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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Looks like the Wii is finally getting some solid RPG’s announced!  Tales of Symphonia has been the only one we’ve heard much about, besides a new Crystal Chronicles game.  Now Marvelous Entertainment has announced “Arc Rise Fantasia” for the Wii.  No release date was given, but we do have the first details on the plot and development team:

Developer: imageepoch 
Publisher: Marvelous Entertainment Inc. 
Platform: Wii 
Release date: TBA 
Genre: RPG 
Rating: ESRB: Rating Pending

Plot:

Arc Rise Fantasia is set in the empire of Meridian. Creatures called “Contaminant Dragons” are causing a lot of trouble as they pass the Meridian in flocks. If you kill one, the resulting explosion poisons the local area. When the empire receives word that a massive horde has its sights on the capital of Diamant, it immediately sends out an army to fight against them, including Bright, a cool and collected novice mercenary, and his friend Alse, the bright and beloved prince and second in line for the throne. Bright is severely injured during the battle, but is saved at the last minute by a girl named Ryphia, a naive and reserved girl who has secrets in her past, possesses the power to control “ley squalls,” naturally-occurring storms of magic that usually take the form of luminous rain. And another character named Adele, a Diamant magic instructor who seems to care about fashion just as much as her light-based offensive spells.

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