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- JPAM Reviewer is liveFree practice for the MARINA officer exams: 600 original questions for OIC-NW, Management Deck, OIC-EW and Management Engine, arranged by STCW competence, with timed mock exams and an explanation for every answer. Free in your browser, and it works offline.View app
- Aeronivra releasedA cinematic 3D jet combat game: fly the VX-09 Phantom through ten operations, from a tropical archipelago at dawn to glacier fjords, a supercell storm, the northern lights and a total eclipse, and take down each operation’s ace. Free in your browser, on a phone or a big screen, and it works offline.View game
- A fresh look for ExploreBooks, Movies, Music, Radio and Maritime News each have their own artwork now, in the More menu and across the top of every card on the Explore page, which now includes our Apps too.Explore
- Games that fit your screenEvery game was checked on phones held upright and sideways, tablets and laptops. Lumibrix and Veltrique now lay out side by side on a phone held sideways, Solitaire: Lost Atlas keeps the card table in view on landscape screens, and Lily’s Minesweeper starts a sideways phone on a board that fits.Learn more
- Break Royale: moments, voices and a new soundHard breaks land with a jolt, the camera drops into slow motion as the 8 or 9 rolls for the pocket, and winning a match earns a proper send-off. Rosa, Ivo and Kaz now have voices of their own at the table, and every click, roll and pot comes from a new sound engine. The apps add real haptics and an optional Royale Pack of three cloths and three cues.View game
- New guides: Pusoy Dos and Chinese PokerFull rules and strategy for two Filipino favourites: Pusoy Dos (Big Two), with card ranks, every legal play and the house rules you will meet, and Chinese Poker (Pusoy), with setting your three rows, scoring and fouls. Play both free in Veltrique.Read the guides
- Veltrique releasedA private card room: Chinese Poker and Big Two, the game Filipinos call Pusoy Dos, against three computer players. Played for points only. Free to play in your browser. Also works offline.View game
- Lumibrix releasedA glowing block puzzle: place bricks on the grid, clear rows and columns, and catch flares before they burn out. Twenty chapters, a daily puzzle and an endless mode. Free to play in your browser. Also works offline.View game
- Break Royale: report and blockOnline pool stays friendly: offensive player names are filtered, and you can report or block a player from any online game or from the leaderboard. Blocked players are never matched with you, and every report is reviewed within 24 hours.View game
- Kingside Chess Club is on the App StoreKingside Chess Club is now on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Online play, the Daily Puzzle, lessons and the Beginner bots stay free, and the app adds every bot, the Stockfish-powered engine and Game Review, free for 30 days. The web edition stays free in your browser.View game
- Daily puzzles and game guidesA new Daily Sudoku every day, the same for everyone: Easy early in the week, Hard at the weekend, with a streak to keep and a time to share. Plus a guide for every one of our eleven games, from Sudoku techniques to Asterhold strategy.Play today’s puzzle
- Books: free books and magazinesA new Books tab: Philippine classics like Rizal’s novels, sea stories, great novels, mysteries, science and children’s favourites, plus public-domain magazines. Every title is free to read and opens directly in your browser.Browse books
- Radio: stations from around the worldA new Radio section on the Music page: choose a country, filter by name or genre, and listen live. Stations stream straight from their broadcasters, and the ones you love can be saved with a tap.Listen to the radio
- Music: our originals and a free libraryJPAM Studio Originals: the jazz trio from Kingside, the café tunes from Bill’s Sudoku, the Jade Haven garden, Wella’s music box, captured from the games themselves. Explore six playlists featuring public-domain and Creative Commons–licensed recordings, with credits for every track, and a player that keeps going while you browse.Listen now
- Movies: a free film shelfA new way to spend an evening: eleven Blender Studio open movies and thirteen public-domain classics, properly licensed, streamed from their original sources and free to watch. Films from the studio will join as they are finished.Watch a film
- The Newsroom opensMaritime, Philippine and world headlines in one place, refreshed every half hour, from sources that permit it. Headlines only, with every one linking to the original article.Read the news
- Asterhold releasedOur first real-time strategy game: four peoples, heroes who learn spells, a ten-mission campaign, skirmishes against the computer on maps for 2 to 10 players, and online rooms with friends. Free to play in your browser. Also works offline.View game
- Break Royale: eight-ball is herePick eight-ball or nine-ball. Claim solids or stripes, clear your group, call your pocket and sink the 8. Tournaments, two-player games and ranked matches work with both.View game
- Save your progress in Night Mile and RydastaSave your game with a password and take it to any device: sign in with your player code and your career, best scores, cars and bikes come back. Add a recovery email in Night Mile, Rydasta or Break Royale, and a forgotten code or password is one email away.View game
- Night Mile: first person, live races and a world leaderboardDrive from the driver’s seat or from above, pick from twelve cars and style them in the garage, race up to three friends live with your player code, and climb the world leaderboard.View game
- Rydasta: online races and twelve bikesRace up to seven friends with a room code, post your runs to the global leaderboard, ride six new bikes up to the Rydasta Aurum, customise rims, visor, calipers and helmet, and try the new top-down Bird’s eye view.View game
- Break Royale: accounts and leaderboardsYour own table code and country flag, an account you can save with a password and take to any device, ranked games, and world and country leaderboards.View game
- Vovos releasedA quiet word journey: swipe letters into words, trail after trail, across three painted landscapes, with a daily escape. Free to play in your browser. Also works offline.View game
- Solitaire: Lost Atlas releasedA quiet card adventure across the Sunken Coast: twenty hand-built levels, three landmarks to restore, free undo and route hints, and no timer. Free to play in your browser. Also works offline.View game
- Break Royale, sharperTruer pockets and physics, smarter opponents who know when to push out, a steadier shot clock, smoother online games, and emerald cloth as the new default.View game
- Jade Turtle is now Jade Haven MahjongSix layouts, including Fuji, Torii and Taiko Bridge, a daily challenge, music and sound, and zoom for the big boards.View game
- Rydasta: Moto Racing releasedOur first 3D racer: supersport bikes through live traffic on five highways, a ten-level career, six bikes to tune, and online races coming soon.View game
- Lily’s Minesweeper gets a new lookA night-pond redesign with painted lily key art, a cinematic intro, ivory tiles and serif numerals. Same quick rounds and leaderboard.View game
- Wella’s Garden Quest, repaintedFour hand-painted gardens that come back to life job by job, a daily gift, win streaks, love letters, and a treasure chest every ten wins. Same cosy match-3.View game
- Night Mile gets difficulty levelsChoose Easy, Medium, Hard, or Expert, with a best score for each, plus a new cinematic intro and a fresh look.View game
- Break Royale released3D nine-ball with real spin, knockout tournaments, and online games with friends. Free in your browser; iPhone, iPad, and Android versions are coming soon.View game
- Bill’s Sudoku adds leaderboardsA clock on every level, calmer café jazz, and a leaderboard of your ten fastest solves. Play it free in your browser; Game Center rankings arrive with the app update.View game
- DraftPro announcedA draft survey calculator for masters, chief officers and surveyors. Try the web demo now. Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play.View app
- Solstice announcedA private browser for Mac, with more platforms later.View app
- Simoy Marine is liveMarine weather for sailors, free in your browser. Coming next to the App Store and Google Play.View app
- Night Mile releasedOur first racing game: one tank, four night stages, traffic that fights back.View game
- Kingside Chess Club updatedGame Review with a coach, a new bot line-up and a faster web edition.View game