Go, Diego, Go! Great Dinosaur Rescue! video games out on Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii - screenshots video

Based on the hugely popular Nickelodeon pre-school TV show, Go, Diego, Go! Great Dinosaur Rescue! allows players to travel through time with Diego and Baby Jaguar to help Maia the Maiasaura find her way back to her family in this amazing rescue adventure!



You’ll have to climb rock walls, travel along monkey bars, solve puzzles and even jump on a pogo stick to help Diego’s friend find her way home on this prehistoric journey. Featuring authentic character voices, players are encouraged to use over 12 Nintendo Wii motions, such as climbing, flapping, pulling and stomping, and many other activities designed to make the most of Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii functionality. Al rescate!

Go, Diego, Go! Great Dinosaur Rescue! is available from all good videogame stockists, RRP £19.99 (Nintendo DS) and RRP £19.99 (Nintendo Wii).

Halo 3 and Gears of War 2 - Snowblind map pack Xbox Live game add-ons

Spring is nearly here, and with it comes new life for some of this generation’s biggest, most action-packed games, exclusively on Xbox LIVE. With more than 35 million in combined sales, the “Halo” and “Gears of War” franchises have set the bar for multiplayer games on the console.

Now players of “Halo 3” and “Gears of War 2” will see the multiplayer experiences made even better by great new Game Add-ons.

On 31st March, the Snowblind map pack gives “Gears of War 2” players a chance to cool off with four new, winter-themed environments: Grindyard, Under Hill, Courtyard, and a frozen version of the “Gears of War” favourite, Fuel depot. Hot on the heels of Snowblind comes the highly-anticipated “Halo 3” Mythic Map Pack, releasing 9th April with three new maps: Assembly, Orbital and Sandbox. Both Game Add-ons will be available only on Xbox LIVE for 800 Microsoft Points.

In addition to the exclusives mentioned above, Xbox 360 is the only console where you can extend your play with Game Add-ons from many of the year’s top titles. From “Fallout 3” episode The Pitt (24th March) to the “Left 4 Dead” Survival Pack (21st April), publishers from across the industry recognize that Xbox LIVE is the premier online gaming destination, and a one-stop shop for Game Add-ons.

Ultimate Soccer Boss Enters Open Beta

Ultimate Soccer Boss to distribute thousands of open beta keys to MMOABC and leading game portal destinations

MMOABC, a leading massively-multiplayer online (MMO) portal, is proud to announce the start of open beta testing for Ultimate Soccer Boss, an MMO Sports Manager Game powered by Digenetics, Inc. Ultimate Soccer Boss (USB) is the first ever free-to-play soccer manager browser game powered by Digenetics' patented adaptive evolutionary learning technology which allows players' skills to evolve. Players interested in participating for open beta can sign up at www.ultimatesoccerboss.com starting March 25th and will run up till its gold launch.

Unlike other sports manager games, Ultimate Soccer Boss will feature players that actually evolve their skills over time based on variables such as numbers of plays, training matches, and overall management of the club, thus resulting in a truly unique game play.

“The open beta event is a major milestone for all partners involved in the development and launch of Ultimate Soccer Boss to soccer fans from around the world,” said MMOABC Founder and CEO Andy Tong. “It will be exciting to see how our MMO community interacts with other soccer managers from around the globe as the results will be unprecedented.”

”We’re excited to be yet another step closer to the launch of Ultimate Soccer Boss where soccer fans around the world will be able to enjoy a truly unique soccer manager game,” said Digenetics CEO James Lin.

“Soccer fans can get a taste of the first evolving soccer manager game during the open beta event of Ultimate Soccer Boss,” said Webplus CTO Brian Keller-Heikkila. “They can manage a fully-evolving team while helping us test and improve the experience.”

Ultimate Soccer Boss updates include updated sign up process, improved feedback system, shop upgrades, social networking improvements, hall of fame feature, and refinement of match highlights. Open beta allows the development team to better observe overall game play, perform system stress tests, and ultimately perfect the Ultimate Soccer Boss experience.

