The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces Unveiled - Steve Riach |
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| XSEED Games today announced that they have secured the North American publishing rights to The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, a flight simulation game for Wii. Originally released in Japan by Namco Bandai, this latest title from Project Aces will be available Holiday 2009 exclusively for Wii.
After decades of constant war and fighting, the world has finally come to a lasting peace. But with war being an integral part of their lives for so long, the citizens of the world are desperate for a solution to solve this newfound peaceful life of calm and tranquility.
To ease this tension and to appease its citizens, the government has started pursuing a new round of wars. These new campaigns are not a power struggle between hostile countries, but rather sponsored events between private corporations with military-trained personnel contracted by each side to do their biding for them. It is the battles fought by these war contracted corporations such as Rostock and Lautern and the constant media reports on them that satisfy and replace the basic human instinct to fight using the war as a show.
The latest rookie pilot to join the Sky Crawlers, codenamed “Lynx,” is working his way up the ranks and becomes involved in a secret new military project with the goal of making pilots immortal. Join Lynx on his journey to conquer the skies while unraveling the mystery behind the military’s covert new project.
In The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, players hold the Nunchuk in the right hand as the flight control stick which is tilted to roll, pitch, and yaw, while the Wii Remote held in the left hand is titled up to accelerate and down to decelerate in its role as the throttle. The somber story of a world that needs war to survive, based on a novel series by Hiroshi Mori and adapted into an animated film released by Sony Pictures in the US, is told with a combination of animated cut-scenes and voiced in-game sequences during battle.
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Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny Screens - Steve Riach |
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| Namco Bandai has released 13 new screenshots from Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, showcasing fierce brawls between fan favorite warriors including Siegfried, Mitsurugi, Ivy, Raphael and Sophitia. Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny will be available for the PSP this summer.
PSP Screenshots - Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny (c) Namco Bandai
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PlayStation Store Update - Steve Riach |
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| It’s time for the weekly PlayStation Store Update.
Qore
Qore Annual Subscription - July 2009 ($24.99)
Qore Episode 14: July 2009 ($2.99)
Downloadable Games
Punisher: No Mercy ($9.99)
Add-on Game Content
High Velocity Bowling Ball Pack 6 - 4th of July Americana ($0.99)
High Velocity Bowling Ball Pack 7 - Route 66 Americana ($0.99)
LittleBigPlanet Sacktue of Liberty Costume (free)
MotorStorm Pacific Rift Monarch Signature Livery Pack (free)
MotorStorm Pacific Rift Speed Expansion ($9.99)
Cross Edge Safety Pack (free)
Cross Edge Additional Dungeon 2 (free)
Cross Edge New Costume Set 1 ($3.99)
Quantum of Solace: The Game 007 Camille Map Pack ($4.99)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 The Predator ($7.50)
Guitar Hero World Tour
“21st Century (Digital Boy)” by Bad Religion ($1.99)
“Linoleum” by NOFX ($1.99)
“Ruby Soho” by Rancid ($1.99)
Epitaph Punk-O-Rama Track Pack ($5.49)
Rock Band
“Blue Morning, Blue Day” - Foreigner ($1.99)
“Feels Like the First Time” - Foreigner ($1.99)
“Headknocker” - Foreigner ($1.99)
Foreigner Pack 01 ($5.49)
“Hey John, What’s Your Name Again?” - The Devil Wears Prada ($1.99)
“Image of the Invisible” - Thrice ($1.99)
“Sweet Talk” - Dear and the Headlights ($1.99)
Warped Tour 2009 Pack 02 ($5.49)
Weapon of Choice” - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ($1.99)
Game Videos
Pulse 7/2 Edition
MotorStorm Pacific Rift Speed Expansion Pack Trailer
MotorStorm Pacific Rift Adrenaline Expansion Pack Trailer
Bayonetta E3 Trailer
PS3 Themes
Anime MBM 4 PS3 ($1.49)
Farmer’s Daughter PS3 Theme ($1.99)
Ink Skulls PS3 Theme ($1.49)
Sniper Girls PS3 Theme ($1.49)
