Last week, Phosphor Games Studio, the two time D.I.C.E. Awards nominee and developer of hit games The Dark Meadow and Horn, announced their Kickstarter program for Project Awakened, their PC video game that gives each player the opportunity to wholly define their dream video game character and put them into immersive action-packed environments that respond to each person’s personal gameplay style and character creation.

To support this concept, Phosphor Games has released a brand new abilities video, which shows a small portion of the abilities players can choose from when creating a character in Project Awakened.

The Kickstarter campaign kicked off last week and runs through March 6, with Phosphor Games looking to raise a minimum of $500,000 from backers. Although the game has been in development for a few years, the money generated from the Kickstarter campaign will allow Phosphor Games to have a dedicated team help finish the title, as well as add a number of exciting features to the game. Continue reading this post ->

For a limited time only, Phosphor Games is offering the premium edition of The Dark Meadow for $2.99, down from a hefty $5.99. If you downloaded the free-to-play version, the premium upgrade is also the same price as the premium edition! This sale runs until Halloween, so you’ve got plenty of time to get in on this sale. It should also be noted that each app does come with addition in-app purchases to buy various types of coins. Continue reading this post ->

Phosphor Games announced additional new updates for Dark Meadow, including minor bug fixes, reward distribution and in-game currency. To date, Dark Meadow has been downloaded by more than 600,000 iOS users. In this recently released update, it includes:

• Fixed Retina support issues that were effecting graphics quality on mobile devices.
• Premium Game and Upgrade now convert all costs of swords, crossbows, and amulets permanently into gold from sun coins (note: these will NO LONGER be available for sun coins after purchasing the premium upgrade or the premium version of the game).
• Adjusted enemy loot drops to be more generous.
• Increased Sun Coin rewards from kill streaks.
• Fixed a bug where health packs were not spawning in world as they should.

You can download the update right now if you already own the game, however, you’re missing out on a great game and a lot of fun if you haven’t picked Dark Meadow up yet. Continue reading this post ->

Nominated by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences for 2012 Mobile Game of the Year, The Dark Meadow, the best-selling iOS game developed by Phosphor Games Studio, tonight is unleashing a major update on the iOS App Store, as well as a new free to play version, Dark Meadow: The Pact.

Phosphor Games is updating the original release with more premium content than ever before, including:

• iPad 3 retina support
• New environments filled with challenging enemies, a new boss creature and more of the beloved Trickster story and voice-over
• New premium weapons and amulets, including:
  • Lightbombs to devastate enemies
  • New swords and crossbow weapons with special attacks
• Healthpacks that can be used in battle and to revive after death to remain in the fight
• New “Fast Travel” warps that allow players to instantly move to floors they’ve unlocked
• Addition of a world map to prevent players from getting lost
• Added language support for Chinese, Russian and Brazilian Portuguese
• A new Premium Pack, including:
  • 5 health kits
  • 13 bombs
  • 15,000 gold
  • 150 Sun coins
  • Ad free.

Those who have already purchased the game, existing premium users will get the Premium Pack for free once they update their game.

“We are extremely pleased at the overwhelming response by gamers and critics to The Dark Meadow, our very first iOS game, and we are glad to offer Dark Meadow: The Pact free of charge on iOS tonight and Android in April,” said Chip Sineni, Director at Phosphor Games Studios. “For those ‘early adopters’ who bought the game when it was first released, we hope you enjoy all the new content and enhancements that were designed specifically in response to your feedback and to hardware enhancements that will now make the game more beautiful than ever on iOS.”

This update is available right now to download, so enjoy all the new content and features! Continue reading this post ->

Phosphor Games Studio, a highly regarded developer of innovative video games, confirmed that The Dark Meadow will look better than ever when it makes its Android debut in early 2012 with upgraded tech and features.

Just announced during the Spike TV “Video Game Awards 2011” this past Saturday, the Android version will deliver enhanced visuals and physics resulting from the integration of the new NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 quad-core mobile processor, as well as new gameplay features including new game modes, story elements, levels and characters.

“The response we’ve received since launching The Dark Meadow has been incredible. It’s clear that mobile players want console-style production values in their games,” said Chip Sineni, Director at Phosphor Games Studios. “We’re very excited to work with NVIDIA on incorporating Tegra 3’s quad-core power and give Android owners an unrivaled visual experience to add to our new game modes, levels and characters.”

Developed utilizing the acclaimed Unreal Engine 3, The Dark Meadow is a stunning first-person, action/adventure game where players fight to escape a nightmare world filled with fantastical creatures bent on destroying them. You awake in a hospital uncertain of how you arrived there or why. An old man warns of a beautiful witch whose minions roam the halls seeking to kill the living. It is only when the witch is destroyed that you will be released from this unrelenting torment.

As you explore the photo-realistic world, you will need both your crossbow for ranged combat as well as your sword for in close, melee combat. Gesture-based “pull back and fire” as well as slashing combat will be instantly recognizable to touch screen players, and node-based movement through the world makes navigation simple yet compelling.

Role-playing game mechanics enhance the exploration, as a wide variety of items are secreted throughout the world from hidden scraps of paper that reveal the mystery of your imprisonment, to money which can be used to purchase better equipment and weapons.

The Dark Meadow arrives on Android in early 2012 and will be available in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Italian. An exact date and price will be announced shortly.

Editor’s note

While this isn’t iPhone or Mac related, The Dark Meadow is a highly popular iOS game and we thought it would be helpful to let any of those who do happen to own both an iOS device and Android device (or just an Android device) know that this game is coming next year.