1C Company announce the development of NecroVisioN: Lost Company - the prequel to the old-school, horror FPS. The game covers the events that happened before the original NecroVisioN story began.
The new game contains several unique levels, characters, weapons and gameplay elements, as well as a new main hero that tells the original game story from an opposing perspective.
Players can now take on the role of one of the WWI German soldiers that discovers the evil forces unleashed by the war, and starts to fight against them. Eventually they lead soldiers from all the nations gathered on the front through massive battles against zombies and demons. Finally players become the first Necromancer that will fight against Simon Bukner in NecroVisioN.
Key features:
• 10 new levels in the single player campaign • 15 new characters • 6 new weapons • Variety of special weapon upgrades • New drivable vehicles to use in the fight including the FT17 tank and Halberstadt CL.II airplane • Several additional close combat techniques, spells and fatalities in single player • New, unique multiplayer mode: Gas Attack • 3 new maps and several new skins for multiplayer mode • New visual effects like enhanced depth-of-field, soft shadows and new shaders with optimized renderer and data loading system.
NecroVisioN: Lost Company is scheduled for release in Q1 2010.
Rake In Grass is proud to present the release Crystal Cave Classic – a remake of a logic game Crystal Cave.
Crystal Cave Classic is a quest for long-lost treasures buried in pitch black caves, pyramids and temples of ancient civilizations.
Huge gemstones were sheltered from the sunshine for eons of time waiting for explorers brave enough to unearth them. You, as an intrepid treasure hunter, will need all your ingenuity to pass the traps and dangers of the underground and collect the treasure in more than 170 levels.
Crystal Cave Classic is an adventure logic game for players of all ages. The game is available for Windows PC and Mac OS X version.
The main features:
- Explore lost tombs and ancient dungeons - Lots of logic riddles - train your brain! - Play in over 170 levels - Use teleports, boulders and other types of rocks to solve levels - Four graphic scenarios - Original music - Create your own levels using our simple editor
Sequel to award-winning racer takes off-roading to a new level – see the new ‘Rallycross Stadium’ video
The DiRTiest drive of the year is now shipping as Colin McRae: DiRT 2 rallies onto store shelves across North America today, powerslides into PAL territories on Thursday 10th September and accelerates onto UK streets on Friday 11th September for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 (PS3) computer entertainment system, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and PSP (PlayStation Portable) system.
With over 1.5 million downloads of the playable demo, many have taken a test drive of the game’s Trailblazer and Landrush events; now there’s one further reveal with a video showcasing an incredible Rallycross event at the Los Angeles-inspired Estadio Del Ray stadium. Mixing gameplay and replay footage, catch the 8-car dirt track action at www.dirt2game.com.
Delivering a defining and exhilarating off-road racing experience, Colin McRae: DiRT 2 is powered by the third generation of Codemasters’ EGO Engine tech and packed with thrilling new race types, big event atmosphere, stunning locations, and a peerless line-up of super-charged speed machines. Full online functionality with head-to-head competitive online play brings gamers together as part of an extreme sports community.
“With the help of pro athletes like Ken Block, rally racing has evolved and graduated to the mainstream,” said Gavin Raeburn, Senior Executive Producer, Codemasters Studios. “We feel we’ve been able to authentically capture both the intense racing and counter-culture of the sport with Colin McRae: DiRT 2.”
A new breed of off-road racing heroes, including Travis Pastrana, Dave Mirra, Ken Block and Tanner Faust, help players climb the ladder from rookies to off-road racing superstars. Further immersing players into the life of an off-road star, Colin McRae: DiRT 2’s garage is home to a premiere collection of officially licensed rally cars and off-road vehicles, including the Mitsubishi EVO X, the Subaru Impreza WRX STI, the Colin McRae R4 and many others.
DiRT 2 takes players on a World Tour where gamers compete in more than 100 breathtaking events, including aggressive, multi-vehicle races and intense solo challenges set in an array of real-world environments. From the muddy tracks of the Malaysian rainforest to spectator-packed stadiums in London and Los Angeles, racers compete in a variety of contemporary off-road racing styles that include Rallycross, Trailblazer, Raid, Landrush and Rally.
The island inhabitants of Pocket God just can’t catch a break. Previously, in Episode 23 of the smash-hit iPhone deity simulator, the little guys had to deal with the razor-sharp teeth of bloodthirsty piranhas – and two episodes later, they face a new set of predators. And this time, they are much better armed.
Now, in Episode 25: “Sharks With Frickin’ Laserbeams Attached to Their Heads,” the Pygmies of Pocket God will have to contend with Sharks. Sharks with frickin’ laserbeams attached to their heads.
