Sydney Australia – (August 13, 2009) – Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced a new addition to its SSDNow line of solid-state drives. The SSDNow V+ features capacities from 64GB to 256GB with higher input and output operations per second (IOPS) and faster read/write speeds than a standard mechanical hard-disk drive. It is targeted to prosumers and enterprise companies looking to increase performance and extend the life of existing systems.

“The SSDNow V+ is the ideal solid-state drive for power users, system builders, system integrators, and in demanding corporate environments where efficiency and performance are important as more system resources are in use,” said Vaughan Nankivell, Regional Manager, Australia and New Zealand for Kingston Technology. “Users will be more productive as the drive’s higher capacities and IOPS allow for more data storage and faster boot and application load times.”

A computer’s operating system will benefit from the drive’s impressive random 4K read speeds of up to 6,300 IOPS, and random 4K writes of up to 291 IOPS. The Kingston SSDNow V+ has a blazing sequential read speed of up to 220MB/sec. and write speeds of up to 180MB/sec.

The V+ is the latest addition to the SSDNow family of solid-state drives. The V+ is currently available in the United States in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities; the 64GB drive is available worldwide with increased capacities to come. It uses a standard SATA interface and is extremely durable with no moving parts and less heat generation than a typical hard-disk drive.

The SSD is backed by a three-year warranty, free tech support and legendary Kingston reliability. For more information, visit www.kingston.com/anz.

Kingston SSDNow V+ Features and Specifications:
• Sequential Read Throughput*: 64GB, 128GB & 256GB – 220MB/sec.
• Sequential Write Throughput*: 64GB – 140MB/sec.
  128GB – 170MB/sec
  256GB – 180MB/sec
• IOPS (Input and Output Operations per Second)*:
  Random 4K read – 6,300 IOPS
  Random 4K write: 64GB – 84 IOPS
  Random 4K write: 128GB – 158 IOPS
  Random 4K write: 256GB – 291 IOPS
• Form Factor: 2.5″
• Interface: SATA 1.5Gb/sec. and 3.0Gb/sec.
• Capacity**: 64GB, 128GB, 256GB
• Supports S.M.A.R.T.: Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology
• Storage temperatures: -40° C to 85° C
• Operating temperatures: 0° C to 70° C
• Dimensions: 69.85mm x 100mm x 9.5mm
• Weight: 84 grams
• Vibration operating: 2.7G
• Vibration non-operating: 20G
• Power specs: Active: 2.6W; Idle: 0.15W    
• Life expectancy: 1 million hours MTBF
• Operating Shock: 1500G
• Guaranteed: backed by a three-year Kingston warranty, free tech support

* Based on internal testing across suite of benchmarks.
** Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage.  For more information, please consult Kingston’s Flash Memory Guide at Kingston.com/Flash_Memory_Guide.

Kingston SSDNow V+ Solid-State Drives (stand-alone drive) 
Part Number Capacity and Features
SNV225-S2/64GB 64GB 2.5? SATA SSD
SNV225-S2/128GB 128GB 2.5? SATA SSD ( shipping first in U.S. & Canada, Asia Pacific countries TBC )
SNV225-S2/256GB 256GB 2.5? SATA SSD ( shipping first in U.S. & Canada, Asia Pacific countries TBC )

Product Summary
Manufacturer: Kingston Technology
Product name : Kingston SSDNow V+ Solid-State Drives
RRP for 64GB: A$445, NZ$$570
RRP for 128GB: TBC
RRP for 256GB: TBC
Website: www.kingston.com/anz
Australian Distributors:  Avnet Australia Pty Ltd, Ingram Micro, Simms International Pty Ltd., Synnex Australia PTY Ltd.
New Zealand Distributors: Ingram Micro NZ, Synnex NZ

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To find out if your Kingston product is genuine, Kingston also provides an online verification site: www.kingston.com/asia/verify.
To try the game “Search for Genuine Kingston”, please go to http://anti-counterfeit.kingston-blog.com.

About Kingston Technology Company, Inc.
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Kingston designs, manufactures and distributes memory products for desktops, laptops, servers, printers, and Flash memory products for PDAs, mobile phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players. Through its global network of subsidiaries and affiliates, Kingston has manufacturing facilities in California, Taiwan, China, Malaysia and sales representatives in the United States, Taiwan, China, India, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Europe, Russia, Turkey, and Latin America. For more information, please visit www.kingston.com/anz.