Ultimate Soccer Boss is slated for released in spring 2009.

Sequel to PC game Mob Ties Tokyo - Mob Ties Moscow in development

E.V.E. Digital has started development on a sequel to their PC game “Mob Ties Tokyo”. The sequel to be titled “Mob Ties Moscow” is expected to be released by the two-person development team, Chance Miller & Jillian Fontaine, in early 2010.

“Since our first “Mob Ties” game launched in early March, we have been getting an enormous amount of positive feedback from the gaming community.” Chance says. “One of the top comments we receive from people who have played the game is how they love the “retro” feel of it.”

The original game was made on a tiny indie budget, so having the graphics level of a high-end multi-million dollar title was not an option for the developers, who intend to keep the retro style going in their next game.

“In the end, it all worked out really well.” Jillian adds. “Many gamers have said online that the novelty of high-end, expensive “eye candy” wears off after the first level. What matters most to PC game players is a great storyline, character interaction and exciting game play.”

With the sequel, the team plans to continue the same successful formula of combining an immersive storyline with non-stop “shoot ‘em up” action.

“Mob Ties Tokyo” is currently available at www.MobTiesGame.com

Pop'Em Drop'Em SAMEGAME, Bomberman '94 and DETANA TWIN BEE games added to WiiWare and Virtual console

Are you immune to this season's rampant basketball fever? If so, the Nintendo Wii Shop Channel invites you and your friends to set up an action-packed tournament of your own with a fresh crop of downloadable games. This week brings an instantly irresistible puzzle game to the ever-expanding WiiWare library, plus a pair of classic TurboGrafx16 import titles for the Virtual Console – one a vintage vertical-scrolling shooter, the other featuring the beloved Bomberman. Draw up your brackets, grab those Wii Remote™ controllers and shoot for the top spot.

Nintendo adds new and classic 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:

WiiWare

Pop'Em Drop'Em SAMEGAME (Hudson Entertainment, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points): SAMEGAME is a simple yet engrossing puzzle game where you must clear matching blocks in sets of two or more. Score high by clearing out more blocks at once. If you manage to clear the entire grid, you can keep on playing with a whole new layout. Getting rid of all those blocks is the key to racking up points. Adjust the difficulty level in a one-player game by trying different grid sizes and multiple colors. Up to four players can face off in any one of three multiplayer modes. “Fame Game,” the most straightforward choice, is similar to the one-player version. “Shame Game” turns the tables by forcing players to go for the lowest score. “Blame Game” is a free-for-all as everyone vies for blocks on one big grid. Choose from different block styles, background graphics and music to customize your playing experience.

Virtual Console

Bomberman '94 (TurboGrafx16, 1-5 players, Rated E for Everyone—Comic Mischief, 700 Wii Points): Bomberman has arrived to restore peace on the planet, which has been split into five parts by an evil hand. In addition to the nine members of the Bomber Family, the character Rooi shows up to lend a hand. Jump on the eggs that appear from destroyed soft blocks and you can ride one of five types of Rooi. Each Rooi has different special abilities—use them well and you'll ride to victory.

DETANA TWIN BEE (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone—Mild Cartoon Violence, 700 Wii Points): It's the popular vertical-scrolling shooter renowned for its cute and comical world. Here come Twinbee and Winbee on a mission to save the planet from evil alien invaders. Standing in their way are six stages full of goofy enemies. Play as Twinbee in single-player mode, or team up with Winbee in two-player cooperative mode. With powerful attacks like Big Shot, or Twin Attack and Burst Attack in two-player mode, there's plenty of sting in their arsenal. Use your Shot to transform Bells into items with various effects. Stock up on these bad boys to expand your attack range and really have a blast.

Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access.