PlayStation Store for PSP
Downloadable Games
Capcom Classics Collection Remixed ($19.99) Mind Quiz ($9.99)
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Essentials ($19.99)
Rock Band Unplugged
“Losing My Religion” — R.E.M. ($1.99)
“Sin Wagon” — Dixie Chicks ($1.99)
Game Videos
Pulse 7/2 Edition
PSP Themes
Anime MBM 7 PSP Theme ($0.99)
Anime MBM 8 PSP Theme ($0.99)
4th of July PSP Theme 1 ($0.99)
4th of July PSP Theme 2 ($0.99)
Farmer’s Daughter PSP Theme ($1.49)
Ink Skulls PSP Theme ($1.49)
Sniper Girls PSP Theme ($1.49)
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Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Free Quest - Steve Riach |
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| Capcom announced that there is a brand new free quest for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite available today. All you have to do is load up the game on your PSP, and then click Download at start menu. You’ll need a wireless connection to connect, and you’ll go to the bonus page. From there you can hit download to grab your new quest. In this new quest, Triumvirate of Sands, you’ll have three monsters to take on out in the desert – a Daimyo Hermitaur, Tigrex, and Plesioth. Yikes! But it’s well worth it as you stand a chance to make 12300z!
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Madden NFL 10 Season Preview - NFC East - Steve Riach |
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| Electronic Arts continues their Madden NFL 10 Season Preview with a look at each team’s overall rating and individual player ratings with a focus on the NFC East division. It all culminates on August 3rd, where Madden NFL 10 will predict the 2009 NFL division winners, season MVP, and more. Up next week: the AFC North.
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GameTap Additions - Steve Riach |
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| GameTap adds the following games to their catalogue this week for Gold level members: Runaway: Dream of the Turtle. The selection of free games also continues to grow with the addition of Rogue Trooper, for one week only.
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Black Eyed Peas Headline Lips DLC - Steve Riach |
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| Whether you’re harmonizing in a group or singing duets, the newest Game Add-ons for Lips create the perfect reasons to enjoy a night in with your friends. This month, everyone can shake it to the rhythm of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back”; get get get to know Junior Senior’s “Can I Get Get Get”; or create a romantic mood with Jesse McCartney’s ballad “Just So You Know”; along with other tunes available throughout July for 160 Microsoft Points each. Everyone can also “Get The Party Started” on July 10th with a P!nk song pack, as three of her biggest hits including “So What” will be available to download together for 440 Microsoft Points.
Available July 3
Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-a-Lot
The Next Movement – The Roots
Shut Up – The Black Eyed Peas
Available July 10
Get The Party Started - P!nk
Don't Let Me Get Me - P!nk
So What – P!nk
P!nk Song Pack featuring all three songs
Available July 17
Just So You know –Jesse McCartney
Hey Mama – The Black Eyed Peas
Can I Get Get Get – Junior Senior
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Play as Your Avatar in Madballs - Steve Riach |
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| Playbrains announced today a new and very personal way to play with your friends over Xbox Live. For the first time in any Xbox Live Arcade game, gamers will be able to take full control of their custom Avatar as a playable, in-game character through "Avatar Attack" mode in Madballs in...Babo:Invasion. The game is scheduled to launch this summer.
By selecting the "Avatar Attack" mode from the multiplayer Skirmish menu in MiBI gamers will be given the option to use their custom Avatar as a fully-controllable in-game character. Once selected, the "Decappuccino Machine," in a very sanitary manner, will painlessly separate the Avatar's head from its body where it will then be fitted and equipped with some heavy hitting and highly explosive artillery! And unlike the bright gooey mess that Madballs and other Babo spew when they take damage, each Avatar head is hand-filled by the loving and caring folks at Playbrains with only the finest confetti to ensure a pleasant and colorful display upon destruction.
