Pro cycling manager Tour De France 2009 Pc video game - with video

To kick off the new season, we are pleased to reveal the first images from Pro Cycling Manager – Tour de France 2009.

Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket - Powered Battle - Cars on PlayStation Network

Nitro-Fueled Battle-Cars Rocket Across the Pond

Psyonix Studios announced today that Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars is now available across Europe for download on the PlayStation Network on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system.

Battle-Cars features several unique rocket-powered cars with incredible physics-based maneuverability, including the ability to rocket into the air or accelerate at supersonic speeds on the ground by racing over boost strips, obtaining boost capsules or by performing a rapid succession of acrobatic flips. While in the air, cars can roll, flip, jump, dodge or spin in a freestyle fashion. In the team-based football game, players maneuver their vehicles to perform breathtaking saves, awe-inspiring shots and of course achieve supersonic speeds that literally turn your opponents into scrap metal. These abilities, combined with the players' own creativity and skill create a unique and thrilling experience every time.

The European release of Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars will also include the recent US update that saw the addition of new features as well as a new Battle-Car arena.

Features included in recent update:

• New "Cosmic" arena*
• Improved performance in network games
• A server browser has been added during matchmaking
• Players can now view leaderboards during matchmaking
• News updates appear on the online page
• Meters added to evaluate players' connection speed
• Headsets can be plugged-in or swapped during gameplay

*At absolutely no cost to the player "Cosmic," the newly added arena, presents a brand-new challenge to Battle-Cars combatants by integrating quarter-pipe ramps that lead up to each of the goals. Gamers will be graced with the majestic view of deep-space as the arena orbits a beautiful yet mysterious uncharted planet. Like other Battle-Car arenas, "Cosmic" places the focus on teamwork and communication, but never lets fun fall in second place.

"We've really been looking forward to releasing Battle-Cars in Europe," said Dave Hagewood, Founder/Development Director of Psyonix Studios. "In addition, we have already begun planning for community-based events and challenges that will pit gamers against developers!"

Battle-Cars' wide-ranging community involvement is supported through team and league play, as well as extensive and thorough statistical tracking, rankings and rewards for individuals and teams, including support for PlayStation 3 system trophies. The game features three single player modes as well as team and league matches and scrimmage matches online. Using the full featured in-game video editor, players have the ability to save, upload and share their amazing triumphs and hysterical battle-car antics to their PlayStation 3 system harddrive or upload clips directly to YouTube.

Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars is available now as a free trial featuring both offline and online gameplay with full version players. The trial version can be updated to the full version for only €9.99 (£7.99) on the PlayStation Network.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots celebrates multiple ‘Game of the Year’ Awards

Hideo Kojimas masterpiece was voted as the gaming highlight of 2008
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH today announced that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots, the fourth installment of one of the most popular videogame franchises of all-time, has received multiple gaming awards including accolades such as “Best Action Game”, “Best PLAYSTATION 3 Game”, “Best Graphics”, and the highly coveted, “Game of the Year”, from a variety of gaming media.

Created by legendary video game developer and head of Kojima Productions, Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots marks the final installment in the legendary saga of Solid Snake. The originator of the stealth-action genre, the Metal Gear franchise has been around for more than 20 years since its debut in 1987 with Metal Gear for the Nintendo Entertainment system.

Through Kojima’s vision, the award-winning Metal Gear series has been critically beloved and consistently recognized for its new and original game design combined with a story full of plot twists and intricate human drama. Unlike most action games of the time, Metal Gear introduced the element of stealth into the gaming consciousness and seamlessly blended this groundbreaking new mechanic into its intricate plot. Many websites have recognized these ground breaking features all of over the world including Japan, Germany and the United States, here is a list of some of the awards Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots has received:

4PLAYERS.DE (Germany)
Award(s): “Kategorie: Spiele des Jahres”, “Kategorie: PS3”, “Kategorie:Action”, “Kategorie:Beste Soundkulisse” and “Kategorie: Beste Story”
www.4players.de/4players.php/showthema/Allgemein/228/index.html

Gamekult (France)
Award(s): Prix du public Gamekult
http://www.gamekult.com/finances/articles/A0000070267/

GameSpot (US)
“Best of 2008” Award(s): “Game of the Year”, “Best PS3 Game”, “Best Action Adventure”, “Most Memorable Moment”, “Best Voice Acting”, “Best Boss Fights”, “Best Graphics-Technical”, and “Best Story”
www.gamespot.com/best-of/game-of-the-year/index.html

