SYDNEY, 4th November 2010: Danny Green introduced a new training regime to the boxing world today as he stepped into the virtual ring to compete in The Fight™, the highly anticipated PlayStation®Move motion control game that is exclusive to PlayStation®3 (PS3™).

In this key training period, just two weeks out from his hugely anticipated title fight against US contender BJ Flores on 17 November, Danny Green took part in a pre-fight warm up, with PlayStation Move motion controllers in hand, against his world-class sparring partner. Adding a virtual element to his rigorous training regime, Danny upped the ante as he punched, ducked and moved around the ring, without boxing glove or punch bag in sight.

Delivering unparalleled innovation through the interplay with the PlayStation®Eye camera to track the player’s movement, location and orientation, PlayStation Move reacts with incredible precision to the smallest actions and movements – making for a lifelike level of control and a very immersive gaming experience.

“The Fight is the real deal. PlayStation Move allows you to train like you would for a real fight. Every weave, duck and jab, using the PlayStation Move motion controller is tracked by the PlayStation Eye camera and replicated on screen ensuring you really are at the heart of the game. It’s all about focus and patience looking for that big punch, exactly as I do against an opponent in the ring,” said Australian Champion Boxer, Danny Green. “After just three minutes of virtual fighting, I’m pumped and feel like I’ve been involved in actual sparring session.”

The Fight, exclusive to PlayStation 3 and also available to play in stereoscopic 3D, brings the world of street fighting to your living room. Set in the gritty underworld of street fighting; whether you fancy yourself as a bare knuckle boxer or heavyweight champ, users can battle it out with the toughest of underground brawlers.

Guaranteed to get you off the couch and your heart pumping, The Fight complements the precision and accuracy of PlayStation Move, offering a gaming experience unlike anything available on the market.

The Fight is available in all major retailers from 11th November for RRP $59.95.

November 4, 2010 — After 6 months and over 2.5 million sales worldwide, Fruit Ninja is still receiving high quality free updates! Today Halfbrick is pleased to release the biggest and most anticipated addition to Fruit Ninja ever!

Announcing Arcade Mode, the most intense and exciting addition to Fruit Ninja yet! It adds so much more to the value and satisfaction of Fruit Ninja, while still keeping the simplicity and ease of play as top priority! Players have 60 seconds on the clock to achieve the highest score possible, but this isn’t any old boring 60 seconds. We’ve added some serious power in the form of bonus colored bananas which fly up on screen. Slice one of those and get ready for action!

Double Points – This banana will award you double points for a short period of time. Criticals and combos count too, so rack up those fruit for some massive scores!

Frenzy – If you’re not content with the amount of fruit on screen, the Frenzy banana will take care of that. A mammoth amount of fruit will begin flying in, but you have to stay focused to slice it all!

Freeze – The entire screen will slow down, allowing for maximum accuracy and combo potential!

Best of all, the bananas can be stacked! How about activating a Freeze, Frenzy and Double Points bonus all at once? On top of that, if you keep the combos going the game speed will increase and you can achieve a massive combo blitz!

At the end of each game, your skills and scores during the 60 seconds will be rated and you will achieve three unique awards, good for a certain number of bonus points each! Not enough? Exclusive to Arcade Mode is the new Weekly Leaderboards system, where you can instantly compare your scores against those of your online friends!

Arcade Mode is available now worldwide for both Fruit Ninja and Fruit Ninja HD on iPad. Halfbrick is proud to release it as a free update, saying thanks to the millions of fans around the world for their continued support! Arcade Mode makes the best value 99 cent App Store game even better!

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Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROag7hqCc18

Direct Download: http://www.halfbrick.com/assets/halfbrick_FruitNinjaArcadeMode_110110.mp4

About Halfbrick

Halfbrick is a professional game development studio based in Brisbane, Australia. Founded in 2001, it has developed popular titles for the Game Boy Advance, PSP, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS, with expansion into XBLA, PS3 and iPhone development. For further information, please visit www.halfbrick.com and follow on Twitter, Youtube and Facebook!

AUSTRALIA – November 4, 2010 — Today Ubisoft® announced that free additional downloadable content called Copernicus Conspiracy will be exclusive to PS3 and accessible for download on PSNtm from November 18th 2010.

In this additional content, players will have access to several new missions. An exclusive mission giver, the famous Renaissance astronomer Copernicus, will provide the extra content for players, including courier, assassination and protection missions. Ezio will be tasked with foiling the conspiracy against Copernicus and defending his philosophy.

