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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Stroke of Fate PC video game fact sheet


A Stroke of Fate new screenshots available

As we get closer to the ship date, new facts are being unveiled from A Stroke of Fate secure archives. Our main character, a special espionage and sabotage agent, is getting deeper into Hitler’s circle, screwing into his favor and preparing to strike a fatal blow. The fascist leader being very careful though, the main character isn’t the one who gives up so easily – step by step he’s tying the knot – the enemy’s likely to approach his end of the rope…

More fresh screenshots have become available (I won’t tell you what it cost us to penetrate Hitler’s hidden dungeons and make these shots) in the game gallery. Follow us to see the gloomy vault where shocking rituals take place, watch Himmler’s office and other interesting places recreated for you according to authentic documents achieved so far…

A Stroke of Fate

Genre: adventure
Platform: PC
Publisher in Russia & CIS: Akella
Developer: Spline
Release date: Q1 2008

A Stroke of Fate is an interactive detective story framed in authentic surroundings of the fascist Germany in the 1940s. A gamer has a unique opportunity – to conduct a compelling investigation of the most mysterious secret veiled by the 20th century – Adolf Hitler’s preterm death.

The main character, a special sabotage and espionage agent is making every effort to squeeze into Adolf’s closest minions. You’ll need to act as a true patriot Germany has ever seen – attentive Gestapo eyes are watching you all the time! A most challenging task to fulfill - to prepare an assassination of “Lieber Fuhrer” himself – will show whether you have learned what it is to be a good spy! The Stroke of Fate will take you to the authentic landscapes and surroundings relevant to 1941-45 and controversial but still powerful personalities like Hitler, Himmler, Muller, and Goebbels. But what is even more important – you’ll even be able to breathe that time…

Key features:

• Compelling pseudo-historical plot;
• Ingenious brainteasers and quests to reflect German peculiarities of the 1940s;
• Realistic graphics;
• Authentic places and historically derived personalities: Muller, Goebbels, and Hitler;
• You can walk along the Secret Police building and Hitler’s private study

Angels Online


The long-awaited Angels Online(http://ao.igg.com)Open Beta Test has been launched, and in order to celebrate upcoming Christmas, IGG announce that they will hold the “Christmas Activities” between Dec 19th and Jan 2nd.

Backdrop:

Christmas is a very important festival in Eden, because it is a symbol of peace and love. In order to celebrate the most important day of the entire year, Angels will be organizing a big ceremony that will last 2 weeks.

A huge Christmas tree will appear in Eden, and it is said that when it radiates its dazzling light, Eden will be peaceful and full of happiness, and if lovers take an oath in front of the tree, their relationship will last forever.

Everyone in each city is busy preparing for the upcoming Christmas and decorating their Christmas trees, however some loathsome monsters have stolen all the ornaments on the Christmas trees when the Angels were sleeping. People are in a panic, and it’s time for the little angles to do something.

Event Duration:

From EST (GMT-5) Dec 19th 2007 to EST (GMT-5) Jan 2nd 2008

Event Contents:

1. Silvery Date

During the activity, Angels level 10+ can get a special [Night Star] from the Christmas Angel. There are two kinds of stars, one for girls and boys respectively. You can exchange it with an Angel of the opposite sex, and then take it to the Christmas Angel for a Christmas Box. If you make it successfully, you can’t do it again until 24 hours have passed. Hurry up!

2. Lost Sheen

A huge Christmas tree will appear in the open area of the Angel Lyceum, and an NPC called Christmas Angel near the Christmas tree will tell you about the event rules.
Angels will have chances to obtain Xmas Trinkets when they defeat monsters. You should pay more attention to those monsters whose levels range from 21 to 50, because they are probably the criminals. When you collect certain numbers of Xmas Trinkets you can find the Christmas Angel and exchange these Xmas Trinkets for special rewards.
Some monsters dropped trinkets in some remote places, so Angels of collection talent have chances to obtain Christmas balls when they exploit resources which require collection skills level 21 to 41. They can also exchange these Christmas balls at the Christmas Angel.

For more information please visit our official website at http://ao.igg.com/act/christmas.

Apple Mac Grimlic’s Descent expansion for PoxNora online strategy game


Octopi recently released the Grimlic’s Descent expansion for PoxNora, the critically acclaimed online turn-based strategy game,

This latest expansion, PoxNora’s fifth expansion since the core game was released in August 2006, adds 60 new runes across all factions, including the highly anticipated Grimlic, Hero of the Underdepths and a master of deception.

