3 in 1 Game Selector for Nintendo DS Lite and DSi - Store and play 3 different DS games at the flick of a switch

BLAZE is proud to launch highly unique product to add to its current videogame accessories portfolio: The BLAZE Game Selector.

For all those times when you have dropped a game under a car seat or down the side of a sofa, this simple little device has been created to ensure those problems are a thing of the past.

With the facility to hold any 3 games at one time, just clip the unit to the front and back of the DS Lite, insert 3 games into the device and then select which of your 3 DS games you would like to play, by simply flicking the switch to change the title. A green LED indicator on the unit will highlight the selected game. Its ergonomic design ensures the user is in complete comfort whilst playing.

There is no need for any external batteries as the device plugs into the DS Lite cartridge slot and is powered by the console itself. Both DS Lite and DSi versions are available to order now.

The BLAZE 3 in 1 Game Selector is available from May from all good video game stores and direct from www.blazeeurope.com at £14.99.

New Gran Turismo on PlayStation 2 but not PC

Sony want new Gran Turismo's to be released on as many platforms as possible, but it's doubtful that they're talking about PCs.

We know that a full PlayStation 3 release of Gran Turismo 5 is coming when Polyphony Digital are finally able to finish the damned thing and we also know that the team are working on a PSP title.

However, SCEA's John Koller is hinting that other platforms might be involved.

Full post on GameZine here...

Square Enix announce Bubble Bobble Plus! on WiiWare

Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces the release of two downloadable titles for WiiWare from TAITO. BUBBLE BOBBLE Plus! will be available for download from 10th April 2009, while RAINBOW ISLANDS - TOWERING ADVENTURE! is set for release in May 2009.

Originally released in 1986, BUBBLE BOBBLE became an instant hit in arcades around the world. Now BUBBLE BOBBLE Plus! gives a new dimension to the classic action with its four-person multiplayer mode along with a global ranking system. BUBBLE BOBBLE Plus! offers endless fun with 400 challenging rounds in different game modes. All of the memorable characters that players know and love will be joined by new enemy characters that stand in the way of victory.

One year after the release of BUBBLE BOBBLE, in 1987 came another arcade success story from TAITO in the form of RAINBOW ISLANDS. Bub and Bob return in their human form to take on a new adventure with surprising new skills.

John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Ltd. comments, “Whether playing for the first time or reliving fond memories, BUBBLE BOBBLE Plus! and RAINBOW ISLANDS: TOWERING ADVENTURE! are two colourful new additions to WiiWare that will provide fun for all ages.”

About BUBBLE BOBBLE Plus!

Story
Twin Bubble Dragons Bub and Bob reunite to journey through the Cave of Monsters to rescue their girlfriends. Push and burst bubbles while avoiding enemies in order to solve the mystery hidden in each round, and defeat the final boss!

Features
• Relive the classic arcade game with the 200 rounds provided in Standard Mode and Super Standard Mode.
• Defeat new bosses and explore all-new maps with the 200 rounds in Arrange Mode and Super Arrange Mode, discovering clues in each round to unravel a hidden story.
• Experience four-person multiplayer gameplay for the first time in BUBBLE BOBBLE history.
• Challenge high scores around the world in Ranking Mode and become the best BUBBLE BOBBLE Plus! player in the world!
• Download two Expert modes as add-on content for 100 extra rounds.

About RAINBOW ISLANDS: TOWERING ADVENTURE!

Story
See our twin heroes in their human forms of Bubby and Bobby as they embark on another adventure climbing to the top of Rainbow Tower. Bubby and Bobby borrow the mystical powers of Rainbow magic as they ward off the attacks of the pesky Dr. Crescent and aim for the top of Rainbow Tower to meet Holly’s Comet, who will make any dream a reality.

Features
• Clear seven uninterrupted Areas in Story Mode before reaching the top, where you will finally get to meet the rainbow-coloured Holly's Comet.
• Improve your speed on Challenge Mode. Start from the ground and climb the Rainbow Tower as fast as you can!
• Challenge your skills on Time Attack Mode, choosing from the toughest levels. Make sure you avoid all Dr. Crescent's monsters or your time will decrease faster!
• Use a full range of Rainbow magic. Use rainbows to attack, shield you from enemies and to jump to reach the top of Rainbow Tower.

