WiiWare exclusive release win a prize even if you don't own a Wii

Mastiff Wants to Feed the Gaming World!

Win Gift Certificates for Burgers, Hotdogs, Pizza and More at the Major League Eating: The Game Website

Video game publisher Mastiff announced today its plan to feed the video gaming world - or at least a small part of it. Mastiff will honor each of the 12 foods found in its upcoming WiiWare exclusive release, Major League Eating: The Game with a weekly drawing. Each week, Mastiff will select a 'food of the week' and hold a drawing for gift certificates for that event, uh, 'food.' Anyone can enter - even if you don't own a Wii. Starting April 7, 2008, gamers can head to www.MLEGAME.com to register and (hopefully) win. Even better, Mastiff promised not to force feed you your prize if you do win.

"Professional gurgitory athletics is more than a hobby, more than a sport, more than a way of life. It's an encapsulation of mankind's history and struggle. Every drop of saliva, every bite, every postural tilt of the epiglottis and relaxation of the esophageal sphincter symbolizes the tension between mankind's base nature and the yoke of civilization. While my money is on base nature over civilization, offering free food seemed a civilized thing to do and a great way to hedge my bets" says Bill Swartz, Head Woof at Mastiff.

WiiWare, Nintendo's new downloadable game service for the Wii console, which launches May 12 in North America. Major League Eating: The Game will be available for download some time in May 2008. The official Major League Eating: The Game website launches on April 7, 2008.

The game features the world's greatest gurgitory athletes competing across a variety of foods and venues. Built much like a classic fighting game and deeper than a Chicago style deep-dish pizza, MLE: The Game requires players to master a smorgasbord of offensive and defensive weapons including bites, burps, belches, mustard gas and jalapeño flames while cramming and chewing food at a world-class pace. It's not for the faint of heart, the slow of reflex, or those with an overly strong aversion to a Technicolor reversal of fortune.

Major League Eating: The Game uses the Wii Remote to simulate a variety of eating techniques including the cram, toss, and 'typewriter.' Burp-offs and Hot Potato challenges during the contests keep the competition intense and eaters on their toes.
Major League Eating: The Game is for one or two players, offers online play and a leader board.

Major League Eating, the professional league which oversees all top eating events in the nation, including the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, counts among its members Takeru Kobayashi, the Japanese eating phenomenon, and American Joey Chestnut, current champion of the world.

Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain on Nintendo DS

Ignition Entertainment Partners with Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC for Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys Launch Party

All Proceeds from the April 12TH Launch at the Nintendo WORLD Store in NYC to Benefit the Children of New York City

Video game publisher Ignition Entertainment has partnered with the non-profit youth mentoring organization Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City (BBBS of NYC) for the Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys launch party event that will be held at New York City’s Nintendo WORLD from Noon-4pm EST Saturday, April 12, 2008.

Ignition Entertainment is offering consumers the chance to help change the lives of disadvantaged children by purchasing an advance copy of Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys for Nintendo DS™ before its scheduled release date of April 15th, with all proceeds from the event benefiting BBBS of NYC. The Teenage Zombies launch party is open to the public at Nintendo WORLD, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. There will be demos of the game set up throughout the store, opportunities to have your photo taken with the three teenage zombie heroes – Finnigan “Fins” Magee, Lori “Lefty” Lopez and Zach “Halfpipe” Boyd – and a free gift bag, which includes a limited edition Teenage Zombies t-shirt, while supplies last!

“We’re very excited to partner with an organization such as Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC which continues to change the lives of New York City’s children,” said Ajay Chadha, president of Ignition Entertainment. “The adult mentors are heroes to the children in BBBS of NYC’s programs. Our goal is to provide resources to help BBBS of NYC continue to match each child with a mentor to help guide them to a brighter future.”

“Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC is grateful that Ignition Entertainment has invited our mentors and their Littles to participate in today’s unveiling of Teenage Zombies,” said Allan Luks, Executive Director, Big Brother Big Sisters of New York City. “This game uses cartoon characters, in the form of zombies, to encourage teamwork and overcoming challenges, which are part of the mentoring relationship. As our partner, Ignition appreciates the power of mentoring and is providing much-needed support.”

SEGA show Super Monkey Ball on Apple iPhone

Other Ocean Partners with Sega on iPhone Game Demo

Canadian Studio confirms its co-development of SEGA'S Super Monkey Ball Demo

Other Ocean Interactive's CEO, Andrew Ayre, today confirmed it has partnered with SEGA of America to develop a demo version of the Super Monkey Ball game for iPhone. Super Monkey Ball was highlighted at Apple’s iPhone SDK event on March 6, 2008. “We were tremendously honored to be asked to work on the demo version of Super Monkey Ball and also to participate in the actual unveiling,” said Ayre.

