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DEAD RISING 2 TO SHIP THIS SUMMER WITH A PRE-LAUNCH PROLOGUE GIVING FANS A TASTE OF WHAT’S TO COME

February 12, 2010

The Undead Will Rise Again This Summer

London, UK – February 11th, 2010 – Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today confirmed that Dead Rising 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the multi-million selling Dead Rising, will be released in Europe on September 3rd, in North America on August 31st and Japan on September 2nd for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, PlayStation® 3 and PC platforms.

Furthermore Capcom is also pleased to announce that Xbox 360 gamers will be able to get an exclusive taste of Dead Rising 2’s signature gameplay with the release of its downloadable prologue, Dead Rising 2: CASE ZERO. Available as downloadable content only on Xbox LIVE® shortly before release of the full game, Dead Rising 2: CASE ZERO, will introduce main protagonist and former motocross champion Chuck Greene and provide a link between the original game and the events that await players in the gambling paradise of Fortune City.

Dead Rising 2: CASE ZERO was formally announced at Microsoft’s global media event, X10, which took place earlier today, in San Francisco. Attending media were able to experience the latest demo of Dead Rising 2. In addition to giving media the opportunity to explore the zombie infested casino, stores and other attractions on Fortune City’s North Strip, this demo also introduced a brand new feature – the ability for players to create improvised weapons by combining two items.

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PURE CREATIVE GENIUS !! The Last Story is going to be Brilliant !!

Philip Federico

February 11, 2010

When you look at a cloud, what do you see. Can you make things out, like an apple, a car, a person etc. Well Hironobu Sakaguchi-san the creative genius and founder of Mistwalker Studios who will be unleashing “The Last Story” upon the world soon for the Nintendo Wii saw this amazing image from a photo he took in the morning as the sun was rising over the horizon, it’s first rays of the day blended with the dull grey clouds breathing life into them and creating a most memorable illusion of a magnificent Golden Dragon with its head bowed down towards the Earth as if it is watching over us.

If this is what Sakaguchi-san can do with a simple cloud, imagine what we can only expect from The Last Story.

Read Sakaguchi-san’s post on how this magnificent dragon inspired him and the development of The Last Story at his official column at Mistwalker here.

What do you all think of this amazing and creative work of art from Sakaguchi-san, leave a comment below.

PopCap Celebrates Bejeweled®’s 10th Birthday with Year-Long Celebration, 50 Millionth Unit Sold

Philip Federico

February 11, 2010

Most Popular Puzzle Game Series of the 21st Century Selling Faster Today than Ever; Anniversary Festivities Will Include New Installments, Competitions, Contests, Etc.

DUBLIN, Ireland – February 10, 2010 — PopCap Games, maker of some of the world’s most popular video games, today announced that it will mark the 10th birthday of its flagship franchise Bejeweled^® with a 10-month long celebration beginning today. Throughout 2010 PopCap will introduce new installments in the bejeweled lineup, hold the first-ever community-wide competition for Bejeweled Blitz, and stage exciting promotional activities such as the upcoming “Show Your Bejeweled Love” contest. PopCap also announced today that Bejeweled has now sold more than 50 million units, making it one of the top ten best-selling video games of all time — and the company continues to sell a copy of Bejeweled every 4.3 seconds.

“Bejeweled has obviously succeeded beyond our wildest dreams,” said Jason Kapalka, co-creator of the game and co-founder and chief creative officer at PopCap. “When Brian Fiete, John Vechey and I built the game ten years ago, we had no grand aspirations for it or PopCap, we were trying to survive as a company during the depths of the dot-com collapse. Little did we know we’d still be selling copies of Bejeweled a decade later!”

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EA Future Releases for the coming year

Philip Federico

February 11, 2010

EA Published their fiscal / financial report not too long ago now I’m not going to bore anyone with sales figures but I’ll share with all of you a list of EA’s future release games planned for this year and early next.

Check em out, some of them have made me very excited.

Quarter 1 : June 30, 2010

Need for Speed World (Windows)

Quarter 2 : July 1 to Sept 30, 2010

Medal of Honor Title TBA (Console, Handheld, Windows)
NCAA Football 11 (Console, Handheld, Windows)
EA SPORTS FIFA Online (Windows)
FIFA 11 (Console, Handheld, Windows)
APB/All Points Bulletin (Windows)
Madden NFL 11 (Console, Handheld)

Quarter 3 : October 1 to December 31, 2010

Crysis 2 (Console, Windows)
Criterion’s Need For Speed Title TBA (Console, Handheld, Windows)
EA SPORTS MMA (Console, Handheld)
NBA Jam (Console)
NBA Live 11 (Console, Handheld)
Quarter 4 Jan 1 to March 31, 2011

Dead Space 2 (Console, Handheld)
Need For Speed Title TBA (Console, Windows)
New Sims Title TBA (Windows)
Dragon Age Title TBA (Console, Handheld, Windows)
Shooter from Epic TBA (Console, Windows)
Spore Title TBA (Consoles, Windows)

Which of these titles have go excited ? For me its Medal Of Honor, Dead Space 2, The shooter from Epic which will be be created by Polish game studio People Can Fly the creators of PainKiller series.

