Players now have the opportunity to make money playing golf even when they are not on the green. Skill Technology has announced their game, Gimme Golf, is offering players the option to play in cash tournaments. Cash prizes are awarded for first and second place and for special accomplishments, such as sinking the longest putt.

Skill Technology is excited about this new feature and is enticing new players to sign up to play golf with a $1 gift to use in their first tournament. Skill Technology is not leaving out their faithful players, those players will get a matching contribution from Skill Technology on their first time deposits.

“We’ve always been proud of how fun the game is,” said Jeff Clapper, president, Skill Technology. “But now that you can put real cash on the line, the game has reached a new level of excitement.”

If cash tournaments are not your thing, Gimme Golf offers online multi-player games for fun with no money involved. The online games allow one to three players to compete against each other or against other online players. There is the option to practice in single player mode, as well. Players get to perfect their game before going into competition with other gamers. Gamers that have played a few games can complete 18 holes in around 25 minutes, which makes for a perfect lunch break.

If you like golf and want to win money or just want to experience golf when you can’t be on the green, check out Gimme Golf.

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The people that released International Athletics for the iPhone/iPod Touch have announced a price cut on the game. The price has been reduced for one week to coincide with the World Championship in Berlin this week. The price is being reduced from 3.49 (GBP) to 1.79(GBP) / 2.39(EUR) / 2.99(USD).

International Athletics allows players to try and win the gold medal in eleven different track and field events. The players can choose the country they would like to represent and then attempt to win the gold medal in the events. Check out a full review here.

The developers received some decent feedback and constructive criticism and have taken that feedback and addressed some of the issue in a recently released patch for the game. They expect to have another patch in September to fix some of the othe issues that arose.

If you are into track and field games, check out International Athletics while it is on sale this week.

International Athletics is a sports game for the iPhone/ iPod Touch. Players can compete in a wide array of sporting events from sprinting to discus and even the pole vault. The games are broken down into categories making them easy to find in the quick play mode.

International Athletics offers three playing modes, Quick Event, Decathlon and Tournament. The Quick Event is a great mode to for two reasons. Players can practice all of the different events and players can play short bursts of the game as their time permits. Some of the events took a good amount of practice to get the hang of them. Basically, anything that involved throwing took me a while to get use to. The item being thrown would land foul most of the time, until I got the hang of the controls. All of the modes have difficulty levels as well. Players can play as a rookie, pro or advanced.

The Decathlon lets players compete in ten randomly chosen events. The events are mixed from the track and field events, the throwing events and the jumping events. The difficulty comes down to the events that are chosen for you. Some events are a bit easier to compete in than other events. The running events are the easiest and the throwing events are the most difficult.

The Tournament mode has players competing in randomly chosen events, but this time you are competing for a country and not for yourself. The events are still a mix of jumping, running and throwing.Players can choose from three different countries to represent, Spain, Canada and China.

The control mechanisms are all touch based. Some events are easier to get the hang of the controls than other events. The running is the easiest event to control. Players simply rub their finger back and forth on the screen to get their character to run. The throwing and jumping events can take a bit to get use to. Players have to touch the screen multiple times at different points to get all of the actions complete. For instance, if the player is doing a long jump, they rub their finger back and forth to get the character to run and then before the white line, touch and hold your finger on the screen to get the angle meter to appear and then tap the screen again at the desired angle. It doesn’t sound too difficult, but it is hard to get it all right when the character is in the middle of the long jump. It takes some practice, but most games do.

International Athletics offers many hours of game play and has a ton of different events. There are enough different types of events to keep the biggest sports fan entertained for quite some time. The other nice thing is there is a mode for the amount of time you have available. If you are waiting around and have a bunch of time on your hands, you can start up a Decathlon, but if you only have about 5 to 10 minutes to spare then you can play a quick event. If you are a sports fan, you can’t go wrong with International Athletics. Head over to the Apple App Store and check it out.

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Ntreev USA has announced new assests for the casual online golf game, Pangya, which will soon relaunch in North America. Pangya is in open beta and players can head over to their site and sign up for the open beta.

Pangya takes the complictated rules of golf and tries to make them more simple. The goal is to get players of any skill level to be able to enjoy the game. Players log on and enjoy a game of golf in 14 different golf locations.

The game is free to play and free to download. Ntreev makes their money by microtransactions. Players can buy items for their character such as new clothing, equipment and accessories. Players can even purchase certain characters. The in game money is referred to as pangs and can be earned by finishing a hole at par or better.

If you are into golf games, head over to Ntreev’s website and check out the game.

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Air Hockey is a great sports game written in Silverlight. The goal of the game is to score seven points before your opponent can score seven points on you. The game is just like the air hockey games that use to be in arcades or sometimes you find them in billiards halls too. Either way, if you enjoy the game, you will enjoy the digital version.

Air Hockey uses real physics to make the game more realistic. Players use the mouse to control the paddle. The paddles are round and a bit bigger than the puck. The control can take a bit to get us to. There were a few times I pushed the mouse out of the game area, which caused my controller to just sit there and I got scored on. Basically, players have to use control and not get too excited in their motions.

The computer is smart and will hardly score on itself. Players need to use skill to be able to beat the computer. The quicker you can hit the puck onto their side the more chance you have to score. The computer will score on you easily, especially if you leave the goal open. There were a few times I wasn’t paying attention and the computer easily scored. In other words, the computer doesn’t make for an extremely easy opponent, but the computer is not extremely hard either. Basically, the computer is a good opponent.

Air Hockey is an extremely fun game and a great way to pass the time. If you enjoy air hockey games, definitely check out Air Hockey.