The Copernicus Conspiracy content will be available for free download on November 18th 2010 for PS3 only.

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood is scheduled to release on November 18th 2010 on Xbox 360, PS3 and in Q1 2011 on PC.

Please visit www.assassinscreed.com for more information on Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood.

Most Likely The Most Frightening Game You Will Ever Play – If You Dare

As the last vapors of Halloween evaporate into the night sky independent developer, Vivid Games, and publisher Tower Studios are releasing Shoot To Kill onto the App Store! Set aside your Ouija board, finish your pumpkin juice, and prepare to experience real fear, because this game is retro arcade-action at its best! Surrounded by evil friends and armed to the teeth with weapons such as grenade launchers, chainsaws and lightning guns you must blast, hack and blaze your way through the demon horde and out of Hell in this visually stunning, awesomely addictive and adrenaline pumping shooter! If you thought Freddy Kruger, Jason Voorhees and Michael Meyers were scary – you’ll soon realize they’re nothing but a walk in the park compared to the misery, pain and suffering you will endure in this game where you realize that you’re are not dead… it is far, far worse than that! In Shoot To Kill you take center stage – literally – as you fight off the demons of Hell and try to ascend to the surface while they seek to destroy you and possess your soul forever!

Shoot To Kill is available in several incarnations: The version of the game available for the Apple iPad is fresh from the compiler having never seen the light of day previously, while the version for the Apple iPhone™, Apple iPhone4™ and Apple iPod touch® has a brand new update called “Addictive As Hell” (which it is). Both versions are now available on the App Store in full (paid) versions, and as free versions. Shoot To Kill is developed by Vivid Games (www.vividgames.com) who are, without doubt, one of the most talented and skillful developers of AAA content for the iOS formats, including Speedball 2 Evolution which is currently in development and coming soon! These games are published by Tower Studios (www.tower-studios.co.uk), spearheaded by the legendary game designer Jon Hare who many retro fans will remember for games such as Cannon Fodder and Sensible Soccer developed by his old company Sensible Software.

The Apple iPhone™ & Apple iPod touch® versions of Shoot to Kill feature multiplayer mode, Full Escape from Hell campaign (continue enabled), awesome Retina Display visuals (for iPhone4™), 4 survival games, 14 different demons, 5 weapons including assault riffle, grenade launcher, lightning bolt, energy leech and chainsaw. Plus no less than 13 achievements (Game Center compatible) obviously!

The Apple iPad version of Shoot To Kill includes multiplayer mode, Full Escape from Hell campaign mode (24 levels), stunning HD graphics, 4 survival games, 14 demons and the same 5 weapons as the Apple iPhone™ and Apple iPod touch® version.

Melbourne, Australia, Friday 29 Oct 2010
Today Bluemouth Interactive announces the release of the most highly anticipated Wii™ accessory for Spring 2010 – the Star Wars Darth Vader Light-up Lightsaber accessory for Wii™ developed by POWER A; timed to release with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II videogame for Wii™. The Light-up Lightsaber features a realistically sculpted hilt and has a unique hinged design so players can use the Wii Remote™ to easily navigate menu options between battles without having to remove the Wii Remote™ from the accessory.

OUT: Now.

Website link: http://www.bluemouth.com.au/products/610

In making the announcement, Bluemouth Interactive Director, David Provan said, “In December 2009, we released a blue Lightsaber accessory for Anakin Skywalker and a green Lightsaber for Yoda to enable compatible gameplay with Star Wars videogames on Wii™.”

Bluemouth Interactive now has an all-new Star Wars Darth Vader Light-up Lightsaber accessory for simultaneous retail release with the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II videogame for Wii™. “All the publicity, marketing and awareness for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II’s launch has translated into significant demand for the game at retail.” said Provan. “Customers have been able to purchase the Darth Vader Light-up Lightsaber from the very first day the new videogame released. From a retail perspective, nothing beats having a hot, new accessory available for sale at the same time a videogame launches.”

“Bluemouth has high expectations for the Darth Vader Light-up Lightsaber” said Provan. “We think Star Wars fans will love battling in their own lounge rooms with this exciting product. This accessory, along with the many other accessories in our broad range, heightens the video-gaming experience for game-players.”

The Darth Vader Light-up Lightsaber for Wii™ is an Official Star Wars item licensed by Lucasfilm Ltd., developed by POWER A and is capable of full gameplay with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed I & II on Wii™.
The Darth Vader Light-Up Lightsaber is available now for $29.95 SRP at leading videogame accessories retailers including Big W, EB Games, JB Hi-Fi, K-Mart, Target, and Toys R Us. Recommended for ages 6 and up. Wii remote™ not included. Anakin Skywalker and Yoda lightsabers for Wii™ are still available from major retailers for $29.95 SRP each and are also compatible with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II on Wii™.