Kingston and the Kingston logo are registered trademarks of Kingston Technology Corporation. All rights reserved. All other marks may be the property of their respective titleholders.

Charge your iPhone, iPod, MP3 and other mobile phones in your car

(Tuggerah, NSW) – August 11, 2009 – Belkin’s new Micro Auto Charger with Charge Sync Cable, charges your iPhone, iPod, MP3, and other mobile phones in your car, making it convenient to power up a dead phone or iPod. The Micro Auto Charger is packaged in a compact design and adds no extra bulk to your dashboard. Sitting nearly flush with your dashboard, the Micro Auto Charger still allows room on its lip for you to easily detach it from your dashboard and now includes a USB charge sync cable for your iPhone and iPod.

Features
• Quick-charge USB port for the fastest possible charge
• Charge Sync Cable for iPhone and iPod
• Runs flush to the dashboard to eliminate interference
• LED power indicator – lets you know its charging
• Compatible with most USB charging devices including iPhone, iPod, and mobile phones
• Output DC 5V/1A, Input 12Vdc

Marks 500,000 LinkScanner Downloads Since Launch; Prevents Bad Guys from Forming New Botnets 

Melbourne, Tuesday 12 August 2009 – AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd, the Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific distributor of the world’s most frequently downloaded free anti-virus software, today announced the half-millionth download of AVG LinkScanner® software, a free product that protects consumers against web-based security threats and prevents their computers from being recruited for botnets like the ones that brought down Twitter and Facebook last week.

AVG LinkScanner Free Edition 8.5 for Windows is designed specifically to protect against Trojans, spyware, rootkits and other malware that tries to steal your private information via compromised web pages, where the bulk of computer infections are happening today. This includes backdoors that are created by infections that allow botnets the ability to access a computer.

LinkScanner provides an additional, invisible layer of protection that lets you search and surf the Web safely. Moreover, this protection is provided in real-time, which is the only way consumers can stay protected against transient threats — 60 percent of which last less than a day before moving on to another site — that occur even on well known and trusted websites.

“A few years ago we had the bad guys almost beaten by blocking their attacks with firewalls, email scanning engines and some simple heuristics. But then they created ways to exploit the websites that we all visit with a trusted browser,” said Lloyd Borrett, AVG (AU/NZ) Marketing Manager.

“The cyber criminals have become so good at it that even a trained eye can’t tell when a web page might be harvesting your private information or dropping some attack code onto your computer. That changed the game. AVG LinkScanner was created specifically to spot web-borne malware and alert computer users to hostile web pages. In real-time.”

In keeping with AVG’s promise to keep the Internet safe for all, AVG offers LinkScanner free for home use. AVG also lets LinkScanner work alongside most existing security software already present on consumers’ computers. This includes competitors’ software.

“We’re doing our part to stop the spread of cyberthreats; 500,000 customers protected by LinkScanner means that roughly eleven new botnets won’t be formed,” continued Borrett. “So, LinkScanner customers, go ahead and click where you want — we’ll keep you and the Internet safe.”

Where to Download

AVG LinkScanner Free Edition 8.5 for Windows can be can be downloaded free as a stand-alone product from http://www.avgfree.com.au. LinkScanner is also included as part of many of AVG’s home security products http://www.avg.com.au/index.cfm?section=avg&action=home_and_office_security and business security products http://www.avg.com.au/index.cfm?section=avg&action=business_and_enterprise_security. It is also included with AVG Free, which is AVG’s free basic anti-virus solution for home users.

Support is available through a free online forum hosted by AVG at http://freeforum.avg.com.

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About AVG Technologies – www.avg.com
AVG is a global security software maker protecting more than 80 million consumers and small businesses in 167 countries from the ever-growing incidence of web threats, viruses, spam, cyber-scams and hackers on the Internet. AVG has nearly two decades of experience in combating cyber crime and one of the most advanced laboratories for detecting, pre-empting and combating Web-borne threats from around the world. Its free, downloadable software allows novice users to have basic anti-virus protection and then easily upgrade to greater levels of safety and defense when they are ready.

About AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd — www.avg.com.au  

Based in Melbourne, AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd distributes the AVG range of Anti-Virus and Internet Security products in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. AVG software solutions provides comprehensive real-time protection against everything from viruses, spam, spyware, adware, worms, Trojans, phishing and exploits to cyber-criminals, hackers, scammers and identity thieves. AVG provides outstanding technical solutions and exceptional value for home, small to medium business and enterprise clients. AVG delivers always-on, always up-to-date protection across desktops, servers and e-mail in the home plus corporations, government agencies, utilities and educational institutions.

