Gaming Rigs, Video Cards, And Game Time Up For Grabs! 

Put on your party hats, log in, and help Trion celebrate six months of Rift™. Today marks the beginning of a weeklong half-birthday celebration commemorating six fantastic months of the wildly successful MMORPG. Through August 31^st, subscribers will be treated to substantial in-game bonuses, including extra XP, PvP Prestige and Favor, and a special surprise birthday gift.

Participants also have the chance to win one of three gaming desktops, NVIDIA GTX460 video cards, and six months of game time by participating in the following contests running throughout the week:  

·       Ace of Achievements – Accomplish as many achievements as possible August 25-31 for the chance to win big!   

·       Birthday Bakeoff – Dust off that cake tin and get cracking on an epic confectionary creation! Submit pictures via facebook and the official forums of your most Rift-acular birthday cake.    

·       Screenshot Savant – Submit a screenshot of your character celebrating Rift’s half-birthday in the least appropriate spot (or fashion) for a party in Telara. He or she who parties the hardest wins the prize!

For full contest rules and details please visit https://www.riftgame.com/en/products/half-birthday/subscribers.php.

And whatever you do, DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xWhGqxfBnI

-The Human Revolution Begins in European and PAL Territories- 

Sydney, AUSTRALIA – August 25, 2011 – Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products , today announces DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION™ is now available at European and PAL retailers.

The return of one of the most revered video game franchises of all time, DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION is an action RPG that offers open-ended, hybrid gameplay. The game is playable today on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Windows® PC platforms and Steam®.

 “With the release of DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION, Eidos-Montreal has reached a huge milestone in the development and delivery of our first game,” said Stephane D’Astous, general manager of Eidos-Montreal. “We could not be more proud of DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION and are incredibly excited for gamers to finally be able to experience this captivating story and unique, unparalleled gameplay.”

Already receiving critical acclaim, including a score of 10 out of 10 from Official Xbox Magazine, DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION offers players multiple and vastly different ways to play. Challenging the foundations of gaming, this video game provides an immersive experience where every choice has a lasting consequence. DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION weaves a deeply emotive and captivating story, taking place in the year 2027– a time of great innovation in neuroprosthetics, but also a time of chaos, conspiracy and a new social divide. Gamers play as Adam Jensen, a man cybernetically augmented against his own choice, who finds himself in the middle of a mysterious, global plot to which he holds the key.

KEY FEATURES

? A legend reborn: DEUS EX® makes its much?anticipated return delivering players an unmatched gaming experience

? Ultimate fusion of action and role-play: A unique combination of action-packed close-quarter takedowns and intense shooting, offering a vast array of augmentations and upgrades for the many weapons at your disposal

? Multi-solution structure: Choose how to accomplish each mission using combat, hacking, stealth or social mode to create a customized experience to suit any gaming style.

? Choice and consequence: Live in a reactive world in which a multitude of approaches, paths, and tools are at the player’s disposal- each choice resulting in a consequence that affects the game dynamics and story

? Diverse customization: Engage in combat and challenges utilizing deep, specialized character augmentations and weapon upgrades

? Unique visual design: Become immersed in a Cyber Renaissance setting that masterfully blends near future and Renaissance era styles

? Explore the world: Traverse numerous locales across the globe — each with its own distinct art direction — in Adam’s search to uncover a worldwide conspiracy

DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION is available in standard and the limited Augmented and Collector’s editions. The Collector’s Edition features a bevy of content, including:

• Highly collectable Adam Jensen action figurine designed by Play Arts Kai
• Explosive Mission Pack: An entirely new mission with a special cameo appearance from one of the original DEUS EX characters
• Exclusive in-game weapons: Automatic Unlocking Device, M-28 Utility Remote-Detonated Explosive Device (UR-DED), Linebacker G-87 multiple shot grenade launcher, Huntsman Silverback Double-Barrel Shotgun, SERSR Longsword Whisperhead silenced sniper rifle
• 10,000 extra credits to buy or upgrade weapons
• DVD featuring a 44-minute “making of” special, 30-minute game soundtrack, motion-comic (adapted from DC Comics’ official series), E3 trailer and animated storyboard
•  40-page art book

