Here in Hamburg the Alster is still frozen over (for the first time in 15 years!), but with temperatures rising to 6°C and more until the end of the week, it looks as if we finally got to say “Goodbye” to the winter and prepare ourselves for the arrival of spring. Soon the last mounts of snow will be molten and the first crocuses will crane their necks towards the sun. And our skates, sleighs and snowboards will be stacked in the attic for at least another 10 months. On your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, however, the fun’s far from being over and all that separates you from the next action-packed ride down the slope is a handful of taps on your preferred device’s touch screen! With our fast-paced winter sports racer Snowboard Hero (winner of two prestigious IMGAwards 2011) you can experience the thrill of speed whenever you want and race down the steepest slopes and most spectacular alpine areas at breakneck speed! more...
65% Off – Celebrate the last Days of Winter with our latest Snowboard Hero Price-Drop!
February 17th, 2012 | 0 CommentsHere in Hamburg the Alster is still frozen over (for the first time in 15 years!), but with temperatures rising to 6°C and more until the end of the week, it looks as if we finally got to say “Goodbye” to the winter and prepare ourselves for the arrival of spring. Soon the last mounts of snow will be molten and the first crocuses will crane their necks towards the sun. And our skates, sleighs and snowboards will be stacked in the attic for at least another 10 months. On your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, however, the fun’s far from being over and all that separates you from the next action-packed ride down the slope is a handful of taps on your preferred device’s touch screen! With our fast-paced winter sports racer Snowboard Hero (winner of two prestigious IMGAwards 2011) you can experience the thrill of speed whenever you want and race down the steepest slopes and most spectacular alpine areas at breakneck speed! more...
Mkkt Bkkt recommends: Buy GOF2 HD now for $4.99 only!
February 7th, 2012 | 51 Comments
Hello space pilots! Here’s your old pal Mkkt Bkkt. As you all know, the one thing me and all other Multipods hate the most is having to part with our hard-earned credits. And correspondingly the one thing we like best is saving a good amount of cash! And that’s exactly what yours truly, as well as all other part-time space adventurers, can do now, because Fishlabs have just dropped the price of their award-winning sci-fi shooter and trader Galaxy on Fire 2 HD to unrivalled $4.99! That’s 50% off! So if you own an iPhone 4S or iPad 2 and haven’t bought the game yet, I’d strongly recommend you to make use of that offer and purchase the most ambitious and accomplished outer space adventure on the App Store for an absolute bargain price! Think about it, $4.99 is less than a bottle of S’kolptorr Rum or a flask of Oom’bak Gin in one of my space bars and unlike said boozes, Galaxy on Fire 2 HD will keep you entertained for way more than half an hour… and even if you play it for several hours straight, it surely won’t make you feel as if a Rhinocitroll would go postal in your head the morning after! more...
Valkyrie HD – Dev Diary, pt.2: Maximum Firepower!
February 2nd, 2012 | 34 Comments
If there’s one thing that every Galaxy on Fire pilot out there enjoys even more than shipping a cargo hold full of Vossk Organs from S’kolptorr to Wolf-Reiser and score almost a million credits, it is equipping his ship with the most powerful and advanced weapons systems on the market and blasting all space pirates from here to Skavac into oblivion! And for most dedicated fighter pilots it does hardly even make a difference whether they vaporize their enemies’ ships with the dazzling beam of a Disruptor Laser, the kinetic flares of a SunFire o50 thermo-weapon or the devastating shrapnel rain of a Berger Flak 9-9 scatter gun. However, for the graphics artists working on Valkyrie HD, Galaxy on Fire 2’s stunningly beautiful high-definition add-on specifically optimized for iPhone 4S and iPad 2, the choice of weapons does indeed play quite an important role, as each of the 50+ primary and secondary weapons in the game does contain an individual set of special effects and animations for their respective muzzle flashes, shots and explosions. more...
Valkyrie HD – Dev Diary, pt.1: The new Ships and Stations
January 26th, 2012 | 29 Comments
To be honest, the huge success of the graphically overhauled HD-version of our popular sci-fi saga Galaxy on Fire 2 surprised us quite a bit, because we had never thought that even such a vast number of fans, who already own the regular version of the game, would still buy the HD-version as well to save the galaxy from the devious Voids on their iPad 2 or iPhone 4S once again. Apart from minor refinements such as the thrust control, which allows you to change the speed of your ship with little more than a swipe of the index finger, we’ve not added any new content or features on purpose, because in regards to the story and gameplay we did not want to favour any user group at all. At least in our opinion, a gamer, who plays GOF2 on his trusty iPhone 3GS, should experience the same thrill and excitement as a fan, who sets course for the final frontier on his brand-new iPhone 4S. more...
