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LOS ANGELES – Sept. 15, 2011 – Thirty-six indie games, from more than a dozen different countries, have been selected as finalists for the 2011 IndieCade.  Chosen from 446 submissions by a global jury, the games will be exhibited at IndieCade Saturday – Sunday, Oct. 8 – 9, 2011. All finalist games will be playable for attendees, with the games’ creators and many other industry luminaries in attendance to demonstrate the games and discuss the future of independent games.

IndieCade 2011 will feature games of almost every genre and platform by independent game makers from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, the U.K. and the United States. The festival is an action-packed weekend full of gameplay, previews, big games, a dynamic conference and networking.

“In recognition of our finalists, we’re having an invitation-only Red Carpet Awards ceremony presented by LG Mobile on Thursday, October 6, at the historic Santa Monica Bay Women’s Club. The finalists were chosen by a pool of more than 100 jurors,” Stephanie Barish, CEO, IndieCade, said. “Each year, we present 10 awards that honor excellence of teams and individuals across the wide range of creative disciplines required to create games, as well as the prestigious Jury Award, selected for its overall excellence and potential for impact in the game industry. But all the finalists stand out, and with previous years as a guide; they’re all going places.”

The games and developers selected this year are:

• Antichamber—Demruth
• Application Crunch—Collegeology Games, The Game Innovation Lab
• At a Distance—Terry Cavanagh
• BasketBelle—Michael Molinari
• Bistro Boulevard—Fugazo Inc.
• BIT.TRIP FLUX—Gaijin Games
• Black Bottom Parade—SCAD
• Deepak Fights Robots—Tom Sennett
• Desktop Dungeons—QCF Design
• FEZ—Polytron Corp.
• Gamestar Mechanic—E-Line Media
• Geobook—levitylab
• Halcyon—stfj
• Hero Generations—Heart Shaped Games
• Hohokum—Honeyslug and Richard Hogg
• Improviso—GAMBIT
• Johann Sebastian Joust—Douglas Wilson and Friends
• Kiss Controller—Georgia Tech
• Loop Raccord—Nicolai Troshinsky
• Ordnungswissenschaft—Till Wittwer, Marek Plichta and Jakob Penca
• Papa Sangre—Somethin’ Else
• PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew—Incredible Ape
• Play Kalei—Load Complete
• Proteus—Ed Key
• Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure—Untold Entertainment
• Skulls of the Shogun—Haunted Temple Studios
• Solar 2—Murudai
• StarDrone—Beatshapers, TastyPlay
• Super Hypercube—Polytron and Kokoromi
• Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP—Superbrothers, Capybara Games, Jim Guthrie
• The Bridge—Case Western
• The Depths to Which I Sink—Bigpants
• The Dream Machine—Cockroach Inc.
• The Swapper—Facepalm Games
• The Witch—Elizabeth Swensen
• Way—Coco & Co (Carnegie Mellon)
  

The games will be exhibited on Festival Gamewalk. Attendees can stop at the registration booth at the IndieCade Village on the corner of Main Street and Culver Boulevard to pick up wristbands that will provide access to the game galleries, the Gamewalk/Festival Arcade and the live-action Big Games, all of which are free-of-charge.

Expanded festival access is $12 in advance, $10 for students at Brown Paper Tickets or $15 on-site. The expanded access pass includes all festival sessions, exclusive deals from area businesses, gift bags, Night Games and the closing party, at which IndieCade will announce the audience as well as the developers’ choice awards.

Professional Conference badges, which include all festival activities listed above as well as four days of industry activities including: a keynote, educational sessions, networking, social events, parties in addition to access to the creators’ lounge, is $195 in advance or $250 at the door. Conference space is limited, and has sold out in past years.http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/181191

IndieCade registration is found at http://www.indiecade.com/index.php/2011/tickets/. 

For more information, visit www.indiecade.com.

Contact:

Teri Weisbaum

The Bohle Company for IndieCade

(310) 785-0515 ext. 218

teri@bohle.com

Star Trek PADD for the iPad is available in the app store for $4.99 USD.

Click here to purchase and download the app and live long and prosper.

You can also even view your current latitude, longitude and altitude and then simply copy it to your device’s clipboard to use in other Apps or send it via Email, SMS, Twitter or Facebook meaning that you can find people you know in the area with the tap of a button. The App has a sleek, easy to use interface making it the best GPS App in the App Store.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch
* Requires iOS 4.0 or later
* 1.0 MB

Pricing and Availability:
GPS – Location Tracker 1.0 is $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and is available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Navigation category.

