Gladiator games & others from GameForge

I found a games development company that is producing a lot of games recently. Their name is www.gameforge.de.

The games are either browser-based or client-based. The browser games are centered around the same idea: start small, use resources, connect with players around you, explore, expand, choose your strategy inside an alliance. What I really like about the games is their dedication to the playing experience. Cool graphics, translated user interfaces, more options than in similar games, more things to do. Also the great variety of games developed is really neat - they managed to find a distinct theme for each game, while using probably the same engine. However, don't expect 10 copy cat games! Each has its own story and gameplay:

- in GLADIATUS (http://s2.gladiatus.com/game/c.php?uid=172104) you are a Roman gladiator searching for money and fame (YES, this link just earned me 5 coins for my hero! hehe). The gameplay is especially attractive since you can basically take a break whenever you feel like it, while doing something useful with your character (sending him to work for a maximum of 8 hours). The story evolves pretty smoothly, a pretty balanced game that is completely playable even if you're not investing money into it (all these games use an engine that gives extra "something" to players that invest; the "something" is called with a name belonging to the theme of the game - in Gladiatus for instance we are dealing with rubies)

- in IKARIAM (www.ikariam.com) you are the ruler of a nation, based on an island in a sea. Aside from the classical economy (send people to work, get resources, invest in research, develop an army, explore and repeat),the game insists on diplomacy in a very neat way: you can build wonders with the players on the island, to the benefit of all nations on it; you actually share resource centers - everyone extracts from the same place on the island - in order to upgrade the resource centers you will need to donate goods, and so will other players ; or you can simply try to kick everyone's ass like in usual games rofl.

- I'm looking forward to play Tanoth, their latest creation

So if you feel like taking a day off work, this is the thing to do on that wonderful day! Play them a while you'll see they are lots of fun, especially if you are into collaborative games and all.They all have the latest technology and features: multiple servers and worlds, communication options, technology trees, etc.

You might also want to take a look at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiplayer_browser_games
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_games

to see the latest in this section of entertainment.

Have fun!