“Apple’s SDK is extremely developer-friendly and the iPhone, with its accelerometer, is the perfect platform for Super Monkey Ball,” explained Gordon Wood, Other Ocean’s Technical Director and Senior Programmer. “The iPhone is going to be a major player in the handheld gaming market, and we’re excited to be among the first to develop games for the device.”

“We knew Super Monkey Ball could be a perfect game for the iPhone, and all we needed was the right team to partner with to make it happen,” said David Cobb, Sega’s Vice President of Product Development. “Other Ocean was the obvious choice to build the demo version, with their experience giving us a clear advantage.”

Wii Shop Channel adds - Yoshi's Cookie and Bases Loaded

Wii-kly Update: Two New Classic Games Added To Wii Shop Channel

The arrival of April means springtime fun is officially back in season. To get Wii Shop Channel patrons in the spirit, we're pleased to offer a pair of lively NES favorites. One is a breezy, puzzle-busting fantasy, the other a classic baseball title to keep sports fans fired up for a new season of nine-inning excitement. Whether your tastes run toward cookies or ballpark snacks, you'll find hours of gaming enjoyment right at your fingertips.

Nintendo adds new games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time 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:

Yoshi's Cookie (NES, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points):

Take one part puzzle game, combine with intuitive game play, add a pinch of multiplayer action and top with a layer of everyone's favorite dinosaur. Mix together and let set for roughly 100 stages' worth of time. If that sounds like a winning recipe to you, then step into the kitchen and get ready for a batch of fast-paced puzzle action. Hunker down to move rows and columns of randomly placed cookies in an effort to align all the cookies of the same type. Successfully assemble a row or column to make the line disappear, then move to a new one. If you're good enough, you may even be able to make a Yoshi cookie appear! Feel like taking on a friend? Fire up the two-player mode, where you can attack your opponent while competing to match as many cookies as possible. Be careful, though—if your timing is off, you could end up attacking yourself. Who knew dinosaurs had such a weakness for puzzle games and sweets?

Bases Loaded (NES, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points):

Bases Loaded is a baseball game with an arcade feel and plenty of options from which players can choose. Select one of 12 teams, set your lineup from the 30 players available (each with different strengths), then play a single game or try to win the pennant. During game play, the screen shows two different viewpoints: one from behind home plate as you're batting, and the other from the pitching mound in a television-style shot (unique for its time) as your team plays in the field. Strong play control and excellent graphics add to the excitement as you decide what pitch to throw (you can even try to provoke the opposing batter into charging the mound), control all positions on the field, or do your best to get a hit. So step to the plate and find out why this is one of the most popular baseball games on the NES. Can you pull through in the clutch?

Grand Theft Auto IV Sony PlayStation 3 bundle ?

According to Swedish retailer Webhalen who is boasting some pretty legit-looking box art, it looks like Sony will be offering a Grand Theft Auto IV PlayStation 3 bundle—a standard 40GB PS3 along with a copy of GTA IV for roughly $750.

As of right now, the news is still unconfirmed and could be a regional offering only.

Source: Kotaku

Halo 2 videos in HD (High definition) all available on HBO all cut scenes online

Halo.Bungie.org (HBO) has just finished uploading all Halo 2 cutscenes to their servers in gloriously trendy high definition.

Halo fans and machinima enthusiasts take note: all of the assets are available for standalone download (none of this embedded crap) and ready to be edited as you see fit.

The entire Halo 2 cut scene library here

Halo cut scene library here

Deadliest Catch video game for Microsoft Xbox 360 and PC

Discovery Channel on Tuesday said it will release Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm this April - a game based on the hit cable show for would-be fisherman.

Made by an unknown developer (Liquid Dragon) and upstart publisher (Greenwave), Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm promises to recreate the experience of crab fishing in the unforgiving Bering Sea.


Watch the trailer

"It may not be life or death, but chills went up my spine the first time I saw the Northwestern sink in the game," said Captain Sig Hansen, who stars in the show. Developers say the game will feature the best wave effects to date in a video game.

Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm will afford players the ability to staff a crab boat, battle elephantine waves and ice storms, and overcome an insanely high injury rate when seeking the underwater riches of fresh crab meat.

A career mode, U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue missions, 34,000 miles of actual coastline, and Xbox Live multiplayer highlight the list of features.

Discovery Channel video games are notorious for being mind numbing, insipid experiences. Perhaps this will change the tide (ba dum, bump). Perhaps not.

Source: GamePro

$10 Mario Kart Wii with two games trade in

GameStop is offering Wii owners the opportunity to trade in a few pretty craptastic Wii games to score one of Nintendo's AAA offerings, Mario Kart Wii, for $10 of pocket change. The bad news is that even if you get rid of some titles that are doing little more than collecting dust alongside your Wii, you are feeding GameStop's buy low sell high trade-in market.

