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Family Friendly Gaming 60 in PDF Format

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In the News cont<strong>in</strong>uedbirth a whole new gam<strong>in</strong>g genre!” The flash, 2D rac<strong>in</strong>g game won various awards and is currently at 50 millionusers, mak<strong>in</strong>g it one of the top 10 flash games of all time accord<strong>in</strong>g to the flash games and animation websitenewgrounds.com.In 2009, Adam started work<strong>in</strong>g on port<strong>in</strong>g Drag Racer to the App Store and after only 4 months of cod<strong>in</strong>g,he launched it as Drag Racer: Perfect Run. “I made a po<strong>in</strong>t to stay as close to the orig<strong>in</strong>al flash game aspossible while improv<strong>in</strong>g the graphics and implement<strong>in</strong>g a simpler UI”, Adam remembers. In late 2009, XMGreleased a new generation of the franchise called Drag Racer: Pro Tuner which went on to dom<strong>in</strong>ate the dragrac<strong>in</strong>g category <strong>in</strong> the App Store. “When we left EA’s Need for Speed <strong>in</strong> our dust at the 2010 Best App EverAwards <strong>in</strong> the rac<strong>in</strong>g category – we knew we had created someth<strong>in</strong>g special, that really spoke to car enthusiastsaround the globe.” says Telfer.The series has s<strong>in</strong>ce hit over 2 million downloads result<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> hundreds of millions of races and theaverage player starts the game an impressive 20+ times per week. Drag Racer World will accelerate this last<strong>in</strong>g,enjoyable experience by enabl<strong>in</strong>g fans to engage and push each other to new heights <strong>in</strong> the global Drag RacerWorld onl<strong>in</strong>e community.Nyko Introduces Android Tablet Controllers at E3Nyko Technologies unveiled their latest products at the Electronic Enterta<strong>in</strong>ment Expo (E3). A stalwart exhibitorat the game <strong>in</strong>dustry’s headl<strong>in</strong>e event, Nyko this year announced a bold new product l<strong>in</strong>e designed toenhance our experience with the evolv<strong>in</strong>g range of consoles, handhelds and mobile devices that today’s gamersenjoy.“With the tablet evolv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to a dedicated gam<strong>in</strong>g platform, it becomes our duty to supply the gamerembrac<strong>in</strong>g these devices with the controls and functionality they are accustomed to,” said Chris Arbogast,director of market<strong>in</strong>g, Nyko Technologies. “At the same time we have <strong>in</strong>troduced our Free Fighter arcade stickthat caters to the fans of fight<strong>in</strong>g games who need precision control and customization options.”Nyko’s E3 2012 product l<strong>in</strong>e-up <strong>in</strong>cludes:The PlayPad Pro is Nyko’s full-sized wireless Bluetooth® gam<strong>in</strong>g controller for Android tablet devices. Thecontroller features dual analog sticks, a d-pad, face buttons and shoulder bumpers for a console-style controlexperience on Android devices. Nyko’s complementary Playground app will offer backwards compatibility forother Android games and a variety of button-mapp<strong>in</strong>g features, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g customized controller layout. ThePlayPad Pro will be available at select retail stores nationwide Holiday 2012.The PlayPad is a travel-sized tablet controller with dual analog sliders, and <strong>in</strong>cludes a collapsible tabletstand and carry<strong>in</strong>g case for console-like precision gam<strong>in</strong>g on the go. Like the PlayPad Pro, the PlayPad controller<strong>in</strong>cludes Nyko’s Playground app and works with any Bluetooth-enabled device runn<strong>in</strong>g Android 3.0 orhigher. The PlayPad will be available at select retail stores nationwide Holiday 2012.The Free Fighter for PlayStation® 3 is an arcade-quality fight stick with eight face buttons, and a uniqueambidextrous design for right or left-handed use. Compatible with all standard fight<strong>in</strong>g games, the Free Fighteris made with authentic Japanese Sanwa® Denshi arcade-quality parts and <strong>in</strong>cludes an expandable base forcomfort and security dur<strong>in</strong>g lap-top use. The Free Fighter <strong>in</strong>cludes four fully customizable macro buttons forquick access to combos, as well as two variable speed turbo buttons for fast, slow or user-created tap speed. The<strong>Family</strong> <strong>Friendly</strong> <strong>Gam<strong>in</strong>g</strong> 20

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