Microsite and Screenshots of Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ on Nintendo DS

New microsite of Little Red Riding Hood’s Zombie BBQ, along with new screenshots.

After finishing with a ferocious wolf, the story ended and the nightmare began. Little "Ready to Rock" Riding Hood and her friend Momotaro face the greatest threat that has ever besieged folk tales.

Go to www.gammickentertainment.com/zombie/ and discover why Granny has become a horrible green monster, why Pinoccio is now a blood thirsty cyborg, or how Prince Charming woke up Sleeping Beauty… along with her thirst for blood!

Can you save fairy tale land or will you let its creatures live an unhappily-ever-after-life?

Source: LucasArts to Halt Internal Development

Following word of routine terminations at develolper LucasArts, a reliable source has informed Shacknews that the company plans to cease internal development and fire roughly 100 more employees after the completion of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

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Recession Hits World of Warcraft Gold Farmers?

It appears that World of Warcraft in-game economies may be the latest victims of the worldwide economic downturn. Economists tracking the flow of real world money in and out of the game have noted a sharp decline in dollars and euros flowing into the game, prompting fears that the Warcraft gold market may have finally crashed.

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Sony artists to feature in Expose 6 digital art book

Six original pieces of artwork showcasing the epic fantasy characters from the EverQuest franchise online trading card game Legends of Norrath are featured in the prestigious EXPOSÉ 6 digital art book hitting store shelves this week, Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) announced.



The illustrations by multiple distinguished SOE artists will be included in the video game section of the latest EXPOSÉ book. The annual compilation showcases the finest digital art in a variety of fields, including games, digital illustration, television and 3D.



The included SOE art pieces were selected from thousands of entries by an international committee of artists with professional backgrounds in a variety of disciplines.



Joe Shoopack, director of Artistic Development, Sony Online Entertainment, said the company’s artistic talent is reflected in the fact that no other video game company has more pieces of art featured in the book. “We are flattered that some of our art is being viewed as some of the world’s best,” Shoopack said.



The selected SOE pieces are:

• Legends of Norrath “Mayong Mistmoore” by Derek Herring
• Legends of Norrath “Oathbound” by Clint Langley, Rob Tepper, Deanna Dolph and Lagi Apostolou
• Legends of Norrath “Gnoll High Shaman” by Patrick Ho
• Legends of Norrath “Play Dead” by Roel Jovellanos
• Legends of Norrath “Queen Cristanos Thex” by Derek Herring
• Legends of Norrath “Ariseph, Mistress of Verse” by Derek Herring

“The EXPOSÉ series is an annual snapshot of the world’s best digital art, and we’re very grateful that companies like Sony Online Entertainment allow their artists to promote their amazing work in our books,” said Daniel P. Wade, co-publisher of Ballistic Media. “The standard of entries for EXPOSÉ 6 was exceptionally high, and it’s a testament to Sony Online Entertainment that so many of its artists were featured this year.”

All Japanese Dreamcast Games Factory Sealed for Sale on ebay

The Best Nintendo N64 Games That Still Matter Today

I thought it would be a good idea to develop a list of games that are still relevant in today’s market because of their unique gamezplay that has not been improved upon on other systems.Our basic rule of thumb for this list is to determine which games are still worth playing today, even if you have a Gamecube and/or a Nintendo Wii.

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Super-heavy tanks of the World War II from the Sudden Strike 3 Arms for Victory Free Addon

Leading video game developer and publisher, Fireglow Games, announce a new batch screenshots showing four super-heavy tanks from the World War II from the Sudden Strike 3 Arms for Victory Free Addon.

While looking for information on military equipment used during World War II, our game-designers found plans of titanic tank. For example, Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus was a German super-heavy tank with about 188 tons weight and steel armour ranging from 60 to 240 mm.

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The Maus and other super-heavy tanks and SPGs did not have a chance to show themselves on the battlefield during warfare. To avoid historical collisions we have not added them to any of our maps. But we decided to give players a chance to experiment with those monsters by adding them to world editor. There, by creating your own missions, you will be able to answer the question whether those tanks could change the way of the war, if they were on the battlefield.

About Sudden Strike 3 - Arms for Victory -

Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory is the latest instalment in the award-winning, critically acclaimed and hugely popular Sudden Strike series. It features historically authentic models built to scale, fully interactive giant maps and full 3-D state-of-the-art graphics in the popular Sudden Strike style. Only Sudden Strike plays like the 'real thing'. WW2 gaming at its best: on land, at sea and in the air!

Features:

• Fully interactive landscape (all objects can be destroyed, all buildings and pillboxes can be used as shelter)
• Massive operations on big maps, strategic scale of the maps (front line can be a few kilometres long)
• Thousands of units fighting in real time
• More than 300 tanks, ships, soldiers, guns and planes with original weapons built to scale
• Great sounds, 5.1 supported, nations speak native languages
• New feature - advanced Micro AI-behaviour allows your troops to act exactly as you plan
• Joint naval and ground operations, air raids, artillery strikes etc.
• State-of-the-art technology to render 3D landscape, realistic lines of sight and fire
• Spectacular visual & lighting effects
• Multiplayer mode: up to 8 players, GameSpy supported
• Five campaigns playable for American, British, German, Japanese and Soviet sides

Wanted - Designs for Warhawk Paints & Insignias

Competition winners will see their design featured as part of a forthcoming collection of player-created Warhawk insignias and paint schemes

