http://www.xgenstudios.com/ The latest news from XGen Studios. http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Robyn Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:21:07 -0500 The Pumpkin contest is now over! The official winner of the contest is… Marty! With his XGen Logo pumpkin (and cool video)! Marty is awarded a Free 2-Year Lab Pass for his efforts. We also had fine entries from stevengeier21112, Jammer, db3000, somerandomdude and criticism! Since you guys put so much effort into it, we've decided that we will also award all runners-up with a Free 1-Month Lab Pass! Winners, keep an eye on your forum private messages, you will be contacted there to receive your prize. - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1257009667 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Robyn Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:43:20 -0500 Announcing the first annual XGenStudios Pumpkin Carving Contest! StevenGeier21112, of the XGenStudios forums, has already got an early start -- giving us the idea that we should make it into an official contest! Choose anything related to XGen - or our games - and carve your way to a Free 2-Year Stick Arena Ballistick Lab Pass! Submissions are to be posted in the official pumpkin carving forum thread, and deadline for submissions is midnight (PST) on October 30th. XGenStudios Staff and Stick Arena Moderators are not eligible to win the contest, sorry guys. :) - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1256679800 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Robyn Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:16:56 -0500 Things are getting spooky, and the time of The Devlian has come again! Our poor Helvian's evil twin has overthrown his good-natured double and is free to cry havoc and unleash hell upon all XGen! Well, other then his particular fondness for orange over our traditional blue... I'm sure everything will work out OK for XGen. If you're seeing a multi-colored abomination, try clearing your browser cache. In other news, the XGen team is fresh from attending the Edmonton Flash In the Can conference on the weekend. Not only was it a rewarding and educational experience, and a great chance to meet some industry vets, we were also the first team to correctly decipher the clues left by Adobe Platform Evangelist Lee Brimelow (Of theflashblog.com) to find this year's Adobe Dead Drop! Earning us a commemorative coin and a copy of Adobe Creative Suite CS4! - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1255979816 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ 6 Player Stick Arena have arrived!]]> Skye Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:18:19 -0500 It's here - 6 Player Stick Arena, plus new Classic Maps. Using your feedback, we've updated and improved just about every one of Stick Arena's original maps (Don't worry - we kept XGen HQ just the way you like it). Since there are a few different ways to get a 6-player game going, I'll explain exactly how it works. To start, you'll need at least one player with a Lab Pass. If only one player is playing with a Lab Pass, that player will need to VIP at least 2 other players and then create a game, making sure that the VIP'd players joins last. Another way to get a 6 player match going is to have 2 Lab Pass player join a game in progress that already has 4 players - how about a 3v3 match? (or 2v4, if you're feeling lucky!) Here's another way to look at it; there are 2 'reserved' spots in every game for players with Lab Passes. Players with a Lab Pass as well as those that have been VIP'd by the game creator can join games with 4 players already in them (up to the new maximum of 6 players per game). What does all this mean? Well, you'll probably want to get yourself a Lab Pass, but you should also keep in mind that Player Join Order is important when some players don't have Lab Passes, or when not everyone has been VIP'd. Now go play a 6 player free-for-all, or organize yourself a 3v3 (or 2v2v2?) Team Deathmatch. Happy Fragging! - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1254892699 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Stick Arena Ballistick gets a new pet and new tiles!... More featured games, we know you love them...]]> Robyn Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:15:16 -0500 Stick Arena Ballistick has received another big update. Included this time is a brand new pet based on Defend Your Castle and a bunch of brand new tiles for map-makers, including water! Get the details here. More updates on the way! Mechanaught, Ragdoll Cannon Level Pack, and 99 Bricks: The Legend of Garry have been added to our roster of great featured titles, give them a go! - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1252444516 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Stick Arena Lab Pass for FREE... New How-to-Play Defend Your Castle video... Even More Featured Games...]]