The technologically enhanced creatures are just part of a massive upgrade to the game’s undersea area, also home to the “Bait Master” piranha minigame. No longer must deities go through the tiresome effort of summoning a tsunami – now, the underwater zone can be visited directly from the location menu.
Once underneath the waves, Pocket God players can replace the Bait Master Anchor with the new Chum Bucket, scattering delicious shark bait around the sea, or handing some to a doomed Pygmy. Once drawn out from hiding – probably in some sort of evil volcano lair – the laser-laden sharks will enthusiastically consume their prey. As an added bonus, players can aim the sharks’ lasers using the iPhone’s accelerometer, zapping away at as many Pygmies as they can.
First-of-its-kind Music Video Game Capturing The Beatles' Extraordinary Music, Career and Legacy Available 9/9/09 in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Other Territories
From the early touring days in 1963 Liverpool to the immortal, final performance on the Apple Corps rooftop, fans can follow in The Fab Four’s footsteps as they traverse the globe during the height of Beatlemania, unlocking real photos and videos of The Beatles – some never before seen by the public.
Beatles fans will also be thrilled to hear previously unreleased authentic voice recordings from John, Paul, George and Ringo chatting between takes during studio sessions recorded at Abbey Road more than four decades ago.
The Beatles: Rock Band allows fans to pick up the guitar, bass, mic or drums and experience The Beatles’ extraordinary catalogue of music through gameplay that takes players on a journey through the legacy and evolution of the band’s legendary career. Additionally, for the first time in a music videogame, The Beatles: Rock Band introduces three-part vocal harmonies to gamezplay, allowing gamers to revel in the unparalleled vocal stylings of The Beatles.
The Beatles: Rock Band features 45 songs on-disc representing a cross-section of hits and favorites that span The Beatles’ storied career. Additional music from The Beatles’ epic catalogue will be made available for purchase and download through The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store. Abbey Road will be released on October 20, 2009, followed by the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in November and Rubber Soul in December.
The 45 songs included in The Beatles: Rock Band and the venues in which they are featured in are:
Cavern Club (1963): • Twist And Shout • Boys • Do You Want To Know A Secret • I Saw Her Standing There Ed Sullivan Theater (1964): • I Want To Hold Your Hand • Can’t Buy Me Love • A Hard Day’s Night • I Wanna Be Your Man Shea Stadium (1965): • Ticket to Tide • I’m Looking Through You • Eight Days A Week • If I Needed Someone • I Feel Fine Budokan (1966): • Day Tripper • And Your Bird Can Sing • Drive My Car • Taxman • Paperback Writer Abbey Road (1966-1967): • Yellow Submarine • Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A Little Help From My Friends • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds • Getting Better • Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never Knows • Good Morning Good Morning Abbey Road (1967-1968): • I Am The Walrus • Hello Goodbye • Hey Bulldog • Back In The U.S.S.R. • Dear Prudence • While My Guitar Gently Weeps Abbey Road (1968-1969): • Helter Skelter • Revolution • Birthday • Octopus’s Garden • Something • Come Together • Here Comes The Sun Rooftop Concert (1969): • Dig a Pony • I’ve Got A Feeling • Don’t Let Me Down • I Me Mine • I Want You (She’s So Heavy) • Get Back Encore: The End
The Beatles: Rock Band will offer a new set of hardware replicas representing the instruments made famous by John, Paul, George and Ringo. Featured in the set are the Rickenbacker 325 and Gretsch Duo Jet guitars—hailed as two of the celebrated, signature instruments played by John Lennon and George Harrison throughout their careers. Also available is a Höfner bass controller—a large-scale replica of the bass famously used by Sir Paul McCartney. Rounding out the set is a Ringo Starr inspired Ludwig-branded Rock Band 2 drum set with a classic pearl finish and vintage replica Beatles kick drum head.
Pricing for The Beatles: Rock Band is as follows:
• Limited Edition Premium Bundle for Xbox 360/PS3/Wii: US MSRP $249.99, continental Europe MSRP €199.00, UK MSRP £179.00 • Includes: The Beatles: Rock Band software, Höfner Bass controller: Large scale replica of the Bass famously used by Sir Paul McCartney, Beatles-inspired and Ludwig-branded Rock Band 2 drums with classic pearl finish and vintage replica Beatles kick drum head, Microphone, Microphone Stand, additional special content • Rickenbacker 325 Standalone Guitar for Xbox 360/PS3/Wii: US MSRP $99.99, continental Europe MSRP €99.99, UK MSRP £89.99 • Gretsch Duo Jet Standalone Guitar for Xbox 360/PS3/Wii: US MSRP $99.99, continental Europe MSRP €99.99, UK MSRP £89.99 • The Beatles: Rock Band Software for Xbox 360/PS3: US MSRP $59.99, continental Europe MSRP €69.99, UK MSRP £49.99 • The Beatles: Rock Band Software for Wii: US MSRP $59.99, continental Europe MSRP €49.99, UK MSRP £39.99
The game will also be compatible with all Rock Band instrument controllers, as well as most Guitar Hero and other authorized third party music video game peripherals and microphones.
