Friday 2^nd September 2011—SEGA® of Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, today launch Samurai BloodShow™, an action tower defense game for iPhone®, iPad,® and iPod® touch. Eager generals must build an army of katana-wielding warriors, horsemen and sorcerers and mobilize them strategically to defend their honor in twelfth-century feudal Japan.

Shed the blood of enemy armies across 100 different levels. Deploy your warriors strategically defend your army general. Winning a battle means winning more powerful warriors with which to build your deck. In a hurry to get ahead? Purchase both rare and common cards with In-App Payments to build a formidable team as quickly as possible. Then test your army’s might in a face off against close rivals via a local Bluetooth® connection or challenge a mysterious opponent online via Wi-Fi.

Army commanders with iOS devices running on iOS 4 or higher can march their soldiers over to the iTunes App Store today to pick up Samurai BloodShow for a limited-time low price of $1.99 AUD.

For more information on Samurai BloodShow and other upcoming SEGA titles, please visit www.sega.com

Expect a month long celebration with events and rewards for all players

September 1, 2011 – Foster City, Calif. – Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a wholly owned US subsidiary of Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD), is celebrating the third anniversary of Perfect World International, its flagship MMORPG with visually stunning graphics and unparalleled character customization on September 2. With plans to directly involve its growing community of more than 50 million players worldwide in this year’s month long celebration, Perfect World International will host various in-game anniversary events, a plethora of prizes and bonus items including experience points, chic fashion sets, as well as rare mounts to reward all players.

As a way to welcome new players into the existing community of veteran players, all those who spend time playing Perfect World International during September 2-4 will be entered into a special raffle to win one of two fabulous prize packs valued at $250 each. The giveaway will include a Logitech G510 gaming keyboard, $10 gaming card, and a limited edition tiger statue of the Barbarian, the most resistant class in the game.

“We are very proud to celebrate this milestone with our community of players and offer goodies to every user, even new players,” said Derick Chan, Product Manager for Perfect World International. “We owe all of the game’s success to the fans that have helped it grow and plan to reward every single player regardless of how long they have been with us. We look forward to celebrating many more Perfect World International birthdays with our wonderful community.”

Already an international phenomenon, Perfect World International continues to grow and evolve with several epic expansions within the past three years, including the two most recent, Genesis and Rising Tide. Just this year, the game has become an even larger international hit by launching two new servers in German and French and hosting its first championship tournament in China between teams from eleven different countries, including USA.

For more details on the three year anniversary festivities, please visit http://pwi.perfectworld.com/2011_anniversary.
For the official rules on the raffle giveaway, please visit http://www.perfectworld.com/blog/?p=312621.

About Perfect World International
Perfect World International has more than 50 million players worldwide and is one of the most successful 3D MMORPGs to ever be released. Perfect World International boasts a level of artistic elegance unlike other games of its genre and offers an immersive online world that players enter free of charge. It features one of the most in-depth character creation interfaces in any game, numerous quests full of lore and an extensive selection of items and fashions.

About Perfect World Entertainment
Perfect World Entertainment, a subsidiary of Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD), publishes free-to-play online games and provides online services in North America.  The Company primarily publishes three-dimensional, or 3D, online games based on the Perfect World proprietary Angelica 3D game engine and game development platform.  The Company’s releases include “Ether Saga Online,” “Jade Dynasty” and “Perfect World International,” a free-to-play MMORPG which is currently played by millions of people worldwide; and a single-player action-RPG “Torchlight.”

Sydney, 1 September, 2011 – Sony Computer Entertainment Australia today revealed a PlayStation®3 (PS3™) sales surge of over 400% in the week following implementation of the recent price drop across the 160GB and 320GB models in Australia. This is based on official NPD Group Australia sales data1 from retailers nationally. 

“This new price point really represents fantastic value for money as PlayStation 3 delivers full HD games, Blu-ray capability, plus music, movies, catch-up TV and more on demand,” said Michael Ephraim, Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Australia.

“Australians love not only games, but also the quality home entertainment PS3 provides. Sales are booming because PlayStation 3 is the best device to connect to your TV, at incredible value, to provide the ultimate home entertainment experience.”