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Namco Bandai Gets Dragon Ball Z Rights - Steve Riach |
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| Namco Bandai today confirmed that it has secured exclusive North American rights to publish future official videogames for the anime and manga series, Dragon Ball across all major consoles and hand held platforms. This agreement will run for five years beginning in January 2010 and supersedes the existing rights granted to publish titles on the Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 3, PSP, and Xbox 360. Additionally, Namco Bandai has secured the right to initially publish three titles in 2009, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo exclusively for Wii, and Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans exclusively for Nintendo DS.
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Little King's Story is Gold - Steve Riach |
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| XSEED Games and Marvelous Entertainment USA announced today that Little King's Story has gone gold and will ship to stores on July 21st. The Wii-exclusive title features life-simulation, real-time strategy, and adventure elements all packaged into a storybook adventure title.
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Roogoo Ships for Wii and DS - Steve Riach |
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| SouthPeak Games today announced the release of two new additions to the Roogoo series: Roogoo Twisted Towers for Wii and Roogoo Attack! for Nintendo DS.
Roogoo Twisted Towers and Roogoo Attack! follow the delightfully endearing Roogoos through colorful (and Meemoo infested) worlds as they fight to save Planet Roo. Using the world-saving power of meteor shapes, players must rotate platforms in myriads of different formations all the while strategizing on the fly and collecting quick-falling shapes. Players will get hooked on the invigorating gameplay that requires fast thinking, determination and grit; leaving players craving more action and adventure after each level. As an added bonus, the Wii and Nintendo DS versions can wirelessly connect and unlock 20 bonus levels within each title!
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Grandmaster Flash in DJ Hero - Steve Riach |
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| Musical legend Grandmaster Flash, the first DJ to make the turntable an instrument, is coming to DJ Hero, joining the list of DJs who will appear as in-game characters and who have created mixes exclusively for the game. Along with contributing two never-before-released mixes, Grandmaster Flash lends his voice and DJ know-how to the game’s tutorial level, schooling players on the game mechanics and the turntable controller. To top it off, FreeStyle Games created an exclusive mix using two of Grandmaster Flash’s original creations – “Boom” and “Tap.” Get ready to play as one of the founding fathers of hip-hop and experience his turntable talents in Grandmaster Flash’s Herbie Hancock "Rockit" vs. N.E.R.D. "Lapdance" and Grandmaster Flash "Here Comes My DJ" vs. Gary Numan "Cars" mixes.
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Alpha Protocol Dated - Steve Riach |
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| Sega today announced that Alpha Protocol, Obsidian's espionage RPG, will ship to retailers nationwide on October 6th for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
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Spore Galactic Celebrates 4th of July - Steve Riach |
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| To help celebrate 4th of July, the developers at Maxis have created two holiday-themed missions for Spore Galactic Adventures. The adventures, entitled ‘How a Bill Becomes Law’ and ‘Kaboom!,’ are both available for download today.
‘How a Bill Becomes a Law’ - The Spoffit species are in trouble and you need to pass legislation to save them! A fun twist on a civics lesson and inspired by the 1970s TV show Schoolhouse Rock, you must lobby, ultimately turning a bill into a law.
‘Kaboom!’ - It's time for a Fourth of July celebration! The picnic is all set up, the fire’s ready for s’mores, but there's a problem with the fireworks display. Can you help the Independence Day picnic go off with a BANG?
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Treasure World Ships - Steve Riach |
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| Aspyr announced today that Treasure World for the Nintendo DS has shipped to stores nationwide.
Treasure World is the world’s largest treasure hunt with hundreds of millions of treasure spots around the world. Players use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to find Wi-Fi signals, DS and Wii systems and other wireless signals to collect treasures. Each of these signals delivers one of thousands of new treasure collectibles. A vast amount of treasures await to be found, ranging from traditional scenery such as flowers, statues and tiki torches, to iconic landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and Big Ben, to holiday themed items like jack-o-lanterns and snow men. In addition, players can unlock new attire for their character and offer limitless possibilities for customization, including Panda, Feline, Ninja and Anime costumes. And along the way, players accumulate in-game currency to purchase additional treasures.
