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News Briefs (1-8-10)

A 5-pack of songs from Alice in Chains is headed to the Rock Band store next week (Tuesday for Wii and Xbox 360, Thursday for PS3).   “Grind” “Heaven Beside You”  “Last of My Kind”  “We Die Young” “Your Decision” ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Audition Online, the free to play rhythm/dance oriented MMO has added some new songs.   Ke$ha’s - "Tik Tok" Jordin Sparks - "Battlefield" H*Wood - "2 Close" Morgan Hayes - "Careless" Nastasja - "Gone" Nastasja - "Letting Go" ………………..………………..………………..………………..   The official (and full) Dementium II website has launched with game information, ...

News Briefs (10-6-09)

  Demon’s Souls, which launches today, now has an official wiki where fans can go in and provide further information.   http://www.demons-souls.com/wiki ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes heads out to retail today. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Fishing game Bass Pro Shops: The Strike has swum to the spawning grounds of retail. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Wii fitness title Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2010 has shipped to store shelves. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   NBA Live 10 is now available, as is NBA 2K10 and NBA 10: The Inside. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Gary Grigsby’s Eagle Day to Bombing ...

News Briefs (9-17-09)

Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Commander’s Challenge is now available on Xbox Live Arcade and will be available next week for the PlayStation Network.   As players progress through the gauntlet, they will gradually unlock more units, technology and new challenges. Each challenge is equipped with a par time that will challenge even the most competitive and skilled Command & Conquer fans. Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Commander’s Challenge will also feature the high-quality live-action ...

News Briefs (9-11-09)

Xbox Live Arcade title Star Trek D-A-C is scheduled to arrive on the PlayStation Network and PC download through Steam in November. New content for these new versions will include two new ship classes, a new game mode, several new pick-ups, a new map for assault as well as 3D support for Nvidia’s 3D Vision. ……………………………………………………………………..   A version 1.00.84 update to War in the Pacific: Admiral’s Edition is now available with over 200 fixes, changes, and alterations.   Of particular ...

News Briefs (8-17-09)

Randy Couture is announced to appear in EA's upcoming MMA title along with Jay "The Thoroughbred" Hieron. ................................................................................   Fairytale Fights for the Xbox 360 and PS3 is announced to arrive October 27. ................................................................................   Spore Hero for the Wii and Spore Hero Arena for the Nintendo DS is announced to arrive October 6. ................................................................................   The original Earthworm Jim is in development from GameLoft to be available on Xbox Live Arcade, Wii Virtual Console and PlayStation Network. ................................................................................   NCSoft's AION has finished development and is ...

News Briefs (6-23-09)

The videogame of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has shipped out to retail. ................................................................................   GamersGate is getting set to distribute the Unreal games.   The library includes Unreal Gold, Unreal II: The Awakening, Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, Unreal Anthology (which includes the previous four titles) and Unreal Tournament 3 Black. Unreal Tournament 3 Black is the fully updated version of UT3 that includes the massive Titan Pack title update and ...

Robot Spore Adventures?

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE What do planetary rest stops, man cannons, and banana monkey wars all have in common? They’re all elements of Adventures created by the Robot Chicken writers exclusively for Spore™ Galactic Adventures, the highly-anticipated expansion pack for the critically acclaimed videogame, Spore. Maxis™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that the Adventures created by writers from this outrageously funny, Emmy award-winning TV show will be available as free downloadable content ...

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New songs for the Rock Band store this week (Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii):   Social Distortion“Bad Luck” “Ring of Fire” “Story of My Life” Steely Dan “Black Friday” “My Old School” Disturbed “Stricken” “Stupify” Elvis Costello “Radio Radio” The Replacements“Kids Don’t Follow”   Additionally, the Wii getting a few more songs available for purchase:   Siouxsie & The Banshees“Hong Kong Garden” “Kiss Them For Me” “The Killing Jar” Locksley “All Over Again” “Don’t Make Me Wait” “She Does” Silversun Pickups ...

Millions And Millions

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE What do beaked coralfish, whimsical snow globes and intricate atom models all have in common? They are all pieces of content created by players of the critically-acclaimed video game, Spore™. Today, Maxis™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, announced that since launching the Spore Creature Creator in June 2008, Spore fans have created and uploaded 100 Million creations – an average of more than 307,000 daily – on the Sporepedia™ at ...

