NFLAVOR Corp. partners with NIKITA.ONLINE to bring Rappelz to Russian speaking audience!

NFLAVOR Corp and NIKITA.Online today announce partnership on fantasy-based MMORPG “Rappelz”. According to the signed agreement between NIKITA.Online and NFLAVOR Corp the first Russian operator and publisher of online games becomes an exclusive official distributor and publisher of “Rappelz” in the territory of Russian Federation.

“It is very assuring to be a partner with NIKITA.Online, which is competitive and excellent company in this territory,” said Seung Hyun Park, CEO of NFLAVOR.Corp. “Rappelz has proved its attraction of raising Creatures and fantastic graphic through service in 7 countries over the world. We will do the best to localize Rappelz so that possible to meet Russian players in very near future.”

“Our partnership with NFLAVOR Corp. will provide Russian speaking audience an opportunity to travel the expanses of one of the biggest game universes in the world. We really hope that Russian players will like unique PvP system, which includes as clan wars, so and almost unlimited single battles,” said Stepan Zotov, CEO of NIKITA Online.

Rappelz is a free to play MMORPG set in a medieval fantasy world with features designed to appeal to both casual and hardcore players. Translating from French “Rappelz” means “Summon,” so the Creature System is one of the main features of the game. Rappelz comes with extensive lists of quests, characters customization with a deep job system and fighting with the support of pets tamed from various parts of the Rappelz world. All the tamed pets can be leveled up with their own talent and job skills. For more information about Rappelz in Russia, please, visit www.rzonline.ru .

NFLAVOR Corp. is one of the biggest PC online game developers founded 3rd of December, 2003 in Korea. Current development status is launching the first title, “Rappelz”, in Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, USA, China, Taiwan, France and Germany. Also MMO inline racing game “Street gears” and MO-RPG “Project IL” are developing to succeed popularity of Rappelz.

NIKITA.Online is the leading developer and operator of computer on-line games and services on the Russian market. In 2004 NIKITA.Online was segregated from NIKITA Company, the first Russian computer game developer since 1991, and became an independent enterprise. The major courses of its activity are development, operation and support of on-line projects. The games are meant to satisfy the requirements of all the strata of the playing audience in the Russian market. Currently catalogue of NIKITA.Online entertaining products counts more than 100 games of various genres created by the company and more than 50 foreign projects localized for the Russian market.

Emergency Service just flight mission pack video game expansion

The exciting mission pack series for Flight Simulator X is out!

Rescue Pilot – Mission Pack, the first in a series of exciting expansions from Just Flight is due for official UK release on 25th April and the identical download version is available now, exclusively from www.justflight.com

In Rescue Pilot Flight simulation fans will get the chance to put their virtual flying skills to use. You are a pilot of an air rescue service and your job is to respond to any emergency calls that are received at your home base. A typical day for a Just Flight Rescue Pilot could find him airlifting an injured person from a car accident, picking up a stranded mountaineer or flying a life-or-death dash with a vital medical cargo. The work is always challenging - but never dull - and the job satisfaction is immense!

Rescue Pilots must use their flying experience to the full in a variety of fixed wing and rotary aircraft to complete the missions but there is also a choice of settings to match an individual’s skill levels.

The twelve authentic missions with realistic ATC and convincing scenarios will keep virtual rescuers glued to their joysticks. It’s time to get airborne and do your bit!

Rescue Pilot product page link - http://www.justflight.com/product.asp?pid=234

Title: Rescue Pilot – Mission Pack
Label: Just Flight
Developer: Just Flight
Genre: Flight Simulation
UK Release Download – OUT NOW! (DVD-ROM - 25th April)
Price: – £19.99 / €29.95 / $39.99

Team6 presents the first screenshots of French Street Racing.

Story:
Once again you are challenged by the best of the best. This time you need to race throughout France to ensure your chance on the title. The showroom is filled with cars to meet your demands.

Five hometown streetrace champions are looking for a new challenge, and founded the official

"French Streetracing Competition"

. The No. 1 street racers from Nice, Paris, Marseille, Toulouse and Lyon came together and set dates to race against each other in the hometown of each contender. Winner of all 5 cities becomes the official "French greatest streetracer of the year”.

Features:

• 50 races to win!
  
• Unlock all 15 cars (including police vehicles)!
  
• Ghostraces, beat yourself to set the best times ever!
  
• Multiplayer support
  

Buzz! Junior: Dino Den on PS2!

Having already produced intro animations for all games in the BAFTA Award winning Buzz! franchise, RealtimeUK were again commissioned by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) to produce an intro animation for the fourth title in the Buzz! Junior series, Buzz! Junior: Dino Den.

