My Pet Shop is the first game from Square Enix to have its primary audiences rooted in the pre-teens market, and also the company's first game to heavily target girl gamers. While My Pet Shop is genres away from the likes of traditional Square Enix releases such as FINAL FANTASY, the game is beautifully crafted by some of the biggest names in Japanese development, and in addition to the popular care and nurture gameplay seen in other games of this genre, My Pet Shop will also offer the player a chance to engage in a captivating storyline.
John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Ltd. comments, "My Pet Shop is our first game to be launched solely at a younger gaming audience. There is a huge appetite for good quality games that younger gamers can relate to. With its engaging storyline and enjoyable gameplay elements, we're optimistic My Pet Shop will be well received over here."
In My Pet Shop, players will set off on the animal adventure of a lifetime as they work to help run the best pet shop that Green Town has ever seen. With over 40 different animals, players will be able to find and care for adorable and sometimes unusual pets including dogs, pigs, pandas and bears all set in a beautifully crafted colourful world.
Stock shortages not affecting online retailer Buyitplayit.com with Freaky Friday promotion on top selling video game product.
Buyitplayit.com the online retailer of video games and consumer electronics is offering a stunning promotion on the highly popular Wii Fit game and balance board with a staggering price of just £50 for the first 50 purchases.
The Freaky Friday promotion will begin at 1pm on Friday 12th December with the promotional stock expected to be snapped up within minutes.
“Nintendo’s Wii fit has been difficult to get hold of for many retailers as it’s such a desirable product, but we have secured good quantities of the product and want to give customers something to be cheerful about with this crazy price promotion” commented Richard White General Manager of Buyitplayit.com
Customer are urged to ensure they are signed up to buyitplayit.com and all their details are correct to ensure that when the promotion starts they can complete the purchase as quick as possible to avoid missing out.
“We expect stocks to be sold out in minutes so we urge customers to make sure their details are correct as the site is set up to take the first fifty completed purchases to qualify for the promotional price. As soon as fifty purchase are complete no further purchases will be processed at the offer price” Added Richard White.
Buyitplayit.com will be running further freaky Friday promotions in the coming weeks.
Increasing its library of local music from around the world this month, Activision, Guitar Hero World Tour – which features on-disc songs from top global acts such as Tokio Hotel, Hushpuppies and Radio Futura
Now we offer new three-song Track Packs of download content from popular European bands including:
Germany’s Sportfreunde Stiller
France’s BB Brunes
Spain’s Fito Y Fitipaldis.
Following their home country’s disappointing 2006 World Cup elimination, German rock band Sportfreunde Stiller re-wrote their chart-topping hit “’54, ’74, ’90, 2006” in anticipation of a 2010 championship, re-titled it “’54, ’74, ’90, 2010” and are bringing it to Guitar Hero World Tour as part of a three song Track Pack available today. Also included in the pack and further expanding the global audience are Italian rock band Negrita with “Mama Mae” and French rock sensation BB Brunes with “Dis Moi.”
Swedish rock icons the Backyard Babies, whose Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock on-disc track “Minus Celsius” saw an increase in digital audio downloads after appearing in the game, are building on the success for an encore with “Degenerated” off their 2008 self-titled album. Joining the Backyard Babies in the second three-song Track Pack are Spanish rockers Fito Y Fitipaldis with “Por La Boca Vive El Pez” and Netherlands’ beloved Di-Rect with “Johnny.”
The two Track Packs will be available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 440 Microsoft Points and on the PlayStation Store for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system for £4.79. The songs in each Track Pack will be released as downloadable singles for Xbox 360 for 160 Microsoft Points, PLAYSTATION 3 system for £1.59 and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for Wii for 200 Wii Points.
Real music game has been exhibited through G star 2008 for users who disappointed by dance game which is disguised by rhythm game. We are expecting Funny Band which put slogan "Real Music, Real Play, Real Online Band Game" will be loved by dance game to lots of users who just fall in to rhythm game.
Let's figure out the characteristic of Funny Band which is released by G Star experience session.
First of all, Funny Band is using special sound system. You can use popular songs, pop, rock, and lots of rhythm music. All of those music are separated by position of guitar, drum, keyboard, and vocal as Funny band sound source so, user can freely adjust the volume of sound. Professional musician is playing each instrument and vocal sound therefore users can listen as real and there is benefit in reserve rights so, it will receive lots of interest from publishers who are preparing rhythm game line up. Moreover, we are expecting it will be loved for participating music game. Because after now, we can share compose and editing sound which armature musician is going to do and we are going to link with UCC.
