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News Briefs (3-20-10)

The list of songs coming next week for Rock Band and LEGO Rock Band (denoted by +) ·         X – “Blue Spark” + ·         X – “The Hungry Wolf” ·         X – “I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts” ·         X – “Los Angeles” ·         Little Fish – “Am I Crazy” + ·         Little Fish – “Bang Bang” * ·         Little Fish – “Darling Dear” * ·         Ace Frehley – “Outer Space” ·         Carrie Underwood – “All-American Girl” + ·         OneRepublic – “Stop & Stare” + ………………..………………..………………..……………….. MapleStory ...

News Briefs (3-18-10)

A game based on the hit summer television series Wipeout is coming for the Wii and DS. Look for it to be available just before the new season airs. In Wipeout: The Game, players will prove they have what it takes to make it to the grand finale “Wipeout Zone” for their chance to be proclaimed champion. Four players can compete at the same time, even allowing players to hurl objects at and taunt their opponents. ...

A Dead Design Contest

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Have you ever played a videogame and thought “wouldn’t it be cool if…” Well, Visceral Games™ announced that fans of the critically-acclaimed Dead Space™ franchise can make their “what if” dreams a reality. This is their chance to design a kill and get it in the game. Players can submit ...

New Briefs (3-17-10)

A new trailer for Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey for the Nintendo DS is now available for viewing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaGTapB7ufc ………………..………………..………………..……………….. A three comic series exploring Square Enix’s upcoming RPG Nier is being created by DC Comics/Wildstorm and will be available on the game’s official website as well as through Xbox Live and PlayStation Network from now through April 27. The comics will reveal tantalizing clues about key characters from the game, including the title-character Nier; his disease-stricken daughter, Yonah; ...

Skating Into May

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Black Box, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that SKATE™ 3, the latest installment in the award-winning franchise, will be in stores in North America on May 11th, 2010 and worldwide on May 14th, 2010. Redefining the skateboarding experience, SKATE 3 breaks new ground by ...

News Briefs (3-16-10)

An Xbox 360 demo for Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction will be available Thursday, with the game shipping for the Xbox 360 and PC April 13. The single-player demo will feature the opening segment of the Michigan Avenue Reservoir level and serve as an introduction to the game’s core gameplay mechanics for Splinter Cell fans. Gamers will have the opportunity to find out for themselves why brand-new innovative features such as Mark and Execute and Last ...

Astro Headset Ready

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE ASTRO Gaming, creator of premium video gaming equipment for professional gamers, has launched the ASTRO A30 Cross-Gaming Headset, a professional-grade cross-gaming platform audio solution for gamers on-the-go.  The ASTRO A30 Cross-Gaming Headset features a lightweight street-smart design and delivers tournament-level audio quality and crystal-clear voice communication across all types of digital entertainment devices including gaming consoles, PCs and mobile devices.  All ASTRO Gaming products are available directly ...

News Briefs (3-15-10)

In addition to being released on the Wii, as previously announced, Attack of the Movies 3-D will be released in may on the Xbox 360. In Attack of the Movies 3-D, players become an integral part of movie scenes they can typically only watch. They are transported to six fantastic movie-themed worlds where they will battle large alien space cruisers, shoot underwater monsters, join the resistance against the machines and more.  Each scene features genre-based weapons ...

News Briefs (3-12-10)

Runes of Magic adds a new expansion currently playable in the beta phase – Siege Wars. This player versus player features guild play that will officially be released in approximately a month with Chapter III: The Elder Kingdoms. As a part of Chapter III, the newly introduced battles will also include new bonuses and it will also be possible to build siege weapons: from catapults to rams and arrow throwers – the guild wars will deliver ...

Sam & Max Season 3 Coming

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE A psychically empowered lagomorph battling unusual and fearsome villains can mean only one thing: Freelance Police Sam & Max are coming for a new series of monthly episodic games. Telltale Games' Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse premiere episode The Penal Zone will release April 15th. This series will be Telltale's first for the PlayStation(R) Network, exclusively for the PlayStation(R)3 (PS3 TM) computer entertainment system. The games will also release on PC ...

Download More Shock

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE 2K Games announced today that the Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack*, the first downloadable content for the award-winning BioShock®2, is now available for download from both the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows-LIVE for 400 Microsoft Points, and from the PlayStation®Network for $4.99. Future expansions into the world of BioShock 2 are slated to arrive over the coming months and will ...

A Green Date

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Multi-platinum selling and Grammy® Award winning group Green Day, along with  Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), and Reprise / Warner Bros. Records today announced that Green Day: Rock Band™, the full standalone music video game experience that celebrates Green Day’s historic career and genre-defining albums will launch worldwide June 8, 2010, for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment ...

