Throughout 2007, Bob the Builder held 2nd position in the pre-school boys market, number 1 pre-school position on BBC2 in November and December and is consistently in the Top 20 licenses in the traditional toy market*. The popularity of Bob the Builder is evident: the official Bob the Builder website receives an average of over 25 million hits a month, and BBC's Bob Magazine is in its 8th year and still selling over 60,000 copies a month. Series 17 is due to air in 2009 where Bob and the Can-Do Crew will be produced in fantastic new CGI "Race to the Finish", and a brand new feature-length direct-to-DVD special went on sale 3rd November 2008. Bob's 10th anniversary will be kicking off in 2009, launching with the special 10th Annual and limited-edition products.
Entertaining tasks, intuitive controls and frustration-free gameplay all add up to a fun experience for young players. It's summer time in Sunflower Valley! The community project is going so well that Mr Bentley has suggested a festival to celebrate. There will be food and music and fun for everyone. Bob and the 'Can-Do Crew' are called to help clear the area and build the Dome for the event. Full use is made of the unique Nintendo DS input mechanisms, allowing the player to use the touch screen technology to control the game play and blow the leaves off the screen using the microphone! The player can tackle 10 exciting activities with Bob and all their favourite characters including Dizzy, Spud and Mr Sabatini from the pizza shop!
Big Blue Bubble is proud to present “Home Sweet Home: Christmas Edition”! Christmas spirit has faded away in the town of Good Tidings. It’s up to you and your expert team of builders to help them out!
Make your clients happy by solving their riddle based requests and designing their dream room! You can design rooms in an infinite number of ways because you pick the type of furniture, its color, style, and where it goes. It’s going to take all of your New Tools and New Furniture to bring Style and Christmas Cheer to the Living Rooms, Offices, Basements, Kitchens, and Bathrooms of the townspeople.
The remarkably easy and intuitive drag and drop system and helpful tutorials will allow you jump right into designing rooms and making your clients happy. Santa needs you - so get designing!
Features ALL NEW…
• Picture riddles!
• Animated Furniture! • Christmas Riddles and A Christmas Story! • 175 brand new pieces of furniture - including Christmas Furniture! • Singing workers! • Extra Large Map! • Carol-oke Machine Tool!
Grand Prize Winner To Receive A VIP Trip For Two To Spike TV's Video Game Awards And Meet Legendary Game Designer Will Wright.
Users To Submit Entries at VGA.Spike.com Through December 2nd
At this year’s VGAs, video game visionary Will Wright will receive the first ever Gamer God award as a testament to his contributions to the electronic gaming medium, from the simulation genre creating SimCity™ and its subsequent sequels, to the more than 100 million unit selling The Sims™ franchise, to his latest masterpiece, Spore™, which garnered the The Producers Guild of America 2007 Vanguard Award, a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award and a Popular Science Best of What’s New Award.
To help celebrate Wright’s latest achievement, Spike and EA are teaming up to celebrate the creativity of Spore with “The Wright Stuff SPORE UGC” contest. The grand prize is a VIP trip for two to this year’s VGAs and some one-on-one time with the legend himself, Will Wright.
“Since launch, Spore players have created nearly 50 million of the most unique and creative creatures, vehicles and buildings the gaming community has ever seen,” said Spore Designer, Will Wright. “The Spore VGA contest takes creativity to a whole new level, allowing budding filmmakers and novices alike to unleash their imaginations in search for the best 60 second Spore film short. I can’t wait to see what they’ll come up with!”
Using in-game tools in Spore, or the Spore Creature Creator (trial edition and complete), Spore players can upload their most creative and entertaining 60 second movie to http://www.spike.com/group/spore/landingpage through December 2nd. A panel of judges, including Spore creator Will Wright, will then select the best video, to be revealed on December 4th. The winner and a guest will receive round trip airfare, 2 nights’ hotel stay, and ground transportation for the 2008 Spike Video Game Awards on Sunday, December 14th in Culver City, California.