The Beatles: Rock Band marks the first time that Apple Corps, along with EMI Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Harrisongs Ltd and Startling Music Ltd has presented The Beatles music in an interactive video game format. The Beatles: Rock Band is published by MTV Games and developed by Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game company and creators of the best-selling Rock Band. Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) is serving as distribution partner for the game. In addition, Giles Martin, co-producer of The Beatles innovative LOVE album project, provided his expertise and served as Music Producer for this groundbreaking Beatles project.
The Beatles: Rock Band is rated “T” for Teen with the descriptors “Mild Lyrics” and “Tobacco Reference” by the ESRB.
Mythic Entertainment released Ultima Online : Stygian Abyss , the 8th expansion to one of the longest-running MMORPGs in the genre’s history. Stygian Abyss is available exclusively via digital download from UOGameCodes.com and EA Store.
Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss revolves around the introduction of the playable Gargoyle race. Players will also find expansive new areas to explore, including Ter Mur, the Gargoyle homeland, and the Stygian Abyss – the largest dungeon area ever introduced to Ultima Online. This sprawling dungeon contains new boss monsters of unparalleled difficulty, including the Medusa, Primeval Lich and the Stygian Dragon, as well as Player vs. Player zones where adventurers are turned against one another.
“We could not be more proud to release Stygian Abyss as the 8th expansion of the storied Ultima Online franchise,” said Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer for Mythic Entertainment. “As the 12 year anniversary of Ultima Online approaches, we are thrilled to offer a brand new Ultima adventure, including the new Gargoyle race and the massive Stygian Abyss dungeon, to both new and existing players.”
Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss will be available via UOGamesCodes.com and the EA STORE:
Additionally, consumers who purchase Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss from September 8th – 29th will receive a multi-use Alteration Token to transform current characters into Gargoyles, an exclusive gargoyle craftable pet, and decorative Stygian Abyss mob boss statues.*
Last month Mythic announced that Ultima Online™: Mondain’s Legacy, the 7th expansion of UO which introduced the playable Elven race and several expansive dungeons, is now available at no charge to existing subscribers, and to new players as part of the Ultima Online 14-day free trial.
Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss expansion requires the original Ultima Online game to play and will be available via digital distribution only. To download Ultima Online at no charge or to find out more information about Ultima Online and the additions from Mondain’s Legacy and Stygian Abyss, please visit: http://www.uo.com or http://www.uoherald.com/stygianabyss.
*Offer expires September 29th, 2009. Good only for new purchases of ULTIMA ONLINE: STYGIAN ABYSS. Valid only at the EA STORE at www.eastore.ea.com and at participating online retailers. Limit one offer per purchase. Customers will be emailed the code with the email notification of product release. Download code expires December 31, 2010 days. Valid only in U.S. Offer may not be substituted, exchanged, sold or redeemed for cash or other goods or services. May not be combined with any other offer, gift card, rebate or discount coupon. Retailers, distributors and employees of Electronic Arts Inc. and their agencies/affiliates are not eligible. Void where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law.
Filling a massive hole (rather than a gap in the market place), Excalibur Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Digger Simulator for PC-CD. Scheduled for release on 18th September 2009 in the UK, Digger Simulator leaves the simulation enthusiast with nothing to be desired.
From a small steam shovel to a huge bucket wheel with a length of 240 metres, you take control of everything. Starting with excavating the footings, with the help of the extensive control unit you have to control the digger’s chassis, paddle and arm. As well as the bucket wheel and steam shovel, you will also need to take control of bulldozers, crawler-type loaders and dumper trucks to execute all the tasks involved in working at a busy gravel pit.
Digger Simulator’s detailed graphics and beautifully designed vehicles serve to make this product as realistic a building site simulation as possible, due in no small part to the realistic controls. It even features multiple camera angles so you can check your rear-end swing!
Close your eyes and you’ll practically smell the bacon sandwiches at 11:00am. The only thing that could make Digger Simulator more realistic would be a white van, a flask, a copy of the Sun on the dashboard and a very politically incorrect wolf whistle at the foreman’s daughter!
Digger Simulator offers endless hours of realistic building site simulation fun. Hobnail boots not necessary!