The brief from SCEE was to create a 60 second introduction which showcased brand new characters, four cheeky little dinosaurs, in their unique prehistoric world. As with the other three Buzz! Junior titles, the game is aimed at young children, with the focus on fun and mischievous school boy humour.

Initially our team visited SCEE to go over details of the project and to play a work in progress version of the game. From this we were able to gain an overall impression of the game; the varied environments and the kind of antics the dinosaurs were involved in.

RealtimeUK’s Animation Director, Chris Fenna, explains “as always there was a wealth of material for us to use in this animation, so we selected elements that would ensure that the intro was engaging and entertaining. We wanted to include as many environments as possible but had to be mindful of the budgets and timescales.”

An initial draft script was developed and sent to SCEE. With this approved, Chris set about producing a full storyboard for the intro which was then timed out as a 2D animatic. During this stage further refinement was made to ensure the content fitted the 60 second duration. From this a 3D blockout was produced to stage the animation in a 3D environment.

SCEE supplied us with in-game assets for the dinosaurs and the caveman. These needed modifying to raise the level of detail to a higher TV standard required for the movie.

One challenge of this project involved the creation of convincing prehistoric environments from volcanoes and lush vegetation to frozen lakes and snow-capped mountains. These were created with the seamless combination of matte painting and 3D modelling. The rapid transition from each of these environments required careful planning to subtly introduce hints of neighbouring environments in each of the scenes.

On completion of the animation a full sound track was added. This involved numerous sound effects, individual voices for each dinosaur and bespoke music directly scored to picture.

SCEE were thrilled with the final movie and felt it effectively introduced the characters and portrayed the style and content of the game

Tony Prosser, RealtimeUK’s Managing Director commented ”we were thrilled that SCEE again choose us to create the intro animation for Buzz! Junior: Dino Den. The particular attention paid to the final finishing and lighting stages ensured that we delivered an exceptional piece of animation.”

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Harvest Fishing game for Nintendo DS

Title: Harvest Fishing
Release Date: 27.06.08
Genre: Fishing / Puzzle Game
SRP: €29.99/£19.99

Rising Star Games Announces Harvest Fishing

Rising Star Games is pleased to announce Harvest Fishing for Nintendo DS and available from Friday, June 27th 2008.

About Harvest Fishing:

With your sister having fallen into an endless sleep, it’s up to you to journey through rivers, swamps, ponds and hidden fishing spots in search of the River King. Being the biggest fish in the river, it is he who holds the secret to her mysterious slumber. But don’t worry because you’re not alone in this adventure. Make friends with the magical creatures of the valley and a host of colourful characters to unlock their abilities to help you along the way.

Key Features:

• Innovative fishing engine using the Touch Screen
  
• Amass a collection of baits, lures, rods and more!
  
• Participate in a variety of fishing games
  
• Have a fishing tournament with your friends via the Nintendo Wi-Fi
  

Connection or Nintendo DS Wireless for head-to head play for 2 to 4 players.

Nokia launch new mobile gaming system

Nokia has lifted the veil on its revamped mobile gaming service known as N-Gage.
Visitors to the N-Gage website can download software that connects their phone to the handset maker's growing library of games.

Nokia expects to have about 30 games available for playing on its higher end phones by the middle of 2008.
The launch of N-Gage marks one of the biggest moves by a mobile maker into the content market.


The official unveiling of N-Gage is due to take place on 7 April. However, Nokia announced on its N-Gage blog that fans of mobile gaming could get access a few days early.

By visiting the N-Gage site gamers can download the software package that sets up the service on their handset.
The April launch comes after two delays which pushed back its debut from 2007.

Nokia's original plans for N-Gage revolved around a gaming gadget that debuted in late 2003.

Source: BBC

Assassin's Solid - Assassin on the Battlefield video

Signing Up For Japanese Metal Gear Online Open Beta

1) Go to this page https://id.konami.net/login.do

2) Click on the top left corner blue link

3) On the new page that comes, don't do anything. Just click on the bottom left link.

4) On the new page, click again on the bottom left link.

5) On the new page, you will see this:
*Note that you only need to fill out the boxes where you see the red star*
First star: KONAMI ID: choose your personal MGO BETA ID
Second star: PASSWORD: You need to enter (and re-enter it in the box just under it) your password, which should include minimum 9 symbols, in these 9 symbols at least 2 digits.

