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News Briefs (11-19-09)

Capcom today announced it will have two downloadable episodes for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions Resident Evil 5, along with new costumes and a new “Mercenaries reunion” mode with 8 new characters and weapons load outs. These are scheduled to be released in February and March of 2010. Additionally, a Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition will be released which will include all of the downloadable content for $49.99. Previously only seen during cut scenes of ...

Brad Enters The Void

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B Entertainment, under its Creative Partnership with Reliance BIG Entertainment, and Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, have come to terms on the film rights relating to Dark Void™, a new property from Capcom. The theatrical version of the Dark Void game is being developed as a sci-fi action franchise and potential starring vehicle for Pitt. Capcom will release Dark Void on the Xbox ...

Striking Consoles

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE The world's premier action franchise is back with a vengeance and for the first time going online with four-player Tactical Action combat. KOEI Corporation today announced DYNASTY WARRIORS®: Strikeforce is coming to Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system on February 16, 2010. DYNASTY WARRIORS: Strikeforce takes place in a mystic version of ancient China where warriors possess the power of "Fury". This power gives them ...

Commanding March

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today that SUPREME COMMANDER® 2, created by critically-acclaimed developer Gas Powered Games, will be available on PC-DVD March 2, 2010 and on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft on March 16, 2010. SUPREME COMMANDER 2 is the next installment in the award-winning SUPREME COMMANDER franchise, set 25 years further into the future. Featuring numerous ...

DA:O DLC Coming Soon

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today that the Return to Ostagar downloadable content (DLC) for Dragon Age™: Origins will be available for the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC versions this Holiday season in North America ...

News Briefs (11-18-09)

The full game manual for PT Boats: Knights of the Sea is now available in advance of the game being available. http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_flippingbook&book_id=14 ………………………………………………………………………… Zombie Driver, an action driving game, will be available at digital distribution and retail this holiday season. Zombie Driver is an alternative for all other zombie themed games with a unique, oldschool, car driving gameplay style. It will be a good "snack" for zombie action fans this holiday. ………………………………………………………………………… Next year to see Kane & Lynch 2: ...

Uplay Launches

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Ubisoft announced today that players of Assassin's Creed II on the PlayStation®3 system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft will be able to use the in-game interface to connect directly to the Uplay beta. Uplay(TM) will also be available for Assassin's Creed II PC at launch. Uplay is Ubisoft's online destination where gamers are at the center of a connected gaming universe that has been developed around four primary ...

News Briefs (11-17-09)

The Saboteur is now available to pre-order through Impulse. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   The Lair of the Demon Dragon update for Runes of Magic is set to be available Thursday, November 19.   Many high-level players are focused on the exciting adventures which await them in the raid dungeons of Runes of Magic. The ‘Liar of the Demon Dragon’ is the latest and most difficult challenge that the online role-playing game has offered to date. The powerful demon-possessed flame dragon Gestero, held ...

News Briefs (11-16-09)

A new video for the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade title Things On Wheels is now available.   Things on Wheels – ToW – is a fun and fast remote-controlled car racing game that is playable in single or multiplayer (up to 4 players)! Drive many miniature racers with various features – the agile "Vintage", the powerful "Muscles" or fast "Sports" cars – and compete in dozens of crazy races. The tracks are completely insane, loaded with shortcuts, ...

News Briefs (11-13-09)

PC download destination Impulse has a number of items on sale this weekend. First up is Demigod, which is half price. Better hurry, this sale ends November 15. Other titles on sale:   Titan Quest: $11.25 from $14.99 Hacker Evolution: Half off! $12.50 from $24.95 Children of the Nile: $12.99 from $19.99 ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Star Trek: D-A-C is now available via PlayStation Network. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   GamersGate has added developer Runic Games to its roster. This means Torchlight is now available for download through the online ...

Sgt. Pepper Next Week

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Apple Corps, Ltd., MTV Games and Harmonix, the world’s leading developer of music-based games and a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced The Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) will be available in its entirety for purchase and playable as downloadable content in The Beatles™: Rock Band™Music Store starting November 17, 2009. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band becomes the second full album from The Beatles ...

Next Week’s Band Downloads

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a five pack of tracks from AFI and a single from The Bangles will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system and Wii™. Tracks from Dead Kennedys and Sleater-Kinney will be available for download next week for Rock Band Unplugged on PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) ...

FF XIII – March 9

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in North America announced today the highly anticipated street date for FINAL FANTASY® XIII. This latest project in the multi-platinum FINAL FANTASY series promises to be intensely compelling and will be available for both the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft on March 9, 2010. FINAL FANTASY XIII marks the dawning of a ...

