Yoga for the Wii system to Feature International top Model Anja Rubik

JoWooD Productions and DreamCatcher Games are pleased to announce that top model Anja Rubik will be featured in their upcoming Wii title Yoga (http://anjarubik.com). A very enthusiastic yoga practitioner, Anja will not only grace the cover, but also accompanies players during numerous relaxing Yoga exercises, providing player motivation throughout the game. Anja Rubik is considered one of the upcoming stars of the model scene and is ranked among the top 15 international supermodels.

“We’ve invested a lot in creating a fun and authentic Yoga title for Wii suitable for everyone. Regardless of your age or gender, anyone who is interested in learning more about this ancient Indian philosophy will love this game.” says Markus Reutner, Marketing manager JoWooD Productions. “Anja Rubik embodies the spirit of Yoga and thus is the perfect guide to increase motivation and promote the practice of this peaceful fitness regime.”

Yoga for the Wii system offers an entirely new fitness and lifestyle experience. It enriches your living room with this ancient art and you can strengthen your body, mind and spirit while training at home. Thanks to the combination of state of the art graphics and the Wii Balance Board™ accessory, this game leads to a brand new fitness-gaming experience.

About Yoga for the Wii system:

Anja Rubik and a 3D animated Yoga guru guide you through the most important parts of the game and offer useful information on both the individual exercises and the philosophical basis behind yoga. Yoga encourages the player to take steps to improve his or her own health and to restore and maintain their own state of well-being. The game supports a wide range of body positions, and the Balance Board provides the player with immediate feedback. The yoga guru guides you through poses in a gentle introduction into this fascinating world.

It's simple for you to develop your own, customised yoga exercise plan and monitor your progress!

Yoga is designed to stand out from the considerable range of “fitness games“ out there and shows a new, modern way to provide more body awareness and relaxation.

Does your work-out really need to be faster, most exhausting and harder? Slow your day down, allow your body and mind to relax – with Yoga for the Wii system.

Anja Rubik & Yoga

Anja Rubik is an ambitious yoga fan and practices this ancient philosophy to provide balance in her stressful everyday life as a model. She is convinced that it is the best way to control thought and breathing processes, and is enthusiastic about the new opportunity to practice yoga in the comfort of your own home while receiving feedback from a yoga guru. We're proud to have found Anja as the perfect advocate for our Wii game Yoga.

Yoga provides a completely new experience in the realm of fitness and lifestyle! JoWooD offers a tried and tested way of training the body and mind in the form of Yoga, all in the comfort of your living room! The combination of excellent graphics and the use of the Wii Balance Board offers a gaming experience never before seen!

Yoga encourages the Wii player to relax after a hard day!

Yoga supports the Wii Balance Board!

Hudson Entertainment brings Deca Sports to Nintendo DS!

Time to put your game face on! Hudson Entertainment, the North and South American publishing arm of Hudson Soft, will release Deca Sports DS in Spring 2010. Following the landmark success of the original Deca Sports and the upcoming release of the sequel Deca Sports 2, Deca Sports DS is an all-new sports compilation title with ten new games that can now be played on the go! Players will also be able to battle up to six friends in exciting multi-sports competition.

“With the original Deca Sports title shipping two million copies worldwide, we felt strongly that the franchise would translate to Nintendo DS.” said Mike Pepe, director of marketing at Hudson Entertainment. “With ten completely new sports and game sharing, Deca Sports DS is going to give gamers and sports enthusiasts everywhere the same great experience they have come to know and love on Wii.”

Like the other Deca Sports titles, Deca Sports DS will feature an all-new diverse selection of sports including golf, ping pong, wall climbing, bobsled and rugby, as well as quirky and exotic sports such as arm wrestling, clay shooting, cheerleading, sky diving and sepak takraw. The new game will continue the original game’s credo of “the Everybody Sports Game.” In addition to the new sports and multiplayer functionality, gamers will also be able to design their own teams by customizing uniforms, changing athlete abilities and even altering the physical characteristics of the athletes themselves.

For more information on Deca Sports and other titles, please visit Hudson Entertainment at www.hudsonent.com.

Johnny Cash to make video game debut in Guitar Hero 5 video game!

Multiple Grammy Award winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and legendary singer-songwriter Johnny Cash will be introduced to an all new audience this autumn as he makes his video game debut as a playable character in the highly anticipated Guitar Hero 5. Cash’s virtual image will live on as Guitar Hero players can rock out on any instrument controller to “Ring Of Fire,” and even unlock the ability to strum and sing along as the “Man in Black” himself in the all-new Electric Honky Tonk Bar venue. Cash joins the ever-growing list of playable in-game artists announced for Guitar Hero 5.

