Brain Games Chess v1.0-TE

Brain Games Chess is designed to challenge you and help improve your skills. The unique Scoring System takes into account your opponent, your speed, how often you undo a move and how many hints you ask for, which provides a more precise picture of your chess playing abilities and helps increase your skills. The game will also suggest your next opponent to always make sure you are being challenged.

Play at any level against the program or a friend or use the hints and tutorial to improve your game. With multiple skill levels, Brain Games Chess was designed for beginners and skilled players. Includes 15 game boards with stunning 3-D graphics and 3,000 historical chess matches to learn from.

Super Granny 5

Super Granny® is back and ready for action in Super Granny 5, her latest action-packed adventure from Sandlot Games! Download Game and Play for Free! When Dr. Meow zaps Super Granny with a powerful shrink-ray, she must journey into the dangerous wilderness of her backyard, battle all-new gran-eating enemies and rescue her precious kitties from unlikely peril! Create your own levels and share them with friends with the FREE level editor! Download additional level packs and vote for your favorites exclusively at Sandlot Games, and post your scores and trophies on Facebook and Twitter! With all-new enemies, a hilarious storyline, over 30 interactive items and unique bonuses awarded for in-game achievements, help the now diminutive Super Granny run, dig and climb her way through more than 130 levels in Super Granny 5 – a puzzle-solving, item-tossing, addictive adventure.

Minimum System Requirements:
Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
Pentium III 1.0 GHz or better (1.0 GHz Vista)
384 MB System RAM (512 MB Vista)
64MB Video RAM
1024 by 768 pixels (1024×768)
Internet Explorer 5.0+, AOL 5,6 or MSN browsers
Direct-X 9c (10 Vista, 11 Windows 7)
Keyboard & mouse required
Joystick and game pad are not supported

Secret Mission: The Forgotten Island

The Military has hired world-renowned scientist Chanel Flores to explore a mysterious island that has suddenly appeared in the Bermuda Triangle! During her flight to the island, a mysterious electrical fog engulfed her plane, and forced her to parachute to safety. Help Chanel explore the island, and make her way back to her ship in Secret Mission – The Forgotten Island, a fun and exciting Hidden Object game.

Diner Dash 5: BOOM

When a sneaky prankster removes the word “fat” from Flo’s “Fat Free Breakfast” sign, a huge wave of hungry DinerToons overrun the diner. BOOM – Flo’s Diner is smashed to bits! As Flo you must serve customers in unusual locations, as you customize your own diner to play as the final level. Earn the necessary cash to rebuild poor Flo’s diner in Diner Dash 5: BOOM, a fun and exciting Time Management game.

Potion Bar

Plunge into the captivating world of magic! Make delicious potions with Rainbow spray and Vampire fangs and serve them to fantastic clients. Decorate glasses with wild lotuses and Phoenix feathers. Witness your amazing potions endow incredible power, reverse aging and help get to the secrets of the Universe. Travel world and space, see prophetic dreams and solve the enigmatic mystery in Potion Bar, a fun and exciting Time Management game!

* Fast-paced gameplay
* Unique potions to create
* Sell magical potions!

System Requirements:

* OS: Windows XP/Vista
* CPU: 600 Mhz
* RAM: 256 MB
* DirectX: 8.1
* Hard Drive: 64 MB

Alice in Wonderland v1.0.1.5-TE

Explore a new world as you meet your favorite characters, and hunt for clues to free Alice and decide the fate of Wonderland! An abandoned house holds the key to the secrets of Wonderland! Hidden Objects and tantalizing puzzles abound as you journey beyond imagination. Meet the Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat and many others as you try to save the day in Alice in Wonderland!

The Palace Builder v1.0.1.101

In 18th century France, you are a young, unknown architect looking for your big break and a chance to impress the Queen. In this building Simulation game, set in the romantic upper class world of French aristocracy, you will design and manage the construction of the most beautiful structures in the kingdom. Will your work attract the attention of the Queen, or will a secret destroy your chances for fame and fortune? Find out in The Palace Builder

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Announced

Well, it's not exactly the big news you've all been anticipating, but here's a ray of sunshine for Tomb Raider fans: a new game, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, is slated for release this summer as a digital download.

Guardian of Light concept art
(click for larger image)It features both single- and co-op arcade-style action, in which players control Lara and a new Mayan tribesman character as they fight their way through ancient tombs and temples in pursuit of—you guessed it—a mystical artifact. As the screenshots below suggest, there are hordes of enemies, traps and puzzles galore, and naturally plenty of challenging platforming.

Players who prefer a more traditional raiding experience needn't worry. Crystal Dynamics has confirmed that another Tomb Raider—the next in the series of immersive action-adventure games we've come to know and love—is in development concurrently. Guardian seems to be a smaller side project designed to take the series in some new directions and maybe even draw in fresh fans from other genres. Notice the conspicuous absence of "Tomb Raider" from its title.

It may not be Lara's next big adventure, but Guardian of Light looks like a fun way to fill a few hours while we wait for it.

More Guardian of Light Details

In a presentation to journalists at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics has revealed a few more details about Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, due out this summer.

As I mentioned in my previous post, the game will be released as a digital download only (no CD/DVD version). Crystal has now confirmed that it will be available for PS3 through the PlayStation Network, Xbox 360 through Xbox LIVE marketplace, and Windows PC for around $15.

The press info also includes a little backstory:

"Two thousand years ago, an epic battle was waged between the armies of good and evil for a powerful artifact, The Mirror of Smoke. The fearless leader of the Army of Light, Totec, rose against all odds to defeat the evil overlord Xolotl and gain control over the item. Wielding the great power of the Mirror of Smoke, Totec banished Xolotl from the world. Now known as The Guardian of Light, Totec entombed himself with the mirror in The Temple of Light with to prevent it from ever falling into sinister hands."

In the game, Lara Croft teams up with Totec to retrieve the mirror and vanquish Xolotl. Along with a single-player mode, gamers can team up in either on- or offline co-op mode, with one player controlling each character. Guardian of Light features a fixed isometric camera view, but the developers promise huge levels and fast-paced gameplay focusing on exploration, puzzle-solving and combat, with multiple paths and solutions possible in each level. Enemies will include hordes of undead, as well as a number of challenging boss battles.