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News Briefs (5-29-09)

UbiSoft announced it has three titles in the works based on classic game shows. Press Your Luck 2010, The Price is Right 2010 and Family Feud 2010 are headed to the Wii, DS and PC. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   The original Wolfenstein 3D is headed to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade next week. The title will also tie in to the upcoming Wolfenstein to be released later this summer.   The famed title that created an entire video game genre, ...

More News Briefs (5-29-09)

Trauma Team for the Wii is announced. This is the latest in the line of Trauma Center games and will arrive later this year.   Encounter unprecedented depth across six distinct fields of medicine: play as a general surgeon, diagnostician, E.M.T., orthopedic surgeon, endoscope technician, and medical examiner.  Follow the story as never before with all-new dynamic story sequences inspired by Japanese animation and comics; each dramatic chapter comes vividly to life with distinct style!  Hand-drawn art, ...

Hitting Balls Online

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that EA Tiburon, the development studio of the best-selling* golf simulation Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® franchise, is introducing an innovative and ground-breaking new product - Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® Online.  Available this fall, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Online is an authentic golf simulation experience that is dynamically streamed to a web browser and requires no game installation, no disc, and no additional peripherals. This game ...

More Burning

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Flying Lab Software has introduced Skirmish, a PvP system for its flagship MMORPG title Pirates of the Burning Sea.  Skirmish gives players a new way to create their own risk-free PvP battles both on land and at sea . Using a customizable lobby system, players can create swashbuckling or ship battles with up to 48 participants.  There are no national or career restrictions on skirmish battles, so it’s a great way for societies ...

More DJ Hero Info

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Jay-Z and Eminem – two of the music industry’s most influential and successful artists – will join DJ Hero™, the highly-anticipated new game that is bringing DJ culture and new music genres including hip-hop, electronic, R&B and soul music to the successful Guitar Hero® platform, Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today.   Jay-Z and Eminem will contribute some of their popular songs to DJ Hero and will collaborate on a special branded edition ...

Battle For The New Map

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced that Battlefield 1943™ will kick off a worldwide community challenge that, when achieved, will reward players by unlocking a fourth map called Coral Sea. The WWII Coral Sea map will be unlocked when the multiplayer community achieves 43M kills on Xbox Live and the same number on PlayStation®Network. When it ships this summer, Battlefield 1943 will include three maps (Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, and ...

More Blu Film

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE On September 8, Warner Home Video will release 10 new Blu-ray titles.   The titles being released are Catwoman, Creepshow, Dead Calm, Freddy vs. Jason, The New World Extended Cut, Over the Top, The Postman, Snakes on a Plane, Sphere And Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003).  Each will be available for $28.99 SRP.    About the Films   Catwoman: Patience Philips is dead – and more alive than ever. Murdered after she learns the secret behind a cosmetic ...

DJ Info

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE DJ Hero™ will drop the needle on one of the most anticipated new video games of 2009 with a completely fresh experience and legendary artists including Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent, Justice, Marvin Gaye, Beck, Beastie Boys and N.E.R.D.  DJ Hero features more than 100 individual songs that have been transformed into more than 80 exclusive, original mixes by superstar DJs including DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip and DJ AM.  With an innovative, ...

Taking Flight In June

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE CompuExpert announced today that it will be the exclusive North American distributor for the PC flight-simulation Rise of Flight: The First Great Air War, developed by Russian developer neoqb and published by 777 Studios. Rise of Flight will be released on June 17, 2009, and will be available at traditional retail outlets as well as major online game retailers including GoGamer.com and Amazon.   Rise of Flight is the eagerly anticipated World War I ...

Next Year’s Race

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE    SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® America, Inc., today announced Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, a fast and furious battle to the finish line in this supercharged racer.  Developed for the Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Wii™ system, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and the Nintendo DS™., Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing will speed into stores in early 2010.   In a frantic battle to the checkered flag, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars ...

More Girls

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Take another exclusive peek into the private lives of Playboy’s most famous cover girls and the man who made Holly, Bridget and Kendra household names in “The Girls Next Door” Season Five arriving on DVD June 23 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.  Experience the most exciting and emotionally charged season yet as the legendary Hugh Hefner and his three leading ladies live a life of luxury with exotic travels, lavish parties ...

Fringe On Disc

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Teleportation. Mind control. Invisibility. Astral projection. Mutation. Reanimation. Phenomena that exist on the Fringe of science unleash their strange powers in this thrilling, critically-acclaimed series, as Warner Home Video releases Fringe: The Complete First Season on DVD and Blu-rayT82; Hi Def on September 8, 2009 for $59.98/ $79.98.    Featuring a collectible lenticular slipcase, and packed with nearly 6 hours of special features, including featurettes, production diaries, producer and writer commentaries, deleted scenes, gag ...

More Office Coming Home

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE The laugh-out-loud, documentary-style look at the professional and personal lives of the employees of struggling paper supplier Dunder Mifflin, The Office: Season Five comes to Blu-ray™ Hi-Def and DVD on September 8, 2009 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment – the first of the hilarious series to be presented on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def! All 26 hilarious Season Five episodes of the Primetime Emmy® Award-winning series— including two extended episodes—come together in a must-own five-disc ...

