Brighthand Weekly Gaming Roundup

Geopod Racing Now Available for Pocket PC

Fathammer has released Geopod XE, a "wipeout"-style racing game with near-Playstation quality graphics based on the X-Forge 2.0 engine.

The game features fast and furious racing action on futuristic racetracks. A career mode is included, in which players attempt to become the Geopod champion after winning a variety of challenging races.

Multiplayer gaming over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi is also supported.

A Pocket PC device with an ARM or XScale processor is required.

Geopod XE is available now for $12.50 at the Clickgamer web site.

Stuntman Evolution for Pocket PC Debuts

Stuntman Evolution is now available from Digital Concepts.

This Pocket PC game has been designed to be a free-roaming experience where players can explore levels, find items, and complete objectives in the order they wish. It includes a number of vehicles for the player to locate and pilot varying from high-speed hovercraft to bulldozers.

For more information on online purchase, visit the web site. The price is $18.99

Golden Axe Released for Tapwave Zodiac

Golden Axe is now available in the Tapwave store, and is certified to work with all Tapwave Zodiac devices.

Based on the arcade classic, Golden Axe is a fantasy adventure game that places the player in a world of dragons and barbarians. Both weapon skills and magic spells are available in the quest to defeat the Death Adder. Animal friends can also be recruited in order to help the cause. G

Golden Axe is available now for $19.95 in the Tapwave online store.

PlayWizard Launches Mobile Casino Experience

PlayWizard has launched a mobile casino experience for a variety of handhelds and smart phones with GPRS, Bluetooth, and/or Wi-Fi connections.

Registered users are given $100 in tokens to be used in games such as Grand International Horse Racing, Rat Race, Puppy Love Racing, Dragon Boat Racing, Baccarat, and Slots. Tokens are then used to place bets on the online races, in denominations as small as five cents.

Registered users are also entered into the Lucky Draw Jackpot, which offers a cash prize every day. The more a user plays, the higher the chances of winning the jackpot.

Supported devices include Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, and Samsung smart phones, as well as Pocket PC devices and Windows desktop PCs.

For more information or to download any of the games in the Mobile Casino suite, visit the PlayWizard web site.

IN-FUSIO Bringing Six Microsoft Games to Smart Phones

IN-FUSIO has signed an exclusive deal with Microsoft Game Studios to port six games to mobile devices. The titles to make their debut on all major mobile platforms in 2004 are: Age of Empires 2 Gold Edition, Midtown Madness 3, Zoo Tycoon, Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, Banjo Pilot, It's Mr. Pants and Sabre Wulf.

These games will be available on Windows Mobile, Symbian OS, and other mobile platforms. The first games are xpected to begin appearing this summer.

More information is available at the web site.

FADE Now on Sale For 50% Off at Clickgamer

FADE is an adventure game for Pocket PC devices that features 65,000 color CG rendered graphics, dozens of characters and puzzles to solve, an intuitive inventory system and user interface, and an engrossing story that provides approximately 20-30 hours of gameplay.

The game requires 11 MB of free Storage memory, and is now available for $14.99, a savings of 50% off of the regular price. For more information or online purchase, visit the Clickgamer web site.