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Popular Online PC Franchise From Sandlot Games Coming To Wii

BRISTOL, U.K. – Monday, 12th May – Baking bedlam goes motion-based as Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, and Sandlot Games, a leading developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games, today announced Cake Mania®: In The Mix! for Wii™.

Following the hectic, time-management style gameplay of the original Cake Mania, and the branching storyline of Cake Mania 2, Cake Mania: In The Mix! introduces all-new characters, motion-based mini-games and a unique co-op mode where cake baking heroine Jill Evans receives some much needed assistance. Based on Sandlot Games’ award-winning PC franchise that has been downloaded more than 80 million times worldwide and sold 315,000 units on Nintendo DS™, Cake Mania: In The Mix! is expected to release in Europe and PAL territories in early 2009.

“Joining Cake Mania’s trademark resource management play with the Wii’s motion-based control is a natural extension of an incredibly successful brand on PC and DS,” said Gui Karyo, Executive Vice President of Operations, Majesco. “The Wii version’s expanded feature set, ranging from catering integration to cake design mini-games, enables fans of the series to experience the franchise in an entirely new way.”

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MAY 12, 2008, LOS ANGELES: Hammer Creative has been honored with the award for the year’s “Best Video Game Trailer” at the 9th Annual Golden Trailer Awards for their THE SIMPSONSTM GAME: MEDAL OF HOMER (Electronic Arts) trailer. This win marks the third year in a row that Hammer Creative has garnered this prestigious recognition, and is preceded by Best Video Game Trailer awards for THE GODFATHER: THE GAME (2006) and TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: DOUBLE AGENT (2007). “It’s a real tribute to our video game team, led by Scott Hayman and Jim Botko, that we have had such consistent, long term creative success in the video game arena,” commented Hammer Creative founder Mark Pierce. “EA has been a terrific partner and we look forward to our continued relationship with them.”

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1) GTA IV (Rockstar) 2) Wii Fit (Nintendo) 3) Wii Play (Nintendo) 4) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega) 5) Iron Man (Sega) 6) Call Of Duty 4: …
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Wii: 600,000 (734,000) PS3: 290,000 (363,000) Xbox 360: 275,000 (381,000) PS2: 160,000 (n/a) DS: 550,000 (609,000) PSP: 235,000 (282,000)

“We believe that Nintendo has diverted a significant portion of its …
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I guess the decided, or forgot to add GameStop. Well it is there now, shucks!

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Saturday we posted the leaked press release for WiiWare. (Check Here) I just wanted to remind you if you forgot or tell you for the first time if you did not catch it yesterday.

FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: My Life as a King – 1500
LostWinds -1000
Defend your Castle – 500
Pop – 700
V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack -700
TV Show King – 1000

Enjoy WiiWare!!

Update with Official Press Release

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Conspiracy Entertainment, a developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment software in North America and Western Europe, announced today that it has entered into a publishing agreement with Epicenter Studios, developer of Real Heroes: Firefighters (“Real Heroes”), the fire-fighting action game exclusively designed for the Nintendo Wii. According to the agreement, Conspiracy has the rights to market, sell and distribute Real Heroes in the US, Canada, Mexico and South America. Conspiracy expects to begin distribution in the 2nd Quarter of 2009.

Real Heroes emphasizes non-violent, game-integral puzzles that mirror the challenges and on-the-fly choices firefighters face every day. Featuring Epicenter’s proprietary “Thinking Fire” technology, Real Heroes’ blazes will seem almost alive as they not only attack structures, potential victims and firefighters, but also cause unexpected changes to the environments that will suddenly alter the player’s options and strategies. No two scenarios will play out the same way.

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