'Your Choices Define You'
Pomona, CA - Sept. 18, 2009 - Agetec, Inc., and UFO Interactive Games, Inc., leading publishers of interactive entertainment, announced today that the action-role playing game (RPG), WAY OF THE SAMURAI 3", will be slicing its way onto the Microsoft Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 consoles on Oct. 13, 2009.
Activision Blizzard Reaffirms Calendar Year 2009 Outlook
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept 21, 2009 - Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that BlurM, the company's highly anticipated foray into the racing genre, is now scheduled to ship in 2010. The company is moving Blur from 2009 to give the development team more time to enhance the game's innovative and distinctive online multiplayer gameplay.
PopCap's First DSiWare Titles Deliver Unprecedented Depth and Fun for Nintendo's Online Store; DS Retail Installments Offer More Challenge and Feature-Rich GamePlay Than Ever
SEATTLE, Washington September 21, 2009 - PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of the world's most widely played video games, today announced the upcoming launch of two major adaptations of Bookworm" and two, first-ever video game platform adaptations of Bejeweled Twist". These new iterations of two of PopCap's most successful franchises, mark PopCap's entry into the DSiWare" market, and its continued support of Nintendo DS" with all-new, feature-rich versions, fully optimized for the Nintendo systems.
Avoid playing this game commando.
Rabbids Go Home is Ubisoft's latest addition to the Rayman Raving Rabbids series. It follows the plight of the Rabbids as they search for wherever it is they came from. Without any concrete evidence of their origin, they agree that the moon is their home and the only way to get there is by creating an enormous pile of garbage in order to reach it. The Wii version has the player control a pair of Rabbids with a shopping cart as they collect as much junk as they can.
Sept. 21, 2009
Beware of falling objects and soaring imaginations with this week's new downloadable game offerings from Nintendo. The WiiWare™ service welcomes the precarious puzzle action of You, Me, and the Cubes™ and the court-storming antics of Family Tennis. Commodore 64 favorite Last Ninja 2 arrives on the Virtual Console™, pushing players to heroic heights in a classic martial-arts adventure. Nintendo DSiWare™ users can let the chips fall where they may with Clubhouse Games™ Express: Strategy Pack or create imaginative pictures with MySims™ Camera. Another heads-up for Nintendo DSi fans: Consumers can still receive 1,000 bonus Nintendo DSi Points™ by purchasing a new Nintendo DSi™ game system and connecting to the Nintendo DSi Shop by 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on Oct. 5, 2009. For full offer details, please visit DSiOffer.Nintendo.com.
Who knew Batman could be transformed into a third-person stealth Bioshock.
When I first heard about Batman: Arkham Asylum, I thought it was too good to be true. I figured it would end up being nothing more than a typical disappointing licensed game. Then the pieces started coming together: Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill of Batman: The Animated Series fame were set to voice Batman and the Joker respectively, the combat seemed to capture the Dark Knight's signature style, and the story was being penned by prolific comic writer Paul Dini. At the end of it all, Arkham Asylum turned out to be one of the best licensed games I've ever played, and one of the finest games of its kind.
A piece of meat, a bandage, and a fetus are a peculiar combination for a video game.
Super Meat Boy is a platformer with a peculiar aesthetic. You play as an intrepid piece of meat who seeks to rescue his beau, Bandage Girl from the maniacal Dr. Fetus.
Sackboy will sadly journey through new levels all by his lonesome this time around.
LittleBigPlanet for PSP is a stripped-down portable version of last year's PlayStation 3 release. While it still features the physics-based platforming, level creation, and cute aesthetic, this fall release is lacking multiplayer, and removes foreground and background movement.
Root Beer Tapper remake? For serious?
Game Party 3, formerly a Midway property, is a mini-game collection with 19 different games that have 47 different game variations. Eleven of those games return from past games, including Ping Cup (read: Beer Pong), Shuffleboard, Beanbags (read: Cornhole), and Lawn Darts, The eight new games include Bumper Pool, Smack-a-Troll, Bocce Ball, and a remake of Root Beer Tapper that appears to be a first-person Wii twist on the arcade classic.
A new art style and some new snappy-titled modes lead the charged in this "over-the-top non-stop soccer game."
EA Sports' third Wii entry into the FIFA series is basically a clean slate as the game engine has been redesigned specifically for Nintendo's console. FIFA 10 drops the All-Play label and features refined controls, improved AI, and a brand new art style.
