With the resurgence of fighting games within the past year, and fans of the genre being treated to titles like Street Fighter IV, King of Fighters XII, Soul Calibur IV and soon to be Tekken 6, just to name a few, many will be pleased to know the wait is almost over for the re-release of classic brawler Marvel vs. Capcom 2!Players new to the series won't be disappointed with the game's incredible 56 character cast, and with plenty of teams and assist-types to learn, there's loads to offer both beginner's and experienced players alike. For anyone looking for a fun multiplayer experience, or for die-hard fighting game fans looking to expand their collection, this is one to look out for!
Playora Ltd, the new online and smartphone publishing entity formed by Matt Spall and his team is pleased to announce the iPhone/iTouch launch of its recent online release Dreams.
Originally launched under the DifferenceGames.com banner as a flash and download game and generating over 12 million plays, Dreams is Playora’s second iPhone/iTouch release.
Stunning artwork and simple, but engrossing gameplay make for a wonderfully relaxing experience as the player follows bored schoolgirl Emily escaping into the magical world of Dreams.Use of the iPhone pinch-zoom system allows the player to zoom in and out of two simultaneous images and touch to highlight the differences in the scenes.
The game selects six random differences from up to 15 in each scene ensuring that each time the game is played a new set of differences is chosen, making for a deeper, more replayable experience.
"Dreams is a stunningly beautiful game and we’re really pleased to be able to extend the property outside of its online and download origins on DifferenceGames.com", said Matt Spall, General Manager of Playora.
The kid-friendly online video game Free Realms is getting an extra shot of attitude from Southern California trio The Dares, who perform the game’s explosive theme song, “It’s Your World.”“To record the theme song for a video game with as much buzz as Free Realms is epic!,” said Ben Peterson, lead singer of The Dares. “Not only does this song fit in with our sound, but it also gets across the feeling that in Free Realms you can do what you want, when you want.”
The Dares,(www.thedares.com) initially consisting of twins Ben and Matt Peterson, have been writing, recording and performing together for the majority of their lives, and were recently signed to Jive Records. Ben and Matt originally formed the band in their home state of Vermont when they were just eight years old. The band’s songwriting prowess and ace showmanship landed them gigs ranging from all-ages shows to the 2002 Winter Olympics Torch Event in Burlington, VT where they rocked an audience of 10,000. In 2003, the Peterson family moved to California, and Martin Lascano joined the band. Since then, The Dares have won “Best Band” at the Long Beach Battle of Bands, been nominated for two Orange County Music Awards and have made a name for themselves at famous Hollywood clubs such as The Viper Room and Key Club.
The track was conceived and composed exclusively for the Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) game by Robbie Nevil and Matthew Gerrard. Nevil burst on to the music scene with his international smash hit, "C'est La Vie,” while Gerrard composed mega-hits such as Kelly Clarkson’s number one song, “Breakaway”. Since 2006, Robbie and Matthew have teamed up to co-write and produce many of the biggest “tween” anthems including, “The Best of Both Worlds”, the Hannah Montana theme song. Together they are responsible for many of the key songs from the High School Musical (HSM) series including the showstopper, “I Don’t Dance” from HSM II.
Free Realms brings to life a whimsical virtual world where gamers can explore, compete, raise pets and socialize. This exciting game is a new way for PC gamers to connect online in a safe, family-friendly environment. Free Realms offers a wide variety of gameplay, including exploration, combat, race kart driving, pet raising, minigames and social networking.
True Games, an international publisher of multi-player online games has announced the closed beta launch date of its upcoming title Warrior Epic. The closed beta for the game will launch this Thursday, April 30. Registration for the closed beta has begun, but a few spots are still open on the game's website www.warriorepic.com so those interested in joining can register now.If selected to join the closed beta, players will receive a beta-key via the e-mail address they provided.
"We are excited to finally showcase all the updated features, cool content and all the polish that has gone into the development of Warrior Epic," said Peter Cesario, Director of New Business and Product Development. "We are eager to see how our beta community will fair through all of the exciting content we are offering in the beta and we look forward to hearing their feedback as we gear up for the official launch."
The Warrior Epic team has been hard at work making improvements to all aspects of the game since last year when a small group of players got a sneak peek at an early version. Major updates include a dramatically improved user experience as well as many new powerful and devastating abilities that have been added to the skill trees of all base and sub character classes. Additionally, much of the end game content has been implemented with new bosses, quests, campaigns and items suitable for higher level characters.
Developed by Austin based studio Possibility Space, Warrior Epic is an online, action role-playing game set in an original fantasy universe.
In the game, players will assume command of a Warrior Hall from which they manage their characters' adventures. They can recruit from a wide array of Warrior Classes, each with its own style of play. The Classes and the Hall itself can be upgraded visually as well as functionally.
Players adventure together in multiplayer campaigns, adventure mode, solo quests and PVP.