The new recommended retail price of the cutting-edge entertainment device, PlayStation 3, at just RRP $349.95 for 160GB and RRP $449.95 for 320GB model, represents a significant saving of approximately $150 on the former recommend retail price. It was effective in-stores on 22 August, 2011.

Sales momentum is set to continue in the lead up to Christmas with the release of highly anticipated blockbuster titles such as UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception™, Resistance®3 as well as PlayStation Move enabled titles such as DanceStar™ Party from the creators of the smash hit SingStar.

Sydney, Australia – 1 September 2011.    The Nokia N9, which was announced in Australia at the end of June, will be sold through Optus, Telstra, Vodafone and all major retailers[1]. 

The stunning high-end smartphone, which will be available in October 2011, will come in black, blue and pink with a RRP AUD$799.

Gavin Williams, marketing director, Optus Consumer said, “Optus has had a very strong relationship with Nokia over a number of years and we’re excited to continue this with the Nokia N9. Our customers have shown a lot of loyalty to Nokia as a brand and manufacturer of quality products in the past and we expect that to continue with this highly impressive smartphone device.”

“It’s clear that Nokia fans have something quite special to look forward to in the Nokia N9,” said Andrew Volard, director, Telstra Mobile Products. “It’s fast, simple to navigate and features a beautiful design that sets the N9 apart in a crowded smarpthone market. We’re looking forward to making it available to our customers on Australia’s largest and fastest national mobile network.”

“The Nokia N9 is where form meets function- this is a sleek, stylish and highly intuitive smartphone, offering customers a device that looks as good as it feels,” said Ross Parker, general manager of Devices and Pricing at Vodafone. “The N9 will be Nokia’s flagship device for 2011 with good reason, and we are thrilled to be delivering the N9 to our customers on Australia’s best value mobile plan range, Vodafone Infinite.”

The Nokia N9 is all about design and simplicity. It features a 3.9-inch AMOLED panel with a ClearBlack display, which makes the dark bits darker and the colours much more vivid. 

The casing is made from material commonly used in ice hockey helmets and the paint is bled right through the material so the colour remains even if you scratch it. The material also allows for a superior antenna performance which means better reception, better voice quality, fewer dropped calls and a higher GPS accuracy.

The Nokia N9 “all-screen” design means there is no physical home button. Instead, it has touch and swipe gestures which lets you navigate around the homescreen.

The user interface is designed around the things people typically do the most – use apps, socialise and multitask. There are three homescreens, which are arranged in a carousel. The first homescreen is for accessing your apps; the second for social networking, calling, texting and calendar; and the final screen shows which applications are open. The screen can be pinched or zoomed to show either four or nine open app icons.

The Nokia N9 also comes with an 8-megapixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss optics, wide-angle lens, HD video capture and large lens aperture for greater performance even in lowlight conditions. It is also NFC-enabled, which allows the user to share images and videos between devices by simply touching them together.

Rounding the package is Nokia’s free turn-by-turn drive and walk navigation with voice guidance and Nokia Store, which gives you access to the apps you need.

Go to Nokia.com.au/n9 to pre-register.

Telstra customers can register their interest in the Nokia N9 by visiting www. telstra.com.au/n9.

THURSDAY 1^ST SEPTEMBER – Blasting full-on fun from both barrels,  Codemasters announced today that the intense arcade shooter Bodycount is on-sale now in stores across Australia & New Zealand. The launch trailer, demonstrating why Bodycount will make gamers fall in love with firepower, is now showing at http://www.youtube.com/bodycountgame.

Featuring all new gameplay footage, the launch trailer shows how Bodycount’s outrageously overpowered weaponry, dense, intimate environmental ‘shredding’ and intense arcade firefights come together to deliver explosive results. Codemasters Guildford Studio debut game ups the ante for no-nonsense shooter fun; players shred through the game world with their bullets and spectacularly blow enemies through walls as they fight on behalf of The Network to bring down the mysterious ‘Target’.

Inviting gamers to go ballistic, Bodycount is hitting retail today in Australia & New Zealand for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Sign up for the latest news, screens and videos www.facebook.com/bodycountgame and www.twitter.com/bodycountgame.

