New Price Point to Drive Accessibility for Award-Winning Title
CHICAGO, IL – March 19, 2008 – YUKE’S Company of America, subsidiary of Japanese game publisher YUKE’S Company Limited, announced today that NEVES, published by Atlus for the Nintendo DS, has received the highly coveted “Editor’s Choice Award” from the editors at Children’s Technology Review, a leading professional source of unbiased reviews of interactive technology for children. Additionally, YUKE’S announced that the unique puzzle game will receive a reduction in price to $19.99, effective immediately. NEVES is currently available at select retailers nationwide, including Amazon.com and GameStop.com.
“Receiving this award signifies NEVES’ universal playability and educational convention for all ages,” said Shane Takahashi, CEO of YUKE’s Company of America. “NEVES’ new price point will help to reinforce that our intellectually stimulating title reaches a broader audience of casual and hardcore gamers alike.”
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Big Bang Mini Announced; Fireworks-Themed Shooter To Bring Explosive Action to Handheld
Wednesday 19th March/… SouthPeak Games today announced another title for its 2008 Nintendo DS™ line-up, in the form of fireworks-based shooter Big Bang Mini. Based around filling the night sky with brilliant bursts of fireworks to take out encroaching enemies, Big Bang Mini will be released for Nintendo’s handheld this autumn.
Big Bang Mini’s main objective is to use the stylus to create fireworks in order to deal with waves of enemies that loom overhead. Miss and you’ll be forced to tackle another challenge – avoiding falling sparks created by your missed explosions. The end of each level comes with a unique opportunity for would-be fireworks designers to make the ‘Final Bouquet’ – a one-of-a-kind masterpiece that will proclaim your victory. With over 90 levels to complete, Big Bang Mini offers players huge scope for its special brand of fireworks fun.
Ghostlight announces game collaboration with Gold Medal winner, Mary King
Bishops Stortford – March 19th, 2008 – Ghostlight Ltd., Up-and-coming publisher Ghostlight is pleased to announce MARY KING’S RIDING SCHOOL, a virtual horse riding game developed exclusively for the Nintendo DS™.
The game, which launches this May in the UK, opens the stable doors on one of the most aspirational riding schools of the equestrian world. With personal tuition from five time gold medal winner, Mary King, players can learn to care for, train and compete with their horse. Taking part in international events across the globe, riders will need to master the three major equestrian disciplines; dressage, cross-country and show jumping.
Standards are impeccably high at Mary King’s Riding School, but help is on hand as Mary teaches players the fine art of manoeuvring and jumping their horse using the intuitive Nintendo DS control system. As players progress they’ll be able to enter international three-day events in six different countries, winning trophies and spending the prize money on clothes, accessories and horses. Mary King’s Riding School scores perfectly in every area.
London, 16th November 2007, Stourbridge, England. Data Design Interactive – a successful video games publisher and games developer, today revealed details of its TV advertising campaign for the Popcorn Arcade range of Wii titles. The campaign is set to run for the whole Easter Holiday period with the adverts showcasing the great range of games available on the Popcorn Arcade label. The titles (Kawasaki Quad Bikes, Mini Desktop Racing, Ninjabread Man, Billy Wizard and Myth Makers Super Kart GP) are all priced at £19.99 and form part of Popcorn Arcade’s strategy of building a portfolio of Wii titles at affordable prices.
The UK TV campaign signifies Popcorn Arcade’s biggest ever advertising spend following the continued success of its titles at retail. The adverts will run for 6 weeks on the following channels – Pop TV, Cartoon Network, Cartoon Network 2, Boomerang, Cartoonito and Jetix. Popcorn Arcade will follow up this campaign with regular monthly TV slots to coincide with its monthly release of new titles through the busy Summer Holiday period, additionally supported by adverts across print and online. Further campaigns will then continue in the run up to the busy Christmas period.
Have A Blast On This Week’s Virtual Console!
Get ready to defend humanity against the evil and powerful Bydo Empire this week as Super R-Type™ arrives on Virtual Console. In this exclusive version of the classic arcade shoot ‘em up made for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, fans will have the best of both worlds! Many exciting elements from the original R-Type title and its sequel are combined to produce the blasting challenge of a lifetime. Super R-Type can be downloaded now for 800 Wii Points.
Eidos Interactive, creators of some of the world’s leading videogame properties, is pleased to announce a new phenomenon to come to the Nintendo DS entitled Soul Bubbles.
In Soul Bubbles the player controls a young shaman apprentice, who is entrusted with saving lost “souls” and guiding them to safety. He must protect these fragile beings from the hostile and dangerous world around them, and he does this by creating protective bubbles to keep the spirits safe.
Tragnarion Studios is proud to announce having been approved by Nintendo as an official licensed Wii developer.
March 18th 2008, Mallorca, Spain. Following last weeks announcement …
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Jesse Sutton, Chief Executive Officer of Majesco Entertainment, said, “We delivered an exceptional quarter across all financial metrics as we continued to execute our plan. Our performance was driven by our focus on the casual gaming market and the steps we have taken to improve our financial position and operating model over the past year. Further, we benefited from a strong domestic sales performance, driven by sales of our Cooking Mama games, which delivered a revenue increase of 47 percent versus the same period last year. In the quarter, total revenue increased 29 percent to $18.7 million compared to the same period in 2007, gross margins were 40.2 percent, and we reported net income of $2.7 million, or $0.10 per share, which includes a $0.8 million benefit from adjustments to warrants and our litigation accrual. This performance demonstrates the potential of our business model.
