We wanted to let you know that the Australian Track Pack for Guitar Hero World Tour is available today for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. The Australian Track Pack …
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EMERYVILLE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The Spore franchise is evolving! With more than 65 million pieces of user-created content shared online, fans from around the globe have gravitated to the game’s powerful creativity-centered experience and massively single-player content sharing site. This year, the award-winning Spore franchise continues to evolve as Maxis, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) studio announces four new titles, each designed to deliver a unique experience to a specific audience; Spore™ Galactic Adventures, Spore™ Creature Keeper*, Spore™ Hero* and Spore™ Hero Arena*. This roster offers unique gameplay for space hunters, creature creators and action adventurers, proving that Spore has something for everyone – gamers, kids and Nintendo fans alike.
“Last year was a very exciting year for Maxis with the release of Spore. We were overwhelmed by the massive response to the game from the millions of people that created, shared and played in the Spore universe,” said General Manager of Maxis, Lucy Bradshaw. “This year we’re going to experiment with new experiences that extend the powerful creativity tools of Spore to all-new audiences. With the universe as our backdrop, the only limit in the Spore universe is your own imagination.”

Unique RPG Puts Massive World of Quests, Epic Battles and Multiplayer Action in the Palm of Your Hand
Bristol, U.K., January 22, 2009 – Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced Dawn of Heroes for Nintendo DS™. Developed by Wicked Studios, Dawn of Heroes is a tactical role playing game that combines classic RPG concepts—including character development, epic combat, quests and puzzles—with a humorous style. The game also supports head-to-head multiplayer action and the ability to trade collected items, two features designed to build a community of worldwide heroes.
I was holding off on this story until this point. I wanted to end the day of posts on a good note, and I can not think …
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Famitsu has ended the anticipation of the SEGA’s teaser site a little early. In this weeks Famitsu magazine the game has been revealed to be called Pole’s …
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We’re particularly excited about the prospect of bringing EA Sports Tennis to the Wii in 2009 – there’s huge potential there. Obviously working with a recognisable brand or licence gives …
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What does it mean to bring an 8th man into the box? If you’re looking for the correct answer, you’re more likely to receive it from an EA SPORTS Madden NFL player than from someone who doesn’t play Madden. EA SPORTS, a label of Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today the results of a new survey by the University of Oregon’s Warsaw Sports Marketing Center, that determined fans who play the Madden NFL video game series are more knowledgeable about the game of football than people who don’t play the game. The survey found that Madden NFL players’ football IQ was 60 percent higher than people that don’t play Madden.
The study, which surveyed over 15,000 EA SPORTS Madden NFL players and NFL fans, tested respondents in five categories of football knowledge: Game Situations, General Knowledge, History, Rules and Business of Sport.
“It’s amazing to see how much football knowledge Madden NFL players have especially when you compare it to people that follow and know the sport well,” said Paul Swangard, Managing Director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon. “We also found the more time they spent playing EA SPORTS Madden NFL the higher they scored on the survey.”
Hamburg/Germany, January 21st, 2009 – Crazy Circus brings a colourful and charmingly whacky circus to Nintendo DS™. Hamburg/Germany based publisher dtp entertainment will publish the arcade game worldwide in Q2 2009.
In 14 action-driven mini games, the player performs extraordinary circus acts. Oleg, the motorbike-riding bear, jumps over dozens of cars, a parrot swings on the trapeze, and clowns throw cakes at each other across the circus ring.
The player inherits the family’s once famous circus because his father is sick and no longer able to run the business. Now it is up to the young director to lead the troupe and restore the circus to its former glory. He keeps improving the show and quickly, the circus regains its excellent reputation. New performers push into the ring, the public clapping frantically to ever new sensations. The stunning performances attract the crowds in a way that finally, the circus arrives in the world’s most glamorous cities.