System Requirements • CPU Pentium III 1.2 GHz • 512 MB RAM • Graphics Card GeForce4, Radeon9200 (Shader 1.0) • Graphic memory 128MB • DirectX 9.0c • Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista • Optional Game Controller
Product Overview
Product: Digger Simulator Developer: Astragon Genre: Simulation Format: PC CD Release September 2009 SRP: £24.99
Avatar Golf, the much anticipated sequel to Easy Golf, has finally hit the Xbox Live Marketplace. After just five days on the marketplace Avatar Golf has already surpassed Easy Golf in lifetime trial downloads and sales. Xbox 360 gamers from around the world are astounded by the amount of fun and features Avatar Golf provides at the insanely low price of 400 Microsoft points.
Features Include: • Play Golf as your Avatar! • Six uniquely themed 18-hole courses. • 1 - 4 player local matches • 1 - 8 player online matches ( Yes, you see everyone else's Avatars play simultaneously as you play ) • Create courses in the powerful and easy to use course designer and then share them with other gamers over Xbox Live. * • New Designer features such as houses, cart paths, and bridges. The list goes on and on. • Unlockable Titles. Meet certain criteria like scoring a hole-in-one and unlock a title. Show off your title in the online lobby for all the other Xbox gamers to see. • Joinable online matches ensure there is always an online match for you to play in.
*Xbox Live Gold membership required for Course Sharing
About Avatar Golf Hit the links as your Avatar in style. Features: Play as your Avatar, create and share courses over Xbox Live, 8 player online matches, unlockable titles, player statistics, course records, weather conditions and much more! With six uniquely themed 18-hole courses you'll have a blast playing Avatar Golf. Avatar Golf is for gamers of all ages and skill levels. Avatar Golf is a Top 20 finalist in the world wide Dream Build Play 2009 competition.
Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy, the critically acclaimed indie arcade game created by Stickman Studios in conjunction with Blitz Arcade through Blitz Games Studios’ Blitz 1>UP programme, is full of more rumbustious fun than ever, with a whole host of new swashbuckling features now available.
Buccaneer now features an all new Co-op Mode with five separate mini campaigns containing a total of 20 new levels. Battle your buddies against the endless waves of Crown ships – with the score stacked heavily in the Crown's favour and time ticking away, co-operation is key to win through and add your name to the Hall of Infamy.
“Buccaneer has already shown just what is possible in the indie game market. Stickman have managed to create high quality visuals with no compromise being made on the gameplay,” says Chris Swan, Blitz Arcade's Business Development Director. “The multiplayer features have already been a huge hit, so with the new co-op options there are even more ways to don your pirate hats and get down to some swashbuckling action.”
Buccaneer’s arcade-style fun invites you to take to the high seas, blast enemy ships out of the water, plunder gold and strike fear into the hearts of your piratical opponents. With great looking visuals and easy to use controls, Buccaneer offers the opportunity to become king of the high seas and test your single-player strategy or teamplay prowess.
To celebrate the release of the new patch Stickman Studios and Blitz 1UP have also released a new flash minigame all about helping out your fellow pirates. Cure the filthy pirate scum of ‘The Scurvy!’ by picking the correct item. Choose the wrong item and scurvy will be the least of their worries.
Batten down the hatches and prepare yourself for more swashbuckling fun in the fight to become the world’s greatest captain.
Get your fingers on the buzzers and prepare to cause chaos in Monster Rumble, the third addition to the riotously fun Buzz! Junior collection, now available on PlayStation 3. Launching on PlayStation Store at £3.99 parents and their little terrors can run riot in the weird and wonderful Monster Mansion to find out which of the colourful and crazy creatures is number one through a series of 5 fiendish mini-games for up to four players.
Developed by Dundee-based Cohort Studios, this re-release of the well-received PlayStation 2 original can be enjoyed by everyone, even those without official Buzz!™ controllers thanks to intuitive DualShock support. With beautifully rendered cartoon visuals and a great sense of humour, younger players will enjoy the fun aesthetics and hilarious mini-games on offer, while a range of difficulty settings make this challenging for parents.
Buzz! Junior: Monster Rumble has been created using the developer’s internal Praetorian technology, which is also being used on other internal projects. Bruce McNeish, CTO at Cohort Studios explains: "Having our own internal framework and technology provides us with many benefits. We can both turn around projects quickly as well as develop proposal demos with minimum fuss. Having complete control over our internal framework also gives us great flexibility when we are looking at middleware solutions which allow us to concentrate on creating fun content."
CEO at Cohort Studios Lol Scragg said: “We are pleased with the ongoing success of the Buzz!™ Junior series and are grateful that Sony continue to create games for an often overlooked younger audience. We feel that many kid’s games are falling into that ‘casual’ and therefore overly-simplistic pigeon hole. But while Monster Mayhem is aimed at the three-plus market, it can still provide children with a decent challenge and hours of fun in equal measure, something many kids games fail to deliver. With kids skilfully picking up games at an increasingly early age, we have to warn parents that they might be outclassed by their young ones on this one. You have been warned.”
