Archive for September, 2007

Geon: emotions Launches September 19th on XBLA

Redwood City, Calif. — Sep 19, 2007 — Eidos Interactive, one of the world’s leading publishers of video games, will release its first title for Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE Arcade service – Geon emotions – on Wednesday, September 19th. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the hot news this morning coming from Pro-G’s website.  I guess Microsoft threatened to ban gamer’s LIVE accounts if they bought the game early and played it. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Computer Entertainment America announced today the release of SingStarTM 80’s and SingStarTM Amped, the latest installments in the multi-million selling SingStarTM franchise, exclusively for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. The addition of SingStar 80’s and SingStar Amped to the SingStar catalogue provides PlayStation fans with four different discs to choose from, totaling 120 songs and videos from hit music artists to sing, compete and have fun with friends and family. Players can easily access any of the song lists while playing from SingStar™ Rocks!, SingStar™ Pop, SingStar 80’s or SingStar Amped with the disc swap feature, allowing for seamless transition between titles. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto, Canada — Sep 17, 2007 — Today leading Publisher Lighthouse Interactive revealed the final box shot for their chilling horror/thriller Adventure game, Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft who is regarded as one of the most important horror writers of the 20th century, Darkness Within will captivate players by exploring the disturbing corners of the human psyche. This Windows® Vista(tm) compatible game is set to bring the Horror Adventure genre to new heights. Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder is scheduled to release in October 2007 in time for Halloween in Canada and the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »

Immersive Golfing Experience and Flexible Tee Times Thanks to the Wii Remote™

SAN MATEO, Calif — Sept. 14, 2007 ¾   Capcom ® , a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced a partnership with Camelot Software Planning to develop We Love Golf!™ for the Wii™ home video game system.  Best known for developing Hot Shots Golf and the Mario Golf series, Camelot has a proven track record of creating entertaining, successful sports video games.  This latest title transforms the Wii Remote™ into a virtual set of golf clubs, creating the most immersive golfing experience available off the greens.   Capcom plans to release We Love Golf! in North America in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

The battle may not begin until Sept. 25, but “Halo” fans can prepare for the epic fight with the release the Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console on Sept. 16 for an estimated retail price of $399.99 (U.S.). Read the rest of this entry »

BioShock has been a long time coming to the XBox 360, and much hype has attended its progress. Such stage-setting often serves to effectively diminish the final product, a sort of “nothing could really be that good” effect. There are rare cases when a product which has been attended even by extreme media buildup can manage to nevertheless be all or nearly all that it tries to be. BioShock, pleasantly, is one of them. Read the rest of this entry »

Hey everyone, time for another fantastic PLAYSTATION Store update. First off, you’ll notice that we’ve updated some of the thumbnails in the Store. There are new genres for the Game Demos category. Hopefully, this makes it easier to get to the content you want. Oh, and speaking of content, we’ve heard a lot of folks asking about the NHL Demo and Poker and yes, we’ve got them both this week — and a whole lot more. Check it out. Read the rest of this entry »

Wall, NJ – Sep 12, 2007 SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION, the U.S. publishing arm of the SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION, today announced that the Company will release several of their greatest NEOGEO arcade games via the Virtual Console(tm) feature on Wii(tm). Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points(tm) to download these classic games through the Wii Shop Channel. D4Enterprise, Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, will manage the release of the titles.

Key NEOGEO titles will include “Fatal Fury,” “World Heroes,” and “Art of Fighting.” Each title is expected to cost 900 Wii Points. More titles will follow over the coming months

- ATARI ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT OF EAGERLY AWAITED MONSTER GAME FOR AN ADDITIONAL PLATFORM -

NEW YORK, September 12, 2007 – Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR), one of the world’s most recognized brands and a third-party video game publisher, today announced the further growth of one of its long-running publishing franchises with news that Godzilla®: Unleashed, the ultimate giant monsters fighting game, is in development on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system in addition to the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™.  Developed by Pipeworks, Godzilla: Unleashed is scheduled for a fall 2007 release. Read the rest of this entry »

A HERO MUST RISE. BELIEVE.

Landmark “Halo 3” Marketing Campaign Debuts; Ushers in Game’s Launch on September 25

Every so often individuals are called upon to rise above themselves and act in a selfless manner – to help, to protect, to defend those in need. We call these people, who rise up in the face of great adversity, heroes. One such individual’s story is about to be told worldwide. On Sept. 25, “Halo 3’s” epic hero Master Chief will rise once again – he’ll face seemingly insurmountable odds with the entire fate of the galaxy riding on his shoulders. Read the rest of this entry »

Lighthouse Interactive Announces East India Company
Build an Empire that will Overshadow All Others

Haarlem, The Netherlands — Sep 12, 2007 — Today leading Publisher Lighthouse Interactive announced that they have acquired the worldwide publishing rights to the stunning strategy war-game, East India Company. This game for Windows® showcases dynamic warfare on the open sea, the challenge of establishing profitable trade routes throughout the World, and tense political situations. East India Company is based on the exploits and adventures of the infamous 18th century East India Companies. Read the rest of this entry »

Right on the tails of the EA Skate demo comes Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground.  It comes in at a whopping 1.04Gb.  You know what to do right?  Start download!

Ikuraga is by far the best news for me. Yeah, I have the Dreamcast version but with enhanced graphics and HD, this will be the best one yet! Now bring out Radiant Silvergun too! Here’s the full release: Read the rest of this entry »

Eidos delivers classic quirky platformer for mobile phones

Redwood City, Calif. — Sep 11, 2007 — Eidos Interactive, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, is set to release Crystal Dynamic’s popular game Pandemonium on mobile devices throughout North America. Developed by Ideaworks, the mobile version faithfully recreates the 1997 game, complete with a 3D in-game camera, choice of characters, 18 beautifully designed 3D worlds, and easy to use controls. Read the rest of this entry »