They can then use their treasures to decorate their in-game world and create musical compositions. Each treasure even has its own sound associated with it such as a guitar, piano or trumpet. So when the treasure is placed on the ground players can create their very own music tracks. Players can then upload their DS save data to the official website and show off their treasures, world creations, character disguises and musical creations to other players around the world. The website even has a built in real world treasure map that allows users to place pins in order to show where they found their treasures.
Sign up to become a member of Club Treasure World and you'll be automatically entered to win your very own copy of the game and a Nintendo DSi system. Deadline to enter is July 31st.
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Battlefield 1943 Dated - Steve Riach |
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| DICE today announced that Battlefield 1943 will be exclusively available July 8th on Xbox Live Marketplace and July 9th on the PlayStation Network. Battlefield 1943 is an all-new download-only action game that brings DICE’s vehicular warfare to gamers for $14.99, or 1200 Microsoft Points.
Battlefield 1943 is a first-person shooter multiplayer game that puts players in the middle of a dogfight on land, sea or in the skies. The game introduces two thrilling new modes that can be played across four classic Battlefield tropical WWII maps: Wake Island, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and Coral Sea. These maps are inspired by the Battlefield 1942 game, but have been redesigned and reengineered using the DICE destructible Frostbite engine which takes down walls, blockades and cover spots, leaving players with almost nowhere to hide.
The Coral Sea map which is included in the game will be unlocked as part of a worldwide community challenge, where players will work together to reach 43M kills on both Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. To help gamers reach that goal, up to 24 players can play together online in countless matches. They will have the freedom to compete by land, air and sea as either the US Marines or the Imperial Japanese Navy. Whether they choose to play the role of a rifleman crawling through the trenches, a steel-fisted tank commander, or a dog fighting ace pilot, gamers will have the power to rule the Battlefield.
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Risen Dated - Steve Riach |
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| Deep Silver announced today that Risen will make its international debut on October 2nd. The new RPG from Piranha Bytes, the developers of Gothic, has already entered Beta phase. Risen will be available for the Xbox 360 and PC.
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Green Day Headlines Rock Band DLC - Steve Riach |
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| Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that three exclusive tracks from multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winners Green Day, as well as eight songs from artists performing at the premiere of the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, will be added to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.
Tracks
Green Day - “21 Guns”
Green Day - “East Jesus Nowhere”
Green Day - “Know Your Enemy"
Behemoth - “Conquer All”
Black Dahlia Murder - “What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse”
Cannibal Corpse - “Hammer Smashed Face”
God Forbid - “Empire of the Gun”
Job for a Cowboy - “Embedded"
Marilyn Manson - “Disposable Teens”
Slayer - “Black Magic”
Whitechapel - “This Is Exile”
The tracks will be available starting July 7th for the Xbox 360 and Wii, and July 9th for PS3. Each individual track will be available for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points, 200 Wii Points), $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points) for the Green Day Pack, and $13.49 (1,080 Microsoft Points) for the Mayhem Pack.
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New Nancy Drew Game Announced - Steve Riach |
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| Her Interactive today announced the second title in its Nancy Drew Dossier series, Resorting to Danger, available for online download and retail purchase this August.
In Resorting to Danger, players assume the role of Nancy Drew as she sets out to foil a prankster bent on sabotaging the Redondo Spa. The Redondo Spa is a sanctuary to the rich and famous and with clients’ retreats in jeopardy, Nancy goes undercover as a general assistant to unearth clues, interview suspects and solve daunting puzzles in order to determine who is planting bombs at the spa. With six alternate endings, players can tackle Resorting to Danger again and again from different approaches and scenarios.
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The Punisher: No Mercy Launches on PSN - Steve Riach |
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| ZEN Studios today announced that its Marvel Comics-inspired first-person shooter The Punisher: No Mercy is available now on PlayStation Network.
The Punisher: No Mercy delivers a fast-paced multiplayer experience loaded with original and comic-inspired in-game taunts, as well as access to a wide array of weaponry, intense combat and deafening destruction. Players can fight alongside or take on an eclectic mix of Punisher allies and villains in a series of arena-style multiplayer matches that feature solo and team-based missions for up to eight players. Battle arenas span from shipyards rife with contraband to the “birthplace” of Jigsaw, the Punisher’s archenemy.