> Robyn Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:38:08 -0500 Haven't taken the plunge into Stick Arena Ballistick's Lab Pass Features yet? Or maybe just looking for some extra days? We've just finished setting up a rewards system for those short on dough, it allows you to earn Lab Pass days without the need for any cash whatsoever! We've also uploaded a neat little Defend Your Castle How-to-Play video on the DYC page, just in case you're not familiar with the mechanics of the classic game. Special thanks to Eric Cheng and Leif Oleson-Cormack for the excellent audio and voice-over work. Also, have some destructive fun in Building Blaster, burn it to a crisp in Pyro 2 or just kill some mindless undead in More Zombies. XGen always features the best and the brightest of internet flash developers. - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1250717888 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Warzone Tower Defense and Splitter 2... Incredibly annoying multiplayer weapons... Comic-con... Video Game Dialogue Hell...]]> Robyn Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:15:51 -0500 Some new featured games for you guys; strategic deployment of base defenses - so fun, so Warzone Tower Defense. And cut some stuff up to solve Splitter 2 if your puzzling sense is tingling. Joystick Division talk about some multiplayer weapons that make you want to tear your hair out. Zomg - l2play nubs! Comic-con is wrapping up, and it's always entertaining to see the laughably bad costumes people come up with. Oh and there's also... you know... The Best. Video Game Dialogue has a rough history, but some of these will make you feel nostalgic in all of the funny places. - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1249416951 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ New Featured Games for everyone... iPhoners love Defend Your Castle!... Old-School Achievements... ]]> Robyn Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:59:12 -0500 Some newer games for you guys; control a nanoTank and expertly navigate your way to success. Destroy everything from cerise to scarlet and russet to ruby in Red Remover. Rocket that pesky rodent again, this time through the center of the earth all the way to Mars in Hedgehog Launch 2! Thank you, iPhone lovers, for giving Defend Your Castle a welcome reception to the app store. Some people have even managed to collect all 45 achievements! Future updates for the game will include new achievements and a few surprises... Here's a chuckle for old-school gamers like myself; Gamespy has a rundown of some great unofficial Old-School Achievements for that classic gamer in all of us. - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1248123552 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Space Trader Wars... Cargo Bridge needs your help with some designs... Upgrade Complete - buy your way to victory...]]> Robyn Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:41:53 -0500 We're proud to present the Beta for Space Trader Wars here on XGen! At this time, the game is exclusively available to Stick Arena Ballistick Lab Pass Holders. Just one more reason to join in on the fun! Cargo Bridge tests your engineering skills, bridge the gap to gather the goods - You can do it! Upgrade Complete is quite simple really; nearly everything in the game can be upgraded, including Menu Buttons, Game Graphics, and loads more! You even have to buy your own mute button! Absurd! - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1245444113 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Lemonade World, squeeze some damn lemons!... Andy Law, bring justice to the future... E3 is wrapping up again this year, with some big announcements...]]> Robyn Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:06:33 -0500 Lemonade World brings back memories of the old tycoon games when things were as simple as plucking a lemon, grabbing some ice and selling a refreshing drink! Andy Law brings justice to the world. Equip from a massive loadout of weapons and equipment, gear up your squad and take to the enemy with blinding speed and furious destruction! E3 is wrapping up again this year, for an easy rundown of the biggest announcements and happening check out Time.com's E3 Top 10. Motion controls look exciting, and the new Metroid game looks very promising. - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1244239593 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ DYC is live, featuring further upgrades to your towers!... Defend Your Castle Lite launches!... Stick Arena gets updated too... Arrr...]]