18 wheels of Steel: American Long Haul now available

GamersGate announced today another worldwide premiere!

18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul is the latest in the truck simulation games series for Windows PC developed by SCS Software, and published and distributed by ValuSoft, a division of THQ Inc. The game is currently available for $19.99 via direct download on GamersGate.

North America's open roads await! You ain't working for the Man any more! You're the owner of your own trucking business and you call the shots.

• Build your empire one rig at a time to dominate the roadways and outbid the competition. Can you handle the pressure? Your American Dream starts behind the wheel of your own big rig.


• Bid – May the best man win. Do you take what the company is bidding for a job or do you move on and lose valuable time? Remember – Profit is King!


• Haul – Start behind the wheel transporting 45+ types of cargo including livestock, chemicals, and mobile homes, cross country to bring in the big bucks.


• Handle – These beasts don't drive themselves! Back up to loading docks, maage your fuel, and maintain your trucks in peak condition.


• Dominate – Move it better and faster than your competition. Build your reputation coast to coast as you long haul across 48 states, Canada and now Mexico! ´


• Grow - Build your business and add rigs to your fleet. Own up to 37 mammoth machines and trailers.

More information about 18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul on GamersGate.

For more information about 18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul please visit http://www.americanlonghaul.com

Availability of Wii, PS3, and great Gift Ideas for Last minute Christmas Shopping

Renchi.com ( www.renchi.com) - a leading import video games, consoles and game gear retailer, has got the last minute shoppers covered. Hard to get in stock items such as the US and Japan versions of Nintendo Wii, and many DS Lite and new Wii accessories can still be had for Christmas.

Renchi has put together a list of great gift ideas for those who lacks time or insight of what's hot in the video game world. These gift ideas (http://www.renchi.com/renchi/NewsDetail?newsID=807) has all the platforms covered, including the hot and hard to find US version Nintendo Wii. Other cool items include the PS3 DualShock 3 controllers, or the popular Assassin's Creed, Mario Party DS and the PS3 official Winning Eleven 2008 Bundle. Renchi also has many Asia-only colors / styles for consoles and accessories.

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RenChi.com (www.renchi.com ) is a sister company of RedWolfAirsoft (www.redwolfairsoft.com ), the leading worldwide airsoft supplier for the past 8 years. Based in Hong Kong, RenChi has the advantage of sourcing video games and consoles from various regions, including Japan, for great prices and speed.

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Elf video game Online NPC Show Off

ELF Online has released a series of latest NPC pictures to the public recently; all of them present the humorous and cute style of this game before the players.

ELF Online is a kind of 2D Online game which exploited by Happy MMO only. It adopts the popular internet culture of “spoof” as its main style and possesses a subversive innovation system featuring trick and love, etc. All these funny elements make ELF Online a brand new game. It perfectly interpretes a characteristic online game beyond others for players.

Football SuperStars Releases First Character Renders And Calls For Testers For Closed Alpha

CyberSports, the new games industry publisher of world-class global, massively multi-player online (MMO) sports games using leading-edge technology, today released the first character renders for its premiere title, Football SuperStars.

With the game just about to enter its closed Alpha stage, where select external Testers are poised to be the first people to get ‘hands on’ with this eagerly awaited sports MMO, CyberSports and developer Monumental Games have released the first character renders to give people a taste of what to expect.

An online MMO game for the PC, Football SuperStars will immerse players in a utopian soccer-styled virtual world and take part in 3, 5, 7 and 11-a-side football matches. Players will take control of a single footballer and will interact on and off the pitch, living the football superstar lifestyle whilst pursuing fame, glory and success, striving to join the best clubs, competing at the highest level and progressing within the game through skill and sporting prowess. The player will exist in a persistent football-themed world and be able to join or form their own teams and manage their careers whilst engaging in various leagues.

“Game-play and realism are revolutionary,” said Malcolm Clark, CEO of CyberSports. “Playing in and against teams of real people is simply the right way to play a football game, and the MMOG platform is perfect to bring like-minded gamers and football fans together. Football SuperStars will be a totally immersive football experience combining the most realistic football matches ever played with a true lifestyle environment for the budding superstars to explore and show off their trappings of success and become famous.”

Rik Alexander, CEO of Monumental Games, added “We are extremely happy with how Football SuperStars is progressing, and now we have almost reached Closed Alpha we can release some images so people can see how far we’ve come. The realism of the human controlled teams and the superb graphics of the character avatars and stadiums make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, like you are walking onto the pitch in real life.”

