Collision Studios and Virtual Play Games have announced the upcoming release of City Builder for the Nintendo Wii. Players have to stack water pipes, roads and power lines to build cities.

It may sound easy to build cities, but there would be no game if it was too easy. City Builder adds a new dimension to the pipe building games, they add three different levels to build in. The three levels are road, underground (water mains) and sky (power lines). Players have to balance all three different levels to make their city run and function accordingly. Players have to beat the clock and avoid obstacles. Every time a player solves a resource puzzle, the city grows bigger and bigger in different ways.

“Collision has an excellent track record of creating fun, playable games from both original and licensed IP,” said Cameron Madani, head of business development at Virtual Play Games. “City Builder is a fantastically addicting game.”

City Builder will be available in February 2010.

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Shields of Gemland is a flash based match three game. The object of the game is to collect three gems on each level. The gems are hidden among colored balls and the balls must be cleared by matching three of the same color.

To clear the balls, players shoot colored balls out of a cannon attempting to make matches. The balls lower as time goes on and if the balls hit the line, the game is over and the player must restart the level. The levels have a bit of a puzzle aspect to them. If players can manage to clear the “right” balls it will lead to more balls clearing and the board will clear itself, but it is not that easy to find those matches. The moving balls adds urgency and it takes some patience to sit there and watch for the perfect match.

Shileds of Gemland contains a story line that accompanies the game as well and the graphics are not bad. The game offers a fun way to past the time. If you are into match three games, check out Shields of Gemlands.

Creat Studios has announced the release of Mushroom Wars on the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation network. Mushroom Wars is a real time strategy game where players have to defend their mushroom area against other mushroom attackers. The maps are not huge and the control mechanisms are suppose to be straight forward and easy to use.

There are different play modes available for play. Players can choose to play short campaigns with Domination objectives. Players have to take control of key objects on the map to win in Domination mode. The other mode available is Conquest battles where players have to wipe their opponents off the map to win. All enemy forces must be destroyed. These are longer games.

“Creat Studios is excited to introduce Mushroom Wars as our seventh title on PlayStation® Network in 2009,” said Anton Petrov, President of Creat Studios. “Gamers of all ages will quickly become addicted to Mushroom Wars, with its strategic and engaging gameplay.”

If you are into real time strategy games, check out Mushroom Wars on the PlayStation Network.

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Dingo Games has announced the release of Three Musketeers: The Game. The adventure game will run on a PC or a Mac and closely follows the story of the original Three Musketeer novel. Players take on the role of a young boy with the name of  d’Artagnan as he heads out to become one of the famous Musketeers.

Three Musketeers: The Game takes players on the adventure through duels with enemies, chances to gather loot and even shoot muskets as they progress through the story line. The game focuses on d’Artagnan’s adventure with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, the famous musketeers. The main story focuses on saving the Queen’s honor. Cardinal Richelieu, the most powerful man in France has decided to disgrace the Queen and the musketeers will not let that happen.

The game features an old school top-down perspective with hand drawn 2d graphics. There are not many new games that use the old top-down perspective so there will be a feel of an old school game when playing this title. If you like the Three Musketeers story and adventure games, check out Three Musketeers: The Game.

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Bioware has announced a browser-based version of Dragon Age: Origins, called Dragon Age: Journeys, developed by “EA 2D, BioWare, and some of the hottest indie talent from the flash developer community.”

We have some big plans for Journeys. The first piece that we are currently building is a 3 chapter, single player, tactical rpg delivered in Flash. Right now we’re hard at work finishing the first chapter, Dragon Age Journeys: The Deep Roads. The game will introduce you to the dwarven city of Orzammar and the Deep Roads surrounding it where the dwarves face a persistent threat from the darkspawn hordes.

The flash game will serve as a prequel to Origins. There is no release date yet for The Deep Roads, but it looks like a fantastic way to play Dragon Age on the go, with some Heroes of Might & Magic-style gameplay.

Let us know what you think.

(Thanks, Digital Battle.)