In addition to the exceptional online gameplay, No Mercy also boasts a single-player campaign where players can unleash their vengeance on hordes of villains while unfolding an original storyline that’s brought to life with exclusive artwork from acclaimed Marvel artist Mike Deodato.
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Cake Mania 3 Announced - Steve Riach |
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| Majesco and Sandlot Games today announced Cake Mania 3 for Nintendo DS. Expected to release in early fall, Cake Mania 3 features all-new bakeries, bakery upgrades, kitchen customization, customers and mini-games.
Cake Mania 3 boasts new features that will attract everyone from loyal fans to first time players. More than 80 new levels, 30 new customers and 6 beautiful time-spanning environments test Jill's speed and efficiency. Gamers will meet the challenge of spell-casting Egyptian Pharaohs, Dinosaurs with dangerous appetites, and impatient Medieval English princes with a myriad of exciting new kitchen upgrades. In addition, players can unlock three new mini games, and for the first time in the series, change Jill's outfits throughout the game. So no matter the era, she'll never be out of style!
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Grease Announced - Steve Riach |
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| 505 Games today announced it has secured the global publishing rights for a video game based on the original high school musical, Grease. Working in collaboration with Paramount Digital Entertainment, 505 Games will oversee and publish a Grease video game for the Wii and Nintendo DS.
The Grease video game will allow players to sing and dance alongside Danny, Sandy, The Pink Ladies and the T-Birds. The game will take full advantage of the Wii's motion-sensing controls and microphone, and the DS's touch screen to create exciting gameplay for casual and family gamers eager to experience Grease in a new medium.
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NBA 2K10 Anniversary Edition Revealed - Steve Riach |
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| To celebrate 10 years of NBA 2K franchise, 2K Sports today announced that the NBA 2K10: Anniversary Edition is planned for release this fall for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. NBA 2K10: Anniversary Edition will come packaged in a specially designed 2K Sports locker configured for game storage, and include exclusive items featuring 2009 NBA Finals MVP, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, along with a special commemorative video looking back on 10 years of the NBA 2K franchise and its past cover athletes.
As part of a limited edition offering of only 30,000 copies, each NBA 2K10: Anniversary Edition will be individually numbered for authenticity. Fans can now preorder their copy online and at local retail outlets across the country. Ten lucky fans will have the rare opportunity to find an autographed Kobe Bryant fine-art print, designed by Shepard Fairey’s Studio Number One, which will be hidden and randomly packaged among the different lockers. Gamers with Xbox Live and PlayStation Network membership will also be able to enjoy special privileges for NBA 2K10: Anniversary Edition, including exclusive access to an online lobby - the Gold Room - where celebrities and other VIP members will go to play, and only players with the Anniversary Edition will be allowed to enter.
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Red Faction: Guerilla DLC Coming - Steve Riach |
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| THQ today announced plans to release three downloadable content packs for Red Faction: Guerrilla, starting with Demons of the Badlands scheduled to be released on August 13th. Demons of the Badlands will feature a destructive single-player mission arc that takes place in a new Mars landscape outside of the game’s expansive world. The pack will be available on Xbox Live for 800 Microsoft Points and PlayStation Network for $9.99. THQ also announced plans to release two additional content packs later this year.
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Mega Man Star Force 3 Ships - Steve Riach |
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| Capcom today announced that Mega Man Star Force 3 for Nintendo DS has shipped to stores nationwide. Mega Man Star Force 3 comes in two different versions, Black Ace and Red Joker, allowing friends to share unique items and powers utilizing the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, enhancing their individual characters.
As in the previous games, Mega Man Star Force 3 is a unique blend of an action and role-playing game, combining the high intensity combat that is the hallmark of Mega Man games with Star Force’s strategic battle system. By defeating enemies and boss characters, players earn “battle cards” that enhance and evolve Mega Man’s abilities and attacks.
