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About James Higginbotham

Likes long walks through the rain forest of South America. Enjoys picnics and Unicorns. Was also voted the sexiest man in High School.
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Don your Flight Jackets! Pearl Harbor Trilogy coming to WiiWare

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Gothenburg, Sweden (September 16th, 2009) – Legendo Entertainment, an independent publisher of computer and video games head-quartered in Sweden, today announced that Pearl Harbor Trilogy, an episodic air combat action game series, is in development for Wii™. Pearl Harbor Trilogy is a re-interpretation of Legendo’s popular PC title “Attack on Pearl Harbor” – with the first episode, “Red Sun Rising,” planned for a winter 2009 release on WiiWare™. The game is being developed by Legendo in cooperation with Arcade Moon, the Wii specialist label of 3D People, an independent game developer located in Slovakia.

A website for the game has been launched at http://pearlharbor-game.com where news and other information will be posted continuously throughout the development phase.

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5TH Cell: Scribblenauts – Racist Word Found?

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With tens of thousands of words there is bound to be a few words that don’t turn out right. 5th Cell has been taking some heat for …
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Japanese software sales – Sept. 7th to 13th

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01./00. [NDS] Pokemon Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) – 723,000 / NEW 02./00. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold (Pokemon Co.) – 720,000 / NEW 03./02. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo) – …
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5th Cell Talks About Future Plans

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“Yeah, we’re doing console. We’re getting into console. We’re not abandoning DS in the sense that we’ll never do it again, but for right now we’re moving into console. That’s …
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Disney To Make A Marvel/Disney Merged Game

“Overtime, on the videogame side there will be opportunities. We’ve said that, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that every videogame that has a Marvel or Disney brand will end up …
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Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 3 Screens

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The PC version of Tales of Monkey Island is set to release September 29th. The Wii version normally come out a week or two after.

Worms: Battle Islands Coming To WiiWare

Prepare to rally your worm troops and battle your way through Worms: Battle Islands on WiiWare! Take control of a secret island base, which you can see on a …
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EA Looking into the SSX Series

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“Ah, SSX…We have a big catalogue and we were talking about what people like. I think this is something we will look at in the future to see if it …
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GUITAR HERO 5 TOPS WEEKLY UK CHARTS

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Title Debuts at #1 Across All Platforms After Only Two Days at Retail

Wednesday 16th September/… Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced that the latest installment of the #1 music-based video game franchise, Guitar Hero 5™ has topped the weekly sales charts in the U.K. For the week ending September 12, Guitar Hero 5 debuted in the #1 position in units across all platforms, despite being available at retail for only two days during the reporting period, according to Charttrack.

Guitar Hero 5 is the best Guitar Hero game yet and this success validates the strength of the franchise,” says Dan Rosensweig, President and CEO of Guitar Hero. “With Guitar Hero 5, we have assembled the best and most varied music line-up to date and added all new features that make Guitar Hero 5 the most innovative and social game in the category. We have long known how great this game is, and it is awesome to see that fans agree with us, especially fans in the U.K.”

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Konami brings Reflection to DSiWare

First download title brings unique platform game to Nintendo handheld

Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced its first DSiWare™ download title, in the form of Reflection – a platform game with puzzle elements designed exclusively for the new Nintendo handheld.

Reflection is a clever take on the platform genre, wherein players control a female character and her mirror images as they play through two stages simultaneously. Players take on the role of an adventurer named Kirra who is charged with retrieving a magical mirror that has been broken, unleashing a shattered reality which has also split Kirra into two pieces: one good, one evil.

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Unity to JumpStart Wii

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Leading Educational Games Publisher, Knowledge Adventure, To Develop Award-winning JumpStart series for Nintendo’s Wii system with Unity

16th September 2009. San Francisco, USA. Unity Technologies – unity3d.com – the provider of the revolutionary Unity development platform which enables console-quality games for the Web, iPhone and the Nintendo’s Wii™ system – today announced that leading educational games publisher Knowledge Adventure (KA) is developing its award-winning Jumpstart 3D Virtual World on Nintendo’s Wii system with the Unity engine.

Trusted by over 30 million parents, the JumpStart brand has been a leader in the educational software market for over 10 years. With the entrance into the console market, Knowledge Adventure continues to evolve JumpStart to a multi-platform brand delivering content into whatever form parents and kids desire.

Nicholas Francis, Chief Creative Officer and co-founder of Unity said, “It’s fantastic to have Knowledge Adventure on board – this is a great example of how our technology attracts some of the biggest brands in the world. We’re especially pleased with how Knowledge Adventure is using Unity to branch out to the Nintendo’s Wii system and I think it goes to show how we’re able to deliver to cross platform development tools”

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