Mini Ninjas video game for September Release - video

From the snow-covered peaks of Ski Hill Pass to the lush greens of Bamboo Forest, join Hiro and his fellow Mini Ninjas on an epic quest against the Evil Samurai Warlord this September.

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UK - Watch Sky TV on your Xbox 360

Millions of entertainment fans will soon have the way they watch TV transformed, as Xbox 360 and Sky announce a ground-breaking partnership which will enable, for the first time ever, premium live television to be watched through a games console.

In a UK and Ireland first, Sky Player, Sky’s online TV service, will come to Xbox LIVE in the autumn, allowing Xbox owners to access a range of channels and programmes to either view live or on-demand.

Details of the full channel line-up will be revealed closer to launch, but it is anticipated that Xbox LIVE users will be able to access blockbuster movies, must-see entertainment shows, thought-provoking documentaries, programming dedicated to kids, music and the arts, as well as all the excitement of Premier League football, Test Match cricket and a wide variety of other sports through Sky Sports.

The news, officially unveiled today in Central London by Sky Sports News Georgie Thompson, reveals there will be a number of viewing options.

For a new customer joining Sky through their Xbox, Sky Player will offer a wide range of live channels and on-demand content via a number of different packages. These customers will also be able to access their favourite shows on a pay-per-view basis.

Existing Sky customers who already own an Xbox will benefit from another way to view their favourite shows, in addition to their Sky set-top box and PC or Mac

There will be a range of unique interactive services available to the Xbox LIVE / Sky Player offering. For Sky Sports, for example, this will mean that live coverage will be supported by range of applications to enhance the viewing experience further. As well as fans being able to communicate with one another in real time via their broadband connections, they will also be able to check news and access fixtures, league tables and other on-demand information. Interactive applications will also be developed across other programmes genres.

Stephen Nuttall, Director of Sky’s Commercial Group comments:” Our partnership with Xbox is a further example of our commitment to put choice and control in the hands of customers. Xbox owners now have a range of ways to access Sky content and can pick and choose the platform and packages that are right for them. We are extremely excited about the opportunity of reaching Xbox owners who are looking to experience Sky for the first time, as well as giving our existing customers yet another way to experience the content they love.”

Echoing this, Neil Thompson, Head of Xbox UK and Ireland, adds: “Our customers have told us that they want the opportunity to use their consoles as a way to access TV and once again Xbox has pulled off an entertainment first with amazing content and rich interactive experience. The combination of Sky’s leadership in content creation and aggregation and our own in creating a constantly evolving new generation of rich 360 entertainment experiences means we are one step closer to our goal of offering Xbox owners the best entertainment experiences out there, whether it’s movies, music, games, interactive experiences or high quality TV.”

Sky Player joins Xbox LIVE’s ever-expanding interactive online offering spanning on-demand films, music videos and games. It also enables users to communicate with each other via live video chat and MSN Messenger, beating console rivals to cement Xbox 360 as a true pioneer of home entertainment.

Sky Player currently provides access to a range of live TV channels – including Sky Sports – and a comprehensive on-demand library of thousands of programmes spanning entertainment, movies, documentaries, kids, culture, news and sport.

Revolutionary new PC casual game Bumps bounces into UK stores

Get ready to BUMP your brain into gear with the outstanding PC puzzle game of the year! Focus Multimedia has signed an exclusive licensing deal with up-and-coming game developer Utopian Games in order to bring Bumps to UK retail.

Bumps is casual gaming at its very best. In a unique blend of physics and fun, you must explore colourful landscapes, utilising gravity to solve mind-boggling puzzles and free the Bumps from captivity. Trigger special abilities to make your Bumps bigger, smaller, faster and even gravity-free in order to reach your goal.

Easy to learn controls mean you can simply pick up and play, working your way through 99 deviously designed levels to foil the Bumps’ alien captors once and for all. The game also includes a colour blind mode, making it easily accessible to those with the condition.

Complete with addictive gameplay, cute characters and catchy music, Bumps is heaven for any casual or puzzle games fan. Prepare to drop, bounce and roll your Bumps late into the night!

Bumps joins Focus Multimedia’s Essential range of great value PC games and software. Every Focus Essential title has the suggested retail price of just £9.78 including VAT.