New to Mega Man Star Force 3 are “Noise Changes,” random enhancements that change Mega Man’s form and unlock new abilities. The two versions of the game, Black Ace and Red Joker, each have over 100 unique Noise Types that can be combined with Mega Man to unlock elemental powers based on earth, air, water and fire. The new Noise feature will add an exciting randomness to battles, encouraging players to explore, collect and battle across the digital world of Mega Man Star Force 3.
In Mega Man Star Force 3, players travel between the physical world and the digital world via electromagnetic waves that form “wave roads.” Geo Stelar, the protagonist of the game, can see these wave roads by using his unique “visualizer” tool. Once in the digital world, Geo can merge with the electronic life-form known as Omega-Xis to become Mega Man. The wave roads are being overrun by mysterious “noise” that change the player’s environment and powers in different ways. This noise is being generated by an approaching gigantic meteor that threatens both the physical and digital worlds of Mega Man Star Force 3, forcing Geo Stellar and his crew to fight the oncoming threat to save two worlds. Fortunately, Mega Man discovers that he can control the Noise, using the new “Noise Change” system to transform into many different forms, including the ultimate “Black Ace” or “Red Joker” forms.
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Maloof Money Cup to Debut in Skate 2 - Steve Riach |
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| Electronic Arts announced today that starting July 9th gamers can download and compete in Skate 2’s Maloof Money Cup Pack, based on the largest pursed event in the history of professional skateboarding. The pack will be available in the PlayStation Store for $3.00 and on Xbox Live Marketplace for 240 points.
Skate 2’s Maloof Money Cup Pack will feature separate gameplay events both online and offline – freeskate, single player vert and street contests that put gamers against world class pros, and an online mode in which gamers will be able to compete against their friends in new activities and challenges for bragging rights. Xbox 360 gamers get an added bonus as there are 250 achievement points up for grabs.
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ships - Steve Riach |
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| Activision and Twentieth Century Fox announced today that Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs has shipped to stores nationwide for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS.
The Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs video game takes players on a quest through the frozen tundra to a lush jungle teeming with mysterious plants, fierce dinosaurs, wild new adventures and all-new friends. Offering more than six playable characters, the game allows fans to master the unique abilities and combat skills of each through continuously changing gameplay challenges. Every level presents new and exciting opportunities to defeat enemies with Sid's spin attack, utilize Buck's lasso to swing across treacherous landscapes, avoid obstacles as Scrat using his wall jumping and ceiling crawling abilities and escape from perilous situations flying on the back of a pterodactyl with Buck, Crash and Eddie. In addition, up to four players can share the Ice Age experience in eight competitive multiplayer mini-games.
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| Madworld Soundtrack Released - Steve Riach |
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| Sumthing Else Music Works, through its licensing relationship with Sega, presents Madworld Official Soundtrack featuring 20 original HipHop songs from the third person action game developed by Platinum Games. Madworld Official Soundtrack is released today to retail outlets through Sumthing Else Music Works, and will be available for digital download on Sumthing Digital and iTunes. Madworld Official Soundtrack includes all 20 original songs from the game produced by Platinum Games composer Naoto Tanaka in collaboration with HipHop and Rap artists OX, Doujah Raze, Sick-YG, Bandy Leggz, Wordsmith, S.O.U.L. Purpose, and Optimus.
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Drug Wars Launches on Steam - Steve Riach |
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| Paleo Entertainment today announced that Drug Wars, a futuristic first-person shooter for PC, has invaded Steam and is available now for $9.99.
Paleo’s twelve-man team has bent the complex CryEngine 2 to their will, assembling a gritty, gory romp through a futuristic New York City, circa 3100, where severe global warming conditions have resulted in a harsh divide between upper-class Brooklyn gang bosses and a booming population of engineered Neanderthal bottom-dwellers.
Armed with a deadly variety of weapons, including everything from a biomechanical arm to environmental objects (use your enemy’s dismembered appendages against them!), jump into Drug Wars’ blistering singleplayer campaign, MOB, an updated, reworked version of Paleo’s first major release, or light bitches up in Drug Wars’ frenetic multiplayer action, featuring deathmatch, team deathmatch, and unique Capture The Drugs objective-based games for up to 32 players.