6) Then continue scrolling down to find the following:
First star: Do not do anything
Second star: Select and copy the text on the right, and paste it into the box like i show it in this picture:

7) Continue scrolling down to find:
First star: Enter (and re-enter it in the box just under it) your email address
Second star: Like previously, select the text on the right and copy-paste into the box, like i show it in this picture:

Third star: Select any of the 2 choices
Fourth star: Click on the button you see. On the new page, you have to do the following:

This is what it says:
1- Enter the numbers in the box (120 - 0013)
2- Click the button represented by the arrow (it's the one right under the number 120)
3- After doing so, you will see some writings showing at the bottom. Like represented bu the arrow, click on the blue bottom left link that you see to confirm.

8) Almost done, continue down the page: Don't do anything, just click on the bottom left link.

9) On the new page, confirm again by clicking on the bottom left link, and once again on the next page
You will now get an email, so log into your inbox and click on the confirmation link provided in the email to finalize registration.

10) Go to this page:https://id.konami.net/mgo_beta

Here enter your KONAMI ID and PASSWORD you created during the registration. Once that done, you will see a survey, just enter whatever you want at random, then confirm. You will finally have your japanese MGS BETA code.

You will then receive an email with you code.
Now all you have to do is wait until the MGO open beta is available for download on the JAPANESE STORE this mid-april.

LOVEFiLM TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX VEGAS 2 - UBISOFT

LOVEFiLM Vegas Bound For Tom Clancy Tie-Up

TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX VEGAS 2 MARKS CONTINUED LINK WITH UBISOFT

LOVEFiLM.com, the UK’s largest digital entertainment portal has once again teamed up with games producer Ubisoft to mark the launch of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 across PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PC formats.

Following the hugely successful partnership late last year for the release of Assassin’s Creed, LOVEFiLM has launched an exclusive multi layered marketing campaign for the title.

The tailored campaign sees Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 receive placement in the weekly e-newsletter, reaching LOVEFiLM’s customer base of over 460,000 subscribers plus unique promotion across the distribution of 200,000 exclusively branded product envelopes delivered directly into customer’s homes. This direct marketing is supported with targeted online advertising across the LOVEFiLM site.

LOVEFiLM has further extended its online support of Ubisoft to run a Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 microsite at www.lovefilm.com/micro/vegas2. Through the targeted microsite users can buy and/or rent the game and enter an exclusive competition to win a trip for two to Las Vegas. Editorial content includes the developers’ video diaries, the game trailer, plus a list of favourite films suited to the game’s main character Commander Bishop. The microsite also showcases upcoming Ubisoft releases, with previews of titles including Haze, Tom Clancy’s EndWar™ and Far Cry 2 and drives users to the official Rainbow Six Vegas 2 website through several direct links.

Dionne Georgiou, Advertising Sales Manager for LOVEFiLM said;

“As LOVEFiLM becomes increasingly entertainment focused, we’re glad to offer our gaming audience not only an anticipated title in this franchise, but also deliver exclusive competitions and content alongside the usual rent or buy options. For LOVEFiLM and our ever-increasing community of users, major games releases are as important as film releases, so we’re thrilled to work with Ubisoft once more for the launch of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2.”

Phil Brannelly, Senior Brand Manager at Ubisoft commented;

“LOVEFiLM’s customer base provides an avid audience not only for fans of the Tom Clancy series, but for gamers that are looking for the best of both worlds – top class gameplay combined with seamless cinematic action.”

The deal was brokered by media planning and buying agency BJKE.

Ubisoft - NINJA GAIDEN - Dragon Sword on Nintendo DS

Ubisoft Signs A Deal With Tecmo To Distribute NINJA GAIDEN: Dragon Sword to EMEA Territories In June 2008

NINJA GAIDEN Dragon Sword brings the authentic Ninja experience to Nintendo DS for the first time.

Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced a distribution agreement to release Tecmo’s NINJA GAIDEN Dragon Sword to all EMEA territories. Already a critically acclaimed game in the US and Japan, NINJA GAIDEN Dragon Sword will hit European shelves in June 2008.

NINJA GAIDEN: Dragon Sword is the latest iteration in the series and the first to be made for Nintendo DS handheld system, featuring gorgeous rendered backgrounds, a new exciting story and the traditional fast-paced action that the franchise is known for. Taking perfect advantage of the Nintendo DS with intuitive stylus gameplay, Ryu Hayabusa’s combat moves are mapped onto the DS touchscreen and directional buttons which allows him to run, jump, attack and cast Ninpo. Certain move combinations will enable Ryu to perform fatal special attacks such as the Izuna Drop and Cicada Slash which are some of Ryu’s signature moves.

NINJA GAIDEN: Dragon Sword is developed by Executive Producer Tomonobu Itagaki and the Team NINJA development studio.