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Nintendo reveals PAX 2009 line-up

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Wii

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Metroid Prime: Trilogy Wii Sports Resort Pokémon Rumble (WiiWare)

DS

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story Professor Layton …
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Capcom outlines PAX 2009

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From the land of Monster Hunter comes our adorable giant-sized Poogie. These are freshly imported from Japan, and so in addition to being irresistibly cute, they’re probably a North American exclusive.

Devil May Cry 4 Nero’s Red Queen Sword – v. heavy, still v. cool. These flew off the shelves at Comic-Con–I think we were sold out in about 20 minutes.

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SCREENLIFE AND WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE SCENE IT?® BRIGHT LIGHTS! BIG SCREEN!

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LAUNCHING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON FOR XBOX 360 AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME, Wii AND PLAYSTATION®3 SYSTEM

Screenlife today announced the latest home console iteration of the bestselling Scene It?® brand. Scene It?® Bright Lights! Big Screen!™ will be the first videogame in the Scene It? franchise available for Wii™ and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems and marks a return for the brand to the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft. Previous success on the Xbox platform combined with casual gaming’s explosive growth create a tremendous opportunity for Screenlife to bring its unique brand of entertainment trivia game play to millions of new consumers.

Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! offers a wide variety of media-rich trivia that provides movie fans and social gamers with a lively, competitive group gaming experience. Trivia content in the game will include recently released 2009 movies as well as fan favourite Hollywood hits from the last four decades. There are numerous game improvements, including:

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Frontier Announces LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias (Press Release)

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Sequel to the Best-Selling, Award-Winning Game Coming to WiiWare

2nd September 2009, Cambridge, UK. Frontier today revealed LostWinds®: Winter of the Melodias, the follow-up to last year’s best selling, award-winning WiiWare™ launch title LostWinds. This all-new game is packed with intuitive new gameplay mechanics and feels as fresh and compelling as the original.

The power of the wind is once again in the palm of your hand as you wield your Wii Remote™ to use the elemental powers of Enril the Wind Spirit to protect and guide the young boy Toku – power his jumps and glides, suspend and smash new enemies, and explore all-new expanses of the stunningly presented, magical land of Mistralis as you experience Toku and Enril’s new adventure to save Toku’s mother, lift an ancient Curse and thwart the evil Balasar.

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Ubisoft – PAX lineup

By  •  Wii

Ubisoft 2009 PAX Lineup

· Assassin’s Creed 2
· Red Steel 2
· Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up
· Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
· Just Dance
· Avatar
· C.O.P.The Recruit
· Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
· No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

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Tower of Shadows gets renamed

By  •  Wii

San Mateo, Calif. – Sept 1, 2009 – In 2010, Hudson Entertainment will give gamers a glimpse into Lost In Shadow – a striking vision that follows a shadow of …
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EXTRA! EXTRA! CRAZED PENGUIN GOES ON RAMPAGE WITH CROSSFIRE PISTOL

By  •  Wii

Fremont, Calif., (September, 2009) – Penguin United has announced the launch of the CrossFire Remote Pistol for Nintendo™ Wii™, the first and only available gun for Wii that has the remote already integrated into the gun’s design.

Intead of designing just another plastic shell for housing the Wii remote, Penguin has actually designed the Crossfire with the remote already built in. Accordingly, the A and B buttons and D-Pad have been repositioned for easy access and functionality. The Crossfire even works as a regular Wii remote for use with other, non-shooting games.

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Best Buy Celebrates the 9-9-09 Release of “The Beatles™ ROCK BAND™” and Beatles Remastered Studio Albums with In-Store Events in 10 Top Markets

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MINNEAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 – Beatlemania is in full swing at Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) to celebrate the release of The Beatles™: ROCK BAND™ and The Beatles’ remastered studio albums. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, the nation’s leading entertainment destination will celebrate the launch by giving away all-expense paid trips to London to tour The Beatles’ famous stomping grounds, including an exclusive tour of Abbey Road Studios plus all access membership to its Reward Zone Premier Silver program. Fans can enter to win the trips throughout the day with a variety of other Beatles memorabilia and giveaways occurring during live broadcasts with top morning show DJs in 10 cities across the country– Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco.  Customers will also have the opportunity to experience the unique entertainment access benefits Best Buy provides its best customers with complimentary Reward Zone Premier Silver memberships being given away throughout the event.

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Capcom Expands Use of Havok Physics Middleware for Triple-A Titles

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Havok today announced that it continues to expand its business into the Japanese game development community as it signed a significant deal with Capcom Co., Ltd, a leading video game developer and publisher. With this agreement, Capcom has made Havok Physics its development tool of choice. Capcom has licensed Havok Physics for its highly anticipated titles Lost Planet 2 and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. Capcom`s three recently released worldwide blockbusters Lost Planet, Dead Rising, and Resident Evil 5 were also developed using the physics solution.

“Havok is very excited to continue working with Capcom`s talented development team to help with its upcoming games. The fact that a powerhouse such as Capcom chose Havok for these new titles demonstrates Havok’s clear leadership position as the premier technology solutions provider to developers around the world,” said David O`Meara, Managing Director of Havok. “We’re proud to be a part of Capcom`s development strategy. Havok Physics was easily integrated into Capcom`s existing game development pipeline and we believe these triple-A projects will showcase the unparalleled flexibility and robustness of Havok Physics.”