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Infernal: Hell's Vengeance Ships - Steve Riach |
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| Playlogic announced today that Infernal: Hell's Vengeance for the Xbox 360 has shipped to stores nationwide.
Infernal: Hell’s Vengeance tells the story of Ryan Lennox, a fallen angel who is recruited by the powers of hell to fight “Etherlight”, heaven’s own secret agency, who is ready to unfold a plot against humanity of epic proportions. Take Ryan through a fascinating plot of paranormal intrigue and deception across a variety of US and European locations, including ancient monastery catacombs and secret mountain hideouts, before facing the ultimate showdown. Armed with a rich loadout of standard and exotic weapons, help Ryan use his hellish new powers to teleport, levitate and fire molten blasts of otherworldly energy, all on his quest to reveal the secret behind Etherlight’s plans, unleashing hell one bullet at a time.
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Water Warfare on WiiWare - Steve Riach |
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| Hudson Entertainment today announced Water Warfare, the family-friendly “soaker” is now live for download exclusively for WiiWare for 800 Wii Points.
In Water Warfare, players go head to head or team up as they run around playgrounds and beaches to drench each other with squirt guns. They’ll be able to protect themselves with, what else, raincoats, towels and more. There are other items too, like the umbrella, which can attack and defend at the same time! With different types of squirt guns, pick-up items, offline and eight player online multiplayer, there’s tons of squirt gun fun to be had. Throughout the game, players use the Nunchuk to control movement, aim using the Wii Remote, and can load up on varied squirt guns, such as shotguns and rocket launchers, to soak their opponents.
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Aspyr Announces Dreamkiller - Steve Riach |
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| Aspyr Media and Mindware Studios today announced Dreamkiller, coming to the Xbox 360 and PC this Fall. A first-person shooter, Dreamkiller takes gamers inside the dark and twisted nightmares of tortured souls possessed by unknown forces.
Gamers will take on the role of Alice Drake, a psychologist with the extraordinary ability to enter the minds of her patients and combat the ravenous foes haunting their dreams. Utilizing a host of fantastic weapons and her own special abilities, Alice confronts our common demons only to discover an even deeper menace reigns within. The ultimate showdown becomes inevitable between that which would torment and she who will protect, and only one force will prevail amidst a variety of dreamscapes as varied and bizarre as the human mind itself.
Dreamkiller features 12 rich levels of single-player gameplay each laced with swarms of hideous and disturbing enemies reflecting the mind’s infinite palette of fear. The onslaught continues with numerous multiplayer modes and a host of over-the-top weapons and supernatural abilities.
Screenshots - Dreamkiller (c) Aspyr
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Rock Band Unplugged DLC Live - Steve Riach |
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| Harmonix and MTV Games today announced four new tracks available for download in Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP. These four tracks join the 10 already released at launch via the Rock Band Unplugged in-game music store. Each track is available for $1.99.
Tracks
Avenged Sevenfold - “Afterlife”
Dream Theater - "Constant Motion"
Mötley Crüe - "Dr. Feelgood"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Sex Type Thing"
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Sorry! Sliders on XBLA - Steve Riach |
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| The Hasbro Family Game Night collection is now complete as Sorry! Sliders joins the lineup of family-friendly board games on Xbox Live Arcade.
In this exciting new spin on Sorry!, apologies are scarce and competition is intense as players slide and collide their pawns and “knock out” their opponents and take control of the board in this aim, slide and score target game. In the XBLA version, players can connect with friends online or battle it out locally with family at home in the game’s Original, Advanced, Custom, and Battle Boxes modes.
Sorry! Sliders joins Connect Four, Battleship, Yahtzee, Scrabble, Sorry! and Boggle on the Hasbro Family Game Night destination in Xbox Live Arcade, where it is now available for 800 Microsoft Points.
