Dec. 4, 2006, Real E$tate Empire playable demo 1.5a is now available! Includes local and internet high scores tables and resolves an oft reported bug that inhibited users for making repairs if they are ever overdue on bills. As always, please report any bugs ASAP!
Nov. 20, 2006, Another Real E$tate Empire playable demo - now 1.4a - has been released to address a series of reported bugs and to add a cleaner setup procedure. Many thanks to those who have reported bugs, keep'em coming if you find'em!
Nov. 16, 2006, The Real E$tate Empire playable demo has received a requested update and now features an in game tutorial. Keep those suggestions coming!
Nov. 12, 2006, Thanks to the helpful tech. support at Dreamhost, our dev. blog is back online!
Nov. 3, 2006, The long promised Real E$tate Empire playable demo is here!
Nov. 3, 2006, Our dev. blog is temporarily down while we complete our transition to DreamHost. Thanks for your patience, the blog should be back soon.
Nov. 2, 2006, We are live with our new ISP and site host, DreamHost!
Oct. 2, 2006, Updated media for Real E$tate Empire, including the press release, are now available.
Sept. 26, 2006, Our new game, HouseFlip! has been renamed Real E$tate Empire.
Sept. 7, 2006, Episode 2 of Awesome Storm Justice has been posted!
Aug. 30, 2006, Rusty Axe Games is happy to announce that we have picked up Devastation Zone
Troopers, an absolutely fantastic looking indie shooter for the PC.
Devastation Zone Troopers 
Aug. 29, 2006, Manifesto Games are ramping up for their companies official website launch and we have started to see some more Battle Castles activity from early adopters who are finding the game there. And they found a bug! This must have been introduced in one of the game updates as it is a show stopper that would have prevented initial complete play throughs of the game. The game is now fixed, please send us an email. if you bought the game and encountered the bug so that we can get you the latest version! In related news, Manifesto have also decided to pick up the $6.75 ad-enabled version of the game as well.
Aug. 11, 2006, We are now carrying Empires & Dungeons, a great new indie title
from the German developer, Niels Bauer Games. Empires & Dungeons is an exciting blend of dungeon crawling and
castle/troop resource management. Easy to pick up and play with nice graphics and sound,
recommended!
Empires & Dungeons
July 24, 2006, Matthew has just finished the new version of the Rusty Axe mascot, out with the old mallet, in with a sturdy, rusty, axe!
July 21, 2006, We are happy to announce that we are now carrying a very special new piece of serialized graphic fiction called Awesome Storm Justice 41, featuring Dennis III, the best villain in comics today.
July 19, 2006, We are very pleased to announce the launch of our dev. blog. Come and chat about HouseFlip! design issues along with whatever the topic of the day is!
July 14, 2006, , The new website has been launched! Thanks to everybody who has provided feedback, it's all appreciated. All attention is now being focused on the upcoming alpha demo for HouseFlip!, stay tuned for upcoming news about our real estate simulator coming out this Fall!
July 11, 2006, , Many thanks to all of those who sent in a letter or resume for the web design contract. Sometimes working with a contractor doesn't work out so I have been hesitant to officially call the hunt off until we were sure of the results. Preliminary mock-ups have been accepted and the contract is officially won - watch this space for the new website roll out in the coming week!
June 30, 2006, , As part of the site overhaul "The Rusty Vault" has now been added to the site. This renews our featured artist section and also includes details on a little nugget called "Dungeon Crawl - The Mad Alchemists Laboratory"!
Dungeon Crawl - The Mad Alchemists Laboratory!
June 29, 2006, , We've been running ads for the past week or so, hunting high and low for a website designer who can take the current site and push it to a new level of style and functionality. Many thanks to all who have responded, we are close to making decisions and will inform everyone when a choice has been made.
June 12, 2006, , Battle Castles has been picked up for distribution by Manifesto Games!
June 9, 2006, , Things have been quiet here for awhile as we have been feverishly toiling away on our latest game, HouseFlip! Check out the games write up and initial screen shots here!