Explodemon! For PSN, PC and WiiWareExplosive self-published, multi-platform

Independent developer Curve Studios announce Explodemon!, the developer’s first self-published original title for digital download.

Explodemon! is a 2.5D platform action game influenced by classic Japanese games from the golden era of the SNES. The game is based around Explodemon, an exploding hero that uses his explosive ability to combat enemies, propel himself through the air, destroy anything in his path and solve puzzles using the game’s solid physics system. Explodemon! is packaged up as a loving parody of badly translated action games and everything that they embody.

The game came into being after Curve’s Design Director, Jonathan Biddle, decided to try making his own games. “I’d been a games designer for many years, but had always wanted the ability to prototype ideas myself. I decided to learn Game Maker and started making a platform game about an exploding man. After working silently away for a few months in my spare time, I let a few people at Curve play Explodemon! and it became obvious that I’d managed to create something very fun.”

Jason Perkins, Managing Director of Curve, is enthusiastic about the title. “Due to the prototype, we’ve been in the fortunate position of having been able to play Explodemon! for a long time now. The gameplay has been honed through iterative playtesting so many times, that we are effectively now releasing Explodemon II. We’re excited to now be able to marry this solid gameplay with cutting edge 3D visuals and effects and release it via digital distribution for others to enjoy.”

Biddle continues, “Explodemon! is best described as what Treasure would create if they mixed Yoshi’s Island with Half Life 2. It includes many elements from games as diverse as Street Fighter II, Halo, Super Metroid and Bangai-O. As lifelong gamers, we’re huge fans of these titles and feel we’ve managed to bring together something that captures something from all of them. We think that there are many gamers out there like us who feel that there aren’t enough absolutely amazing action platform games on the current download services and we really can’t wait for people to see that we’ve managed to create exactly that with Explodemon!”

Explodemon! is planned for release in Q4 2009 on the PlayStation®3 via the PlayStation®Network. Subsequent versions will be released on the PC through various online portals, and for the Wii on Nintendo’s WiiWare service.

Meet Alison Carroll - the new Lara Croft picture gallery

Meet Alison Carroll, the new Tomb Raider Lara Croft.

For the new Tomb Raider game, Carroll will be the face of Croft, joining the long list of ladies who have held the title, such as Karima Adebibe, Lucy Clarkson, Jill de Jong, Lara Weller, Nell McAndrew, Rhona Mitra, Ellen Rocche and Vanessa Demouy.

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Guitar Hero Metallica and Rock Band 2 Go Wireless with Lips Microphones

New song game add-ons available from Ne-Yo, Coldplay and more in April
London, 3rd April - It’s time to break free from the cords and perform like a true rock star with music games on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft!

Today, Microsoft announced that Activision’s “Guitar Hero Metallica” and MTV’s “Rock Band 2” will be among the first music titles to support the celebrated “Lips” wireless microphones.

Last year, Microsoft created the high quality wireless microphones that set the standard for music game peripherals, and teamed with iNiS to let fans around the world rock out with them on “Lips.” With the latest in motion-sensing technology and built-in LED lights that pulse to the rhythm of your performance, these microphones help Xbox 360 stand out as the home of the best music experiences.

Now these mics will help people jam like never before with other great music games on Xbox 360, first with “Guitar Hero® Metallica.” A title update this summer will also activate mic compatibility with “Rock Band 2.” Additional titles that support the “Lips” microphones will available later this year, and only on Xbox 360.

Fans of “Lips” have even more reason to grab their wireless mics and sing with their friends, as more popular hits are added to Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the “Lips” in-game “Get Music” store. Song packs featuring Ne-Yo, Coldplay and Creedence Clearwater Revival will be available this month, as well as new songs from Incubus, Fall Out Boy, Yellowcard, Mika and more, worldwide in all Xbox LIVE enabled regions.

