on the role of rookie Paramedic Troy Baker. Of course, Troy has just joined the emergency rescue clinic and it is up to you to help him impress his colleagues. Not to mention save the people that need rescuing.

Troy has a more seasoned vetren helping him out. He is riding along side James Reardon as they respond to calls. Responding to calls is just the tip of the iceburge. Players must also work with the Emergencey Room and deal with the backlash from the CEO of the hospital. The hospital CEO is trying to turn the hospital into a money making business by any means possible.

The goal of the game is to get the patients back to the hospital in one piece. If the accident is serious, the player has to get the patient in stable condition before getting to the hospital. There are 30 unique cases that were all taken from real life events. Players have to choose the right tool for the job from 25 different tools.

If you think you can stay cool under pressure, look for Emergency Room: Real Life Rescues in the second quarter of 2009.

Dark Souls is a Role Playing Game (RPG) where players have to take on the role of a mercenary. The mercenary, Gauly, is haunted by his past and running from the law. He is constantly being hunted and getting pretty tired of it. The Church had a hand in putting a bounty on his head, but now the Church needs his help. Gauly is a bit weary of the church, given their past, but helps out anyway.

Dark Souls has a Final Fantasy feel to it. Players adventure as Gauly, but when it comes time to fight all party members are revealed. There are random encounters as you move your way through the quests. The quests are not always straight forward, as they aren’t with many RPGs, that is part of the fun. Players are not left dangling, though, since each event has directions to it. Not to mention when the player advances the story line text comes up and you know you are in the right place.

The world is fairly big with forty different areas to explore and about twenty hours of game play. The quests advance the main story line, but there are side quests that arise, too. There is a good mix of story line and game play. Most of the battles players encounter are random, but a few battles are not random.

One of the first major battles is a planned battle. Players are helping Sirus fight off the enemies. Players find themselves in a dungeon of sorts and when they have made their way to the end they find Sirus badly injured. The big enemy through the door has hurt Sirus and it is now your job to go in there and teach it a lesson, and by lesson I mean kill it. The battle is not easy and in true RPG fashion the enemy tries to take out the healer person first. Makes sense, if your party doesn’t have a healer it is harder to stay alive.

The graphics are nice looking. The buildings clearly look like building, the Church resembles a Church and so forth. The characters are small, buy are not bad looking. The game starts up in window mode, but can be played in full screen mode by pressing Alt + F4. The quests are given in text in a window on the screen. Occasionally, the quest text was in broken English, but not so bad that you couldn’t understand what was going on. Just a misplaced word here or there.

Over all Dark Souls is a fun and intriguing game. The story started out a bit slow, but it ended up pulling me in. There were times where I kept adventuring and moving to the next quest to see what was going to happen. The fighting style is turn-based and the screen format is similar to Final Fantasy. Anyone that enjoys Role Playing Games will find Dark Souls fun and enjoyable and they should definitely check it out.

Players have to help Prince Theseus rescue his long lost love Princess Ariadne from the claws of the evil Minotaur. The hitch in the story is the prince did not get to tell the princess how he felt before she was captured. Now he has to use more than brains and brawn to rescue her. Not to mention he will have to work up the nerve to tell her how he feels about her, if/when he does save her.

Trial of the Gods: Ariadne’s Fate is a match three game that takes players through the world of fantasy. Theseus will have to battle mythical enemies and battle against the elements. Players match their way to helping Prince Theseus. Players will get the chance to complete jigsaw puzzles along the way, as well.

If you think you have what it takes to help Prince Theseus save the Princess, check out Trial of the Gods: Ariadne’s Fate and prove it.