For more information about Deus Ex: Human Revolution visit www.deusex.com and join the human revolution at http://www.facebook.com/DeusEx. To purchase officially licensed Deus Ex: Human Revolution clothing and accessories, check out: www.deusex-store.com

I am Space Marine

Demo

Sydney, Australia – August 25 2011 – Leading interactive entertainment specialists QV Software are now the official distributor in Australia and New Zealand for Deep Silver’s action/adventure puzzle title Catherine.  

Catherine will be released in Australia and New Zealand. A confirmed release date is TBA 2011. 

About QVS

As a leading interactive entertainment specialist across Australia and New Zealand, QVS is a privately owned independent software and accessories distributor that has operated in Australia for over ten years providing quality, innovative interactive software titles and accessories. The company’s main objective is to provide its clients and customers with software products and accessories that deliver a highly satisfying entertainment experience. QVS distributes products from a wide range of publishers for a variety of demographics including lifestyle, office, productivity, education and games. QVS feature titles and products from the following well-known brands: Avanquest, Focus Home Interactive, Focus Multimedia, Easy Interactive, Koch Media, Licensed4U, NCsoft, Nero, Trion Worlds, Turtle Beach, PDP, White Room plus many more. www.qvsoftware.com.au

About Catherine

Falling for this girl might be hazardous to your health… Vincent likes his girlfriend. Katherine’s pretty, smart, and successful. Trouble is, she‘s starting to talk about long- term commitment, something Vincent‘s spent his entire life avoiding. Since romantic complications are the last thing he wants to deal with, Vincent meets his friends for their regular night of drinks. Little does he know that he‘s about to be blindsided by a beautiful, seductive, irresistible freight train named Catherine.

Suddenly, he‘s hung over in bed next to the most beautiful woman he‘s ever seen, unsure about the previous night‘s events. Was it just making out, he wonders, or did something more serious happen between them? Should he tell Katherine? Will he ever see Catherine again? Vincent‘s about to find that a stumble on the staircase of love can turn into a horrific, fatal plummet…

Vincent‘s waking fears, doubts, pressures, and growing guilt about commitment and fidelity now follow him into his dreams, manifesting as horribly disfigured monsters and a ticking clock. The player must navigate Vincent through heavy moral decisions. As in real life, hardly anything is black and white. Someone‘s going to get hurt! The Nightmare of Your Dreams-Under the watch of producer Katsura Hashino, acclaimed director of Persona 3 and Persona 4, famed character artist Shigenori Soejima and master composer Shoji Meguro create sights and sounds unlike anything else. Local versus and co-op multiplayer modes, in addition to leader boards, ensure that the many thrills and horrors of racing through twisted stages can be enjoyed by more than one player.

SPY mouse is two years in the making from local Australian developer, Firemint™, the creator of worldwide hits Flight Control™ and the first of the developer’s games to be published by EA Mobile. SPY mouse for iPhone and iPod touch builds on the intuitive line-drawing mechanics pioneered by Flight Control and follows the increasingly outlandish adventures of Agent Squeak™, a wily yet charismatic mouse convinced of his secret agent credentials.

Players must guide Agent Squeak through a variety of remarkable locations from quiet suburbia to haunted neighborhoods using power-ups, zany gadgets and stealth to complete his dairy-driven objectives. Cunning opponents, from domesticated tabbies to phantasmal felines, will stop at nothing to keep Squeak away from his precious, delicious cheese.

 Can the world’s smallest hero prevail in one of iPhone’s biggest games? His fate’s in your hands!

• Sneak, scamper and snack your way through 70+ deviously challenging levels!
• Six unique worlds, full of adventure, each with their own diabolical hench-cat to outwit.
• Run circles around your feline foes using all manner of zany gadgets, gizmos and power-ups!
• Cat trouble? Recruit the help of the exotic Kiska and get your mission back on track.
• Forever fun with achievements, secret levels and thrilling, action-packed updates!