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JAS Applications headed by 16 Year Old James Shaw creates useful, intuitive Apps for iOS Devices. Our aim how we can develop amazing Apps to make the experience of for the consumer as pleasant and fun as we can. Copyright (C) 2011 JAS Applications. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

The HD version of photo cards has been supplemented by a new gradient tool. This graphic design tool enables gradient color shifts to be used for backgrounds, texts and stickers. Apart from choosing from a large variety of templates users will also enjoy the opportunity to create their own color gradients quickly and easily.

Favorite holiday snaps, baby’s first steps, party scenes to remember, that decisive goal. Every picture taken can now be framed uniquely and individually. Up to eight photographs can be added to one c@rd which will be very well liked by the recipient.

This app is available in five languages: German, English, French, Italian, Japanese.

“i-Pads’s size and flexibility do offer ideal opportunities. Everybody can create one’s own photo-postcards. It’s perfect for taking on holidays.”, says Farid Zendagui, CEO of Hot Chilli Apps. “For those who prefer to take iPhone or iPod touch on holiday we are still offering Photo C@rds for iPhones as before.”

Apart from Photo C@rds HD the app store is now stocking three other C@rd-sets for the iPad like Birthday C@rds for birthday greetings, Love C@rds for sending digital love letters as well as Christmas C@rds for the festive season.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.2 or later
* 59.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Photo C@rds HD 1.3 is $3.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Lifestyle category.

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Located in Dusseldorf, Germany, Hot Chili Apps GmbH is a privately held company founded in 2008 by longtime visual communication specialist Farid Zendagui. Leveraging his experience from video production and multimedia design, Farid has been an Apple enthusiast for many years. Hot Chili Apps was founded for the purpose of developing unique software solutions for the iPhone platform, with a major emphasis on total customer satisfaction. Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Hot Chili Apps GmbH. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Featured by iTunes – Top 20 Paid Photography iPad App in US and 150 other countries

Now you will not need to buy an expensive book on photography, reading hundreds of books or attend expensive classes of professional photographers. Our application will teach you how to make highly professional photographs in 1 click.

Application Features:
* Simple and easy HD interface is fully optimized for iPad 2
* 10 tools to improve your photos from your iPad 2 camera
* Even if you’ve never photographed before, now you can learn how to do it at the professional level using our application!

Device Requirements:
* iPad and iPad 2
* Requires iPhone OS 4.0 or later
* 2.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Camera Pro for iPad 2 v.1.0 is only $2.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photography category.

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Kenigart is a web design and development company that you can rely on for all your digital needs. Our developers and engineers are highly competent professionals and have extensive experience in their respective fields. Every new project is based on close collaboration of the entire team with the best skills and experiences applied into all aspects of the task. Before we start every single project, first we work closely with the customer to understand their specific needs and goals. We make sure the result will meet their expectations and requirements. Our team understands that the final product should be easy to understand and maintain. In Our Studio we care about people and try to retain the best engineers, designers, and developers. We have the best talents – you get the best results at the affordable price. Copyright (C) 2011 Kenigart. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

This app makes your iPad come alive with rich video, audio and superb design. The app features the master of the macabre and provides an understanding of his life work with images and detailed biography. On Valentine’s Day, 1931, Universal Pictures released the silver screen’s first real horror film – Dracula. The movie became a smash hit and commercial success, and propelled its lead actor – the towering and charismatic Bela Lugosi – to film superstardom.

Lugosi was actually a native of the mysterious Romanian land known as Transylvania, a land bathed in the spooky legends of vampires. After becoming a successful stage actor in Budapest, Lugosi immigrated to the United States and won the role of “Dracula” in the original Broadway production. The powerful performance – a perfect showcase for Lugosi’s “erotic charisma” – made the stage show a huge success. His subsequent starring role in the screen adaptation and a series of horror films made him, at one time, “more popular than Clark Gable.”

However, the man so identified with Dracula was himself, in his personal life, a tragic figure. He struggled to establish a career outside of horror films, finding himself typecast as a villain, and was plagued with black-listing, depression, divorce and a crippling addiction to painkillers. Even as his career waned, Lugosi never gave up his love of acting -starring in a series of films for the director Ed Wood before his death in 1956. Tim Burton’s 1994 biopic Ed Wood featured an Academy Award-winning portrayal of Lugosi by actor Martin Landau, helping to revive the actor’s status for a new generation.