“It’s all coming together,” Malcolm Clark, commented further “The full 11-a-side matches we play in the studio have the atmosphere and tension of a real football match. In a week or so we’ll start to choose Closed Alpha testers from the people who have registered, so if you would like to be part of Football SuperStars and be among the first to experience the most realistic football game ever, then go to www.footballsuperstars.com and sign up now. We can’t wait to see your reaction.”

Football SuperStars will enter its Closed Alpha stage in the coming weeks and selected external Testers will at last be able to take part in the creation of the game. During the coming months, more and more external Testers will be needed to ensure that Football SuperStars is the best game it can possibly be. Anyone who would like to take part as an external Tester can nominate themselves by visiting www.footballsuperstars.com and registering their details.

Football SuperStars will be available to play on the PC and is scheduled to go live in Q2 2008

Vivendi and Activision to Create Activision Blizzard - World's Largest, Most Profitable Pure-Play Video Game Publisher

Combination Brings Activision's Best-Selling Video Games, Including Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, and Tony Hawk, Together With Vivendi Games' Portfolio of Leading Franchises, Including Crash Bandicoot and Spyro, and Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft, Diablo and Global No1 Subscription-Based World Of Warcraft

Vivendi to Contribute Vivendi Games Valued at $8.1 Billion, Plus $1.7 Billion in Cash in Exchange for Approximately 52% Stake in Activision Blizzard at Closing; Total Transaction Valued at $18.9 Billion

Activision Blizzard Will Commence Post-Closing Cash Tender Offer for Up to 146.5 Million of its Shares at $27.50 per Share, Representing 31% Premium for Activision Stockholders Based on 20-Trading Day Average

Transaction Will Unlock Value of Blizzard Entertainment's Massively Multiplayer Online Games Business and Will Be Accretive to Stockholders of Activision and Vivendi

Free Mission for all Simmers - Flight Scene video game Holiday Present

Between now and half december we may expect the release of a very interesting free mission for FSX. Actually it's 2 FUN Missions for the 2007 Holidays. One plays in Autumn and the other in Hard Winter.The missions are not easy to play, but doing them over and over you'll grow to a great Cessna Pilot.

Stay tuned, it's not just a freeware Gift, it's a tribute to all you dedicated Simmers!

More at www.fscene.com

Band of Bugs video game play now...

PC version of Live Arcade title released today on www.NinjaBee.com— with a few surprises

Band of Bugs PC, the Windows-based version of the Xbox LIVE Arcade strategy title by NinjaBee, is available for download starting today on www.NinjaBee.com. To promote the game’s release, NinjaBee has also announced a new contest as well as lower prices for their T-shirts and select downloadable games.

The latest NinjaBee contest rewards the most skilled player. Players must submit a screenshot from the PC version of Band of Bugs showing their final score screen for level eight ("Hold the Line"). The player with the most enemy units defeated on that level will win a PC game of his or her choice. Please see the Band of Bugs PC Contest post on the NinjaBee forum (www.ninjabee.com/forum/index.php) for official rules.

In addition to the contest, NinjaBee has lowered the price of select PC games to $14.95. Now the full versions of both Band of Bugs and Outpost Kaloki can be purchased on NinjaBee.com for less than most other downloadable games. As always, a trial download of the game is free.

“Think of it as a holiday gift from NinjaBee to you,” said Steve Taylor, president of Wahoo Studios. “We’re giving you better quality and a much deeper gaming experience than what you would find in other online downloadable games for a lower price.”

Along with a lowered game download price, NinjaBee has lowered its T-shirt prices to $14.95 as well. Visit www.NinjaBee.com to see the collection of men’s and women’s NinjaBee-inspired T-shirts.

Free-to-play online dance game gains Lifehouse track

Nexon America Inc., the U.S. division of Asia’s leading family-friendly, online entertainment provider Nexon Group, continues to add celebrated artists to its all-star lineup in Audition. Already packed with Grammy winners, platinum recording artists, teen pop sensations, and music icons, Audition, the free-to-play online dance sensation, can be downloaded for free at http://audition.nexon.net.

Nexon America knows Audition is ready to rock with the addition of popular trio Lifehouse and the lead track, Disarray, from its album Who We Are. Lifehouse is bound to earn heavy requests from the 200,000+ dancers in the game.

“Audition gives us a new medium to get our music heard,” said Jason Wade of Lifehouse. “Now these gamers, who might not have heard us on the radio or been to one of our shows, can get a taste of some of our songs, like Disarray, and even rock out with a little dance off in the game.”