April 20, 2006, , We are now live on our new server!
April 7, 2006, , The new ad is here, the new ad is here! Proletariat Comics have released their latest book of graphic and prose stories, Horizons, which we are proud to support with our advertising dollars. Check out a free copy here!
March 30, 2006, Been playing way too much Lux this week. If you haven't heard of it before, Lux is a
really terrific Risk clone. Here are my initial impressions.
Lux review
March 28, 2006, We are now giving away full versions of Battle Castles (ad. version) with every copy
of Lux purchased directly from this site! Click here to buy
Lux and get your free copy of Battle Castles PC!
Lux offer
March 3, 2006, We are happy to announce that we are now carrying the amazing new puzzle game, 7 Wonders. Click here to see some great screenshots and to try the game out for free!
March 2, 2006, We are going to Germany! Well, actually, Battle Castles is thanks to Big Fish Games
Germany who have translated the game to German for us and who will
be carrying the game after the title has cleared their quality assurance program. Previously The Green Myste and Colony
for Pocket PC have been released for the German handheld market by Pocket Land.
Big Fish Games Germany
Feb. 21, 2006, Congratulations to Jose Martinez who has won a free game in our monthly software draw amongst recent signups for Rusty Axe announcements! Jose has chosen The Green Myste for his Pocket PC - hope you enjoy the game Jose!
Feb. 6, 2006, Arcade Town has picked up Battle Castles for distribution on their popular game
portal - see what they have done with it by clicking here.
Battle Castles on Arcade Town
Jan. 17, 2006. Cosmos Gaming have reviewed Battle Castles and have said some very nice things
about how the game plays, it goes a little like this:
Jan. 13, 2006. Rusty Axe Games is proud to announce that Stream Theory has licensed Battle
Castles for Games on Demand sites operated by its business partners. The game is expected to
debut on sites in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands in March.
Jan 5, 2006, Here's a long story that doesn't fit anywhere else on the site. My name is Lennard Feddersen
and I am the owner of Rusty Axe Games. The Axe is my baby, the thing that I have wanted to do for a long time. Part of
how I got to this place in my journey was when I came to the conclusion that I had to quit working for Cryptic Studios and
working on a little game called City of Heroes. COH, for the first of my two years on the project, was a very, very fun gig - probably the most fun
that I had during my time in corporate, big game development and a run of just about twenty shrink wrapped titles over the years.
Unfortunately the studio became a place that wasn't for me anymore - no knock on the very talented people who work there - but
I started to recognize patterns and behaviours and, while the faces had changed, fool me once, shame on you, yada, yada, yada. Anywho, part of
what made Cryptic fun for me was a guy that I didn't particularily work well with - his name is Rick Dakan. Rick and I had a lot
of fun together when we weren't working together for Cryptic. Rick is a phenomenal dungeon master and was a big part of a great gang
of men and women that used to like to go drinking and dancing on Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz. Recommended if you ever find yourself
in the neighbourhood, BTW. So, where was I... right. Rick didn't leave Cryptic in the same manner as I did but followed me out the
door shortly thereafter all the same. Check out his blog for many enjoyable entries,
including a few rants about Cryptic. Rick has also written a book - some might even see a few interesting parallels between Ricks' life and
the book he has penned, typed, possibly pecked. A book that I am enjoying the heck out of and you might also,
click here to check it out for free online or
to buy a dead tree copy for yourself!
Battle Castles has 24 stages and three difficulty settings. As each stage is divided into
multiple levels and they can get extremely hectic (to the point where you need to take a
break just to give your hand a rest), this game will last you for a good while. If you're
in the mood for some more twitch based gaming that will keep you busy for a good time to
come, definitely go and purchase Battle Castles. Not only is it addicting, but it's a very
solid experience that deserves to be played.
Battle Castles review
Jan 10, 2006, Free comics kids! We have just signed a deal with Proletariat Comics so we can get you a free issue of their
graphic novel,
Bronx Angel