New Wheelman video game gameplay trailer

Midway and Ubisoft announce that an official Wheelman demo will be available worldwide for download exclusively on the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network beginning March 5, 2009 at 6 a.m. PST. The Wheelman demo will be available for download on the PlayStation Network on March 12.





Combining spectacular Hollywood-style stunts with a gripping storyline, Wheelman provides an adrenaline-fueled, cinematic thrill ride. Vin Diesel stars as an undercover agent and highly skilled driver who must infiltrate the Barcelona underworld to gather intelligence surrounding a covert heist. Posing as a driver-for-hire, he ends up caught in a crossfire of corruption and chaos while trying to stay one step ahead of local law enforcement and rival gangs.

Mini Skirt - Japanese girls golf screenshots video exclusive

TOMY announce that it will publish PANGYA - Fantasy Golf exclusively for the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system. Featuring beautifully rendered fantasy golf courses, thousands of character and equipment customization options and 18 playable characters, PANGYA: Fantasy Golf thrusts players into a world of golf gameplay filled with beauty and unlimited imagination.

“We are thrilled to introduce gamers to PANGYA: Fantasy Golf, the first PSP title in our growing portfolio of interactive games,” said Mark Shinohara, chief operating officer of TOMY Corporation. “PANGYA offers a unique fantasy golf experience that gamers will truly appreciate. With a compelling storyline and extraordinary visuals, players can easily immerse themselves in PANGYA’s mythology.”

In PANGYA: Fantasy Golf, players practice and perfect their swing on the nine fantasy fairways of Pangya Island. Combining golf gameplay, endless customization options and a slew of sassy female characters set in beautiful environments, PANGYA: Fantasy Golf is based on the global PC MMO PANGYA game developed by Ntreev Soft, and boasts an original storyline with new, exclusive features for the PSP system. Players can utilize the in-game Pangya Shop to customize as many as 18 playable characters and their golf equipment with thousands of unlockable accessories, outfits, gear and power items to improve their golfer’s stats and land that hole-in-one. Multiple gameplay modes including Story, Free Round, License, Tournament and Network Mode offer an engaging and varied golf experience. Additionally, Network Mode allows the ultimate golf gaming fan to connect with up to eight players and compete against one another in either single or team-based tournaments.

PANGYA: Fantasy Golf is developed by Ntreev Soft and is slated for release on the PSP system in Summer 2009.

City of Sinners & Saints - Islands of War and Lunar Wars games coming soon..

Multiverse to Demo Upcoming Worlds and New Flash Development Capabilities at Game Developers Conference in San Francisco

Two new worlds are scheduled to launch into its consumer network starting this summer. The two worlds, built by independent companies, underscore the diverse range of style and customization the Multiverse Platform affords development teams.

"Empowering highly creative and passionate teams to create compelling virtual worlds and games has been our motivation for providing world-class technology from day one," said Bill Turpin, co-founder and CEO, Multiverse. "We are very excited to see these unique projects come to fruition."

City of Sinners & Saints by Telos International – Coming this Summer
City of Sinners & Saints is for the next generation of social networkers looking for an expanded online experience. The city offers virtual travelers from around the globe the opportunity to socialize with friends, create unique characters, play casual games, purchase virtual goods and real estate, and shop online for their favorite products - all within an original world where a laugh is around every corner. Telos International is planning a closed beta this April, with an official launch slated for June. To learn more, please visit: www.cityofsinnersandsaints.com

Islands of War by Neojac Entertainment – Open Beta Announced
Islands of War is a fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that combines many features that will appeal to both casual and hardcore gamers. Neojac Entertainment selected the Multiverse Platform because of its incredibly customizable technology, free sample code, and active developer community.
"Thankfully, the Multiverse Platform lets independent studios like ours build games with technology as powerful as any of the MMOs on the market, at a fraction of the budget," said Jacques Rossouw, CEO, Neojac Entertainment. "In Islands of War, players immerse themselves into a wondrous, never-ending world where they can create very unique characters. Without Multiverse, our dream would never have become a reality."