Buzz! Junior: Monster Rumble Key Features and information - Multiplayer madness for up to four players - Buzz! Buzzer or DualShock controller support - Unlockable trophies - Fully customisable characters - PEGI 3+ Rating
The demo of the highly anticipated next-generation city building game CITIES XL is now live. The demo period will run for the month of September and will give players the chance to build a city of up to 22,000 citizens on a persistent planet (the full version of the game lets you create megalopolises of millions of citizens).
Players will be able to build their city across three available maps (the full version of the game will include 25 maps for solo mode and 50 for the Planet Offer). Inter-city trading, the chat function and a limited avatar builder have all been included, along with the possibility to visit Capital City, a town that offers an example of what can be created with Cities XL.
Players can also create their own city journals and start a new city as often as they wish for the duration of the demo period. Developed by Monte Cristo Games, CITIES XL expands upon all the features that make city builders fun and interesting, while also letting players take their game online, as they interact with others in a persistent online environment.
Realism will be pushed to the limit with cities that are bigger, more realistic and more sophisticated than ever before. Cities XL will launch exclusively for PC in October 2009
Live as a wild life reporter in Safar’Wii. On Animal Island you can explore and take photographs of all the different species that live there. Save all your photo’s in your album and learn facts about the animals as well as hear what they sound like in the wild!
You have been given the opportunity of a lifetime to explore a new island, Animal Island. As a photographer for ‘Animal News’ you will be given assignments to take photographs of the islands inhabitants, and experience them up close and personal.
“Safar’Wii makes your dreams of getting close to wild animals a reality,” said Emma Jenkins Product Manager, “it gives kids the chance to interact with animals, see them in their natural habitats and learn about them in an exciting and fun way.”
With 21 different species, take the perfect picture as you travel around the island. See lion cubs sleeping with their mother or a cheetah stalking its prey. As you carry out your assignments your relationship with the animals will grow. As you gain their trust, you’ll be able to do things like hug a panda or ride an elephant.
Learn more about the animals you have seen by saving them in your animal file, and create a photo album filled with the best pictures.
Wild animals to track, a mysterious island to explore & the opportunity to learn about all the animals – a real Safari adventure!
Safar’Wii is out on the Nintendo Wii September 2009.
Rake In Grass is proud to present the release Crystal Cave Classic – a remake of a logic game Crystal Cave.
Crystal Cave Classic is a quest for long-lost treasures buried in pitch black caves, pyramids and temples of ancient civilizations. Huge gemstones were sheltered from the sunshine for eons of time waiting for explorers brave enough to unearth them. You, as an intrepid treasure hunter, will need all your ingenuity to pass the traps and dangers of the underground and collect the treasure in more than 170 levels.
Crystal Cave Classic is an adventure logic game for players of all ages. The game is available for Windows PC and Mac OS X version.
The main features:
- Explore lost tombs and ancient dungeons - Lots of logic riddles - train your brain! - Play in over 170 levels - Use teleports, boulders and other types of rocks to solve levels - Four graphic scenarios - Original music - Create your own levels using our simple editor
Sega Week - All Sega games - 50% OFF (pre-orders excluded)
Games of the Weekend (September 10-13):
Star Assault - 50% OFF Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - 50% OFF New release (Friday, September 11):
Mini Ninjas - Eidos (UK excluded)
New pre-order program: • With each pre-order, users will earn bonus Blue Coins that can be used to purchase other titles. • A price-drop guarantee that guarantees that if the pre-ordered game drops in price within 30 days from release for more than 5 days, the customer will get the difference backin Blue Coins. • The pre-ordered game will be loaded to the user's account six hours before release to avoid heavy traffic (with publisher approval). Games available for pre-order:
Pre-order Football Manager 2010 - get Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast for FREE! Pre-order Alpha Protocol - get Space Siege for FREE! Pre-order Batman Arkham Asylum Pre-order Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim - get Majesty Gold Edition for FREE! Pre-order Red Faction Guerrilla - get Red Faction 1 and 2 for FREE! Pre-order Sacred 2 Ice and Blood Pre-order Raven Squad
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The curtain goes up on the ‘Course of Terror’! The clown Malatina offers a new solo challenge for plucky adventurers in the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, Runes of Magic. Once per day, she will give players the opportunity to enter a challenging, obstacle-packed dungeon. The mini-game will be added to the game in the final content update along with the full launch of ‘Chapter II – The Elven Prophecy’, on 15 September.
