Press Releases

Motion Controls Enhance the Terror in New Resident Evil® Game

SAN MATEO, CA — November 13, 2007 — Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced …
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Atari’s Apocalyptic Action Blockbuster Coming to Five Platforms, Gameplay Uniquely Adapted to Wii Control System

LYON, FRANCE – 13 November 2007 – Atari today announced that its forthcoming apocalyptic action …
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Norwalk, CONN. (PRWEB) November 13, 2007 — When the leaves begin to turn color, it’s probably a good idea to at least start thinking about holiday shopping, reports Passport to Fun(SM), a premier recreation and entertainment savings program offered by Adaptive Marketing LLC. After all, the holiday season seems to kick off earlier and earlier every year, and no one wants to be left behind as the hottest toys and gadgets are swept off the shelves by ambitious (or, in the eyes of some people, obnoxious) pre-holiday-rush shoppers.

PassportToFun recognizes that holiday traditions are deeply rooted in almost every family across the United States, and one of those traditions involves holiday shopping. For some folks, getting an early jump on buying gifts is almost hard-coded in their DNA. For others, the holidays just wouldn’t feel right unless they waited until the last possible second to begin their shopping ritual, online or otherwise.

Unfortunately for many of those last-minute consumers, they usually need to complete the shopping equivalent of a Hail Mary pass to score the most popular gifts of the season. To offer them a few hints on what to look for if they happen to wander across a shopping opportunity before their appointed rounds, Passport to Fun takes a quick look at a few of the toys receiving the most attention early in the 2007 holiday season:

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WII-KLY UPDATE: THREE NEW CLASSIC GAMES ADDED TO WII SHOP CHANNEL

Nov. 12, 2007

Winter vacation may be weeks away, but there’s no need to wait for a fun-filled escape. …
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LA Job:
GolinHarris is a leading international public relations firm and winner of PRWeek’s 2007 Editors’ Choice, Large PR Agency of the Year 2007, The Holmes Report, PR Agency of the Year 2007, and numerous PRWeek Awards.

Our Los Angeles office is currently seeking an ambitious PR professional with 3-6 years of PR agency experience to join our Interactive Entertainment practice area as a Senior Account Executive within the Nintendo team, an award-winning group recently acknowledged by PRSA as “The Best PR Team” in Los Angeles, responsible for driving one of today’s most successful and popular consumer brands.

This Senior Account Executive will need to quickly develop an intimate level of understanding of the account, its business, products, markets, personnel, outside influences, etc. The Senior Account Executive will perform fundamental PR tasks and serve as a day to day client contact. S/he must also have strong research, writing and editing skills, and the ability to continue developing media contacts/relationships and pitch client’s top tier, non-traditional, and new media. S/he must have a solid grasp of all basic public relations’ tools and how they affect the client.

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SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (November 8, 2007) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced that Brain Assist™, a game designed to exercise the brain while still …
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• 1st fully new title in the series to be developed specifically for the Nintendo DS. • Touch screen interface progresses players through the game • Microphone can be …
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 Capcom Brings Apollo Justice : Ace Attorney To North America

SAN MATEO, Calif. — November 9, 2007  Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, …
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GEOMETRY WARS: GALAXIES HITS GOLD WITH THE NINTENDO WII SHIPPING ON NOVEMBER 20th AND DS SHIPPING ON NOVEMBER 27th

Galaxies to Include a Multitude of New Levels, Enemies and …
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Discovery Channel Examines the History and Impact of Videogames in New Special RISE OF THE VIDEOGAMEPut down the joystick in favor of the remote control and join Discovery Channel for a pixel-by-pixel exploration of the history of videogames in the new, five-part special RISE OF THE VIDEOGAME premiering Wednesday, November 21 at 8 PM (ET/PT).

RISE OF THE VIDEOGAME captures the (r)evolution of videogames from the early 1970s and the days when Atari ruled through today, examining how the videogame industry has changed and how videogame entertainment is created, produced, marketed and distributed.

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NINTENDO SAYS ‘CHECK MII OUT’ WITH CREATIVE NEW CHANNEL FOR WII

Free Interactive Channel Lets Users View, Vote for the Best Mii Creations

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 8, 2007 – It’s …
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GAMECOCK ENDORSES STEPHEN COLBERT FOR PRESIDENTVideogame Publisher Refuses To Accept “South Carolina Setback”, Pushes for Texas RunCOCKPIT, Austin, Texas – November 7, 2007 – Gamecock Media Group, an …
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Free Lesson Plans Allow Students to ‘Master the Science … Master the Game’

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 7, 2007 – A new in-school program uses basic characters and themes from Nintendo’s popular Pokémon® Diamond and Pokémon® Pearl video games for Nintendo DS™ to teach elementary and middle school students about science. Nintendo of America, Inc., The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) and Nortel LearniT, have teamed up to make it fun for students to learn the sciences using imagery they already know and love.

Now through December, a variety of printable lesson plans and classroom activities developed by NIA are available to students and teachers at www.masterthescience.org. For instance, a lesson plan might teach elementary school students how to tell time using a sundial, or middle school students about how the universe is expanding. An activity component is also built in, where teacher and student questions can be submitted and answered by science experts.

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Largest Single Product Launch in the Company’s History

SANTA MONICA, Calif.–Activision, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) announced today that consumer sell through for Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock™ exceeded $115 million within seven days of the game’s North American release, making it the largest single product launch in the company’s history. The game was released on October 28, 2007, and will launch in Europe on November 23, 2007.

The Guitar Hero franchise has remained the #1 best-selling franchise in the U.S. through September, according to the NPD Group. The franchise has sold more than six million units worldwide to date, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack and Gfk.

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SEGA REVEALS NEXT-GEN FEATURES FOR NiGHTS: JOURNEY OF DREAMS

SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced that NiGHTS™: Journey of Dreams for the Wii™ video game console will come complete with a variety of next-gen features that tap into the system’s hardware including “Weather Channel” support, a Wii-first! This feature enables the game’s “My Dream” area, a customizable sand-box environment that allows gamers to capture, raise, and even combine the inhabitants (A-Life) from the world of Nightopia, to generate real-time weather effects specific to the territory players previously registered with on the Wii. For example, if the current weather forecast is clear and sunny in the players’ resident territory, the “My Dream” environment will be clear and sunny as well. The game will also feature an online-enabled two-player mode allowing gamers to race and battle against one another via Wi-Fi connection at launch on December 18, 2007.

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London, England – 5th November 2007 – A London pub have announced plans to install a ‘Virtual Snooker Hall’, inspired by the Nintendo® DS launch of World Snooker Championship™ Season 2007-08 game, released by Koch Media and available at all games retailers now.

Gordon McIntyre, landlord of the The Metropolitan (60 Great Western Road, W11), says he was inspired to bring back the pub snooker halls of old on a smaller scale, inspired by having played the addictive new DS title. Drinkers at the pub will be able to hire a DS with copy of the World Snooker Championship game from behind the bar, for a half-hour session to play against their friends or for a solitary game versus one of the world’s best professional players as featured in the game. The World Snooker Championship Virtual Snooker Hall will be featured at The Metropolitan from the 8th November, when the pub reopens after closure for refurbishment: As far as we are aware, this is the world’s first instance of a virtual snooker hall being installed anywhere!

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