Bookworm iPhone and iPod video game Apple's App Store

No 1 Digital Word Game Now Available for iPhone and iPod Touch

PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced the launch of its hugely popular word game Bookworm for the iPhone and iPod touch. The game is available now for U.S.$4.99 from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch, or at: www.itunes.com/appstore/ Bookworm is the most popular digital word game of all time, and this new adaptation has been customized for Apple’s highly successful smart devices, and contains nearly the entire volume of words from the Oxford English Dictionary, plus a host of new features found only in this version.

“We’re thrilled to bring Bookworm to the iPhone and iPod touch because it’s a game so well suited for mobile play,” said Andrew Stein, director of mobile business development at PopCap Games. “You can play Bookworm in short bursts of a few minutes whenever and wherever you want, but it also offers great challenge for marathon word-builders with infinite replayability. What’s more, Bookworm, with its great new features like shake to scramble, is especially appealing given how effectively it takes advantage of the iPhone and iPod touch hardware to make gameplay faster and more intuitive than ever before.”

In Bookworm, players build words from contiguous letter tiles on a grid. Longer and more difficult words score more points and produce a variety of “gem tiles” that offer additional bonuses when used (and mega-bonuses when multiple gem tiles are used in a single word). Burning tiles sear through normal tiles, reaching the bottom of the grid quickly; they must be used before they reach the bottom, or the game ends.

Exclusive features in the iPhone and iPod touch version include:

• Shake to scramble letters: Simply shake your iPhone or iPod touch to re-scramble the letters.
• All new bonus bookshelf: Discover books filled with bonus words and try to complete the collection.
• Track your progress: Just turn your phone sideways for a quick, detailed view of your word history and bonus bookshelf status.
• A word collectors dream: Build your stats and show off all the best words you’ve spelled!
Classic features in the iPhone and iPod touch version include:

• Classic and Action game modes with all the gameplay of the award-winning PC version.
• Vocabulary of over 170,000 words based on the definitive English-language authority, the Oxford English Dictionary.
• Tracking of all-time highest scoring as well as longest words, enables players to compare their personal bests to friends’ all-time best words and scores.
• Unlimited levels to keep you rising up the ranks in the Hall of Fame.

Originally launched for Web and PC play in 2003, and the recipient of numerous accolades, including “Puzzle Game of the Year” and “Editor’s Choice” from top editorial critics, Bookworm has been a resounding success on traditional cell phones as well as smart phones such as Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices since its first mobile debut in 2007. Bookworm marks PopCap’s second iPhone and iPod touch offering; Bejeweled 2 for iPhone and iPod touch has been among the top-selling games since its launch in mid-2008. Additional iPhone and iPod touch adaptations of PopCap’s casual games are planned for later this year and beyond.

About PopCap

Hearts of Iron 3 PC video game beta

“We at Paradox were stunned by the response we got for the Beta testing, with over 10,000 people registering an interest in contributing. It made it one of the hardest selection process for Betas we have ever had, as there were just so many well qualified candidates to chose from. “ says Johan Andersson, Lead Developer on Hearts of Iron III.

Hearts of Iron III has now in the Beta stage of development. These last months has seen the team stabilizing the foundations of the AI, tightening up the rules and mechanics of the game, along with implementing brand new artwork and interface features.

With the Beta crew now in place the testing has already started and Hearts of Iron III is scheduled for release during the latter half of 2009.

“We have a keen an enthusiastic beta team in place who are already working hard to do their bit to make Hearts of Iron 3 the best game it can be.” Says Chris King, game designer for Hearts of Iron 3.

The third instalment in the critically acclaimed World War II strategy series, Hearts of Iron III will feature a plethora of brand new features to satisfy veteran and novice players alike, including a huge game map with more than 14,000 land and sea provinces.

At GDC, Johan Andersson, the Producer, will be on hand to demonstrate every aspect of the game. Hearts of Iron III is scheduled for release in Q3.