More information about SPY mouse for iPhone and iPod Touch can be found at www.eamobile.com. Press assets can be found on http://info.ea.com.

GAME Australia is on a mission to collect the world’s most famous hedgehog’s catalogue of games 

Thursday 25^th August 2011– SEGA® Australia Pty Ltd and GAME Australia Pty Ltd are excited to reveal details for The Amazing Sonic Quest. In celebration of Sonic’s 20^th Anniversary year and the upcoming release of Sonic Generations™ launching in November 2011, SEGA Australia and GAME Australia have partnered together to launch The Amazing Sonic Quest which challenges fans to participate in the ultimate Sonic hunt with the final collection of games to be auctioned off for charity.

In order to take part in the quest, Sonic fans and gamers alike need to delve into their archives of gaming nostalgia to unearth any one of the fourty five classic Sonic games which are listed on the GAME website http://www.game.com.au/sonicchecklist2. Participants are required to donate their treasured Sonic game to GAME employee and funny man ‘ED’ for review.  In return, participants will receive a $50 GAME voucher redeemable at any GAME store Australia wide as well as a retail copy of Sonic Generations™ on a platform of their choice when it launches in November.

The Amazing Sonic Quest will run over fourteen consecutive weeks and is already in the third week running. The latest episode features NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne AKA ‘The Hayne Plane’, who admits to being a huge Sonic fan. All episodes can be viewed here http://www.gametv.com.au . Once all fourty five Sonic games have been found, GAME will hold an auction open to the public with proceeds to be donated to Variety PTY LTD.

Sonic Generations™ will be available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation^®3 computer entertainment system and Nintendo 3DS system in November 2011. For more information please visit www.sonicthehedgehog.com/generations.

New Cloud-Based Music Service Makes Music a Social Experience

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced BBM™ Music, a new BBM (BlackBerry® Messenger) service for socially connected music fans.

BBM Music is an easy-to-use cloud-based service that enables social and viral music discovery by allowing users to build an evolving, community-based music library that is shared amongst their BBM Music friends. The size of the music library continues to grow as new friends join the community and each user can select music from a catalogue with millions of songs from leading music companies – Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI.

“More than 45 million customers already love the social communication benefits delivered through BBM and we are thrilled to be extending the experience into a uniquely social and interactive music service,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “We have partnered with leading music companies to provide a ‘full track’ music sharing and discovery experience that will provide users with quality music on demand and allow them to connect with friends on a whole new level.” 

Key features of BBM Music include:

• Music made social – BBM Music is a cloud-based, social music service that allows you to share and discover music with your friends, creating a continually evolving music library:

  o Build a personal music profile with 50 of your favourite songs. You can refresh your profile by swapping out up to 25 songs each month.

  o Invite your BBM friends to subscribe to BBM Music and to join your BBM Music Community.

  o With each friend that is added to BBM Music, you grow your music collection since the songs from the profile of each BBM Music friend are available to you at any time.

  o Up to 50 tracks from your personal profile are shared with your BBM Music Community, and each member of your community shares up to 50 songs from their profile with you.

  o Enjoy a truly social community-based music experience – the more friends who join your community, the more songs you can listen to.

  o Easily discover music that your BBM Music friends are listening to, and comment on your friends’ songs and playlists.

  o You can create multiple playlists from music in your profile as well as all of your friends’ profiles, and with one click you can shuffle the entire collection of music from your BBM Music Community. You can even see which friend contributed each song while it plays.

  o Within your BBM Music app, you also see a visual timeline that shows the recent updates of all users within your community. It gives you a chronological view of community updates, including who added new friends, which songs were added or removed, which playlists were created and what comments were made by your BBM Music friends.

• Listen to Full Tracks – BBM Music subscribers can listen to full tracks from their friends’ profiles – not just previews.
• Offline Listening – Music can be saved to smartphones for offline listening, allowing users to access songs even when they don’t have wireless coverage.
• Topping the Charts – Keep track of how many friends are listening to your tracks.