With that said, we're not judging anyone who hits the jump to check out the full list of qualifying games.

• Baroque
  
• Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
  
• Bully: Scholarship Edition
  
• Cabela's Big Game Hunter
  
• Carnival Games
  
• Cars: Mater-National
  
• Cooking Mama: Cook Off
  
• Dragonball Z: Budokai T3
  
• EA Playground
  
• Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
  
• Ghost Squad
  
• Legend of Zelda TP
  
• Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga
  
• Madden NFL 2008
  
• MLB 2K8
  
• Mario and Sonic Olympic Games
  
• Mario Party 8
  
• Mario Strikers Charged
  
• MOH Heroes 2
  
• MOH Vanguard
  
• Metriod Prime 3: Corruption
  
• MLP Power Pros
  
• My Sims
  
• Naurto Clash of Ninja Revolution
  
• NBA Live 2008
  
• Need for Speed: Carbon
  
• Need for Speed: Pro Street
  
• No More Heroes
  
• Okami
  
• Pokemon Battle Revolution
  
• Rapala Tournament Fishing
  
• Rayman Raving Rabbids
  
• Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
  
• Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
  
• Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles
  
• Sims 2: Castaways
  
• Super Mario Galaxy
  
• Super Paper Mario
  
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
  
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007
  
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008
  
• Transformers The Game
  
• Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
  
• WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008
  

While most of us wouldn't trade in our still-warm copies of Super Mario Galaxy, tossing aside Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree probably isn't the worst decision a gamer could make.

Source: Kotaku

Crazy Machines 2 PC video game Never Before Seen Screenshots

The Wackiest Screenshots for your Viewing Pleasure

Viva Media's getting into the wild and crazy spirit new screenshots of
gameplay from their upcoming release, Crazy Machines 2.

Take a look at these amazing shots
of the most insane game we've ever published!

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Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne – The Kamael 1.5 Hellbound – Steel Citadel Feature

NCsoft Europe presents a new Lineage II feature – Hellbound & Steel Citadel. 

These are the two new high level areas that will launch with the Collector’s Edition on the 25th April – giving players a greater challenge to tackle.

Since the introduction of the high-level grounds called Hellbound in The Kamael, adventurers have been seeking a way into the deadly Steel Citadel and battle the epic boss Beleth himself. Now with the new update they have the chance they’ve been waiting for. After earning an extremely high level of trust from the Hellbound natives, adventurers will soon learn from them how to gain access into the Steel Citadel and the riches within—if they dare. In fact, players should make sure their characters hit the new level cap (Level 85) before going in.

The task in store for adventurers to reach Beleth is not easy. The Steel Citadel itself is composed of four separate areas or “towers,” which need to be conquered one at a time before moving on to the next. Adventurers will start in the two-story Base Tower, featuring a labyrinthine first floor that features many rapidly spawning creatures, and a second floor, which is composed of several rooms and a long corridor. The second floor is where adventurers can gain access to the other three towers in the Steel Citadel—once they meet certain requirements for each.

Each adventurer in the party must possess Fiery Demon Blood, a special Base Tower-oriented buff, before they can gain access to the Tower of Infinitum. The tower itself has five floors, each with two large rooms—adventurers ascend the tower through one set of rooms and back down the tower through another set. Two major raid bosses are in the Tower of Infinitum: the Demon Prince and Ranku, both of which can be tough but well-organized parties should be able to take them down.

After returning to the Base Tower, adventurers can then move on to eight-story tower known as Tully’s Workshop. After clearing the initial levels they must defeat the raid boss Tully and then take on a set of more powerful creatures, including Darion’s Challengers and finally Darion himself. A deadly raid boss, Darion is clad in heavy armor and wields a large sword and heavy shield. He may use a combination of skillful attacks, such as slamming his shield and utilizing a specialized physical attack called the Black Dragon Claw. Once Darion is defeated, adventurers can then move on to the final tower, the Tower of Naia.

The Tower of Naia is composed of three floors and heavy, sophisticated machinery is spread throughout. Through a series of rooms adventurers will battle followers of Beleth and the raid boss Epidos, though they will only have a short amount of time to blow through each room. Finally, there will be the battle against Beleth itself—or more appropriately, one real Beleth and a number of fake Beleths (note that while they may be fake, they are certainly no pushovers). This will be one nasty battle, and Beleth has access to a series of deadly skills like Chain Lightning and Fireballs, to complicate the attack. Defeating Beleth, adventurers can say with pride that they have defeated one of the most difficult raid encounters ever devised in Lineage II.