Fragile - Farewell ruins of the moon video game comes to Europe

Rising Star Games is pleased to confirm securing the publishing rights for the much anticipated fantasy adventure title. Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon developed by Tri Crescendo, the team responsible for Baten Kaitos and, more recently, Eternal Sonata exclusively for Nintendo Wii. Fragile is scheduled for a Q1 2010 release in the PAL territories.

“Fragile has a great team of creative designers who in turn have brought to life a beautiful art style that pushes the limits of the Wii console without compromising on gaming quality” stated Tyrone Walcott product manager at Rising Star Games. “This announcement will delight European gamers and the Otaku community. Rising Star Games has again shown its commitment to bring the best games from Japan.”

For members of Rising Star Games exclusive Hoshi Club, this information was released exclusively 72 hours earlier. “We’re incredibly excited about bringing Fragile to the PAL territories. There’s been a massive upsurge of interest for this title since being showcased in Famitsu (Japan)” explained Simon Alty, Rising Star Games’ Head of Brand. “The feedback from fans in our forums was that this was a title they wanted us to champion and we are very excited to respond to that ‘fan power’ with this announcement.”

Fragile takes place in the near future, in a world that has lost its population. You play as Seto, a young boy searching through the abandoned cities and facilities of this world, trying to learn the truth behind the disappearance of all the people, and to find someone to keep him company. In addition to exploration, Seto has to deal with ghosts who appear in the ruins.

Players will be able to explore a dark and abandoned world with the aid of their Wii Remote that functions as a flashlight and as a proximity sensor to hunt down invisible ghosts. The cinematic presentation, joined with an emotional soundtrack, bring the tale of a lonely and lost individual to life as players encounter memorable characters and discover the back story behind scavenged objects that provide insight on people's last days before the apocalypse.

New Hitman 5 video game expected in 2010

The next Hitman game will be released in late 2010, and will share story points with the upcoming film sequel by Twentieth Century Fox.

That's according to Variety, which claims that the fifth Hitman game will have deadly baldy Agent 47 "at a low point" and he must build himself back up psychologically and physically to reclaim his mantle as the world's most feared assassin.

Screenwriter Kyle Ward is back on script duties, as well as penning the Kane and Lynch and Uncharted films.

A Moogle Kupo d’Etat – Evil in Small Doses add on for Final Fantasy XI video game

Square Enix announce that the second add-on scenario for FINAL FANTASY XI, their MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online Game), will begin pre-sale on July 5, 2009. Titled “A Moogle Kupo d’Etat – Evil in Small Doses”, this upcoming add-on scenario will launch simultaneously worldwide later this summer, for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system (North America and Japan only) and Windows.

Beginning on July 5, 2009, “A Moogle Kupo d’Etat – Evil in Small Doses” will be available for pre-purchase and download for £7.99 in the UK and €9.99 in the rest of Europe via the PlayOnline Viewer. Slated to launch at the end of July following the next FINAL FANTASY XI version update, players whose in-game character’s main job level is at least 10 can begin to enjoy this new content. Introducing a brand-new story arc, this new scenario requires the installation of RISE OF THE ZILART®, the first expansion pack in the FINAL FANTASY XI series.

The development of these add-on scenarios, including the already launched “A Crystalline Prophecy - Ode of Life Bestowing” and the upcoming third and final scenario – “A Shantotto Ascension – The Legend Torn, Her Empire Born” – is led by Masato Kato, who created the stories and scenarios for FINAL FANTASY XI, and its first expansion pack, RISE OF THE ZILART. With the summer release of this second scenario, “A Moogle Kupo d’Etat – Evil in Small Doses”, players will delve into a dark mystery set in motion by a single drop of water.
About A Moogle Kupo d’Etat – Evil in Small Doses

Story
It all started with an innocent drop of rainwater and a rickety, ramshackle Mog House desperately in need of repair.
Little did anyone suspect that this would be the beginning of a harrowing nightmare unheard of in the annals of moogle-kind.

About FINAL FANTASY XI

Accommodating players in Europe, North America and Japan, FINAL FANTASY XI is the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game capable of simultaneous multiplayer cooperation across three different platforms. Now in its eighth year of service, FINAL FANTASY XI has a robust community of 500,000 subscribers from around the world. The series continues to evolve and expand, offering newcomers and fans alike an immersive, engrossing and engaging universe to traverse, defend and explore.