STUBBS ALDERTON & MARKILES, LLP HIRES FORMER FLAGSHIP STUDIOS EXEC,
STEVE GOLDSTEIN, TO GROW INTERACTIVE MEDIA PRACTICEGoldstein Brings a Decade of Interactive Media/Entertainment Experience
To The Corporate, Securities and Intellectual Property Law FirmSHERMAN OAKS, CA – January 21, 2009 – Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP,
the Los Angeles based corporate, securities and intellectual property
law firm, today announced the re-hiring of game industry business
development and legal executive, Steve Goldstein. Goldstein will be
instrumental in growing the Firm’s video game and interactive media
practice. As a Senior Counsel at the Firm, Goldstein will be a key
addition to its Interactive Media Practice Group, joining partners
Scott Alderton, Greg Akselrud and Kevin DeBré, and is expected to
expand the Firm’s existing clientele of video game developers,
publishers and other interactive media clients.
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GTA: Chinatown Wars
– Craig got to play it last week
– Showed him early part of the game
– Craig had certain expectations, he’s pretty psyched
– A lot of emphasis placed on touchscreen “side-things”
– Will need your stylus in your hand
– One minigame has you shoving trash aside looking for drugs
– Game engine runs on top screen, bottom screen is where the story happens + touch screen minigame
– Fixed perspective angle
– Never cuts away from action on the top-screen – will still see action on top screen during minigames
– Not hiding from being M-rated
– You’re a drug dealer – buy and sell drugs, dialoge all f-bombs and s word, there is violence
– Blood stays on the road when you run over someone
– Bozon’s excited for the game
– Engine itself runs really smooth – Craig didn’t see frame rate falter – 30 FPS
– No voice-overs, subtitles in cut-scenes – there’s only environmental voice – radio stations are instrumental (probably due to limitations of the cartridge)
– Can listen to radio while walking around
– Not too much humor in the first 5 missions
– Surveillance cameras are hidden packages in the city – if you destroy one of the cameras it can affect the price of what you can get for drugs
– Comes out March 17
– Game is ambitious, it’s a full-fledged GTA experience – Taken seriously at Rockstar
– Bozon thinks he might get more play out of Chinatown Wars than GTAIV
– Huge focus on online – next month we’ll know more about online
Nintendo Wii $249.99 Killzone 2 (PS3) $59.99 Wii Fit Starter Bundle $129.97 Skate 2 (360) $59.99 Street Fighter IV CE (PS3) $79.99 LOTR Conquest (360) $59.99 My Fitness Coach (Wii) …
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) intends to release December quarter and calendar year 2008 results after the close of the market on Wednesday, …
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Based on the first 26 months of availability, the Wii is on its way to becoming the best-selling console of all time, a title currently held by the PlayStation 2, …
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The multigames multiplayer website Globulos.com, who won the Flash Festival, Flash Film Festival New York and Independent Game Festival finalist, reopens with a “free to play” model.
The 20 games and the 50 playing fields are playable 100% for free. Games are 1 against 1 player, 2 against 2 or melee of 4 players. The gameplay is a mix between arcade fun and simultaneous turn based strategy. The kawaii style was noticed by the Japanese Nintendo official magazine, Nintendo Dream with a full page article.
Some options like character customization or power-ups (teletransportation, invisibility and a lot more) can be purchased using Globbies, the website currency.
“You’re really seeing that those top hits are the most important thing in the industry. And getting into that top-tier release is more important than ever before.”
When Klotz looks …
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Tomorrow is a big day for most people in the United States. We say goodbye to formal President Bush and say hello to President Obama. Not only …
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Europe:
Nintendo Wii: – My Fitness Coach
Nintendo DS: – Word Academy
Japan:
Nintendo Wii: – Fragile: Sayonara Tsuki no Haikyo – Rabbids Party: TV Party – Suzumiya Haruhi …
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No one trips over a mountain; it is the smallest pebble that causes you to stumble’
Monday 19th January/…It is with great pride that Io Interactive unveils their latest videogame creation in a brand new game – MINI NINJAS™, due for release Fall 2009 on Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PC Games for Windows and PlayStation 3 – Rated E10+, PEGI 7+Prepare yourself for a Ninja adventure like you have never seen before! Join Hiro, the smallest hero on the biggest adventure, as he embarks on an epic and electrifying quest to restore harmony to a world on the brink of chaos. Use your skills and mighty Ninja training to battle a magical army of evil Samurai. Harness the power of your Kuji magic and utilise the special skills of your Mini Ninja friends as you travel through a perilous world to reach the final confrontation with the Evil Samurai Warlord in his Fortress of Doom.