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With the price of petrol going through the roof this could mean the nail in the coffin for Boy Racers, Speed Maniacs, Street Racing and Joy Riders. So how are you going to get your thrill of driving through city centres in illegal street races, where you need ram your foot on the accelerator and bugger the consequences?

Well now you can experience that excitement in your own home thanks to… Data Design Interactive – a successful video games publisher and games developer, who today announced a new title to be added to their Nintendo Wii label, Popcorn Arcade, Urban Extreme: Street Rage.

Urban Extreme: Street Rage is set in Fortune City. As an experienced Street driver you are forced by the Underworld into a series of extreme and sometimes lethal urban races. Competing in these contests is a dirty business and could cost you your car, and even your life..
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Jun 25, 2008 – Activision, Inc.:

WHAT: One of America’s greatest rock bands of all time –
Aerosmith – will unleash the latest Guitar Hero fan
frenzy in Times Square during the launch of their first
videogame, Guitar Hero^®: Aerosmith^®. Steven Tyler,
Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer
will unveil the game at a press conference and VIP
celebration at the Hard Rock Cafe.

Hard Rock Cafe will also be transformed into a Best Buy
home theater/videogame lounge where consumers will be
among the first to play the game on PLAYSTATION^®3
before it hits store shelves on June 29.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jun 25, 2008 – This summer, Activision, Inc.’s (Nasdaq:ATVI) Guitar Hero^®, the #1 best selling video game franchise of 2007, will go coast-to-coast with the American Idols Live! Tour 2008, kicking off in Glendale, Ariz. on July 1. The sponsorship fuses the two pop culture phenomenons together for a second time, building on the success of the dual-branded “Risky Business” TV advertisements that featured season seven winner David Cook and finalist David Archuleta last month. In the upcoming 53-city tour, concert-goers will be among the first to experience three of the newest Guitar Hero games, the highlight of which will be a sneak-peak video demonstration of Guitar Hero World Tour, which officially hits shelves this fall.

The 10 “Idol” tour finalists will be part of a halftime Guitar Hero World Tour rockumentary, created by advertising agency DDB, that blends the camaraderie of hanging out in the studio with the franchise’s latest transformation of music gaming – a slick newly redesigned guitar, a genuine electronic drum kit and a microphone. In each city, expert shredders will also face-off on center stage, and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and Guitar Hero: On Tour will be available for everyone to play in a booth throughout the tour.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jun 26, 2008 – Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today the Fall 2008 release of Dancing with the Stars^TM: Get Your Dance On!, the sequel to last year’s rhythm-packed Dancing with the Stars^TM videogame. They have once again teamed up with Disney-ABC Television Group’s ABC Entertainment and BBC Worldwide America to create this all new game for Wii^TM and Nintendo DS^TM. Players will engage in the battle of the ballroom with more stars, more dances, more intense competition – and more fun!

“‘Dancing with the Stars’ is an ongoing cultural phenomenon that appeals to people of all ages. It is mainstream entertainment at its best,” said Dave Oxford, Activision Publishing. “We feel the game is the perfect opportunity to evolve the idea of ‘active family fun’.”

Dancing with the Stars^TM: Get Your Dance On! features all-new stars such as Mel B, Apolo Anton Ohno, Joey Fatone and Jennie Garth. Players will be able to cha-cha with new professional dancers including Derek Hough, and his sister, two-time “Dancing with the Stars” champion, Julianne Hough.
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London (26th June 2008) – Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces that FINAL FANTASY TACTICS® A2: Grimoire of the Rift™ will be on sale across PAL territories from tomorrow exclusively on the Nintendo DS™ handheld system.

Lead your party to victory across the famous world of Ivalice! FINAL FANTASY TACTICS A2: Grimoire of the Rift turns your Nintendo DS into a tactical battlefield where you take control of a clan of fighters, mages and more. Summon mighty Scions and Espers to overcome the challenges that await, fulfil your destiny and return home victorious!
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We showed you the press release earlier, now here is the video.

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“While the company has sizably outperformed prior cycle profitability by a significant margin, we think that Activision has effectively leveraged this success into a transaction with Vivendi Games, thereby making …
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1. [PSP] Super Robot Wars A PORTABLE (Bandai Namco) – 102,000 2. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami) – 68,000 / 533,000 3. [WII] Super Mario …
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what!! Am I crazy? yes, but that is beside the point. I am not sure if anyone of you caught the rumor floating around EGM boards. The rumor says that …
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Our European publisher, RTL Playtainment, is planning to release both the Wii and PC versions as retail titles. We’re going to add some extra content to the European version that …
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Well, this trailer shows off almost everything you would need or want to know about Tales of Symphonia. So it is good to say that this video is a spoiler.

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Taken from the Amazon website:

On Friday, June 27, 2008, for the first time ever, Nintendo video games will be featured as the top nine deals in the Amazon.com Gold …
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