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School District, to name a few. The content has been carefully honed to align to the new “Common Core,” the<br />
standards of all 50 states and dozens of the most popular textbooks, so parents and teachers can be sure kids<br />
are learning what they will need to excel in school and beyond. DimensionU is supported across the country by<br />
parents and teachers as a tool that has the perfect balance of entertainment and education. Independent university<br />
studies have found that playing DimensionU increases scores for most (80 percent) students and, in some<br />
cases, by as much as two letter grades (20 percent pre/post test score increases).“We’re really excited about DU<br />
the Math,” said DimensionU founder and CEO Nt Etuk. “This is the largest, coolest, most exciting math skills<br />
initiative ever. As an educational video game company we’ve always been the hippest way to learn math, now<br />
with the celebs and the prizes we’re set to knock it out of the park and get kids excited about math like never<br />
before. This is going to be huge.”<br />
To make this initiative come together DimensionU partnered with Troy Carter, founder and CEO of<br />
Atom Factory, which represents Greyson Chance and Mindless Behavior. “DimensionU is on the forefront of<br />
revolutionizing and rethinking the youth education movement through gaming,” said Carter. “We’ve committed<br />
our entertainment and marketing resources to the company and look forward to amazing results.”<br />
TopWare Enters the<br />
Space Race with Planets<br />
at War<br />
TopWare Interactive announced<br />
plans to publish longstanding partner<br />
Targem Games’ new project<br />
“Planets at War” for the PC, MAC,<br />
Xbox 360, and Playstation®3.<br />
“Planets at War” is a strategic<br />
interplanetary conflict simulator<br />
in which players control one<br />
of four available races, managing<br />
and deploying their forces to conquer enemy regimes. Foreign galaxies, multiple planetary bodies and diverse<br />
enemies all add to the challenge, providing a long-lasting and engaging experience. The graphical environment<br />
blends a unique art style with vital statistics to provide both functionality and space-age splendor.<br />
Employing a number of diverse victory scenarios, each new level of Planets at War builds upon the<br />
previous to incorporate additional depth to gameplay. Starting with basic planet capture scenarios and building<br />
towards mighty boss encounters, players must manage their forces expertly as they seek interstellar dominance<br />
over their opponents. A sound strategy and cool head are paramount to success in choosing when to train new<br />
forces, solidify defenses, or launch a massive attack campaign to deliver the final blow.<br />
“The challenging gameplay paired with the exquisite presentation of the game’s complex mechanics are<br />
sure to find players loosing themselves in the folds of time and space”, states TopWare’s CEO Alexandra Constandache.<br />
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