The dungeon consists of a chamber containing 45 fields, each with a seal that hides a range of different obstacles to challenge the adventurer. Each of these demands a special tactic: For example, ice barricades can only be overcome by using a heavy artillery piece. Players have to use the right tools for the job during the game‘s ten minutes. Clown ghosts constantly appear, making matters even worse for our heroes. Once adventurers discover the field containing the key, they’ll receive rewards as well as an entry into the next round. Special titles can also be unlocked using ‘ghost cards’, to reward players for completing the challenge.
There is also additional work in progress on other solo challenges which will be added to Runes of Magic. “We like to always look for ways to keep our players entertained and offer them plenty of variety,” commented PR Manager Philipp Senkbeil. “MMO players don’t always want to be in groups and mini-games are a perfect change from the routine of raids.”
Paradox Interactive are excited to unveil a brand new Hearts of Iron game entitled Arsenal of Democracy, set to release on PC in December.
Developed by BL-Logic, a development studio made up by fans of the Hearts of Iron series and active member of the modding community, Arsenal of Democracy is the ultimate World War II simulation and is described by Project Leader Lennart Berg as “Hearts of Iron II on steroids!”
Describing the idea and process behind the creation of Arsenal of Democracy, Berg goes on to say, “During the years of the Hearts of iron II lifecycle, I made a list of improvements in the forums and these became the guidelines to the new game. So we went ahead and implemented these along with many more ideas until we had pretty much replaced and enhanced everything from the original. The end result, in our very humble opinion, is the ultimate World War II simulation.”
KEY FEATURES • Increased resolution and windowed mode freely selectable • Totally reworked combat mechanics, new missions and realistic combat behavior and losses • Several new technologies • New espionage interface and reworked espionage system • One of the most detailed economy and production system found in any Hearts of Iron game • Realistic logistics system • Everything is moddable • AI reworked and now poses a genuine threat, even to experienced players • 4 new battle scenarios
Apple Corps, MTV Games and Harmonix, the world’s leading developer of music-based games and a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, announce The Beatles : Rock Band will be available tomorrow in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other territories. Released simultaneously with the digitally re-mastered Beatles CD catalogue, the music-based video game will offer players an unprecedented, experiential progression through the music and artistry of The Beatles and be available for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and Wii™ console from Nintendo.
From the early touring days in 1963 Liverpool to the immortal, final performance on the Apple Corps rooftop, fans can follow in The Fab Four’s footsteps as they traverse the globe during the height of Beatlemania, unlocking real photos and videos of The Beatles – some never before seen by the public. Beatles fans will also be thrilled to hear previously unreleased authentic voice recordings from John, Paul, George and Ringo chatting between takes during studio sessions recorded at Abbey Road more than four decades ago.
The Beatles: Rock Band allows fans to pick up the guitar, bass, mic or drums and experience The Beatles’ extraordinary catalogue of music through gameplay that takes players on a journey through the legacy and evolution of the band’s legendary career. Additionally, for the first time in a music videogame, The Beatles: Rock Band introduces three-part vocal harmonies to gameplay, allowing gamers to revel in the unparalleled vocal stylings of The Beatles.
The Beatles: Rock Band features 45 songs on-disc representing a cross-section of hits and favorites that span The Beatles’ storied career. Additional music from The Beatles’ epic catalogue will be made available for purchase and download through The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store. Abbey Road will be released on October 20, 2009, followed by the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in November and Rubber Soul in December.
The 45 songs included in The Beatles: Rock Band and the venues in which they are featured in are:
Cavern Club (1963): • Twist And Shout • Boys • Do You Want To Know A Secret • I Saw Her Standing There Ed Sullivan Theater (1964): • I Want To Hold Your Hand • Can’t Buy Me Love • A Hard Day’s Night • I Wanna Be Your Man Shea Stadium (1965): • Ticket to Tide • I’m Looking Through You • Eight Days A Week • If I Needed Someone • I Feel Fine Budokan (1966): • Day Tripper • And Your Bird Can Sing • Drive My Car • Taxman • Paperback Writer Abbey Road (1966-1967): • Yellow Submarine • Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A Little Help From My Friends • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds • Getting Better • Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never Knows • Good Morning Good Morning Abbey Road (1967-1968): • I Am The Walrus • Hello Goodbye • Hey Bulldog • Back In The U.S.S.R. • Dear Prudence • While My Guitar Gently Weeps Abbey Road (1968-1969): • Helter Skelter • Revolution • Birthday • Octopus’s Garden • Something • Come Together • Here Comes The Sun Rooftop Concert (1969): • Dig a Pony • I’ve Got A Feeling • Don’t Let Me Down • I Me Mine • I Want You (She’s So Heavy) • Get Back Encore: The End
The Beatles: Rock Band will offer a new set of hardware replicas representing the instruments made famous by John, Paul, George and Ringo. Featured in the set are the Rickenbacker 325 and Gretsch Duo Jet guitars—hailed as two of the celebrated, signature instruments played by John Lennon and George Harrison throughout their careers. Also available is a Höfner bass controller—a large-scale replica of the bass famously used by Sir Paul McCartney. Rounding out the set is a Ringo Starr inspired Ludwig-branded Rock Band 2 drum set with a classic pearl finish and vintage replica Beatles kick drum head.