AVG products actively protect more than 80 million users worldwide, including more than three million users in Australia and New Zealand.

AVG (AU/NZ) has more than 2400 resellers across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment confirms The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest will launch in Australia in autumn 2010 on Wii™, Nintendo DS™, PlayStation®2 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system.  The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest is the first videogame offering an authentic The Lord of the Rings gameplay experience designed for all ages to enjoy. 

In The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest, players assume the role of Aragorn to take on his greatest quests from The Lord of the Rings trilogy.  Wielding a sword, shield, bow and spear, fans will battle enemies, lead armies and journey through a colorful and fresh rendition of Middle-earth. Players can even switch between spear and sword on horseback; taking down evil foes in an action-packed gameplay experience.  Two-player co-op gameplay featuring Gandalf allows kids, families and friends to work together in the heart of the action. 

The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest is being developed for Wii™ by Headstrong Games and for Nintendo DS™, PlayStation®2 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system by TT Fusion.

“Flipnote Studio” software for the Nintendo DSi™ Hatena and Nintendo Cooperatively Develop
User Generated Content Service for the Global Marketplace Japan’s popular Flipnote Hatena animation/video sharing online service for the Nintendo DSi™

Hatena Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Kyoto, Japan, President & CEO Junya Kondo) is one of Japan’s leading web service providers with over 1,000,000 users, that developed one of Japan’s first online blogging services and operates Japan’s most popular social bookmarking service. Hatena is recognised as a cutting edge developer of the next generation of web services and its unique ability to quickly develop new technologies, as well as for hiring many of Japan’s most talented software engineers.

In December 2008, Hatena began working with Nintendo Co. , Ltd., also based in Kyoto, Japan, to cooperatively develop Flipnote Hatena, the world’s first Internet based user generated content service for the Nintendo DSi™ (named Ugomemo Hatena for the Japanese market). Flipnote Hatena is an animation/video sharing website for users of the free software title Flipnote Studio (called Ugoku Memocho in Japan) exclusively for the Nintendo DSi™.

The Flipnote Hatena service has been enjoying great popularity since its launch in Japan, with over 1,000,000 uploads during the first 6 months of operation. At this time, Hatena and Nintendo are pleased to announce the expansion and localisation of the Flipnote Hatena service for Australian/New Zealand and European release on August 14, 2009. The website will be viewable in 6 languages including English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. An online service that works together with Flipnote Studio

Flipnote Studio is a software title for the Nintendo DSi™ that can be downloaded for free of charge. Flipnote Studio allows users to easily draw flipbook-like animated clips with sound by using the Nintendo DSi™ stylus, or create animations by importing photos taken with the Nintendo DSi™ Camera application. Users can upload, download and share their completed animations via the Internet by accessing the Flipnote Hatena website (http://flipnote.hatena.com/) directly from the Nintendo DSi™ application.

Free, safe, easy-to-use and family oriented: Flipnote Hatena

Flipnote Hatena is a free, safe and easy-to-use online service that allows users to upload their clips to the Internet to share with friends, family and the whole world. Users of the website can easily flag contents for removal which violate the community guidelines or are otherwise socially unacceptable in order to maintain a safe environment for users of all ages. Clips are divided into separate channels organised by themes for easy uploading and viewing, including a Beginner’s Channel. Animated clips uploaded to the service are ranked and listed by their popularity, and users can communicate interactively by adding handwritten comments to clips and “Stars” to show their appreciation of other users’ clips. In Japan Flipnote Hatena is popular with all ages of users including children, and the service offers children a easy, safe way to connect their Nintendo DSi™ to the Internet to upload clips and enjoy the service together with their parents.

Download Flipnote Studio for free on Nintendo DSiWare and start sharing your cartoon creations

12 August 2009 – If you’ve ever wanted to create your own cartoons or animated movies, then head over to the Nintendo DSi Shop, as Flipnote Studio launches on 14 August in Australia and New Zealand on Nintendo DSiWare – and is downloadable for free!

Do you remember seeing old-fashioned flip-pads when you were a child? You draw a sequence of images, one per page. Flicking through the pages at speed creates the illusion of movement – which is exactly how cartoons are made today.

Flipnote Studio is an application which allows you to create these animations on your Nintendo DSi! Of course, you could use it just as an electronic notepad, allowing you to quickly save handwritten and even vocal memos – but why stop there? Get your creative juices flowing – Flipnote Studio is a virtual animation studio where you can create short animated sketches called Flipnotes. These can then be shared online via a special service accessible with the Nintendo DSi: Flipnote Hatena.

