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Monday, January 04, 2010

Eurogamer Appointments Strengthen Industry Dream Team

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Eurogamer, Europe’s leading independent games media specialist, is thrilled to announce games industry veterans Chris Buckley and Catherine Channon have joined the company’s expanding team.

Chris joins as Advertising Sales Manager for GamesIndustry.biz and Cat is appointed as Publisher heading up a new, as yet, un-announced project for the business. Between them they have over 30 years experience in the games industry.

'Fast Draw Showdown' Video Game Available Today on WiiWare

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Digital Leisure Inc., a leading developer and publisher of interactive video-based titles and console games, announced today the launch of Fast Draw Showdown, designed exclusively for Nintendo’s WiiWare game service.

When it comes to fast draw there’re only two types of people: the quick…and the dead! Now you have the chance to find out where you stand, or lie, as the case may be. You’ll go up against the best quick draws in the business, including one of the world’s fastest, Wes Flowers.

Super Happy Fun Fun Starts the iPhone New Year with video game 'Star*Burst'

'Breakout' style block breaking in Star*Burst!
Super Happy Fun Fun, creators of the smash iPhone hit Big Buck Hunter Pro, today announced the release of their latest touch-screen title, Star*Burst for iPhone and iPod touch. Star*Burst is a new generation of match-three puzzle gameplay, designed by the creator of popular 90s arcade game KLAX. With Star*Burst, Super Happy Fun Fun serves up a clever combination of engaging, fast-paced action, classic puzzle heritage and fresh social features—complete with dazzling 3D graphics, animations and effects.

Kaotik Puzzle video game launches on Xbox LIVE


Kaotik puzzle is an action-puzzle videogame for up to two players versus, in which you win by filling your opponent screen with blocks. You will receive blocks from your opponent. When there is no free space in you screen you lose. You can defend yourself by arranging the blocks to make them disappear, so you make more free space. When you make disappear your blocks creating chain reactions, you will send attacks to your opponent.

Get married in your video game world as GodsWar Online intoduce Marriage system


GodsWar Online are celebrating 2010 with the introduction of a marriage system to the game.

Here's how to get married in Pan's Labyrinth:
The couple have to apply to cupid and travel through Pan's Labyrinth hand-in-hand for the love testament.

No more 'gore games' for Nintendo Wii say Sega

madworldIt looks like disappointing sales of games Dead Space Extraction, Madworld and House of the Dead: Overkill have caused second thoughts for Sega on the mature game market for Nintendo Wii games.

Sunday, January 03, 2010

LittleBig Planet: GAF level award winner - with video


LittleBig Contra is a NeoGAF collaborative project aimed at delivering the definitive Contra experience to LittleBigPlanet. Our goal was to recreate each of the 8 stages of Contra from the NES using the tools available to us in the LittleBigPlanet level editor.

Nintendo get Zelda The Hero of Time fan movie removed...


Nintendo have removed the fan based movie after the Christmas period...

A feature length independent Zelda film based off of the video game, The Legend of Zelda "Ocarina of Time". It is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo. The film has had 3 screenings so far and is getting ready for its 4th!

Microsoft is planning to bring Xbox Live gaming to Windows Mobile phones, according to a range of job adverts the company published just before Christmas.


The company is seeking a principal program manager, software test engineer and senior software test engineer. The description for the principal program manager position, which has now been filled, said Microsoft wants experts who can bring “Xbox Live enabled games to Windows Mobile”.

Play PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords - free flash game online now...