New Apple 3G iPhone games announced at Apple Keynote speach

Apple announced their expected 3G version of the iPhone and showed some of the games in development for the iPhone.

SEGA are developing Super Monkey Ball which uses the motion sensor built into the iPhone to control the game, other games use the same function to control driving and RPG games.

You can watch the Keynote presentation here Fast forward to 22minutes to the start of the demos.

Look out for 'Band' great software for creating music on your iPhone.

Father's Day celebrated in The Lord of the Rings Online

Codemasters Online invite players to Celebrate Father's Day together in Middle-earth.

Fathers from across the UK are invited to celebrate this year’s Father’s Day in virtual style by taking part in the Father’s Day celebrations set to take place across Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings Online.

Taking place on June 15th, Codemasters Online will be running a series of in-game Father’s Day events designed to celebrate this special occasion including father and sons fishing, music and fireworks as well as ad hoc competitions and challenges taking place throughout the day. Fathers are invited to attend these events with their sons and daughters and take part in the online festivities with the thousands of other players in Middle-earth.

"What better way to celebrate Father’s Day than spend it with your loved ones in the greatest fantasy world ever created?" said David Solari Vice President of Codemasters Online. "We invite fathers to come and enjoy the festivities that will we be running all day to mark this special occasion.”

The celebrations are open to both existing and new players to The Lord of the Rings Online. New players can download the free trial now at www.trylotro.com to take part in the day’s festivities.

For more information on the Father’s Day celebrations visit the game’s official European community portal www.lotro-europe.com

Soul Bubbles creative game on Nintendo DS

SOUL BUBBLES, the new phenomenon for the Nintendo DS, is set to release across Europe on Friday, 13th June.

In Soul Bubbles, the player takes the role of a young shaman apprentice who is tasked with saving lost ‘souls’ and guiding them to safety. He must safeguard these fragile beings by placing them in protective bubbles so he can transport them through a series of increasingly treacherous and hostile worlds.

As the shaman, use your stylus to draw the bubbles, then deflate, cut or join them to other bubbles to navigate through each environment. You must fill bubbles with water or gas, escape traps, extinguish fires and avoid all the sticky or dangerous surfaces that will slow the bubbles down.

“Soul Bubbles is an extremely creative and unique title which really pushes the physics capabilities of the Nintendo DS,” said Lou Fawcett, Head of Casual Games at Eidos. “The reaction from the press so far has been incredible and we’re hoping the public are going to love Soul Bubbles every bit as much as we do.”

Soul Bubbles features 8 unique worlds, each with its own visual style and gameplay challenges, and over 40 levels to play through on your journey to becoming a true spirit herder.

The Conduit FPS coming to Nintendo Wii Exclusive

The Conduit, a stunning first-person action shooter that promises to provide some of the best visuals seen to date on Nintendo's Wii gaming console, for early 2009 release.

Using their proprietary Quantum 3 Game Engine technology, the team at High Voltage Software is fusing fast and fluid gameplay with an advanced set of visuals intended to squarely establish the Wii as a true next-generation gaming platform. The first-person shooter boasts a competitive online multiplayer component and a thrilling single-player campaign. Advanced graphical features include dynamic environment mapping, interactive water with real-time reflection, and four-stage texture composition including gloss, diffuse, and bump mapping.

"Too many Wii owners have been told that the Wii is a casual platform with no room for serious games or top-tier graphics," said Eric Nofsinger, Chief Creative Officer at High Voltage Software. "With The Conduit, we intend to prove that theory wrong by providing gamers with the kind of title they imagined back when the platform was first announced."

Featuring terrifying alien creatures, an advanced Artificial Intelligence System, and a rich, conspiracy-laden story, The Conduit has more than a pretty face. "The Wii has tremendous potential," said Kerry J. Ganofsky, CEO and founder of High Voltage Software. "We've invested heavily in our technology to make certain that potential is realized with The Conduit."

The Conduit's control scheme was carefully designed from the ground up with the Wii in mind, as were each of the weapons in the extensive armory, providing gameplay not possible on other platforms. As Secret Service Agent Ford, you must learn to master each of these weapons as well as the special "All Seeing Eye" device to defeat enemies, solve puzzles, and unravel the game's mysteries.

"Conduit was especially designed for the Nintendo Wii" states Matt Corso, Creative Director at High Voltage Software. "From the weapons to armory and graphics, we tailored everything to the Wii which sets this game play apart from anything else on the market right now."

Publisher excitement and interest in The Conduit has been overwhelming. High Voltage Software will continue to search for the perfect partner to ensure The Conduit’s success.

The Conduit is tentatively scheduled for release early 2009 exclusively for the Nintendo Wii.

