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Hi Nitromians,

We are thrilled to be finally able to announce that Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage is 100% complete! It has already been submitted to Apple and been approved too!

It will be out on the 20th of June... that’s THIS THURSDAY!!!!!

We have an action packed week lined up for you between now and launch and we will be posting something Icebreaker related every day so come back tomorrow :)

by Mat

Hi Nitromians!

Today's Pixel Love game is Back Door by Solar Vagrant

We found the dark and quirky humour in this game to be right up our street.

You start off by falling into a seemingly endless void. Are your dreaming? *clunk* nope... but you are trapped!

This was a very cool (and sometimes difficult) escape game.

Play Back Door: Click Here!

by Tom

Hey there Nitromians!

We have got something new to share with you all today. It's in the form of a screenshot from one of our upcoming flash games!

Teaser Screenshot: Click Here!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

Today's Pixel Love game is Leaf Me Alone by Mark Foster and David Fenn

Leaf Me Alone was made for the Ludum Dare 'minimalist' theme!

The game is wonderful and reminds us a little bit of a cross between Fez and classic Zelda. We thoroughly enjoyed the chilled out atmosphere with the friendly open and roam-able levels in this one.

The way the game's simple puzzles are set out in the world make for a forgiving and intuitive play session.

Click To Play!

by Tom

Hey Nitromians!

We hope you are enjoying our colourful new puzzler Colour Blind. Just a quick question:

Has anybody managed to get the "awesume glasses" yet?

They are super secret and rather cool, just collect all the in-game coins to unlock them. Are you up to the challenge? ;)

by Jon

Hey Nitromians!

We have just released our latest puzzle platformer, Colour Blind!

Solve the puzzles using the different colour palettes at your disposal and save your precious left eye from the dusty pirate clouds!

Colour Blind: Click To Play!

Have fun!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

Do you like cleaning up your room!? We thought not! So forget what you think you knew about tidying up!

Today's Pixel Love game is Colossal Clean-Up by Underground Pixel and it's amazingly enjoyable!

It's a really manic time based clean 'em up. You will find yourself chucking loads of tiny blocks at the windows, clearing the floors easily with seconds to spare until it happens... All of a sudden that looming sofa resurfaces and comes flying out of your bag blocking the window! What now!? Better unblock it or find yourself another window!

The art style is really cool; we think your going to like this one :)

Play Colossal Clean-Up: Click Here!

Have fun!

by Tom

Hey Nitromians,

We thought that we'd update you with some more Icebreaker character goodness!

Check out our third update to take a closer look into the Icebreaker universe. Who is your favourite character of the bunch so far?

Icebreaker Update 12: Characters!

Get ready for a very exciting Icebreaker week next week, have a great weekend!

by Jon

Did you know our upcoming game Icebreaker has God Powers in it? Well now you do so click through to find out more!

Let us know what you think of the God Powers we're giving you, and if you can think of better ones why not let us know (note: there is no way they will end up in initial release at this point, but hey it’s fun!)

Icebreaker Update 11: God Powers!

by Mat

Hi Nitromians!

Today's Pixel Love game comes in the form of the gravity shifting, fast paced, action packed side scroller Quantum Corps!

We enjoyed the run and gun nature of this one and felt that the difficulty curve was intuitive to start off with making it easy to pick up the controls early on. It soon turns into a real challenge as you progress though! The artwork is impressive too.

Also, just a quick warning. There are some red pixels in this one! ;)

With that said, have fun trying not to fall off the screen!

Play Quantum Corps: Click Here! 

by Tom

We are a little late in posting this update as the site has been here since the Rovio Stars announcement. We have however been ironing a few things out under the hood with the site so it is now finally how we intended.

Icebreaker update 10: Website - Click Here!

The main thing is that it now displays correctly on an iPad and iPhone! This was quite a lot of work but finally we have it displaying less zoomed out and all of the animations now work!

