WARRIORS OROCHI FOR PSP PLAYSTATION PORTABLE SYSTEM AND WINDOWS-BASED PC

WARRIORS OROCHITM FOR PSP (PLAYSTATION PORTABLE) SYSTEM AND WINDOWS-BASED PC REACH GOLD STATUS

KOEI's Hit Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors Crossover Arrives March 2008

KOEI, recognized worldwide as the premier brand of strategy and action games, announced today that Warriors Orochi for PSP (PlayStation Portable) system, and Windows-based PC has reached gold status. Warriors Orochi for PSP ships to retailers on March 25, 2008 and will be available for Windows-based PC in March 2008 exclusively through digital download.

PC Gamers can get a taste of the excitement and prepare for battle by downloading KOEI’s Warriors Orochi System Checker. This is a free tool that will analyze your PC and let you know if it meets the game’s minimum requirements. The System Checker will also show you how the game will actually look on your PC and the frame rate at which it will be running. Gamers can visit KOEI.com to learn how to download the free Warriors Orochi System Checker.

About Warriors Orochi for PC
Warriors Orochi for Windows-based PC features enhanced graphics (for PCs meeting the recommended system requirements) Players can adjust the anti-aliasing, textures, dynamic shadows and lighting, and even set the character count. More enemies means more KOs!

About Warriors Orochi for PSP
Warriors Orochi for PSP boasts the massive seamless battlefields of the console versions, while previous games in the series for handheld platforms had combat taking place on battlefields divided into smaller “cells”. The handheld release includes all 79 playable characters, and features 2-player co-op play via wireless (ad-hoc).

About Warriors Orochi
Without warning, the venomous Serpent King Orochi descended from the heavens. Using his unworldly powers to shatter time and space, Orochi kidnapped the strongest, wisest and most courageous warriors from Ancient China and Feudal Japan in a scheme to test his might against the heroes of these ages.

In Warriors Orochi the characters from both the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors® franchises must team-up to wage war against this new, yet powerful force. The game boasts an amazing roster of 79 playable characters, while four action-packed “crossover” storylines feature amazing team-ups and some long-awaited confrontations between characters from both series.

The game’s new “Team Battle System” and “Weapon Fusion” push Tactical Action to a whole new level. For the first time in KOEI’s Tactical Action games, players can create their own three-person tag team. At any given time, one warrior will be engaged in battle, while the other two are recuperating; restoring their Life Meters and Musou Gauges. Every character is categorized according to offensive ability, and with new fighting techniques, it’s up to the player to find the most lethal combination of warriors. “Weapon Fusion” lets players combine the attributes from different weapons for more devastating results.

This game is rated “T” (Teen- Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, and Violence) by the ESRB. Warriors Orochi for PSP is developed by KOEI CANADA, based on an original work by Omega Force. Warriors Orochi for PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, and PC is developed by Omega Force. Warriors Orochi for Xbox 360 delivers the complete console Tactical Action experience with stunning graphics in 720p HDTV and in game Dolby Digital audio. Warriors Orochi is in stores now for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system.

Warriors Orochi PC Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows XP and Windows Vista
CPU: Pentium 4 1.6GHz, Pentium 4 2.6GHz recommended
RAM: 256MB, 512MB recommended
Hard Disk: 4GB or more of free space
Display: 640×480 True Color enabled, 1024×768 recommended
Video Card: 3D Accelerator with Hardware T&L and Pixel Shading supporting 64MB or more of VRAM, DirectX 9.0c+, 128MB or more of VRAM recommended
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c+ compliant, 16-bit stereo with 44KHz playback supported by Windows XP/Vista
Middleware: DirectX 9.0c or higher, Windows Media Format 9 or higher Controller: Keyboard, DirectX 9.0 compatible 12-button gamepad recommended

For more information, please visit www.koei.com.

TWELVE new eGames Roller Rush, Puzzle Master 1,000,000, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Flip or Flop, Galaxy of Mahjongg 1,000,000, Greedy Words, Family G

Greenstreet are delighted to announce the release of a staggering TWELVE brand new full content titles from eGames.

