News Briefs (10-22-09)
The roundup of news includes content available for download, games available, release dates announced and more
Tags: Crime Scene, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast, Everyday Genius: SuareLogic, Food Network: Cook or be Cooked, Game Tap, Guitar Hero 5, Impulse, Jam Sessions 2, Littlest Pet Shop, Mahjongg Artifacts, On The Street Where You Live, Order of War, Panzer General: Allied Assault, Tower Bloxx Deluxe, Unreal Tournament III, WireWay, Xbox LIVE Arcade Categories: DS News, News, PC News, PS3 News, PSP News, Wii News, Xbox 360 News
Posted by Daniel "monk" Pelfrey on Oct 22nd, 2009
Free content for recently released strategy title Order of War is available today for download.
* Heavy Bomber Squadrons: Addition of German Arado and Allied B-24 Marauder heavy bomber units to air support.
* Infantry Mortar Launchers: Addition of infantry mortar units.
* Off-Map Heavy Artillery: Addition of heavy artillery strikes to the air support menu.
* Survival Mission Mode: New survival mission mode where you fend off waves of attacking enemies for as long as possible.
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New games available on Impulse this week include:
· Crysis http://www.impulsedriven.com/crysis
·ARMA 2 http://www.impulsedriven.com/arma2
· The Dracula Files Released – http://impulsedriven.com/dracula
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November 3 is the announced ship date for upcoming DS title WireWay.
WireWay stars Wiley, a well-intentioned yet troublesome alien who has strayed from his space ship and while left to his vices, he travels the planet jumping from place to place continuously finding himself in more mischief and mis-adventures. Using the DS stylus, players flick and fling Wiley through over 40 levels interactive gameplay, dodging everything from rocks to spikes, collecting power-ups, knocking out walls and running into some interesting characters along the way. All of this in an attempt to get Wiley back home in one piece.
WireWay leverages many of the distinct features of the DS including gameplay across the split screens, stylus integration and challenging gameplay. For more competitive players, WireWay supports Nintendo DS™ ADHOC online multiplayer feature, which allows players to compete in a fun and highly competitive multiplayer race mode. WireWay also has a strategy mode where players can draw in wires and add bumpers to assist Wiley in tackling his adventures.
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Development on PS3 and Xbox 360 title Dragon Ball: Raging Blast is now complete. The game is scheduled to ship to retail November 10.
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Panzer General: Allied Assault is now available via Xbox Live Arcade.
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Mahjongg Artifacts: Chapter 2 is now available to download for the PSP (and PSPGo).
Mahjongg Artifacts: Chapter 2 weaves a thrilling storyline into the ancient tile-matching game of mahjongg. In Quest Mode, players embark along with the main characters on an epic adventure, finding artifacts along the way. Classic Mode offers basic mahjongg gameplay in a wide selection of layouts, and Endless Mode challenges players with an ever-rising tower of game pieces.
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Wii and DS title Littlest Pet Shop has shipped to store shelves.
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Jam Sessions 2 for the DS and DSi is now available
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Tower Bloxx Deluxe is now available on Xbox Live Arcade.
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The Mary Higgins Clark novel On The Street Where You Live getting turned into a PC game.
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November 3 to be the release date for Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked. The game has finished development and is now being replicated, duplicated, and prepared for distribution.
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Unreal Tournament III Black is now available on Game Tap through the subscription service. The following titles are available as featured free to play titles until October 26.
Project Snowblind
Hitman: Contracts
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
D.N.A.
Sacred Gold
Magic Ball 3
Hitman: Blood Money
Beach Life
Turtix
Infernal
Tomb Raider Legend
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MumboJumbo has a new PC puzzle/logic game is now available – Everyday Genius: SquareLogic. Right now the game is available through Steam and will arrive on retail shelves in February.
Everyday Genius: SquareLogic combines simple arithmetic with colorful cages and logical problem solving. New puzzle mechanics enhance the genre to create a richer set of puzzles than has been available previously. By providing the player with each square’s available answers, the player can spend more time working through the puzzle board and less time jotting down possibilities. The $19.99 game supplies players with more than 20,000 puzzles in 18 varieties and six different sizes.
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The upcoming DS game Crime Scene now has an official website.
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The latest Classic Rock Track Pack for Guitar Hero 5 is now available for download:
“Freeze Frame” — J. Geils Band
“Show Me The Way (Live)” – Peter Frampton
“Lay It On The Line” — Triumph
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Tags: Crime Scene, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast, Everyday Genius: SuareLogic, Food Network: Cook or be Cooked, Game Tap, Guitar Hero 5, Impulse, Jam Sessions 2, Littlest Pet Shop, Mahjongg Artifacts, On The Street Where You Live, Order of War, Panzer General: Allied Assault, Tower Bloxx Deluxe, Unreal Tournament III, WireWay, Xbox LIVE Arcade
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