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NCAA Football 10 Road to Glory - Steve Riach |
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| Television sports reporter Erin Andrews will be featured as the host of Road to Glory, a new mode in NCAA Football 10 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Road to Glory is a broadcast-style video presentation in which Andrews and Kirk Herbstreit chronicle your career as a college student athlete.
The new Road to Glory mode allows you to choose a position, embark on a college career and then reflect on your greatest moments through video presentations presented by Andrews. For the first time ever, your actual in-game highlights will be featured in these broadcast-style presentations. Plus, an all-new, completely redesigned 3-D dorm room prominently displays triumphant moments through photos, trophies, NCAA Football news and more. New online leaderboards allow you to compare your legend versus every other legend across the nation. The comparison of each position can be sorted by everyone who is playing that particular position with the same team, the same conference or can be compared across all NCAA teams.
In addition to hosting Road to Glory, Andrews is also featured as a sideline reporter in NCAA Football 10. The game will be available July 14th for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP and PlayStation 2.
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Pearl Jam Headlines Rock Band Wii DLC - Steve Riach |
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| Harmonix and MTV Games today announced 16 tracks from artists including Mission of Burma, Pearl Jam, The Offspring and more coming this week to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content for the Wii. Each track is available for $2.00 (200 Wii Points).
Tracks
Deep Purple - “Space Truckin’”
George Thorogood - “Bad to the Bone”
Harvey Danger - “Cream and Bastards Rise”
In This Moment - “Forever”
Lacuna Coil - “Closer”
Lacuna Coil - “Swamped”
Mission of Burma - “Mica”
Mission of Burma - “That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate”
Mission of Burma - “That’s When I Reach for My Revolver”
The Offspring - “Gone Away”
The Offspring - “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)”
Panic at the Disco - “She’s a Handsome Woman”
Pearl Jam - “Brother”
Pearl Jam - “Alive (Live: Drop in the Park)”
Pearl Jam - “State of Love and Trust (Live: Drop in the Park)”
Snow Patrol - “Take Back the City”
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FFXI Add-On Scenario Pre-Sale Date - Steve Riach |
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| Square Enix today announced that the second add-on scenario for Final Fantasy XI, their MMO, will begin pre-sale on July 5th. Titled “A Moogle Kupo d’Etat – Evil in Small Doses,” this upcoming add-on scenario will launch simultaneously worldwide later this summer.
Beginning on July 5th, “A Moogle Kupo d’Etat – Evil in Small Doses” will be available for pre-purchase for $9.99 via the PlayOnline Viewer. Slated to launch at the end of July following the next Final Fantasy XI version update, players whose in-game character’s main job level is at least 10 can begin to enjoy this new content. Introducing a brand-new story arc, this new scenario requires the purchase and installation of Rise of the Silart, the first expansion pack in the Final Fantasy XI series.
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Reel Fishing Challenge on WiiWare - Steve Riach |
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| Natsume announced today that
Reel Fishing Challenge has been released for digital download on WiiWare.
Reel Fishing Challenge offers a fun and challenging experience for
novice fishers and master anglers alike. Put your skills to the test
and discover new types of fish in the challenging mission mode, or
relax and enjoy the game at your own pace in free play mode. No matter
which mode you play, the game's beautiful graphics and natural setting
bring the fishing experience to life. Each fish looks and moves so
much like the real thing, you might mistake your TV for an aquarium!
As an added bonus, players who have Reel Fishing Angler's Dream for the
Wii can unlock bonus missions and additional fish in Reel Fishing
Challenge.
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| Banjo-Kazooie Soundtrack Released - Steve Riach |
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| Sumthing Else Music Works, through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, presents Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Original Soundtrack featuring the original music score from the third installment of the Banjo-Kazooie series developed by Rare. The soundtrack album will be released on June 30th to retail outlets through Sumthing Else Music, and will be available for digital download on Sumthing Digital and iTunes. The Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Original Soundtrack features original musical compositions by Robin Beanland (Killer Instinct, Conker's Bad Fur Day), Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie) and David Clynick (Perfect Dark, Perfect Dark Zero).
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