Live Balls The Summer

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Playbrains, an independent game development studio specializing in the digital download arena, are proud to announce that their debut console title, Madballs in Babo Invasion, will be releasing on Xbox LIVE(R) Arcade in Summer of 2009. A gameplay rich, feature laden 'casually hardcore' action shooter, Madballs in Babo: Invasion (MiBI) is that rarest of gaming commodities; a genuinely unique title. Featuring the recently re-released Madballs (tm) characters, Oculus Orbus(tm) and Horn Head(tm), from ...

49ers Bowl Wins On Disc

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Warner Home Video (WHV) and NFL Films  bring you their A-game with the release of NFL San Francisco 49ers Five Greatest Games: Super Bowl Victories.  The five-disc collector’s set includes the original network broadcasts of every San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl game on DVD for the first time.  NFL San Francisco 49ers Five Greatest Games: Super Bowl Victories will be available for $39.92 SRP and will hit stores on August 25, 2009, ...

Season In Review

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE The 2008 season was an unforgettable year in NFL history that featured a myriad of extraordinary moments, first-time achievements and never-before-seen plays,  culminating with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ record-setting sixth Super Bowl victory.  Now, in time for the start of the 2009 season, Warner Home Video (WHV), the National Football League (NFL) and NFL Films have teamed to give NFL fans the opportunity to relive and rewind the defining moments of the 2008 ...

Winning Giants On Disc

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE New York Giants faithful will have the opportunity to relive many of Big Blue’s greatest moments when Warner Home Video (WHV), the National Football League (NFL), and NFL Films release NFL New York Giants 10 Greatest Games on August 25th, 2009.  Fans will be able to own a piece of Giants history with this 10-disc collectible that gives instant access to many of the amazing moments in team history for an SRP ...

News Briefs (5-28-09)

Warner Brothers Interactive has announced it will have a new line of games in the Lord of the rings franchise. Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest is in development for the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii and DS.   In The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, preparations are underway in Hobbiton for a great party to welcome Aragorn, King of Gondor, and honor Samwise Gamgee for his service during the War of the Ring.  The ...

More News Briefs (5-28-09)

Theatre of War II: Africa 1943 gets patched up to version 1.1.0   ·         Improved RAM handling on 32 bit systems (especially Vista) ·         "Save As..." function added to Map Editor ·         Soldier reaction time decreased ·         You can now play gunfire sounds in encyclopedia (left-click on gun icon) ·         Multiplayer server search system for compatibility with certain networks improved ·         SmartPause mode customization added ·         Many other fixes and enhancements ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Another batch of PS3 “Greatest Hits” is set for launching on June 16. ...

Elton John DVD Giveaway

Digital Entertainment News is very pleased to have a copy of Elton John's DVD of The Red Piano to give away. This DVD captures the performer during his phenomenal run in Las Vegas.   To enter, simply send your name, address and age to contest [at] digitialentertainmentnews [dot] com before noon (PDT) June 8, 2009. Please put “empty sky” in the subject line. The giveaway is open to residents of the United States ages 13 and older. ...

Spy Game

My problem with Spy Game is that it comes across more like a pilot for a television series than as a film. There is no villain, no real plot, just two hours of character introduction. This isn’t meant to be a bad thing, but it is necessary going into the film in order to fully enjoy it for what it is.       What is it? Something like A Star Is Born, but for the Central Intelligence Agency. ...

Tarzan’s Peril

It takes 15 minutes for Tarzan to show up and over an hour for tha famous yell. This lets viewers know just where the film lies within the Tarzan franchise. At 80 minutes, it feels much longer because there is actually very little of Tarzan in the film. Somehow Tarzan’s Peril is still enjoyable.     The “proper” Tarzan film franchise has 28 film and five lead actors. While the franchise would never hit the heights it had ...

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Less than five minutes into Wolverine, the player gets a clue that the game isn’t like any other licensed game they've played before.  In the opening cutscene, Wolverine and his teammates are in a helicopter on their way to a mission when the chopper gets shot down.  The player controls Wolverine as he freefalls, avoiding gun and mortar fire on the way down, only to land hands-first, claws-extended on an enemy who bursts into a cloud ...

A DVD Son

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE A venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and revenge, Nobel Son, a “flashy and eccentric thriller” (Los Angeles Times) arriving on DVD June 9th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.  Receiving critical acclaim during the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival, Nobel Son follows Barkley Michaelson, a 20 something-year-old in a life rut struggling to finish his Ph.D thesis.  Always cast in the shadow of his highly accomplished father Eli Michaelson, the estranged ...

News Briefs (5-27-09)

Flower, Sun & Rain for the Nintendo DS has finished development. Look for the title to ship out to retail June 16.   On the tropical island of Lospass sits a seaside resort called Flower, Sun, and Rain. On the surface, this island oasis resembles everything you would find on a picturesque vacation; swimming pools, the bright shining sun and an ocean paradise waiting to invigorate even the weariest of travelers. However, all is not as it ...

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