Empire Of Sports Kicks Off Tennis Season With The Kangaroo Open 2009

Plans for the forthcoming online Tennis Open are well underway as Empire of Sports unveils The Kangaroo Open 2009, the first online Tennis Championship for the sports-based MMO.

Kicking off the 2009 tennis season, The Kangaroo Open 2009 has just commenced and will run for two weeks, until February 1st.

As with any live tournament, winners will receive cash prizes of up to €1,500 (£1,350). Other prizes include a signed former world number one tennis champion, Justine Henin racquet. Runners up can look to win Prince racquets as well as additional tennis ranking points. The Kangaroo Open 2009 is designed to be as true to life as any other major sporting event.



In order to register and participate in The Kangaroo Open 2009, players will need to download the game client, which can be found at www.empireofsports.com/index.php. Once inside the Empire, players can purchase their ticket to participate in The Kangaroo Open 2009 by speaking to the kangaroo NPC (Non Player Character), Wally. He can be found standing just outside the beginners’ area.

Upon entry to the The Kangaroo Open 2009, players will embark on a tour across Australia, from Perth to Melbourne in which they must challenge an array of Empire of Sports tennis players. Contestants must compete in a number of matches including Darwin, Melbourne and Canberra in order to capture the ultimate prize of being the winner of The Kangaroo Open 2009.

The Kangaroo Open 2009 has been structured specifically to cater to all levels of player. Whether a pro or just stepping up to the service line for the first time, there will be a tournament for everyone.

Amateur series: Players ranked 1 to 15 in tennis can win a first prize of €750 (£675) cash, a Justine Henin cap and 500 Empire of Sports tennis ranking points.

Experienced series: Players ranked 16 to 30 in tennis can win a first prize of €1,000 (£900) cash, a signed Justine Henin t-shirt and 1,000 Empire of Sports tennis ranking points.

Pro series: Players ranked 31 and above in tennis can win a first prize of €1,500 (£1,350) cash, a signed Justine Henin tennis racket and 2,000 Empire of Sports tennis ranking points.

A list of all prizes can be found online at www.empireofsports.com/tko2009/en. It is possible to enter the Kangaroo Open 2009 at any time throughout the tournament. Fees range from approximately €3 to €9 depending on entry level. Anyone holding a premium account or signing up for a premium account during the tournament will be eligible for a discounted entry to the Kangaroo Open 2009. Discounts will be given in gold (the in-game currency).

Empire of Sports is the first sports based Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) title to date. It is a great place for sporting enthusiasts to meet up online and compete against each other across a wide range of sports such as tennis, football, basketball, ski-ing, bobsleigh and track and field, and join a community of people who share the same passion.

Empire of Sports is currently in the Prologue phase of its development. The Prologue means gamers can download Empire of Sports online and freely join over 150 nationalities already playing online. They are welcome to communicate their in-game experiences to help fine tune the gameplay and the business model, so that the developers can make further improvements and perfect the world’s first platform-dedicated sports MMO.

Empire of Sports calls on all budding tennis enthusiasts to step up to the service line and see if they have what it takes to compete in the first ever Empire of Sports online tennis tournament!

Vin Diesel Wheelman on Xbox 360 and PS3 out February 20th

All-new, adrenaline-fueled cinematic trailer for the upcoming action-packed open world driving game Wheelman, featuring action film megastar Vin Diesel and due in retail stores worldwide on February 20, 2009.

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As highlighted in the trailer, Wheelman stars Vin Diesel as an undercover agent and highly skilled driver who must infiltrate the Barcelona underworld to gather intelligence surrounding a covert heist. Posing as a driver-for-hire, he ends up caught in a crossfire of corruption and chaos while trying to stay one step ahead of local law enforcement and rival gangs.

Weave in and out of traffic, engaging in intense vehicular warfare through the winding streets of Barcelona. Your vehicle is your weapon, leaving wreckage in your wake as you take out anything or anyone that gets in your way. Wheelman is slated to be available worldwide on February 20th for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, and for personal computers.

