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Barnes and Nobles has announced that their e-book reader, NOOK Color will now have an app store. Readers will now be able to play games on their NOOK. Astaware has announced four different games that are now available for the NOOK. The four games are Astraware Mahjong, Astraware Solitaire, Astraware Sudoku, and Astraware Casino.

Astraware Mahjong includes more than 30 different puzzle layouts and four difficulty levels. The game also has daily puzzle challenges that can be downloaded. Astraware Solitaire contains twelve different solitaire games in one package. Astraware Casino contains eleven different Casino games, such as Texas Hold’em, slots and Roulette. Astraware Sudoku has six different difficulty levels and a puzzle generator. If the puzzles are too difficult, there is also a puzzle solver. Players can enter their own puzzles, as well.

“We’ve put together a selection of titles that are ideal for people who like to both relax and use their brains – which will be perfect for NOOK Color owners!  With great features to make the games rewarding to play, and customisation to really make them your own, these will sit perfectly alongside the books, magazines, and entertainment that NOOK Color owners already enjoy!”

If you own a NOOK Color, check out the game suite from Astraware.

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Astraware has announced the release of Astraware Sudoku on the Mac App Store. The game has been enhanced with new graphics for the Mac and a background that changes as the day goes by.

Astaware Sudoku contains a puzzle generator that is capable of generating billions of different puzzles at different levels. The game also contains hints if the player gets stuck and allows the players to make manual or automatic pencil marks. The pencil marks can help figure out how to solve the puzzle. Players have the ability to download the puzzle of the day, too. Each day there is a new puzzle to be downloaded at the difficulty the player wants.

If you like Sudoku and own a Mac, head over to the Mac App Store and get Astraware Sudoku.

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Astraware announced the release of Astraware Sudoku and OddBlob for WebOS. The games will initially work on the Palm Pre and Pre Plus, with support coming for the Pixi later on. Both releases keep with the long standing tradition of Astraware games on Palm devices.

Astraware Sudoku is a Sudoku game packed with features, including a puzzle of the day. Each day there is a new puzzle to be downloaded and solved. After players solve the puzzle, they can upload their times to the leader board to see how they compete with other players.  OddBlob is a puzzle-arcade game created from modeling clay, and featuring online leader boards for players to post their high scores in both Strategy and Panic modes.

“We’re delighted to be re-establishing our long-term relationship with Palm, and supporting the new platform with a range of great casual games,” said Howard Tomlinson, CEO of Astraware. “Our experience at supporting well-featured devices in a range of sizes and resolutions has helped us to make our first webOS games a pleasure to play, and we look forward to bringing many more titles to the platform.”

Astraware will be releasing other games for WebOS in the future, as well.

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Finger Arts has announced the release of Sudoku 2 Pro for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Sudoku 2 Pro is just like the free version, but contains no adds and a few more features. Players will be able to upgrade the look of the Sudoku board and hide the timer, as well as a Flash mode where players can play a Sudoku board quickly. The board is easy and the challenge is to complete it as quick as possible.

In celebration of the new release, players can pick up the game for just $1.99, but the sale is for a very short time and come Monday June 7th the sale will end and the game will be full price.

Sudoku Pro 2 allows players to choose how challenging the game play by selecting different play modes. The game contains the OpenFeint system that allows players to post their high scores to a leader board and compare achievements with their friends. The score is determined by an algorithm that multiplies points by the number matched and takes into account the time it takes to place the number. In other words, the quicker you solve the puzzle the more points you score.

If you like Sudoku games, check out Sudoku Pro 2 in the Apple App Store.

ProProfs has announced the release of their brain games web site. The web site, www.proprofs.com, contains 4,000 different games that you can play and challenge your brain all at the same time. Some people like to pass the time not challenging their brain and other people like to pass the time doing puzzles and other such brain stimulating activities. Now those people have a web site designed just for them.

Users of the web site have the option of creating their own games and those games can be placed on their own sites as well. The games can be used to teach concepts or engage visitors to the site hosting the game. The more engaged the visitors are the more likely they are to come back to your site.

“Games and puzzles are a great way to encourage engagement. Our customizable games can be embedded into any webpage, allowing bloggers to embed game related content to their blog post, or providing a teacher with online tools to encourage students to master different subject areas,” said Sameer Bhatia, Founder and President of ProProfs.com. “With thousands of games to choose from, ProProfs Brain Games has something fun for everyone, including bloggers, teachers and students, parents searching for a way to spend time with their kids, or even just casual gamers looking to flex their mental muscles.”

The ProProfs site contains a few different types of learning games from puzzles like Sudoku or logic games to word searches and even dress up games. The games are all done in Flash, which allows anyone with a web browser to be able to play the games. Next time you are looking to pass the time or are bored, check out ProProfs and stimulate your brain.

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