Sherlock Holmes V’s Jack the Ripper – XBox360

1888, London, district of Whitechapel. A series of particularly horrible murders takes place in this district of the East End of London where atrociously mutilated prostitutes’ bodies are found.

During a frightening adventure, Sherlock Holmes will try to bring out the true identity and the motives of the one who hides behind this scary alias.

Sherlock has never looked this good with this whole new enhanced version just for Xbox 360!

Available: Now!

Squeeballs Party – Wii / NDS

Smash, squish, slam, shock, and scrunch ball-shaped creatures across more than 150 motion-controlled mini-games in Squeeballs Party. The animated stars will giggle, scream, cackle, and howl as you use them to cook, paint, bowl, shoot, and engage in other forms of twisted trials to ensure they are “ready” to be produced as toys and playthings. The goal in Squeeballs Party is to either outscore or outperform up to three other friends or family members in a choice of 11 different game types.

This is one title the whole family will love to play over and over!

Available: 14^th January 2010

Water Sports – Wii

Wii Water Sports give players the opportunity to go Kite Surfing, Wake Boarding, Wind Surfing, and Jet Skiing. Challenge yourself on the Wii Balance Board, race against your friends in multiplayer mode, or work together in cooperative Wake Boarding. Wii Water Sports is designed to be an easy-to-learn but difficult to master game for the family that feels more like an arcade game than a simulation.

Add a whole new dimension by using the Wii Balance Board!

Available: 14^th January 2010

THE DJ HERO™ PARTY CONTINUES WITH DOWNLOADABLE REMIXES FROM SUPERSTAR DJ AND PRODUCER DAVID GUETTA  

Globally Acclaimed Hits From David Guetta Remixed Exclusively For DJ Hero 

Sydney, Australia – November 30, 2009 – Hailed as the “#1 Best Video Game Right Now” by Rolling Stone and “an impressive piece of work” by Entertainment Weekly, the DJ Hero™ set list is expanding again with the addition of three new downloadable tracks.  Beginning today, living room legends and budding superstar DJ’s alike are invited to experience the euphoric rhythms of David Guetta and keep the party going with downloadable remixes of the ubiquitous “When Love Takes Over” featuring Kelly Rowland, the chart topping “Sexy Chick” featuring Akon and “On The Dancefloor” featuring will.i.am and apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas. 

Performing since the 90’s, David Guetta is credited as a prominent figure in the rise of dance and house music and a major influence in the clubs of Paris.  Since relentlessly touring internationally, performing in the hottest parties, coolest clubs and headlining major festivals, David is now firmly established as the world’s leading artist in his field.  Referred to as the maestro of dance, his latest platinum album, the worldwide hit One Love, which is currently dominating the charts and airwaves around the world with its blend of electronic music and the greatest urban vocalists, is the source for the three downloadable remixes now available in DJ Hero. 

“As European ambassador for DJ Hero, I’m really excited about the prospect of sharing my music and mixes with a new audience through this dynamic medium” commented David Guetta. “I think it is fantastic that a game like this can make the DJ’ing experience accessible to a whole new generation of wannabe DJs.” 

Also joining the mix for Wii™ are two additional party rockin’ grooves: 50 Cent featuring Mary J. Blige “All Of Me” mixed with Queen’s “Radio Ga Ga” and “DARE” by Gorillaz vs. Public Enemy’s “Can’t Truss It.” 

DJ Hero David Guetta Mix Pack 01 features the following remixes:

“When Love Takes Over” featuring Kelly Rowland

“Sexy Chick” featuring Akon

“On The Dancefloor” featuring will.i.am and apl.de.ap

DJ Hero Extended Mix Pack 01 features the following mixes: 

“All Of Me” by 50 Cent featuring Mary J. Blige vs. “Radio Ga Ga” by Queen

“DARE” by Gorillaz vs. “Can’t Truss It” Performed by Public Enemy 

DJ Hero David Guetta Mix Pack 01 is available now on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 640 Microsoft Points and on the PlayStation®Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system for $9.95.  DJ Hero Extended Mix Pack 01 is available now on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 480 Microsoft Points and on the PlayStation®Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system for $8.45.  The remixes in DJ Hero David Guetta Mix Pack 01 and the mixes in DJ Hero Extended Mix Pack 01 are now available as downloadable singles for Wii™ for 300 Wii Points each. 