Ok now lets hear your comments and what you’re all looking forward to playing 🙂

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Microsoft to host X10 Event tomorrow in San Francisco

Xbox 360

Philip Federico

February 11, 2010

The last “X” event Microsoft hosted was back in 2006 “X06” Now it’s BACK !! Microsoft will be show casing all their major titles at X10 tomorrow : Feb 11th 2010 in San Francisco, CA.

Things to watch out for will be Project Natal which has been announced will be hitting our living rooms Christmas 2010.

Other major titles show cased will be :: “Alan Wake,” “Crackdown 2,” “Fable III,” “Halo: Reach,” “Splinter Cell Conviction,” “Final Fantasy XIII,” “Toy Soldiers,” “Game Room on Xbox LIVE”, “Left 4 Dead 2 Game Add-ons”

It should be a spectacular event. Pity we can’t make our way over as we’re all the down here in Sydney Australia. Maybe one day we might get some loving and have our own special event that entire world comes to see. We could call it the “Skippy Game Show” Along with games we can have wild Kangaroo’s, Emu’s, Tasmanian Devil’s Koala Bears and Dingo’s running around mauling everyone whilst their playing and trying out the latest games. Someone will surely come up with the catch phrase … A DINGO STOLE MY CONTROLLER !!

Comments please.. don’t be shy 😉

Yakuza 3’s Pre-order Bonuses

Philip Federico

February 11, 2010

Playstation Blog announced today some Pre-Order bonus goodies when you pre-order Sega’s Yakuza 3 that’s coming VERY soon to a playstation 3 near you. I don’t know why I keep saying this but this game looks soooo damn similar to Shenmue it’s not funny. I desperately want Sega to deliver the goods and finish the final chapter of Shenmue, but for now I think Yakuza 3 will have to do.

Who else thinks the same ? Anyway before I ramble off here is what u get when you pre-order Shen.. I mean Yakuza 3 😉

4 pieces of DLC will be packed into the game via a special code card. This will allow players access to the following content:

• Battle for Survival – Take on all the bosses of Yakuza 3 as Kazuma
• All-Star Tournament (7 character tournament)
• All-Star Tag Tournament (8 team tournament)
• Haruka’s Request – This unique series of challenge missions will send you on a task of exploration throughout the entire Yakuza world, playing mini-games and entertaining Haruka.

In addition to this, Yakuza fans who pre-order the game at their local GameStop will receive additional content via the Challenge Pack. This will allow them to enjoy 2-player mini games, competing against their friends at Pool, Bowling, Darts and Golf. They will also be able to customize their principle characters with four alternative costumes for Kazuma, Haruka and Rikiya.

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There ya have it. What do you all think ? Pretty cool aye.

Call Of Duty 7 ?

Philip Federico

February 11, 2010

A lot of rumors are flying around at the moment regarding the next Call Of Duty. From what we’ve heard, Activision will continue to churn out the Call Of Duty series every year. So far no official name has been set but it’s been given the label of Call Of Duty 7.

Once again the reigns will be handed over to Treyarch. I don’t know why they don’t just leave it with Infinity Ward this hopping back and forth between developers is silly im my opinion. But hey it’s only my opinion. Don’t get me wrong Treyarch do make and have made great games in the past, but who else agrees that the COD / MW series should be handled by ONE developer not two ?

Anyway not much in location or game details is available at the moment but once again rumors say that it may take place in Vietnam or Cuba. Which one would you guys prefere ? I’d probably like to see it set in Cuba, and PLEASE NO jungles !!

Call Of Duty 7 will hopefully make is away into our grubby little hands this November 2010.

Let us know what you think … Suggestions, Ideas, even more rumors.. leave a comment.

(p.s) … there’s a little anomaly in this article … try and figure it out and leave a comment. First person to do so will win a unlock code for a game 🙂

Rockstar Wallpaper Collection : GTA Chinatown Wars

Philip Federico

February 10, 2010

Rockstar released a fresh new range of official wallpapers, avatars and buddy icons featuring new artwork created in honor of the recent iPhone / iPod touch release of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. These new illustrations include Ling in her kung-fu stance, and Huang Lee with the sniper rifle slung over his shoulder, ready for action.

Available in all the standard sizes for desktops, mobile devices, Twitter backgrounds and more – at the DOWNLOADS section of the Rockstar Games site and at the Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars official site.

Some of these images are fantastic. Make sure you check out the rest as well from all of Rockstar fantastic games !!

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Heavy Rain Demo Forecasted for Thursday

Playstation 3

Philip Federico

February 10, 2010

It’s raining pretty bad out here. The Sony Playstation weather channel has forecasted that the Heavy Rain demo will be available worldwide through the PlayStation Store on Thursday, February 11, 2010. Make sure you pack your umbrella, raincoat and gumboots just in case your caught outside in the down pour as you dont want to miss out. The demo will feature two FULL chapters from the game, in which players will immerse themselves in the roles of Norman Jayden, a FBI profiler brought in to help local law enforcement find and capture the Origami Killer, and Scott Shelby, a private investigator hired by families of past victims to bring their killer to justice.

I personally cant wait to get my hands on this psychological thriller where YOU determine the outcome of how the story goes and all in the hope of uncovering the mystery of Heavy Rain.

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