Collins Official SCRABBLE Dictionary in Quarrel video game

Digital toy collective Denki (n: Japanese, lit – ‘electricity’) has today reached an agreement with Collins, the dictionary and language publisher, to include the Collins Official SCRABBLE Dictionary in Quarrel – the forthcoming videogame currently undergoing design and development within the fun laboratories and test chambers which comprise Denki’s labyrinthine nerve centre.

The inclusion of this dictionary ensures that Quarrel – a game in which up to four competitors strive for dominance through the creation of the most complex and valuable words to capture and colonise the territories formerly held by their contemporaries – is based upon an authoritative and comprehensive lexicon of words and vocabulary.

The incorporation of this dictionary ensures that upon the game’s release, Quarrel players are able to create – and ascertain the definition of – over 114,000 playable words.

“I cannot begin to express adequately my satisfaction with the conclusion of this transaction,” opined Colin Anderson, the managing director of the Denki organisation. “I am quite literally ‘cock-a-hoop’, or jubilant if you will. The primary concern of the individuals who have become party to our plans for the future of Quarrel has been the provenance and credibility of the vocabulary within the aforementioned product. The accord with Collins provides our game with the ne plus ultra of dictionaries within this particular bailiwick. Instantly rendering this query non applicable.”

Dr Elaine Higgleton, the Editorial Director at Collins Language concurs with Anderson’s analysis of the situation. “By using a Collins wordgame dictionary, Denki ensures that players will have the best possible language resource to play from.”

Quarrel is destined for release within the ‘Live Arcade’ virtual console environment incorporated into the Microsoft Xbox 360 videogaming system.

The game is already unquestionably very Denki indeed.

Runaway - A Twist of Fate video game on Pc and Nintendo DS

Runaway: A Twist of Fate, the new adventure game by Pendulo which will wrap up the heroic (and often comedic) adventures of Brian Basco and Gina Timmings that have captivated over a million players worldwide.

We thus invite you to discover these seven new images of this great adventure game in which we find Brian Basco in an uneasy situation!



Brian and Gina are back in a new adventure, a bit darker than the previous one but still loaded with an omnipresent humor and based on a production worth a big 2D animation film. For the first time in Runaway history, you will have the control of Brian but also of his girlfriend, Gina! Following the story line of the previous episode, A Twist of Fate is also an independent new adventure that players who have never played Runaway before will fully enjoy.

Runaway: A Twist of Fate has visually improved thanks to a new graphic engine. The game now has high-resolution backgrounds, more detailed and expressive characters, and more realistic animations... The interface has also been improved and offers an inventory allowing you to check each item from every angle possible. You will also find an ingenious hint system that will guide you throughout difficult situations without giving away the solution to the puzzles.

Of course, both the particular visual style and the omnipresent humour that appealed to the players have been retained in order to make A Twist of Fate a rich episode, full of novelties and unexpected turns yet still faithful to the Runaway spirit.

Runaway " A Twist of Fate " is scheduled to be released in the fourth quarter of 2009 on PC and Nintendo DS.

DJ Hero - One of the Most Anticipated Video Games of the Year Offers

DJ Hero will drop the needle on one of the most anticipated new video games of 2009 with a completely fresh experience and legendary artists including Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent, Justice, Marvin Gaye, Beck, Beastie Boys and N.E.R.D. DJ Hero features more than 100 individual songs that have been transformed into more than 80 exclusive, original mixes by superstar DJs including DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip and DJ AM.

With an innovative, new turntable controller and the hottest music collection of original music, DJ Hero is a unique new social music gaming experience that will excite the millions of dance club music fans who can now play along to hit songs from a range of genres including hip-hop, R&B, pop, rock and electronica allowing them to rule the party with original mixes.

Joining the internationally acclaimed DJ, producer and recording artist DJ Shadow, who has been consulting and contributed several mixes for DJ Hero, and making their video game debuts, DJ Z-Trip, a founder of the mashup movement who’s known worldwide for his sold out shows and eclectic style, and DJ AM, one of the world’s premier and most in-demand DJs today, appear as in-game characters and have each created multiple exclusive mixes for DJ Hero.

In DJ Hero, faces in the crowd are transformed into the life of the party as the game’s turntable controller – created exclusively for DJ Hero and featuring familiar DJ tools including a fully-rotating turntable, sample buttons, effects dial and cross fader – immerses fans into the authenticity of DJ culture and a sea of music. By utilizing and mastering various DJ techniques including scratching, blending, cross fading and sampling, while leaving room for creative expression with a variety of effects and player chosen samples and scratches, gamers will rule the party performing music as only a DJ can. Social expression is heightened with euphoric multiplayer gameplay where two DJs can battle competitively or have a player join in to emcee over any track in the game with a mic. Additionally, gamers can rock together as DJ Hero features DJ-guitar exclusive mixes played with a turntable controller and Guitar Hero® guitar controller.