Pricing for The Beatles: Rock Band is as follows:
• Limited Edition Premium Bundle for Xbox 360/PS3/Wii: US MSRP $249.99, continental Europe MSRP €199.00, UK MSRP £179.00 • Includes: The Beatles: Rock Band software, Höfner Bass controller: Large scale replica of the Bass famously used by Sir Paul McCartney, Beatles-inspired and Ludwig-branded Rock Band 2 drums with classic pearl finish and vintage replica Beatles kick drum head, Microphone, Microphone Stand, additional special content • Rickenbacker 325 Standalone Guitar for Xbox 360/PS3/Wii: US MSRP $99.99, continental Europe MSRP €99.99, UK MSRP £89.99 • Gretsch Duo Jet Standalone Guitar for Xbox 360/PS3/Wii: US MSRP $99.99, continental Europe MSRP €99.99, UK MSRP £89.99 • The Beatles: Rock Band Software for Xbox 360/PS3: US MSRP $59.99, continental Europe MSRP €69.99, UK MSRP £49.99 • The Beatles: Rock Band Software for Wii: US MSRP $59.99, continental Europe MSRP €49.99, UK MSRP £39.99
The game will also be compatible with all Rock Band™ instrument controllers, as well as most Guitar Hero® and other authorized third party music video game peripherals and microphones.
The Beatles: Rock Band marks the first time that Apple Corps, along with EMI Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Harrisongs Ltd and Startling Music Ltd has presented The Beatles music in an interactive video game format. The Beatles: Rock Band is published by MTV Games and developed by Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game company and creators of the best-selling Rock Band. Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) is serving as distribution partner for the game. In addition, Giles Martin, co-producer of The Beatles innovative LOVE album project, provided his expertise and served as Music Producer for this groundbreaking Beatles project.
The Beatles: Rock Band is rated “T” for Teen with the descriptors “Mild Lyrics” and “Tobacco Reference” by the ESRB.
From Tuesday 15th September to Sunday 27th September two tournaments will take place, each offering the winning team a superb prize of five ATI Radeon 4850 512MB graphics cards, providing the kind of graphical power any gamers wants in their computer - when you combine the ATI Radeon 4850 series GPUs with SAPPHIRE’s know-how you get a graphics card than can propel you deep into your gameplay with seamless frame rates and high resolutions.
The SAPPHIRE Call of Duty 4 tournament will kick off on the 15th with over 1,200 hours of gaming in just 6 days, with this feat repeated the next week for a different 64 teams, competing in the SAPPHIRE Counter-Strike: Source tournament, which commences on Tuesday 22nd September.
“It’s great to be working with SAPPHIRE again after their great involvement with our event at Gadget Show Live 2009,” said Adam Godfrey, Business Development for Heaven Media. “SAPPHIRE has long been the favoured graphics card brand for gamers due to the high and reliable quality of their products.”
“We believe that helping esports continue to grow is a very important goal” said SAPPHIRE’s Adrian Thompson. “We’re pleased to be supporting Esports Heaven’s September Madness, and are looking forward to some great games taking place!”
These SAPPHIRE tournaments will be covered by Cadred.org and Tek-9.org, two of Europe’s most influential esports coverage sites.
Outspark, the premier North American publisher for free-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, today announced the appointment of Owen Mahoney as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Mahoney’s career path spans traditional and online media including senior executive roles at Electronic Arts Inc., the leading global independent developer and publisher of video games. Outspark’s Founder and current CEO, Susan Choe, will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board and work with game developers on partnering with Outspark.
Mr. Mahoney will accelerate Outspark’s continued expansion of its global user base from North America where it is has the largest free-to-play MMO audience. The company has also established a rapidly growing community in Europe and in the Pacific Rim where free-to-play games have attracted large audiences for many years. Currently, Outspark has a registered user base of more than 4.7 million globally, and since the company launched in 2007, traffic to Outspark has grown to 5.4 million unique visitors a month.
“Since founding Outspark early 2007, the Freemium MMOG market has evolved dramatically. Outspark’s team has built a leading game publishing company, executing solid growth while bringing together a unique MMOG publishing platform with social community elements,” said Susan Choe. “With Owen’s leadership and business experience in the global gaming industry, Outspark will evolve as a leading global game industry player.”
