News Briefs (8-4-09) Part 1

Names, games and more in this round up of news

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Posted by Daniel "monk" Pelfrey on Aug 4th, 2009

The roster for Tony Hawk: Ride has been revealed, and three of the people in the game won at the most recent X-Games this past weekend.

 

Tony Hawk

Paul Rodriguez (Skate Street – Gold Medal)

Ryan Sheckler

Mike Vallely

Nyjah Huston: (Skate Street – Silver Medal)

Steve Nesser

Cara Beth Burnside

Lyn-Z Adams (Women’s Skateboard Vert – Gold Medal)

Mike Mo Capaldi

Stevie Williams

Dustin Dollin

Daewon Song

Rodney Mullen

Christian Hosoi (Skate Park Legends winner)

Alex Olson

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DSi users can now directly upload their picture to their Facebook profile.

 

While reviewing pictures they’ve stored in the Nintendo DSi Camera album, which includes photos taken by users and manipulated using the built-in interactive lenses, users can simply tap the Facebook icon on the system’s touch screen to instantly transmit photos to the user’s Facebook profile. The user’s system must be configured to a wireless broadband Internet connection for the transmission of photos.

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Previously available through the PlayStation Network, Texas Cheat Em is set to launch for the PC via Steam August 10.

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The videogame of the Aliens in the Attic movie has shipped to retail.

 

Aliens in the Attic video game follows the storyline of the adventure-comedy film about a group of kids on a family vacation who must stave off an attack by knee-high alien invaders with world-conquering ambitions; all while trying to keep their parents from finding out!  Although the storyline is the similar, the video game offers the player two different gameplay perspectives based on which console version is being played.

 

Aliens in the Attic for DS allows players to switch between the film’s main characters, Hannah, Tom, and Jake, tasking players to rid the planet of the ankle-biting alien invaders. Aliens in the Attic for Wii, PC and PS2 switches roles, casting players as the Zirkonians, the motley crew of aliens who have arrived on Earth. The player’s jobs as a Zirkonian: prepare Earth for a Zirkonian invasion by activating a Sizematron device sent to Earth long ago that will enlarge the aliens and the entire invasion force – the Sizematron just happens to be located under the vacation home.

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A videogame for Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel is announced for the Wii and DS.

 

Featuring everyone’s favorite musical group–Alvin and The Chipmunks and their girl group rivals The Chipettes making their videogame debut–this rhythm action game challenges players’ timing and musical skills as they perform in a variety of concert locations.

 

In Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, players can play as Alvin and The Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon, Theodore) or The Chipettes (Brittany, Jeanette, Eleanor). Musical sparks ignite as they jet around the world, rock the house in 25 concert locations on WiiTM and 11 in the Nintendo DSTM version, and perform together in the ultimate concert finale. Featuring songs from the Grammy and American Music Award-winning Alvin and The Chipmunks library, the game lets players use the Wii RemoteTM and Nunchuk or Nintendo DSTM stylus to keep the rhythm in the main game and in three mini-games. Players will gain thousands of fans by keeping the band on tempo through songs that grow more challenging and complex.

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November 10 to see Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Mobilized arrive on the Nintendo DS.

 

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized will deliver an arsenal of cutting-edge weaponry, vehicles and tactics, arming players with precision controls for battle across the world’s most dangerous hotspots.  Gamers will fight on the ground in intense building-to-building tactical combat, hack into enemy computer terminals, take the controls of military vehicles like Battle Tanks and UAV spy drones, or man the guns of an AC-130 gunship. 

 

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized will bring the epic Call of Duty intensity of Modern Warfare to Nintendo DS fans through a unique storyline and companion narrative.  The title will also serve up a bevy of features, including a six-player online multiplayer mode that allows friends to host their own server, as well as the brand new Survival Mode, giving players a variety of weapons to hold off waves of oncoming enemy forces and an expanded six-player online multiplayer mode.  Also, Arcade Mode will allow gamers to replay the game’s single-player with a time limit and running score, with extra points awarded for specific achievements.

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A demo for Batman: Aarkham Asylum is set to be available August 7 for the PS3, PC and Xbox 360.

 

The Batman: Arkham AsylumTM demo opens as the DARK KNIGHT and COMMISSIONER GORDON return The Joker back into confinement at ARKHAM ASYLUM. But things soon fall apart as THE JOKER gains the upper hand and springs a trap, setting Arkham Asylum’s occupants upon Batman.  The demo offers gamers a taste of the fierce FreeFlowTM combat system, the cunning stealth of the Invisible PredatorTM mechanic, and the feeling of becoming the WORLDR17;S GREATEST DETECTIVE as they navigate Arkham Asylum’s imposing Intensive Treatment facility.  Players can unlock character bios, as well as get a sneak peak at some of the infamous foes that BATMAN will encounter within the cavernous and macabre confines of Arkham Asylum.

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A limited edition Master Assassin’s Edition of Assassin’s Creed II is now available for PS3 and Xbox 360 pre-order at GameStop for $79.99. Included in the collectable tin package will be:
* Ezio collectable statue (8.5 inches tall)
* Two exclusive in-game maps:
 - Palazzo Medici – Pre-Order Unlockable Map
 - Santa Maria Dei Frari – Limited Edition Exclusive
* The Art of Assassin’s Creed II hard-covered art book
* Additional Bonus Disc includes:
 - Behind the scenes of Assassin’s Creed II
 - Assassin’s Creed II soundtrack
 - And more

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Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll for the Wii is announced – and as you may surmise from the title, it utilizes the Wii Balance Board.

 

Created by the famed developer, Toshihiro Nagoshi, the Super Monkey Ball franchise has a rich lineage of games that began life in the arcades of Japan and later debuting as a Nintendo GameCube launch title. Now nine years later and with the addition of the Wii Balance Board, gamers will physically feel what it would be like to roll around in a Monkey Ball and have tons of fun doing it. Known for its challenging levels and most recently its innovative ways to control AiAi and his friends (Wii versions); gamers are immersed into the Monkey Ball world like never thought possible before. This newest installment of the popular series will offer new single-player puzzle levels and multiple new Party Games giving players more variety of gameplay than ever. Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll’s myriad of game modes is sure to inspire friendly living room competition between family and friends.

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