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

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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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Prepare For War On An Unprecedented Scale with MAG

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Read, Click on the image and Prepare for War on an unprededent SCALE !!!

EA Future Releases for the coming year

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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

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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

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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 ?

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Call Of Duty 7 ?

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

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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

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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.

Daisy Mae’s Alien Buffet out now on iPhone !!

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IUGO Mobile Entertainment are back with Daisy Mae’s Alien Buffet.  A dual analog top down shooter featuring Daisy Mae, a simple desert trailer park HOTTIE now turned HEROINE on a mission to stop an full scale alien invasion.

Download Daisy Mae NOW .. and read the description later.  Come on you don’ want to leave cute lil Daisy hangin now would ya 😉

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Daisy Mae’s peaceful, simple life in her little desert trailer park will never be the same. A full scale alien attack on earth has begun and Daisy becomes the unlikely heroine outta nowhere. Take hold of the steering wheel and help Daisy Mae shoot and blast her way to victory in this fun and quirky dual stick shooter. Aliens: you have been served!

Features:

✓ More aliens than you can shake a stick at!
✓ The baddest selection of weapons known to folks ‘round these here parts
✓ Purty graphics and fancy sounds effects
✓ Sassy costumes to unlock for Daisy Mae’s alien hoedown
✓ Daisy Mae “taunt” moves to kill the aliens dead in their tracks
✓ Control options to suit every varmint’s needs
✓ VIP points to be earned towards an additional costume
✓ Global leaderboards
✓ Auto save

Grab the complete IUGO games collection on the App Store including: Toy Bot Diaries Entry 1, Toy Bot Diaries Entry 2, Toy Bot Diaries Entry 3, Shaky Summit, Zombie Attack!, Freeballin’, Spy Bot Chronicles, Star Hogs, Toy Bot Compilation, Toy Bot Mini Missions, Zombie Attack! Second Wave, A.D.D., Cliffed and Implode!

Red Dead Redemption Exclusive Pre-Order Bonuses: The Referendum, The Golden Guns, The War Horse and More

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If you missed out the information posted the other day about Red Dead Redepmtion competition here it is again in more detail :

Announcing a wide variety of exclusive Red Dead Redemption pre-order bonuses available via retail partners across the US and UK (details on international pre-order programs to be announced very soon).  Check out the fully updated pre-order page at the Red Dead Redemption official site for all the links and details – including the below exclusive in-game content. 

The Red Dead Referendum
There’s one week left to vote in the Red Dead Referendum and determine which unlockable in-game outfit will be the GameStop pre-order bonus: The Savvy Merchant, The Deadly Assassin, or The Expert Hunter.  Eligible voters will also be entered into the Red Dead Redemption Referendum Sweepstakes – for a chance to win daily $100 GameStop gift cards and a grand prize trip to the Grand Canyon.

The Golden Guns Weapon Pack
The player who wields the exclusive Golden Guns receives more Fame for each kill. The more Fame you get, the more in-game side missions become available. So there will be more opportunities to duel, more kidnapped townsfolk to rescue and you can bribe lawmen for less.  The Golden Guns Weapon Pack is exclusive to Amazon pre-orders in both North America and the U.K., and Amazon.com customers will also receive a $10 Amazon.com Gift Card.

The War Horse
There are countless horses to be found in the massive world of Red Dead Redemption, but none is stronger, faster or tougher than the exclusive War Horse. Whether storming gang hideouts, exploring the wilderness for hidden treasure, or outrunning the law, the War Horse gives gunslingers an advantage in nearly every situation.  The War Horse is exclusive to Best Buy pre-orders in North America and HMV pre-orders in the U.K.

For information on all these and more, including exclusive Brady mini guides & retailer gift cards, visit the official Red Dead Redemption pre-order page.

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