June 11 - SINK YOUR TEETH INTO SGN'S NEWEST GAME FOR THE IPHONE: VAMPIRES VS. WEREWOLVES
For the First Time on the iPhone, Players Transport to a Gothic World for a Fully Immersive Game Experience in Real Time and Engage in "Alchemy Creation," a Game within a Game
PALO ALTO, Calif., May 20, 2009 - Breaching the mythical role-playing genre popularized by recent films such as Twilight1, the Underworld series2, the Blade Trilogy3, and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer4 and True Blood5, Social Gaming Network (SGN), the largest social mobile game developer, launches its newest game: Vampires vs. Werewolves (V vs. W), for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This first-of-its kind, story-driven game features Facebook Connect, live synchronous game play and the ability to locate other players in your vicinity through the iPhone's geo-location capability.
"We continue to evolve and advance the user experience on the iPhone platform with original, engaging and creative games. With Vampires vs. Werewolves, we are extremely excited to open up a new and popular game genre for the iPhone with its unique strong story line-driven quests," said Shervin Pishevar, CEO and co-founder, Social Gaming Network. "Our goal is to create the most, innovative, entertaining games possible, while integrating the highly social aspects of gaming into the mobile world. This game does just that by utilizing Facebook Connect for the iPhone so players can recruit their friends to their clan and post their recent conquests online. With the new capabilities that come with the iPhone OS 3.0, such as in-app purchasing, these games will continue to get better, more strategic and offer more great features to gamers."
SGN is one of the most successful game developers for the iPhone with seven original games currently available, including Agency Wars, Mafia: Respect & Retaliation, iFun, i(fluff)friends and iBowl, which have also added Facebook Connect for the iPhone and iPod Touch to their functionality. SGN has also generated more than 12 million downloads of its suite of games.
"Vampires vs. Werewolves offers some of the most amazing graphics and design features which will allow it to contend with the most flawlessly designed games out there, such as our recent game Agency Wars," continued Shervin. "Players will be given the full gaming experience, with the ability to unlock new stories;
The Underworld of Vampires vs. Werewolves
Should they choose to enter this dark labyrinthine world, users have the power to declare allegiance to a mystical creature of the night, werewolf or vampire. Under the cloak of night, werewolves and vampires with specialized and finely honed survival skills, such as "vicious fangs" and "blasting howls," explore this moonlit world, embark on dark quests alone or with a team in real-time, overcome supernatural dangers and fight fearsome creatures for superiority and blood to earn experience , wealth, gold and fight to rule the magical underworld. This highly inventive game leverages the iPhone's geo-location feature so players can invite other users in their area to join their clan.
V vs. W also features a game within a game, "Alchemy Creation" which allows any player to arm themselves with threatening powers, increase their vampire fangs strength to "vicious fangs" or their werewolf's howl decibel to a "blasting howl" and wreak havoc among enemies. Users can visit the auction house for help and guidance in their journeys as well as pick up rare abilities that will help to get them ahead in the game.
The game will be offered in a free, "lite" version as well as a premium, "dark" paid version at the Apple App Store.
1. Summit Entertainment, LLC
2. Lakeshore Entertainment
3. Amen Ra Films
4. 20th Century Fox Television, Mutant Enemy Productions, Kuzui Enterprises and Sandollar Television
5. Home Box Office (HBO) Entertainment