A new trailer for IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey showing a range of highly detailed World War Two planes locked in fierce aerial combat. Developed by Gaijin Entertainment for Xbox 360 and PS3, IL-2 Stumorvik: Birds of Prey will be published by 505 Games, under the 1C label, in 2009.
This stunning new trailer highlights 28 different aircraft as they fly through some of history’s most famous aerial battlefields: The Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, Berlin, Sicily and Korsun. Each aircraft has been painstakingly researched by the dedicated team at Gaijin Entertainment, to make sure they are recreated with fantastic levels of detail and precision, ensuring a rich level of realism.
Add to this the detailed environmental visuals, combined with an all-new improved damage effects engine – which actually shows real-time damage on aircraft - and it all adds up to one of the most realistic airborne battle experiences available on consoles.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey will be available for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2009. A PlayStation Portable version, developed by DYNAMICSYSTEMS, and a Nintendo DS edition, developed by DiP Interactive, will also be available.
The first wave of MyGames bringing My Make-Up, My Dress-Up and My Secret Diary to your Nintendo DS.
Unleash your creativity as you makeover your friends, design clothes, pamper yourself and record all of your most important secrets!
My Make-Up is like having a whole make up box on your Nintendo DS! You can play with make up brushes and creams to makeover, pamper and facepaint yourself and your friends. Once you’ve finished your makeover save it in your photo album or send it to friends with My Dress-Up for a complete new look!
My Dress-Up lets you play with your very own digital dressing up box! With over 600 items to choose from you can create outfits for yourself and your friends and save them in your wardrobe. Dress up your friends for special occasions and parties or invite them to a dress up party and rate each other on your styling skills!
My Secret Diary lets you record your most secret thoughts in your very own password protected diary! Set reminders for special events, have fun with personality tests and mini games or send invites to your parties to your friends! Chat to all of your My Make-Up, My Dress-Up and My Secret Diary friends over DS Wireless Communication with exclusive MyGames Chat.
My Make-Up, My Dress-Up and My Secret Diary – In Stores.
GamersGate today announced the worldwide digital download premiere of much-awaited “A Vampyre Story” from publisher Crimson Cow and developer Autumn Moon.
“A Vampyre Story" is the brainchild of former Lucas Arts employee Bill Tiller and the game takes you to Europe during the Victorian era. You'll play as a young French opera star being held captive by a deranged vampire.
“A Vampyre Story” has been listed as one of the most anticipated releases on the PC platform for years, and a “must have” for fans of the Adventure Games genre.
The point-and-click adventure game A Vampyre Story tells the tale of the beautiful, gifted opera singer Mona De Lafitte, whose life is brought to an abrupt end by a vampire baron named Shrowdy Von Kiefer. Henceforth, she is doomed to a miserable existence as a creature of the night in Von Kiefer's gloomy castle in Draxsylvania. Confronted with her seemingly hopeless fate, she decides to run away and try to fulfill her dream of singing at the Paris Opera. Accompanied by her mischievous bat Froderick, Mona must face a number of challenges in her odyssey and learn not only to accept her vampire nature, but also to use the abilities she has acquired to her advantage.
In more than 50 hand-drawn locations, the player's task is to guide Mona through Draxsylvania and to Paris by using his powers of deduction. Having a bent for extremely dark humor also helps... Along the way, Mona meets a wealth of partly endearing, partly frightening, but often just plain weird characters, including the inventor Dr. Riga Mortus, the gypsy Madame Strigoi, and Carpathia the wolfwoman.
A Vampyre Story has been penned by Bill Tiller, the founder of Autumn Moon Entertainment. A former employee of Lucas Arts, Tiller won himself a place in the hearts of adventure fans through his work on titles such as Steven Spielberg's The Dig, the legendary The Curse of Monkey Island, and Indiana Jones. A Vampyre Story combines modern 3D animation with the qualities of classic 2D adventure design and a highly unusual style which can best be compared with the works of Tim Burton or Edward Gorey.
All of this contributes toward making A Vampyre Story the first classic adventure for players of the 21st century, with the look and feel, humor and class of the cult graphic adventures by the Californian developer.
A point-and-click adventure game created by former LucasArts employees.
Over 50 hand-painted locations, in part over several screens, to explore and investigate.
Over 20 characters, from plain weird to downright terrifying.
Prizes to be won in online sweepstakes. Game with the developers in Xbox Live exclusive Guitar Hero World Tour tournaments.
