In Witches’ Legacy, you are tasked with ending the Charleston Curse which threatens to wipe out an entire family. You find out that you are related to a young orphan named Lynn, whose family has been curse bestowed by a witch that has been systematically wiping out all of its members.

The Collector’s Edition includes bonus gameplay, an integrated hint system and a free soundtrack from the game.

The game’s system requirements are:

* OS: Windows XP/Vista/Win7
* CPU: 1.2 GHz
* RAM: 512 MB
* DirectX: 8.0
* Hard Drive: 1328 MB

The game can be purchased from the official Big Fish page here. A one hour demo can be found on the page as well.

Barb decided to play the Price is Nice and never thought she was going to win, but she did. Her family got a free vacation to California. Players help the family in different stages of the vacation by finding hidden objects. The family will need to pack for their vacation and the player will need to find objects in the rooms to pack for the trip. The family will need to get to the air port and the player will need to find objects in the airport.

If you like hidden object games, check out Family Vacation when it is released on October 25.

Players take on the role of Nicole Rankwist a journalist for a small paper in NY in the 1920s. Nicole’s father was an archeologist and made a huge discovery and then disappeared. Nicole found her fathers journal and decides to go find her father. The adventure takes her on an exotic journey of solving puzzles and finding hidden objects.

Crystal Portal can be downloaded from the Android Market Place for free.

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San Francisco, California – 8/18/2011 G5 Entertainment, known for its best-selling iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and PC casual games like Supermarket Mania, Mahjong Artifacts and Virtual City, today launched a new hidden object adventure for Android, The Mystery of the Crystal Portal.

This fan-favorite is the winner of the first annual Great Game Awards (Seattle, July 2009), and has been an App Store bestseller (Top 10 grossing iPad game in 61 markets). The Mystery of the Crystal Portal is a unique mix of hidden object and puzzle challenges that will win the hearts of all casual game players.

The free trial of the game is available on the Android Market with In-App Purchase to unlock the full version. The Mystery of the Crystal Portal is originally developed for PC by Artogon Games.

About the game:

Meet Nicole Rankwist, a journalist for a small paper in New York in the late 1920′s. After making a huge archeological discovery, her father mysteriously disappears! Nicole finds his diary and sets off on a quest around the world to track her father down and unravel this perplexing riddle.

As Nicole retraces father’s steps, she will visit seven exotic locations which have animated areas and immersive sound effects. Striving to unlock fragments of the Crystal Portal key, players will search for hidden objects and solve unique and intriguing puzzles. The seek and find aspect of the game requires players to first find “container items”, which show a menu with more searchable objects. In each location there are special items – pieces of puzzles for mini games which lead to unlocking a partial key for the Crystal Portal.

The Mystery of the Crystal Portal has neither time limits nor penalties for random tapping, and there are time-based hints available.

Grim Facade is a mystery game in which you must find two young ladies who vanished from a masquerade ball in Venice. They were last seen in a gondola, whose gondolier was wearing the mask of Medico Della Peste, which is better known as that creepy plague mask doctors used to wear, making them resemble grim birds. As the players chases the gondolier, the mysterious man tries to slow and sabotage the players pursuit with hidden object games, as well as other, more traditional puzzle and adventure game mechanics.

The Collector’s Edition includes bonus gameplay content, wallpapers, a screensaver and an integrated walkthrough guide. You can check out the Collector’s Edition or try the demo here.

According to publisher G4E, the major features of the game include:

• * 48 Fascinating levels
• * 5 Chapters
• * 2 Game modes – casual and advanced
• * Captivating storyline
• * Impressive graphics
• * Play at your own pace!
• * Support of iPhone 4 Retina Display and multitasking with iOS 4.0+

The game is available for iPhone/iPod Touch ($4.99, purchase here), and iPad ($6.99, purchase here).

There are 45 different levels in 5 chapters. Players can play in two different game modes; casual or advanced. In the casual mode, players can take their time and work through the game at their own pace.

If you like hidden object games, check out Treasure Seekers 3: Follow the Ghosts in the Apple App Store on June 23rd.

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G5 Entertainment, known for its best-selling iPhone, iPad, Mac and PC casual games like Supermarket Mania, Mahjongg Artifacts and Virtual City, announced today that Treasure Seekers 3: Follow the Ghosts for iPhone and iPad is due to be released on the App Store on June 23rd as FREE download. The players will be able to unlock the full content from within the game using paid in-app purchase ($4.99 for the iPhone version, $6.99 for the iPad version).