Mr. Mahoney brings more than 15 years experience working in the digital media sector. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of corporate and business development at Electronic Arts, and during his 9-year tenure from 2000-2009, he led the company’s worldwide corporate development activities including acquisitions, equity investments and strategic partnerships. Previously, Mr. Mahoney has held numerous executive positions at online and software companies in both the U.S. and Asia, including PointCast, Claris Japan and Radius. Mr. Mahoney holds a B.A. in Asian Studies from the University of California at Berkeley and attended the University of Tokyo’s graduate law program.
"Having the opportunity build on Susan’s success is a great privilege and I'm honored by the board's endorsement," said Owen Mahoney. "Outspark appeals to a vast global user base and to everyone who wants to establish a connection with gamers around the world in real time. Outspark’s game publishing platform and portal also offer fantastic opportunities to both content developers and game publishers, and I look forward to providing value for Outspark, our loyal user base, investors and our great staff."
Outspark has enjoyed rapid success with a unique business model that has created a flourishing online community around the concept of engaging social events, in-game and around-game networking, user-generated content and a personalized user experience. Outspark currently offers five mid-casual MMO games with more titles being launched this year.
Legendary cheat experts Xploder have worked their magic once again by being the first to market with their cheat system for the Nintendo DSi.
For those of us DSi gamers who love to pamper our Nintendog pooches, we will for the first time be given the ability to unlock all toys, endless amounts of dog food and all of the new breeds, whilst those with a slightly darker side will be happy at the prospect of unlimited cash to expand our arsenal of weapons in GTA Chinatown Wars!
The on-line community database is where the genius lies in the Xploder cheat system, giving us instant access to constantly updated cheat saves which we simply download and transfer to our DSi games with the supplied cable. Being part of the exclusive Xploder community also enables us to interact with like minded DS gamers and even upload our own saved games for others to use, filling us with an enormous sense of self satisfaction!
Another innovative and useful feature of the new Xploder is the ability to back up our own saved games to any PC, safeguarding the priceless hours we have all spent trying to get the better of our games.
DS Lite owners do not despair! The new Xploder cheats system is fully compatible with this slightly older generation of the Nintendo handheld and is supported 100% within the Xploder community.
So, whether we want to turn the tables on Professor Layton, beat the beat in Rhythm Paradise or get miles ahead in the latest DS Mario Kart, Xploder’s ever expanding online database contains literally 100’s of cheat saves to give us a helping hand with all the latest, hottest titles.
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Kuchibi is a new puzzler with a unique game idea. No match-3 or falling-blocks clone, but instead a game with a new exciting mechanism that is equally captivating as those classics so that you will just want to keep on playing and playing. Oh, and did I mention the explosions? Lots of them!
The goal is to score as high as possible, and explode as many stones as possible, by building the largest possible chains, which are then ignited.
For each exploded stone you get score points. The farther away an exploded stone is from the ignition stone, the higher its score.
So the goal is to create the longest possible chain, carefully avoiding to flip a corner stone so that it becomes "locked" into an unwanted position and also avoiding a premature ignition by accidentally flipping the wrong straight fuse.
And to make things even more interesting, there are of course various types of extras to earn and use, for example bombs of different types, jokers and multipliers. The game also has four different game modes, each in three difficulties, local highscore lists, online top-score lists and you can earn medals in the ranks Bronze, Silver and Gold. You can even view replays of the turn where you earned each medal. Perfect for bragging in front of your friends with your latest Kuchibi accomplishments!
The rules are simple. Each stone has a fuse connector and there are only two types of fuses. Straight fuses and corner fuses. You build fuse chains by flipping the existing fuses. Of a corner fuse, only the free ends can be flipped: If both ends are free, both are flipped at once (to the opposite side of the stone). If only one end is free, only this free end will be flipped. If no end is free, the fuse can not be flipped at all. A straight fuse can always be flipped (between vertical and horizontal) no matter if it is connected or not. But if a straigt fuse is flipped so that it connects with another straight fuse, then the flipped fuse is ignited and this ignition spreads along the fuse chain in both directions, exploding the underlying stones.
Still can't imagine how this plays out? Want to know what others say about the game? Read on and check out the trailers and screenshots below!
* Four Game Modes: Marathon, Timer, Survival and Scramble * Three Difficulties * Medals and Replays of the turns where you earned the medals * Online Top-Score Lists (this feature requires Xbox Live Gold) * Local Highscore Lists
1C Company announce the development of NecroVisioN: Lost Company - the prequel to the old-school, horror FPS. The game covers the events that happened before the original NecroVisioN story began.