About Wheelman Action film megastar Vin Diesel and his Tigon Studios are again blurring the lines between entertainment mediums, this time collaborating with Midway in the design and production of Wheelman to ensure an edge-of- your-seat gaming experience. Diesel's voice and likeness will appear as the game's main character, expert Wheelman Milo Burik.
Combining spectacular Hollywood-style stunts with a gripping storyline, Wheelman provides an adrenaline-fueled, cinematic thrill ride guaranteed to leave you breathless. Vin Diesel stars as an undercover agent and highly skilled driver who must infiltrate the Barcelona underworld to gather intelligence surrounding a covert heist. Posing as a driver-for-hire, he ends up caught in a crossfire of corruption and chaos while trying to stay one step ahead of local law enforcement and rival gangs.

Five new iPhone and iPod Touch games from Midway

Midway today announced that five games from the hit TouchMaster series will soon be available to download from the iTunes App Store for play on the iPhone and iPod touch.
TouchMaster favorites Prismatix, Dice King, Combo 11, Carpet and Spellwinder are expected to be available by the end of this month for $0.99 US each, or in a TouchMaster Volume 1 bundle of all five for $3.99 US. The titles will be fully localized in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish, and will also be available in Europe for €0,79 and £0.59 each, or for €2,99 and £2.39 for the bundle.

Spellwinder - This is a word search game with a twist. Only adjacent letters can be used to create a word. Make words in any direction without using the same letter twice.

Dice King - This dice swapping puzzle is super addicting! Swap two adjacent dice to form matching combinations of three or more dice. Attempt to form the listed combinations displayed on the top portion of the screen and watch your score rise.

Prismatix - Prismatix is an easy to play hexagonal matching game. The wheel shows a color sequence. Try to eliminate gems by matching the sequence in any direction. As gems are cleared (up to four at a time) the wheel will shuffle and rotate, based on the number of gems used. Creating four links will award big points and also add to your spin multiplier!

Combo 11 - With face cards removed from the deck makes sets of 11. As cards are eliminated, you can press the "Next" button to add available cards to the playfield. If no moves are left, you can use "Jumble" to mix up the cards.

Carpet - A new take on the card game you know and love... Solitaire. The object of the game is to move all cards to the foundations where the aces have already been dealt. All cards from "the Carpet" must be moved to the foundations upwards by suit (i.e. 2 over A). Any "holes on the carpet," or gaps left behind by the cards that have been moved to the foundations, are filled by cards from the waste pile.

U.S. Army new Free America's Army PC action video game

New Game in Hit Series Features New Missions, Training and Gameplay Features

Six years after the U.S. Army revolutionized military action games with the launch of the free PC game America's Army, the U.S. Army today announced the upcoming release of America's Army 3 (AA3).

America's Army 3 is the only free action game that delivers an authentic and entertaining Army experience by reflecting the training, technology, actions and career advancement of a Soldier within a unique exciting game experience. AA3, which will be rated T for Teen by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), will be released in 2009. As with previous versions of America's Army, AA3 will be constantly updated to include new features and missions and to highlight new technologies being incorporated in today's Army.

Using the state-of-the-art Unreal Engine 3, America's Army game developers brought the most popular trademark gameplay features from the previous versions to AA3. Highlights include authentic weapons and technologies, realistic training and exciting gameplay missions. AA3 provides players new insights into the Army and Soldiering while making the game easier to play, easier to install and easier to download.

"In AA3 we've taken all of the best features in AA2, incorporated feedback from the AA community and added the latest technology to develop a high-tech game that can be customized by the player to create a much more detailed interactive experience," said Michael Bode, executive producer of the America's Army game. "One of our key design philosophies is to make the game easily accessible to a new player, while at the same time keeping a deeper layer of complexity for the more advanced players to discover and take advantage of."

AA3 highlights different aspects of the Army from Army Values and the Warrior Ethos to Army career opportunities and lifestyles both on and off duty. Through their in-game characters, AA3 players will be able to experience the way Soldiers train, live, and advance in the Army. AA3 players will also experience different types of technologies and equipment used by the Army's high-tech Soldier. Players are bound by Rules of Engagement (ROE) and gain experience as they navigate challenges in team-based, multiplayer, force on force operations. In the game, as in the Army, accomplishing missions requires teamwork and adherence to the seven Army Core Values. In the game, a player's actions and demonstrated Army values will have consequences that are integral to success in gameplay and will affect a player's career progression.