Download Water Warfare, Reel Fishing Challenge, Silver Star Reversi WiiWare video games plus Fantasy Zone II The Tears of Opa-Opa + Suduko Master

This week's new downloadable games include a trio of WiiWare titles - two built around water-themed challenges and one designed to keep your mental chops in top shape. For Virtual Console, you'll find a memorable SEGA character making his return in a classic single-player sci-fi adventure. Rounding out the lineup is a new Nintendo DSiWare title that's sure to have sudoku fans reaching feverishly for the nearest stylus.

WiiWare

Water Warfare
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1-8
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Cartoon Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Water Warfare is a comical first-person shooter that uses water guns to battle and soak opponents. A map with a particular theme - Playground, Beach, Plaza or Nature Park - is generated automatically when the game begins, so you can think up new strategies each time you engage. Game modes include Single Player Missions, CPU Match and 2-Player Split Screen. On top of that, players with broadband Internet access can use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to battle with up to eight players from around the world, or participate in Ranking Mode.

Reel Fishing Challenge
Publisher: Natsume, Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Reel Fishing Challenge offers a fun and challenging experience for novice fishers and master anglers alike. Put your skills to the test and discover new types of fish in the challenging mission mode, or relax and enjoy the game at your own pace in free play mode. No matter which mode you play, the game's beautiful graphics and natural setting bring the fishing experience to life. Choose from a variety of lures to attract and hook the game's numerous fish. Each fish looks and moves like the real thing - it's the closest you can get to real-life fishing without putting on your waders.

Silver Star Reversi
Publisher: Agetec, Inc.
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Silver Star Reversi has two modes: 1-Player mode allows you to play a match against the computer opponent, and 2-Player mode allows you to play against another person. In 1-Player mode, you can choose from five different computer opponents, turn the background music on or off, adjust sound effects and access in-game help features. During each match, you can also redo your last move, save the game at any point, or resign from the game. After a match has ended, you can review each move and resume the match from any point you choose.

Virtual Console

Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa
Original platform: SEGA MASTER SYSTEM
Publisher: SEGA
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Ten years have elapsed since Opa-Opa restored peace to the Fantasy Zone. Now history is repeating itself, and the planets that make up the Fantasy Zone once again find themselves attacked by the mastermind of the Nenon planet forces. This mastermind is secretly constructing a huge fortress in the Fantasy Zone and aims to put an end to their ambitious plans. Just as he did 10 years ago, Opa-Opa must do battle to save the Fantasy Zone.

Nintendo DSiWare

SUDOKU MASTER
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: SUDOKU MASTER offers 150 unique puzzles that beginners and experts alike will enjoy. A handful of tutorials will help you learn the rules and controls as you go, and handy features like Write Mode and Temp Numbers make Sudoku pleasantly user-friendly. Feeling confident? Then try your hand at Title Mode to work your way up from Rookie to Sudoku Master. All puzzles were created by Sudoku veteran NIKOLI Co., Ltd., and tips from Sudoku godfather Maki Kaji are offered between games.

Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi Shop™ and the Wii™ Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Remember that both Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com.

Reel Fishing Challenge! on Nintendo WiiWare - The latest entry in the best-selling Reel Fishing series

Natsume announce that Reel Fishing Challenge has been released for digital download on WiiWare. The latest entry in the best-selling Reel Fishing series brings the most true-to-life fishing experience yet to the Nintendo Wii.

"We are excited to bring the respected Reel Fishing series to WiiWare," said Hiro Maekawa, President and CEO at Natsume. "The Wii's motion-sensitive controls have allowed us to create a true fishing experience!"

Reel Fishing Challenge offers a fun and challenging experience for novice fishers and master anglers alike. Put your skills to the test and discover new types of fish in the challenging mission mode, or relax and enjoy the game at your own pace in free play mode. No matter which mode you play, the game's beautiful graphics and natural setting bring the fishing experience to life. Each fish looks and moves so much like the real thing, you might mistake your TV for an aquarium!

As an added bonus, players who have Reel Fishing Angler's Dream for the Wii can unlock bonus missions and additional fish in Reel Fishing Challenge.

Reel Fishing: Challenge will be available for digital download on WiiWare today.

Wacky World of Sports video game on Nintendo Wii - with video

SEGA announce Wacky World of Sports, an outrageous new sports game exclusively for the home video game system, Nintendo Wii. Wacky World of Sports brings some of the worlds most obscure sports to the videogame world for the first time, and will hit stores late 2009.



