Want to help us design a game?? Now's your chance!

We launched a pretty cool sweepstakes on Candystand US this morning, the Candystand Game Designer Sweepstakes. We're going to fly a winner (and a guest) to New York City to hang with us and help us create the next Candystand baseball game! Click here for info.

Later this week, we'll also be launching Candystand Baseball. A ton of time has gone into this game -- it is full 9-on-9 baseball that will take you right back to the days of Neo Geo and Sega Genesis. You're going to love it.

Finally, we are finishing up our newest pool game -- that's right, a pool game. The game is called Pow Pool and it is a great twist between traditional billiards games and super-addictive arcade games. We'll have a preview later in the week.

Candystand Tournaments are live!

Okay folks, it's time to show the world what you've got! Introducing, Candystand Tournaments!

Candystand Tournaments are massive, single-elimination tournaments that allow you to compete with thousands of other Candystand users in our games. Each week, we will be starting new events. We're kicking off sign-ups today and are featuring three tournaments: Billiards, Monster Trucks and Mah-Jongg

Click here to sign up for these events!

Match Point Tennis: Updated

If I've told you once, I've told you a million times.... I read every email you send me!

When we launched Match Point Tennis a few months ago, I received bunches of emails with really helpful gameplay suggestions. Well, we've re-released the game with a bunch of upgrades. Here's the rundown:

1) You can now direct your shots by moving your mouse as the player is swinging

2) The computer opponent is no longer the virtual equivalent of Roger Federer... You can actually get shots by him!

3) Addition of lob/drop shots

4) We've added a visual trail to the ball, making it easier to track

I hope you agree that the game is vastly improved and it is due to the great input you guys have provided. So, thanks!

Click here to play the new version of Match Point Tennis.

As always, feel free email me with suggestions, comments and ideas!

RC Rally Reloaded is up!

Happy Friday! Sorry to ruin your productivity for the rest of the day, but RC Rally Reloaded is up.

No time to post.... must top the leaderboard! Email me and let me know what you think.

CLICK HERE TO PLAY

Where have I been?

Sorry about last week -- I've been totally absent from the blog... but, I have been working and have a bunch of updates for you.

First off, I have to send a big shout out to Jason S. (known as CHECKTHEMIC on Candystand). Jason has been a HUGE help to the Candystand team in perfecting the new Billiards game in finding lots of little bugs. Thanks to Jason, performance on Billiards is way, way better now than when we had launched it. I'm sure all of you join me in thanking Jason for his contributions!

This blog has now been around for about a year -- it's been awesome to get to know so many of our loyal users. As always, shoot me a note if you find bugs, have questions or whatever. I'm pretty good about getting back to you the same day.

RC RALLY RELOADED: This game is coming along. Frankly, I thought we'd have it out by now but we have found a few troublesome bugs that we are still working out. I feel reasonably confident it will be out later this week, but won't know for sure until tomorrow/Wednesday. News will be posted here, first!

TOURNAMENTS: One of our biggest projects is nearly complete. Later this week, our testers will be competing in a test tournament --- then, let the games begin! I'll dedicate an entire post to explaining how Candystand Tournaments will work. For now, think of it as massive single-elimination tournaments in many of our games -- the winner will get a special trophy for his/her trophy room. I can't wait to see some of you go head-to-head in Billiards and Mini Golf... it's going to rock!

CANDYSTAND BASEBALL: We're pretty focused on getting this out before the Playoffs start. Not only will we have a new, 9-on-9 game but we'll be giving you and chance to enter to help us design our next baseball game (fly to New York and hang with the Candystand team!)... more info on that soon, too.

MORE NEW (OLD) GAMES RETURN: In the next couple of weeks, you'll see the return of some old favorites to the Candystand. We'll publish a release schedule as soon as they're ready.

That's it for now. More news soon.