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Iron Man Cast Will Lend Voices To Iron Man Game

By James Higginbotham • March 20, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (March 20, 2008) -SEGA® of America, Inc., SEGA Europe Ltd., and Marvel Entertainment, Inc. announced today that the Iron Man™ video game, based on the successful Marvel comic book series and the upcoming film by Marvel Studios, will feature the voice talents of Robert Downey Jr., Terence Howard and Shaun Toub. All three actors will reprise their onscreen roles of Tony Stark (Downey), Lt. Col. James “Rhodey” Rhodes (Howard), and Yinsen (Toub). The Iron Man video game launches day and date with the blockbuster movie on May 2, 2008.Iron Man, an explosive third-person action shooter game that pits one of the
world’s most renowned Super Heroes against unspeakable odds, draws its story
from the upcoming movie while also incorporating story elements from
original Iron Man comic books. Using the advanced technology in Iron Man’s
suits of armor, gamers can take advantage of the wide array of high-impact
weapons to strategically annihilate any enemy force standing in their way.
Before tackling stunning and immense open battlefields, players can
customize their armor suit as they encounter progressively more vicious
enemies, and fight in epic battles that could challenge even the toughest
Super Heroes.

Japanese Hardware Sales

By James Higginbotham • March 20, 2008

PSP – 57,651
Wii – 55,845
Nintendo DS – 53,266
PlayStation 3 – 14,934
PlayStation 2 – 9,930
Xbox 360 – 1,744

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MTV Multiplayer: ‘Smash Bros.’ Achievements Vs. Xbox 360 Achievements

By James Higginbotham • March 20, 2008

Brawl has a ton of different achievements, its mind blowing. In fact the whole game is almost all about achievements; certain number of matches for this characters, time …
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Popcorn Arcade Signs BATTLE RAGE: THE ROBOT WARS

By James Higginbotham • March 20, 2008

Coming soon for Nintendo Wii…

Stourbridge, England. Data Design Interactive – a successful video games publisher and games developer – is pleased to announce that it has secured rights to publish and develop the Nintendo Wii version of Battle Rage through their Popcorn Arcade label. Battle Rage is a third-person PC shooter and has been developed by Destan Entertainment and produced by Teyon Games. The company also announced the games full working title for the Nintendo Wii format: BATTLE RAGE: THE ROBOT WARS.

Data Design Interactive managing director Stewart Green said,

“Battle Rage is already an excellent game on the PC, but we saw the potential for the title on the Wii and jumped at the chance to develop it further for Nintendo’s system. With our proven technology and the GODS engine all aspects of the original game will be effortlessly transferred over to the Wii. The combination of the high-end PC graphics, proven gameplay and addition of motion control will make for a very compelling and enjoyable experience.”

Japanese Software Sales: March 10th to 16th

By James Higginbotham • March 20, 2008

01./00. [NDS] Beautiful Character Training (Nintendo) – 66,000 02./01. [PS3] Yakuza 3: Kenzan! (Sega) – 46,000 / 227,000 03./03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) – 45,000 / 1,704,000 04./02. [WII] …
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