Neojac Entertainment has announced its open beta, which is scheduled to begin this spring, and is currently soliciting testers. For more information, please visit: http://www.islandsofwar.com/media_page_beta.html

Lunar Quest by University of Central Florida RETRO Lab
Version 2.0 to Launch This Year
In addition to the consumer worlds, Multiverse expects a private educational world built atop its platform to launch its new 2.0 version this year. University of Central Florida's RETRO Lab researchers and developers completed a learning effectiveness study using their educational virtual world, Lunar Quest, as an informal educational tool in college physics classes at the Penn State Erie – The Behrend College during the Fall 2008 semester. Reports and data compiled during that period are currently being processed. In 2009, Lunar Quest will launch in Dr. Lawrence Volk's Physics classrooms at the John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington, NC, as well as selected classes through Orange County, Florida. More information about the ongoing educational research project can be found at www.ucfretrolab.org

Sony say 'God of War 3 is too violent for the Internet'...

Sony have said that game images of their God of War III are too graphic for game news sites to post.

The fact they have included intestines inside the characters (with the ability to make them visible) then maybe they're right!

It's called 'zipper technology' and was to be included in the video game trailer, before Sony cut it (sorry for the pun!).

Maybe they'll relent, only time will tell - until then use your imagination...

PRECURSORS Galaxy video game - first pictures of Shaive and Alien planets.

About Precursors
Precursors, predecessors, the legend of galaxy… Worlds of galaxies are everlasting, beautiful, unique and dangerous. Some of them are inhabited, others are ruined and deserted or just smugglers’ trans-shipment stations.

Features:

• Unique gameplay: mix of RPG/FPS/Space simulator.
• Various planets to walk around in absolute free-play.
• Nearly 400 quests.
• Various weapons and ammunition, including organic.
• Controlled spaceships, robots and other vehicles.
• Special alien enemies (plants, bugs, birdmen etc).
• Interaction with hundreds of NPCs of different alien races.
• Real-time weather effects, day/night and atmospheric changes

We will keep broadcasting PRECURSORS galaxy news: new pictures are about to come from more distant planets!

Need for Speed SHIFT HD video game trailer on GameboyUK channel

Need for Speed SHIFT, the all-new authentic racing game in the Need for Speed series, will hit stores in the UK on September 18, 2009. Need for Speed SHIFT brings a true drivers experience to some of the worlds most iconic racing tracks, including the storied Brands Hatch in the UK.

The game also features the largest roster of high-performance cars in Need for Speed history including race cars such as the Pagani Zonda, Porsche 911 GT2 and Lotus Elise.

With Need for Speed SHIFT, we set out to create a racing game that pushes the genre and delivers something never before seen in a Need for Speed title, said Patrick Soderlund, Senior Vice President at EA Games Europe. By focusing on the drivers experience through the first-person view, we are able to capture the high-speed intensity and gripping emotions of racing.

Players are thrust into the loud, intense, and athletic experience of racing a car from the drivers perspective through the combination of perception based G-forces, the hyper reality of the cockpit view, and the all-new brutally disorienting crash dynamic. Need for Speed SHIFT features an accurate, accessible physics-based driving model that allows you to feel every impact, every change of track surface and every last bit of grip as you push yourself to the edge.

Ghostbusters video game - sexy Alyssa Milano talks about her role in the video game

Alyssa Milano Takes on the Role of Dr. Ilyssa Selwyn, Archeologist and Love Interest, in 'Ghostbusters: The Video Game' Coming June 2009

Atari thave unveiled Alyssa Milano as the new love interest in the forthcoming blockbuster title Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Alyssa Milano is best known for her roles in long running successful television series “Who’s the Boss”, “Melrose Place”, “Charmed” and most recently “My Name Is Earl” to name a few. Milano joins members of the original cast from the beloved Ghostbusters movies to recreate the unique blend of humour and fright that established Ghostbusters as a pop culture sensation.



Ghostbusters: The Video Game prides itself in staying true to the Ghostbusters universe, so it just wouldn’t feel right if Bill Murray’s character, Dr. Peter Venkman, wasn’t turning on the charm. In Ghostbusters: The Video Game, he’s chasing one in particular: Dr. Ilyssa Selwyn is a smart and sassy archaeologist who doesn’t take too kindly to Dr. Venkman’s advances.



In the game, Milano’s character, Ilyssa Selwyn, is an expert in Sumerian and pre-Sumerian cultures and is visiting New York City as guest curator for the highly anticipated ‘World of Gozer’ exhibition opening in 1991 at the Natural History Museum. In the story line, Gozerian mythology has attracted a wide popular following since the still-unexplained events and attacks that occurred in the city in 1984. Ilyssa is working late at the museum the night before the opening when a cataclysmic force is unleashed and summons an ancient enemy back to New York City. Strange events continue to erupt around her: what secret does she know? It’s up to the Ghostbusters to help Ilyssa find the key and stop the forces of evil that threaten the balance of the universe. That’s if they can keep Peter Venkman from hitting on her every three minutes.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game, based on the smash hit motion picture franchise, is penned by original Ghostbusters writers and stars Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd. The other original Ghostbusters, Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson, lend their voices and in-game likenesses to the original story set two years after Ghostbusters II, with Manhattan once again overrun by ghosts and supernatural forces. The player joins up as a new recruit with the original team, testing a variety of unique equipment and gadgets, to track, wrangle and trap this wide range of awe-inspiring phantasms in an all new funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague.

