NHL 14 demo available August 20

by Lance Liebl, GameZone, Posted Aug 14th 2013 2:15PM

EA Sports announced on their blog today that a demo for NHL 14 will be available on August 20 in North America on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. If you're in Europe, you can download the demo on August 21.

There are multiple modes that come with the demo, one of which is NHL 95 Anniversary mode. Announced back in June, NHL 94 Anniversary Mode brings back the old-school style of NHL 94gameplay, complete with blue ice and overhead camera of NHL 94. You use classic button controls and watch classic goal celebrations.

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Saints Row IV trailer revealed, releasing August 20th

by Richard Bailey Jr, The Koalition, Posted Mar 15th 2013 11:40AM

Earlier this morning, Deep Silver and Volition finally lifted the veil off of Saints Row IV with a teaser trailer and a confirmed release date of August 20th.

This news first appeared on twitter courtesy of the official Saints Row twitter account as displayed below:
The video above showcases several gameplay segments and cinematic sequences from the game along with a promise that this will indeed be the final chapter in the series. More Saints Row IV details are expected to be unveiled during next week's PAX East show in Boston, MA.

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The Top 25 Facebook Games for August 2011

Kicking off the month of August on Facebook are many of the games we’re very used to seeing in the top 10, and most of which belong to Zynga: CityVille, FarmVille, and newcomer Empires & Allies. A couple of up-and-coming games catch our eye, however, toward the lower end of our top 25 Facebook games by daily active and monthly active users. Gardens of Time, meanwhile, maintains steady growth even as Playdom moves on to launching newer titles.

We begin with daily active users, which is a better measure of overall audience engagement. Fourteen games in our list experienced losses in DAU, the largest of which occurring Zynga’s CityVille and FarmVille. Empires & Allies manages a small gain, meanwhile, which makes us wonder about the traffic targets Facebook and Zynga agreed upon in exchange for title exclusivity on the social network as the game’s MAU has remained mostly flat since July 17.

As for games new or at least renewed on this list, we see arcade classic newcomer Tetris Battle moving up half a dozen spots to land at No.19. Playtika’s slot machine sim, Slotomania, lands at No.22, suggesting that despite some reported glitches and gripes among users, the developer is putting funds from its partial acquisition by Caesars Entertainment to good use. Meanwhile, down at No.25, Zoo World 2 makes its first appearance after launching in mid-June. The game is currently being fitted with developer RockYou’s new ad platform.

Moving on to MAU, we count 18 games with traffic losses — again, the heaviest of which coming from CityVille and FarmVille. Mall World and It Girl get enough of a lift to push Ravenwood Fair and MindJolt Games off the rankings, and here again we see the impact of Zoo World 2 on the rise.

With so many developers and publishers launching new games in late July on through August, we expect to see some movement in the sub-top 10 area of our MAU leaderboards as the games find traction. It’ll be interesting to see if games from developers that recently merged with publisher — like PopCap with EA or Lolapps with 6waves — manage to move all the way up into the top 5.

*Zoo World 2 appears in our AppData traffic tracking service as Zoo World on account of the developer running both games through a single app ID. Developer RockYou has not broken out the sequel’s traffic from the original game’s.

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The Facebook Marketing Bible August 2011 Edition Is Now Available

The August 2011 edition of the Facebook Marketing Bible: The Comprehensive Guide to Market Your Brand, Company, Product, or Service Inside Facebook is now available.

The Facebook Marketing Bible has enabled thousands of marketers, social application developers, publishers, and entrepreneurs to navigate and get the most out of the increasingly sophisticated marketing opportunities on Facebook.

The web edition of the Facebook Marketing Bible is comprised of detailed resource pages, comprehensive how-to guides, and case studies analyzing today’s most successful marketing and advertising campaigns on Facebook.

Now that Facebook is nearing the 700 million monthly active user mark, there’s never been a better time to reach your target audience through marketing on Facebook.

The August 2011 edition includes updated coverage of the following topics:

How Facebook Pages Can Use “Invite Friends” to Gain Fans, a guide to engaging your Page’s most dedicated fans while growing your overall fan base.How to Sync Your Facebook Page Updates With Your Twitter Profile — and Why You Shouldn’t. How do Facebook and Twitter differ, and when is customization needed? This guide compares and contrasts the unique strengths of each platform and shows you how to get the most from both.Commenting for Facebook marketers, a guide that shows you how to make the most out of public, and highly visible, conversations with your fans on Facebook.Bringing the storefront to your Facebook Page, a breakdown of key features for storefront applications that bring sales transactions directly to your Page.Our guide to the Facebook Send button that details Facebook’s latest addition to its social plugins.Facebook applications versus offsite integrations and what works best for marketing your business or brand.Our detailed style and strategy guide to Facebook’s Like button that helps you identify the right design for your off-Facebook content site.An overview of Graph API metatags and how they enable you to maximize the value of your implemented Like buttons.Facebook Applications, Social Plugins, Connect and Instant Personalization – details on how to use the wide variety of options available for engaging Facebook users.Updates to Facebook Questions, and how recent changes to this user-facing feature will affect your approach to brand marketing through this ‘no-cost’ channel.Strategies to help you navigate Facebook’s recent major Page redesign, whether you’re representing a major brand, small business, or public figure.Facebook’s expanding options for advertisers, and how any advertiser can get more from new features like Sponsored Stories, self-specified landing tabs, and more.The latest featured Facebook’s campaigns that show you how other brands are testing Facebook’s evolving marketing opportunities.New frontiers in brand and performance marketing on Facebook, including opportunities within social games.Facebook Places and Deals, the company’s evolving location-based feature that presents new marketing opportunities for businesses both on and offline.Facebook Groups, a new way for users to connect and collaborate with others who share their interests and affiliations, and new ideas for marketing with Groups on Facebook.Facebook’s latest advertising guidelines updates and what they mean for advertisers throughout the ecosystem.Audience growth and engagement, including best practices for holding on to fans, keeping marketing channels open, and re-engaging your audience on Facebook.Plus, comprehensive walk-throughs of Facebook’s tools for advertisers, web content publishers, and Page administrators.