For more information, or to snag one of the few spots left for the beta, visit www.warriorepic.com.
Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon top japanese video game In third place was Mario & Luigi RPG 3, with Monster Hunter Portable 2G (PSP the Best) in fourth and Hitman Reborn in fifth. Fantasy Golf Pangya Portable took sixth place followed by Pro Yakyuu Famista DS 2009 and Musou Orochi Z in seventh and eighth respectively.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable was ninth, followed by the aforementioned Deca Sports 2.
In total the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable platforms boasted four titles apiece, with the Wii and PlayStation 3 taking one each. Just 276,000 units of software were sold by the top ten games in total.
The full top ten is as follows:
1. Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon (DS): 142,000 2. BASARA Battle Heroes (PSP): 28,000 3. Mario & Luigi RPG (DS): 19,000 4. Monster Hunter Portable 2G (PSP the Best) (PSP): 18,000 5. Hitman Reborn (DS): 17,000 6. Fantasy Golf Pangya Portable (PSP): 13,000 7. Pro Yakyuu Famista DS 2009 (DS): 11,000 8. Musou Orochi Z (PS3): 10,000 9. Mobile Suit Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable (PSP): 9000 10. Deca Sports 2 (Wii): 9000
Pandemic Studios invites you to experience the ultimate open-world action/adventure—as The Saboteur. Fight, climb, and race your way through a uniquely stylized version of Nazi-occupied France, and hunt down your sworn enemies who have taken everything from you. Enter the seedy underground world of a saboteur living in 1940s Paris, where the women are sexy, the missions are epic, and the revenge is satisfying.
Play as Sean Devlin, a street-tough Irish racing mechanic seeking personal redemption in the first open-world action game set in Nazi-occupied Europe. Now, it's time for payback—with the help of the French Resistance, British intelligence, an arsenal of weaponry, and your own street smarts and brawn, you must exact revenge on those who aimed to destroy your life. Motivated by retribution and armed with tactics of sabotage, blow up zeppelins, derail trains, implode bridges, destroy armored tanks, and level enemy facilities in the name of vengeance.
Key Features
Live the resistance in an open-world Paris – Fight and sabotage your way through a stylized open-world 1940s Paris – from the top of the Eiffel Tower, to the riverbanks of the Seine, the cathedral of Notre Dame or the prestigious Champs-Élysées.
Be the Saboteur –Use a broad range of weapons and explosives to perform your blockbuster sabotage as you single-handedly hunt-down your enemies to dismantle and destroy the Nazi occupation.
Quiet In, Loud Out – Use gameplay systems like Climbing, Sneaking, and Stealth Kills to infiltrate the Nazi occupation to perform acts of Sabotage Once you've blown your target to pieces, leverage the intuitive cover system and assortment of weapons to blast your way to freedom.
Vertical World – This version of Paris was designed to leverage the unique abilities of The Saboteur. Being a Saboteur is all about surprise attacks and Paris' rooftops are the perfect path for your secret operations.
Will to Fight – The Saboteur introduces a innovative new feature that is both an iconic visual style, and a compelling gameplay element. See and feel Paris change around you as you progress through the game. Go from a dark and oppressed black and white policed state, to a bright and inspired world where the citizens fight back..
Hijack any vehicle - From high performance racecars to military vehicles, as the Saboteur, you can drive any vehicle that comes along to escape your pursuers.
We launched Deal of the Week program on Feb 23rd, 2009 as an added benefit to your Gold membership and we are very excited to see the overwhelming response we have received from our loyal users such as you.
As a result of the increased transactions we know that you experienced an intermittent Xbox LIVE issue, which resulted in you being charged full price of 1200 points for the ‘Braid' deal instead of the discounted price of 800 points. We sincerely wish to apologize for the technical glitch and would like to take this moment to thank you for your patience and understanding as our team worked around the clock to fix this problem.
We will not only be crediting back the 400 points that were overcharged, but also be crediting an extra 100 points as a token of our appreciation and as a thank you for your loyalty during this period. You will see a credit of 500 points in your account in the coming weeks.
1 v 100 was a game show that aired on NBC in 2007 and 2008 that was hosted by Bob Saget. The show featured a contestant (the 1) competing against "The Mob" (the 100) in a series of multiple choice trivia questions. If the 1 outlasted the 100, they would walk away with $1,000,000. The show aired it's last episode on February 22, 2008 and was canceled that November.
That was a problem for Microsoft, as a few months earlier they had announced that an Xbox Live Arcade version of 1 vs 100 would is in the works.
Well, after a few delays, and with 1 vs 100 still canceled, Microsoft is finally ready to release the XBLA version. And best of all, it will be free for Xbox Live Gold members.