This September, living room legends will rock any way they want in Guitar Hero 5. The entire set list is at players’ finger tips from the start, featuring genre-defining hits from more than 80 of the biggest rock artists and bands of all time, including The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, Kings of Leon, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Vampire Weekend, plus more than 25 artists from a variety of music genres that will be making their music video game debut.

Players take complete control as Guitar Hero 5 allows gamers to personalise and customise how they experience music by being able to play with any in-game instrument combination - multiple vocalists, guitarists, bassists and drummers, in any game mode. With the game’s all-new Party Play Mode, getting the band back together has never been easier. Players can now jump in or drop out of gameplay seamlessly, without interrupting their jam session.

Elevating the Guitar Hero series to new heights with unmatched social gamezplay, an enhanced style, new in-game artists and more rock legends, Guitar Hero 5 features new surprises and challenges that will fire-up long-time fret board fanatics and create a new generation of addicts.

Scheduled to hit store shelves in September, Guitar Hero 5 will be released for the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2. For more information about Guitar Hero 5, please visit gh5.guitarhero.com.

Metal’s Biggest Artists Provide Soundtrack for the Ultimate Skull-Crushing, Demon-Slaying Adventure Brutal Legend - full artist/track list

The complete soundtrack for Brütal Legend, the face-melting action video game from Tim Schafer starring Jack Black as the roadie Eddie Riggs. Boasting an impressive list of over 100 fist-pumping tracks sure to make your blood boil, Brütal Legend puts metal’s most celebrated rock Gods in the forefront of this unique 3rd person action experience. With a total of 75 killer bands showcased, including legends such as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Megadeth and Motörhead, Brütal Legend will unleash the inner headbanger in every gamer on October 13th in North America and on October 16th in Europe.



Brütal Legend is an epic action game from visionary developer Tim Schafer. Jack Black stars as Eddie Riggs, a legendary roadie summoned to a world of Heavy Metal where mountains are made of amplifiers, killer spiders spin guitar strings and Rock Legends roam the landscape. As Eddie, crush skulls with a battle axe, ravage the road in a super-charged Hot Rod and unleash the power of Rock to reign down fire from the sky – all to save humanity and become a Brütal Legend.

”This soundtrack took years to put together as we wanted to represent every genre of Metal, and also have the perfect music for every epic moment in the game,” said Tim Schafer, President of Double Fine Productions. “It’s designed to be loved by Metal fans, and for those who are not, it will either convert them or make their heads explode… or both.”

“It would be a grave disservice to merely use the term ‘Ultimate Heavy Metal Soundtrack’ here,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing for Electronics Arts. “Instead, what we’ve unleashed is without question the most mind-blasting, face-melting, skull-shattering alliance of Classic Metal, Thrash Metal, New Wave, British Metal, Black Metal, Power Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal, Hair Metal, Goth Metal and Industrial Metal ever decreed by The Gods Of Metal. Its very existence will condemn your soul to eternal brütal damnation. Yes, it’s that good!”

See below for the entire list of tracks featured in the Brütal Legend soundtrack.
ARTIST SONG
3 Inches of Blood Deadly Sinners
3 Inches of Blood Destroy The Orcs
Accept Fast As A Shark
Angel Witch Angel Witch
Anthrax Metal Thrashing Mad
Anvil March of the Crabs
Anvil Tag Team
Apostasy Sulphur Injection
Bishop of Hexen A Serpentine Grave
Bishop of Hexen The Somber Grounds of Truth
Black Sabbath Children of the Grave
Black Sabbath Symptom of the Universe
Black Sabbath Never Say Die
Brocas Helm Cry of the Banshee
Brocas Helm Drink the Blood of the Priest
Budgie Breadfan
Budgie Zoom Club
Candlemass Witches
Carcass No Love Lost
Cloven Hoof Nightstalker
Children of Bodom Angels Don’t Kill
Coroner Skeleton on your Shoulder
Cradle of Filth Her Ghost in the Fog
Crimson Glory Queen of the Masquerade
Dark Fortress Insomnia
Dark Tranquility Cathode Ray Sunshine
Deathstars Blitzkrieg
Def Leppard Rock of Ages
Dethklok Mermaider
Diamond Head Am I Evil?
Dimmu Borgir Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
Dokken Mr. Scary
Dragonforce Through the Fire and Flames
Emperor Thus Spake The Nightspirit
Enslaved Frost
Enslaved Loke
Firehouse Overnight Sensation
Girlschool Bomber
Iced Earth When the Night Falls
Iced Earth Pure Evil
In Flames Goliaths Disarm Their Davids
Judas Priest Battle Hymn
Judas Priest The Hellion/Electric Eye
Judas Priest Leather Rebel
Judas Priest One Shot At Glory
Judas Priest Painkiller

