Video: Cluster Lander - Candystand Release Trailer

Love combat flying games, open-world missions and competing against your friends? You'll want to keep an eye on Cluster Lander, a brand-new exclusive game coming to Candystand in just a few weeks. 

You'll be in control of a small cluster lander ship, tasked with exploring the rock cluster in each level to find the coordinates of the next cluster. Along the way, you'll have to watch out for enemies, bombs and lasers -- luckily you'll have some munitions of your own to help! 

Ghost runs from each level can be saved and replayed; they can be used as a guide to help you improve your times, or shared with friends (via copy/paste code) so you can rub your sweet run times in their faces. 

The just-released trailer above shows off some of the new weapons and abilities making it into the final game, including shields and tracking missiles.  

Cluster Lander will be, ahem, landing on Candystand soon! We'll be posting more content leading up to the game's release.

Preview: Clockwords Prelude on Candystand.com

Clear your schedules next week - Monday's new game release is going to be a gigantic timesink (we should know - less work got done at Candystand this week precisely because of this game). Clockwords: Prelude is coming to the site, and it's seriously addictive.

Clockwords is part typing game, part tower defense -- you'll need to type as many words as possible to defeat enemy spiders coming to steal your secrets (the story's a little bizarre, but we went with it). Using letters in the chamber will increase the damage you deal. After each level, you'll also have the chance to 'transmute' letters so they are worth more damage each time you use them. 

And like all new Candystand games, you'll be able to earn and show off a brand new gold/silver/bronzeTrophy for doing well. 

"I can just type any random word? This sounds easy."

That's what we thought too, until we realized that coming up with long words on the fly is far more difficult than it initially looks. At one point, six of us were gathered around a computer yelling words/themes out ("Types of Diseases!" "Dinosaurs!" "Members of the Village People!") -- quite a sight to behold. 

Check out the video below for a quick peek at the game before it launches on our site on Monday. 

Candystand: Coming to a PSP Near You!

We've got awesome games on the web. We've got great apps on the iPhone. What are we conquering next? That's right, Sony's PlayStation Portable. 

We'll be announcing which popular Candystand title will be debuting on the PSP via download soon, but in the meantime, check out Gamasutra's feature on Sony PSP Minis, featuring none other than Candystand prez Scott Tannen.

"We weren't really sure what to expect when we started working with Sony but they've more than exceeded any reasonable expectations. They've been extremely supportive at all levels of the process."

Look for more news on our PSP Mini debut in the coming weeks. We can't wait to show you what we've been working on.

Video: Tennis Stars Cup - "Tennis Invaders" Challenge Mode

Tennis Stars Cup has launched! Check out the awesome 3D tennis game and try to win the new trophy!

Here's one last sneak peek at Tennis Stars Cup before the game launches on Candystand.com tomorrow! This is the "Tennis Invaders" Challenge mode, where your goal is to hit all of the targets before they reach the net -- by far the office's favorite mode in the game. Watch the video below to see the action, and make sure you check back to Candystand.com tomorrow to play the game!



Did you miss our Tennis Stars Cup preview yesterday?

New Trophy Games Coming This Week!

MagiGoo, Bumper Star, Slipstream 2 & Sport Fishing are all becoming "trophy" games this week. These news should make user "Morning217" very happy. He has a video showing off his trophy room and as you can see it's pretty impressive. Is your trophy room as good? If so, then send it to us and we will feature it here on the blog. We are looking forward to seeing them!