Omnifone, a premier cloud music service provider, is providing RIM with a back-end solution for the BBM Music service that provides content management, music hosting and reporting functions based on Omnifone’s award winning technology. As part of RIM’s proprietary service, Omnifone’s back-end solution helps facilitate the delivery of a full music catalogue to BBM Music users and comprehensive compensation reporting for copyright holders.

“A major component of online music continues to be about community, and the ability to discover new artists and music through word of mouth,” stated Rob Wells, President of Global Digital Business for Universal Music Group. “BBM Music dynamically and elegantly integrates the excitement of this social music discovery process with a high quality music service, enabling tens of millions of BlackBerry users to experience new music and to share those experiences with their friends virtually anywhere and at anytime.” 

 “We are pleased to be partnering with Research In Motion on their BBM Music service. RIM and its large base of BlackBerry Messenger users represent an exciting platform for expanding the reach of commercial digital music around the world,” stated Thomas Hesse, President, Global Digital Business, U.S. Sales and Corporate Strategy, Sony Music Entertainment. “The combination of a premium music solution and instant messaging will enable viral music discovery and emphasise the social power of digital music. It also offers an effective way of serving younger consumers by integrating music into the fabric of an important hub of their digital activity.”

“A dynamic social music experience is a powerful way for our artists to connect with fans and also for fans to discover music by interacting with each other,” said Michael Nash, Executive Vice President, Digital Strategy & Business Development, Warner Music Group. “Addressing more than 45 million BlackBerry Messenger users with a service tailor-made for its mobile community, BBM Music has the opportunity to reach a broad and engaged audience.”

“We are very excited to work with Research In Motion to bring our artists’ music to BBM’s huge and very loyal user base,” said Mark Piibe, Executive Vice President of Global Business Development at EMI Music. “BBM Music’s unique social discovery experience offers fans a great new way to discover music, share their favorite tracks with their friends and build a stronger connection with the artists they love.”
 
“The widespread adoption of mobile devices provides the perfect foundation for consuming and sharing music. Brands that want to deliver a unique interactive experience must create services that are mobile, social, and contextual,” said Maribel Lopez Principal at Lopez Research and Constellation Research Group.

A closed beta trial of the BBM Music service is starting today in Canada, the United States and the UK. The BBM Music service is expected to be commercially available to customers later this year for a monthly subscription of $4.99 USD* in Australia, Canada, Columbia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, the United Kingdom and the United States.

For more information about BBM Music, and to sign up to be notified of its availability in your country, please visit www.blackberry.com/bbmmusic.

* Pricing may vary by country and will be announced upon availability in each country. Data charges may apply if music is downloaded over wireless networks in conjunction with limited data plans. Check with your network operator for the terms of your data plan. 

About Research In Motion
Research In Motion (RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, revolutionised the mobile industry with the introduction of the BlackBerry® solution in 1999. Today, BlackBerry products and services are used by millions of customers around the world to stay connected to the people and content that matter most throughout their day. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. RIM is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

Forward-looking statements in this news release are made pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws.  When used herein, words such as “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”,  “may”,  “will”, “should”, “intend,” “believe”, and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by RIM in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that RIM believes are appropriate in the circumstances.  Many factors could cause RIM’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including those described in the “Risk Factors” section of RIM’s Annual Information Form, which is included in its Annual Report on Form 40-F (copies of which filings may be obtained atwww.sedar.com or www.sec.gov).  These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on RIM’s forward-looking statements.  RIM has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. RIM, Research In Motion and BlackBerry are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be pending or registered in other countries. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. RIM assumes no obligations or liability and makes no representation, warranty, endorsement or guarantee in relation to any aspect of any third party products or services.

Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH today released the first of two free demos for the forthcoming PES 2012. 

The demo is available free of charge* for PlayStation(R)3 via PlayStation(R)Network and for PC from http://dl.pes2012demo.konamionline.com/pes2012demo/PES2012DEMO.zip. The Xbox 360(R) demo will be released via Xbox LIVE Marketplace in September. This is due to unforeseen issues. 