Originally developed for PC by Artogon Games, the third chapter in Treasure Seekers series invites players to travel around the globe as they join Nelly and Tom in yet another adventure. Track down the necessary items to free the dead ancestor of Cardinal House, a shaman, and many other characters. Stop the evil alchemist and save the day!
Game Description:

Use your Hidden Object skills to explore a mysterious world, and discover valuable clues. In Treasure Seekers 3: Follow the Ghosts you will help Nelly and Tom release unlucky ghosts trapped by an evil alchemist! Track down the necessary items to free the dead ancestor of Cardinal House, a shaman, and many other characters. Stop the evil alchemist and save the day!

48 fascinating levels
5 Chapters
2 Game modes: casual and advanced
Captivating storyline
Impressive graphics
Play at your own pace!

Players have to solve brain-teasing puzzles, ghosts from the past and hidden object puzzles. All of the puzzle solving is contained in a story that will keep players entertained with twists and turns that are unexpected. Players have to help Mark Twain’s ghost. Mark Twain is questioning the true identity of Shakespeare. The questioning wakes up an evil ghost that the player must help Mark Twain deal with.

“Devil on the Mississippi includes eight adventure missions that take place in settings on both sides of the pond,” said Cottam. “This is a Collector’s Edition game, so we’ve added lots of fun extras for the player, including a helpful strategy guide.  We’re really proud of what we’ve achieved in this installment—this is the best Midnight Mystery yet.”

If Midnight Mysteries™: Devil on the Mississippi sounds like an interesting game, head over to Big Fish Games and pick up a copy.

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DALLAS – May 26, 2010 – Midnight Mysteries™: Devil on the Mississippi is now available for digital download and at retailers nationwide from MumboJumbo, a leading developer and publisher of casual games.  The adventure game is the third installment in the Midnight Mysteries series, which includes The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy and Salem Witch Trials.  This chapter explores the works of Mark Twain and William Shakespeare through immersive atmospheres, brain-teasing puzzles, ghosts from the past, hidden-object puzzles, and an entertaining story full of twists and turns.

“Once again, we’re offering the best of puzzle adventure game play in our Midnight Mysteries franchise,” said Mark Cottam, chief executive officer of MumboJumbo.  “Having really sparked the move to more adventure-style gaming for casual fans with Midnight Mysteries, we definitely feel like we owe the very best to our players, and that’s what they’ll find in Devil on the Mississippi.”

In Midnight Mysteries: Devil on the Mississippi, Mark Twain’s ghost is seeking help from beyond.  Twain’s passion for literary history reignites a controversial debate about the true identity of Shakespeare, and the question resurrects one of the most interested parties from the dark side.  After waking the evil spirit, you set out on a mission with Twain to try to banish it, but the plot only thickens.  With Twain’s help, the player is tasked to unravel the connections to try to set history straight while dangerous forces loom.

“Devil on the Mississippi includes eight adventure missions that take place in settings on both sides of the pond,” said Cottam. “This is a Collector’s Edition game, so we’ve added lots of fun extras for the player, including a helpful strategy guide.  We’re really proud of what we’ve achieved in this installment—this is the best Midnight Mystery yet.”

Twain’s popularity has enjoyed resurgence during the past year.  2010 marked the 175th anniversary of Twain’s birth and the release of the much-anticipated Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1 from University of California Press.  The author of such staples in American literature including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain’s legacy is wide spread.

Midnight Mysteries: Devil on the Mississippi is available now at www.BigFishGames.com and will make its retail debut in early June. This is the third game in the Midnight Mysteries series of adventure games.  To learn more about Midnight Mysteries, visit www.mumbojumbo.com.

Players will explore lost temples, devastated coastlines and abandoned villages all about while contending with ghosts and spirits. The player is going to help the shaman stop the title wave that will hit the island and knock out all of the people on the Island. Players will work their way through sixty different locations and fifteen different mini-games.

“We set out to create a sequel that was a leap forward in terms of story, game design and production values,” says Kirill Plotnikov, vice president of publishing at Alawar.  “With its captivating blend of mystery and suspense, elaborate puzzles, and cinematic visuals, The Treasures of Mystery Island: Ghost Ship delivers everything we’d hoped it would.”