Activision today announced an exclusive Xbox LIVE online entertainment network weekend for their smash-hit Guitar Hero World Tour. Starting November 27, 2008, players 14 years of age or older will be able to participate in a number of exciting online activities to determine who is truly the top Guitar Hero rocker.
These activities include:
• Xbox All Nighter – Thursday, 11/27, from dusk until dawn • Play & Win Sweepstakes – Friday, 11/28, through Saturday, 11/30 • Game with Developers – Saturday, 11/30 from 10:00pm – 01:00am GMT
Throughout the weekend, guitarist, drummers and vocalists who register and play the Guitar Hero World Tour multiplayer (co-op) session can also win special prizes, such as a Samsung television home theater package, collector’s edition Guitar Hero World Tour drum sticks, 1GB memory sticks and Guitar Hero portable USB/battery powered speakers.
Highlighting the weekend’s activities, on Sunday, November 30 from 10:00pm – 01:00am GMT, virtual musicians will have the opportunity to prove their rock god skills online against none other than Neversoft Entertainment, the creators of Guitar Hero World Tour. For those up for the challenge, be on the look-out for the following development team Gamertags:
More details on registering for Guitar Hero World Tour Xbox LIVE weekend and information regarding terms, conditions, and official rules are available through the official event page: http://www.xbox.com/guitarheroworldtour. Open registration will begin when the site goes live and will end at 04:59am GMT on December 1st, 2008.
The latest installment in the No 1 best-selling video game franchise of 2007, Guitar Hero World Tour transforms music gaming by expanding Guitar Hero’s signature guitar gameplay into a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless controllers with new revolutionary online* and offline gameplay modes including Band Career and 8-player “Battle of the Bands,” which allows two full bands to compete head-to-head online for the first time ever. The game features a slick newly redesigned guitar controller, drum kit controller and a wired microphone, as well as an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock ‘n’ roll anthems. Music creators will also be able to share their recordings with their friends online through GHTunes where other gamers can download and play an endless supply of unique creations.
Guitar Hero World Tour is now available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system. The Wii home video game system from Nintendo version is developed by Vicarious Visions. The PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system version is developed by Budcat. The game is rated 12+ by the BBFC. For more information on Guitar Hero World Tour, please visit worldtour.guitarhero.com.
Tale of Tales release new screenshots of upcoming horror title.
The Path is an independently created horror game inspired by the ancient folk tales of Little Red Ridinghood, but set in the present day. Six sisters live with their mother in an urban apartment at the edge of a gloomy forest. Each of them is sent on an errand to their grandmother on the other side of the woods. A straight path connects the city with grandmother's house. It's a safe journey. But will the girls be able to resist the temptation of leaving the path?
Production of The Path takes place at Tale of Tales, a development studio founded by media artists Auriea Harvey (US) and Michael Samyn (BE) in Belgium. To celebrate the approaching beta stage of the project, Tale of Tales is releasing screenshots of the game in its current state of incompleteness. Images of work in progress that nevertheless clearly demonstrate the aesthetic style of the game.
The Path is a game of exploration, discovery and introspection.
Atmosphere and immersion are at least as important as any other element on the game. Designers Harvey and Samyn wholeheartedly embrace cutting edge 3D technology but reject the notion that it needs to serve some form of photographic or cinematic realism. They are in search of a beauty that is unique to the medium of realtime 3D, simultaneously recognizing its potential for simulation as its artificial, synthetic nature. "It's about what you feel, not what you see." is a favorite motto.
"You control the avatar, but she also has a life of her own -directed by Drama Princess, a home-brew alternative AI system. The foliage on the trees turns out to be careful arrangements of gothic ornaments. What first seemed like sound effects, is in fact a continuously changing musical soundtrack -created by Jarboe. Random signs of decay on the screen become helpful hints for navigation. The entire forest feels natural but closer inspection reveals its artificiality. This is not the real world. You have entered a fabrication, a story, a memory, a dream."
This extends to the three dimensional environments as well. The main area of the game, the forest, is never the same. It is re-arranged every time you play. Things are in different places, objects appear and disappear. Giving the feeling of exploring a dream more than any factual reality. The same applies to the final destination of the protagonists.
Grandmother's house changes according to what you have done in the forest. Furniture appears or moves. New rooms are added, put together in impossible ways. What seems like a cozy cottage on the outside, turns into a nightmarish labyrinth upon entry.