Other features of the expansion include more than 40 new abilities, a new map and a downloadable game client, which allows players to run PoxNora directly from their desktops instead of navigating to the PoxNora website to initiate a game. With the release of Grimlic’s Descent, the runes from all previous expansions are now available in the PoxNora single-rune store.

Grimlic’s Descent was created by Octopi, a subsidiary of FUN Technologies Inc. and the development house behind PoxNora. “I can’t wait to see what our players come up with,” said Peter Nolen, developer, PoxNora. “These new runes and gameplay will revolutionize the way existing players experience the game.”

PoxNora has more than 1.5 million registered accounts since the game’s launch just over a year ago. PoxNora combines many popular elements of collectible card games, tactical miniatures games, and role-playing games into an innovative online strategy game. PoxNora’s ground-breaking multi-faceted gameplay is not only very addictive, but also deep and complex.

The basics of the game are simple: players assemble battlegroups, or decks, consisting of champions, equipment, relics and spells. However, from the almost 600 individual runes available, only 20 may be selected at a time for use when playing an opponent. Learning how to combine runes and counter an opponent’s attack are essential for success.

Pre-constructed starter decks are available for free play, but in order to earn experience from battling opponents a player must purchase their own runes. PoxNora allows players to upgrade the attributes and skills of their champions by spending experience points earned through gameplay with runes they own. This makes it possible for the same champion owned by two different players to be quite different in advanced skills and abilities.

PoxNora was developed on a modified Octoplex engine and was designed for cross-platform gaming. PoxNora will run on any Java-enabled Internet browser on Windows, Macintosh and Linux computers.

For more information visit www.PoxNora.com

Update for Penguins Arena free demo download


Frogames releases an update for "Penguins Arena - Sedna's World": “Christmas update”. This update is totally free. All registred users will get this new version for no additional fees and for future users, the price of the game hasn't changed ($19.95 USD).

This update brings new hilarious costumes for your penguin, two new maps and a great new “unlimited weapons” game mode. Of course we also fixed some bugs and optimized the game.

See what we mean by downloading the new version of the Demo at http://www.frogames.com/penguins_arena/

This “Christmas Update” for "Penguins Arena - Sedna's world" is our special gift for you ... Frogames wishes you a Merry Christmas!

About Penguins Arena

It all begins when a penguin legend comes to life in the form of Sedna, the ancient Penguin Goddess. Global warming, pollution... Penguin tribes are endangered. Sedna utters them that there is room for but one tribe. And so the purging begins.
Now it's your turn to join the snowball battles and drive the other tribes into the sea.

Penguins Arena is a thrilling and innovative First Penguin Shooter with very short rounds and where the magic of reincarnation, combined with the supernatural ability to return to the game as a ghost, ensures that your character has every chance to change your tribe's fate. And you can do it all for just $19.95!

Penguins Arena is a prize-winner of the 2007 Intel Game Demo Contest! It has won the 1st-place prize in the Best Game on the Go category and an award in the Best use of Torque in a game demo category.

Penguins Arena is also in the list of the top 12 Casual PC Games of the year released by Bob Mandel from www.avault.com.

What’s new with Penguins Arena? Stay tuned on www.frogames.com!

CHARTTRACK UK WEEKLY CHARTS



All format

(Full price) Week ending 15 December 2007

1 MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA
2 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION
3 FIFA 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET ELECTRONIC ARTS
5 THE SIMPSONS GAME ELECTRONIC ARTS
6 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2008 THQ
7 ASSASSIN'S CREED UBISOFT
8 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008 KONAMI
9 SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO
10 THE GOLDEN COMPASS SEGA
11 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION
12 LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA LUCASARTS
13 MARIO PARTY 8 NINTENDO
14 KANE & LYNCH: DEAD MEN EIDOS
15 THE SIMS 2: CASTAWAY ELECTRONIC ARTS
16 UNCHARTED: DRAKE'S FORTUNE SONY COMPUTER ENT.
17 RATATOUILLE THQ
18 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. NINTENDO
19 HALO 3 MICROSOFT
20 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: MAKIN' THE CUT! DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS

MTV Games and Harmonix Ship Rock Band for the PlayStation 2


PlayStation 2 Owners Set To Start Bands and Rock the World with the Most Sought After Music Videogame of the Holiday Season

Harmonix, the leading worldwide developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today that the Rock Band™ Special Edition Bundle for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system will ship to U.S. retail stores on Tuesday, December 18, 2007.

Developed in collaboration with Pi Studios, Rock Band for the PlayStation 2 system showcases many of the same challenging modes and rock music featured in the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 video game entertainment system from Microsoft versions, including Band World Tour and Score Duel, which allows drum vs. drum, guitar vs. guitar and vocal vs. vocal play.