• We’re looking for original and eye catching designs so be creative!
• Dylan Jobe, Warhawk’s Game Director, and the rest of the development team at Incognito will pick the best paint and insignia schemes
• Submit your entries via the official Warhawk forums or email them to us before 23nd June to qualify

If you’re a creative gamer with a taste for frenetic and action-packed online military battles then Warhawk on PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) is for you. Playable online exclusively via PLAYSTATION Network and available either by download from PLAYSTATION Network or on Blu-ray disc, Warhawk pits teams of gamers from across the globe against one another in a melee of armed combat with squad action coordinated by live voice communication. Whether you wage war on foot, at the controls of a tank, a military 4x4 or from the cockpit of the fearsome Warhawk, there’ll be non-stop action ahead. You’ll join an elite online community of teams and clans: all with full stat-tracking support, rankings, leaderboards, badges and awards to recognise the most driven warriors on the battlefield. One piece of advice, in Warhawk, nowhere is safe, you’re always somebody’s prey.



Having been in the thick of the action for the past few months, we’re now looking for new insignias and paint schemes for the Warhawk and Nemesis aircrafts and we’re running an online competition to find the budding artists who can produce them! If you can conceive imaginative, eye catching and unique paint and insignia schemes, we want you to send us your design. The winning designs will then be incorporated into the forthcoming patch update. This will allow all Warhawk players from across Europe to use them in-game to customise their troops and aircraft.


Entries will be judged by a panel from Incognito studios that will include Dylan Jobe, Warhawk’s Game Director. In order to qualify you must submit your design before by 22nd June 23h59 GMT – so get busy designing.

To take part in this cool competition, all you have to do is design a new insignia or paint scheme (or both!) – guidance on how to do this, plus technical restrictions and eligibility requirements, can be found on eu.playstation.com or on the official Warhawk forums at http://community.eu.playstation.com/playstationeu/board?board.id=608

If you have yet to experience Warhawk’s fast-paced and frenetic multiplayer military battles, then you’re missing out on the most adrenaline-fuelled online experience ever – it’s exclusive to PS3 and available either by download from PLAYSTATION Network or on Blu-ray disc. And with expansion packs such as Operation: Omega Dawn and Operation: Broken Mirror available now as downloads from PLAYSTATION Store, there is a lot waiting for you on the battlefield. Decide today if you’re the hunter or the prey.

Ship Simulator - Sail the Open Sea Contest

Ship Simulator ‘Sail the Open Sea’ Contest sponsored by Matrox Graphics. The contest starts on Monday, June 9, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. (GMT) and closes on Monday, June 23, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. (GMT).

Enter for a chance to win over ten prize packages and one of two Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition units. For contest details and to enter the ‘Sail the Open Sea’ Contest, visit www.shipsim.com/contest or click on ‘Contests’ at www.lighthouse-interactive.com.


The TripleHead2Go technology is the perfect compliment to the Ship Simulator franchise as it provides a panoramic view by expanding the game across three displays. This extended view fully engages your peripheral vision on the side displays with the main point of focus on the center display – experience totally immersive gaming like never before.

Ship Simulator 2008 is the World’s best nautical simulator on the market today.

This true-to-life naval simulation for Windows includes all new features, such as: multiplayer (LAN and online), a highly customizable mission editor, 16 new ships, and world renowned ports like San Francisco, New York, Rotterdam, Marseille, Southampton (Solent) and many others to sail in. Ship Simulator is available in 20 countries and 7 languages, and has sold over 250,000 copies to date.

To find out more about Ship Simulator 2008 and to keep up with the latest news, visit:
www.lighthouse-interactive.com and www.shipsim.com.

Atari Announces Forthcoming Release of Asterix Brain Training Game for Nintendo DS

Asterix Brain Trainer for Nintendo DS, scheduled for 27 June release throughout Europe except France and the Benelux region where the game will launch in October. Asterix Brain Trainer is packed with entertaining mini-games led by everyone’s favourite Gallic hero, Asterix, which make puzzles, memory games and problem solving more fun than ever.

Developed by Little Worlds Studio in close collaboration with Asterix licensor Les Editions Albert René, the game follows Justforkix’s journey to becoming a great warrior from Gaul. School may be out for summer, but there’s no rest for Justforkix who is sent to his Uncle Vitalstatistix’s village for extra-curricular training. Asterix, notorious throughout the Roman Empire for his wit and cunning, is put in charge of Justforkix’s apprenticeship and guides him through a host of activities in the little Gallic village we know so well. Exams are held in the village school to go over what has been learned, get graded and track progress as the player heads towards the final challenge to ultimately reach warrior status.


“With Asterix Brain Trainer, we are pleased to add the first brain training game to our extensive Asterix line up,” said Cyril Voiron, VP Brand Management, Worldwide Publishing, Atari. “ A summer release is perfect timing so that kids can keep their minds active and stay entertained with their favourite characters throughout the holidays and back to school period.”

Justforkix will join Asterix’s village companions for lessons in music and the arts with Cacofonix the tone-deaf musician, food and beverage with Unhygienix the smelly fishmonger, combat and women with Geriatrix the former Gergovian warrior and ageing lothario, and potions for common remedies with Getafix the respected druid (although the recipe for the magic potion shall forever remain secret!) As well as playing with Asterix and his cohorts, players can bring their own friends to the fun with up to four playing from a single cartridge in Wi-Fi multiplayer mode.

Asterix Brain Trainer for Nintendo DS is scheduled for 27 June release throughout Europe except France and the Benelux region where the game will launch in October.