Second Characteristic is we can watch Funny Band as the first real on-line music band game.
In the past, there were several cases some of games have received favor from some users by copying music band game. However, there was no game like performing on on-line such as funny band . Especially, vocal mode, the sound is made by 3D-OZ Corp.'s original voice streaming and technology of tone recognition so everyone can have fun with high quality at karaoke.
Third, there is keynote system which has maximized the rhythm.
Key point of rhythm game is touching sense during paying the game. Funny Band is music simulation game which provides keynote system from each instrument and music book. Specially, drum and guitar, users can have illusion for playing because instruments' quality is so fantastic. Furthermore, there is a level easy, normal and hard. So when you play easy mode, users who play rhythm game for their first time can easily adjust. Also, the multi controller for conquer Europe and northern America is going to have a huge boom to users who know the touching sense in rhythm music.
Finally, there is community system that presents the factor of band.
There are lots of cases that causal games are putting 3D community space in game reason for reinforce the community factor but there is not sufficient connection so they're receiving not much attention from users. However, in case of Funny band system, it can make band in 3D world space and activate more in azit by granting band space. Also it is almost same as off-line band because of community system such as competing with other band so it can grow up so it will receive lots of affection from users.
Person from 3D-OZ Corp. said "we are going to listen various voices from users through G star experience session so the game is going to be innovated more high quality music game. Also, it is going to be a real music game that users can be participated and making together.
Moreover, Funny Band is having lots of interest from middle area users and still connecting with our dominant publisher so, if it's early then we're expecting that we can play OBT service in beginning of next year.
Mayhem Studio develops levels for Sony's Little Big Planet
Mayhem Studio, in collaboration with Sony Spain , has developed various levels and promos of the game of the season, Little Big Planet.
Mayhem Studio, Digital Jokers's development study has been working with Sony Spain designing and developing several levels for Sony's blockbuster release, the PS3 videogame Little Big Planet.
Some are more promotional in nature, others are dedicated to Spanish cities (Sevilla, Bilbao or Valencia,... ) where the game has been promoted.
Sony Spain choose Mayhem Studio's team based on their experience and creativity that had previously shown in this and other platforms, but mainly developing videogames for mobile phones and iPhone .
Levels developed by Mayhem Studio for Little Big Planet are:
- LittleBig Valencia - LittleBig Barcelona - LittleBig Sevilla - Munich Big Planet - Don Quixote de BigPlanet - SackPinball - Humor Sackamarillo
On the other hand, Mayhem Studio has also made a number of joint promotions in which it has had presence in some way, Little Big Planet. They include:
- The Spanish Tv Show: "El Hormiguero" - The Spanish version of USA tv Show: MythBusters (Discovery Channel) - The Spanish version of USA tv Show: American Chopper (Discovery Channel) - For the videoclip of the Spanish band: Sin Rumbo
Boost your brain power with Brain Training For Dummies for the PC. Sharpen your intellect with brain-building games that are fun and challenging. These games aim to help increase your reaction time and improve your memory. You can also track your progress with the interactive Brain Gauge that shows how smart you've become!
More than 350 puzzles to play.
15 interactive games to strengthen your brain power.
Test for 6 skill sets: Math, Language, Spatial, Logic, Reflexes & Memory.
Interactive lessons for each game allow you to play while you learn.
Play and progress at your own pace with practive and play modes.
M&Ms Adventure game, on Nintendo Wii and DS formats, was released into the US market by Zoo Digital on 3rd December 2008. It is the third game to be released in the last 12 months by Nikitova team that is based in Kiev, Ukraine.
M&Ms Adventure has a story based around the popular M&Ms Candy characters that feature prominently in M&Ms commercials the world over. The game is set on Christmas Eve in the M&Ms factory where the factory managers Red, Yellow and Ms Green, three of the well known M&Ms characters, are just about to go home for their Xmas holidays when disaster strikes. Due to a faulty new alarm system installed by Red (the security manager) the Candy Collection machine has gone AWOL and as a result of this a whole load of candies have been scattered to all four corners of the factory. It is the players job to help Red, Yellow and Ms Green to work together as a team and battle with the factory guardians such as Cupid, Uncle Sam and the Easter Bunny in an effort to collect up all the Candies before Santa comes to town.