Using the Flipnote Hatena with Nintendo Wi-Fi connection, you are free to trade, grade and save animations from all Flipnote Studio users. It is even possible to continue a Flipnote created by another user. User-created Flipnotes can also be watched, evaluated and commented on devices such as a PC via the Nintendo DSi: Flipnote Hatena website. (http://flipnote.hatena.com/)

One single Flipnote animation can have hundreds of frames, meaning there is plenty of scope to get creative – but the software remains simple to use and no technical knowledge is required in order to create an animation.

The tools are very simple – a pen, eraser and paint brush, with three colours available: black, red and blue. You can adjust the speed of the Flipnote, copy and paste pages or ‘frames’ and even import photos as black and white images from the Nintendo DSi Camera Album.

Once an image is imported, its contrast and saturation can be adjusted using a slider system for different visual effects and an outline effect can be applied to make an image made up of outlines, as if drawn into the software. Use the Nintendo DSi’s microphone to record sounds for your Flipnote, such as music, speech or sound effects… Then you are ready to show and share your creation with your friends and family!

There are some additional tools for expert users – such as layering, shrinking, enlarging and advanced recording – and you can save your animation to an SD card to play on a friend’s Nintendo DSi.
Two users of Flipnote Studio may share Flipnotes using the Wireless Communication feature of the Nintendo DSi, and when Flipnotes have been shared between users, they can save each other as friends on the Nintendo DSi system and on Flipbook Hatena.

Head over to the Nintendo DSi Shop on 14 August, download Flipnote Studio for free and start creating your own cartoons!

OUT OF THIS WORLD!
Race To Witch Mountain stars Alexander Ludwig and AnnaSophia Robb take us on an intergalactic voyage of discovery. Want the lowdown on UFOs, aliens and outer space? You got it!

First things first… Have you guys ever seen a UFO?
AnnaSophia: I think it’s really fun to believe in UFOs and aliens, but I haven’t experienced anything like that. I’m sure I know someone who thinks they’ve seen a UFO, though!
Alexander: Hey, are you talking about me?

Why? Have you seen a UFO, Alexander?
Alexander: Well, I was showing someone the Race To Witch Mountain trailer on the computer in my dad’s office the other day. I looked out of the window and I’m so sure I saw something! It was a clear sky, but this light started bouncing around the clouds.

Really?
Alexander: I’m not joking – and I’m not crazy! I thought it could be a reflection on buildings, but it was moving weirdly. It was especially trippy because I’d just seen the trailer to our alien movie. It was very strange.

How interested are you in the universe and outer space?
AnnaSophia: I love it!
Alexander: I like to think about where the universe stops. It’s so weird! How can the universe stop? Does it reach a brick wall or something? If that’s the case, what’s behind the brick wall? It’s such an amazing concept.
AnnaSophia: The universe just keeps expanding – but that seems impossible. It’s so weird, but wonderful.

Why is the galaxy so interesting?
Alexander: Because nobody knows too much about it. When you’re looking up at the stars, there are endless possibilities. There’s so much that hasn’t been explored. I always get a weird feeling in my stomach when I think about it.
AnnaSophia: Me too. I feel so small in comparison to the universe. There’s such a fascination with it because there’s so much we don’t know about it. You can believe anything you want because nobody can really disprove it.

Would you like to zoom off into outer space?
Alexander: It would be an amazing experience to take a flight into space.
AnnaSophia: That would be so cool! I’m studying astronomy in Science at school right now – and I’m loving it. Being an astronaut would be crazy. I’d be terrified, but I would love the experience.

What part of the galaxy would you most like to explore?
Alexander: When I’m 80 or something, I really want to get in touch with NASA and say, ‘Send me through a black hole!’ I want to see what happens. I’ve always been fascinated with black holes because nobody knows what they are. By the time I’m 80, I’ll be up for it. I don’t know why nobody hasn’t done it before.

Maybe you can save up some money and build your own spaceship?
Alexander: Wow! Now, that’s a good idea. Didn’t a Russian guy pay $20million to go into space? I would love to do that.

What supernatural powers would you most like to have?
AnnaSophia: I think my character’s powers of telekinesis are pretty awesome in the movie. I can move objects with my mind, which would be a great skill to have. My character can read minds, which is also pretty handy.