Barbie - Horse Adventures - Riding Camp is now available for Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and PC.
In Barbie Horse Adventures - Riding Camp, players embark on an amazing summer adventure at the Roberts Stables. While learning to groom, feed, and care for their horse, players can take riding lessons across five different equestrian disciplines, explore a vast island, undertake time trials and join in fun tasks like gathering blueberries for a slumber party in the bunkhouse. Players can train, ride and jump with five different horse breeds, each with unique characteristics and abilities, as you undertake time trials and fetch challenges.
You can even unlock stylish new riding outfits and earn medals and ribbons for outstanding performances.
Barbie Horse Adventures: Riding Camp is available now for a suggested retail price of $39.99 on Nintendo Wii, $29.99 on PC and Nintendo DS, and $19.99 on PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system.
The release of Beckett Massive Online Gamer Presents: Ultimate Guide to World of Warcraft, Issue No2. This new issue includes extensive coverage of the largest MMO game on the planet: World of Warcraft.
Beckett MOG Presents: Ultimate Guide to World of Warcraft is geared to both casual players and advanced players, with over 35 pages of detailed class guides that will help gamers improve their characters and gameplay, special features on the crafting profession, Aldor vs. Scryer and a guide to playing the World of Warcraft Miniatures Game. In addition, there’s also a rare interview with the Game Director of WoW, Jeff Kaplan, and a Free WoW Minis Game figures poster inside.
“This is a terrific companion guide for all players of World of Warcraft,” said Doug Kale, Editorial Director of Massive Online Gamer. “Plus, if you play and collect the WoW TCG cards, we even included an up-to-date Price Guide for all the Booster Series that have been released to date. This Guide has a lot to offer and it’s out just in time for the Lich King expansion.”
Originally planned for release before the end of 2008, then pushed into the first quarter of 2009, it now turns out that Tom Clancy's HAWX - Ubisoft's forthcoming flight combat game - won't see release until sometime after April of next year, reports Eurogamer.
This latest slip was revealed on Ubisoft's most recent release schedule, with no explanation for the delay given. It's curious to see HAWX -- first announced back in April of this year -- continue to slip, as it seemed to be shaping up nicely so far.
As Eurogamer notes, one possible culprit could be that the game's multiplayer needed more tweaking, as HAWX will have ambitious features like four-on-four dogfights as well as jump-in-jump-out co-op throughout the entire campaign.Now if only Ubisoft would change the silly title before release. In case you already forgot, it stands for "High Altitude Warfare eXperimental squadron," which is one of those delightfully strained creations that exists for the sole purpose of having the flight-themed acronym "HAWX."
Addictive puzzle game, Frenzic, is now available from the iTunes App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. The iPhone’s revolutionary touch screen interface makes Frenzic a must have for gaming enthusiasts of all ages. Players sort colored pie pieces in a frantic race that tests both the mind and reflexes and offers hours of endless fun.
Like the desktop version, Frenzic for the iPhone takes only minutes to learn, but months to master. Devise new, impressive play strategies to push yourself to the top of the Internet Leaderboards, and thanks to the iPhone’s location services, you can test your mettle against players both near and far. Set up your player account to make friends, track stats and climb through seven levels of Devotion from Newbie all the way to Frenzic Grandmaster.
To mark the occasion of Mobile Frenzic coming to the App Store, we’re also lowering the price of the OS X desktop version of Frenzic to just $14.95 for the Guru Bundle and $9.95 for the regular version. Frenzic for the iPhone and iPod touch is available today from the iTunes App Store for the low price of $4.99. Get ready to flex that gray matter, but be warned… once you start, you may not want to stop!
Satisfy the Skate Craving with the All-New Graphics Creator or Pre-order Now for Exclusive Access to the Throwback Pack
Skate 2, the sequel to the genre-defining original game will hit retailers in North America on January 21st, 2009 and worldwide on January 23rd, 2009 – making it one of the first must-have games of 2009. Players that can’t wait until January can indulge their irrepressible Skate craving even sooner, with the Graphics Creator, a web-based customization tool launching next month on www.skate.ea.com. For those in North America anxious to shred the streets in blaring style can pre-order now for an exclusive code to unlock the Throwback Pack, a special upgrade pack that includes retro clothing, accessories and gestures.