Each title is packed with top quality family entertainment like all eGames titles, all are full release titles with no shareware and all are Vista compatible.

Releases include: Roller Rush, Puzzle Master 1,000,000, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Flip or Flop, Galaxy of Mahjongg 1,000,000, Greedy Words, Family Game Time, DROP! Anniversary Edition, Mahjong Tales, Sveerz, Teddy Factory and Wobbly Bobbly.

Full of fun, challenges and entertainment for all ages these are set to be an immediate hit with both retailers and consumers alike.

Fans of eGames will be pleased they won’t have to wait long - these fantastic Family Friendly titles are all due for release between now and the end of April.

Greenstreet are also celebrating a first in their longstanding history with eGames in that, due to popular demand, some of these titles will also be available via download from the www.greenstreetgames.com web store.

“eGames has continually been a strong brand in our expanding portfolio of products so we are delighted to be able to release twelve Vista compatible titles all promising to provide quality entertainment to the masses.” commented Jeff Fenton CEO Greenstreet Software. “It is a further demonstration of our commitment to continue to provide new quality family entertainment products in a market full of repackaged old material.”

Soul Nomad gives you the power of a God but wants your soul in return.

CRIME PAYS WHEN YOU'VE SOLD YOUR SOUL TO THE DEVIL

Soul Nomad gives you the power of a God but wants your soul in return.

KOEI today announced the release of Soul Nomad on PlayStation 2. Designed by the strategic geniuses at Nippon Ichi, Soul Nomad expands upon the tactical delights of their Disgaea games with a brand new innovative battle system. Soul Nomad combines the strategy of tactical RPGs with command based battles that put the controls at the player’s finger tips. Soul Nomad is scheduled for release in June 2008.

“Soul Nomad once again cements Nippon Ichi’s position at the forefront of tactical RPGs. Said Will Curley, KOEI Sales Manager. “Anyone who has fallen for the addictive charms of the likes of Disgaea and Makai Kingdom will revel in the ambitiously expansive battle system and a cast of characters that are truly memorable and utterly unique. This release also reaffirms KOEI’s continued commitment to bringing the very best Japanese RPGs to European gamers.”

About SOUL NOMAD

When an enemy emerges that is far too powerful for the good guys to defeat you do the only decent thing and sell your soul to the devil. Well, actually to someone worse than the devil. You strike a deal with your old arch enemy. And in return for some truly awesome power you’re giving your soul away to him one little piece at a time. How much power you wield and how much of your own body you give up to the ultimate incarnation of evil is totally up to you.

With a full army at your disposal battles are now an exciting combination of vast grid based battlefields and nerve shredding real time combat. By making the best use of your battlefield recon reports you have complete freedom to place your squads and take advantage of the terrain and ultimately inflict embarrassing defeat upon anyone who stands in your way.

You have total freedom to create your own army of terror and bestow each unit with their own unique talents and abilities. You can even try to press gang innocent townsfolk into your army. The entire world is your playground and you can be as good or as bad as you like.

Soul Nomad is the latest Strategy RPG spectacular from Nippon Ichi and follows in the footsteps of hugely popular titles Makai Kingdom, Phantom Brave, and the critically acclaimed Disgaea series.

NVIDIA Launches the Fastest Graphics Card on the Planet

NVIDIA Launches the Fastest Graphics Card on the Planet

New Generation Dual GPU solution provides a complete, high definition entertainment experience for the PC

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800GX2 is the latest graphics card to revolutionise your PC experience. GeForce 9800 GX2 gives the best gaming performance in the world, HybridPower means a quiet, low power and more environmentally friendly PC and PureVideo HD takes your PC to the cutting edge of High Definition.

Bar None the fastest Graphics Card on the Planet

The GeForce 9800GX2 is at the cutting edge of technology; with 256 screaming fast processor cores and a 1GB total framebuffer, all running through PCI Express 2.0, means the GeForce 9800GX2 is designed from the ground up for Gaming at Extreme HD resolutions.