To download DJ Hero video assets featuring the mixes in DJ Hero Extended Mix Pack 01, please visit www.redoctane.us/press/djh/dlcmixes.php (login: presspass; password: jimihendrix). 

Expanding upon the revolutionary easy to pick up/challenging to master gameplay mechanics developed and refined in Guitar Hero®, DJ Hero delivers an all-new interactive music experience that allows players to start the party and not only experience, but to hear music in an all-new way. Featuring mixes created by DJ AM, Cut Chemist, Grandmaster Flash, DJ Jazzy Jeff, J. Period, DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip and more, spinning over 100 individual songs, highlighted in 93 unique never-before-released mixes that blend genres of music, including hip-hop, pop, rock and dance, DJ Hero delivers the most diverse and international collection of music ever assembled in a music game by incorporating anthems from legendary artists.  Created exclusively for DJ Hero, the turntable controller immerses fans into DJ culture and a sea of music as they utilise and master various DJ techniques including scratching, crossfading and sampling, while leaving room for creative expression with a variety of effects and player chosen samples and scratches, transforming a face in the crowd into the life of the party.

The DJ Hero Renegade Edition includes a copy of the game, a premium Renegade turntable controller, hardshell turntable carrying case that converts to a performance-ready DJ stand, and an exclusive JAY-Z and EMINEM 2-CD pack featuring “best of” and new, unreleased material.

Available now, DJ Hero was developed by FreeStyleGames for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems and the Wii™ system from Nintendo.  The game is rated “PG” (Mild themes, sexual references and coarse language).  For more information about DJ Hero, please visit djhero.com, facebook.com/djhero and twitter.com/djhero.

About Activision Publishing, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.

Activision Publishing maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Russia, Japan, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s website, www.activision.com.

Logitech drops prices of audio peripherals in time for Christmas shopping 

Keep in tune with the music scene this festive season with the new Ultimate Ears iPhone app

Sydney, Australia – 30^th November 2009 – Logitech Australia today announced a significant decrease on the recommended retail prices for a selection of its audio range including a number of Ultimate Ears earphones and Z-series speaker systems. The decreases will take effect Australia wide as of December 1^st 2009 (see new recommended retail price details below).

George Saad, Director for Logitech ANZ commented: “Since its launch into Australia in late 2008, the Ultimate Ears consumer range of earphones has been a great success. At Logitech we are active in reaching the price points that will enable these high quality products to go to mass market, and we are happy to have achieved this in time for Christmas. Hopefully shoppers will be able to add something extra into their Christmas stocking this year!”  

Ultimate Ears has also recently unveiled a free iPhone application to help you get the best performance out of your Ultimate Ears earphones. The application allows you to measure sound pressure and decibels levels and helps keep your ears in ultimate condition!

New recommended retail pricing details:

About Logitech
Logitech is a world leader in personal peripherals, driving innovation in PC navigation, Internet communications, digital music, home-entertainment control, gaming and wireless devices. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI).

NBA® 2K10 Makes a Slamming Debut on Wii™  

Easy to pick-up-and-play Wii controls and fully-featured game modes bring fans closer to the NBA® action like never before

 Sydney, Australia– November 27, 2009 – 2K Sports announced today that NBA® 2K10, the latest edition of the popular NBA 2K franchise, is now available for the Wii™ system.  While offering all the same exciting gameplay features as its console counterparts, NBA 2K10 for Wii provides fans with an authentic simulation experience with deep career and franchise modes, along with the opportunity to compete online against friends.  NBA 2K10, available for the first time on Wii, this season delivers the most realistic, stylistic, and feature-rich simulation experience ever available in the NBA 2K franchise.   

