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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: ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

News Briefs (10-28-09)

Free online game Grand Chase now has a new playable character available – Sieghart.   Sieghart was a renowned hero of Bermesiah 600 years ago, but disappeared in the midst of ruins. Reappearing in the times of Grand Chase, he tells the people that the Highlander gods saved him from death and gave him the gift of immortality. He joins the Grand Chase to stop the Ascendant God from a planned invasion to Bermesiah.  Sieghart bears the ...

20 Years Of Toast?

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       Cracking good news, lad! All Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures episodes will be available on Xbox LIVE® Arcade Wednesday, November 4th. The release coincides day and date with the 20th anniversary of the release of A Grand Day Out, Wallace & Gromit’s first animated short. The episodes - Fright of the Bumblebees, The Last Resort, Muzzled! and The Bogey Man - take the unorthodox inventor and his canine companion through exciting interactive storylines ...

News Briefs (10-22-09)

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. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   New games available ...

An Arcade Pool

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, and Dark Energy Digital, a British developer and publisher of video games, today announced the signing of a licensing agreement for Koch Media to publish and market the game "Inferno Pool" in North America and Asia. In the United States, "Inferno Pool" for Xbox LIVE® Arcade will be published and distributed by Deep Silver Inc., a publisher of interactive entertainment software ...

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 (10-14-09)

Koei has announced it has a Fist of the North Star game in development for release next year.   The game's protagonist is Kenshiro, true successor to the Hokuto Shinken, a centuries old art of assassination. Kenshiro was bestowed the sole rights to the art, but when his elder brother Raoh, refused to give up the style, Raoh killed their master and left to raise his own army. Kenshiro is now searching for his beloved Yuria, but ...

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 (10-13-09)

Brutal Legend has shipped to retail. If you haven’t been paying attention and don’t know what the game is, then you don’t deserve to be playing videogames.   The brainchild of legendary game developer Tim Schafer, Brütal Legend stars Jack Black as roadie Eddie Riggs who embarks on an epic rock adventure featuring rich combat, storytelling and humor along with mind blowing imagery inspired by classic heavy metal album art and music.   Brütal Legend is the epic 3rd ...

More Sam More Max More XBLA

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     Xbox 360® owning fans of talking anthropomorphic dogs, hyperactive rabbity things and great gaming comedy rejoice! Telltale today announced that Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space will launch on Xbox Live® Arcade this Wednesday. All five critically-acclaimed episodes of the award-winning series’ second season will be bundled together and sell for 1600 Microsoft Points – a great deal for five games at only 320 points each.     Like Sam & Max Save the ...

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 (10-7-09)

Shenmue protagonist Ryu Hazuki is announced to make an appearance as a playable character in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. Now if only we could get a conclusion to the Shenmue saga. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   A “designer’s cut” of East India Company is set to arrive on October 27 in for form of a free download, and the game has dropped in price to $29.99.   The free add-on introduces a vast amount of enhancements for improved gameplay, including new port ...

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 ...

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 ...

Clashing The Arcade

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today revealed that Zeno Clash™, the critically-acclaimed first-person melee action adventure game honored for its unique visual style (among five finalists for Independent Game Festival's "Excellence in Visual Art" award), is headed to Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in the vastly enhanced Zeno Clash™: Ultimate Edition.  New modes-including all-new online cooperative mode for the Tower Challenges-new features, and added content ...

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 ...

Gyromancer Coming

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today the upcoming launch of Gyromancer™ for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Steam®.   Gyromancer is a new puzzle-RPG developed in collaboration between Square Enix and PopCap. With a blend of puzzle elements from the PopCap Games puzzle hit Bejeweled Twist™ and the RPG mastery of Square Enix, Gyromancer ...

News Briefs (9-21-09 Part 1)

Activision has announced it will ship its upcoming racing title Blur in the first part of 2010 instead of as another in a long string of holiday titles this year. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Versions of PopCap’s popular titles Bejeweled Twist and Bookworm are headed to the DS and DSi through retail and download (WiiWare) later this year. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Xbox Live Arcade title Pinball FX this week is discounted to 400 MS Points for the week, and a new table Earth Defense ...

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