Learn more about the August 2011 edition of the Facebook Marketing Bible at FacebookMarketingBible.com.

Recent Featured Facebook Campaigns

Alamo Rent A Car, National Geographic Channel and FoxCraftsman, Unilever and FarmVille Chinese, American Express and El Pollo LocoBucca di Beppo, Bissell, Bank of the West and the NBACoca-Cola, Qatar Ariways, Clearasil and EsuranceMarriott Resorts, The National Guard, Discover Boating, Bravo, and Nike

Building Your Brand through Facebook Pages

Facebook vs Twitter – What’s Different, What’s The Same And Why Smart Marketers Use BothPage Destination Tab Ad Campaign StrategiesFacebook Pages and Public ProfilesThe Profile Page – A Walk-Through

Designing Your Facebook Page

Facebook Page Redesign 2011: Marketing Stategies and Best PracticesThe Wall Tab for Making Pages Dynamic and ViralHow to Choose a Landing ‘Tab’ for your Facebook PageAdding Custom Modules to Your Page

Communicating Through Your Facebook Page

How to Sync Your Facebook Page Updates With Your Twitter Profile — and Why You Shouldn’tHow to Get Facebook Users to Like Your Page: The First Step to EngagementHow Your Business Should Reply To Facebook CommentsDemographic Targeting for Status UpdatesHow to Avoid Having Your Page, Open Graph Object, or Application Unliked, Removed, Muted, or Blacklisted

Growing Your Fan Base and More Ways to Promote Your Facebook Page

How Facebook Pages Can Use “Invite Friends” to Gain FansHow Brands Can Advertise within Social GamesThe Basics of Status Updates for PagesIncrease Engagement and Insight through Status TaggingHow to Grow Your Page’s Audience through Page InvitationsSMS Subscription Service for PagesBranded Virtual Gifts on Facebook Pages for Viral Advertising

Advanced Strategies for Facebook Pages

How Top Brands Conduct Ecommerce on Facebook: Best PracticesFacebook Ecommerce: What Features Are Important in a Page Storefront ApplicationThe Best Facebook Page Strategies and the Pages That Use ThemStrategy: How to Promote Your Page in 6 StepsMarketing Strategy: 4 Reasons Why Marketers Should Invest in Pages Before Groups10 Key SEO Strategies Every Facebook Page Owner Should Know8 Best Practices for Retailers on FacebookMarketers Actively Bidding for Generic Facebook Pages

The Facebook Open Graph for Marketers and Content Publishers

The Like Button Style Guide: How to Pick the Design That’s Right for Your WebsiteHow to Choose Open Graph Tags That Maximize the Value of Your Like ButtonsFacebook Connect Integration Best Practices from the Platform ShowcaseImplementation Options: Like ButtonFacebook CTO Bret Taylor Discusses the Open Graph

More Ways to Market on Facebook: Questions, Places, and Deals

How Pages Can Use the Relaunched Facebook Questions ProductHow to Create a Deal with Facebook DealsThe Places We’ll Go: How marketers can use Facebook’s new location featuresFacebook Questions – A Walk-ThroughHow Marketers Can Get The Most Out Of Facebook QuestionsGroups and SEO – a Quick Overview

Advertising on Facebook

Page Destination Tab Ad Campaign StrategiesSponsored Stories Ads: Walk-Through and Marketing Campaign StrategiesFacebook Ads: Read Before You Get StartedFacebook Ads – A Walk-ThroughThe Facebook Ads ManagerFacebook Self-Serve Ad Types: Page AdsFacebook Self-Serve Ad Types: Event Ads

Ads Targeting on Facebook

10 Powerful Targeting Methods Facebook Ads Every Performance Advertiser Should KnowFriends of Connections TargetingFacebook Ads: Language Targeting4 Connection Targeting Tests Every Advertiser Should RunFrom Keyword Targeting to People Targeting: Understanding Performance Advertising with Facebook’s Tim KendallTime Scheduling

Tools and How-Tos for Marketers

Facebook “Insights” Metrics Dashboard for Page ManagersUsing Third Party Tools to Manage Your Facebook PageHow Page Owners Can Restrict Content for Underage UsersHow to Export Your Facebook Page Updates to Twitter

Policies, Privacy, and Guidelines to Watch

Promotional/Sweepstakes Policies for Facebook PagesThe Future of Sharing on Facebook: A Hybrid Public/Private ModelFacebook’s Guidelines for Promoting Pages Outside Facebook

Join the Facebook Marketing Bible at FacebookMarketingBible.com

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