> Robyn Thu, 28 May 2009 14:46:45 -0500 Defend Your Castle 1.03 update is out in the app store, you can now upgrade your castle towers and the pit of conversion to three levels of effectiveness. Give your archers exploding arrows or empower your mages to convert multiple units at once with the even mightier spray can! Defend Your Castle Lite has also hit the app store, for those who want to give the game a try without forking out those precious 99 cents. Stick Arena Ballistick has received another update today; adding in three new spinners, four new maps and the ability to rate maps after each round. Place the traps, rig the proper triggers and wait for the sea-dogs to come a snoopin around; Pirate Defense is newly featured at XGen. - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1243540005 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Defend Your Castle 1.02 Update is out, Achievements are here!... The new tileset is live and the contest is over!...]]> Robyn Thu, 14 May 2009 15:31:40 -0500 The iPhone/iPod Touch Defend Your Castle 1.02 Update is out! Your superb defending abilities now earn you Achievements! With 45 different achievements to unlock, can you become the 'Magical Master' (cast 20 spells in a single round) or build a 'Monstrous Castle' (reach 100,000 max castle health)? Watch for more new features and even more achievements coming in the next update! The map-making pre-release contest for Stick Arena Ballistick is over! Masterchuf has used the new tileset in the coolest way with his map Orbit, earning him a gold builder spinner, his map added to the official map list and 25,000 Cred to top it off! The new tileset is now available for everyone to create with in the Ballistick Map Editor, so grab a Lab Pass and try out your creations with your friends! - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1242333100 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Tons of new featured games... Internet radio with a video game theme?... DYC iPhone update coming soon!...]]> Robyn Thu, 07 May 2009 16:18:04 -0500 May has been a great month for flash games so far, XGen's newest featured games; Spewer - vomit your way to victory, The Arrow of Time transcends eras, Endless Zombie Rampage 2 gives us our zombie blasting fix and Crush The Castle seems familiar in a role-reversal kind of way... Hrm... Did you play video games in the 8-bit days? Still play them today? 8BitFM has the answer to your cravings. Bring back some wicked memories of the days of yore, listening to official tracks or remixes of the old classics. 8BitFM is rockin' the XGen offices all day long. I don't want to reveal too much about the upcoming Defend Your Castle iPhone/iPod Touch update, but I will say this: Achievements! - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1241731084 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Stick Arena Ballistick goes into The Void!... Possess some lackeys in Tower Tactics Aphelion...]]> Robyn Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:41:49 -0500 Stick Arena Ballistick is getting a big official update; here's a sneak peek at the newest area for you to have fun fragging your friends in: The Void! We're having an invitation-only event for the release, allowing those who have proven their map-making caliber to get an early release of the new zone to make some maps for the release! Look for it in Stick Arena Ballistick in the near future! Possess some witless lackeys and lead them to victory in the Strategy/RPG Tower Tactics Aphelion, newly featured at XGen. - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1241145709 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Update: Defend Your Castle on iPhone & iPod Touch is currently on sale for only 99 cents! (50% off the regular price of $1.99) Defend Your Castle is now available worldwide on iPhone & iPod Touch! Get it now on iTunes!]]> Jordan Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:38:54 -0500 Update: Defend Your Castle on iPhone & iPod Touch is currently on sale for only 99 cents! (50% off the regular price of $1.99) After much anticipation and fanfare (ok... mostly from ourselves here at XGen), Defend Your Castle is now available worldwide on iPhone & iPod Touch at an introductory price of only $1.99! Sweet! Thanks to all you guys who have already gone and checked out the game. For everyone else... Get it now on iTunes! Oh and don't forget to root for us as the team suits up and heads to Vancouver this weekend for the 2009 ELAN Awards where Defend Your Castle has been nominated for Best Casual Game! Until then, check out what's happening with DyC on the forums, and post your ideas about how to make it even better! - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1240281534 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Bunnies invade again... These Hero's Arms are for choppin'...]]> Robyn Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:08:01 -0500 Happy Easter from XGen! Celebrate the occasion with the traditional act of filling bunnies with hot lead. Bunny Invasion - Easter Special has arrived! Slash some baddies, explore some dungeons and collect the coins -- Hero's Arms promises some extensive Adventuring RPG fun. Defend Your Castle on the iPhone and iPod Touch is close to a reality, keep an eye on XGen for word of the official release! - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1239340081 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Robyn Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:01:04 -0500 We hope you enjoyed this year's April Fools Shenanigans, we certainly did. Stick Arena Ballistick should be back to normal soon, so you can get back to serious fragging. - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1238562064 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Spate! Stem the tide!... GDC09 - This week... W00t, we found him...]]