Kabbage Boy


Girlfriend

KMFDM


Free Your Hate
KMFDM Rip The System
King Diamond Cremation
King Diamond Welcome Home
Kiss God of Thunder
Lita Ford Betrayal
Marilyn Manson Beautiful People
Manowar Die For Metal
Manowar The Dawn Of Battle
Mastodon Crack the Skye
Mastodon Oblivion Instrumental

Megadeth
High Speed Dirt

Megadeth
Tornado of Souls
Metal Church Metal Church
Michael Schenker Group Assault Attack
Ministry Stigmata
Ministry Thieves
Mirrorthrone So Frail
Motley Crue Dr. Feelgood
Motley Crue Kickstart My Heart
Motley Crue Live Wire
Motorhead Back at the Funny Farm
Motorhead In the Black
Motorhead Marching Off to War
Motorhead We Are the Road Crew
Nitro Machine Gun Eddie
Omen The Axeman
Ostrogoth Queen of Desire
Overkill World of Hurt
Ozzy Osbourne Believer
Ozzy Osbourne Mr. Crowley
Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman
Prong Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck
Quiet Riot The Wild and the Young
Racer X Technical Difficulties
Racer X Y.R.O.
Ratt Lay It Down
Riot Road Racin
Riot Narita
Riot Swords and Tequila
Rob Zombie Superbeast
Rotting Christ Ad Notics
Running Wild Riding the Storm
Sanctuary Battle Angels
Savatage Hall of the Mountain King
Saxon Wheels of Steel
Scorpions Blackout
Scorpions Holiday
Skeletonwitch Soul Thrashing Black Sorcery
Skid Row Youth Gone Wild
Slayer Metal Storm/Face The Slayer
Slough Feg Warriors Dawn
Static-X Love Dump
Tenacious D Master Exploder
Tenacious D The Metal
Testament For The Glory Of
Testament More Than Meets The Eye
Tvangeste Birth of the Hero
UFO Rock Bottom
Whitesnake Still of the Night
Wrath of Killenstein Ignisis Dance

Brütal Legend will launch on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system.

NyxQuest - Kindred Spirits, Rock N' Roll Climber, Super Star Wars, Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters download video games on Nintendo Wii and DSi

There's one word to describe the latest down loadable game offerings from Nintendo: phenomenal. For starters, Nintendo Wii owners can dive into a space adventure for the ages as the Super NES classic Super Star Wars™ makes its Virtual Console debut. WiiWare devotees have two extraordinary new titles to choose from, including the high-flying NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits and the super-charged Rock N' Roll Climber. And don't miss this week's Nintendo DSiWare Brain Age title, which will help keep your mind buzzing wherever you go.

WiiWare

NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits
Publisher: Over The Top Games
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: Experience the awesome story of Nyx, an enigmatic winged girl who must descend from heaven in search of her missing friend, Icarus. Fly over the ruins of ancient Greece and avoid falling into blazing sands or perishing in the claws of cruel harpies and hydras. You will need the help of Zeus and other benevolent gods from Olympus to summon their powers. They will let you cast rays, modify the scenery and control winds as you wish. By making your own wrist movements and pointing to the game screen, you will be able to achieve these and many other feats. Fly, aim and shoot using your Wii Remote™ controller. Play with a friend and maximize your abilities: While one controls Nyx, the other will control the powers from the gods.

Rock N' Roll Climber
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Prepare to "rock out" like never before in Rock N' Roll Climber. Climb rocks using the innovative control scheme, which has you controlling your character's movement using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk™ controllers. If you want an even more immersive experience, optional support for the Wii Balance Board™ is also available. Make your way up an array of courses, ranging from the Pop level's indoor rock wall to the Heavy Metal level's waterfalls (watch out for those moss-covered rocks - they're slick). In addition to the sense of accomplishment you'll feel upon reaching the top, you might just be rewarded with your own guitar.

Virtual Console

Super Star Wars
Original platform: Super NES
Publisher: LucasArts
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Risk your life as a Jedi Knight. Join Luke, Han and Chewbacca in their fierce war against the Evil Empire. Battle treacherous aliens. Pilot two vehicles in high-speed, first-person 3-D sequences. Rip through the desert in Luke's landspeeder. Clash with aliens in the Mos Eisley Cantina. Blast menacing boss monsters and Imperial stormtroopers. Attack TIE fighters in the trenches of the Death Star. Fight your way through the wastelands of Tatooine to the hostile streets of Mos Eisley and beyond. Grab your blaster, strap on your lightsaber and take on the fight for galactic freedom.

Nintendo DSiWare

Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Language
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: This edition of the popular Brain Age series offers players a mix of new and familiar exercises, all with an artistic focus. Test your spelling in Word Attack, enjoy literary classics in Reading Aloud and tune your musical skills in Piano Player. A new Themes mode challenges you in drawing, photography and voice acting and lets you share your creativity with friends and family. And if you need a break, the always-enjoyable Virus Buster makes its return. Prepare for another round of training your brain in minutes a day.

Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi Shop and the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Remember that both Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com.

FPS Killing Floor Co-op Survival Horror PC video game out in UK

Upcoming and ambitious video game publisher Iceberg Interactive is proud to announce that the highly anticipated Horror FPS Killing Floor is now available in stores all over the UK.

Killing Floor is a Co-op Survival Horror FPS taking place in the devastated cities and countryside of England, after a series of cloning experiments for the military goes horribly wrong.

You and your friends are members of the military and police, dropped into these locations with a simple mission: survive long enough to cleanse the area of the failed experiments. The only problem is, these “experiments” aren’t waiting to be taken out – they’re coming for YOU!

Iceberg Interactive CEO Erik Schreuder said: “With the game set in London and typical English countryside locations, as well as featuring refreshingly real English voice overs for the characters, Killing Floor is a shockingly good alternative for the Hollywood style zombie games that have dominated the market so far. Add the very friendly pricing to the mix and this should be the zombie shooter of choice for every Brit.”

To find out more about Killing Floor and to keep up with the latest news on the game, visit www.iceberg-interactive.com

Key features:

• Co-op game mode for up to six players obliterating multiple waves of specimens
• Persistent Perks system, allowing players to convert their in-game achievements into permanent improvements to their character’s skills and abilities

• Over 40 Steam Achievements, including “Dignity for the dead” for killing 10 enemies feeding on dead teammates’ corpses and “Hot Cross Fun” for finishing off 25 burning enemies with a Crossbow.

• Watch those crucial and violent creature deaths in slomo “ZEDtime”, even in multiplayer

• Solo game mode for offline play

• 9 different monster types trying to eat your face off, armed with everything from teeth and claws, through to chainsaws, chainguns and rocket-launchers

• 12+ weapons for the players to chose from, ranging from knives and fire-axes up to pump shotguns, rifles and a flamethrower. Add in a welder, medical tools and body armor to help the players survive

• Players choose which Perks to play with, so they can best balance out a co-op team to survive the horrors

• Open, non-linear play areas: choose when and where to fight – or run; weld doors closed to try and direct the monster horde

• Fully-configurable, allowing players to change things as simple as the difficulty level or number of creature waves, or go so far as to set up their own favorite waves of monsters

• Support for Steam Friends and other Steamworks features

• Includes SDK for the creation of new levels and mods

PC Video Game Barrow Hill - Curse of the Ancient Circle

Archaeology meets adventure in this adventure-style game released to retail, courtesy of Focus Multimedia. Lauded by the BBC as ‘the next best thing to sleeping in a haunted house,’ Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle is not for the faint-hearted!

This creepy tale is set in Cornwall, a land rife with myths and legends. An ancient burial mound, known locally as Barrow Hill, has been disturbed. What was unearthed during a recent archaeological dig in the Barrow? Is it the cause of human disappearances and supernatural events?

You have been tasked with exploring Barrow Hill in order to unravel a sinister plot and discover exactly what happened to world-famous archaeologist Conrad Morse and his team.

Tread ancient pathways across the countryside, seek clues in almost forgotten shrines and experience the primeval forces which exist in the stone circle. Following in the footsteps of Conrad Morse, you will discover that the barrow is more than just a mound of earth and a collection of forgotten standing stones.

Features
• Discover a world of puzzles, archaeology and ancient rituals
• Use gadgets to locate clues and communicate with other characters
• Haunting soundtrack of creepy music and spine-chilling sound effects

Test your wits and your nerve in the immersive world of Barrow Hill. But whatever you do, don’t turn out the lights. You have been warned…

Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle joins Focus Multimedia’s Essential range of great value PC games and software. Every Focus Essential title has the suggested retail price of just £9.78 including VAT.

Free PC demo of Darkest of Days free-to-play version out 11th Aug 2009

Phantom EFX, a leading developer and publisher of entertainment software, with independent game development studio 8monkey Labs confirmed today the PC demo of Darkest of Days, a free-to-play version of the highly anticipated historically-based first person shooter, will be available on August 11, 2009.

“Custer's infamous last stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn, and the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American history… these are just a few of humanity’s darkest days, and you can dive into both of these in the Darkest of Days demo,” said Aaron Schurman, Chief Executive Officer at Phantom EFX. “This hour-long demo lets players experience unrivaled carnage and to experience what it’s like to use futuristic weapons in period settings and see what happens when you alter history while fighting against hundreds of enemies during some of man's greatest struggles in History!”

The demo features some serious action, throwing players into the middle of raging battles, while also giving players great hands-on time with a variety of weapons. To get a more in-depth look at the rich weapons loadout, check out the weapons training video at Gametrailers.com.