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Bomberman Live: Battlefest coming to WiiWare

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Ready for more? The sequel to the immensely popular downloadable game brings more action, more multiplayer fun, more powerups, more modes, more maps, more costumes, more….everything! The classic Bomberman gameplay upgrades with new features (including the fan-requested Teams gameplay!) that will have you hooked on blasting friends online or locally. And with up to 8 players online, every match is guaranteed to be epic fun! With an array of gameplay options at your disposal, Bomberman Live: Battlefest is set to rock the house on Xbox LIVE® Arcade this Winter, and detonate on the Playstation®Network and WiiWare™ in 2010!

Teams!

Assemble the crew. It’s time to bring the bombs with your buddies and prove who’s got the chops to hold the Team crown! Play locally or bring the pain online; it’s more fun with friends!

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Nintendo Unveils Wii Fit Plus Launch Date and New Colors of DSi, Wii Remote

By  •  Wii, DS, Screens

Nintendo today announced that the new Wii Fit Plus game will launch in North America on Oct. 4, and also revealed new colors for its popular Nintendo DSi system and Wiimote/nunchuk.
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Little King’s Story soundtrack sampling available for download

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XSEED Games has just announced that 6 songs from the soundtrack of Little King’s Story have been made available to listen to and/or download for free. XSEED has been receiving …
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ROCK BAND™ COMING TO A BAR NEAR YOU

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Harmonix and MTV Games to Offer Exclusive Five-Song Preview of
The Beatles™: Rock Band™ to Participating Bars
New York, NY (August 31, 2009) – Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced the launch of “Rock Band Bar Nights,” a ground-breaking initiative providing tools for U.S. bar owners to host their own Rock Band™ Nights.  The program gives bars a cutting-edge in-bar entertainment option to help increase foot traffic and provide Rock Band fans with the opportunity to take the stage for a true rock star experience.
Rock Band ­– featuring a full band performance with guitar, bass, drums and mic – is revolutionizing the standard karaoke night in bars. The Rock Band Bar Nights program expands the Rock Band social experience for current fans and gives new fans the opportunity to try the game in an authentic performance setting with a live crowd cheering them on.
To help venues host and promote their own Rock Band Bar Nights, the program offers support to registered bars with everything from exclusive Rock Band product offerings to multiplatform marketing support.  Through an exclusive e-commerce store, the program will also provide bars with a full music solution to easily rock their bar with the extensive Rock Band catalogue featuring more than 800 tracks and growing every week!

ACTIVISION PUBLISHING ANNOUNCES RAPALA®: WE FISH™, THE FIRST FISHING GAME DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR Wii

SANTA MONICA, CA August 31, 2009 – Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) has announced a brand new entry in its Rapala fishing franchise, Rapala®: We Fish™ for Wii™. Slated for release on September 29, Rapala: We Fish is the first fishing title developed specifically for Wii™, featuring over-the-top fun and action-packed fishing.  The game is packaged with the Rapala fishing rod and reel peripheral, letting players cast it, crank it and set the hook!

“We’ve partnered with Rapala to develop a new type of fishing game that focuses on arcade style family fun for the Wii™,” said David Oxford, Activision Publishing. “Combining responsive controls with an action-packed, humorous direction, we have created a fishing game that’s unlike anything out there.”

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Video Games Live adds 30 more shows to 2009 World Tour

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Veteran video game composers Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall have performed Video Games Live to over 500,000 people across the world since 2005 and their efforts are only starting to begin. Video Games Live is proud to announce the addition of 30 new performances to their highly acclaimed award-winning tour. Some highlights include a 2 evening performance in Tokyo at the largest indoor theatre in Japan (taking place during the Tokyo Game Show), an invitation by the Chinese government to perform all across China, the highly anticipated and acclaimed return to Broadway in New York City, and first ever game music performances in locations such as Ireland, Poland, Shanghai, Oregon, Salvador, Barcelona and others.

“Our goal and dream of successfully showcasing the video game industry and video game music to the masses has really taken off.” said prolific game composer and VGL co-creator Tommy Tallarico. “The support and interest from around the world has been absolutely amazing and we’re really looking forward to continuing this for many years to come.”

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Family Gameshow Announced

PRESS RELEASE
Family Gameshow

Family Quiz fun for Wii

Sheffield, United Kingdom 27th August 2009 – Grab your Wii Remote and become a contestant in the amazing world of Family Gameshow. The Gameshow Channel is packed with quizzes that will test your logic, numeracy and general knowledge skills. Entertain the entire family. With children vs.. adult mode everyone can play to win. Each show is presented by its own charismatic host. The channel is anchored by Larry Lightfoot, the super smooth TV host.

Choose the channel you want to play from:

Control Freak with Larry Lightfoot – Do you like to be in control? Answer easy, medium or hard general knowledge questions to remain in control of the game. If you don’t like the category why not nominate another contestant and hope you can steal their points.

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SouthPeak Games Challenges Sleuths to Investigate ‘Crime Scene™’ for Nintendo DS

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MIDLOTHIAN, VA – August 27, 2009 – Leading videogame publisher, SouthPeak Games, announced today a new Nintendo DS™ title, Crime Scene™, scheduled for release …
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Blitz Games and Konami working on the next instalment of Karaoke Revolution

By  •  Wii

26 July 2009 Konami has once again selected Blitz Games (a division of leading developer Blitz Games Studios) to bring its skill and experience to the original singing party game franchise: Karaoke Revolution. The new game in the series will be fully equipped with 50 new master recordings to sing along to on Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo Wii.

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