Golden Joysticks (UK)
PS3 Game of the Year

IGN (US)
“Best of 2008” Award(s): “PS3 Game of the Year”
bestof.ign.com/2008/index.htm

Official PlayStation Magazine (UK)
Game of the Year

Play3 (Germany)
PS3 Game of the Year

PSM3 (Germany)
Game of the Year

Rock'n'Roll icon Motorhead's Lemmy on Guitar Hero Metallica

Once honoured by Metallica with seven Motörhead covers performed as “The Lemmys,” GRAMMY® Award-winning legend and lead vocalist and bassist of Motörhead, Lemmy, will take his rightful place on stage alongside Lars, James, Kirk and Robert in Activision Publishing Inc.’s Guitar Hero® Metallica this spring.

Budding rockstars will have the opportunity to experience Lemmy’s in-game likeness as he wails away on vocals and shreds his bass guitar – or play as the icon himself. The rock ‘n’ roll legend, born Ian Kilmister, will have a familiar tune with him as Motörhead’s 2008 re-record of ‘Ace of Spades’ rocks its way into the set list.

Lemmy says, "It's great to be in Guitar Hero with all these famous people and I'm really pleased to be in it with Metallica...but James is still taller than me."

“Ride the Lightning” with musical icons Metallica and 21 other rockin’ acts in an all new Guitar Hero experience – Guitar Hero Metallica. Enter the world of Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo and experience the intensity and skill of one of the greatest bands of all time. Shred on the guitar controller, rip on the drum kit controller and wail on the mic to a set list featuring over 45 explosive hits from Metallica’s illustrious career and a wide variety of other legendary artists personally selected by the band, such as Alice In Chains, Bob Seger, Foo Fighters, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Queen. Fans will be able to rock as Metallica while performing in venues reminiscent of the band’s epic album covers, themes from their music and real world locales.

Persona 4 video game out in Europe in March

Atlus’s Persona 4 will be released across PAL territories on 13th of March 2009, exclusively on the Sony PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system.

Persona 4 is a gripping new chapter in the ultra-cool Persona universe, integrating dungeon crawler gameplay with an innovative social simulation element. Persona 4 delivers an all-new story set in the Japanese countryside. A sequence of mysterious deaths hits your town and only you and your team of gifted supernatural detectives can uncover the truth. Will you frustrate this hidden evil’s plans before it is too late?

Persona 4 arrives across PAL territories in a special added-value pack that includes two discs. Disc one is the eagerly-awaited game, while a second bonus disc is a 24-track soundtrack featuring the most memorable music from the game.

John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Ltd. comments, “We are delighted to bring Persona 4 to European and PAL territories. With its unique blend of social simulation, innovative gameplay and gripping story, Persona 4 is set to bring fans of a variety of genres together”

About Persona 4

Story
In the small town of Inaba, nestled in the Japanese countryside, a young man settles in with his uncle and cousin. Sudden circumstances have forced the arrangement, but it is for the most part an agreeable place to live, if a little boring. Everything changes when a shocking and mysterious killing leaves a town aghast and searching for answers. As all signs point to involvement of a twisted serial murderer, a young hero and his friends will discover hidden powers and use them to save innocents from certain death. Together, they must find the trail of the unknown attacker… Before they strike again!

Features

• Balance your double life: Beyond exploring dungeons, engaging in intense battles, combining Personas to make new ones, and creating new weapons exists a normal high school life of making friends and taking part in classes and part-time jobs. The way you manage and integrate your activities within each day will determine your progress through the game.
• Remember, you are mortal: Every day is irrevocable, each decision impacts on your fate – from who you hang out with, to when you decide to enter a dungeon and how far in you choose you go. Plan your progress around the various events of each day and even the weather forecast!
• Unprecedented team control: With an emphasis on developing bonds in the goal to solve the mysterious murders, strong friendships are key to your success. Control teammates in battle, earn greater party support for combat, and master individual Social Links to unlock your friends’ true potential.
• Find the true ending: 60+ hours of gameplay thrust you into a deep mystery where midnight television leads to serial killings. You must investigate murders, rescue those who can be rescued, and unmask the culprit behind it all - or risk being forever shrouded in the fog of doubt.
• Super-cool art and sound style: taking inspiration from Japanese art, manga and pop culture, the world of Persona is unique and fashionable.
• Bonus 24-track soundtrack included featuring the best music from the game.
• Fully optimised PAL version: allows for the full experience intended by the game creators, even for owners of 50Hz television sets.

