Pirates - Duels on the High Seas Nintendo DS video game - Fact sheet

Pirates - Duels on the High Seas is now available at all retail stores nationwide for the Nintendo DS handheld device.

Pirates - Duels on the High Seas is a frantic, seafaring shoot-em up game that encompasses naval battles, running blockades, fighting pirates, battling sea monsters and discovering treasure.

Gather your strongest sailors and prepare to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Set a course for an epic adventure looking for the “Seven Keys of the Seven Seas” in an era when Britannia ruled the waves and pirates terrorized the oceans.

Ye be warned of the legend of Blackbeard’s treasure and the Seven Keys! Many a pirate has seen an early grave with their fabled curse and tales of an agonizing death for those who dare to pursue them. It is time for you and your shipmates to test your daring with Duels on the High Seas!

Additional Game Features for Pirates: Duels on the High Seas:
• Take on the leviathan of the deep sea
• Match wits against pirate foe
• Discover buried treasure
• Perform feats of bravery on the high seas
• Encounter the old sea-dog and the legend of a fantastic treasure
• Strengthen yourself to face foes that no captain has ever conquered before and lived to tell
• Stockpile great riches and journey through unchartered waters on your quest for the fabled keys
• Collect weapons
• Recruit crewman and mercenaries
Pirates: Duels on the High Seas is rated “E” for everyone by the ESRB. For more information regarding Pirates: Duels on the High Seas or O-Games, please visit Pirates: Duels on the High Seas.

SPIDY Nintendo DSi video game - Fact Sheet

Help SPIDY survive in the fierce world of insects, using its spider webs to catch nourishment, create traps and move around saving obstacles and threats across
multiple levels of great beauty.

Innovative control system based on the Nintendo Stylus, allowing performing multiple original and fun actions based on real physics, like swinging, grabbing, jumping, etc.

Players will be able to create new game maps by drawing them on paper and capturing them through the DSi camera, which can be then played or exchanged with other players.

KEY FEATURES

* A fresh story, with an attractive and original plot
* Innovative Stylus based control system
* Physics based game mechanic
* Over 20 different game maps of great beauty and fun
* Variety of enemies, including Final Bosses
* Use SPIDY’s friends help to surpass obstacles and threats
* Use the NDSi camera to generate your very own new game maps
* Achievement system to unblock new game content
* Multiple power-ups and collectable items
* Co-Op & Competitive multiplayer modes for up to 4 players

SPIDY is a great platform adventure, offering an innovative control system that exploits physic game mechanics, and empowers user generated content through the NDSi camera, creating new game maps to play and share.

GENRE: Platforms
PLATFORM: Nintendo DS/DSi
S.R.P.: €29.99
RELEASE DATE: TBA
MULTIPLAYER: 4 Players
AGE RATING: +7

Resident Evil - Degeneration video game - Fact Sheet

Based on the recently released CG-animated movie of the same name, Resident Evil- Degeneration transports players to Harvardville Airport in the midst of a zombie attack.

As Leon S. Kennedy you must fight your way through throngs of undead, rescue survivors, uncover the source of the outbreak and above all…

Stay alive!

* Explore zombie filled stages, and upgrade devastating weapons including a hand gun, shot gun and rifle.
* Optimized for the iPhone and iPod Touch platform, Resident Evil: Degeneration utilizes context sensitive controls and the device’s accelerator to make control intuitive and effortless.
* Backgrounds, character models and objects are all rendered in full 3D.
* 3rd person perspective camera gives players a wide field of view.
* “Laser targeting” allows the players to make aimed accurate shots.

Where's Waldo? video game for mobile phones - Fact Sheet

Test your observational skills in Where’s Waldo?.

A series of timed, brain-training puzzle games designed to delight, entertain and challenge you to find the elusive traveler.

What are you waiting for??

Grab your phone and JOIN THE SEARCH!

* Three exciting modes of play:
- Practice: hone your skills with a puzzle of your choice.
- Challenge: play 6 consecutive, timed puzzles to see how many points you can rack up.
- Traditional: Classic Where’s Waldo? search-and-find puzzles.