Key features of Darkest of Days include:

• Brand New Engine: The dedicated team at 8monkey Labs has created an all-new, groundbreaking game engine known as Marmoset. The Marmoset engine not only breaks from the all-too present Unreal engine FPS clones flooding the market, but also allows for some amazing graphical capabilities. You’ll fight through epic battles filled with literally hundreds of NPCs on the screen at the same time, all with an advanced AI without a hint of graphical slowdown and all set against wide-open environments that are lushly detailed and dynamically lighted.

• Compelling Storyline: Darkest of Days is a compelling, action-packed first-person shooter to be sure, but it’s not just mindless run-and-gun, blow ‘em up gameplay. You’ll not only have to think about how to approach certain key battles and situations, but you’ll also have to take care when fighting – certain key people that were never meant to die will be marked with a special blue aura. If you kill them, you’ll face dire consequences…

• Wreak Havoc with Future Weapons in Antiquity: Something nearly every gamer that’s ever played a shooter based in the past has always wanted is the ability to bring a futuristic weapon back through history and kick some major butt. How differently would Custer’s last stand have turned out if the General was equipped with an M-16 assault rifle? You’ll be able to answer questions like this and more in Darkest of Days. While not every battle and situation will allow you to wield weapons from the future, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to unleash futuristic fury on your unsuspecting foes.

• PC powered by PhysX: Only available for the PC on NVIDIA GeForce GPUs, NVIDIA PhysX technology delivers real-time and hyper-realistic physical gaming effects in Darkest of Days. “Canned” reactions are a thing of the past with PhysX, which brings Darkest of Days to concussive life with blazing explosions and weapons impact effects, reactive debris, realistic water and fog, and lifelike environmental effects including smoke, dirt, dust, and wind.

To download the free-to-play version of Darkest of Days, please visit www.darkestofdays.com to view a list of sites that will host the official demo.

To pre-order Darkest of Days, please visit store.phantomefx.com. For more information about Darkest of Days, please visit www.darkestofdays.com.

Ninja Captains Nintendo Wii and DS game - Run from bulls, gondola racing, sledding down mountains and battling a giant robotic mouse! - with video

Nordcurrent have just announced their latest title for Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS, Ninja Captains. Running from bulls in Spain, gondola racing in Venice, sledding down icy mountains in Antarctica, and battling a giant robotic mouse in New York are just some of the zany activities you perform in this hilarious party game.



The game not only offers 20 unique games that are both fun and challenging, but the Wii version also lets up to 4 players join the action and compete for high score supremacy. Top this off with a quirky sense of humour and a plot that revolves around a team of clumsy ninja cats accidentally travelling the world instead of saving their hometown from a terrifying mouse menace, and you’ve got a sure-fire hit with both friends and family!

Each game takes you to a different world famous city, playing on comical stereotypes to ensure the challenges you face are constantly new and exciting. Cities you visit include London, Sydney, Paris, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and many others. The gameplay is varied and exercises your speed, timing and coordination as you are called upon to perform activities that range from racing to climbing, balancing, dodging, dancing, and even surfing! The colourful and loveably awkward ‘heroes’ will draw you in even further with their epic mission that provides the perfect back-story to a journey that spans across every continent before ending up back in downtown New York for the final showdown with a massive robotic mouse bent on destroying the city.

The combination of wacky humour, addictive gameplay and exotic locations makes Ninja Captains a must-play title this year for anyone who owns a Nintendo Wii or DS... Don’t miss out!

Madden NFL 10 HD video game trailer

The culmination of all things Madden NFL has arrived with Online Franchise in Madden NFL 10. The latest Madden NFL 10 Video Documentary series is now available, which includes details and perspectives on the all-new, award winning Online Franchise mode direct from the development team.


Enjoy 32 team leagues, featuring anywhere from 1 to 32 human controlled teams, in Online Franchise mode that provides full team management, including trades, live drafts, depth chart changes, and moreand its all just one click away!


Online Franchise is the biggest feature to ever grace Madden NFL and its all manageable from your console, remotely through a web browser, or via a custom iPod Touch Application. Have full control of your team from anywhere you can log on. With new mobile updates and web connections, Online Franchise is available to you 24/7, and with immediate updates to your console, you'll never miss a down. Online Franchise revolutionizes gamezplay in that it acts as a true NFL season with 32 teams and a full season, including playoffs and the Super Bowl.

Online Franchise is exclusive to the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 versions of Madden NFL 10, which will be available in stores on August 14th.

Lead and Gold - Gangs of the Wild West video game - Third person shooter with team multiplayer

Lead and Gold – Gangs of the Wild West

- Third person shooter with team multiplayer

- In addition to a strong multiplayer focus, players will have the opportunity to practice versus AI driven teams either by themselves or in co-op mode.