The addition of Lifehouse ushers in several new sounds in Audition, including those from Swedish rock band The Sounds, whose definitive New Wave appeal manifested in Tony the Beat and Dance with Me, a perfect fit for the game’s dancing environment.

Jennifer Lopez is also expecting players to Do it Well, the aptly named title of her prominently featured new single in Audition. And you can expect Audition to keep Poppin off with Chris Brown lending his mega-hit single with the same name. Yellowcard also makes a highly anticipated debut in Audition.

The diverse range of songs recently added to Audition include:

Armin Van Buuren – Communication

Billie Holiday – Spreadin’ Rhythm Around

Chris Brown – Poppin

Earth, Wind & Fire – Boogie Wonderland

Fantasia – When I See U

Lifehouse - Disarray

Jennifer Lopez – Do it Well

Jim Jones – We Fly High

Joss Stone – Headturner

Junkie XL – Yesterdays

Mandisa – Only the World

MIMS – Like This

The Sounds – Dance with Me

Tobymac – Gone, One World

Yellowcard – Light up the Sky

With simple directional and space bar keystrokes, Audition players perform hip-hop style dance steps and choreographed routines which require precise timing and rhythm. Players compete in various dance modes, each with its own distinctive features and objectives. Audition’s in-game reward system gives dancers, ‘Beats,’ or currency used to purchase a variety of items from the cash shop.

North American gamers are quickly learning why Nexon Games such as Audition are among the most popular games in the world. With the option to play entirely for free and the alternative to spend money for in-game enhancements at the cash shop, Nexon America is offering casual gamers the best in free online entertainment.

Top Silkroad Online Player To Win Five Thousand Dollars

World's Best Players Compete in Joymax's Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game
Joymax, an independent developer of interactive entertainment for the global market, will host the worldwide championship of Silkroad Online in Seoul, Korea for cash prizes. Silkroad Online, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game taking place along the historic Silk Road trade route, is one of six games included in this year’s Game & Game World Championship (GNGWC) on December 1st.

Two U.S. players, including last year’s champion, battled their way through the North American qualifying round in October. For their efforts, they will travel to Korea at Joymax’s expense to compete in the global finals, along with finalists from Germany, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan. In addition to the adrenaline-filled competition, the finalists will be treated to tours of Seoul, fine dining, and cocktails with Silkroad Online staff and Game Masters. At the conclusion of the final round, the top player will head home with $5,000 US, with second and third place receiving $3,000 US and $1,000 US, respectively.

Finalists will compete for cash and prizes on December 1st at the SoftExpo & Digital Content Fair 2007 in Seoul. More information about GNGWC is available at www.gngwc.com.

About Silkroad Online
Silkroad Online is a massively multiplayer online RPG that puts the player deep into ancient Chinese and European civilizations along the historic Silk Road trade route.. Traveling across Jang’an, China to Constantinople, players can make their fortunes as merchants, prey on the rich as thieves, or be protection-for-hire as hunters. Silkroad Online is free to play, and offers the unique chance for players to develop their characters free of restrictions or fixed paths.

More information about Silkroad Online is available at http://www.silkroadonline.net.

ijji.com Announces Site Slogan Contest

Join ijji.com in its competition to determine the slogan which best represents ijji.com's identity and brand

NHN USA’s ijji.com, the US subsidiary of the largest internet company in South Korea, NHN (KOSDAQ:035420), announced a competition to determine the game portal site’s slogan to go along with their new logo. The contest period starts today and will continue until Dec 11 with a voting period taking place from Dec 12 to Dec 18. The slogan with the most votes will become the new ijji.com slogan. The entrant who provides the winning slogan will be awarded 1000 G Coins.

1. Contest Period: November 28 ~ December 11
Send us your brilliant ideas for a slogan that best represents ijji's identity.
Slogan Suggestion Guidelines
- The slogan must describe the identity and meaning of ijji.
- The slogan must contain no more than six (6) words.
- The slogan should contain no more than eighteen (18) characters.

2. Voting Period: December 12 ~ December 18
We will post 3~5 of our favorite slogans in the forums for you to vote on.
If your slogan is posted, you will receive 1000 G Coin.

3. New slogan announcement day: December 21
The slogan that receives the most votes will become ijji's new slogan.

The ijji.com slogan contest starts today and suggestions and entries can be submitted here: http://event.ijji.com/slogan/home.nhn