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Suite à la demande générale, le festival d’Oct...euh, Novembre continue !

Octobre est terminé mais la fête continue avec encore plus de jeux gratuits ! Nous avons fait d’importants changements : cette fois, si vous achetez 6 jeux pendant le mois, vous gagnez toujours un jeu gratuit, mais si vous achetez 9 jeux au cours du mois de novembre, vous gagnerez un second jeu gratuit !

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Da sich unsere Oktoberfest-Aktion großer Beliebtheit erfreut hat, bieten wir Dir nun das Novemberfest an!

Der Oktober ist zwar vorbei, aber nicht die Zeit der Gratis-Spiele. Und es gibt eine wichtige Änderung. Du erhältst weiterhin ein Gratis-Spiel, wenn Du innerhalb des Monats 6 Spiele kaufst. Solltest Du jedoch im November 9 Spiele kaufen, bekommst Du ein zweites Gratis-Spiel!

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¡Celebra con nosotros el Festival de Noviembre!

Durante el mes de Noviembre, si compras 6 juegos, ganas un juego gratis de tu elección. Pero, ¡aún hay más! Si compras 9 juegos en Noviembre, ¡consigues un segundo juego gratis!

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This time of year always results in a flood of frightful entertainment. For gaming it’s no different. Alawar Entertainment’s Vampire Saga: Pandora’s Box was recently released on Big Fish Games. The game has been very positively received by our audience peaking at #1 on our charts and remaining in the top 10 since its release.

In this post, we’re happy to welcome Yershov, producer of Vampire Saga: Pandora’s Box as our first guest blogger. Take it away, Yershov!

Come to the Dark Side

People like to have their nerves rattled, and the entertainment industry has always been happy to oblige. Hollywood releases a new horror film nearly every week and they never fail to pack theaters with eager viewers. In hopes of repeating this type of success in the gaming industry, casual game developers have begun to incorporate a surprising new theme into their projects that we call, "The Dark Side".
Vampires, zombies, ghouls, and other creatures filled with evil intentions and motivated by the darkest of desires.

While there were early concerns casual gamers would reject such dark plots, that turned out to be unfounded. This new casual game play theme has been a hit with mystical plots holding their own against more traditional story lines.

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It’s that time of year – Octoberfest is back. This year we’re celebrating fall with a free game for all!

During the month of October, if you buy at least six games from Big Fish Games, you’ll be rewarded with a Game Club credit good for a free game of your choice. Every game on our site counts toward the six you need to buy to earn the free game credit, and you can use the credit to get any game on our site 100% free.

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Reach New Heights with Big Fish Games!

Our partner developers know Big Fish Games can take their games to new heights, but now we’re offering all of our partners the chance to reach new heights themselves – literally. We’re talking 14,411 feet, to be exact.

Starting this October, any developer who launches their game on BigFishGames.com will have a chance to win a trip to Seattle to climb Washington state’s famous Mount Rainier with one of the world’s premier high-altitude mountaineers, Ed Viesturs!

Ed will be your personal guide as you attempt to summit the fifth-highest mountain in the contiguous 48 states and the highest point in Washington state. Ed is one of only 17 people in the world to have climbed all 14 mountains on earth above 8000m (26,247 ft), so you’ll be in excellent hands. Additionally, we’ll take care of all your necessary climbing supplies and gear, as well as your flight to Seattle, ground transportation to Mt Rainier, five nights hotel stay and $500 in cash for spending money. You can even bring one friend with you as a traveling companion, although only the winner will be taken on the summit attempt up Mt Rainier.

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Following on the heels of it’s release to our English speaking audience, Drawn: The Painted Tower has packed it’s bags and is heading overseas. Our French, German, Japanese, and Spanish speaking audiences can now delve into the immersive world that is Drawn.

All four localized versions of the game are scheduled for release today so be sure to head to our international sites and get the game!

Big Fish Games’ International Marketing Team is excited to bring you this exciting new story from Big Fish Games’ Studios. Each team wanted to weigh in to let you know their thoughts - in their own words!

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Recently, we sat down for a conversation with Denis Ilyin and Tim Sadovsky of Artogon Games. Artogon Games is located in St. Petersburg, Russia and is responsible for several hit games available on our site including Charma: The Land of Enchantment, Spirit of Wandering: The Legend, Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold, and Treasure Seekers: The Enchanted Canvases.

We wanted to learn more about how Denis and Tim got into game design and where they draw inspiration for their games. They were also kind enough to share some concept art / final designs with us from their Treasure Seekers games.

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On Thursday, April 9th, we announced the opening of our new European Headquarters in Cork, Ireland.

The new office will focus on multilingual game testing, customer support, and product localization. The creation of 100 new jobs is anticipated over the next three years. New job seekers will be required to have excellent customer communication skills, particularly in French, German and Spanish as localized games are offered for all three language speakers.

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan said the decision by the company to establish its headquarters in Ireland was a major coup and would lend a positive slant to the IDA’s continuing efforts to attract investment into the country. She was stateside Thursday, April 16th visiting Big Fish Games' Seattle office during the morning hours.

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Big Fish Games en Español celebrates its first anniversary in March, 2008. The site has experienced a great deal of success in a very short period of time. Spanish speaking visitors from all over the world have found their way to the site to find our games featured in neutral Spanish.

Site Manager, Andres Cubero, has watched over the development and growth of the site. He sat down with me to talk about the challenges and opportunities he faced during the first year and what we can expect for Big Fish Games en Español during year two.

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Recently Rebecca Reynolds, aka Roodypooh2, an active Big Fish Games user (and up-and-coming Clownfish in the Big Fish Games Forums!), took a trip to Rome for some amazing site seeing. Big Fish Games' very own Felix was lucky enough to make the trip. Here in Seattle, we're all quite jealous...

Rebecca and Felix were able to visit the amazing sites throughout Rome with Rebecca snapping pictures all the while. We hope you enjoy this amazing collection of photos that let the Big Fish Games' community take a peak at what must have been an amazing trip.

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In November, 2007, Big Fish Games, Inc launched Big Fish Games France. The site offers all of the most popular Big Fish Games titles localized for the French speaking audience as well as all of the newest content available online for French speaking casual gamers.

To help celebrate the first anniversary, Big Fish Games France is offering 40% off all games for one week beginning Friday, November 21st.

We've asked Sebastien Petit to sit down with us and reflect on the last year. Sebastien was born in Paris and grew up close by. He currently serves as Big Fish Games France Site Manager.

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Recently, members of Big Fish Games attended the Casual Connect Conference in Kiev, Ukraine. Some of the world's most talented game developers are located in Eastern Europe and Russia. The Casual Connect Conference gives us a chance to meet with these developers and find the best games available.

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The Big Fish Games pond has expanded to reach Asia!

Announcing Big Fish Games Japan! The new site was quietly launched after nearly a year of research and development. The expansion into Japan marks the fifth Big Fish Games destination following English, Deutsch, Français, and Español.

Hitomi Wedell managed the development and release of the new Big Fish Games Japan site. We asked her to sit and talk with us about the most important aspects of the site development process.

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