- Supported platforms are still to be announced but the game is developed created with digital distribution both on console and PC in mind.

- The game is raising the standards for online distributed games by utilizing graphics and gameplay features similar to those used by a majority of today’s AAA-titles.

- Lead and Gold – Gangs of the Wild West catapults the player straight into the dramatic crescendo of the Western myth. Relive the high-noon duel on the main street of a frontier town or the intense firefight during a bank heist. Immerse yourself in gameplay drawing from a perfect mix of cool-headed player skill and the brutal close quarter brawl of the classic Western shoot out.

- Lead and Gold - Gangs of the Wild West is built with the GRIN Diesel Engine, previously used for Bionic Commando, Bionic Commando Rearmed and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter.

50 Cent to star in Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2 video game

50 Cent will be providing voice over work for squads in the multi-player portion of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. 50 Cent is getting more and more into games it seems, following up Blood on the Sand with some voice over work for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in what Activision is calling a 'casual cameo'.

Pictures of 50 Cent visiting Infinity Ward appeared on his blog (which we only read because we visited via Eurogamer) 'This is 50'. Infinity Ward spokesperson Robert Bowling later confirmed that 50 Cent will be featured in the game.

Specifically, 50 will be providing the voices of some squad members in the multiplayer portion of the game, which means you can get used to him saying things like "reloading", "air strike" and we might even be lucky enough to hear our favourite line from 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand - "f***ing grenade!".

Bowling also confirmed that 50 Cent is by no means the only celebrity who has been signed to feature in the game and that more and more 'casual cameos' will be unveiled in the lead-up to release.

Infinity Ward was quick to point out that members of Good Charlotte are not on the cameo list though, despite being shown in pictures on the This is 50 blog. Apparently 50 Cent is just really good friends with Benji and Joel from Good Charlotte.

Source: Bit-Tech

Curling video game coming to Nintendo Wii

A Winnipeg company is aiming for development of a curling video game for Nintendo's Wii console, and appears right on target. Complex Games is producing Wii Curl in hopes of putting it on the market by late next year, after securing a prized licence with the Nintendo home gaming giant.

"Without a licence from Nintendo, you can't actually get access to their hardware ... so that's a big deal for us," president Noah Decter-Jackson said.



"Now that we've got the licence, we can develop our curling game for the Nintendo Wii."

The "very important milestone," said Decter-Jackson, follows development of a game prototype for an event in conjunction with the Canadian Embassy. After attending a video game conference in San Francisco, the company's management figured it had a shot.

Though the firm refuses to reveal what the Nintendo licence has cost, it says the game could be lucrative.

"They have the largest console, and the most popular console in the world," Decter-Jackson said.

"Getting on the Nintendo Wii is a huge deal."

One of their goals is to throw out a product much more realistic and in line with the actual sport than an existing curling video game which is part of a large Nintendo Wii package.

"You have to make some concessions and tweak things to get it there. But having an idea of how the basic motions are, helps craft the game," said Adrian Cheater, Complex's technical director.

"We sort of draw on people we know with much more experience in the game to get a more accurate representation of what the game is."

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Collector’s Edition video game in UK

TECMO KOEI EUROPE LIMITED proudly announces details of the Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Collector’s Edition, along with a fantastic value pricing structure, setting the RRP at £49.99. Set for release on October 2nd 2009, the Collector’s Edition will be on sale exclusively at HMV. The release coincides with the release date of the standard edition of the hottest, most intense and challenging action-packed ninja adventure game.

The Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Collector’s Edition includes...

• A copy of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, exclusively for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system.
• Limited Edition 80 page ‘Ninja Gaiden Treasury’ featuring:
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 prologue comic written and designed by Team NINJA, which sheds more light on the intriguing storylines of Ninja Gaiden.
-Character and Concept Art Gallery .
- Lite-Strategy Guide including: Weapon Profiles for the 4 playable characters. Combos & Ninpos. Hints and Tips for Story Mode and Team Missions.
- Commentary from Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 producer Yosuke Hayashi, the Lead Artists behind the game and one final Tidbit from Team NINJA….
• Complete, limited edition original soundtrack CD.
• Exclusive downloadable costume available through the PlayStation Network.

“Tecmo Koei Europe is staffed by gamers, with a gamers’ eye on what makes a worthwhile purchase. With the announcement of the Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Collector’s Edition, we’re sure fans of the series will love what’s in store for them”, said Will Curley, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Setting the RRP of the Collector’s Edition Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 at £49.99 we believe gamers will feel they’re getting a lot of Ninja Gaiden and extras for their cash”.

