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Super Mario Galaxy 2 – training video’s

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UBISOFT SOARS WITH TOM CLANCY’S H.A.W.X. 2

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LONDON, UK – May 5, 2010 – Today, Ubisoft announced that Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 is being developed by Ubisoft Bucharest. The title will launch in Fall 2010 on Xbox …
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EA: Annual Releases Ruined Medal of Honor

“I think any franchise that’s been around for a long time, they get in a rut, they become over-annualized. They run out of innovation,” explained the EA exec. “The team …
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THE MYSIMS RETURN TO SAVE THE SKIES FROM MORCUBUS WITH THE NEW FLYING ACTION-ADVENTURE MYSIMS SKYHEROES

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif — May 5, 2010 — The thrill and high-speed action of flying meets the creative, immersive world of MySims™. The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. …
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TheBeatlesRockBand.com WINS BEST GAMES-RELATED SITE IN THE 14th ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS

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Cambridge, Mass. – May 5, 2010 – The 14th Annual Webby Awards has named TheBeatlesRockBand.com as Best Games-Related Site of the year. The site is produced by the Web Development Team at Harmonix Music Systems Inc., the world’s leading developer of music-based games, in collaboration with Apple Corps, The Beatles’ company.

TheBeatlesRockBand.com introduces people to the unique interactive experience presented by The Beatles™: Rock Band™. Set in the game’s own distinctive style, it provides in-depth background information on the people, places and instruments featured in the game. Cutting-edge web design techniques and high-resolution, behind-the-scenes videos round out the experience. The Beatles: Rock Band was developed by Harmonix, the leading developer of ground-breaking music-oriented videogames that also include Rock Band, Rock Band 2, The Beatles: Rock Band and, the soon-to-be-released Green Day: Rock Band and Rock Band 3.

Harmonix and Apple Corps will be honored June 14 at a star-studded ceremony hosted by B.J. Novak of NBC’s “The Office” in New York City. Fans will be able to watch the ceremony on June 15, including Harmonix’s five-word speech, at the official Webby Awards YouTube Channel. A full list of both Webby Awards and People’s Voice Awards winners can be found at:
“http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=14”

Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile websites. The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include Martha Stewart, R/GA’s Chief Bob Greenberg, David Bowie, Arianna Huffington and Twitter’s Biz Stone.

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2K Games Announces Sid Meier’s Pirates! Setting Sail for Wii System This Autumn

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Windsor, UK – May 04, 2010 – 2K Games announced today that Sid Meier’s Pirates!™, the classic swashbuckling high-seas adventure, will set sail this Autumn for Wii. Originally developed by Firaxis Games, the Wii version is being developed by 2K China and allows would-be buccaneers to serve as captain as they raid and plunder the 17th century Caribbean, successfully navigate pirate ship battles, triumphantly dispatch opponents in clanging sword fights and woo fair maidens with the streamlined controls of the Wii Remote™ in a quest to save their family from the evil Marquis de la Montalban.

“We are big fans of the Wii and think Pirates! is the perfect game to bring to that platform,” said Sid Meier, director of creative development at Firaxis Games, and designer of the Sid Meier’s Pirates! series. “We’re sure Wii fans will enjoy the timeless adventure of being a pirate captain on the high seas as much as all of our other fans have!”

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Reggie: Wii Has Sold 5 Million This Year

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“What we’re seeing is that as long you provide the consumer great products at great value they’re going to buy,” he said. “In the last four months consumers have bought …
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Nintendo Channel – Top 20 Wii games as of May 1st

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1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl – 75:36 2. Animal Crossing – 70:02 3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock – 57:19 4. Harvest Moon: Animal Parade – 51:53 5. Fire …
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Star Wars Force Unleashed 2 Dated

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Coming from the Star Wars Force Unleashed Facebook page.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II May The Fourth be with you, since it will be Unleashed …
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Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero keep living rooms rockin’ with killer new addictions to the Guitar Hero music library

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SANTA MONICA, CA – May 04, 2010 – May rolls in and with it comes a new collection of shredable track pack additions for Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero® 5 and Band Hero™. From “America’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band” to the hottest new alternative rock acts to hit the airwaves, fans can look forward to further expanding their Guitar Hero® music libraries and shredding this month with tracks by Foreigner, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steve Miller Band, Alpha Rev, Capra, Snow Patrol and Aerosmith.

Foreigner, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Steve Miller Band will have Guitar Hero players rocking in the beginning of May with the Classic Rock 3 Track Pack. “Juke Box Hero,” the third single off Foreigner’s 1981 album, 4, will join Lynyrd Skynyrd’s second hit single, “Sweet Home Alabama,” and “Take the Money and Run” by Steve Miller Band. The Classic Rock 3 Track Pack will be available on the PlayStation®Store for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system starting May 11. It will also be available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and on Wii™ on May 6.

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Bungie shows no interest in working on any I.P. but their own

“No. We have no interest at all in working on anybody else’s intellectual property. Realistically, the scale and ambition of what we hope to achieve with our own IP for …
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The Beatles: Rock Band Sing-Along Premiere Tonight at Boston Pops Season Opener

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Cambridge, Mass. – May 4, 2010 – Apple Corps, Ltd., MTV Games and Harmonix, the world’s leading developer of music-based games, today announced that a medley of some of The Beatles’ most iconic songs, set to visuals from The Beatles: Rock Band, will be featured as a sing-along to close each Boston Pops concert of the orchestra’s 125th season.

The Boston Pops’ 125th season kicks off tonight at Symphony Hall in Boston. The Opening Night concert, led by Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart, will celebrate the extraordinary career of Arthur Fieldler, revered Pops founder and conductor from 1930 to 1979. The concert ender will extend an interactive opportunity to the entire audience with a fully orchestrated sing-along featuring some of The Beatles’ iconic songs, synched to award-winning game graphics created by Harmonix for The Beatles: Rock Band, projected above the orchestra on the Pops’ 44-foot-wide screen. Tonight will feature a special performance from Harmonix employees, who will lead the audience in the inaugural performance of The Beatles: Rock Band Sing-Along.

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Team6 announces “FlatOut” for Wii™

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Today Team6 announced that they will develop a brand new version of the well known franchise “FlatOut”! Little is known from this promising title, but these will be the four game modes available:

– “Racing”: The standard FlatOut concept: Race, destroy and either finish first, or make sure you’re the last one standing (or: driving). Violent, agressive racing will take place in various locations and themes, such as the financial district, the industrial port and a dusty and an old but atmospheric town somewhere in southern-europe. Gamemode also available in splitscreen mode.

– “Trash” : An addictive, violent, Wii-targeted game mode for what’s the whole Flatout franchise about: Breaking stuff!
Use a weapon of choice (baseball bat, crowbar, lead pipe, amongst others) to totally trash the car of your opponent. Once trashed, he doesn’t want this car anymore and it’s all yours! New vehicle unlocked!

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Nintendo forecasts first profit drop in 6 years

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– Nintendo is forecasting its first drop in profit in six years for the fiscal year through March 2010 – 230 billion yen ($2.4 billion) profit – 279.1 billion yen …
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