Last week we posted the first part of a chat with someone inside of XSEED. (See HERE) Now here is the second part.
428 (Sega, Wii) – Saw the great …
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Nintendo Wii: – Ellen Whitaker’s Horse Life – Family Party
Nintendo DS: – Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness
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No Matter Who The Gamer Is On Your Shopping List,
Natsume Has A Video Game For ThemBurlingame, Calif., December 8, 2008 – Natsume Inc., a worldwide
developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, announced
today that the company’s full videogame lineup for 2008 is now
available at retail, including the most recent release of Rune Factory
2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon for the Nintendo DS. Rune Factory 2: A
Fantasy Harvest Moon joins Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness, Princess
Debut and Hi! Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Challenge (all for DS) and Harvest
Moon: Tree of Tranquility (for Wii) to complete its 2008 holiday
lineup.“This has been a great year for Natsume as we continued our Harvest
Moon series with three brand new Harvest Moon adventures this fall.
Add to that some adorable educational fun with Hi! Hamtaro: Ham Ham
Challenge and our hugely popular new original IP, Princess Debut and
there is truly something for everyone on your list,” said Hiro
Maekawa, President and CEO of Natsume.
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We have seen many reports and surveys on who plays videos games, but this one is a little different. According to this report, one third of your grandparents play games …
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“When the economy is strong, people tend to buy three things from the top of their wish list. But when things are bad, people often buy only the first thing …
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Target:
Wii:
007: Quantum Of Solace $49.99 *
Call Of Duty: World At War $49.99 *
Carnival Min Gold $39.99
Celebrity Sports Showdown $19.99
Cooking Mama: World Kitchen $49.99
Guitar Hero World Tour: Dual Guitar Bundle $89.99
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith 2 Guitar Bundle $89.99
Hasbro Family Game Night $29.99
Heavenly Guardian $14.99
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures $49.99
Mario Party 8 $49.99
The Monkey King $14.99
Wario Land: Shake It! $49.99
Wii Gaming System $249.99 **
Psyclone Wii Essential Starter Kit $35
Wii Nunchuk $19.99
Wii Remote $39.99
5th Cell, the creators of Drawn to Life and Lock’s Quest, have announced their latest project today in the form of Scribblenauts for the DS. The game …
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1UP: How long has Chinatown Wars been in development, and how does it compare to the development cycles of the PSP Grand Theft Autos?
GH: …
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Red Fly Studio’s Mushroom Men Sprouts onto Store Shelves Today
MIDLOTHIAN, VA – December 4, 2008 – SouthPeak Games announced today that Red Fly Studio’s fantastic fungal adventure, Mushroom Men, is now shipping two distinct tales, Rise of the Fungi for Nintendo DS™ and The Spore Wars for Wii™. Gamers will have the chance to experience the entire story of these tiny warriors through both titles; while each game is completely stand-alone and does not require one to play the other, both offer players the full spectrum of the mushroom universe.
“Wrapping up Mushroom Men has been one of the most satisfying endeavors this studio has ever seen,” says Dan Borth, CEO of Red Fly Studio. “From the very inception of this original IP, we’ve been working around the clock to make it one of the most spectacular third-party platformers for Wii, and we really think we’ve nailed it.”
505 GAMES TO PUBLISH HOTEL FOR DOGS ACROSS EUROPE IN 2009
Milton Keynes – Hotel for Dogs, the video game based on the upcoming feature film, “Hotel For Dogs” from DreamWorks Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, will jump, sit and stay across Europe in 2009 (concurrently with the movie in each territory). Coming to the Nintendo® Wii, Nintendo DS™ and Windows-based PC, Hotel for Dogs features the likenesses and voices of the movie’s two young stars, Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin. And, of course, lots and lots of dogs.
In the Hotel for Dogs video game, players enter the old hotel to help two siblings, Andi and Bruce, feed and entertain an adorable collection of canines by building amazing gadgets, playing with the pooches and keeping the dogs happy in their new Hotel home. Navigating through 10 levels of fun and challenging game play, players must accomplish various goals to keep their beloved canines healthy and amused. Players will even explore the areas outside of hotel as they attempt to locate and rescue additional pups in need of some major TLC.
NEW NINTENDO DS GAME RELEASED TODAY TO GIVE KIDS’ GREY MATTER A FUN WORKOUT
Avanquest Software Publishing, a leading consumer software and games publisher, has launched Junior Brain Trainer for Nintendo DS to retail today. This is a stimulating and fun game to help children improve a range of important cognitive skills. It includes a wide variety of fun puzzles and quizzes set in colourful environments to promote learning and education in an entertaining way.
Created specifically for 6-11 year olds, Junior Brain Trainer gives young minds a fitness workout to help develop important key skills in reading, writing, spelling, maths, geometry, logic and problem solving. Junior Brain Trainer takes a fresh and fun approach to teaching by delivering information in bite size chunks, making it easier to digest. The structured gameplay is designed to suit a child’s attention span and ensures they are continually engaged.
Users are encouraged to spend a small amount of time on the game each day to complete five different activities based around key skills. Players must successfully accomplish tasks such as completing a missing word in a sentence, finishing a maths calculation, drawing a shape or matching up pairs.
“I think everyone was encouraged by Black Friday. It was better than expectations, but it’s pretty hard these days – being slightly down is the new up. …everyone’s at best …
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Friday 5th December, 2008/… Fake games consoles and adaptors are potentially putting Christmas consumers’ lives in danger, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) warned today. Hundreds of imported counterfeit games consoles seized at UK freight depots were found to have been supplied with potentially dangerous power adaptors. The goods had been purchased from a range of websites, mainly based in Asia, which claimed the items were “genuine Nintendo products.” Many of the consoles, which are fake versions of the popular Nintendo DS and DS Lite had been bought for around £40, instead of the usual retail price of £100.
Nintendo confirmed that the Nintendo DS and DS Lite consoles were counterfeit, and the power adaptors being supplied with the product were not Nintendo manufactured and were, in fact, potentially dangerous, since they had not been electronically tested and do not meet strict UK safety standards.
When [Blizzard CEO] Mike Morhaime first met Kotick, he was looking for a low-key setting to avoid sparking the sort of chatter that often emerges when high-profile business …
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‘We anticipate increased footfall in the stores and have hired additional staff to cope with increased demand. Additional goods have been moved to all stores and further stock will be …
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Sci-fi Arcade Shooter Brings Dual Wielding Madness to Earthling Living Rooms
London, UK – 4th December 2008 Attention Citizens of Earth: commence panicking and prepare for the ultimate inter-galactic battle. Empire Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings (NASDAQ: SSTR), today announced Martian Panic for Wii™ is currently under development. The Martian Invasion Force has targeted Earth for complete destruction and players will need more than manpower and firepower to avoid mission defeat. The Martian Mothership looms overhead, draining energy from the Earth’s core. Humans must save Earth from the extraterrestrial encounter before the Invasion Force vaporizes our planet. Martian Panic is due for release in the first half of 2009.
Graphically, Martian Panic is a 1950’s comic book come to life in a three-dimensional sci-fi game world,” said James Spice, VP Marketing, Empire Interactive. “Fans of all ages will appreciate the amazing visual details and the family-friendly, nonstop action.”
“there’s a generation of kids being born today and probably already alive who I’m pretty confident will never buy a physical media product. They will never buy …
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