G5 Entertainment‘s Virtual City Playground has become one of the most loved city building simulators, topping the charts on every gaming platform that it was released upon. That doesn’t mean it can’t get better though. Thanks to gamers’ precious feedback, G5 Games‘ team has released the 1.7.5 update, which includes numerous bug fixes and improvements that gamers will appreciate and love! The list of fixes and features includes:

• Memory optimization to eliminate crashes
• 2 Billion City Credits bug fix
• Receive notifications of destroyed buildings and prevent future catastrophes
• Optimized building construction UI for easier construction of multiple buildings
• Truck routing bug fixes
• Facebook screenshot bug fix
• More quests to obtain free Investment Points!
• More minor bugs and issues fixed

Virtual City Playground is the free follow-up to G5 Entertainment‘s smash hit, Virtual City. Virtual City Playground maintains many of the first game’s basic concepts, but adds a new style of gameplay that will be familiar to players of games like Cityville. The game has won the hearts of millions of players worldwide and has topped all major casual game charts. In this “Sim City”-esque game, your goal is to build and grow a prosperous city of your dreams. The game is deep and enjoyable with a gameplay mechanic that is easier to understand immediately, rather than the huge complexity of similar simulation city builders.

Unleash your inner mayor – build anything you wish and everything that makes your citizens happier: dwellings, industrial buildings, shopping malls, and places of entertainment. Make your city a better place to live by recycling garbage, adding hospitals and fire stations, planting trees, and upgrading buildings to make them more eco-friendly. In Virtual City Playground even your most ambitious dreams can be a reality! Continue reading this post ->

The Valentine’s Day-dedicated update for iPhone and iPad to G5 Entertainment‘s highly addictive social city-building game, Virtual City Playground, is finally live on the App Store. The update features new quests, a new building and Valentine’s Day-related decorations.

If you haven’t fallen in love with this city-building hit yet, download the updated Virtual City Playground to your iOS device for FREE right away, and join the army of Virtual City Playground fans. If you’ve already been engaged as well as millions of players worldwide, enjoy this FREE new update to your Virtual City Playground. True love is in the air, even in the Virtual City of your dreams. Get your citizens excited about Valentine’s Day by decorating it for this special time of the year. Build a Wedding Chapel, throw a party at the Plaza and take on the game’s new four thrilling challenges for hours of fun.

What’s new in the update:

UPDATE YOUR CITY! New Valentine’s Day-themed city decorations and a new entertainment building

NEW DECORATIONS! 3 New themed building decorations

NEW QUESTS! 4 New quests – share them with your sweetheart!

GET THE PARTY STARTED! Throw a party on Plaza and share its screenshot on Facebook

You can download the iPad version here while the iPhone/iPod Touch version is available for download here. Continue reading this post ->

Award-winning casual games publisher, G5 Entertainment, today announced the next pack of best quality casual games coming this February. G5 Entertainment will entertain players with new exciting strategy and adventure games, a sequel to the award-winning and fan-favorite title as well as a special update to a hit city-builder dedicated to St. Valentine’s Day.

• Treasure Seekers 4: The Time Has Come (iOS)

In this fourth installment of the game Tom, Nelly and Totenkraft are in a race for the Holy Grail itself – with the fate of the world hanging in the balance! Fortunately, our heroes are terrific at what they do so the game serves up a healthy dose of hidden object adventuring fun.

More information: http://www.g5e.com/games/treasure_seekers_4_iphone, http://www.g5e.com/games/treasure_seekers_4_ipad.

• The Island: Castaway (iOS)

In The Island: Castaway, an extremely addictive simulation game, play as Tom, the leader of the lucky few to escape a sinking ocean liner. Intense challenges await you in this adventure quest game as the castaways try to survive on the island and uncover its secrets.

More information: http://www.g5e.com/games/island_castaway1_iphone, http://www.g5e.com/games/island_castaway1_ipad.

• Virtual City 2: Paradise Resort (iOS)

In Virtual City 2: Paradise Resort, you’ll get to expand your activities to the shining coast of Florida, the snowy lands of Alaska, the rocky mountains of Utah and the arid tundra of Nevada. Offices and hotels, restaurants and clubs, museums and fitness centers – access the widest selection of buildings to make your very own Virtual City unique and prosperous.

More information: http://www.g5e.com/games/virtual_city_2_iphone, http://www.g5e.com/games/virtual_city_2_ipad.

• Virtual City Playground Update 1.3.5 (iOS, Android, Mac)

The Virtual City Playground 1.3.5 Update with new quests, Valentine’s Day-related content and decorations will appear on the App Store, Mac App Store and Android Market just in time to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Build the city of your dreams, romantically decorate it… and then run it.

More information: http://www.g5e.com/games/virtual_city_playground_ipad, http://www.g5e.com/games/virtual_city_playground_iphone, http://www.g5e.com/games/virtual_city_playground_mac.

• Royal Trouble: Hidden Adventures (iOS)

Travel with a pair of Royals and help the hilarious, bickering twosome escape from a secluded island. Solve the mystery of their captivity, and watch love blossom in this charming, critically acclaimed adventure game with fun twists and turns.

More information: http://www.g5e.com/games/royal_trouble_iphone, http://www.g5e.com/games/royal_trouble_ipad.

• The Magician’s Handbook: Cursed Valley (iOS freemium version)

An eerie atmosphere in The Magician’s Handbook: Cursed Valley will fascinate you from the start. In this hidden object adventure, travel to a dark and mysterious valley and remove the curse that haunts it.

More information: http://www.g5e.com/games/magicians_handbook_iphone, http://www.g5e.com/games/magicians_handbook_ipad. Continue reading this post ->

Virtual City Playground is the free follow-up to G5 Entertainment‘s Virtual City, keeping many of the first game’s basic concepts, but adding in a new style of gameplay that will be familiar to players of games like Cityville. The game has won the hearts of millions of players world wide and has recently been released onto the Mac App Store.

In this “Sim City”-esque game, your goal is to build and grow the prosperous city of your dreams. The game is in-depth and enjoyable while lacking the complexity of similar simulation city builders which hinders the enjoyment of such time management games. Virtual City Playground fills a noticeable gap in the city-builder genre on Mac.

Unleash your inner mayor – build anything you wish and everything that makes your citizens happier: dwelling houses, industrial buildings, shopping malls, places of entertainment… Make even your most ambitious dreams a reality! The game comes with new quests and winter-related content that will add holiday spirit to the gameplay.

Key Features

• Play sandbox mode for FREE! No predefined missions
• Over 120 optional quests
• Over 100 buildings, landmarks, and decorations, including Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Coliseum, Sydney Opera, and many more!
• 100 Achievements to earn
• Regular FREE updates that will bring more content!
• Facebook integration
• Minimized games continue transporting goods – making you money, even while you sleep!

Leading casual games publisher G5 Entertainment today announced its extremely successful social city-building simulation game, Virtual City Playground, will grace the Mac platform on December 15th, 2011. Virtual City Playground is the free follow-up to G5 Entertainment‘s Virtual City, keeping many of the first game’s basic concepts, but adding in a new style of gameplay that will… Continue reading this post ->