"With AA3, we're taking military gaming to an all new level where every detail counts," said Col. Casey Wardynski, originator and Director of the America's Army game project. "We want our America's Army 3 players to have a greater understanding of the Army and its values. Our Soldiers are aspirational figures and our players are able to virtually experience many aspects of a Soldier's life from their training, to their missions, to the way the Army has influenced their lives."

As with the previous America's Army games, AA3's authenticity is second-to-none. Our Army development team worked closely with Subject Matter Experts from across the Army to make sure that everything about the game is as realistic as possible. AA3 has more authentic military elements including training, technology, weapons, and audio than any other military game. Built on Unreal Engine 3, AA3 delivers stunningly realistic environments, lighting effects, animations, and team-based experiences so that America's Army players can experience how the Army has strength like no other within its game that is like no other.

AA3 players will have persistent characters that they customize by embarking on career paths in which they advance by completing specialized training and accomplishing missions. The evolution of the player's career follows the same progression as it would in the Army. Players are rewarded at significant milestones, such as graduation from basic training or returning from a deployment, through pride moments - vignettes represented visually as an achievement screen, movie or a slide show. These pride moments transition the player from one state of training or character progression to another.

Initially, the core of the gameplay focuses on an Infantry Soldier (11B). Players can select from a variety of roles that the 11B performs such as Rifleman, Automatic Rifleman, Designated Marksman and Grenadier. The first additional Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) players can explore is 68W Health Care Specialist (Combat Medic) which will be added this summer. Players who complete advanced individual training modules can take on new MOS roles that will affect gameplay. For example, by completing medic training players will be able to treat minor and major injuries in single player training missions and render advanced medical aid in multiplayer missions. In subsequent game releases, players who complete Combat Engineer training will be able to assist in mission pre-planning, such as emplacing an obstacle to impede the mobility of enemy forces.

Training is a key element in the AA3 game just as it is in the Army. The game offers a variety of new training levels that will give players an advantage in the game. After completing basic training players can go to advanced training to increase their in-game skill level and progress in their Army career. Success in the game earns players the privilege of taking specialized training. This specialized training allows players to unlock new abilities and gear, and to customize the gear they carry as well as their equipment loadout. As players advance, they will be able to 'cross-train' on many different MOSs available in today's Army. Such players will be highly sought after due to the capabilities they bring to multiplayer missions. Additionally, as a new feature, players will have the ability to join online games with limited capabilities using the "instant action" feature.

About America's Army

The Army creates and distributes America's Army so that young Americans can virtually explore Soldiering in the U.S. Army like Soldiers experience it - as individuals and as members of teams. Through the Game's virtual experiences, young Americans can explore the Army from basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and medic training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas to operations in defense of freedom. Along the way, they can join elite Army units and experience the strength of Army teamwork, values and technology within an engaging environment. The game has become an online phenomenon, consistently ranking among the most popular PC action games played online. The games are rated T for Teen and can be downloaded free from various partners listed on the www.americasarmy.com site. They are also distributed at local Army Recruiting stations, ROTC Detachments and Army events.

In the America's Army game, players are bound by Rules of Engagement (ROE) and grow in experience as they navigate challenges in team-based, multiplayer, force on force operations. In the game, as in the Army, accomplishing missions requires teamwork and adherence to the Army's core values. Through its emphasis on team play, the game demonstrates these values of loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage and makes them integral to success in America's Army.

The Army launched America's Army in July of 2002, and has released major updates to the game every few months. These releases feature new technologies, missions, Army units and occupations. In keeping with the dynamic nature of Soldiering, the America's Army game will continue to expand and will allow players to explore the Army of today, tomorrow and the future. An entirely new version of the game, America's Army 3, will be released in 2009.

Two Tribes opens Toki Tori blog

Toki Tori for Wii has been available since the launch of WiiWare mid 2008. 

It has since been nominated for several IGN 2008 Awards, and was ranked 4th on the the year's top 5 WiiWare games at WiiWare-World.com.