Punk and Rock tracks added to Rock Band video game tracks

The addition of two bands that are set to make their first Rock Band® appearance next week. The three track lineup coming to the Rock Band Music Store catalogue of downloadable content includes two songs from heavy metal band White Zombie and a track from punk band Turbonegro.

White Zombie offers Rock Band fans access to the hit single “More Human than Human” from its 1995 album Astro-Creep: 2000, as well as “Black Sunshine” which was initially featured on the band’s La Sexorcisto: Devil Music album (1992). White Zombie’s lead singer, Rob Zombie, released his solo offering “War Zone” on the Rock Band Music Store last month.

In addition, Rock Band goes International again with “Wasted Again” from Norwegian punk band Turbonegro, which was featured on the band’s 2005 album Party Animals.

Release Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 (Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360)
Thursday, February 19, 2009 (PlayStation Store)

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **

Tracks:
Turbonegro “Wasted Again”
White Zombie “Black Sunshine”
White Zombie “More Human than Human”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

Price: $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track

Locations: Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360
PlayStation Network

Cronous: Season 2, Episode 4 General Seo Kan Update

Cronous, a popular MMORPG developed and published by Lizard Interactive, yet again came up with another update for its players.

Episode 4 General Seo Kan of Season 2 is a continuation of Ice Queen story. In the Episode 3, all hell broke loose with the wrath of the Ice Queen as she lost her son, Prince Berkiel. In this update, tells a story of a General Seo Kan, a loyal and brave servant of Ice Queen, as he sets out to find the lost prince.

The update offers new 5-floors deep dungeon, new zone, new sets of monsters and an exciting boss quest. Players will have to clear a series of quest starting from Episode 3’s Ice Queen in order to arrive at the new zones Arcadia and Mon Laboness dungeon.

The epic story of Ice Queen and the lost Prince Berkiel continues. To view complete story, please visit the website cronous.neofun.com.

Dance Party Pop Hits and Dance Party Club Hits, for the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2

Dance Party Pop Hits and Dance Party Club Hits, for the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2. Both titles will launch across EMEA on the 3rd April 2009.

The Dance Party games feature music from two different genres to appeal to a broad audience, including classic tracks from leading artists like “Black and Gold” - Sam Sparro, “The Creeps” - Camille Jones, “Cry For You” - September, “Push The Button” - Sugababes, “Some Kinda Rush” - Booty Luv and “Murder On The Dance Floor” by Sophie Ellis Bextor.

Pelle Lundborg, Publishing Director, Nordic Games says, “We are excited about launching our first titles under the Nordic Games Publishing banner. There is a great sense of achievement when the ship sets sail for the first time.”

Lundborg adds, “The games are the first in a series of Dance Party branded products. With all the momentum moving towards guitars and drum kits, we feel it is time to bring back dance based games, and at the same time doing our bit for healthy gamers.”

Lundborg concludes, “Response from retail so far has been very positive, reaffirming our genuine aim of ‘great value, great prices, great gaming’ ”

Nordic Games opened its doors in 2008, and is supported and financed by Game Outlet Europe AB, one of Scandinavia’s leading distributors. Nordic Games has a development policy of finding teams that have core competencies and experience within certain genres, and building upon that skill set to produce a range of products that allow the games to be competitively priced.

Dance Party Pop Hits & Dance Party Club Hits will launch on the 3rd April, with an SRP of £24.99 / €29.99 for the Nintendo Wii versions and £14.99 / €19.99 for the PlayStation 2 versions.

Mystery Case Files: Millionheir Nintendo DS video game facts

Players seek out cleverly hidden items in a multitude of painted scenes.

Players progress through an interactive detective story investigating a cast of characters and uncovering new evidence to find the rightful heir to a million-dollar fortune. This new portable installment is available only for Nintendo DS.

With interactive logic puzzles that use both the touch-screen interface and built-in microphone and include the first ever multiplayer mode for a Mystery Case Files game, Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir presents a new generation of seek-and-solve games for casual gamers and franchise fans.

Mystery Case Files: Millionheir Nintendo DS video game facts

Players seek out cleverly hidden items in a multitude of painted scenes.

Players progress through an interactive detective story investigating a cast of characters and uncovering new evidence to find the rightful heir to a million-dollar fortune. This new portable installment is available only for Nintendo DS.

With interactive logic puzzles that use both the touch-screen interface and built-in microphone and include the first ever multiplayer mode for a Mystery Case Files game, Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir presents a new generation of seek-and-solve games for casual gamers and franchise fans.