Painting with the aesthetic palette of realtime 3D rather than using the medium for the simulation of reality, The Path could not have been made without contemporary technology. Yet it clearly sets itself apart from any other Next Gen game. The hand of the artist shows. Sometimes messy and strange, sometimes verging on the sublime. Harvey and Samyn are not in complete control. A large part of the attraction of game technology is its potential to surprise. Rather than locking down the look of each and every scene, The Path contains systems that alter the aesthetics of the game in ways that the creators may not have expected. To some extent, the players themselves can decide what things look like. Walking down the path, for instance, changes the time of day. Depending on where you enter the forest, you will be wandering through a bright and misty environment or a dark and spooky one.
An early demo of The Path was nominated for "Excellence in Visual Art" in the Independent Games Festival of 2008. Other games by Tale of Tales include The Endless Forest and The Graveyard. Both are available for free download.
The Path is scheduled for release on PC in Spring 2009. Production progress can be followed on the development journal: http://tale-of-tales.com/ThePath/blog
Exclusive Collector's Edition for Prince of Persia, a new chapter in the critically acclaimed action/adventure series for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and PC.
Exclusively at PLAY.COM, UK customers who pre-order a copy of Prince of Persia will receive a pre-order pack including:
- A high quality collector box set featuring varnish & metallic blue arabesque finish
- An exclusive 24 pages Comic book unveiling the backstory of the Hunter, one of the key antagonists in the game.
- A scratch card with unique code to unlock exclusive in-game skins for the Prince (Prince “classic” skin) and Elika (“Farah” skin).
- A bonus DVD including soundtrack, videos, e-goodies, widget and more!
Prince of Persia is currently scheduled for release on December 5th 2008 on XBOX 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Prince of Persia - The Fallen King Continues the adventure in an original story exclusive to the Nintendo DS, also scheduled for release on December 5th 2008.
Get an Edge in the Upcoming RPG Epic With This Jam-Packed Companion Book
DoubleJump Books today announced Persona 4: The Official Strategy Guide, the definitive companion book for Persona 4 players. Loaded from cover to cover with insider info, Persona 4: The Official Strategy Guide is a must-own for series fans looking to unlock secrets the game has to offer!
“DoubleJump Books has an established reputation for producing incredibly detailed and useful strategy guides, and Atlus is proud to continue to work closely with them to support the December 9 launch of Persona 4 in retailers across North America,” said Tim Pivnicny, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Atlus.
“We tend to publish guides for games we personally enjoy and it’s no coincidence that many of our guides are for Atlus games. Persona 4 is no exception.” said Tim Lindquist, Publisher, DoubleJump.
Persona 4: The Official Strategy Guide is scheduled to be available alongside the game on December 9, 2009 with an MSRP of $19.99.
Pre-order the Persona 4 Official Strategy Guide from participating retailers such as GameStop, Game Crazy, Amazon.com and more, or directly from DoubleJump Books here
For more information about Persona 4, visit the official website
The UK’s biggest girl band The Sugababes are all set to push the button on the all-new Xbox LIVE experience tomorrow night, with a very special performance in central London as they’ve never been seen before.
The Brit Award winners will be taking to the stage to launch the new service which is set to transform the Xbox LIVE experience for millions of entertainment fans with an all-new look and feel - making accessing great music, movies and games easier and more fun than ever before.
The chart-topping trio of Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range and Amelle Berrabah will not only be wowing the party - hosted by TV star George Lamb - with an intimate set of new material from the forthcoming album, but will also be meeting their very own ‘avatars’ – totally interactive, speaking caricatures of themselves that will represent their online profile on Xbox LIVE. They’ll then be swapping real mics for flashing, wireless versions for a tongue-in cheek karaoke performance on new Xbox 360 singing game, ‘Lips’ which will see the girls dropping their trademark sound to perform a special song by another artist.
Commenting on their upcoming performance, new signing Amelle said: “We’re all really excited about tomorrow night. As massive music and movie fans, we were keen to get involved when we heard about the New Xbox Experience, and when we first tried out Lips last week you couldn’t get us off it! We love karaoke so it’s going to be great to sing a song and have a bit of fun on stage though I’m sure it’ll get a bit competitive as we each try and score the most points!” The new Xbox Experience is launched today -- All your Friends and Favourite Entertainment with One Remote Control. More information can be found online at www.xbox.com/nxe.
Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, along with distribution partner Electronic Arts, today announced Rock Band Track Pack Volume 2 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and the Nintendo Wii home video game console from Nintendo has shipped to retail stores nationwide. Pricing for the game is $29.99 MSRP for all platform versions.