Feature Highlights:
* Comprehensive biography of Bela Lugosi with images
* Complete filmography
* Massive image collection (portraits, film posters, movie stills)
* Capability to save any images to the iPad’s Photos – use any image as wallpaper
* Video archive (hours of documentaries plus Dracula (1931) the complete movie)
* Study of “The Historical Dracula” Vlad III Tepes

Language Support:
* English

Device Requirements:
* iPad, iPad 2
* iOS 3.2 or later (iOS 4.3 tested)
* 19 MB
* Internet connection (either 3G or Wifi) required to view the video archive (HTTP Live Streaming)

Pricing and Availability:
“Bela Lugosi – The Master of the Macabre” 1.0 is 2.39 Euro (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide (except in the United States) exclusively through the App Store in the Reference category. Review copies are available upon request.

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Located in Budapest, Hungary, the Viki & Joe Software team is a small independent software company founded by Jozsef Kovacs. With a focus on the iOS platforms, Viki & Joe’s passion is to promote Hungarian culture and heritage through smartphone technology. Copyright (C) 2011 Viki & Joe Software. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

The Chronicle for iPad is an extension of the newspaper’s award-winning, in-depth coverage that readers have come to expect from the Bay Area’s leading news source. Stories, features and photos are optimized for iPad to give users a richer, more visually dynamic presentation of the daily news.

“We designed the San Francisco Chronicle for iPad to make it easier for readers to engage with the content that matters most to them,” said Ward Bushee, executive vice president and editor of The Chronicle. “This will complement our already strong presence in print with more multimedia and breaking news features, but still retain a similar look and feel of the printed newspaper.”

With the iPad app, subscribers have the benefit of being able to read exclusive content and columns from The Chronicle’s staff of reporters and columnists before they are posted online. Their paid subscriptions give immediate access to these premium features every day of the week, including Sunday with its extensive features about food and wine, home and garden, travel, and style.

Other content features of the San Francisco Chronicle for iPad include:

* Chronicle articles and photos delivered instantly every day to the iPad with no need to download each day’s edition;

* Breaking news updated throughout the day, giving users a “live edition” of the newspaper;

* An entirely new way to discover the newspaper with carousel navigation that makes moving between sections and stories faster and easier than ever;

* Dazzling 360-degree photo panoramas of the Bay Area’s best-known landmarks and big-name events and festivals;

* Up-to-the-second weather and traffic to assist readers in planning their days and commutes;

* A seven-day archive of The Chronicle so users can read previous stories or features that may have been missed;

* A complete section of blogs from The Chronicle’s expert staff of columnists and reporters, plus insight and expertise from local celebrity bloggers, the celebrity scoop from The Daily Dish, the latest in pop culture from Hot Topics and breaking political news from Below the Beltway.

Adds Chronicle President Mark Adkins, “We are thrilled to have San Francisco Shutter Company sponsor our 30-day free offer for The Chronicle’s iPad app. Through their participation, we are able to offer this service to our readers so that they can enjoy this exciting new way to read The Chronicle. I’d also like to thank General Motors/Cadillac, Chase, Verizon and local real estate firm Pacific Union for being our charter advertisers for the launch of our new application.”

Device Requirements:

* Compatible with iPad

* Requires iOS 4.2 or later

* 9.9 MB

Pricing and Availability:

San Francisco Chronicle for iPad 1.0 is free for 30 days and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the News category. Monthly subscriptions for $5.99 and annual subscriptions for $59.99 are available through In-App Purchase.

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San Francisco Chronicle for iPad 1.0
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Download from iTunesThe six-time Pulitzer Prize-winning San Francisco Chronicle is the Bay Area’s leading news and information source and has been connecting the region with its award-winning journalism since its founding in 1865. Combined with its online home, SFGate, the San Francisco Chronicle reaches 1.8 million Bay Area adults each week. Copyright (C) 2011 San Francisco Chronicle. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Version 2.0 of The Matrix was used, which will be available on the iTunes App Store in June. The current version is similar but doesn’t yet handle movies and is available now for only $4.99 (USD). The NRA Show ran from May 21, 2011 to May 24, 2011 in Chicago and the iPads were displayed in booth 2583.

The Matrix originally appeared in the App Store in February 2011 for just text and images, and now with version 2.0 it handles video as well. It works on as many iPads as you have, whether that is 2 or 200, and it allows you to share the animations you create with your friends’ iPads via email, wifi, or bluetooth. Just create an animation right within the app, send it out to any other iPads also running The Matrix, and play!