Spore Goes To College

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     The Spore™ franchise is going to college! Maxis™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) studio, announced today that lead designer, Stone Librande, will be embarking on a lecture series that will reach some of the nation’s top game design college programs including Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Southern California and Carnegie Mellon University. Aspiring game designers, engineers and artists will have the chance to hear Librande speak about “Designing Playfully” and learn ...

Spore Contest

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Calling all aspiring developers! Think you have what it takes to create the next must-have Spore app or widget? Show off your master skills by entering the Spore API Contest! Utilize the extensive content in Sporepedia to create your app from scratch, or download the source code from one of the sample apps (http://www.spore.com/comm/samples) to develop the ultimate Spore app. Whether it's a display of your own creations, a visualization of current Most Popular New creations or a scenic ...

More At The Gate

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE GamersGate today announced that it has added several EA titles into its growing online catalog including Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Spore, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, and The Lord of the Rings: Conquest. The titles will be available for purchase beginning Feb. 27, 2009. As a special introductory offer, GamersGate will be offering The Lord of the Rings: Conquest for 32 USD over the weekend http://www.gamersgate.com/index.php?page=product&what=view&sku=DD-LOTRCUS To find out more about GamersGate, please ...

Spore Galactic Adventures

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More Spores

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE The Spore franchise is evolving! With more than 65 million pieces of user-created content shared online, fans from around the globe have gravitated to the game’s powerful creativity-centered experience and massively single-player content sharing site. This year, the award-winning Spore franchise continues to evolve as Maxis, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) studio announces four new titles, each designed to deliver a unique experience to a specific audience; Spore™ Galactic Adventures, Spore™ Creature ...

Spore

Deadline Extended

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Calling all Spore players and budding filmmakers! Show off your most impressive Spore creations by entering The Wright Stuff Spore Movie Contest -- now extended through December 5th! Using in-game tools in Spore, or the Spore Creature Creator (trial edition and complete), you can submit your most entertaining 60 second movie for a chance to win a VIP trip for two to the 2008 Spike TV Video Game Awards and meet the ...

Pack Shipment

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Will your creatures be creepy or cute, full of humor or horror? The choice is now in the hands of Spore™ and Spore Creature Creator* players! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Maxis today announced that Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack has shipped and will be available at retailers worldwide this week. Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack marks the first add-on that will grow and evolve the critically-acclaimed video game, Spore. ...

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Spore Patched

FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT The Spore universe continues to evolve with a new patch available now for download. In response to Spore players' and community members' feedback, this patch fixes reported bugs, tunes gameplay, offers an added way of selecting multiple items to delete/ban in Sporepedia and introduces a cool new cube planet style. To get the patch, launch the EA Download Manager to download and install it. If you didn't install the EADM when you installed Spore, ...

More Spore

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE With more than 30 million player creations invading the Internet since the launch of Spore(TM), fans have let their imaginations run wild and soon players will be able to take their creativity and gameplay to even greater heights! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced the development of a Space stage expansion pack and Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack -- add-ons that will grow and evolve the critically-acclaimed video game, Spore. "Spore ...

Spore Ships

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE How will you create the universe? Gamers around the world can find out this week as the highly anticipated video game Spore(TM) ships to retailers for the PC, MAC(R) and Nintendo DS(TM), mobile phones and the iPhone(TM). Spore is rated E10+ by the ESRB, and retails for $49.99. The collectable Spore Galactic Edition is also available for $79.99, which includes "The Making of Spore" DVD, a hardback art book, fold-out poster, 100-page ...

Spore News

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Counting down the minutes to Spore’s launch next week? Now you can get one step closer to the next-big bang in gaming from the creator of The Sims by pre-loading the game direct from EA! Starting today, gamers who pre-order the PC version of Spore from the EA Store (http://eastore.ea.com) can pre-load the game now and be among the first to start playing on the day of release. Pre-loading Spore is available ...

Creature Documentary

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE In the newest creation from Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) and video game pioneer and “The Sims” mastermind Will Wright, Spore™ enables players to design a virtual galaxy of new life, such as a one-eyed web-footed creature with a snout, and then control their speciesR17; evolution. But how much real-world science is behind this groundbreaking new game? And what genetic connections do people share with a universe of strange organisms? On ...

Spore Goes Gold

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE The wait is almost over! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Maxis today announced that Spore™ the most anticipated video game of the year from the creator of The Sims(TM), has gone gold and will be available for the Mac and PC at retailers September 5 in Europe and September 7 in North America and Asia Pacific. Spore™ Creatures for Nintendo DS™ and Spore™ Origins for mobile phones will also be available globally ...

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