Rock Band Track Pack Volume 2 features 20 amplifying tracks recorded by some of the most popular rock artists in history from Lynyrd Skynyrd and Mötley Crüe to Red Hot Chili Peppers and Duran Duran. Rock Band Track Pack Volume 2 can be played as a standalone game for all console versions using Rock Band and Rock Band 2 peripherals. Fans who buy the track pack for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system can also export all 20 songs to their console for play with Rock Band and Rock Band 2 using a free offer from Xbox LIVE online entertainment network or the PlayStation Network.
Rock Band 2, currently available for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system, has received numerous Editor’s Choice Awards and a combined metacritic score of 92. Rock Band 2 has revolutionized music gaming with the ability to export most of the songs from the original Rock Band disc, Online World Tour, daily Battle-Of-The-Bands Tournaments, Auto-Calibration to eliminate TV lag, wireless drums with quieter, velocity sensitive drum heads, support for up to three cymbals (sold separately), No Fail Mode, and a real Drum Trainer. Rock Band 2 will be available for the PlayStation 2 system and Wii in December 2008. Rock Band is currently available for Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 system and PlayStation 2 system and Wii.
Rock Band Track Pack Volume 2 is rated “T” for Teen with a descriptor of Lyrics by the ESRB.
Research project on the physiology of drumming to work with Guitar Hero World Tour drum kit controllers to promote benefit of actual instrument to all; World Tour drum kit controller gets scientific seal of approval
Leading drum research initiative The Clem Burke Drumming Project has today announced a year-long collaborative research project which will examine the benefits of using Activision Publishing, Inc’s Guitar Hero World Tour’s drum kit controller.
The Clem Burke Drumming Project – a unique collaboration between Blondie drummer Clem Burke, Dr. Marcus Smith from the University of Chichester and Dr. Steve Draper from the University of Gloucestershire – is based on the pursuit of knowledge through the application of scientific principles to the various art forms of drumming. With 10 years of research behind it already, The Clem Burke Drumming Project is committed to the dissemination of information leading to increased enjoyment, health and well-being of all participants involved in drumming.
With two raised pads that represent the hi-hat and either the crash or ride cymbals, three pads which correspond to the snare and two toms and a bass-drum kick pedal, the Guitar Hero World Tour drum controller simulates an authentic drum kit.
When playing on the drum kit controller in the game on higher difficultly levels, the Clem Burke Drumming Project believes Guitar Hero World Tour will provide an opportunity to acquire the specific motor skills needed for drumming. The Clem Burke Drumming Project will investigate the transfer of skills and the physiological demands of game play compared to live drumming.
The Clem Burke Drumming Project recently launched its first wave of findings, revealing that gigging professional drummers had a heart rate profile similar to professional football players and expended a significant amount of energy (400-600 kcal per performance). Physiological tests included the measurement of heart rate, oxygen uptake and blood lactate in rehearsal tests and monitoring heart rate and blood lactate during live stage performances.
The Clem Burke Drumming Project team will conduct a series of physiological and neurological tests using the Guitar Hero World Tour drum kit controller, which will be permanently housed in the University of Gloucestershire’s newly-built dedicated drumming laboratory and at the University of Chichester.
One area of research will be to examine the neurological changes in Guitar Hero World Tour drummers, to examine how the brain’s grey and white matters evolve when playing. The Clem Burke Drumming Project will also investigate the health benefits of playing Guitar Hero World Tour, and through collaboration with Prof. Steve Williams and colleagues at the Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences (Kings College, London), also examine how using drums and the drum controller may help individuals with existing medical conditions (e.g. dyspraxia, stroke patients etc.).
“We’ve been extremely impressed by the Guitar Hero World Tour drum controller,” says Dr. Marcus Smith, Principal Lecturer in Exercise Physiology, University of Chichester. “The Clem Burke Drumming Project is all about promoting the benefits of drumming, and we’re convinced those that learn the basics of the instrument with Guitar Hero World Tour can use those skills when progressing to an actual full drum kit. No other gaming controller comes close to simulating the experience of drumming, and we’re confident the game will breed a new generation of real-life drummers. Anecdotally, we believe Guitar Hero World Tour is a perfect introduction to the instrument – and we can’t wait to examine this scientifically and unveil our findings throughout 2009.”
Dr. Steve Draper said: "This is the first facility of its kind in the world and we are extremely excited about the potential here. It is a unique collaboration between science and arts.”
Guitar Hero World Tour is now available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, the Nintendo Wii home video game system from Nintendo and the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. The game is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB.
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