The game will allow players to compete as part of the 100 person mob with a Live host every time. Real life prizes will also be given out to the best players and to those that compete the most. Sure beats Achievements (but it'll likely have those too). Source: Gamingtarget
Greetings, citizens of the Enclave, welcome to the Scroll of Keys and Courage. It’s time to start putting your abilities to the test, whether you prefer hunting Menaces, dueling other players or ‘resolving issues’ with members of another High House!
House Maul has opened the Arena for organized matches. Players will be able to sign up in Hawksmouth or the Quarterstone Arena District. Skirmish matches are open to anyone at any time; House Maul will make sure the fairest setup of gladiators will be placed opposite of each other*. For the gladiators seeking to prove themselves, they’ll be able to register a team. The team can enter the 2v2-League, 4v4-League or both! Points will be awarded on a weekly basis, based on the teams’ position, which can be used to purchase unique Arena rewards. The Arena statistics and team window can be invoked via a new button in the Menu bar.
Also, unusual activity has been uncovered in the basement of the Palace in the Quarterstone Palace District. Scouting adventurers have reported sightings of a Treasure Chest, but a rather unusual one. Due to its surroundings it’s been dubbed the Demon Chest, but why it’s there and what it contains is still a mystery. It is yet to be opened as it requires three unique keys nobody in the Enclave has yet found. The locks indicate relationships with aspects of the world, but adventurers will have to be sent out to retrieve the keys.
Be sure you know who your friends and who your enemies are. PvP lootable player items enter The Chronicles of Spellborn. Currently this is only used for the keys of Treasure Chests! All keys in a player inventory will be looted by the player who is responsible for the killing blow! Be careful where you bring your keys and try not to attract too much attention when you carry them around.
Accompanying these great big features is a slew of Skill fixes, Quest fixes, Quest additions and feature additions. The Tales From The Vale carry on while /me and /roll have been added to improve interaction and well-balanced decision making.
To close this news, we also gladly present you the new exclusive wallpaper to illustrate the patch 1.0.4 Scroll of Keys and Courage!
Data Design Interactive announce that the street date and price structure for their Nintendo Wii game entitled ‘Kidz Sports - Crazy Mini Golf’ to be released on their Popcorn Arcade label, The game will begin hitting stores shelves across Europe on May 22nd RRP £19,99.
Crazy Mini Golf, after already selling 200,000 units in the USA, it is already a proven quality title and a guaranteed best seller and it is about to swing into Europe.
With a Huge 72 levels, containing Wii hi-res detailed graphics, animated levels, backgrounds, interactive objects, Real world Physics, hinges, fans, tubes, even floating whales, all the crazy fun you expect from a top Family friendly title.
NuYu Characters – have fun and a lot of laughs creating customized characters of you and your friends, more detailed than Mii’s and brought to life in the game. Team players NuYu’s appear on the level and interact in real time to encourage or mock you while you play. NuYu characters can be saved and loaded into our future games, or saved to the Wii controller and taken to a friends house.
Endorsed by world champion mini-golfer. Chris Harding - the current British Champion and 2007 World title holder. This is the most accurate golf swing of any Wii title. In all the other golf games, you can flick your wrist with the controller in any direction and the game still records a swing. This is because they rely only on the velocity sensors in the Wii controller, which are inaccurate detecting small movements. DDI check for the angle, direction and importantly the rotation of the controller/club so even the smallest taps at the slowest speed record perfectly. Essential for small putts and skillful shots. This skill takes practice to master, and we all know how impatient some smaller family members are! So we have also included a fast ‘Arcade Mode’ selectable for each individual character. Every thought to keep all the family playing together again and again.
Heaps of re-playable content, play 18 holes or 9 holes, tournament or challenge or training modes, individual best score, per player per hole, per round, challenge the family or beat your best score. This is the biggest best, most feature packed and accurate Mini golf game ever, and only available on the Wii with its amazing Wii motion controller
About NuYu?
A NuYu (pronounced New-You) is a customisable player character editor exclusive for the Popcorn Arcade Wii range. NuYu’s are customisable and allow the user to capture a likeness, caricature or personality of themselves and others.
After specifying a gender for the NuYu, the user can alter the shape of the NuYu’s head, its eyes, hair, eyebrows, nose, and mouth. In addition, the creator can give the NuYu glasses or facial hair as he/she desires, or give the face wrinkles, makeup or rosey cheeks. You can also add glasses and other fun accessories.
Many of the features can be fine-tuned by adjusting their size, position, and rotation to the center of the NuYu’s face. . NuYu’s are intended to be an extension of the player, and in keeping with the Popcorn Arcade spirit of ‘Family Family Fun’, the user will be able to use their NuYu’s in future Data Design titles for the Wii.
Product Information Release date: 22nd May 2009 Genre: Sports / Party No. of players: Up to 4 players Platform: Nintendo Wii Developer: Data Design Interactive Publisher: Data Design Interactive