What about you, Alexander?
Alexander: I’d love to fly. I’m always flying in my dreams, so sign me up for super flying lessons any day!

Did you have to research aliens and the universe for your roles in Race To Witch Mountain?
AnnaSophia: When we started work on the movie, the director showed us a lot of footage about aliens, UFOs and conspiracy theories. He showed us some really cool alien videos to get us pumped up about UFOs.
Alexander: His office looks like it belongs to a 12-year-old boy! There are posters, UFOs and loads of crazy stuff in there, so you’re surrounded by the subject.

That sounds like a lot of fun…
Alexander: It was! We watched loads of documentaries on UFOs, which really make you believe. You really start questioning everything. One of the documentaries said that the universe is so big that it would be really egotistical to think we’re the only living beings. I really think that’s true.
AnnaSophia: There are also some amazing conspiracy theories out there. You know what? Our universe is so big that there has to be something else out there.

Was it difficult to play aliens in the movie?
AnnaSophia: I talked to the director a lot about my character and her powers because no-one really knows what aliens look like or how these powers should be displayed. It was cool because we could just make it up.
Alexander: AnnaSophia’s character has to talk to me through telekinesis, which was very fun to act out. We also had to work together to create our roles because they have to be similar. It was all pretty cool.

Right… So if there are aliens out there in the universe, what do they look like?
AnnaSophia: I have absolutely no idea! My mind goes wild when I think about things like this. I would love to imagine them as changing colors and having mad tentacles. That would be so weird, but very cool – just like Flubber.
Alexander: I wouldn’t want them to look like us because that would be such a letdown. Imagine meeting someone from Mars and they looked just like yourself. It would be disappointing. A Flubber alien is much more fun – and way cooler.

**PLEASE PLUG THE DVD RELEASE OF RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN ON THE FEATURE**

Hannah Montana: The Movie
Available in a Three-Disc Blu-Ray™ Hi-Def Combo Pack, Two-Disc DVD Set and Single-Disc DVD

Watch your Hannah Montana: The Movie DVD or Blu-Ray in the living room and your DisneyFile Digital Copy on the go! Available to own from 21 October 2009.

Teen superstar Miley Cyrus brings her wildly popular Disney Channel alter ego home to Tennessee when Hannah Montana: The Movie comes to Blu-ray™ Hi-Def and DVD from 21 October. The first-ever full-length Hannah Montana theatrical movie is available for a limited time only in a Three-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack that includes the film in both Blu-ray and DVD formats, as well as Two-Disc and Single-Disc DVD editions. Both the Blu-ray Combo Pack and Two-Disc DVD include DisneyFile, a digital copy of the movie that can be viewed on an array of electronic devices.

She has the best of both worlds but now she has to choose just one in Hannah’s first ever full-length movie, Hannah Montana: The Movie!

Your favourite Hannah Montana cast members and some new soon-to-be favourites are all here for Hannah Montana: The Movie. Starring Miley Cyrus, Billy-Ray Cyrus and Emily Osment along with newcomer Lucas Till, Hannah Montana: The Movie is a fabulously fun and heartfelt family movie with great role models and positive messages. 

When Miley Stewart’s pop star alter-ego Hannah Montana starts to get too big for her designer-cowboy boots, her father Robby-Ray Stewart, played by Miley’s real-life dad Billy-Ray Cyrus, sends her back to her hometown in Tennessee for a dose of reality. For the first time, Miley has to learn to live without the superstar Hollywood life and be happy within herself in a coming-of-age adventure filled with fun, laughter and romance even Hannah Montana couldn’t imagine. Will Miley hang up her blonde wig forever and close the curtain on her double life? 
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Come along for the ride as Miley is forced to leave behind the glamour of Hollywood and rediscover her roots, while having the adventure of a lifetime, with the help of some special friends including Tyra Banks as a Hollywood rival and Vanessa Williams as Miley’s publicist. This family movie event also includes special music performances from Taylor Swift and Rascal Flats!