Space Falcon Commander video game coming to iPhone and iPod Touch

Rapid Turtle Games, a multi-platform game development company, announces that Space Falcon Commander, a classic arcade shoot 'em up game is coming soon to the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Space Falcon Commander is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up game featuring 3D graphics, wide range of explosions and visual effects, high quality music and sound effects, lots of bonuses and power-ups.

The player is in the role of an elite commander controlling an advanced space fighter: the Space Falcon. They must stand as one-against-many strange aliens, mini-bosses and big bosses invading the universe in more than 45 levels. It's a simple plot of the game, but it is made with gameplay as the most important factor in mind. Lots of arcade fun, adrenalin pumping action and online "Hall of Fame" where players can compete against other Space Falcon Commander players around the world!

Features:

- More than 45 levels giving hours of playtime
- Beautiful 3D graphics with wide range of explosions and visual effects
- High quality music and sound effects
- Many different aliens, big bosses and dozens of mini-bosses
- Wide range of power-ups, special weapons and bonuses
- High score saving and online high scores submission
- Easy to learn but hard to put away gameplay

PlayStation 3 2009 line up is amazing...

With games like Heavy Rain, White Knight Chronicles and Ratchet and Clank Sony believe they have an amazing line-up of games for 2009.

“I think we had a very good lineup in 2008, especially for the holidays, but in 2009, it’s an absolutely amazing lineup,” reckons Scott Rohde, Sony Computer Entertainment America’s VP of product development. “It’s one of the best lineups that we’ve ever put out in a single calendar year, so it’s very, very exciting.”

Read the full story over at Edge here...

Rock Band expands The Who collection for Wii plus new tracks from Offspring, R.E.M. and Richard Thompson

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today 12 new tracks coming this week to the Rock Band Music Store catalogue of downloadable content for Nintendo Wii home videogame console from Nintendo, including eight more tracks from classic rock band The Who! The lineup also features music from alternative music pioneers R.E.M. and The Offspring, as well as a track from British guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson.

Wii Rock Band owners can expand their Who library with a diverse selection of tracks from the iconic classic rock band. The Who tracks include “Behind Blue Eyes” and “Going Mobile” from Who’s Next (1971), “Amazing Journey” featured on the 1969 album Tommy, “Leaving Here” from the 1965 album My Generation (Deluxe Edition), “Sea and Sand” from Quadrophenia (1973) and the title track “Who Are You” from the band’s 1978 album. The offering will also include “Eminence Front” featured on the 1982 album It’s Hard and “Real Good Looking Boy” from Then and Now (2004).

The Rock Band Music Store for Wii will also add more alternative hits to the library with music from The Offspring and R.E.M. The lineup includesThe Offspring’s “All I Want” featured on the band’s 1997 album Ixnay on the Hombre and “The Kids Aren’t Alright” from Americana (1998), plus R.E.M.’s breakthrough hit “Losing My Religion” from the 1991 album Out Of Time.

Music from rock guitarist Richard Thompson rounds out this week’s content update with “The Way That It Shows” from Thompson’s 1994 album Mirror Blue.

All tracks come from the back catalogue of Rock Band music already released to owners of Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Wii fans can expect a rollout of previously released downloadable Rock Band content until the entire back catalogue of more than 600 songs is available.

Release Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **

Tracks:

The Who “Amazing Journey”
The Who “Behind Blue Eyes”
The Who “Eminence Front”
The Who “Going Mobile”
The Who “Leaving Here”
The Who “Real Good Looking Boy”
The Who “Sea and Sand”
The Who “Who Are You”
The Offspring “All I Want”
The Offspring “The Kids Aren’t Alright”
R.E.M. “Losing My Religion”
Richard Thompson “The Way That It Shows”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

Price: $2.00 (200 Wii Points) per track

Location: In-game Rock Band 2 Music Store (Wii Points must be purchased
through the Nintendo Wii Shop Channel)