> Robyn Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:46:59 -0500 Spate! Overflow! Stem the tide of boxes, push back those infernal crates! XGen's own Cody "eedok" Hollis-Perdue brings us his addicting little side-project: Spate! Try not to get addicted... GDC 09 started yesterday, and XGen is attending again! If you're headed down to San Francisco you might be lucky enough to catch a demoing of the brand new Defend Your Castle iPhone version! After many long years of searching, he has been found. By who else but Google; masters of the search! - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1237924019 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Skye Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:51:43 -0500 This past Thursday, at a press conference held at Radical Entertainment in Vancouver BC, Electric Playground co-host Victor Lucas announced Defend Your Castle among the list of titles Nominated for this year’s 3rd Annual Elan Awards. Click here for the press release The WiiWare edition of Defend Your Castle has been selected for a shot at the Best Casual / Arcade Game category in this year’s event, to be held April 25th at the Fairmont Vancouver. A big thank-you to everyone who has supported our fledgling entry into the console space – keep your fingers crossed! - Read/Post Comments - ]]> 1236981103 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Sagittarius: 2172 requires your command, Admiral... Ballistick updates! New Spinners and Maps!... Get your cat to digitally sign your EULAs...]]> Robyn Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:38:23 -0600 Sagittarius: 2172 is an interesting blend of strategy and puzzling action. Match together minerals, space dust and precious gems - spending them to power up your starship. Stick Arena Ballistick has received another update. Three new spinners: Da Bomb, 8-Bit and Flux have been added to the shop. Another wave of player-created maps have been added; ShadowCasterX4FFC and Yiff. get Builder Spinners for their contributions and .,CriticalX,. receives the first special gold colored Builder Spinner for getting his second map into the featured list! Congrats guys! Don't like agreeing to so many EULAs signing away your soul these days? Why not have your pet feline take the fall for any possible misunderstanding resulting from broken EULA agreements? Read/Post Comments -]]> 1235597903 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Break some ice!... Video Game Art is amazing... The XGenStudios Song...]]> Robyn Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:54:30 -0600 Our friends at Nitrome have come up with another cute and clever little game; Ice Breaker has you slicing the ice to save your viking compatriots from certain doomyness. Give it a go! Now that the video game generation is maturing, we're seeing some of the classic from our youth returning with style: Artistic Masterpieces based on legendary video games and Lifehacker shows off some Killer Retro Gaming Wallpapers. Through the Night is an instant favorite. Oh and I have to give mention to this little tribute. Thanks to AssaultRifle (Dominick Gatto), our ever-present forum fan, for performing this great little number. - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1234209270 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Skye Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:49:05 -0600 By popular demand, we now accept a wider variety of payment options for Stick Arena: Ballistick, including Ultimate Game Cards, SMS, Cash, Check, Money Order, and many others. Ultimate Game Cards are available at 7-11, as well as many Walmart, Meijer, Rite Aid, Blockbuster, and Mac’s locations. Click here for a full list of new payment options by country, or here for a list of Ultimate Game Card retailers. Login to Stick Arena and visit the in-game Shop Tab now to purchase or renew your Lab Pass. - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1233694145 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ SAS Zombie Assault wants your brains... Songsmith can produce instant hilarity... WiiWare Defend Your Castle Level 500!...]]