Today, we would like to announce the opening of our new Toki Tori blog here...

http://blogs.ign.com/two_tribes

The blog will contain posts from the development team behind Toki Tori and focus on giving people inside information on the development of Toki Tori.

'How to play Toki Tori!' which can be viewed through the Nintendo Channel on your Wii!

Stay tuned, because this is just the beginning. We will be bringing you more blog entries and exciting Toki Tori news in the coming weeks!

Build Your Criminal Empire With The Mastermind! trial version to download

Total Gameplay Studio today released The Mastermind Deluxe Edition, an AAA-quality turn-based strategy game that sets players in the world of organized crime. Deluxe Edition, boasting rich graphics and improved gameplay, offers three game modes: an easy mode for relaxed gameplay, a normal mode, and a hard mode, which remains as challenging as the original Mastermind.

The Mastermind is perfect for those who have always wanted to experience the life as a gangster and control a criminal empire dealing in smuggling, gambling, illegal guns and liquor, spying and violence. The game provides a player with the gangsters to hire and manage; each criminal specializes in a specific field such as demolitions, stealth and more. As a mastermind, a player organizes crimes, manages business and tries to gain a reputation as a law-abiding citizen.

A player starts out by controlling two thugs, who execute various criminal activities, increasing wealth and power of the player. These crimes are the first steps in building a powerful criminal empire. A player runs his empire, hiring gangsters, handing out orders, smuggling drugs and guns and buying businesses, including banks, hotels, night clubs, restaurants and casinos. To ensure that nothing prevents the empire from flourishing, a player has to grease the palms of police officers in order to evade investigation or donate to local charities to avoid public suspicion. To help a player manage the empire, The Mastermind introduces an Assistant, who keeps an eye on the business rivals and provides timely advice.

The Mastermind offers three ways of winning the game:

- Playing monopoly, by buying all the businesses that generate income and positive Wealth points, monopolizing the market;

- As King of the Hill, by defeating rival masterminds. A player plans Gang Wars to weaken the rivals and uses his gangsters to assassinate the masterminds when they are unprotected;

- Achieving Maximum Wealth, by obtaining 15, 000 Wealth points. A player tries to minimize Wealth loss and gain extra points buying luxury items and running legitimate businesses only.

But no matter which way a player chooses, he should get ready for the truly engaging gaming experience!

The Mastermind Deluxe Edition supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows ME and Windows 2000 and costs only 9.99 USD. Further information on the game, as well as its trial version, is available from http://www.mastermind-game.com.

Direct download link: http://www.mastermind-game.com/download/MastermindSetup.exe

Priston Tale 2 - The Second Enigma online PC video game

Sequel to the Award-winning Priston Tale Shows Off the First New Screen Shots of 2009

Upcoming MMORPG, Priston Tale 2 - The Second Enigma.

The game will soon launch its closed beta on SUBA Games Platform. More information about the game can be found at pt2.subagames.com.

About Priston Tale 2

A fantasy-style MMORPG for the PC, Priston Tale 2: The Second Enigma is Yedang Online's sequel to the wildly popular Priston Tale. This fantasy-style MMORPG boasts high-quality graphics realized through a combination of realistic backgrounds, fantastical characters, and spectacular combat effects - all made possible by the Unreal 2.5 Engine. The game has experienced huge success in South Korea where only three days after it launched its open beta in South Korea, Priston Tale 2's concurrent online players reached 40,000. The game will launch in the North America early this year.

Rapid Turtle Games unleashes Pix Master - Winter Theme for mobile phones

Rapid Turtle Games, a multi-platform game development company, is proud to announce the launch of Pix Master - Winter Theme, a picture puzzle game for mobile phones.

The objective is to restore the original pictures by reassembling the pieces. The faster the player finishes the puzzle and with fewer steps the more score he/she will get. The 2 game modes with 2 difficulty levels will give hours of playtime, and there is the online "Hall of Fame" where you can compete against other Pix Master players around the world!

Features:

- 10 beautiful winter theme levels
- 2 game modes: swap and slide
- 2 difficulty levels
- Play faster with the timer
- Play sophisticatedly with the stepper
- High score saving and online high scores submission
- Easy to learn but hard to put away gameplay

The game is available for Java enabled mobile phones for $2.99.