In addition, Bluemouth also distribute a Prima® Official Game Guide for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. The guide includes extensive walkthroughs of every level for Xbox 360™, PlayStation® 3 and Wii™ games as well as a complete analysis of every weapon, item, Force power and enemy.

About Bluemouth Interactive
Bluemouth Interactive is the #1 supplier of video gaming accessories throughout Australia and New Zealand. Bluemouth is at the forefront of enhancing, improving and personalising the videogaming experience and lifestyle. Bluemouth holds preferred partner status within the video game licensed accessory category with major retailers: Big-W, EB Games, Kmart, Target, JB Hi- Fi, and GAME stores. Bluemouth’s range includes officially licensed Nintendo DS™ and Wii™ products, officially licensed PlayStation® products and officially licensed Prima® strategy guides. For the full Star Wars accessory range visit www.bluemouth.com.au / www.bluemouth.co.nz For media enquiries and assets contact dtipton@bluemouth.com.au or +61 3 9646 4011
Lucasfilm, STAR WARS™ and related properties are trademarks and/or copyrights, in the United States and other countries, of Lucasfilm Ltd. and/or its affiliates. TM & © Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.

Australia and New Zealand, 3 November 2010 –

To celebrate the anniversary of Super Mario Bros.™, Nintendo announces a new game pack – Super Mario All-Stars – 25th Anniversary Edition – available from 2 December 2010, which includes four games for Wii™ plus bonus materials for Mario fans!

This new collection will also include a special 32 page booklet detailing the full history of Super Mario, including the original hand drawn concept of Super Mario Bros., drawn by Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto himself! The booklet includes comments from the team behind the Mario series on various Mario games, and original drawings of Mario and Yoshi! Also included is a real treat for fans of the series – an audio CD containing music from Super Mario games spanning the last 25 years, from the original 1985 Super Mario Bros. to 2010’s Super Mario Galaxy 2™, with classics such as Super Mario 64™ and Super Mario Sunshine™ along the way.

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The new Shimano® Extreme Fishing videogame for Wii™ includes Bowfishing, Spearfishing, and Traditional Rod & Reel Fishing and challenges players to choose a weapon for a whole new take on fishing.

Embracing the wilder side of sport fishing, Shimano® Extreme Fishing is the only videogame to let gamers take the fight to the fish with bow and speargun in addition to the traditional rod & reel. 

Bundled in with the Shimano® Extreme Fishing is a telescopic fishing tip accessory. It features a reel-housing for the Wii Nunchuk and a holder-housing for the Wii remote. 

In making the announcement, Bluemouth Interactive Director, David Provan said, “By bundling in the accessory, buyers get more realistic action from Shimano® Extreme Fishing to enhance the videogaming experience.” 

OUT: November 2010.  

Website link: http://www.bluemouth.com.au/products/618 

Hachette Australia today makes its ebooks available on Apple’s iBookstore in Australia.  iBookstore is included in the free iBooks app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

Hachette is Australia’s second largest publisher, and publishes a very wide range of books under numerous imprints, including Hodder & Stoughton, Orion, Little,Brown, Headline, Atom, Virago, Abacus, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, Orbit, and Gollancz, including its Australian and New Zealand imprints, Hachette Australia and Hodder Moa.

Books, from all of these imprints, and others, will be available from the iBookstore on, or shortly after, launch date, and will include the works of such bestselling authors as:  Maeve Binchy, Patricia Cornwell, Justin Cronin, Peter Fitzsimons, Charlaine Harris, Barry Humphries, Stephen King, Hugh Mackay, Alexander McCall Smith, William McInnes, Stephenie Meyer, David Mitchell, Sir Michael Parkinson, and Jessica Watson.

In future, all newly published books will be available simultaneously with the publication of their printed equivalent, and Hachette will progressively add more previously published titles, as they go through the process of digitisation.

Malcolm Edwards, Managing Director, commenting on the above said: 

“The iBookstore in the US and UK have been a huge success, and it is incredibly exciting that Australian readers can now have a store perfectly tailored for their needs, and that Hachette’s many authors have an innovative new outlet for their works.

We are absolutely delighted that so many of our books will be available on the Australian iBookstore, as we are committed to ensuring readers can enjoy the very best writing whenever, and however, they want to buy and read it.”