Wonder Pets! Save The Animals video game on Nintendo DS!

Wonder Pets! Save The Animals is now available in shops and online stores across the UK.

A perfect companion to the international hit pre-school TV show from Nickelodeon, fans of the series can join Linny The Guinea Pig, Turtle Tuck and Ming-Ming Duckling on their latest adventures, learning along the way - and having a whole lot of fun while they do it!

Designed specifically for pre-school children, Wonder Pets! teaches an appreciation of teamwork and promotes exploration of language through its unique operatic script. What’s gonna work? Team work!

Wonder Pets! Save The Animals is available for Nintendo DS from all good videogame stockists, RRP £19.99.

Classic TurboGrafx-16 Strategy Game Returns to Digital Download Platforms with Updated Features and Gameplay

Ten-hut! Military Madness, the classic turn-based strategy game published by Hudson Entertainment, the North and South American publishing arm of HUDSON SOFT, is coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation Network, and WiiWare. This new version of the strategic combat simulation game includes an all-new graphical barrage, a regiment of new units, online co-op and vs. multiplayer and a platoon of other new features. Due to be ready for deployment this summer, Military Madness has been rated T for Teen by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).

“Since its original release on TurboGrafx-16 in 1989, Military Madness has stood the test of time as one of the longest-lived turn-based strategy games in history,” said Sabine Duvall, Vice President of Product Development at Hudson Entertainment. “The new Military Madness will give fans of the original a modern version of this classic strategy game, while gamers new to the series will get to enjoy being armchair generals for the first time.”

With new features such as the commander unit, four person online multiplayer gaming and a 3D view of the battlefield, Miltary Madness has been modernized to meet the needs of today’s gamer without straying from the strategic elements that earned the original version awards for the “Best Military Strategy Game” and “Best War Game” within a year of its release. For those who want to know who is the “best of the best”, detailed stat-tracking leaderboards can be reviewed online.

For more information on this title and more, please visit Hudson Entertainment at www.hudsonent.com

About Hudson Entertainment, Inc.
Hudson Entertainment is the North and South American publishing arm of Hudson Soft, an international provider of games and entertainment content founded in 1973. Hudson Entertainment focuses on four key businesses: console retail games, digital download content, mobile games, and music. Hudson introduced best-selling videogame franchises including Bomberman, Bonk, Military Madness and Deca Sports. Hudson's mobile division is a leading supplier of games and personalized content. Through numerous partnerships with record labels, Hudson has become a leading provider of digital music and video content.

Free-to-Play games is offering brand new contents to the DOMO fans on March 25th

Dungeon Boss “Tricky Tortoise” is waiting for fierce warriors in Neptune’s Temple. Entering the temple to kill the boss will unlock level 65!

The dungeon is crowded with monsters dropping precious chests that contain fabulous items. Additional rewards are also waiting for the bravest: upgrade books, weapons, armors and diamonds!

Players will also be able to buy brand new items and goodie bags in the in-game item shop:

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Little Fairy goodie bag for girls and Peter Pan goodie bag for boys: players will have the chance to get theme costumes, headgears or wings. These goodie bags will be available until April 8th
• Small HP Necklace: a special aid item which has the effect of auto-recover HP when HP is below 50%
• Small MP Pendant: this item auto-recovers the MP of a character when MP is below 50%

The necklace and pendant are very useful when fighting without the help of healers or when lacking pills in the backpack. But players will have to be quick to get one of them, because these items will be available in the in-game shop only until April 8th!

The new update will be available to players after the weekly Wednesday maintenance window on March 25th

DOMO is a Free-to-Play social MMORPG based on ancient Chinese mythology. Join with thousands of other gamers in an amazing anime-inspired world where you can socialize, form friendships, craft and master a variety of jobs, all within the underlying quest of trying to solve the riddles of the ancient myth of the Kunlun Mirror.

To download and play DOMO visit the game’s official website through www.gametribe.com.