Free demo and more information at: http://www.rapidturtlegames.com

Spectrobes - Beyond the Portals intergalactic adventure on Nintendo DS

Spectrobes - Beyond the Portals, the intergalactic adventure that is the sequel to the best-selling Spectrobes, is set to teleport onto your shelves on 27th February 2009.

Continuing the exciting story of Rallen and Jeena, interplanetary patrol officers, excavate, awaken and train the mysterious fossilised creatures known as Spectrobes. Help defend the two friends on their journey and use the Spectrobes to battle your enemies.

For the first time, you can take on the role of Jeena. Use her research and technological skills to help Rallen solve puzzles and complete brand new missions, getting you to mysterious portals and new dimensions.

Discover new features on Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals including a new 3D perspective, a map to help you explore, new excavation and battle features, more creatures and its first online battle system!

Title: Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Sci-fi action/role playing game
Launch: 27th February 2009
PEGI: 7+

Space Giraffe PC gets awesome 92% review, Gridrunner+++ out soon

Britain's top PC gaming magazine PC Gamer has reviewed Space Giraffe PC in its February 2009 edition and given the game an overall rating of 92% and the accolade "***** MUST BUY", making Space Giraffe one of the most highly rated games of the month. They say:

"It balances the risk, the reward and the signals so perfectly that it's either sheer luck or complete genius"… "Space Giraffe offers experiences and enemies that are actually, honestly new"…"if you give Space Giraffe a few hours and some patience you will find an immersive world unlike any other, an unforgettable one".

The February edition of PCG is in shops now, we can only recommend that you pick up a copy and read this splendid 2-page review of Space Giraffe PC for yourself.
This excellent press reception of the PC version of Space Giraffe is a testament to the effort we have put into refining and improving the game since its initial Xbox 360 release. We listened to criticism from those who found the original experience a bit too intense for comfort, and created an entirely new set of 100 more chilled-out levels which make the game more approachable for beginners - whilst retaining the original level set for those who enjoy the full-on hardcore psychedelia of the initial release. Reaction to the updated version has been universally favourable and attests to the underlying excellence of the original game design.

In developing the new levels we have also developed a much-improved shader library making possible effects which are more intricate and beautiful than before yet without being overwhelming. This shader library - and the underlying Neon engine which drives it - has already been deployed to create the beautiful background visualisations in the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade game "Space Invaders Extreme".

This library will be extended further and deployed to maximum effect in our upcoming release "Gridrunner+++" (working title; the final title will likely involve less plusses). This game has already been mentioned in EDGE Magazine's "Most Wanted" section, and is a fast-paced extrapolation of the oldschool single-screen shooter, brought brilliantly into the 21st century with beautiful abstract visuals and intense, challenging but fair gameplay accessible on a variety of levels from novice to twitch-shooter expert.
Gridrunner+++ will be released at the end of April.

iKungFu free iPhone game

iPhoneKungFu.com's new interactive iPhone game launches today on the iTunes App Store

Following its launch on 5 January this year, iphonekungfu.com has now introduced a free iPhone game on the iTunes App Store to download for free.

iKungFu is a simple yet addictive app that allows users the chance to smash through wood, ice and even brick by shaking their iPhone in a karate-chop motion. With fun sounds and the same design styles as the iPhone Kung Fu website, iKungFu is an entertaining new game for iPhone and iPod touch users.

The app concept, artwork and audio effects were created by the iPhoneKungFu.com team and then passed to developer Vladimir Kofman who has seen great success from his utility The Converter which is also available on the iTunes App Store.

“We’ve had a lot of fun creating this app for iPhoneKungFu,” said iCreate magazine Editor, Ben Harvell. “It’s amazing to think how far we’ve come in digital terms, from websites to podcasts to commissioning iPhone games in a few short years. I’d like to extend my warmest thanks to Vladimir, who has been both accommodating and patient during the creation of iKungFu.”