Move Of The Rings?

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, The Saul Zaentz Company and New Line Productions, Inc. announce today that The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest videogame will launch on the PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment system with full support for PlayStation's upcoming motion controller technology at the controller's ...

Another Special Monkey

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE LucasArts today announced that everyone’s favorite pirate, Guybrush Threepwood, is heading back to the Caribbean in Monkey Island® 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge®.  Coming this summer for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system on the PlayStation®Network, iPhone, iPod Touch and Windows PC, the new game follows on the success of The Secret of Monkey Island®: Special Edition and adds exciting ...

Home Renovations

FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced that it is further enhancing the user experience of PlayStation®Home with a variety of new features that make exploring and connecting with friends quicker and easier in the exclusive PlayStation®3 (PS3™)  social gaming community. PlayStation Home 1.35, a new service update available tomorrow, will decrease load times, enabling users to access PlayStation Home faster than ever before. In addition, PlayStation Home 1.35 replaces the PlayStation Home World ...

PS3 Move

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) today announced that PlayStation®Move motion controller for PlayStation®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system launches worldwide this fall, offering a motion-based, high-definition gaming experience unlike anything on the market. Concurrently with its launch, SCE will also release PlayStation®Move sub-controller to be used along with the motion controller for intuitive navigation of in-game characters and objects.  The PlayStation Move platform, including the motion controller, sub-controller, and PlayStation®Eye camera*1, together with a ...

News Briefs (3-9-10)

Batting simulator The Cages: Pro-Style Batting Practice is in development for the Wii. A baseball batting simulator, filled with unique mini-games focusing on hitting, gets players off the pine and active in this innovative sports game. What awaits players is a series of fun and interactive mini-games that test players' hand/eye coordination by challenging a virtual pitching machine that spits out 19 different pitches, varying in speed and difficulty. Players take on this true to life baseball ...

More Active

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Millions of people around the world have experienced the revolution in home fitness since last spring with EA SPORTS Active™, the number one rated fitness program for the Wii™**. Today, EA SPORTS™, a label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced that EA SPORTS ...

New Band Game Coming

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE The true evolution of the band videogame experience is set to occur this fall when Seven45 Studios unleashes Power Gig: Rise of the SixString for the PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360(R) videogame and entertainment system. New publisher, developer and hardware manufacturer Seven45 ...

More PS3 Movies

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced that 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution will offer high definition (HD) movies for purchase and rental on the PlayStation®Network video delivery service in the United States.  PlayStation Network is the first to offer high definition movies for purchase from all of the major movie studios, further establishing PlayStation®3 (PS3®) as the preeminent ...

News Briefs (3-8-10)

Mafia II to feature custom vintage Playboy covers and centerfolds in the game. Mafia II is a beautifully crafted look into the dark and unforgiving world of the Mafia where clothing, cars, music and advertising are meticulously created to replicate an American city in the '40s and '50s. Players will easily become engaged in the game's cinematic, Hollywood-style experience with strong, believable characters in a living, breathing city that transports them to a time when rock-n-roll ...

Hoops Tune Contest

FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT Duck Down Music and 2K Sports have partnered to present an exciting contest for all aspiring producers and MCs to create unique and original music, along with the special opportunity to have their song included in the upcoming soundtrack for NBA 2K11, the next iteration of the hugely popular NBA 2K series. Phase 1: NBA 2K11 Producer Contest Starting on March 3rd, producers will have three weeks to create one sample-free instrumental.  All ...

News Briefs (3-6-10)

The next videogame starring the Looney Tunes character of the Tazmanian Devil is announced - Galactic Taz Ball. Look for the game to arrive on the Nintendo DS later this year. In Galactic Taz Ball, Taz is accidentally kidnapped by Marvin the Martian who's stealing the Earth's landscape to make Mars more scenic. Taz must spin his way across pieces of Earth floating in space to stop Marvin from destroying the planet and get back home. ...

News Briefs (3-4-10)

“Cinematic brawler” Shank is coming to Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC later this year.   Taking place in a stylized, modern-Western setting, Shank tells a classic betrayal story directed through a sophisticated cinematic lens, with addictive action gameplay found in classic 2D side-scrolling games. Klei Entertainment was represented in the deal by CAA. For more information on Shank, please visit www.shankgame.com and follow the development team on Twitter at www.twitter.com/klei. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Registration to take part in the ...

Music Store Goes Live

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced that the Rock Band Network Music Storeopens to the public today,giving Rock Band fans and music lovers a new avenue to discover music and providing musicians and labels the opportunity to produce and promote tracks for the Rock Band platform. The Rock Band Network, announced in July,is aground-breaking initiative that gives musicians, publishers and record ...

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