NVIDIA Hybrid Power – gives you power when you need it most

Combining a GeForce 9800GX2 with one of the latest motherboards featuring NVIDIA’s nForce 790i Ultra SLI chipset makes your system ready for Hybrid Power. Not all applications require a high end GeForce discrete GPU, for times such as these an integrated GeForce GPU can run these applications perfectly while saving power and therefore the environment. The intelligent Hybrid Power system can also combine the power of the GeForce 9800GX2 with the onboard graphics for maximum performance.

PureVideo HD – make your PC the centre of your digital home

PureVideo HD makes High Definition content come to life on your PC – whether video’s are downloaded, streamed, or on Blu-Ray – even the most demanding HD content plays back effortlessly thanks to the best HD engine available on the market. But it is not only the speed of HD rendering that is improved, with PureVideo HD films comes to life with dynamic Contrast Enhancement and automatic enhancements to Greens, Blues, & Skin Tones

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800GX2 Makes all of the above possible, for the very best graphics on the planet there is no other choice.

Processor Cores: 256 (128 per GPU)
Core Clock: 600MHz
Shader Clock: 1500MHz
Memory Clock: 1000MHz
Memory: 1GB GDDR3 (512MB per GPU)
Power Connector: 8-pin + 6-pin
Board Power: 197W
Thermal: Patent Pending Integrated Cooling Solution
Outputs: 2x DVI-DL + HDMI

Powershot Pinball Constructor PC video game is shipping!

Powershot Pinball Constructor is shipping!

Play it. Create it. Share it.

Oxygen Games is excited to announce Powershot Pinball Constructor for the Nintendo DS is shipping and will be available in the shops from 28th March 2008.

Powershot Pinball Constructor offers pinball with a twist – disrupt your opponent’s game with the unique sabotage feature – shake their screen, invert their flippers or even deploy the penalty multi-ball!

Powershot Pinball Constructor also allows you to create and design your own customised pinball table. Share your creation with your friends by sending it wirelessly to their DS, then challenge them to a game and see who has got what it takes to reign supreme on the leader board!

Play it… with multiple modes. Create it… with the unique table editor. Share it… wirelessly with friends!

Powershot Pinball Constructor for the Nintendo DS will be available in-store on 28th March 2008.

Rage Of War PC game Patch v1.2 announced

Announcing Rage Of War Patch v1.2

Evolution Vault announced today plans to launch a new patch for their space RTS game Galactic Dream: Rage of War.

Patch v1.2 will make several important changes:

- Adding a simplified, more reliable in-game menu to the bottom of the screen;
- Improving overall game performance;
- Tweaking multiplayer sessions;
- Introducing new game tutorial with voice;
- Adding queue for buildings (a list of structures which the drone will build);
- Enabling the mini-map "fog of war";
- Implementing camera rotation with mouse wheel (or middle button);
- Adding building/unit hotkeys.

Patch v1.2 will be released in the following days on the official Web site. Stay tuned to http://rageofwar.net for further details.

The Whispered World PC adventure game

The Whispered World: New Screens from the Autumn Forest

In the upcoming adventure game The Whispered World from Daedalic Entertainment, hero Sadwick sets out on a perilous journey. An ancient prophecy is supposed to lead him on his way, but first he will have to find it. His adventure begins in the Autumn Forest, where the foliage brims with color thoughout the year. Here he comes across the decaying remains of a building - only a doorway seems to have stood the test of time – but what secrets lie beyond? The second new screenshot shows an old grandfather clock that is part of another riddle for Sadwick to overcome in search of the prophecy.

Protagonist Sadwick is a young clown but and far from being in a laughing mood. He travels a fairy tale world with his family’s circus. One night, a mysterious form speaks to him in a dream and sends him on perilous journey. Many challenges await Sadwick, for the world he knows so well is doomed...

In the vein of classic adventure games, gamers direct Sadwick and his constant companion, a little worm named Spot, through the gorgeous backdrops of the game world. Hand-painted backgrounds filled with animated details and lovingly crafted characters in the style of classic animated films bring the story to life. The Whispered World meshes fairy-tale elements with melancholic undertones to create an epic fantasy story.

The fantasy adventure game will be released for PC in the 4th quarter of 2008.

http://www.the-whispered-world.de

Nintendo says bandwidth issues have affected online performance for its blockbuster Super Smash Bros.