The Graphics Creator is a web-based application that ups the ante in self-expression. With this tool, gamers have the freedom to create custom graphics for their in-game hats, decks and shirts, infusing their skateboarding experience with an unrivaled level of individuality. The Throwback Pack features a variety of retro stylings including, tie-dye t-shirts, Skate or Die apparel, Robot and ‘Window Shade’ sunglasses, gestures circa the hippie-age and much more!
Skate 2 brings gamers to New San Vanelona, a city that’s been rebuilt after an unspeakable disaster five years ago. Equipped with double the bag of tricks, players are tasked to rebuild their career and revive the skate scene. Now with the ability to get off-board and move objects around, gamers can create their own epic spots and challenges which can then be uploaded, shared and experienced by others around the world.
Skate 2 ups the ante in delivering all the grit, creativity and culture of skateboarding with all-new tricks that allow players to truly skate it their way – on and off the board. Skate 2 is developed by Black Box, a studio of Electronic Arts in Vancouver, British Columbia and will be available on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system.
Those that want to skate indoors over the holidays can enjoy Skate It with family and friends on the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS available in stores now.
Editor to be Available in December; Downloadable Content coming for January, February, and March
Plans to make both its editor and downloadable content available for its award-winning game, Fallout 3 in the coming weeks. The official editor for Fallout 3, called the G.E.C.K. (Garden of Eden Creation Kit), will be available for free download in December and will allow Games for Windows users to create and add their own content to the game. In addition, the first official downloadable content, Operation: Anchorage, will be available exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows in January, and more downloadable content coming in February and March.
“We’ve always seen the original world of Fallout 3 as a foundation for even more content. Some created by us, and a lot more created by users,” said Todd Howard, game director for Fallout 3. “It’s fun to create your own character, but it can be equally fun to create your own adventures. We can’t wait to see what the community does with the G.E.C.K.”
The release of the G.E.C.K. provides the community with tools that will allow players to expand the game any way they wish. Users can create, modify, and edit any data for use with Fallout 3, from building landscapes, towns, and locations to writing dialogue, creating characters, weapons, creatures, and more.
Three downloadable content packs will be coming to Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live starting in January that will add new quests, items, and content to Fallout 3.
• Operation: Anchorage. Enter a military simulation and fight in one of the greatest battles of the Fallout universe – the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from its Chinese Communist invaders. An action-packed battle scheduled for release in January.
• The Pitt. Journey to the industrial raider town called The Pitt, located in the remains of Pittsburgh. Choose your side. Scheduled for release in February.
• Broken Steel. Join the ranks of the Brotherhood of Steel and rid the Capital Wasteland of the Enclave remnants once and for all. Continues the adventure past the main quest. Scheduled for release in March.
Released on October 28 in North America and in Europe October 30, Fallout 3 has been hailed as one of the most anticipated games of 2008, and received a 10 out of 10 review score from Official Xbox Magazine, a result then repeated around the world with perfect scores by some of the industry’s most influential and respected critics including: Gamespy, GamePro, UGO, the Associated Press, MSN, The Washington Post, Guardian, FHM, G4-TV, The Toronto Star, and Eurogamer. MSNBC’s review offered the observation that it viewed “Fallout as a no-brainer for game of the year.” The Daily Star in the UK echoed that conclusion, saying “You can hold all bets on game of the year – I think we have a winner.”
Fallout 3 features one of the most realized game worlds ever created. Set more than 200 years following a nuclear war, you can create any kind of character you want and explore the open wastes of Washington, D.C. however you choose. Every minute is a fight for survival as you encounter Super Mutants, Ghouls, Raiders, and other dangers of the Wasteland.
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