Also, although it is a bank holiday weekend, we will still be bringing you a Pixel Love game next week on Monday, so remember to join us then!

Have a great weekend everyone!

by Mat

Those of you following closely will have noticed that Icebreaker - A Viking Voyage has revived a new logo since the projects beginning. The new logo is the result of a few weeks experimenting between ourselves and Rovio. The aim was not to change the feel of the logo but to make it easier to read and more usable across all the marketing that was needed.

Icebreaker Update 9: New Logo: Click Here!

by Mat

Hi Nitromians!

Today's Pixel Love game comes from a Ludum Dare entry titled This Is Not A Minimalist Game by Volute

The dialogue in this game is very humorous. You start the game as a player on a quest to collect 100 wizard heads to buy new stuff. Things soon take a very interesting turn!

This Is Not A Minimalist Game: Click Here!

Have Fun!

by Tom

Hey Nitromians,

It’s been a REALLY busy but exciting week over at Nitrome HQ. As some of you may have noticed our new Icebreaker Rovio Stars trailer is going down with a big splash.

We are really thrilled with such a positive response. We even managed to get onto NBC news =D

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/in-game/51883811#51883811

We have loads more Icebreaker updates coming next week. So make sure you check out the latest frequent updates on our new and improved Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage website.

http://icebreaker-game.com/updates.html#!update8

The latest update fills you in on the latest batch of characters that you find on your journey through the world of Icebreaker (more to come soon!)

If you want to help us out, please spread the word of Icebreaker by clicking the ‘share’ and ‘like’ buttons on the latest trailer and updates.

Have a great weekend.

p.s We know we missed it this week but we have a great Pixelove game planned for its usual Monday slot :)

by Jon

So you read our huge news about having Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage published by Rovio Stars?

Update#7: Rovio Stars?

When we started Icebreaker we had no intention of using a publisher. We were not looking for a publisher and even though we had interest from several of the biggest publishers during its development it wasn't really what we wanted.

So what changed? Well nothing really... but there are exceptions to every rule. In the paid app market Rovio is king, they have taken their Angry Birds game and made it a phenomenon and every game they have released has gone on to be very successful. We have a huge respect for what they have built up and they are possibly the only party on the App store that we would and did jump at working with.

The App Store is all about exposure, games are cheap so you need lots and lots... and LOTS of people to know about your game in order to get up the charts. It's only once you chart that anyone outside your fan base will ever hear about you!

As of last December Rovio has a user base of 200 million monthly active users... that's seriously huge! To give you an idea of how huge, that's more than Twitter has! By comparison Nitrome has around 5 million monthly active users, something we’re proud of but not all of those will even own a phone and well… you see the difference!

So what about compromising the game? Well that’s the other great thing… we don't! The game was fairly feature complete before Rovio got involved and they were impressed with what we had done. Everything that we changed after that point enhanced the game and we fully appreciated and agreed with their feedback.

Because of Rovio the game has been tested to death. Not only is it about as bug free as we could possibly make a game it also had a lot of user testing. We got lots of great feedback from this and we were able to adjust areas that people were getting confused or to make some elements more enjoyable.

Also thanks Rovio were thrilled to announce that Icebreaker is not only in English but also at launch supports French, German, Spanish and Italian!

Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage features an in depth dialogue throughout the game conveying a deep and often humorous tale. It is a feature we spent a lot of time on in the game and one of the features that we believe elevates the game above what you would typically find in a puzzle game on the App Store.

Rovio have helped us with the branding and we worked closely to create a new video and art to be used to promote the game. If you haven’t seen the video yet what are you waiting for? Go view it now!

The other major benefit of working with Rovio is that they know better than anyone else on the App Store how to take a hit brand to the next level. There is everything now from the familiar Angry Birds plush toys, to a cartoon series and feature film on the way.

Now don't get too excited, you may not ever see such things from the Icebreaker universe. But if we do have a hit on our hands, then Rovio will help us make the most of it in a way we never could have done on our own!

by Mat