The demo is not representative of the final game, but KONAMI wanted to offer users the chance to experience the new gameplay advances, and Active AI and Off the Ball and Teammate Control systems as early as possible. A second demo based on the final, retail version of the game will follow in September.

DOMINATION IS YOUR GOAL. WORDS ARE YOUR WEAPONS!

A Vast Vocabulary and Quick Wits Will Help Players Square Off In A War of Words 

Los Angeles/London – August 25, 2011– UTV Ignition Games, together with developer Denki is pleased to announce the release of Quarrel on iOS devices.

Quarrel is a word game which combines the need for quick thinking, dictionary smarts, and a lot of guile. Whether you choose speed and fast reactions or slow methodical planning, the key to success is in the players’ control.

Quarrel takes place on islands where two, three or four forces battle for total control of each island, which is split into territories. The aim of the game is simply to take over all the territories.

Success is achieved by creating the best scoring word from a selection of letters – each with a designated value. The length of the word you can make depends on how many troops you have on each territory. In the case of tie, whoever made their word fastest is the victor.

Deciding whether to attack, defend, retreat, transfer troops around, or reinforce your armies, while successfully winning the ongoing word challenges, will win the day.

Quarrel features nine fiendish artificial players, all of whom have unique personalities and play styles. Rex is methodical and plays great words, but takes his time so is vulnerable to trigger fingered players like Caprice (but she’s not got so good a vocabulary). Malik is a great all-rounder, but too many times he is bent on revenge and lets his pride cloud his judgement. Kali is an all round genius and should be challenged by expert players only. And Dwayne is a simpleton.

Quarrel Deluxe is available now for $4.99 USA / UK: GBP 2.99/ EU: EUR 3.99/ Australia: AUD 5.49

from the iTunes App Store, and this Universal App functions on any iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad operating system of any version above 3.1.2.

A  trial version of Quarrel is also available for those eager to sample its uniquely brain-boggling strategy, but this free sample only offers limited gameplay options.

A good vocabulary takes you a long way in the game but a sense of strategy will take you further.

About UTV Ignition Games Ltd.

UTV Ignition Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of UTV Software Communication Ltd, India’s only global media and entertainment conglomerate. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in the U.K. with offices in Marina Del Rey, Austin, Texas and Tokyo, Japan. For more information on Ignition and its products, visit http://www.utvignition.com

ABOUT UTV SOFTWARE COMMUNICATIONS LTD:
UTV is the No.1 media and entertainment brand in South Asia today reaching out to over 247 million consumers. This leading global media conglomerate in:

Motion Pictures: Have built the no. 1 movie studio in the country in just 5 years; pioneered the integrated studio model in India with creative, production, marketing, distribution and syndication all under one banner.

Television: Are the No. 1 TV producer with the largest number of shows on air and in production with reach across 20 countries in 7 languages across 27 channels. It has also emerged as the fastest growing broadcasting network in India, which in 3 years is among the top 5 networks of the country. Has powered India’s No.1 youth brand – Bindass.

Interactive: Is the only Indian Company to enjoy global presence in the Games space with studios across London, Tokyo, Beijing, Austin and Mumbai making it one of the largest gaming entities from South Asia. Also providing personalised entertainment on the mobile and web across the country and gearing up with content to leverage the 3G – 4G space.

UTV is listed on India’s premier stock exchanges, The National Stock Exchange (NSE) & The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and The Walt Disney Company holds a strategic stake in the company.

About Denki

At Denki, we make toys to help you squeeze more fun from every day.

We all know the feeling– even at our busiest, our lives are littered with those odd moments where we’re bored or waiting around. Wouldn’t it be great if we could use those times to give ourselves a lift? Stretch our minds a little? Have some fun?

That’s precisely what we do: build the best toys to brighten your day and lighten your mood. Toys to make you think; toys to make you smile. Bright toys for bright people. Toys like those in Denki Blocks! and Quarrel.

We’re on a mission to brighten the world, and we hope you like what we’re doing so much you’ll join in at www.denki.co.uk.