“We’re thrilled to bring NBA 2K10 to the Wii this year – it’s an incredibly fun and fully-featured title that will appeal to a new group of fans,” said Greg Thomas, senior vice president of sports development for 2K.  “With easily accessible Wii controls and the opportunity to be active while playing, NBA 2K10 lets players step up their virtual game on the hardwood court this holiday season.” 

NBA 2K10 game play features include: 

NBA Today:

Real world matchups, news and stats automatically stream right into the game.  NBA Today keeps commentary and overlays fresh and up to date based on what is really happening in the NBA.   

My Player:

Giving fans what they have long requested, the all-new My Player career mode allows fans to create their own ultimate NBA player and guide his every career move.  Players start as an undrafted rookie in the Summer Circuit, and if their skills become advanced enough, they may get an invite to participate in an NBA team’s training camp or play in the NBA Development League. The road to being an NBA star is long and hard, and each player has the opportunity to create their own unique experience making it to the League. 

The Association:

The Association strives to be the best franchise mode in sports video games. Full incorporation of the NBA Development League and the ability to control all 30 NBA teams at once, including restricted free agency, real-time practice, an all-new player progression system, and a host of other enhancements gives NBA 2K10 players the tools to rule the court and lead their team to victory.  

Crews:

Crews, a new online feature, allows dedicated online players to round up their friends and build the ultimate squad using either created players from My Player or an actual NBA team.  Players can go online and challenge other Crews for bragging rights and progression points as they try to climb their way to the top of the Crew leaderboard rankings.  

Signature Play:

Signature Play pulls together all of NBA 2K’s player Signature Styles and adds in all-new Signature Tendencies and facial expressions, creating NBA 2K10 teams that play and react like their real life counterparts for an unbelievably realistic NBA experience.  Improved easy-to-use offensive controls for dribbling and post game let players pull off ankle breaking IsoMotion™ moves and dominate from the perimeter to the paint.  Gamers can shut down teams like never before with innovative defensive controls that allow you to shadow your opponent’s every move, deny position off-ball, and even select different approaches to contest shots.   

Developed by 2K Sports’ Visual Concepts studio, NBA 2K10 is G and now available for Wii, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation^®3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation^®2 computer entertainment system, PSP^® (PlayStation^®Portable) system, and Windows PC.  For more information, please visit www.2ksports.com/games/nba2k10. 

2K Sports is a division of 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

Talking Faiths

This exhibition documents a project involving young people exploring interfaith issues through a multicultural perspective. Encompassing students from a range of faith-based and secular Government schools, Talking Faiths features multimedia representations and photographs of the student project and artworks developed by the students as part of their conversations. This exhibition is a part of the Parliament of the World’s Religions 2009 cultural program.

Date: 26 November 2009 to 28 May 2010

Callaloo: The Caribbean mix in Victoria

Like the traditional Caribbean Callaloo soup, a unique mix of spices, vegetables, meat and herbs, the Caribbean community is a wonderfully diverse mix of cultures. Callaloo: The Caribbean mix in Victoria explores the experiences of this small but vibrant community in Victoria. Visitors can discover the significance that food, cricket, music and carnival has to the community as well as the historical connection between Australia and the West Indies.

Date: From 3 December 2009

Ancient Hampi: The Hindu Kingdom Brought to Life
This international exhibition offers visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in the stunning World Heritage site of Hampi in southern India. Using state of the art digital technologies, this new experience presents stereographic panoramas of an extraordinary site, with all its mythological, archaeological, artistic and historic significance. Ancient Hampi includes animations of Hindu myths and stories, aerial and projected photography, an immersive digital interactive space showing 360-degree panoramic images of the site and is landscape, as well as stunning night photographs of the temples taken by John Gollings.
Dates: Until 26 January 2010

Kids Fest: Cool Caribbean

Experience the Caribbean this summer on this special day just for kids! Part of the Immigration Museum’s school holiday program, Kids Fest celebrates the vibrant culture of the Caribbean with performances, dance workshops and traditional cuisine. Hands-on activities such as making a drum kit or cricket bat allow visitors to learn about the culture in a fun way. The Immigration Museum offers programs during each school holidays, which bring into focus different cultural groups in accessible ways for children and families.