* Six Classic puzzles based on the books and ten Challenge puzzles that are unique to the mobile game.

* As your rank increases or decreases, difficulty levels will be adjusted, always keeping the game engaging yet challenging.

Three funny video game commercials - Never buy a bad game again

Three funny videos - we've all been here... You buy a game get home (can't wait to play) then find the game sucks...

Here's some funny commercial from video game rental company GameFly in the US.








GameFly is the leading online video game rental service. With a choice of more
than 6,000 titles, GameFly offers the widest selection of games for the
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, Game Boy
Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii and PSP without the hassle of due dates
or late fees.

Battleforge video game - now free release two new maps Plus Frost video

Two new maps for BattleForge, the new epic RTS. These two maps represent the beginning of the Renegade Campaign, the game’s first free content pack for fans. The new live campaign will have players traveling south, deep into the Wastelands where they will follow the adventures of the white Juggernaut Mo – a monster with a dry wit and a heart as big as his appetite.

He searches for his only friend, the savage orc Twinaxe, while his arch enemy, the vicious Captain Blight hunts him across the Wastelands, obsessed with taking down the White Juggernaut Mo. Along their adventure, they come across the trail of the greatest treasure ever known, the stolen treasure horde of the giants. With ogre witch doctors, flying ships and one angry Juggernaut, the Renegade Campaign is filled with adventure at every turn.

The first map being released today is “MO”. MO is a single player scenario that marks the beginning of Mo's search for his only friend Twinaxe.

The second map being released today is "Blight". Blight is a four player co-op scenario where players encounter Mo's arch enemy, Captain Blight. The Skylords meet this madman for the first time while trying to free captives from bandit hands. This map is a frantic race for freedom as the bandit armies call in reinforcements.

BattleForge is available exclusively for the PC. There is no subscription fee. For more information, visit www.battleforge.com.

MyBrute iPhone game official announce

Bulkypix and Motion Twin announce the development of MyBrute on iPhone and iPod Touch.
MyBrute iPhone and iPod Touch is based on what has now become a cult online game:
MyBrute is a raging community and viral phenomenon, with over 1.7 million visits per day throughout the world and over 70 million Brutes created.

My Brute is a crazy, off-the-wall game of combat that gives you the chance to challenge fighters from all over the world.
You simply take on a series of challenges, gain experience, unlock new skills and crush your enemies with ever-greater speed.

The Bulkypix and Motion Twin team has been working for several months to adapt MyBrute to the iPhone and iPod Touch, to create a new competition and offer regular and exclusive content for this version.
Players start from scratch (the game is not connected to the online version) and try to become the strongest Brute in the world.

MyBrute offers discussion forums included in the game to exchange ideas and challenge other players, and also so that the community can suggest improvements to the game (service provided by OpenFeint).
Players can also share their feats and challenge friends on Facebook. (Facebook Connect)

Bulkypix will listen to players' suggestions and regularly provide new content and game modes, to continually renew the game experience.
MyBrute is a community game with long-term appeal. Future buyers will not be disappointed!

SpongeBob's Truth or Square video game - Fact sheet

Hold on to your SquarePants for the ultimate SpongeBob game ever!
SpongeBob SquarePants has gotten himself into quite a predicament. After being entrusted by Mr. Krabs to keep the Krabby Patty formula safe, SpongeBob is overcome with grief for losing the recipe.

He then relies on the help of the most unlikely companion, Plankton, who wants the secret Krabby Patty recipe for himself. With the help of his friends, SpongeBob must use Plankton’s memory machine to retrace the happiest moments of his life to find the Krabby Patty formula in time for the Krusty Krab’s Eleventy Seventh anniversary.