“Our team was honored to work side by side with Harmonix to create Rock Band for the PlayStation 2 and extremely proud of the result,” stated Robert Erwin, CEO of Pi Studios. “Together, we were able to deliver the addictive nature and brilliance of the core Rock Band gameplay while giving PS2 owners the ultimate rock experience just in time for the holidays.”

Rock Band invites players to interact with music like never before, challenging them to join a band and set out on tour – all while learning to master lead/bass guitar, drums and vocals. Featuring the most master recordings of any music game ever by the world’s biggest rock artists, Rock Band for the PlayStation 2 system includes 58 tracks and spans every genre of rock ranging from alternative and classic rock to heavy metal and punk.

The Rock Band Special Edition Bundle for the PlayStation 2 system features a wireless Fender Stratocaster guitar controller, an electronic drum kit, real drum sticks, a microphone and software and has a suggested retail price of $159.99. Standalone Rock Band software for the PlayStation 2 system is also available for the suggested retail price of $49.99. Rock Band for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 use the same instruments so players do not need to buy new instruments if they upgrade their console.

Rock Band is rated “T” for Teen (lyrics, mild suggestive themes) by the ESRB.

Rock Band is also available on Xbox 360 and the PLAYSTATION 3 system in North America. Rock Band will ship to retail stores in Canada on December 20th for the Xbox 360 and the PLAYSTATION 3 system. Rock Band will ship in Europe for the Xbox 360, the PLAYSTATION 3 system and the PlayStation 2 system in the first quarter of 2008.

EA is the exclusive distribution and marketing partner for Rock Band, managing distribution for the game in the US, Europe and Australia.

For more information on Rock Band™ and Harmonix Music Systems, please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com.

LINKIN PARK, MASTADON, THE USED plus free download 'We three kings' for GUITAR HERO


Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Set List Expansion Also to Include Hit European Singles, Free Rock Rendition of Christmas Classic

Master recordings from Warner/Reprise artists Linkin Park, Mastadon and The Used will be available as a downloadable track pack for Activision, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, during the month of December. Additionally, Activision will offer single song downloads from such popular European bands as Extremoduro, Trust and Die Fantastischen Vier, as well as a free, exclusive rock rendition of the holiday classic "We Three Kings," recorded by Steve Ouimette. The Warner/Reprise Track Pack, single song downloads, and free holiday classic will be available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system.

The Warner/Reprise Track Pack includes master recordings of "No More Sorrow," by Linkin Park, "Sleeping Giant," by Mastadon and "Pretty Handsome Awkward," by The Used. The single song downloads offer such popular singles as "So Payaso," from Extremoduro, "Antisocial" from Trust, and "Ernten Was Wir Säen" from Die Fantastischen Vier.

After downloading the new tracks, Guitar Herofans are encouraged to visit www.guitarhero.com to enter fret-bending competitions with the opportunity to win various prizes.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock contains explosive new content and features including a multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a host of exclusive unlockable content and visually stunning rock venues. Expanded online multiplayer game modes allow axe-shredders worldwide to compete head-to-head for true rock status. The game features a star-studded soundtrack including master tracks by legendary artists such as Aerosmith, Guns 'N' Roses, The Rolling Stones, Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine and Pearl Jam, as well as original songs by guitar icons Slash and Tom Morello. While continuing to retain all the key features from their prior legendary performances, fresh downloadable content will be available on multiple platforms, and players can now shred to a killer set list from many of the most popular rock songs ever recorded.

For the first time ever, Guitar Hero fans are able to thrash and burn with new wireless guitar controllers available for each platform, including exclusive Gibson Guitar's Les Paul model for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii home video game system from Nintendo, and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system. PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system gamers also get to shred on a new exclusive shape, Gibson's Kramer guitar, popularized by hard rockers and known for its body design, pickups, electronics and construction for furious finger fretting.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, developed by Neversoft, is rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB, and is currently available at North American retailers. For more information about the Guitar Hero franchise, please visit the dedicated community site: www.guitarhero.com.

Sensible World of Soccer and Tempest Head to Microsoft Xbox LIVE

The game that inspired a generation, Sensible World of Soccer, and a game that will have players reliving their quarter dropping days, “Tempest,” arrives on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 this Wednesday, 19th December, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. GMT.

Sensible World of Soccer draws on the 96 / 97 original to re-create one of the most influential games of all time for the first time in HD. Challenge friends over Xbox LIVE, kick it solo in Career mode or flex your managerial muscles by leading a team to the Champions league! The game also features a helpful tutorial mode to bring players up to speed on the most popular sport in the world.

