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Happy Birthday PS3

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) celebrates the third anniversary of the PlayStation®3 (PS3®) computer entertainment system and PlayStation®Network this week. Three years into its ten-year lifecycle, the PS3 system continues to exhibit tremendous momentum. This year, SCEA unveiled its best software lineup to date, with AAA titles such as UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves™, Ratchet & Clank®: A Crack in Time, InFAMOUS and Killzone® 2 garnering critical acclaim. In fact, today SCEA led ...

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 ...

Ad-Hoc-ing The PSP

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced the availability of the online service, “adhocParty for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system,” coming to North America in November. The service, which launched in Japan last year, enables PSP system owners to play select online multiplayer games featuring Ad Hoc mode over the Internet through the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system. PSP titles with Ad Hoc mode traditionally require users to play within close proximity to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

News Briefs (11-3-09)

Magic the Gathering: Tactics for the PC and PS3 is announced for 2010.   Magic: The Gathering - Tactics will allow players to command forces of dramatic 3D figures and powerful spell cards pulled from the Magic: The Gathering Multiverse. Players can participate in single player scenarios or jump right into PVP action against other players worldwide, 24 hours per day. Magic: The Gathering – Tactics is expected to feature regular content expansions, a robust tournament environment, ...

Detail Flames

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. discusses the upgraded character advancement and skills for the upcoming tactical role-playing game, Vandal Hearts: Flame of Judgment for Xbox LIVE® Arcade and the PlayStation®Network. Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment, the first of the classic strategic RPG series on a next-generation console, keeps the original game's fast pace and approachable learning curve, while at the same time reflecting the many evolutions the genre has gone through in the ...

More Downloadble Entertainment On the PS3

FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT       Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced the addition of a variety of entertainment offerings from Lucasfilm Ltd., Cinetic FilmBuff, ContentFilm International, Image Entertainment, Inc., MPI Media Group and New Video to the PlayStation®Network video delivery service. The content, which will be made available on November 2, 2009 for purchase or rent, further enhances the video delivery service’s already robust library of downloadable entertainment content, including new and favorite movies, television shows, sports, ...

Online Amphibian

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced Frogger Returns for Nintendo WiiWare™ and PlayStation®Network. Based on the timeless arcade game, the latest iteration of Frogger delivers the addictive dodge-and-run gameplay fans know and love on an all-new platform.   In Frogger Returns, players are thrown back into the hustle and bustle of city life to guide their amphibious friend, Frogger, from the city back to his home marsh. Frogger Returns stays true to the ...

Netflix & PS3

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) and Netflix, Inc. today announced that they are joining forces to make thousands of movies and TV episodes from Netflix available to be streamed instantly to TVs via the PlayStation(R)3 (PS3(TM)) computer entertainment system. Netflix expects to begin streaming via the PS3 system next month at no additional cost to Netflix members in the United States who have a PS3 system.   Today's announcement pairs two of the ...

News briefs (10-23-09)

PSP title Undead Knights is now available to download through the PlayStation Network. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   A demo for Dragon Ball: Raging Blast is now available on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Xbox Live Gold members get access to the demo now, with Xbox Live Silver members on October 29.   Exclusively available by pre-ordering the game, the “Raging Blast Special Pack” for Dragon Ball: Raging Blast will include multiple customized versions of popular characters Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo, Trunks and ...

News Briefs (10-20-09)

While two Queen songs (“We Are The Champions” and “We Will Rock You”) are already announced to be in LEGO Rock band, the band, however, was not. Today the news came in that the band would appear in the game – in LEGO form of course. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Rocket Knight is announced to arrive next year on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Arcade and Steam.   In Rocket Knight, players take on the role of a fiery opossum named Sparkster who ...

News Briefs (10-15-09)

To celebrate the game’s one year anniversary, PlayStation Network title Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars has a limited time price drop to $4.99 until October 29. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   In response to yesterday’s announcement that Nintendo would be providing Wii controllers in the color black starting November, Nyko today announced it will have four colors (black, blue, pink and purple) of its Wand controller for Wii shipping out to various retailers starting now. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   A number of deals are to be had ...

From Pinball To Golf

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     ZEN Studios, the definitive leader in arcade-style pinball videogames, announced today that it is applying the same ball-and-table wizardry from ZEN Pinball to the creation of the PlayStation®Network exclusive Planet Minigolf.  Players will now be able to embrace a brand new standard in realistic ball physics with the best all-around miniature golf experience for both casual gamers and sports fans alike. “After successfully launching several pinball titles we decided to focus on expanding our ...

Arcade Football

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: ERTS) announced today an all-new way to experience the Madden NFL franchise with Madden NFL Arcade – a fun, pick-up-and-play, 5-on-5 football game from EA Tiburon. Madden NFL Arcade is pure adrenaline football for both casual and diehard NFL fans, featuring a unique art style that brings your favorite players to life like never before! Madden NFL Arcade will be available as a download on Xbox LIVE Arcade ...

News Briefs (10-7-09)

October 21 to see the release of Tower Bloxx Deluxe on Xbox Live Arcade. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Downloadable content for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network title IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey is now available for 400 MS Points of $4.99.   The update gives players six more single-player missions across the existing six theatres of war featured in one of the most authentic flight combat games for next-gen consoles. Players can also jump into the cockpit of a brand new ...

News Briefs (10-1-09)

The version 1.03 patch for Strategic Command WWII Pacific Theater is now available.   http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=225&Itemid=348 ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Various titles from CDV are set to become available through Matrix Games. No announcement of specific titles or dates, but there it is.   http://www.matrixgames.com/ ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Ghostbusters: The Videogame is announce to arrive on the PlayStation Portable in November.   Ghostbusters: The Video Game on the PSP(R) systems offers the ability to switch between four equipment sets to access eight unique proton pack functions and use gadgets like the ...

Zombie Vacation Prize

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     Kuju Entertainment and developer doublesix are looking for a skilled zombie-slayer who is ready for some international travel in the first of many such competitions! Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 6, Burn Zombie Burn! players can sign up on the Sony Computer Entertainment America Web site for their chance to win an eerie European vacation, exploring two of the world's most famous tombs: the catacombs of Paris and Valley of the Kings in Egypt. The ...

More Matt

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     Matt Hazard is going back in time to protect what matters most - his own 8-bit self - in the new side-scrolling shooter Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond from D3Publisher, coming this winter to Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation®Store for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.    Matt Hazard, the star of renowned videogames like Conflict of the Deities and Haz-Matt Carts, has ...

News Briefs (9-28-09)

Dead Space Extraction for the Wii has shipped to retail. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   F1 2009 is headed to the Wii and PSP later this year and will include the Singtel Singapore Grand Prix, a night race that was introduced to the circuit last year. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   The Broken Steel download content for Fallout 3 is now available for the PlayStation 3, with Operation: Anchorage and The Pitt coming next week and Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta the following week. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   The co-op demo for ...

News Briefs (9-24-09)

Spinter Cell: Conviction is set to be released on February 23 for the Xbox 360 and PC. No, really, UbiSoft means it this time! ………………..………………..………………..………………..   A new map pack for Batman: Arkham Asylum is now available for the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network exclusively.   In the ‘Heart of Darkness’ FreeFlow™ Combat map, players will battle a mob of relentless and maniacal enemies at the Arkham Pumping Station.  Even the most seasoned Batman: Arkham Asylum player will enjoy ...

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