Features:

* New Wacky Morphing Abilities:
- Turn SpongeBob into a Sledgehammer Smash to whack intruders, a WaterBob sponge to spew liquid and stun enemies, or even an Explosive Canon to aim and blast baddies.
* Relive Side-Splitting SpongeBob Moments:
- Reminisce through fan’s favorite SpongeBob moments as the game draws upon
- ‘The 10 Happiest Moments of SpongeBob’s Life’ and hilarious story elements from the animated television series.
* Share in the Hilarity with Family and Friends:
- Play as SpongeBob or with a friend playing as Plankton throughout the entire game on both the Wii and Xbox 360 platforms.
* Experience Exciting New Levels:
- Run, jump and spin through 12 challenging levels. Find familiar faces from the series as these transformed supersized bosses take quite a bit of over-the-top battling to bring them down.
* Go Deep into SpongeBob’s Universe:
- Revisit SpongeBob’s most memorable locations, such as downtown Bikini Bottom, the Krusty Krab, the Jellyfish Fields, or even Rock Bottom as players experience all of their favorite characters from previous SpongeBob games and TV Series.

Ubisoft tours with Shaun White Snowboarding World Stage video game

Ubisoft is collaborating again with Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White in Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage. Developed by Ubisoft Montréal, the game will be available exclusively for the Nintendo Wii system from Nintendo and will be on store shelves holiday 2009.

“Working with Shaun on the first title was an excellent experience,” said Antoine Guignard, producer of Shaun White Snowboarding : World Stage at Ubisoft. “The great public reception of Shaun White Snowboarding and the wonderful collaboration with Shaun made it a slam dunk for us to reunite to create a fun, new adventure for fans.”

Players will hit the slopes with Shaun White and his crew, but this time the stakes are higher as you pursue the world’s top competitions from a half-pipe in the middle of New York’s Time Square to the most prestigious competitions of France, Canada and Japan.

“Ubisoft has been a great partner, and I'm excited for World Stage,” said action sports phenom Shaun White. “It's cool to give people insight on what my life is like on the competition circuit.”

Shaun White Snowboarding was a worldwide success for Ubisoft, selling over 3 million copies since its November 2008 launch and establishing a new sports brand for Ubisoft. The title was also one of the first and most popular video games compatible with the Wii Balance Board™ accessory. Players will be able to break out their Balance Boards once again for Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage when they flex their board skills either alone or together with family and friends.

Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage will be showcased at the Ubisoft press conference during E3 at the Los Angeles Theater on June 1st at 5 p.m. Visitors can hit the powder, as well, at the Ubisoft booth on the show floor (South Hall, Booth No.1022).

Ship Simulator 2008, it’s add-on Ship Simulator 2008 New Horizons and Ship Simulator 2008 Collector’s Edition distribution deal

Recently formed videogame publisher Iceberg Interactive today announced that it has signed the rights for various European territories for Ship Simulator 2008 by Dutch developer VSTEP. The deal includes Ship Simulator 2008, it’s add-on Ship Simulator 2008 New Horizons and Ship Simulator 2008 Collector’s Edition.

Iceberg Interactive has acquired the rights for Europe, excluding Scandinavia, Germany, Russia and Benelux.

“While the Ship Simulator community is no doubt waiting for VSTEP’s next installment Ship Simulator Extremes, set for release in 2010, we will be focusing on extending the existing community and re-launching the current games at lower price points to meet market demand. This is still the benchmark game for ship simulation,” said Iceberg Interactive CEO Erik Schreuder.



Ship Simulator has set the bar for ship simulation games. Players can take control of a wide array of ship types - from massive cargo ships and ferries, to speedboats, yachts, water taxis and even the mighty Titanic. Discover well known harbors such as San Francisco, Rotterdam, New York, Southampton, Marseille, Hamburg and others. Ship Simulator 2008 is now available at a budget price.




Ship Simulator 2008 Collector's Edition is the ultimate sailing simulator box set for PC. It includes both Ship Simulator 2008 and the official Ship Simulator 2008 Add-On: New Horizons, which features exciting Online and LAN multiplayer missions. The Collector's Edition is also packed with unique bonus material such as a 70+ page Captain's Journal of references and the ‘Making of' video, which gives players the opportunity to sneak a peek behind the scenes during the creation of the series. This comprehensive box set is a complete package not to be missed by any simulation fan!