A true classic, “Tempest” is an intense shooter game requiring skill and lightning quick reflexes. Players must harness their firepower to shoot and destroy enemy hordes in a desperate fight for survival across fluorescent geometric battlefields. “Tempest” contains both the original and enhanced gameplay modes.

Where can I get “Sensible World of Soccer” and “Tempest “ from?

Sensible World of Soccer: available for 800 MS Points from 9:00 a.m. GMT, Wednesday 19th December 2007



Tempest: available for 400 MS Points from 9:00 a.m. GMT, Wednesday 19th December 2007



They are rated 3+

More information is available at http://www.xbox.com/games/livearcade.

Sensible World of Soccer and Tempest Head to Microsoft Xbox LIVE

The game that inspired a generation, Sensible World of Soccer, and a game that will have players reliving their quarter dropping days, “Tempest,” arrives on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 this Wednesday, 19th December, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. GMT.

Sensible World of Soccer draws on the 96 / 97 original to re-create one of the most influential games of all time for the first time in HD. Challenge friends over Xbox LIVE, kick it solo in Career mode or flex your managerial muscles by leading a team to the Champions league! The game also features a helpful tutorial mode to bring players up to speed on the most popular sport in the world.

A true classic, “Tempest” is an intense shooter game requiring skill and lightning quick reflexes. Players must harness their firepower to shoot and destroy enemy hordes in a desperate fight for survival across fluorescent geometric battlefields. “Tempest” contains both the original and enhanced gameplay modes.

Where can I get “Sensible World of Soccer” and “Tempest “ from?

Sensible World of Soccer: available for 800 MS Points from 9:00 a.m. GMT, Wednesday 19th December 2007



Tempest: available for 400 MS Points from 9:00 a.m. GMT, Wednesday 19th December 2007



They are rated 3+

More information is available at http://www.xbox.com/games/livearcade.

Nintendo Wii -kly update: Cybernator - Alien Storm - Monster Lair added for download

It's sci-fi/fantasy week on the Virtual Console™, and you know what that means. The Cybernators are deadly, the aliens are ruthless and the monsters are...cute. It's a collection of three classic action games designed to keep your blood boiling as the weather gets cooler and the days get shorter. Virtual Console: your winter security blanket.

Three new classic games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the Wii Shop Channel every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new games are:

Cybernator (SNES, 1 player, rated E 10+ for Everyone 10 and Older - Mild Fantasy Violence, 800 Wii Points):

It is the near future. Resources are dwindling, and the major powers of the world are in dispute over territory. Pilot the Cybernator G5-E for the 95th brigade of the mechanized marines and throw yourself into the war. Get briefed before each mission to confirm your targets, and then do your best to clear each of the seven stages, freely using the suit's equipped tools and four types of weaponry. By collecting the "power chips" left by defeated enemies, it is also possible to reinforce each weapon up to a maximum of three levels. It is left to your judgment as to whether to reinforce a specific weapon or to power up all weapons simultaneously, adding a bit of strategy to the nonstop action. The powerful background music, military-like atmosphere (look for bullet marks on the walls and the strained communication during combat) and intense story development combine to give the world of Cybernator a gritty, sci-fi feel that you won't soon forget.

Alien Storm (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, rated E 10+ for Everyone 10 and Older - Mild Fantasy Violence, 800 Wii Points):
Shape-shifting aliens have infiltrated the city, creating chaos and panic! Fortunately, a trio of heroes called the Alien Busters has agreed to wipe out the invading creatures. The members of the team wield their own special attacks, and they unload a world of hurt on the Martian menaces from the city streets to the mother ship. Gordon, a tough guy with a bazooka, has a special gunship attack, while Karla has a flamethrower for alien crisping, though she prefers to use her special ballistic-missile attack. Finally, Slammer the robot can self-destruct at will and attacks the intruders with an electric whip and other devices. Take the aliens by storm and save your city.

Monster Lair (TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 1-2 players, rated E for Everyone - Mild Cartoon Violence, 800 Wii Points):
Join young Adam and Laura as they embark on a fantastic adventure in this comical action/shooting game. Featuring beautiful music brought to life by the power of the CD-ROM, the game consists of 14 rounds packed with cute monster enemies. Players can either play alone as Adam (or play with a friend controlling Laura) as they battle their way through round after round. The first half of each round is the action scene, where players must avoid obstacles and pits. Use your Power Boost weapons against enemies and restore your Life Force with food as you head for the gate at the end. The second half is the exhilarating shooting scene, where players must shoot down flying enemies. Take out the boss at the end to clear the round and move to the next one.

For more information about Wii, please visit wii.com.