SEGA® Europe Ltd.  and SEGA® of America, Inc.  today announced that Brick People, a unique arcade title with a blend of physical and digital gameplay, is coming to iPhone®, iPod® touch, and iPad® this spring. Brick People, a new family-friendly game played by stacking actual bricks in front of a video screen, has become a smash hit in arcades. Now, SEGA is bringing the fun of Brick People to mobile touch-screens, allowing new audiences the chance to digitally stack and snack with the game’s hungry little creatures. 

GAME TV’s Sonic Quest 

Have you checked out GAME TV’s Sonic Quest yet? If not this week’s episode is online now! http://www.gametv.com.au/season2

London, UK, Paris, FR and San Francisco, CA (1^st September, 2011) — Wargaming .net is proud to announce starting today. World of Tanks is in retail stores across North America.

World of Tanks is the first and only team-based massively multiplayer online action game dedicated to World War II armored warfare. Throw yourself into epic tank battles with other tank commanders worldwide. A flexible system of authentic vehicle upgrades and development allows you to try any of the vehicles and weapons in the game. Whether you prefer to exhaust your foes with fast and maneuverable light tanks, make deep breaches in enemy lines with all-purpose medium tanks, use the force of giant tanks to eliminate opposing armored forces, or become a heavy sniper with long-range howitzers.

The retail version of critically acclaimed World of Tanks is priced at only $19.99. The box contains the following items for aspiring tank commanders – a $30 value:

• 1 T2 Light Tank
• 1 week premium account
• 1,050,000 credits
• 1,800 gold

World of Tanks can now be found in the following North American retail stores –

About Wargaming.net®
Wargaming.net® is an award-winning online game developer and publisher, incorporated in the UK. Its 270-strong development team is located in Minsk, Belarus. Since 1998, the company has shipped 13 titles, including acclaimed Massive Assault series, Order of War RTS published by Square Enix, and three add-ons for Blitzkrieg II. At the Russian Game Developers Conference (KRI) in 2009 and 2010, Wargaming.net® was named The Best Developer Company from ex-USSR. At KRI 2011 the company was awarded Industry Prize and World of Tanks® won the Best Game Award. The company’s headliner project, World of Tanks®, gained the Guinness World Record for the Most Players on One Server Simultaneously. Currently, Wargaming.net® is developing the next action MMO’s, World of Warplanes and World of Battleships.

Official web site: www.wargaming.net

Australian based games developer Nnooo has announced the release date and price for its upcoming WiiWare™ game escapeVektor: Chapter 1.

The game will be released in The Americas, Europe, Australia and NZ on September 29th and will cost 500 Nintendo Points.

escapeVektor: Chapter 1 is a retro styled arcade game in which the player controls Vektor, an entity trapped inside the player’s CPU. The player has to help Vektor escape and in doing so, avoid enemies sent out by the CPU to track Vektor down. Each enemy type has different hunting patterns and intelligence, and as the player completes the various levels in the game, escape becomes more difficult. New abilities unlock to help the player outwit and destroy the CPU’s army.

“We’ve made a game which we believe will appeal to casual through to more dedicated gamers”, said Nic Watt, Creative Director at Nnooo. “The gameplay is straightforward enough for everyone to pick up but the the game itself becomes increasingly complex, particularly if the player wants to complete all levels without using Detonate, one of Vektor’s abilities. We’ve also included 40 badges for players to collect.”

As the player continues through the game, old code and memories are unlocked which reveal more about Vektor’s past. This chapter will be the first in a series of escapeVektor games which will follow the adventures of Vektor.

“There are 30 levels to play and a medal system which will challenge the most hardcore gamer”, said Watt. “We’ve also gone for that retro arcade feel and backed it up with some great music. In addition, bonus levels open up if you own our other WiiWare game, Pop. We’ll be releasing more details about the game over the coming weeks.”

escapeVektor: Chapter 1 marks a return to WiiWare for Nnooo after the highly successful Pop™, one of only 6 launch titles for WiiWare in the Americas.

For more details on escapeVektor: Chapter 1 visit www.escapeVektor.com.

escapeVektor: Chapter 1 is scheduled for release on WiiWare in The Americas, Europe, Australia and NZ on September 29th for 500 Nintendo Points.
WiiWare is a trademark of Nintendo. © 2011 Nintendo.