If you’re addicted to the online webgame Travian like we are (picture Solar Realms Elite meets Civilization) then Ubisoft might have just the thing for you. Their classic strategy game series Heroes of Might and Magic is getting a next installment, and it’s entirely browser based against 1,000 other players.

Sweet Mamma Jamma.

The game is slated for a early 2008 beta. Checking our calendar it seems that early 2008 is just a few weeks away. We’ll keep you posted on when it launched. Until then check out the Heroes of Might and Magic Kingdoms Official Website which includes feature previews and visual tutorials of what you should expect from the game.

Simply fantastic. I love it when one game pays homage to another.If you’ve never seen Line Rider, check it out.  Then watch this movie to appreicate  it fully.

This LineRider lever is a nigh-exact replica of the first level of Super Mario Brothers — looks like it would be a ton of fun. Someone needs to make a CounterStrike level based on this level.

Boing Boing: LineRider meets Super Mario

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There are a ton of games you have to pay for that aren’t this good. I think the agonizing countdown to Christmas just got a little bit more bearable.

The Nintendo Advent Calendar = Brilliant - Kotaku

Blogged with Flock

Check it out.

A new site devoted to serving up games on demand. There’s a monthly subscription rate of 15 bucks, which is actually pretty damn nice considering their library. You just download the client and you can start playing some of the classics, as well as some recent games as well. Going down the game list these guys caught my fancy:

Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Space Colony, Adventure, Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, Beyond Good and Evil, Burger Time, Chopper Command, Circus Atari, Combat, Conquest: Frontier Wars, Defender, Elevator Action, Stronghold Cruisader, Galaga, Golden Axe 1 and 2!!, H.E.R.O., Homeworld 2, Joust, Impossible Mission II, Lock On Modern Combat, Lords of Magic, Missile Command, Panzer General 2, Phantasy Star II, Pitfall, Qix, Railroad Tycoon 3, Rampage, River Raid, Stampede, Virtua Fighter 2, Worms Armageddon, XEVIOUS OMG!, Zaxxon

That’s not even close to the entire list. And they promise to add more as time goes on. You might have noticed there are some modern titles in there - Beyond Good and Evil, Homeworld 2.. they’ve got quite the good collection. I really don’t see how I can resist this **it.

Who’s with me?

Urban Dead is a fantastic and superbly original MMOG that was created a few months ago by Kevan Davis, and which currently has around 85,000 registered players. To put it simply: it is a text-based zombie survival game that runs in any browser.

At jay is games: Urban Dead

DHTML Lemmings™

Damn. Came across this from Boing Boing. An entirely DHTML remake of Lemmings. Quite impressive.

Flash / Hapland

You may have come across this before. But on the nature of neat little games, in particular, those flash games you just get so wrapped up in. I present to you Hapland (theres a sequel too called Hapland 2).

The premise, is to click stuff and make the guy escape through the portal. Its pretty addicting.. and quite a challenge.