Pixel Mine today announced and released Underworlds, a fantasy adventure game for the iPhone, at the introductory price of $4.99.

Explore the mysterious crypts and dungeons of Albrect on one of four difficulty settings, collecting treasures and unlocking new abilities as you progress, in a visually stunning fast-paced experience designed exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Underworlds features thousands of unique items as well as customizable character stats – no two adventures will be the same. Unlock powerful combat feats like Slash, Shield Bash, and Berserk or focus on feats which advance the healing arts - Health and Vitality Boosts. Upgrade existing Feats or add new ones at each level.

The combat feats feature graphically stunning on-screen special effects to make battles even more exhilarating.Along the way you can upgrade equipment to bolster attack, dexterity and other abilities or sell it for gold and potions. Build strength to play as a real bruiser, become nimble and accurate by focusing on dexterity, increase intelligence to train feats, or work on constitution to better withstand the onslaught of the undead.

Bill Money, Chief Creative Officer of Pixel Mine, says “We believe that Underworlds is the best game available right now for the iPhone.” He adds “It’s addicting and gorgeous with easy to use controls. If you’re a fan of dungeon crawl games – or new to gaming – you’ll want to check it out.”

Underworlds features a variety of options to make it easy to play at home or on the go. It also gives you the option to save your progress at any time in one of 4 save files or to restart with your current experience and items.

Underworlds is the first iPhone title from Pixel Mine, and can be purchased from the Apple iTunes store.

About Underworlds
Underworlds is the premier fantasy adventure game for the iPhone! A mere guard, your quest is to help discover, and stop, the mysterious attacks on Albrect. With customizable abilities, thousands of unique items, and four difficulty settings, no two adventures will be the same!

Visit the Underworlds website for more information. http://underworlds.pixelminegames.com

ASHEN EMPIRES: DUNGEONS OF DRANSIK EXPANSION ANNOUNCED
Free map editor will let players create their own adventures and share them in game

AUSTIN, TX – March 31, 2009 – Iron Will Games today announced Dungeons of Dransik, the next expansion for the MMORPG Ashen Empires. When released, Dungeons of Dransik will utilize a free, downloadable editor called the Ashen Empires Content Creator. Players will be able to make their own custom dungeon-crawl adventures and then share them in game.

The Content Creator is a light download with intuitive controls that make it easy to design a variety of interesting dungeon adventures without knowledge of scripting or coding. Several art packs will be available to purchase for Dungeons of Dransik, which comes with a large set of free artwork. The Ashen Empires Content Creator allows for infinite game-play possibilities by giving users tools to place NPC’s, triggers, objects, teleporters, and traps on their highly customized maps.

Content Creators can also set names and level ranges for creatures on their maps to further customize their creations. After creating a custom map, players will purchase space to upload their maps to the game server. Iron Will Games will also offer the option to bind it to exclusive and scenic locations. Others can then access and play user-created maps at no cost. Dungeons can be named, rated by others, and tagged with a difficulty level.

Doug Gesler, Iron Will Games Technology Officer says “The Ashen Empires Content Creator allows users to create the same caliber of maps and adventures that our design team delivers; from simple grind pits to intricate adventures, players can make their own vision come to life for others to explore.”

Dungeons of Dransik will be free to download when it is released. Open testing will begin soon. For more information visit the Ashen Empires website and forums.

Pixel Mine's Fireteam Reloaded was featured during local KEYE 42's look at the Texas Film Commission's grant program - which awarded its first grant in the history of the program to Fireteam Reloaded. Watch the video here.

We're pleased to announce that the long-awaited Tides of Fate expansion will be released to the live servers on Monday, December 15th 2008. We'll be taking down the servers around 10am CST to issue the update.

You can still pre-order the expansion through our Secure Site and receive the exclusive pre-order gift: The Sloop. It's an elegant ship that will let you sail around in style a few notches faster than the raft. The pre-order will be closing on Monday at 8am CST before we take down the servers.

Our thanks to all the testers who helped us squash bugs along the way and gave their feedback!!

SECONDHAND LANDS TO BE PUBLISHED BY PIXEL MINE, INC.
Two independent Austin companies team up to give Secondhand Lands a fairy-tale debut

AUSTIN, TX – December 5, 2008 – Callipygian Games and Pixel Mine, Inc. today announced that Pixel Mine will be publishing Secondhand Lands, Callipygian Games" upcoming MMORPG. The game, currently in closed Beta, is set in a twisted fairy-tale world populated by furry-tailed adventurers such as Sheep, Wolves, Catgirls, and Scrappers.

Pixel Mine brought its expertise in developing for UnrealEngine3 to bear for the upcoming shooter Damnation, which is expected to ship this fall from publisher Codemasters. On Damnation, Pixel Mine integrated the multiplayer system across the three primary game platforms (Xbox360, PC and Playstation3) and assisted with game's advanced AI behavior and pathing systems.

Damnation marked the third UnrealEngine3 title that Pixel Mine has been a key contributor on. The company, founded in 2007, was also responsible for the PC versions of Turok by Buena Vista and Midway's Blacksite: Area 51, both released within the past year. More information on Pixel Mine's contracting services can be found here: http://www.pixelminegames.com/Services.aspx.