'Spider-Man - Web of Shadows' Preview [Screenshots]

New Spidey game developer Shaba Games believes that their fall-launching Spider-Man: Web of Shadows will be that break.

The team's solution to the game series' stagnation largely consists of implementing tricks they've learned in the company's previous 11 years of development.

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Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Flight Simulator for Xbox 360 PS3 Nintendo DS and PSP

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey to the console market for the first time. Developed by Gaijin Entertainment for Xbox 360 and PS3, DiP Interactive for Nintendo DS and DYNAMICSYSTEMS for PSP, the game takes place during the greatest aerial battles of all time (discounting Pterosaurs) and boasts the most realistic landscapes and aircraft seen in any flight sim. IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey will be published by 505 Games under the 1C Label and is due for a 2009 release.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey is based around large-scale aerial combat over the ground-based military operations of World War II. Players participate in the war’s most famous confrontations piloting fighters, battle planes or heavy bombers across a range of thrilling missions. There are five seats of war to engage in – The Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, Berlin, Sicily and Korsun – representing the main airborne battles of World War II in Europe.



As well as advanced environmental visuals enriching the game play, IL-2 also boasts an all new damage effects engine. Players can see real time damage to the aircraft such as holes in the wings and trail lines during dog fights. Hundreds of airplanes taking part in air battles is a distinguishing feature of IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey and the unique environmental engine also produces highly detailed, realistic landscapes that allows players to see a brand new simulation of ground support actions.


Features

• Authentic World War II atmosphere
  


• Engage in more than 50 thrilling missions from famous historical battles over Eastern and Western Europe and fly historically accurate aircraft
  


• Completely flexible difficulty level system: from arcade to realistic simulation
  


• Thrilling multiplayer mode support customisation – from the colour scheme of your plane to your choice of weapons.
  


• Cutting edge, highly-detailed visuals, realistic sound and original music from Jeremy Soule (composer of Company of Heroes, Dungeon Siege, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Guild Wars, Neverwinter Nights, Prey, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Total Annihilation, Unreal II, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, and many more.)
  

505 Games will publish IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey on the 1C Label for PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and PSP in 2009.

New High School Musical 3 - Senior Dance Video Game this Christmas

Popular Disney Franchise Extends New Storylines and Adventures to Popular Gaming Platforms This Christmas.

New video games this Christmas season for the globally successful “High School Musical” franchise. High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE! for the Wii home video game console, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and Windows-based PC allows players to “dance” along with favourite characters to familiar “High School Musical” songs from all three movies, as well as experience another memorable year as Wildcats at East High. High School Musical 3: Senior Year for Nintendo DS features all new songs from the upcoming theatrical release of “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” and lets fans play through the game as the Wildcat whose personality is most like theirs.

“We’re building on the success of last year’s line up of ‘High School Musical’ video games with new immersive extensions to the hit property,” said Craig Relyea, senior vice president of global marketing, Disney Interactive Studios. “We’ll continue to bring exciting and fresh interactive experiences to ‘High School Musical’ fans everywhere, delivering new storylines, characters and songs.”

High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE! for Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 system and Windows-based PC lets players experience the music, familiar locations and popular characters from all three movies, including the upcoming “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.” Players move to the rhythm of the hit songs using the controllers unique to each video game console, such as Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™, to classic “High School Musical” anthems, including “We’re All In This Together” and “What Time Is It.”

Players take the role of Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad or Taylor or can customise their own Wildcat, using a variety of outfits, shoes and hairstyles. In addition, the game features various multiplayer modes, including competitive and cooperative play. In competitive mode, users can earn power-ups to affect other players’ performances, while in cooperative mode players need to dance simultaneously and in sync to earn high scores. Fans can follow along to choreography from the stars and complete songs to earn points and unlock new songs, clothing and characters.



A unique rhythm-based dance game, High School Musical 3: Senior Year for Nintendo DS also allows players to experience the music, scenes and characters from the “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” film. The game features trivia-based personality quizzes that allow players to determine the Wildcat whose personality is most like theirs. This feature lets fans dance through the game as that specific character, performing songs and experiencing the fun themed to Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad or Taylor’s personalities. In addition, High School Musical 3: Senior Year utilises the DS stylus and D-pad to capture special photos to create a custom East High senior yearbook layout, to keep for years to come.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE! for Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 system and Windows-based PC and High School Musical 3: Senior Year for Nintendo DS are scheduled for release this Christmas. All titles have an anticipated Pan European Game Information (PEGI) rating of 3+.

Space Empires V PC game Patch v1.74

new Patch for “Space Empires V.” The Space Empires V patch version 1.74 will update the English U.S. version of “Space Empires V” to version 1.74. See the history.txt file for a complete list of the changes and fixes included in the patch. The new Space Empires V patch will also be available to Steam users to download via Steam.