ROCKIN’ BONUS FEATURES

The Three-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack, Two-Disc and single DVD include the following bonus features:
• New Music Video
• Find Your Way Back Home – Miley, Emily, Billy Ray, and other cast members share with us “THEIR” hometowns: the people, places & things that make them special. We’ll go to a pottery class with Miley & her sister, visit their favourite ice cream shop and other haunts around the Franklin Tennessee Town Square. Billy Ray saddles up his iron horse to show viewers a firsthand account of the beauty a country town like Thompson’s Station Tennessee has to offer. But not everyone is from a small country town. Emily will show us what it’s like to grow up in the entertainment Mecca we like to call Hollywood. Perhaps it will inspire us all to find a little reason to brag of our own hailing?
• I Should Have Gone to Film School – Jason Earles is more than Miley’s big brother on TV.  He is quite the accomplished actor. Here he will put his talents to use by interviewing cast & crew and giving us a true behind the scenes look at how this movie was made. He’ll cover the fashion, the music, the stars, lights, camera…action!
• Bloopers 
• Deleted Scenes with Director Commentary  

PLUS the Three-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack includes these exclusive additional bonus features:
• The HoeDown ThrowDown Home Experience – everyone in the movie has to learn to do it, and now you can too.  Famed choreographer Jamal Sims and some of the Hannah Montana cast will show us all step by step how to do the dance everyone is talking about.
• 7 Music Videos 

AVAILABLE OPTIONS

Available from 21 October, Hannah Montana: The Movie comes in the new 3 Disc Combo Pack which allows you 3 ways to watch the movie.  
– 3-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack which includes, Blu Ray + DVD + DisneyFile Digital Copy
RRP $64.95 (Includes $115 value!)
– 2-Disc DVD Pack, which includes, DVD + Disney-first DisneyFile Digital Copy
RRP $49.95 
– 1-Disc DVD edition
RRP $39.95
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About DisneyFile Digital Copy

Watch your DVD or Blu-Ray in the living room and your DisneyFile Digital Copy on the go! Simply insert the DisneyFile Digital Copy disc in your PC or Mac, then transfer and watch the movie on your computer, video iPods, iPhone or compatible Windows Media devices. DisneyFile offers consumers a fast and easy way to enjoy movies, anywhere, anytime in just minutes.

The second developer diary for Assassin’s Creed II is now available to either view or download. This entry takes a look at the different factions, as well as the economic system in the game. 

To download: http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/emea/videos/download/uk/AC2_DevDiary2_uk_Download_720p.zip

 To view: http://videos.uk.ubi.com/index.php?video=0g9i80rk

Assassin’s Creed® II is the follow-up to the title that became the fastest-selling new IP in video game history.  The highly anticipated title features a new hero, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, a young Italian noble, and a new era, the Renaissance.  Assassin’s Creed II retains the core game play experience that made the first opus a resounding success and features new experiences that will surprise and challenge players. 

Assassin’s Creed II is an epic story of family, vengeance and conspiracy set in the pristine, yet brutal, backdrop of a Renaissance Italy. Ezio befriends Leonardo da Vinci, takes on Florence’s most powerful families and ventures throughout the canals of Venice where he learns to become a master assassin

Milton Keynes, 11th August 2009 – On Thursday 13 August, 505 Games, in collaboration with 1C Company, will give fans eagerly awaiting the 3 September release of IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey the chance to watch the game being demoed live by members of the team through popular social networking site Twitter via UStream.

The demo session will be hosted by Mark Allen, European Communications Manager for 505 Games, who will guide viewers through a selection of some of the fifty missions available in the game that take place in locations as diverse as Battle of Britain, Stalingrad and the Battle of the Bulge. An exclusive UStream channel (http://www.ustream.tv) has been created to broadcast the demo to attendees who will be able to engage in live chat with other viewers throughout.

A Q&A session will also follow the demonstration to give fans the chance to pose questions to the developers on the inner workings of the title. For anyone who misses the event as it happens, all chat posts, questions and answers will include the hashtag #IL2LiveDemo for easy reference. The demo session will go live from 9:30pm AEST on Thursday 13 August. For further updates and details on how to view the live stream please refer to http://twitter.com/IL2BirdsOfPrey

About IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey

Based around large-scale aerial combat over the ground-based military operations of World War II, variety is at the heart of the action in IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey. Players participate in the most famous confrontations of the era piloting fighters, battle planes or heavy bombers across a range of missions. There are 6 theatres of war in which to engage – The Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, Berlin, Sicily, the Battle of the Bulge and Korsun – representing the main airborne battles of World War II in Europe.

As well as taking environmental and landscape visuals to new heights by incorporating satellite technology, IL-2 also boasts a tangible damage effects engine. Players will see real-time damage to the aircraft such as holes in the wings and trail lines during dogfights.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey will be published by 505 Games in collaboration with 1C Company on 3rd September for Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo DS and PSP. For all the latest information visit the official website at www.il2game.com or follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/IL2BirdsOfPrey