Wacky World of Sports takes players on a trip around the world to try their hand at some of the lesser known sports of countries including Italy, the Netherlands and Australia. The ten sports featured in the game all start easy enough but the more advanced a player gets the more extreme they become! Tuna Tossing has been a popular sport down under for a number of years now, but just how far can that tuna be thrown in the comfort of the living room? Drag out an old armchair to take part in Furniture Racing, but make sure Grandma is not still sat in it, as those chairs are fast! And if that’s still not bizarre enough, how about ironing a shirt at one thousand feet in the Extreme Ironing event?!

“Wacky World of Sports brings together what is easily the most outrageous collection of real life sports games SEGA has ever seen” commented Gary Knight, European Marketing Director, SEGA Europe. “The game brings a whole new dimension to the party game genre, and is sure to become a family favourite. By utilising the unique way of playing on Wii, Wacky World of Sports makes these particularly unusual sports accessible to everyone!”

The mind boggling sports action in Wacky World of Sports can be battled out with friends and family in the Multiplayer Party Mode, in which individuals compete against each other to find out who will reign supreme. Alternatively, choose to play as one of a dozen larger-than-life characters in the Tour Mode and travel the world defeating current champions to become the World Champion of Wacky Sports!
Wacky World of Sports will be released on Wii late 2009.

Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts Original video game Soundtrack out now

Sumthing Else Music Works through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, proudly presents Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts Original Soundtrack featuring the original music score from the third installment of the Banjo-Kazooie series developed by Rare Ltd.

The soundtrack album be released on June 30th to retail outlets through Sumthing Else Music Works www.sumthing.com, and will be available for digital download on Sumthing Digital www.sumthingdigital.com and iTunes.

Famed game developer Rare Ltd. has revived one of its most beloved and successful franchises exclusively on Xbox 360. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts embraces new and old fans alike, as the famous bear and bird duo return in stunning high definition for a unique adventure of epic proportions.

The Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Original Soundtrack features original musical compositions by Robin Beanland (Killer Instinct, Conker's Bad Fur Day), Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie) and David Clynick (Perfect Dark, Perfect Dark Zero).

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts brings an entirely new experience to the console and takes the franchise to a whole new innovative level of enjoyment. High-definition graphics, user-created content and online gameplay are just three of the many advances people of all ages and skill levels will discover as they embark on their adventure.

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JigaPix camera enabled jigsaw puzzle game for Nintendo DS and DSi

Jigsaws are the latest craze to hit the DS & DSi! Sit back and relax with three themed JIGAPIX versions in Winter 09. The launch versions of the brand cover Wild World, Wonderful World and Pets. Each themed pack contains over 80 stunning images that can be played in both single and multiplayer modes. Each image can be played in multiple difficultly levels to suit the casual and the more adventurous gamer, giving players of all abilities hours of fun. There is even a challenge mode for the more hardcore puzzler.

Not just a Jigsaw, JIGAPIX offers bonus mini games including Spot the Difference, Sliding Blocks and Slices

Plus, for all DSi owners as well the fantastic pre-loaded images JIGAPIX lets you create your own pictures, utilizing the new DSi Camera feature! You can now take a picture of absolutely anything, and JIGAPIX will then create a jigsaw of your picture. This gives you endless opportunities of creating your own puzzles from the pictures you take.

• WILD WORLD - There are 1000’s of wild animals in the World. In JIGAPIX Wild World you will find some of the wildest. From the bottom of the ocean, across the vast African plains, to the deepest tropical jungles, take a walk on the ‘wild side’ and don’t forget your DS!

• WORDERFUL WORLD - The World is a wonderful place. Uncover some of the most spectacular imagery and visit places you could only dream of. Puzzle your way around the World, it may just take more than 80 days!

• PETS – complete jigsaw puzzles of some of the best know pets and some lesser known ones too! From cats to cockatoos, guinea pigs to goldfish, horses to hamsters, this pet edition will contain something for everyone

‘“The Nintendo DS & DSi platforms are perfect for this game. The idea is so simple yet so addictive” says, Chris Walton, Marketing Executive at Zushi. “Jigsaws are an extremely popular pass time and JIGAPIX allows you to play and compete on the move. Educational fun and relaxing, JIGAPIX offers casual gaming for all ages and indulgence in a guilty pleasure for some.”

With more titles in the pipeline including JIGAPIX Smiley World and JIGAPIX Love is…., due for release later in 2009. This is just the start for the JIGAPIX brand as more licenses and themes will to be added in the near future to cater for all ages and interests.