Download the patch today directly from the Space Empires website at:
http://www.spaceempires5.com/files/se5patch_v174.exe

The history file can also be downloaded directly from the Space Empires website at:
http://www.spaceempires5.com/files/se5patch_v174.txt

About Space Empires V

“Space Empires V” is the new edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter’s completely updated UI takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out with incredible detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living and breathing galaxy. New features abound, with political alliances between multiple empires, top-down ship design systems, hexagonal movement grids, and much more.

Mobile Rally Game to use iPhone as Steering Wheel

The iPhone is a handy little gadget - goodbye Wii?
Following yesterday's news that Apple could kill off the DS, last night a US event was held to show off key games for the iPhone.

Apple's CEO Steve Jobs played through demos from Sega, Pangea, Digital Legends, eBay and more, while also confirming that only two price points will exist for iPhone games: free and $9.99 (£5).

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PC Game - International Cricket Captain 2008 with England hero Monty Panesar

The worlds No 1 cricket management game teams up with England's king of spin to launch International Cricket Captain 2008

Best selling cricket management franchise, International Cricket Captain 2008 will release on 27th June 2008. International Cricket Captain 2008 is the most realistic and in-depth cricket management game to date. With a complete statistical update, a remodelled game engine and a vastly enhanced and re-designed interface and the most up to date statistics available, International Cricket 2008 is set to reclaim its place amongst the sports management elite.

Monty Panesar, Northamptonshire and England’s leading spin bowler said “International Cricket Captain 2008 has everything a cricket fan could possibly want.” James Spice, Empire Interactive VP of Marketing added, “Monty Panesar is one of the hottest talents in world cricket today and a legend among the England fans. We’re delighted to be working with him on what is the most spectacular version of International Cricket Captain to date.”

International Cricket Captain 2008 is set to be the world’s No1 cricket management game for cricket fans of all ages. Gamers can manage all aspects of their team’s progress from transfers, team selection and training to detailed match tactics on the road to ultimate cricketing glory! International Cricket Captain 2008 will launch on 27th June 2008 and will be available exclusively for PC.

“We've redesigned the fielding engine with a new range of features, each modelled on thousands of real matches which has helped us to produce our most accurate simulation yet,.” Commented Chris Child, CEO Childish Things, “The interface has been overhauled to incorporate the ball-tracker as a central feature and give the game a more intuitive and relaxing feel.”

Gamers can now manage all aspects of their team’s progress from transfers, team selection and training to detailed match tactics on the road to ultimate cricketing glory! International Cricket Captain 2008 will launch on 27th June 2008 and will be available exclusively for PC.

Product Information:

International Cricket Captain 2008 is the most realistic and in-depth cricket management game to date. Take charge of a domestic or international team and experience the highs and lows of cricket management on the road to ultimate glory. With a complete statistical update and brand new features, this edition raises the benchmark for cricket management simulation.

Complete statistical update

• Complete player database containing every player currently playing first class or List-A limited overs cricket from around the world. (Over 3000 players).
• Comprehensive domestic and international fixtures for 2008 and all future scheduled fixtures.
• Accurate and up to date rules reflecting the latest regulations.

More game play options & features

• More game play options with NEW coaching and player development attributes.
• NEW youth player options, develop and select youth players in your first team squad.
• NEW and improved match screen, including an all-new integrated ball-tracker and statistics window.
• Improved 3D game highlights with an extensive range of NEW diving and slip catch animations.
• Re-balanced game engine with accurate match simulation.
• Optimised game engine speeds up game play.
• Improved new player generation keeps the game realistic for over 100 years.
• Track your bowler's performance with realistic ball dynamics accurately simulating bowling speeds, spin and swing.
• Full range of over 60 classic strokes and aggressive slogs covering classic shots such as; defence, sweeps, drives, cuts, hooks and more.
• Online play: challenge players from all over the world using your own team and score rating points in our online league.
• Two player: Play against a friend with your choice of teams in a test or one-day series.
• Includes tips and advice for novices and managers of all levels.
• Real-time updates as play progresses.
• Commentary from Test Match Special's Jonathan (Aggers) Agnew.

Match modes

• County & International Career: captain both the county team and international team of your choice from the start of the game.
• Exhibition Match: go straight into a one off match with two international teams in either Twenty20 or a One Day International (ODI) match.
• Match Series: create a Test or One Day series of your choice with any two international teams.
• World Cup Series: replay the 2007 World Cup tournament in the West Indies.
• Play against a friend or challenge 1000's of teams online for ultimate cricketing glory.