To download a copy of iKungFu to your iPhone, search for ‘iKungFu’ on iTunes or visit www.iPhoneKungFu.com for more information. Updated daily, iPhone Kung Fu.com offers a free ringtone and video lesson every day along with the latest news and views from the iPhone Kung Fu team.

iPhoneKungFu’s new iPhone game is the latest addition to Imagine’s growing online portfolio that includes the recently launched Pokemon Face-Off (www.pokemonfaceoff.com) and the massively popular DPhotographer.co.uk, which recently hit 50,000 photo uploads.

Big Bang Mini demo to download now on Nintendo Wii channel

No Need to Wait For Independence Day, Fireworks Fun is Here Today

SouthPeak Games announces a demo of Arkedo Studio’s Big Bang Mini (shipping this week!) for Nintendo DS is now available as a free download via Nintendo Channel on Wii. This unique shoot ‘em up has players blast enemies by launching fireworks displays.

The demo of Big Bang Mini includes levels from three of the game’s worlds – Hong Kong, Aurora and Luxor – giving players a glimpse of this massive action title. The full retail version will has 9 uniquely themed worlds, over 90 challenging levels of play, epic boss battles, and 7 modes that will do everything from literally waking them up to giving them hours of endless challenges.

Arkedo created an amazing title that gives everyone a taste of beautiful fireworks action. It may start off simple, but it quickly evolves into one of the most compelling and challenging shooters on DS.

The process to download the Big Bang Mini demo is simple: First make sure you are opted in on your Wii to send data to Nintendo, then select the demo from the Big Bang Mini info page on Nintendo Channel, and the Wii will instruct you to turn on your DS and select “Download Play” from the system menu.

Big Bang Mini is rated E for Everyone and begins shipping Wednesday for the suggested retail price of just $19.99.

Venetica - Experience the dark Action RPG features of the Twilight World on Xbox 360 and PC

In dtp entertainment’s upcoming Action RPG Venetica players take over the role of Scarlett, Grim Reaper’s daughter who is young and beautiful.. Set in a fantastic Venice, it is her mission to fight the pure evil.

Venetica takes players to the here and now of its fantastic game world, making Scarlett explore Venice’s streets, canals, houses and even the roof tops. As the daughter of Death, she also has the ability to enter the Twilight World: the world of the dead. Here, she communicates with the dead and gets access to a number of unique gameplay elements. To achieve this, Scarlett needs to learn and train for special, supernatural skills and abilities – of which she initially doesn’t even know exist…

During the game, her skills and abilities will allow her to get deeper and deeper into the Twilight World, and, for instance, ask the dead for help.

Here and there, the dead help Scarlett to accomplish her missions by giving her hints: There are two ghosts, for example, who help Scarlett to find special items by revealing hidden doors or showing her helpful hints that will allow her to pick locks successfully. Scarlett meets these guys early in the game, when they still are alive. She helps them, but can’t avert that both will be killed later in the game.

It’s not just Good that awaits Scarlett in the Twilight World – the pure evil lurks there too, waiting the daughter of Death. Those who know the story of Venetica are aware of the bad necromancer, who is the source of all evil in the game’s story. He, Viktor, empowered himself with the Grim Reaper’s supernatural powers and now threatens the world. So, it’s not only countless horrific creatures that are waiting for Scarlett. Viktor’s powerful accomplices also hound her..

Equipped with supernatural powers, Viktor’s allies await Scarlett in the Twilight World once she has defeated them in the world of the Living. Now, Scarlett will face her real challenge: Using their powers, the evil helpers transform themselves into huge beasts, becoming even more powerful now that they reached the realm of the Dead.

Venetica’s Twilight World offers even more to the players: It’s not only special NPCs and enemies that resurrect in the world of the Dead – also Scarlett herself uses the underworld to re-awake. This allows her to generate herself tactical combat advantage, for instance by repositioning herself unseen while staying in the Twilight World, and afterwards surprisingly returning to the world of the living.

There is another special connection between Scarlett and the Twilight World: Her literally eternal love to Benedict, who dies just at the start of the game, bounds her to this world. Scarlett will meet her love regularly. In fact, Benedict will be the one who reveals Scarlett’s supernatural powers and who trains her in how to use them.