Nintendo Responds to Smash Bros. Brawl Online Woes

Nintendo says bandwidth issues have affected online performance for its blockbuster Super Smash Bros.

Nintendo has blamed "pipeline strain" for lagging online Wii performance, while promising improvements. Despite this, Super Smash Bros. Brawl has become the fastest selling Nintendo game in history, the company said.

"As with the launch of any online-enabled game, especially one as popular as Super Smash Bros. Brawl, everyone wants to play at once," said a Nintendo spokesperson in an email to GamePro on Monday. "This puts a strain on the pipeline."

With regards to an immediate remedy for ongoing lag and outages of Play With Anyone matches, the representative said, "We have seen improvements in online play performance every day since launch." Those seeking additional troubleshooting support while Nintendo ramps up its network can be found at support.nintendo.com or by calling 1-800-255-3700.

In a separate statement released today, Nintendo of America announced that Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii has become the fastest selling Nintendo game in history, selling more than 1.4 million copies after just one week of availability. More than 874,000 units were sold on launch day alone (March 9), the company said.

Source: PC World

Nintendo Wii Fit event in London March 26

Can video games really make you healthier?

Fitness and gaming explored in new event at Science Museum's Dana Centre

Slimmers and gamers have the opportunity to visit the Science Museum’s Dana Centre this March to discover if video games could aid weight loss.

Play away the calories, taking place on Wednesday 26 March, will allow visitors a special preview of the new Nintendo Wii Fit (due to launch across Europe on 25 April) to ascertain if modern, interactive technology could really increase fitness levels.

Visitors will have the opportunity to try out Wii Fit for themselves and watch as its effectiveness is put to the test in a series of live tests. Human guinea pigs will be put through their paces exercising on a treadmill, testing out Wii Fit and playing a more sedentary game, whilst measurements of their heart rate and oxygen consumption are taken to calculate how much energy is burnt.

Throughout the evening sport scientists, physiologists and games experts will be on hand to engage and discuss whether gaming can promote a healthy lifestyle. Epidemiologist Andy Jones from the University of East Anglia will examine how and why adult obesity has quadrupled in the last 25 years and will look at the role technology has played in creating a more sedentary life.

Andy Jones said “Today individuals lead much less active lives than we used to. Levels of employment in manual jobs are falling and we drive everywhere rather than walking or cycling.”

“We need to do lots of things to combat the problem but should try to incorporate activity into our everyday life rather than expecting everyone to go to the gym. We need people to exercise without seeing it as such! So making games more active is one way forward.”

Gaming expert Margaret Robertson will reveal the history of healthy gaming and why this area has failed to make a significant impact before. Visitors will be able to test past examples of gaming technology aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle, such as the original NES fitness games and dance mats.

Gaetan Lee, Dana Centre event organiser said “The Dana Centre aims to explore the most exciting subjects of contemporary and controversial science and technology. Play away the calories is no exception and promises adults an energetic night of game-playing and discussion.”

The Science Museum’s Dana Centre café/bar provides visitors with the opportunity to explore and discuss the latest issues in contemporary science, medicine and technology through informal, interactive and stimulating events. All events are free. The centre is open to over 18s only.

Play away the calories takes place at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre on 26 March, 19:00-21:00 and is sponsored by Nintendo.

Tragnarion Studios now Nintendo official Wii developer - Doodle Hex on Nintendo Wii?

Following last weeks announcement of the release date for their upcoming Nintendo DS title “Doodle Hex” together with Pinnacle Software, developer Tragnarion Studios has more exciting news to share. The Spanish development studio has successfully acquired another Nintendo License, this time becoming an official licensed Wii developer.

“Now that we are releasing in May 2008 our Nintendo DS title 'Doodle Hex', we are really looking forward to work with our recently acquired Wii Licensed, so that we can bring the Doodle Hex saga to this amazing platform. We've been working on preparing some really innovative projects which will make full use of the Wii's unique capabilities”

said Ricardo Carretero, Lead Designer of Doodle Hex.

Doodle Hex is due for release in May 2008 and will be distributed for Nintendo DS only, check it out at www.doodlehex.com or www.tragnarion.com.