Phil Turner of Anywise Enterprise, the makers of The Matrix as well as the world’s meanest workout log, Gym Buddy, said, “It is really amazing the things the iPad can do, and it’s especially cool when they do them in bunches. The cool thing about The Matrix is that you can create an animation just sitting in a coffee shop and play it across any iPads that happen to be there.”

Device Requirements:

* Compatible with iPad

* Requires iPhone OS 4.2 or later

* 7.7 MB

Pricing and Availability:

The Matrix 1.1 is $4.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Entertainment category. Promo copies of The Matrix are available upon request.

The Matrix 1.1
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Anywise Enterprise has been developing iPhone apps since the beginning in 2008 and is the prototypical one-man-shop success story that the app store has made famous. Its first app, Gym Buddy, the clear choice in workout logs for the serious weightlifter, has welcomed over a half million downloads. Anywise Enterprise is the proud work of Phil Turner, who is based in Riverside, California, United States. Copyright (C) 2011 Anywise Enterprise. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

The reader uses 3DES encryption to encrypt the cardholder data in the magnetic read head of the device, thereby enhancing PCI compliance as the cardholder data is kept secured until received by the credit card processor. The compatible iMerchant Pro application shows the first and last four digits of the credit card number along with the cardholder name so that the merchant can verify a good credit card swipe.

The credit card reader is powered by the dock connector, not the headphone jack for even more secure transactions. The reader and iMerchant Pro POS solution work together to enable merchants to accept credit cards using their iPhone, email and print receipts. This device is as an upgrade from headphone jack based solutions and offers premium security for the merchant.

PhoneTransact is offering a reader for free when opening a new merchant account. If you have an existing merchant account then you will need the PhoneTransact payment gateway or another decryption capable gateway in order to use this reader with iMerchant Pro.

PhoneTransact securely processes tens of millions of dollars a month in credit card transactions through its iMerchant Pro software system. PhoneTransact is an ideal solution for merchants that care about saving as much as possible on their credit card processing costs while maintaining security over their customers cardholder data.

PhoneTransact
Universal iOS Credit Card Reader
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Located in the heart of the Midwest, Indianapolis, Indiana, PhoneTransact is a privately held company founded in 2009 by a family of software developers. With a focus on business and financial applications development for the iPhone platform, PhoneTransact specializes in developing practical solutions for mobile online transactions, complemented by first-class customer support. Copyright (C) 2011 PhoneTransact. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Following the original plot of Kung Fu Panda 2, the movie storybook also contains a bonus feature entitled Create-A-Scene which is a digital sticker book with your favorite characters from Kung Fu Panda 2. This is the first time Create-A-Scene is available on the iPhone, increasing the amount of interactive entertainment provided by iStoryTime books.

Kung Fu Panda 2 follows Po as he lives his dream as the Dragon Warrior protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, the Furious Five – Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu.

“We’re very excited to bring fans original movie images and audio from the film before the movie debuts,” said Woody Sears, co-Founder of zuuka. “Adding such a fun and family-friendly title reinforces our commitment of providing quality storybooks to our quickly expanding library of premier children’s digital entertainment.”

iStoryTime brings the joy of a kids’ book to the convenience of the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. iStoryTime books are illustrated and narrated, so children can enjoy the book even when parents are busy. Best of all, the apps are simple to use because they are designed for kids two-years and up. Pages can be turned automatically or manually depending on the age and preference of the user. And readers can choose the style of narration – an adult voice, child voice or none at all.

iStoryTime is the perfect way for parents to entertain their children while waiting to go to dinner at a restaurant, on a long airplane or train trip or even when they need a few more minutes to finish grocery shopping. And of course, it’s a great way to enjoy a story before bedtime. iStoryTime provides great books to entertain and educated the kids on the go.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 43.7 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Kung Fu Panda 2 Storybook 1.0 is $2.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Books category.

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zuuka is the world’s largest publisher of mobile children’s entertainment and is the combined venture of U.S.-based FrogDogMedia and Germany-based zukka! GmbH. zuuka utilizes the largely successful iStoryTime name as its flagship label and joint brand. With more than 100 Apps available in 80 countries from clients such as Cartoon Network, The Jim Henson Company, Thienemann, Carlsen, arsEdition, Jacoby&Stuart and Random House, zuuka provides content owners a distribution channel for delivering children’s content on a global scale. zuuka is available on Apple’s iPhone, iPod touch and iPad and iPad 2 as well as a wide range of Android devices through the Google and Amazon Android marketplaces and soon will be available on Android tablets. Copyright (C) 2011 zuuka. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.