Many additional skills and abilities allow Scarlett to make even more use of the Twilight World, for instance by summoning creatures or by giving her unusual insights in both the worlds of the Living and the Dead. So, the Twilight World offers a full load of innovative gameplay features to Action RPG gamers.

Venetica will be a cinematic Action RPG with an extraordinary and deep story. The game mixes emotion and action in stunning ways.

A unique and living world full of surprises is waiting for the player, set in fantastic 16th century Venice and paired with intuitive and easy to learn gameplay.

As Cinematic RPG Venetica offers movie like cameras, subtly used cut scenes and spectacular images on a marvelous trip through a unique game world that is hard to match in the genre.

Video game release dates in February Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo DS and Wii

Priston Tale 2 : The Second Enigma - PC, PC online- 2nd February
My World, My Way - Nintendo DS - 3rd February
Burnout Paradise : The Ultimate Box - Xbox 360, PS3, PC - 5th February
Battle Fantasia - Xbox 360, PS3 - 6th February
Castlevania : Order of Ecclesia - Nintendo DS - 6th February
Lost in Blue 3 - Nintendo DS, - 6th February
Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked! - Nintendo Wii - 6th February
Rise of the Argonauts - Xbox 360, PS3, PC - 6th February
Time Hollow - Nintendo DS - 6th February
Age of Empires Mythologies - Nintendo DS - 6th February

Bolt - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS - 6th February
Chrono Trigger - Nintendo DS - 6th February
The Times Crossword Challenge - Nintendo DS - 6th February
NASCAR Kart Racing - Nintendo Wii - 10th February
Bomberman 2 - Nintendo DS - 13th February
Buffy the Vampire Slayer : Sacrifice - Nintendo DS - 13th February
F.E.A.R. 2 : Project Origin - Xbox 360, PS3, PC - 13th February
Celetania - PC (online) - 13th February
Deadly Creatures - Nintendo Wii - 13th February
Destroy All Humans : Path of the Furon - Xbox 360, PS3 - 13th February
Eternal Sonata - PS3 - 13th February
House of the Dead : OVERKILL - Nintendo Wii - 13th February
Little League World Series 2008 - Nintendo Wii - 13th February
Mind Your Language - Nintendo DS - 13th February
Monkey Mischief - Nintendo Wii - 13th February
Petz : My Kitty Family - Nintendo DS - 13th February
Petz : My Monkey Family - Nintendo DS - 13th February
Pirates Hunt for Black Beard's Booty - Nintendo Wii - 13th February
Pitfall : The Big Adventure - Nintendo Wii - 13th February
RACE Pro - Xbox 360 - 13th February
Star Ocean : Second Evolution - PSP - 13th February
World Championship Sports - Nintendo Wii - 13th February
Wheelman - Xbox 360, PS3, PC - 16th February
Disney Sing It : High School Musical 3 : Senior Year - Xbox 360, PS3, PS3 - 17th February
Warhammer 40,000 : Dawn of War II - PC - 19th February
Cooking Mama World Kitchen - Nintendo Wii - 20th February
Cryostasis : Sleep of Reason - PC - 20th February
Men of War - PC - 20th February
NecroVisioN - PC - 20th February
Street Fighter IV - Xbox 360, PS3 - 20th February
The Sims 3 - PC - 20th February
50 Cent : Blood on the Sand - Xbox 360, PS3 - 20th February
Ceville - PC - 20th February
Disgaea 3 : Absence of Justice - PS3 - 20th February
DRAGON QUEST : The Hand of the Heavenly Bride - Nintendo DS - 20th February
SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection - PS3 - 20th February
Dead Rising : Chop Till You Drop - Nintendo Wii - 27 February
The Godfather II - Xbox 360, PS3, PC - 27th February
Family Ski & Snowboard - Nintendo Wii - 27th February
Le Parrain 2 - Xbox 360, PS3, PC - 27th February
Metal Slug 7 - Nintendo DS - 27th February
Spectrobes : Beyond The Portals - Nintendo DS - 27th February
Tornado - Nintendo DS - 27th February
XG Blast! - Nintendo DS - 28th February
Codename : Panzers : Cold War - PC - Feb 2009
From the Abyss - Nintendo DS - Feb 2009
Geon - Nintendo Wii (online) - Feb 2009
Imagine Fashion Idol - Nintendo Wii - Feb 2009
Killzone 2 - PS3 - Feb 2009
Little Magician's Magic Adventure - Nintendo DS - Feb 2009
Penumbra Collection - PC - Feb 2009
Petz : Monkey Madness - Nintendo Wii - Feb 2009
Scrabble 2009 - Nintendo DS - Feb 2009
SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection - X360 - Feb 2009
Sudoku for Kids - Nintendo DS - Feb 2009