March 17, 2008
Are you afraid of the dark? If so, this is a great week to face your fears with a pair of eerie new game offerings on Nintendo’s Virtual Console™. One will plunge you deep underground to navigate perilous caves, while the other puts you on the front lines of a darkly sinister space war. In either case, your frights will give way to serious fun.
Nintendo adds new games to the Wii™ Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:
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The Craziest Handheld Game Ever is Coming This May
SUNNYVALE, CA – March 14, 2008 – Agetec, Inc today announced that it will be releasing LOL for Nintendo DS™ this May. A unique, free-form gaming experience, LOL’s motto says it best: “If the game is boring, then you are boring.”
“We decided not to include a single player mode in the game because that would defeat the purpose. This game was created to be a social game that allows you interact on and off Nintendo DS with your friends,” said Mark Johnson, the producer. “LOL concentrates on the comedic joy of using the imagination of everyone in the room.”
“LOL is a game with endless possibilities that can be played for hours and hours of nonstop entertainment,” said Hiro Fukuoka, producer at Agetec. “As long as you are a fun-loving person with a little bit of an imagination, there should be no reason you find LOL to be anything less than a great time with your friends. It maximizes your creative abilities and puts a fun twist to it.”
Publisher: Playlogic International
Developer: Engine Software
Amsterdam, 14 March 2008 – Today, Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq OTC: PLGC.OB), an independent worldwide publisher of entertainment software, announced that Dragon Hunters for Nintendo DS will hit stores across the world starting April 2008.About Dragon Hunters for Nintendo DS:
Dragon Hunters for Nintendo DS is based on the world of the popular Dragon Hunter TV series and the full feature length animated CG movie by the same name, both created and produced by Futurikon. In the game developed by handheld veterans Engine Software, the player follows the adventures of two hunters-for-hire, Lian-Chu and Gwizdo, and their trusty friend Hector, on their quest for fame and fortune.Dragon Hunters is a platform action game where you will need the special skills of each character to overcome obstacles, like a variety of enemies, puzzles and platform challenges.
Moon Announced for Nintendo DSTM
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – March 14, 2008 – Mastiff, a worldwide publisher of videogames and Renegade Kid, developer of innovative interactive software, today announced the title codenamed “Project M” has been officially named Moon after the cold and barren hunk of rock orbiting earth.
Developed by Renegade Kid, Moon is a sci-fi, action-adventure title for Nintendo DS™. Moon places gamers on the cold lunar surface in the year 2058. Researchers are shocked to find a sealed, alien hatch during construction of a new lunar base, but it’s a shock that soon pales in comparison to what they find beyond the hatch.
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Sheffield, England – March 13th, 2008 – Video games publisher Lexicon Entertainment are pleased to announce that ‘FIZZ’ has been approved by Nintendo of Europe with a release date set for April 25th 2008 and set with the amazing RRP of just £9.99.
‘FIZZ’ is an inventive puzzle challenge that will have gamers on the edge of their seat, is exceedingly simple to understand but infuriatingly challenging to master!
The central and principal game board is composed of twenty-five points each with four antennae. Each antenna can contain four colours. The goal is to create energy flow by aligning colours. When a loop is created, points are deducted and other points come onto the board.
The theme of the game is outer space and the player can select one of ten boards that make up the full experience. Each board has a link with an element from our solar system (décor and music linked with a planet).
March 13, 2008
The latest video game industry sales figures reported by the independent NPD Group show that Nintendo DS™ and Wii™ topped the U.S. charts for February. Nintendo DS …
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Platform(s): PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS, PS2 & PC Category: 3rd Person Action Game Developer: Edge of Realty/Amaze (DS) Release: June 2008
Overview One of Marvel®’s most powerful Super …
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Key features
• Two co-existing worlds – explore the real world in human form and transform into Mega Man to maneuver through the virtual “Wave World” • Each game version …
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Two Different Versions of the Game Allow Players to Trade Unique
SAN MATEO, Calif — March 13, 2008 — Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today showcased Mega Man Star Force™ 2 for Nintendo DS™, the second game in the Mega Man Star Force™ series which will offer an updated battle system with new Battle Cards and new foes to confront. Mega Man Star Force™ 2 will be released in two versions, Zerker X Ninja or Zerker X Saurian with players able to choose between Zerker, Ninja or Saurian dependent on which version they opt for. Mega Man Star Force™ 2 is currently scheduled for release this June.
Each of the three variants – Zerker, Ninja and Saurian – offers its own distinct Mega Man transformations with unique special attributes and abilities. Players can harness the spirit of an ancient species known as “Tribe” and transform or “tribe on” into three different forms – Elec Zerker wields a large sword imbued with the power of lightning; Wood Ninja can throw a huge Shinobi Star and move at great speed, while Fire Saurian is able to reduce enemies to smoldering pieces with a swipe of his fiery fist.
Release Date: July 2008
Genre: Sports
Platform: Wii™
Rating: RP (Rating Pending)
Developer: Camelot Software Planning
Price: TBAGame Description:
We Love Golf!™ transforms the Wii Remote™ into a virtual set of golf clubs, creating the most immersive golfing experience available off the greens. This new title is being developed in partnership with Camelot Software Planning, best known for developing successful sports games for home systems, including Hot Shots Golf and the Mario Golf series.
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