Red Orchestra 2 - Heroes of Stalingrad PC video game announced

The sequel to Red Orchestra, the leading realism-based multi-player WWII shooter on the PC. Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad will take the award winning Red Orchestra franchise into the next generation of gaming. Cutting edge graphics and audio built using the Unreal Engine 3, inventive features and streamlined realism will deliver an unrivaled WWII experience.

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad will focus on the Battle of Stalingrad and the surrounding operations, both German and Russian, from July 1942 to February 1943. The game allows the player to experience one of the most brutal battles in all of human history. The game consists out of two campaigns - the Red Army and German missions.Delivering unrivaled accuracy and attention to detail, along with gritty, vicious combat in multiplayer, co-op and solo modes the game will feature everything from quick, brutal firefights to more intricate and challenging simulation modes.

The developers have built upon their huge success with the last title and have added a slew of new features including:
RO multiplayer taken to new heights: In addition to the award winning Territory game type from RO, all new gametypes such as Firefight and Countdown add greater diversity, replay ability and fun.
Persistent Stats Tracking and Player Progression: Grow in rank, earn medals, improve abilities, and become a Hero - all visible to the complete online gaming community and embedded within the game.
Heroes: Obtain the ultimate goal and become a Hero online.

Players with hero status inspire troops around them and cause fear in their enemies. Heroes have access to the best and rarest weapons and equipment, and will stand out visually from the rest of the soldiers.

Stalingrad Campaign: The Stalingrad campaign will feature the multi-player maps used in a campaign layout recreating the battle for Stalingrad from both the German and Russian sides.

First person cover system: Experience the ultimate firefights that a cover system allows, from the immersion of a first person view. Peek or blind fire over and around cover and more.

Squad Command: Command fire teams on the battlefield using an easy to use first person interface.
WWII weaponry redefined: true to life ballistics, bullet penetration, breathing, adjustable sights, free aim, weapon bracing, photo-real graphics and more.

Co-op: Players can connect with their friends and battle the AI in multiple game types including the Stalingrad Campaign, Skirmish Mode, and more.

Morale: Experience what it is like to be a soldier in one of the bloodiest conflicts in history and the importance of a soldier's state of mind and how it can turn the tide of battle.

Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches comes to Germany, Austria and Switzerland after all - called Rhiannon: Fluch der Vier Zweige

Wales-based PC adventure developer Arberth Studios is preparing for the imminent release of its game ‘Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches’ in the German language into Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where it will be called ‘Rhiannon: Fluch der Vier Zweige’. The game is currently undergoing approval at the German Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK), which recommends the minimum age of players.

Arberth’s Noel Bruton explains, “the German release of Rhiannon was originally to take place around February 2009, but all that came to a halt when the then publisher, Lighthouse Interactive, suffered its financial difficulties. We’ve now found new routes to market and are pursuing them keenly.”

Legend-based and puzzle-filled adventure for the PC promises bone-chilling ghost stories and spine-tingling mysteries before Halloween

The lack of a German version did not prevent bilingual German speakers from playing it. A number of the German adventure forums contain posts from appreciative players of the English version – one even has a German language walkthrough of the English game.

Bruton continues, “Last week we informally mentioned on a few of the German adventure forums that we were thinking of releasing the German version. We were struck by how positive the reaction was, and this has urged us to pursue a proper launch. No release date has been finalised yet, as there are considerations such as the USK testing and the availability of pressing plant capacity to sort out. But it will almost certainly be this side of Halloween.”

Bruton admits a very personal interest in seeing Arberth products on sale in Germany. “I had a great time as a student of German, living near Stuttgart years ago. I’m enjoying brushing up on the language. But I didn’t translate the game – the localisation was done by German professionals.”

Timeloop video game comes to iPhone and iPod Touch - with video

The game launches at a promotional price of $0.99/£0.59/0.79€ which is amazing value for money for a beautifully realised game which includes 32 levels of time-warping puzzles, not to mention cats, professors and hair dryers.
Released in tandem with the game is ‘Timeloop Lite’ – a free ‘taster’ of the full game. Timeloop Lite features five whole levels from the full game – the first four levels which ease you into the game plus



There are 32 levels in total and they all basically comprise a set of interconnecting rooms that are for the most part locked. You are a highly trained robot and to fix the doors, it's just a matter of going up to the door and the control panel, tap the icon and fix the problem. The tricky bit is that if you move away from the control panel, the door will lock itself again. This is where your other self steps in to help out. While your first incarnation is keeping the door open, your other self can walk through and tackle the next set of problems. If needed, a third robot can be summoned and walk all the way through to rescue the prof. Each time you reincarnate, time spins back and you see the shadow of your former self scurrying through the level repeating the moves you made. The key point to remember is that the first robot cannot interact with the second robot. Say the first robot unlocks a door for the second robot to pass through and the second robot then opens another door. The first robot cannot then walk through this second door because it wasn't open in the first instance. Lets not get in a debate about time travel. I know Back To The Future might have done things different but these are the rules of TimeLoop.

