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image thumb12 Facebook Games Will Get More Brain As Sid Meier’s Civilization Readies To Step In

For all those Fans of the famed Sid Meier’s Civilization and who are equally addicted to Facebook there is some news for you to look forward to. Take Two Interactive is planning to keep the Civilization mania off Facebook for a few more months and would be bringing it to the platform by June. I know many of you are a bit shattered, but hey patience always bears fruits worth it.

The game has been a huge hit in the strategy category, the development of which goes back almost two decades, in 1991. Much like the many games like Age of Empires, etc it enables users to battle and evolve technology to expand their empires. Stepping into the social network, the game will definitely make most of the network’s social aspects. I mean the whole excitement lies in multiplayer gaming and once it steps into Facebook, with no charges to play it, the game will definitely grow exponentially.

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We talked about the rumors of the firmware update coming to PS3 and with a possible Facebook integration. Well that 3.10 update and a Facebook integration is no rumor as Sony announced the release of that integration today. The new features coming along with the update include:

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image thumb66 If Flash Games are you what you are after, visit Scumlabs

Flash games, loads of them and easy to play, perhaps the best way to kill time and you have enough places to play those games. Scumlabs is another startup or should I say a portal for flash based games. The site offers a plethora of games ranging from the historical Super Mario to Pacman so if you are one of those die hard gamer who isn’t into the close to life games on PS3 or Xbox 360 then Scumlabs is where you need to be hitting the keys at.

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image thumb158 Batman: Arkham Asylum "Most critically acclaimed Superhero game", says Guinness World Record.Batman Arkham Asylum launched earlier this week  on PS3 and XBox 360 has made its niche in the Guinness World Record archive as the greatest critically acclaimed game ever attaining 91.7 % in the reviews around the globe. According to Guinness it is a fantastic game, getting its feedback from the experts around. Hence it rightly deserves the place in the Guinness Book of World Records. The game offers some enthralling combat with stealthy adventures of the legendary Dark Knight against the vicious villains including Quinn, The Joker and many more. Such a bench mark achieved by this game really calls me to grab it off the shelf for my PS3.

image thumb88 Sonys patent Emotion sensor Technology is in works: Watch out before you make any move Sony patents a software that responds to human reactions and body gestures

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funding thumb1 GameGround raises $4.1 Million for its personalized gaming centre

GameGround, an Israel based gaming company secured a healthy $4.1 Million from Sequoia Capital. The company isn’t into developing games as reports state but is working upon a turnaround for PCs and Macs that would help online functionality of existing games. This expansion might primarily focus on social functions of games, like enabling gamers to share their scores, etc on numerous social networks of which they are a part of. This might provide collaboration of addicted gamers, linking them with each other and learning more about every game they play.