> Robyn Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:00:59 -0600 SAS Zombie Assault puts you in the shoes of a stranded soldier in the middle of a particularly nasty outbreak of the living dead. Nothin' beats filling up walking corpses with streams of hot lead. Microsoft's Songsmith has been receiving some mixed opinions. From the laughably cheesy Introduction video, and to the interesting remixes of existing songs that simply sound utterly bizarre, we can at least get some entertainment out of it. Here's an example of the extreme fanaticism that some WiiWare DYC fans have been exhibiting; these guys have managed to legitimately play up to Level 500 in Defend Your Castle on the Wii. Glad you guys like the game, and thanks for your support! - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1232658059 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Battle Gear and Replica are here for your enjoyment... Humans CAN fly... Happy New Year XGen!...]]> Robyn Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:18:00 -0600 Two new games for you guys today, Battle Gear is an excellent evolution of the destroy the enemy base by sending out waves of units pseudo-genre, while Replica is just a clever idea turned into an entertaining little gem of a game. These guys give a new definition to extreme sports. How they are not yet horribly mangled, I'll never know... Happy New Year! 2008 has come and gone, seemingly in a blink. And yet this year graced us with some incredible releases. What games did you guys remember most from the past 12 months? Let us know in the forums! - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1231190280 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Danny Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:20:54 -0600 Due to the overwhelming demand for XGen branded clothing, we have created an XGen themed online clothing store! Click the shop tab to see the nifty new Flash window or you can check out the full shop here]]> 1230578454 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Skye Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:10:29 -0600 Log in to Stick Arena now to access all the benefits of a Lab Pass free of charge. The Free Lab Pass Weekend ends this Sunday at midnight. ]]> 1229717429 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Skye Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:17:13 -0600 This weekend, we invite all Stick Arena players to enjoy the benefits of a Lab Pass free of charge. Beginning Friday afternoon, log in to your Stick Arena account (or, if you don't have one, create an account) to access all of the Lab Pass features, free. Play the 6 Lab Pass-only weapons on over a dozen new maps set in space. Plus, access the complete line of Spinners and Pets for the duration of the trial period. Current Lab Pass holders will also receive a complimentary 3 day extension to their Passes. The Lab Pass Free Weekend runs December 19th through December 21st. - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1229541433 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Robyn Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:28:24 -0600 It is, indeed, that time of year again! Christmas is less than two weeks away! No doubt you have already noticed the Stick Arena Ballistick-themed Christmas redesign, and we've got a surprise for all Ballistick Lab Pass holders; check your spinners tab on the profile screen in the game to claim your special gift from the XGen team! In addition, we've added three new spinners available for purchase: 'Plague', 'ROFLMAO' and 'Brain Wash'! Keep sending in those ideas for future Ballistick content. Merry Christmas, XGen-ites! - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1229279304 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Ballistick... Take control of the Hands of War... Territory War Online gains new content...]]> Robyn Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:36:39 -0600 The Stick Arena Ballistick user-created maps you guys are making continue to suprise us, we have another round of great maps going live into Ballistick today! 'Platforms' by Dan., 'The.Cellar' by Bloodsyn and 'Mountainv2' by Y3llowman have been added, and their authors have been awarded the special 'Builder' spinner in the game as a reward. Keep sending in those maps! Have you got the skill to handle the Hands of War? Level up a Warrior, Wizard or Ranger, gather sweet gear and complete epic quests for the rivaling factions! Territory War Online has recieved a significant update! Two new levels have been added, including 'The Pit' and 'Jungle' as well as a brand new weapon: The Pick Axe! Now you can quickly and readily re-shape the battlefield in your favor. - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1228343799 http://www.xgenstudios.com/ Skye Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:13:57 -0600 3 New Spinners were added to Ballistick this week, alongside the first ever player-created maps. Congratulations go to ,.syco., for his map "Pyramid", chicken for the map "Mansion", and to codyshadow for "Spacetrain" (each of these players also received an exclusive Builder Spinner to honor their contribution). You can check out the new maps by selecting the "Featured Maps" checkbox on game creation. With so many great custom maps coming out of the woodwork, these maps won't be the last featured - will your map be next? - Read/Post Comments -]]> 1227723237