This is a mind boggling game at the outset and kudos to the development guys who thought up this crazy game. There is a countdown for the remaining oxygen and you do only have a set number of timeloops that you can generate. We've had the preview build for a few weeks and at first we were busy clock watching and trying to be super efficient and we basically overcomplicated the game. After leaving the game alone for a couple of weeks to fester in the back of our heads, it all became clear. With your first robot, a general rule is to do as much as you can and go as far as possible with it until time runs out. The TimeLoop will automatically engage once the time runs out and then you can take your second robot through the first set of open doors and continue in the quest. It's not the most efficient approach but it should just get you through most of the levels. For the real puzzle maniacs, the game does have an award system but getting the gold score is very very difficult and requires excellent timing and control.

The controls are all touch based. Tap the screen for the robot to walk there and tap the control box for the robot to fix the device. It's all pretty straight forward although sometimes your robot may slide across the walls trying to get through the door because you haven't directed it in a straight line through the opening. The graphics have that mad scientist feel to them with zany colours and just a general wacky feel to it all. The sound is actually quite good and the wails of the trapped scientists are particularly funny.

TimeLoop is a very well thought out game and should keep you amused for a good few hours. If you are keen to get all the gold, then this will definitely entertain and frustrate you for many more.

Cake Mania 3 video game available now on PC

Indulge in a time-traveling adventure of cake-baking fun with Cake Mania 3!

Master cake-baker Jill Evans is ready to tackle her biggest challenge yet - planning her dream wedding! But disaster strikes when her friends and family are the victims of a dysfunctional time travel gadget and are transported to random periods in time.

In this mouse-crunching time management adventure from Sandlot Games, the world’s premier developer of casual games, you must learn the basics of cake-making and fill customer orders before they get annoyed and walk out. The quicker you serve, the more they tip – but look out – some customers are more patient than others! Can you help Jill work her cake-making magic and get everyone back before the wedding begins?

Features:
• Over 350 possible level combination
• Over 30 wacky customer types including witches, wizards, Robin Hood and The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• 6 bakery locations; Ancient China, Ancient Egypt, Old England, Revolutionary France, The Stone Age and a final secret location!
• Kitchen upgrades and customisable bakeries
• Mini-games include giving Jill a new look and designing your very own wedding cake!

Available for the first time on CD-ROM in the UK and Ireland through a leading European publisher INTENIUM, Cake Mania 3 joins Focus Multimedia’s Essential range of great value PC games and software. Every Focus Essential title has the suggested retail price of just £9.78 including VAT.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 PlayStation 3 fighting game screenshots

"The sequel to the greatest ninja game ever made comes to the PlayStation 3" PlayStation The Official Magazine. The most intense, challenging, action-packed ninja adventure is back, exclusively on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system!




Developed by Tecmo's own Team NINJA, the NINJA GAIDEN series follows the adventures of super ninja Ryu Hayabusa throughout the world. The series has earned high praise and a loyal following amongst core fans, as well as action gamers alike. NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA was the first in the series to land on the PLAYSTATION 3 system. From playability, visual presentation to sound, the game received excellent scores all around.

"Ninja Gaiden Sigma featured one of the most infamously challenging, yet undeniably addictive, fighting mechanics ever to grace an action game."
- PlayStation The Official Magazine, May 2009
NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA 2 is graced the cover of the May 2009 issue of PlayStation The Official Magazine, which includes an 8-page exclusive feature on the upcoming title, as well as an interview with Team NINJA's director and producer Yosuke Hayashi.

NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA 2 has not been rated by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB).

New Super Mario All-Stars enhanced coming to Nintendo Wii?

The latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu reveals Super Mario Collection in a list of game trademarks.

Super Mario Collection (known as Super Mario All-Stars in Europe) was released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993 and contained updated versions of four classic Mario games. Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels were all included on the cartridge with improved graphics and sound to take advantage of the SNES hardware.

The new trademark may suggest that this original compilation could arrive on the Virtual Console in the future. The NES versions of these games are already available for download on the Wii but the enhanced SNES compilation would certainly be of interest to many, particularly those who have never experienced any of these Mario games in any form (there must be someone!).

There are other possible outcomes of the trademark, however. It is possible that it could indicate a DSi release of some kind such as a download on the DSi store of the SNES Super Mario All-Stars or perhaps an all new collection containing Game Boy titles such as Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins and Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3.

Obviously, there are many possibilities as to what this trademark could imply. Feel free to speculate in the comments section below and stay tuned for more information on the Super Mario Collection trademark in the future.

Source: n-europe