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– 360 = 54.2 percent – PS3 = 10.6 percent – Wii = 6.8 percent Play rate
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SAN RAFAEL, CA, August 18, 2009 — Tales of Monkey Island, the new five episode adventure from Telltale Inc, has triumphantly set sail toward the open seas. Based on the beloved adventure series starring Mighty Pirate Guybrush Threepwood, Tales of Monkey Island delivers the first new Monkey Island storyline in nine years. This series of maritime escapades has proven a tremendous hit with seadogs and landlubbers alike (otherwise known as ‘critics’ and ‘consumers’ for the nautically challenged.) The auspicious debut of Tales of Monkey Island makes it the best performing series to date for Telltale, which recently commemorated its fifth anniversary. The first chapter “Launch of the Screaming Narwhal” quickly catapulted to the #1 position on the top 20 WiiWare service popularity charts in multiple regions around the world for the weeks of August 3rd and August 10th and also secured the #1 slot on the Top Seller’s list for Steam’s online channel in its launch week.
People around the world have experienced the revolution in interactive fitness with EA SPORTS Active™ Personal Trainer – the highest rated Wii™ fitness product to date*. Developed in collaboration with fitness experts, EA SPORTS Active has proven to be the preferred fitness program for Wii owners, providing an effective, inexpensive way to burn calories, get fit and have fun from the comfort of home.
EA SPORTS Active now introduces More Workouts to provide new challenge and variety. It features over 35 new exercises to create unlimited combinations of customizable exercise routines that target the upper and lower body, as well as cardio.
New to the EA SPORTS Active franchise will be an emphasis on abdominal exercises including curl ups, crunch and punches, as well as a warm up/cool down feature. An all-new presentation will bring users to the tropics and will immerse them in warm weather activities like waterskiing and paddle surfing. The product will also feature the Six-Week Challenge – another step in the journey towards better health and fitness with new daily workouts that ramp up in intensity each week.
GLENVIEW, IL – August 18, 2009 – Detn8 Games Ltd. announces the August 18th release of Speed Zone™, its breakthrough, futuristic racing game for the Wii™ home video game system. The game is available now at WalMart, Best Buy, and all your favorite retailers, as well as online game e-tailers. Developed exclusively for Wii, Speed Zone races ahead of a cluttered field of me-too products – with an original, smartly designed racer with exhilarating game play.
Speed Zone breaks the limit for fast, smooth racing action, running at a sustained 60 frames per second. The game breaks new ground with an 8-player, split-screen option and support for the Logitech® Speed Force Wireless™ force feedback racing wheel. Speed Zone is the only game that supports up to four Speed Force Wireless wheels at one time.
Nexon America announced a record-breaking month of growth throughout its portfolio of games in July, and posted a huge 35 percent increase in revenues when compared to the same time last year.
Leading the way for Nexon America’s growth is its blockbuster hit MapleStory, a massively multiplayer online role playing game. MapleStory set a new record in July, with more than 70,000 max concurrent users. This marks continued growth for the North American service, which has more than six million registered users and is part of MapleStory’s 92 million total worldwide.
While most of the video games industry has been mired with losses this year – the NPD Group reported industry revenues dropped 29 percent for July compared to July of 2008, Nexon America has been aggressively marketing its products with a positive result.
Man I am really jealous that Avatar is at Gamescom. James Cameran talked about Avatar at E3, but there was a lack of video.
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19 More of the 45 On-Disc Tracks Announced Including “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” “Helter Skelter,” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Ticket to Ride” and MoreNew York, NY – August 18, 2009 – MTV Games and Harmonix, the world’s leading developer of music-based games and a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today revealed 19 more of the 45 on-disc tracks that will be featured in The Beatles™: Rock Band™ – leaving all, but one song a mystery. A gameplay trailer featuring ten of the 19 newly announced songs can be viewed by visiting www.thebeatlesrockband.com.The newly announced 19 songs represent a cross-section of hits and favorites that span The Beatles’ storied career from “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” to “Ticket to Ride” and “Something,” bringing the total number of announced songs to 44.
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