Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announces the release of Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, now available to download on PlayStation Network in Australia. This collection offers players a chance to go back to where it all started and check out the first three games in the legendary franchise. Gamers can take a glimpse into the downloadable title’s classic Mortal Kombat gameplay in the game’s launch trailer.
 
For $14.45 on PSN, the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection offers fans the first three games in the series – the original Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 – and online play, leader boards, achievements and trophies, as well as the chance to play through the games in their original arcade state. Developed by Other Ocean in conjunction with NetherRealm Studios, this collection marks the first time all three games have been brought together in one package.
 
To watch the trailer, please click here.

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Cupertino, CA (MMD Newswire) December 12, 2011 — Casual and Free-to-Play games developer, Gamelion is pleased to inform that its biggest game this year Monster Shooter – Dual-stick Mayhem Perfected – a new, pure, free-to-play IP in its rich portfolio of great casual and action games. Monster Shooter is to the max polished dual stick shooter game that shows respect to classics of this genre by delighting players with a familiar gameplay experience yet raising the bar with amazing effects and perfectly tuned details.

KEY FEATURES
– One of the best looking dual-stick action shooters!
– Hours of game play: story mode with 30 levels on 3 planets
– Select from more than a dozen of different weapons including electricity gun, rocket launcher, roaster and even nuke!
– Survive as long as you can and compete against other players on the leader board
– Monster Shooter humor and characters – Lazy cat, stupid alien invaders: crazy octopuses, rolling insects and mighty fishes
– And much more – see www.monstershooter.com for more information, screenshots and videos.

Monster Shooter – Dual-Stick Mayhem Perfected! is available now as free download on the Apple iTunes App Store for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad at http://itunes.apple.com/app/id482574214

The trailer can be found on the Gamelion YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwpmJo_5QuE

About Gamelion
Gamelion is on a mission to hit its next 100M downloads with new original content. We are all about creating great entertainment and although our track record includes well-known corner franchises of the global gaming industry like FIFA, Tiger Woods, Need for Speed, LocoRoco, Wheel of Fortune, Dr. Kawashima Brain Coach and more, we feel that we have only just begun. Since 2002 Gamelion has created engaging entertainment products for leading game publishers, media houses and handset manufacturers. In 2010 the company started publishing games in major app stores and is now making a big bet on new, original free-to-play games. For more company information, visit www.game-lion.com and www.blstreamgroup.com.

SYDNEY, Australia – 13 December 2011 – Apple® today announced that over 100 million apps have been downloaded from the Mac® App Store™ in less than one year. With thousands of free and paid apps, the Mac App Store brings the App Store experience to the Mac so you can find great new apps, buy them using your iTunes® account, and download and install them in just one step. Apple revolutionised the app industry with the App Store, which now has more than 500,000 apps and where customers have downloaded more than 18 billion apps and continue to download more than 1 billion apps per month.

“In just three years the App Store changed how people get mobile apps, and now the Mac App Store is changing the traditional PC software industry,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “With more than 100 million downloads in less than a year, the Mac App Store is the largest and fastest growing PC software store in the world.”

“With Autodesk products in both the App Store and Mac App Store, we can reach hundreds of millions of Apple users around the world,” said Amar Hanspal, senior vice president of Platform Solutions and Emerging Business at Autodesk. “With our free AutoCAD WS and the more powerful professional drafting tools of AutoCAD LT, we’re using the Mac App Store to deliver new products and reach a growing base of new Mac customers.”

“The Mac App Store has unparalleled reach and has completely transformed our distribution and development cycle,” said Saulius Dailide of the Pixelmator Team. “Offering Pixelmator 2.0 exclusively on the Mac App Store allows us to streamline updates to our image editing software and stay ahead of the competition.”

“In less than one year we’ve shifted the distribution of djay for Mac exclusively to the Mac App Store,” said Karim Morsy, CEO of algoriddim. “With just a few clicks, djay for Mac is available to customers in 123 countries worldwide. We could never have that reach through traditional channels.”

The Mac App Store offers thousands of apps in Education, Games, Graphics & Design, Lifestyle, Productivity, Utilities and other categories. Users can browse new and noteworthy apps, find out what’s hot, see staff favourites, search categories and look up top charts for paid and free apps, as well as user ratings and reviews. The Mac App Store is included with Mac OS® X Lion and is available as a software update for any Mac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard®. For more information visit, www.apple.com/au/mac/app-store.

Mac developers set the prices for their apps, keep 70 percent of the sales revenue, are not charged for free apps and do not have to pay hosting, marketing or credit card fees. To find out more about developing for the Mac App Store visit, developer.apple.com/programs/mac.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

WHAT: Ahead of the theatrical release of the Super Hero team up of a lifetime – Marvel’s The Avengers – the Marvel Street Art Battle is a live Marvel themed street art event where two of Australia’s leading street artists will compete to bring the colours and characters of the Marvel universe to life.

