Dingbats is a word/puzzle game for the iPhone/iPod Touch. The goal of the game is to solve the word or phrase presented to you on the card. The feature that makes it challenging is the phrases are given in clues. In other words, players will get a card that says Hot Handle twice. Players have to take that clue and figure out that the phrase is Too Hot to Handle.

Players have to use their brains and decode the clues. Once they think they know the correct answer, they click on the answer button and type the answer in using the iPhone/iPod Touch keyboard. If the typed in answer is correct, players will hear a dinging sound and the answer will be accepted. If the answer is incorrect, nothing will happen and the player will have to try again.

The quicker you can solve the phrase the more points you will receive. The points are divided into gold, silver and bronze. The gold will reward 100 points and as the time ticks away the points get less and less. There is a bar that displays the time left for solving the phrase. The bar will change in color as the time gets less and less giving an easy visual for the current point range.

The control mechanisms are easy to use. The player simply touches the card, which causes the card to flip over. The flipped over card has the clue to the phrase and an answer and cancel button.  The answer button is touched to enter the answer. The answer button displays the keyboard and shrinks the clue so it is still visible on the screen.

Over all,  Dingbats is a fan, but challenging game. Some of the clues are not too difficult to figure out, while other clues  can be quite difficult. Every part of the clue can be used to get the phrase. All clues must be solved before players can move on to the next level. The game is entertaining and definitely passes the time. If you are into word games, you can not go wrong with Dingbats. The game offers plenty of fun and challenge.

Playfirst has announced the upcoming release of Hotel Dash: Suite Success a time management game with a bit of a twist on the time management style of game play. Quinn and Flo are back and this time they are in an entrepreneurial setting. Quinn and Flo will be in a hotel setting and adventure.

Quinn and Flo are working in a hotel setting, but the business they are trying to get off the ground is a travel business. The girls will send customers to themed hotels and make sure the hotels cater to the guests needs. The game starts out in a run down hotel in Diner Town. Quinn and Flo have to keep the quests happy, which requires delivering luggage, handing off fresh towels and providing room service. That is not all, though, they will need to attend to room mishaps and customer whims too.

“Hotels are funny, and romantic and all about customer service,” said Kenny Shea Dinkin, Chief Creative Officer at PlayFirst. “With Hotel Dash: Suite Success, we’ve introduced a new vertical, timing element to the Diner Dash series, set against an exciting and spoofy hotel-culture backdrop. So with its set of new, quirky and demanding Dinertoon guests (sleepwalkers, anyone?) Hotel Dash has players strategically maneuvering to help the clientele across multiple floors of five hilarious hotels.”

Hotel Dash: Suite Success will be available for the PC and Mac on November 24th from PlayFirst’s website and other retailers on December 24th.

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Good news for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 fans: Peggle Nights hits this week on Xbox Live Arcade (November 18) and PlayStation Network (November 19). PS3 owners will also get the original Peggle, which is necessary to play Nights in the first place.

Peggle will cost $9.99 on PSN, and Peggle Nights will cost 400 MSP/$4.99.

NinjaBee has announced  A Kingdom for Keflings will be coming to the PC. The game started out on Xbox Live Arcade, but has been adapted to the PC. Kind of a strange progression. Normally, games come out on the PC and are adapted for the consoles. None the less, players get to enjoy the game in both places.

A Kingdom for Keflings is a city building game. Players can build at their own pace as they listen to catchy music. The game gets addicting because players can play at their own pace and don’t need to race against the clock. Players get sucked in by trying to build a great city.The game has been a hit on Xbox Live and now PC players can enjoy the title.

“Bringing A Kingdom for Keflings to the PC audience has been a priority for us.” said Brent Fox, NinjaBee’s Art Director. “It’s been a runaway hit on XLA and we are offering the same, high-quality game on the PC. We are proud and we’re excited to finally make it available to so many of those who haven’t been able to play before.”

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Creat Studios has announced the release of Bubble Trubble for the PSP, PSP Go and the PS3. The goal of the game is to match bubbles as they are floating down. Bubble Trubble combines match three type game play and puzzle game play.

The bubbles fall down and float around the screen according to the laws of physics and players have to match the colors of the bubbles. The bubbles that are matched meld together and form a bigger bubble until it pops and leads to great power ups. The bubbles that have not been matched will settle into the board and take up the available space. Bubbles keep falling until there is no more space left on the game board.

Players can play in survival mode or challenge mode. If you are into puzzle/match three type games, check out Bubble Trubble in the PlayStation Store.

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