Family Glide Hockey is now available for download, exclusively on WiiWare

Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment software, announces Family Glide Hockey is now available for download, exclusively on WiiWare™! Developed by ARC SYSTEM WORKS, creators of the Guilty Gear series and Family Table Tennis, players will once again embark on another American pastime!

For only 500 points, Family Glide Hockey features eye pleasing cel-shaded graphics and endearing music, while sporting easy competitive gameplay for all ages. Choose between single player mode, versus mode (up to 4 players can play), or challenge your skill in engaging mini-games.
“”Fans of air hockey will have another reason to stay home during the long winter nights”, states Frank deWindt II, Project Lead, Aksys Games. “Family Glide Hockey is definitely a great way to spend some fun quality time with your friends and family, without the sting of wasting your quarters!


Key Features:

• Fun for the Whole Family!
Choose between four different family members! There's Billy (son), Sarah (daughter), Mommy, and Daddy!

• You've Got The Touch!
Devastate your opponent and unleash the power of the Fire Shot or Trick Shot for the win!

• Choose Your Battleground!
Pick among 5 unique locations to have a friendly match of glide hockey. Choose between the gymnasium, forest park, beach, amusement park, and even an arctic aquarium!

• Exciting Mini Games!
Try your wits against Glide Hockey Brawl, Glide Hockey Drill, and Glide Hockey Tracer!

Family Glide Hockey has been rated “E” for everyone by the ESRB.

Football Manager Live - Online world now online

Test your football management skills with the rest of the world online for the very first time

Sports Interactive and SEGA Europe announce that Football Manager Live for PC and Apple Macintosh is available now via digital download at www.footballmanagerlive.com, and will be available from 23rd January in stores.


Football Manager Live, the eagerly awaited persistent-world game from award winning development studio Sports Interactive, lets you test your football management skills against the rest of the world online for the very first time.

“Football Manager Live is a very different game to Football Manager – imagine, if you can, a cross between Football Manager, fantasy football, an auction website and some social networking, and you’ll be just about there,” said Miles Jacobson, Studio Director at Sports Interactive. “Football Manager Live is the best way to prove your football management prowess to the world, and with a new development model dubbed as “constant development”, there will be new features being added to the game every few months, with a lot of these features being based directly on consumer feedback and what the people playing Football Manager Live want to see in the game.”

“Football Manager Live is an exciting step forward for the Football Manager brand, and with Sports Interactive being behind the helm of the very first live football MMO, it couldn’t be in better hands,” said Gary Knight, Marketing Director of SEGA Europe Ltd.

Football Manager Live lets you create and manage your very own football club, choosing your team name, colours, badge, home ground, and also deciding which players to sign from Sports Interactive’s famous database of over 330,000 real world footballers.

Providing a more casual experience than the Football Manager series, you can log in from anywhere, download the small client and play against your friends and other managers from around the world. Players can exchange banter with rival managers via the in-game chat system anytime, 24 hours a day 7 days a week, and you can also choose a league to suit your playing style, tailored to how often and when you want to play the game.

Craft the best team possible and buy, sell, loan and exchange players with other managers in the lively transfer market, or snap up some talent with the new player auction system. To ensure your success you have to balance your finances and develop your club, using an innovative skill system to improve your managerial style and give you the edge.

Football Manager Live operates on a subscription service, with the initial retail boxed copy retailing at £29.99 including a four month subscription to the game, with online subscriptions costing £22.99 to play the game for three months, £43.99 for six months and £72.99 for a full year, which equates to less than 20p per day.

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