DJ Hero is being developed by FreeStyleGames for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation 2 computer entertainment systems and the Nintendo Wii. The game is not yet rated by PEGI or the BBFC.

Resident Evil - Uprising video game Fact Sheet

Two months after the events of Resident Evil - Genesis, Raccoon City is overrun with zombies and horrifying t-virus mutations. Take control of Claire Redfield and make your way through a decaying cityscape where every action means life and death.

* Based on the best-selling and highly acclaimed Resident Evil 2 console game.

* Explore twisted environments and unlock elaborate puzzles.

* Fight infected zombies and tyrants in frenetic combat.

* Arm yourself with an arsenal of deadly weapons including, handguns, shotguns and grenade launchers; many with alternate ammo types.

Discovery Channel's Cash Cab video game - Fact sheet

Answer general knowledge questions and win “money” in this mobile version of the Discovery Channel’s cult hit. Unsuspecting people enter the "Cash Cab" only to discover that they’ve become instant contestants on this innovative gameshow. Contestants can earn cash all the way to their destination. However, the second they miss their third question they’re kicked to the curb.

* Answer 1,000 general knowledge questions from categories as diverse as History, Pop Culture, Language, Science, etc…

* "Ride with a Friend" feature allows your buddy to give you help when you're stumped.

* Explore three challenging levels based on 21 different destinations throughout NYC.

* Cash Cab autosaves for the gamer on the go.

Dead Space Extraction Nintendo Wii video game out September 29

Electronic Arts and its Visceral Games announce that Dead Space Extraction, will be available in stores on September 29, 2009 in North America and October 2, 2009 in Europe exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. Dead Space Extraction delivers the highly-polished, action-horror experience the Dead Space franchise is known for while upping the ante for technical excellence on the Wii with some of the best visuals ever showcased on the platform.



“Our team is really excited to bring the intensity of the Dead Space universe to an entire new audience,” said Executive Producer, Steve Papoutsis. “We are going to deliver the same high quality, cinematic experience we delivered in the original Dead Space, while also adding co-op, new enemies, weapons and taking advantage of all of the unique features the Wii has to offer.”

Developed at EA’s award-winning Visceral Games studio, Dead Space Extraction tells the story of a handful of space colonists desperately struggling to escape from a horrific infection on the Aegis VII mining colony deep in the furthest regions of space. The game introduces Lexine, an important new heroine, to the Dead Space universe. Players will play as the crew who falls victim to a mysterious contagion aboard the ship, with it quickly becoming clear that protecting Lexine will be their only hope for survival.

JONAS Nintendo DS Video Game Inspired By The New Disney Channel Series

From sold out shows to the big and small screens, the Jonas Brothers are set to take over the video game world as well. Disney Interactive Studios today announced the development of JONAS for Nintendo DS. The game allows players to take on the role of three superstar brothers – Nick, Joe and Kevin Lucas in outrageous adventures from the Disney Channel comedy series “JONAS.”

Players help the JONAS band members juggle concerts, school, friends and fans to find the balance between their rock star world and ordinary lives.

"JONAS is the perfect complement to the hit television show, giving fans additional access to the Jonas Brothers as they portray the Lucas Brothers─their music, their fashion and their lives,” said Craig Relyea, senior vice president of global marketing, Disney Interactive Studios. “The game delivers a unique blend of adventure, humour and music that will keep fans of the Jonas Brothers entertained and engaged”

Based on the Disney Channel comedy series, the game follows the Lucas brothers as they go about their everyday, but not so normal lives. It features other main characters from the show, including good friends Macy and Stella, and lets fans explore familiar locations including the brother’s firehouse and school as seen in the television show. Players can also customise the JONAS band members’ wardrobe for their daytime antics, as well as cool outfits for when they take the stage.
Featuring interactive environments, JONAS allows players to collect musical notes to power up their guitars and then strike the right guitar chords to overcome obstacles and help the JONAS band members. The game also features hit songs from the “JONAS” television show. Fans will be able to perform to the songs in concerts after each level is completed.

Developed by Altron, JONAS will be available for Nintendo DS.