Available April 3:
Wish You Were Here – Incubus
Sugar, We're Goin Down – Fall Out Boy
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival

Available April 10:
Ne-Yo Song Pack – Closer, So Sick, and Hate That I Love You by Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo
Coldplay Song Pack – Speed Of Sound, The Scientist, and In My Place
Looking Out My Back Door – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Closer – Ne-Yo
So Sick – Ne-Yo

Available April 17:
Creedence Clearwater Revival Song Pack - Looking Out My Back Door, Bad Moon Rising and Who’ll Stop the Rain
Kryptonite – 3 Doors Down
All My Life – K-Ci & Jo Jo
Sing – Travis

Available April 27:
Love Today – Mika
Ocean Avenue – Yellowcard
Linger – The Cranberries

Gameboy iPhone case available in Japan - I want one...

No one seems to have a clue where these “iBoy” iPhone incognito cases can be purchased but someone took a photo of one and it’s making the tech blog rounds with a lot of appreciative oohs and ahhs from readers. I know, I think it’s a fabulous idea, too. The problem is, we don’t know the price and specs. The photo only seems to show the back side–that’s the iPhone camera up ther on the top left.

By the way, the photo was taken in Japan. That’s another curious thing. Contrary to popular belief, it appears there are enough Japanese iPhone users for someone to actually make a unique iPhone case. It’s a white iPhone too.

Source: PMP Today

Need for Speed Shift HD Screenshots trailer videos

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.

Xbox LIVE - The Pitt DLC replaced - having problems? re-download new file

Bethesda have replaced the Pitt download on Xbox LIVE after reports of some users having problems.

The Fallout 3 download was causing crashes on some consoles and user are advised to delete their existing file and re-download.

To remove the faulty file choose the memory option in System Settings in the dashboard. Scroll to Fallout 3 and delete The Pitt file.

This is the second replacement file...

The Pitt costs 800 MSP (9.60 euro £6.80).

More on The Pitt here on gamezplay.org including video (age gate)

Free online game Pogo announce its players’ worlds just got fun-sized with Pogo Minis

Electronic Arts free online games site Pogo.com announce that its players’ worlds just got ”fun-sized” – with the introduction of Pogo Minis.

The customisable avatars, are now available to the free games Pogo.com community; along with access to popular Club Pogo games and features such as Pogo Gems, items once reserved exclusively for the Club Pogo audience.

These new features have also launched on Pogo European sites in the UK (Pogo.co.uk), France (Pogo.fr) and Germany (Pogo.de). All content is localised and will have content customised for each site’s community.

Pogo Minis are online avatars that players can customise with hundreds of virtual backgrounds, outfits and goodies. These items can be acquired with tokens which are earned by playing games or players can deck out their Minis with animated backgrounds and virtual items (goodies) for an additional fee. These animated premium offerings can be attained with Pogo Gems, a convenient way to get premium content on the site.


Since the launch of Pogo Gems in 2006, members have customised their Pogo Mini’s with more than 30 million items to stylize their avatars in dynamic ways.

Access to select Club Pogo games can be acquired through “Club Pogo Premium Game Tickets” which are acquired with Pogo Gems. These “Game Tickets” give players access to a specific game in one, three or seven day increments. During that time, they will have access to the game, ad-free and will be able to unlock special items for their Pogo Mini. The first five games available for “Club Pogo Premium Game Tickets” are Canasta, Everyone Wins Bingo, Mahjong Garden, Pogo Addiction Solitaire and Tri-Peaks Solitaire.

“We wanted to extend the ability for all players to showcase their personality while giving them access to an even larger offering of games and features,” said Pogo. General Manager Michael Marchetti. “We’ve received overwhelmingly positive feedback from our Club Pogo players about how much they love creating their online persona with Pogo Minis. It’s become a favourite way for players to express themselves and connect with other players in our passionate and tight knit community.”

Club Pogo members will continue to enjoy exclusive privileges including 24/7 access to all 40+ Club Pogo exclusive games, unlimited ad-free gameplay, access to exclusive content including Pogo Mini Pets and hundreds of badges, which are game rewards for completing online challenges. Players can join Club Pogo for a monthly fee of £4.99 or access for a year for £34.99.