Date: Sunday 10 January 2010

Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne.  Open daily 10.00am to 5.00pm.

Admission: Adult $8, child/concession FREE. More info 13 11 02 or museumvictoria.com.au/immigration museum

– All Aboard for an Amazing New Adventure –Australia, 27 November 2009

The Legend of Zelda™: Spirit Tracks will be available to play on Nintendo DS® or Nintendo DSi™ from 10 December. The game sets hero Link™ on a daring new adventure and provides players with a new story, more puzzles and even a new mode of transportation. In this game, Link voyages by train, which offers up new possibilities for problem-solving. The game has the same look and feel established in the hit Nintendo DS game The Legend of Zelda™: Phantom Hourglass, while showcasing a range of exciting new features.

With the release of the latest System Software Update 3.10 for PlayStation 3, a new TV icon now appears in the XMB adding a new feature to your console.  
 
With the new ABC iView service*… you have access to the best comedy, entertainment, drama, news, documentaries, arts and kids shows from ABC TV, including John Safran’s Race Relations, Dr Who, Torchwood, Four Corners, ABC News, Good Game, New Inventors, and more for you to enjoy on demand, on your big screen TV – and from the comfort of your lounge room.

*Requires a broadband internet connection

Epic’s Jay Wilbur to talk UDK at GCAP 09 

MELBOURNE – Friday 27 November, 2009 – Epic Games Vice President Jay Wilbur will use Game Connect: Asia Pacific (GCAP) to reveal details of Epic’s Unreal Development Kit.

UDK is a free edition of Unreal Engine 3 that provides community access to the award-winning toolset. 

Wilbur will be joined on a panel entitled ‘No point Re-inventing the Wheel. How to Make the Most of Middleware’ by Brian Waddle from Image-Metrics and Tim Mower from Havoc. 

The panel will be targeted at smaller developers, with the intention of showing how rapid prototyping can be achieved with smaller teams and less investment. 

GDAA President Tom Crago said the panel was shaping as one of the most useful at the conference for Indie developers. 

“Here we have a VP from Epic coming down to Australia to tell our development community how they can get the most out of UDK,” said Crago. “I know there will also be a lot of interest in Havoc and Image-Metrics.” 

For more information about GCAP and to view the program in full, visit www.gameconnectap.com

More Than 100 WiiWare Titles and Free WiiWare Demos Available Australia, 26 November, 2009 Nintendo announces that almost eighteen months since the launch of WiiWare™, there are now more than one hundred WiiWare titles available to download on the Wii Shop Channel. Also available, for a limited time only, are free demos of some of the best examples of WiiWare. WiiWare is a game download service, accessible via the Wii Shop Channel, where users can download a variety of new games in exchange for Nintendo Points.

Just a quick reminder; the new Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking Adaptor is available in store today! The Wireless N Networking Adaptor is a great addition for Xbox customers offering versatility and ease-of-use to your Xbox 360 experience. The Wireless N Networking Adaptor is available for AUD $149.95 RRP from today. 

Jump into “Halo 3: ODST” or “Forza Motorsport 3” and enjoy network gaming and multiplayer*, stream Xbox Movies on Demand** or put your media centre to the test by streaming your favourite HD movies and videos*** with the Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking Adaptor. This dual-band adaptor synchronises your Xbox 360 with the newest wireless N standard, allowing up to two times the range and a speed seven times faster than before. 

The Wireless N Networking Adaptor provides increased speed, coverage and reliability, and features a high-performance design with two external antennas that work great with 802.11a/b/g and N connections. Simply snap the adaptor on to the back of your console and enjoy wireless connectivity in multiple rooms or congested wireless environments and connect safely with WPA2 security support.     

Also as of today the original Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adaptor with a/b/g wireless connectivity is now even better value, dropping to an RRP of $119.95, down from the original $149.95. 

Should you have any questions at all please let me know!