Hosted by an emcee and supported by a local DJ, this free all-ages event is open to the public who will choose the ultimate winner of the street art battle.

Marvel enthusiasts will have the opportunity to meet Marvel comic artist, David Yardin as well as the chance to win on-the-spot Marvel prizes throughout the afternoon.

A week-long exhibition of original Marvel comic artwork by David Yardin will also be unveiled at the event.

WHEN: Saturday January 14, 2012

TIME: 2:00pm – 5:00pm

WHERE: RTIST Gallery – 29 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181

Los Angeles, 10^th December 2011 – Sony Computer Entertainment today announced The Last of Us, a new franchise created exclusively for PlayStation®3.  Developed by Naughty Dog Inc., creators of the highly acclaimed and best-selling Uncharted™ series, The Last of US was unveiled in a world premiere trailer at the Spike TV 2011 Video Game Award Show. 

The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements to tell a character driven story about a population decimated by a modern plague. Abandoned cities are being reclaimed by nature and the remaining survivors are killing each other for food, weapons and whatever they can get their hands on. Joel, a ruthless survivor, and Ellie, a brave young teenage girl who is wise beyond her years, must work together to survive their journey across what remains of the United States.

“We are excited to finally unveil The Last of Us, a project the team has been working hard on for some time,” said Evan Wells, co president of Naughty Dog Inc. “Naughty Dog’s mission is to change the way people experience videogames. We are confident The Last of Us will take a leap forward in cinematic gaming and storytelling, providing gamers with an experience unlike anything else in the industry.”

The Last of Us is developed by some of the industry’s most talented game designers including Bruce Straley, game director and Neil Druckmann, creative director.

Naughty Dog Inc. advanced to the forefront of the videogame industry in 1996 with the successful introduction of Crash Bandicoot on the original PlayStation. The developer extended the franchise with Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped and Crash Team Racing, selling 22 million copies worldwide leading to Naughty Dog Inc. becoming the most successful video game developer in the United States for that console generation.

The team then created the Jak and Daxter franchise including Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy®, Jak II™, Jak 3™ and Jak X: Combat Racing™. 

In 2007 Naughty Dog Inc. released Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune®, this was followed by Uncharted 2: Among Thieves™ and most recently Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception™. Having currently sold over 13 million units worldwide, the Uncharted franchise represents some of the most impressive graphics, sound and processing capabilities found on PS3.

Further game information can be found here:  www.lastofus.com and www.naughtydog.com.

For media assets, please visit www.scee-press.com
Watch all PlayStation 3 videos here:  http://www.youtube.com/ps3australia 

Find PlayStation Australia on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/PlayStationAU

Check out our new movie, dvd and Blu-ray reviews;

The Smurfs <G> (Dec 2011)
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Puss in Boots 3D IMAX <PG> (Dec 2011)
Puss in Boots <PG> (Dec 2011)
Wilfred: Complete Series 1 & 2 <MA15+> (Dec 2011)
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya <M15+> (Dec 2011)
Outrage <MA15+> (Dec 2011)
Trigan: Badlands Rumble <M15+> (Dec 2011)
Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy <M15+> (Dec 2011)
Desperate Housewives Series 7 <M15+> (Dec 2011)

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The Editor!

Check out our new game reviews for;

The Gunstringer <PG> (Dec 2011)
Rochard (Dec 2011)

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The Editor

RED DOG is now the 6^th best-selling DVD of all-time, with total sales in its first two weeks propelling it into an elite group lead by AVATAR, and followed by FINDING NEMO , HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS , LORD OF THE RINGS TWO TOWERS and SHREK 2*. RED DOG has also trounced Baz Lurhmann’s AUSTRALIA to become the highest-selling Australian DVD, when comparing sales figures over the same time period (source: GfK, 2003-2011) 

Lending a helping paw to the Christmas retail period, RED DOG was proving most popular in regional and suburban stores, with retailers reporting customers queuing for stock, and stores eagerly awaiting more stock  after selling out completely. 

“We are absolutely thrilled with the sales results for RED DOG. After it’s phenomenal impact at cinemas – and it’s still playing – we knew Australians had connected with the movie, and hoped they’d want to enjoy it a second, or third time around, but to see these kinds of numbers is truly remarkable” said Chris Chard, Roadshow Entertainment Managing Director. 

The RSPCA is set to benefit from the enormous interest in the DVD also, with $1 from the sale of every RED DOG DVD in Coles during December given to the RSPCA.

RED DOG is still playing in cinemas, 19 weeks after it was first released, and is the 8^th highest-grossing Australian film of all time with a box-office of just over $21.3m to date.