Gamecity Recruiting Tour – 2 Days, 4 Universities, 6 Studios
January 24th, 2012 | 0 Comments
Last Wednesday and Thursday our Community Manager Sebastian went to Berlin in order to introduce Fishlabs Entertainment to the video-game loving students of four universities residing in our beloved capitol. Together with Quinke Networks' Dennis Schoubye and gamecity:Hamburg’s Stefan Klein as well as five colleagues from other Hamburg-based developers and publishers such as Bigpoint, Bytro Labs, Daedalic, Farbflut Entertainment and InnoGames, he visited the lecture rooms of the HTW Berlin, MD.H Berlin, TU Berlin and Games Academy Berlin and held lively speeches and presentations in front of more than 200 students. Everybody in the audience was really excited to get some first-hand knowledge and information about the games industry and find out what job capacities the respective companies got to offer at the moment and what it is like to work for a studio like Fishlabs Entertainment as a game designer, game developer or graphics artist. more...
Keith T. Maxwell returns in Galaxy on Fire 2 – Supernova
January 17th, 2012 | 34 Comments
If the countless emails and comments we’ve received from Galaxy on Fire™ fans from all over the world in the past couple of months have shown us anything, then it is that above all else you guys want just one thing: to step into the cockpit of your Veteran fighter again and continue GOF2’s engrossing storyline in which you take over the role of the reckless space war hero Keith T. Maxwell and save the universe from all kinds of ruthless pirates, greedy bandits and devious alien menaces. And though we’ve been rather reserved on that matter in the past and didn’t leak too many hints or pieces of information, we’re proud to officially announce the next chapter of Keith’s epic struggle for the freedom of the galaxy today! Yes, that’s right, the production on Galaxy on Fire 2™ – Supernova, the brand-new add-on for the “[most] complete space game in the App Store” (according to 148Apps.com) has already started and we’re working hard to make it the most complex, most compelling and simply best instalment of the GOF-series so far more...
S.O.S… Please help Galaxy on Fire 2 to become the “Best App Ever”
January 11th, 2012 | 9 CommentsHey guys, as you might have heard, our sci-fi epic Galaxy on Fire 2 has been nominated for 148 Apps’ „Best App Ever“ award in numerous categories. Until January 25th, 2012, the 148 Apps community will be able to cast their votes and make their fave game become the most awesome app of the year… erm, sorry… ever! In each category, ten iOS and ten Android titles will be struggling with their peers for the desired title and Galaxy on Fire 2 is right up there with some of the most popular and accomplished games on the mobile market! more...
Annual Review 2011 – Thanks for your support, guys!
December 23rd, 2011 | 3 Comments
Hello Fishlabs fans, the year 2011 is almost over and we’d like to thank our friends, community, business partners and media contacts for all the support you’ve given us in the past 12 months. The last year had been really successful for us and a lot of amazing things have happened here at the Fishlabs camp. All in all, we have released five new games (three own titles and two brand games) throughout the course of this year, won a couple of prestigious awards and ported our flagship title, the highly popular sci-fi shooter and trader Galaxy on Fire 2, to a whole variety of new platforms and systems. more...
Sports Car Challenge v1.1 – Faster, classier and more spectacular than ever!
December 20th, 2011 | 0 Comments
With more than 1.5 million downloads and 15 million minutes of unsolicited brand engagement in less than two weeks, Sports Car Challenge has made quite an impact on the iOS racing community. However, since both driving forces behind the game, Volkswagen (China) and Fishlabs Entertainment, are always very eager to give their fans the best product possible, we have not rested on our laurels for too long, but rather worked hard on the first update for the game. And unlike most other app updates, Sports Car Challenge v1.1 not only fixes a couple of minor glitches but also adds a whole lot of new features and content to the game! more...
Hamburg – A Haven for Games Developers
December 14th, 2011 | 0 Comments
Last Friday, our CEO Michael Schade and the representatives of 19 other Hamburg-based gaming companies attended a special industry brunch in the town hall, where they discussed future proceedings and opportunities for the gaming stronghold Hamburg with the city’s Mayor Olaf Scholz. The constant demand of skilled employees, the tough housing situation (which is especially hard for people who are coming to Hamburg from the outside) and new sponsoring and financing models for upcoming games productions were the main topics of the lively discussion. more...