If you are a fan of the Treasure of Mystery Island Series or you just like hidden object games, check out The Treasures of Mystery Island: Ghost Ship.

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Mystics, aliens and phantom spirits come crashing together in The Treasures of Mystery Island: Ghost Ship, a spectacular new adventure for the PC from leading casual game publisher Alawar Entertainment.  Consumers can purchase and download the latest chapter in the Treasures of Mystery Island saga at www.alawar.com for $9.95.  A free demo is available as well.

In The Treasures of Mystery Island: Ghost Ship, the player guides the actions of a young woman who’s arrived at a tropical island to visit a friend.  Her acquaintance is nowhere to be seen, but there are plenty of ghosts on hand.  As the player explores lost temples, devastated coastlines and abandoned villages, he or she will uncover a 60-year-old mystery surrounding a shaman and his efforts to save the island.  Using his or her wits, the player must collect cleverly hidden objects, solve cunning puzzles and help the shaman stop fate in its tracks before a deadly tidal wave rises up from the sea and wipes out his people.

Ghost Ship is the third game in the Treasures of Mystery Island series.  The first two games, The Treasures of Mystery Island and The Treasures of Mystery Island: The Gates of Fate, both earned enthusiastic reviews from players and the press, and topped the sales charts of leading casual game portals around the world.

“We set out to create a sequel that was a leap forward in terms of story, game design and production values,” says Kirill Plotnikov, vice president of publishing at Alawar.  “With its captivating blend of mystery and suspense, elaborate puzzles, and cinematic visuals, The Treasures of Mystery Island: Ghost Ship delivers everything we’d hoped it would.”

Features:

• Four massive chapters
• 60 spine-shivering locations
• 15 challenging mini-games
• Learn-as-you-play tutorial
• Unlimited hints and tips

Kate’s grandmother has passed away and she has been tasked with cleaning out her Grandmother’s office. In the cleaning, Kate discovers that her grandmother may have been murdered over a hidden treasure. Players have to help Kate find clues to her grandmother’s murder, while uncovering the buried treasure. Kate will have to be careful in her search because she is not the only one looking for the hidden treasure.

“The release of The Secret Legacy – A Kate Brooks Adventure is an exciting milestone for Meridian4 and is a natural avenue of growth that developed from our success with downloadable content,” said Steve Milburn, Marketing Director for Meridian4.  “We’re very pleased with the final product and believe casual gaming fans will agree that The Secret Legacy – A Kate Brooks Adventure delivers an addictive mystery from start to finish.”

If The Secret Legacy -  A Kate Brooks Adventure, head over to Big Fish Games and check it out.

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada – January 24, 2011 – Expanding and diversifying its product portfolio into the rapidly growing casual game sector, Meridian4 today unveiled a new hidden object game that combines an addictive puzzle experience with a gripping mystery storyline.  The Secret Legacy – A Kate Brooks Adventure is now available exclusively at BigFishGames.com.

“The release of The Secret Legacy – A Kate Brooks Adventure is an exciting milestone for Meridian4 and is a natural avenue of growth that developed from our success with downloadable content,” said Steve Milburn, Marketing Director for Meridian4.  “We’re very pleased with the final product and believe casual gaming fans will agree that The Secret Legacy – A Kate Brooks Adventure delivers an addictive mystery from start to finish.”

When Kate Brooks is given the dismal task of cleaning out her deceased grandmother’s office at the university where she served as a history professor, Kate discovers a mysterious letter that indicates her grandmother may have been murdered over a long lost buried treasure.  Players must help Kate unearth the truth behind grandma’s death by finding and collecting clues as they embark on a worldwide journey to find the buried treasure. .  Kate has to stay one step ahead, as there are others in desperate search of the elusive treasure.  Full of puzzles, mini games, enriched graphics and great storyline, The Secret Legacy – A Kate Brooks Adventure promises to be a memorable journey.

The Secret Legacy – A Kate Brooks Adventure is rated E for everyone and is currently available for download at www.bigfishgames.com for $9.99.

Players take on the roll of Eliza as she attempts to start time moving again. The player searches for hidden objects to get the clock moving. The game offers more than just hidden objects and promises to take players on an adventure. Players will need to solve mysteries along the way to the top of the clock tower.

If you are looking for a hidden object with a twist for the iPad, check out Lost in Time: The Clockwork Tower in the Apple App store.