This classic 3D action adventure platform game features 6 huge, entertaining and colourful levels depicting the various themes of special seasonal M&Ms packets including Valentines Day, Easter, 4th July, Halloween and Christmas that are used to decorate the factory. Gameplay is simple and intuitive and based around exploring, running, jumping and collecting, with loads of in game pickups and features like exploding boxes, floating rafts and 11 different kinds of enemy robots guarding the factory. Each of the characters has a special ability, Red can fly, Ms Green is a tennis ace and Yellow can jump extra high and all of these abilities are needed in order to collect up all of the missing candies and win the game. M&Ms Adventure also features a number of cut scenes which tell the story, many upbeat, original tunes and specially recorded speech from the original M&Ms Cast.
M&Ms Adventure is aimed specifically at the under 15’s market and will be a good Christmas present for the kids.
We would also like to inform you that PS2 version of the game will be out in early 2009.
Project Monarch, a fusion RPG combining Eastern and Western fantasy. The company is planning to show stories of distress and ideals as well as hostility that humans experience in the heavenly world where the war of the Gods unfolds.
The major feature of "Project Monarch" - which combines the MO and MMO formats - is the fast and dynamic action of characters. It uses a high-performance game engine independently developed by MAIUS GAMES, and its aim is to enable smooth play even in low-end PCs.
Contrary to the standardized growth in class of most games, the type of growth of "Project Monarch" varies according to which kind of skill-related quest you choose. Furthermore, along with realistic siege warfare using a wide range of siege weapons, you can also engage in community and economic activities through the tax income from managing the area.
Although the development of "Project Monarch" is still at the early stages, it has earned raves after being launched to the public particularly overseas buyers in GSTAR 2008. Currently, the development has progressed to a stage wherein network play is enabled. MAIUS GAMES is set to release a vivid play video soon.
Atlus's Persona 4 will be released across PAL territories in Spring 2009, exclusively on the Sony PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system.
Persona 4 is a gripping new chapter in the ultra-cool Persona universe. Integrating dungeon crawler gameplay with an innovative social simulation element, Persona 4 delivers an all-new story set in the Japanese countryside. A sequence of mysterious deaths hits your town and only you and your team of gifted supernatural detectives can uncover the truth. Will you frustrate this hidden evil's plans before it is too late?
John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Ltd. comments, "Persona 4 epitomises Square Enix's commitment to bringing the best gaming experiences to the European market. This new instalment in the highly anticipated Persona series is the perfect example of an exciting new experience and how the PlayStation 2 still has a lot to offer."
About Persona 4
Story
In the small town of Inaba, nestled in the Japanese countryside, a young man settles in with his uncle and cousin. Sudden circumstances have forced the arrangement, but it is for the most part an agreeable place to live, if a little boring. Everything changes when a shocking and mysterious killing leaves a town aghast and searching for answers. As all signs point to involvement of a twisted serial murderer, a young hero and his friends will discover hidden powers and use them to save innocents from certain death. Together, they must find the trail of the unknown attacker… Before they strike again!
Features
• Balance your double life: Beyond exploring dungeons, engaging in intense battles, combining Personas to make new ones, and creating new weapons exists a normal high school life of making friends and taking part in classes and part-time jobs. The way you manage and integrate your activities within each day will determine your progress through the game.
• Remember, you are mortal: Every day is irrevocable, each decision impacts on your fate – from who you hang out with, to when you decide to enter a dungeon and how far in you choose you go. Plan your progress around the various events of each day and even the weather forecast!
• Unprecedented team control: With an emphasis on developing bonds in the goal to solve the mysterious murders, strong friendships are key to your success. Directly control teammates in battle, earn greater party support for combat, and master individual Social Links to unlock your friends' true potential.
• Find the true ending: 60+ hours of gameplay thrust you into a deep mystery where midnight television leads to serial killings. You must investigate murders, rescue those who can be rescued, and unmask the culprit behind it all - or risk being forever shrouded in the fog of doubt.
• Super-cool art and sound style: taking inspiration from Japanese art, manga and pop culture, the world of Persona is presented to the player in a unique and fashionable way.
• Fully optimised PAL version: allows for the full experience intended by the game creators, even for owners of 50Hz television sets.
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