New, Realistic Golf Sim Headed for the PS4

by Manjul Jani, PS Gang, Posted Jan 23rd 2014 6:15PM

A new golf sim is in development by HB studios specially for next-gen platforms and HB's aim is to deliver much more than just a good golf game.

HB studios want to create a realistic golf experience which won't have any loading times or delays in lobbies for multiplayer rounds.

Also the website of The Golf Club highlights procedurally generated courses in the game, different multiplayer modes and details of the Pinehurst River course.

The game will also launch with a course creator for editing and sharing your own courses and a generator for creating custom content. This will include the ability to design tournaments and tours for others to take part in and you can also compete with a friend's ghost besides the usual multiplayer experience. Have a look at the game trailer and also a glimpse of The Golf Club Course creator.

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Heart of Vegas aims to offer a more realistic casino experience on Facebook

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It’s hard to browse Facebook’s App Center without running into a few casino titles, but Heart of Vegas from Product Madness looks to blow its competition out of the water by offering a more realistic experience, with slot machines “just like the ones you know and love.”

Heart of Vegas contains multiple slot machines, each with their own themes and varying bet amounts. Those looking to play it safe can play on cheaper machines like Werewolf Wild, with its minimum bet of 10 chips per line, while high rollers can play on machines with 20,000 chips per line or more.

The same slot machine offers multiple configurations, so if players fall in love with one machine, but want to start betting more (or less) chips, they can do that without losing the machine’s overall experience. Players earn experience points relative to the number of chips they bet, and additional betting amounts are unlocked with those higher experience point levels.

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Each machine offers an autoplay button, and some offer the ability to lessen the number of lines each spin bets on. That way, players can still bet a large amount of money on each spin, and receive those high payouts, but can customize just how much money they’re actually wagering.

Heart of Vegas has experienced steady growth since its launch earlier this year. The game currently has over 1 million monthly active players on Facebook, according to our app tracking service AppData. Heart of Vegas is now available to play for free on Facebook.

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Infinite Realms Aims to Cater to Hardcore Gamer Crowd with Realistic Graphics and Strong Story

Infinite Realms is a Facebook strategy game from developer Joyport Inc. The game officially launched December 6, 2010, but in the words of game producer Waye Geng, it was “unstable and somewhat unsuccessful back then.” Since that time, the team worked to “fix” it and re-released the game on May 13 of this year. Geng says he’s pleased with the metrics so far, believing that traffic will pick up in earnest very soon.

According to our traffic tracking service AppData, Infinite Realms currently has 51,394 monthly active users and 3,934 daily active users.

The game places players in the role of an outpost builder and army commander, tasking them with constructing the outpost’s facilities and conquering areas on a map by defeating enemies in order to obtain resources for building. Combat is similar to older Facebook strategy titles where player send an army unit to fight an enemy and receive an instant notification of victory or defeat. Players can affect the outcome of battles by selecting Hero leader characters for individual units; these characters gain experience points through combat to be spent on improving their combat statistics. If the player doesn’t assign a Hero to an outpost’s unit, that outpost can only defend against attacks from enemy units.

Also like those other strategy games, Infinite Realms aims to appeal to the hardcore gamer, mostly through its science fiction setting and sophisticated art style. Geng explains that Joyport wanted the game to feel like “next-generation” for Facebook games, which would go toward the goal of attracting hardcore players.

“When we first designed the game, the overall experience we wanted our players to have was ‘I am exploring an endless universe,’” he tells us. “So we designed all aspects of the game — the story, art style, music, gameplay and narrative — to reach that goal.”

Infinite Realms is monetized through its premium currency of “tokens,” which players can spend on special items and gameplay boosts. Geng says the game monetizes well with hardcore players willing to spend real money on Hero equipment and higher-end weapons. Tokens can be purchased using PayPal, credit card, mobile, bank transfer or pre-paid card. They can also be earned through the game’s offer wall. At present, the game does not feature Facebook Credit integration, which Geng says is due to lack of communication with Facebook.

“We currently don’t know how [implementing Facebook Credits] will affect our revenue and monetization,” reports Geng. “We want to publish the game in the Middle East and we’ve been having a hard time finding official instructions on the policies — and it seems to be hard to reach someone at Facebook to ask questions.”

Future plans for the game include the addition of new content and added depth. Additional planetary systems will be added to the game map, and the story will continue, with stronger “boss” opponents for players to face. The Infinite Realms team is focused entirely on the game at the moment, though Joyport has a few other unannounced projects in the works. The developer also tells us its actively seeking a publisher, asking that interested parties contact them directly.

You can follow Infinite Realms’ progress with AppData, our traffic tracking application for social games and developers.

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