Battlefield Heroes was only recently unleashed onto the public and already EA and DICE are announcing that the game officially has over 1 million players. The game’s success could probably in part be attributed to the fact that it’s free to play. Of course, if you want to customize your characters in any way you’ll have to fork over some cash as the game’s business model is completely based around micro-transactions.

General Manager of the Battlefield Heroes team, Ben Cousins, commented on the  game’s early success:

“The team is really proud to have hit 1 million registrations at this early stage. Creating a character and gameplay experience that is totally yours is what sets this game apart – your hero can be anything from a bazooka-toting pirate, a grenade-throwing ninja or even a mime assassin!”

If you haven’t already checked out the game yourself be sure to take a glance at our Battlefield Heroes review to see what we thought of it.

via Kotaku

If you are familiar with Rock Band and Guitar Hero, chances are you will love this new game from Pretzel Time. Pretzelmaker / Pretzel Time announced today that the company has launched a new online video game and sweepstakes in support of “Combo*Nation”, the brand’s current combo-meal promotion.

The “Pretzelmaker Rocks” video game offers all individuals who register a chance to win instantly and also enters registrants for the grand prize drawing. The game and sweepstakes can be found at www.pretzelmaker.com and will run through April 28, 2009. Pretzelmaker / Pretzel Time is managed by NexCen Franchise Management, Inc., a subsidiary of NexCen Brands, Inc.

Pretzelmaker Rocks is a game of musical rhythm and timing that challenges gamers to navigate through two levels of play. At the start, players are given the option to customize their rock star by selecting a male or female character and a rock star hairdo. Gamers then use the arrow-keys on their computer keyboards to sync to a patterned delivery of digital pretzels from an oven in the game’s background–points are earned each time the player hits the correct pretzel.

All registered players will have an opportunity to scratch-and-win a $10 gift certificate booklet redeemable at any Pretzelmaker or Pretzel Time store. Registrants will also be automatically entered to win a 42″ flat screen television, a Nintendo Wii(R) and Rock Band(R) 2 video game. Gamers can play up to five times a day through April 28, 2009. After the sweepstakes, the game will be open to ongoing play.

(Source) Press