A Crooked Band?

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that Them Crooked Vultures are premiering on Rock Band beginning next week with “New Fang,” the single from the band’s self-titled debut album. The song will be added to the Rock Band Music Store and LEGO Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.   “Them Crooked Vultures are keenly aware ...

News Briefs (11-12-09)

Hotel Dash: Suite Success is going to be available for the PC November 24   Players helps Flo launch Quinn’s new travel business by running themed hotels, managing the flow of new & familiar guests, and fulfilling their unique needs & requests – in order to earn tips to refurbish hotels.  Starting with a ramshackle DinerTown™ hotel, players jump into a time management puzzle that sends them up and down the elevator, with a goal of keeping ...

Updated 360 Coming

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       The topic du jour was all about TV, but this morning at NewTeeVee Live – an industry conference that explores the future of television – Xbox LIVE general manager Marc Whitten confirmed the next wave of social entertainment is coming to Xbox LIVE on November 17. Starting next week, Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and instant on HD video from Zune will be available on Xbox 360 consoles, transforming Xbox LIVE into the largest ...

More Zombie Photos

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (Steam and Source), today announced the sequel to its Zombie Photo Contest that ties into the out of home advertising campaign for its upcoming Xbox 360 and PC thriller, Left 4 Dead 2.             Like last year's contest, gamers are challenged to take a creative photograph of themselves in front of one of the outdoor media placements in New ...

Karaoke Tunes

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today unveiled the full song list for Karaoke Revolution®. Available for Wii™, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Karaoke Revolution offers the most comprehensive, robust and diverse karaoke content to the market, boasting 50 master tracks including today's best hits and memorable classics from the past. Karaoke Revolution brings more musical content than any other karaoke game releasing this fall. ...

News Briefs (11-10-09)

  Good Old Games now has the classic Sanitarium available DRM free for $9.99.   Sanitarium is a point-and-click psychological-horror adventure game. The player controls Max Laughton, one of the patients in a bizarre, medieval-styled asylum. Max suffers from amnesia after a car accident, and he's trying to find out what happened and how he ended up in this creepy place. The game takes the player on a journey through the asylum and its surroundings, as well as ...

Next Year’s Scare

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       In early 2010, Ignition Entertainment Ltd., a UTV Enterprise, a worldwide publisher and developer of videogames is working in conjunction with Marvelous Entertainment to give gamers a glimpse into Deadly Premonition, a third-person survival horror action game releasing in North America on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.    Deadly Premonition, developed by Access Games, is a third-person survival horror action game which puts players in the role of ...

News Briefs (11-9-09)

Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy, previously announced for the Wii, is headed to the PC by the end of the year. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Hello Kitty Party for the Nintendo DS is announced to arrive November 23.   In Hello Kitty Party, players help Hello Kitty and SANRIO friends - including Keroppi, Badtz-Maru, My Melody and others - plan and throw a super fun party. Players can send out personalized party invitations; design and iron the perfect dress; shop for party ...

This Week’s Band Downloads

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of tracks from The White Stripes and singles from The Damned and Kasabian will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system and Wii™. Tracks from No Doubt and Dropkick Murphys will be available for download next week for Rock Band ...

An Unrivaled Download

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     Leading publisher TECMO today announces their partnership with developer A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Games to release NBA UNRIVALED™, exclusively for download on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation® Network. Combining inspiration from both arcade classics and retro styling, the highly-anticipated, visually stunning sports title will be available in time to kick off the 2009-2010 NBA® basketball season with all 30 NBA teams and players from ...

News Briefs (11-5-09)

Downloadable content for Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising will be available tomorrow for the PC, with Xbox 360 and PS3 versions to follow.   The ‘Skirmish’ DLC features four new multiplayer maps and two new Fire Team Engagement (FTE) missions featuring both solo and four player co-operative play. Hunt down SAM launchers hidden in the sprawling complex of R16;LumberyardR17; and assault dug-in PLA forces and fight room to room in ‘White Fang’, two tense new R16;InfiltrationR17; multiplayer maps. ...

New Auditorium

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     Zoo Games, a publisher of casual and family-friendly video game titles, has inked a publishing deal with Cipher Prime, an independent, Philadelphia-based studio, for their award-winning title Auditorium. William Stallwood and Dain Saint, the creatives behind Auditorium, won the first 2BeeGames.com Indie Game Competition in July, winning the grand prize of $10,000 and a newly signed worldwide multi-platform publishing contract. Early next year Auditorium will be available on Xbox LIVE® Arcade, PlayStation®Network, ...

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