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KONAMI to act as distribution partner for UTV Ignition Entertainment’s Godly epic
29 July 2011: Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced it will act as European distribution partner to UTV Ignition Entertainment for its forthcoming action title, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, which will be released on 8 September.
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is a breath-taking combat title for PlayStation®3 and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. It tells the story of a lone warrior tasked with saving the human race. The game is set in a world in chaos, overseen by a number of angels named the Grigori. Originally the servants of God, these celestial beings once watched over mankind, but soon succumbed to temptation and abandoned Heaven to live amongst the people of earth. After witnessing the Grigori’s negative influence on humanity and the construction of a blasphemous monument to their success, the Tower of Babel, the Heavenly Council pledged to cleanse the Earth with a great flood, thus eradicating both man and the errant angels.
One voice stood up to these omnipotent beings: a human called Enoch, who was a lowly scribe in Heaven. Thus, a deal was struck wherein if Enoch could capture the renegade angels, Earth would not suffer – and El Shaddai’s stunning 12-stage mission unfolds.
The player is cast as Enoch, who enters its beautifully-realised environment totally unarmed. The world of El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is layered in dynamic, ever-changing visuals, creating a truly original aesthetic style that runs through the game. It also reveals an immersive 3D world, where the unarmed Enoch must locate the errant angels and defeat them in combat. Although initially unarmed, Enoch is a master of hand-to-hand combat capable of stringing together incredible combination attacks, and can also arm himself with those weapons dropped by his defeated foes. These can then be incorporated into his attacks, improving his effectiveness further.
All weapons in El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron are crystalline in structure and possessed of supernatural powers capable of defeating the angels. They range from swords to projectiles, but most coveted of all is the Arch – a holy blade that can slice through absolutely anything. The Arch is key to Enoch completing his mission, but the sword must be first liberated from his angelic owner, and then its blade must be purified before he can complete his task.
“We are very pleased to add such a strong action title to our portfolio, and to work with a team as obviously talented as UTV Ignition,” commented Kunio Neo President for Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH. “El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is a colourful and entertaining action title that will surprise and delight the player, and we are delighted to be distributing a title of its calibre.”
“To have KONAMI on board as a distribution partner is very important to us,” commented Vip Patel, Sales Director, for UTV Ignition Entertainment. “They have an eye for good, original titles and El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron certainly falls into that category. We look forward to working towards the game’s 8 September release, and impressing gamers with what is simply one of the most beautiful and immersive games around.”
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron will be released for PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360 on September 8.
MELBOURNE, Victoria. – July 29, 2011 – THQ Inc. today announced new details surrounding the company’s pre-order retail incentive programs in Australia and New Zealand for WWE® 12, the forthcoming release from the renowned WWE flagship videogame franchise. Often touted as “the most electrifying man in all of entertainment,” legendary WWE Superstar The Rock will be available as a playable character for consumers who pre-order the game at any participating retailer within Australia and New Zealand for the Xbox® 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft or PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system (while supplies last). The Rock’s in-game character will resemble his current-day appearance, including a shaved head and new tattoos.
WWE ’12 is currently in development for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii, with a scheduled release date of November 24th, 2011 in Australia and New Zealand.
About WWE ’12
WWE ’12 will enable players to engage in the WWE experience through the new Predator Technology™ dynamic gameplay system, which is poised to deliver the most fluid, dynamic, authentic and action-packed WWE simulation experience to date. Included are the new Breaking Point submission system, new Attributes and control layout as well as significant improvements to other key gameplay systems, including Momentum and Stamina. WWE Universe Mode 2.0 will generate new and more impactful elements of unpredictability based on player decisions, while dynamic visual changes to gameplay presentation, including new animations, camera positions, lighting and improved rendering, will set the tone for delivering an exceptional simulation of WWE programming.
WWE ’12 will feature the franchise’s best-in-class creation suite, enabling players to develop and customize their own Superstars, entrances, finishing moves, storylines, Highlight Reels and other all-new capabilities to be announced later this year. As well, the popular Road to WrestleMania® Mode will enable players to explore compelling new storylines and major gameplay improvements. WWE ’12 will also boast one of the largest rosters of WWE Superstars, WWE Divas and WWE Legends in franchise history, including cover Superstar Randy Orton, John Cena, The Miz and Alberto Del Rio.
For more information about WWE ’12, please visit wwe.thq.com, facebook.com/WWEgames and twitter.com/WWEgames. THQ, Predator Technology and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Contains all 22 Episodes from Season 4, Plus Never-Before-Seen Special Features, Including Two Brand-New Featurettes, Unaired Scenes, Gag Reel, and more!
Here’s the dish, GG fans: “Gossip Girl: The Complete Fourth Season” arrives onto DVD and to download, bringing all 22 juicy episodes on 7 September 2011 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group to keep fans clued in to the buzz, secrets and scandals of Manhattan’s elite.
Developed for television by Josh Schwartz (“The O.C.”, “Chuck”) and Stephanie Savage (“The O.C.”), “Gossip Girl” stars many of young Hollywood’s hottest talent: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Taylor Momsen, Ed Westwick, and Jessica Szohr, along with Kelly Rutherford and Matthew Settle.
The five-disc set includes all 22 one-hour episodes from the fourth season, and nearly an hour of never-before-seen special features including two all-new featurettes, unaired scenes, and a gag reel.
““Gossip Girl” continues to be a fan favourite, and we are very excited to release the next installment of the series on DVD,” said Caroline Skillen, WBHEG Brand Marketing Director. “The series is one of the most talked-about shows on the air and has had tremendous staying power due to its loyal and passionate fan base. We are very happy to be releasing such a pop culture phenomenon on DVD.”
The “Gossip Girl” series was nominated for seven Teen Choice Awards, winning four, including TV Show Drama, TV Actor Drama (Chace Crawford), TV Actress Drama (Leighton Meester), and Female Scene Stealer (recurring guest star Hilary Duff).
Executive produced by Schwartz, Savage, Leslie Morgenstein, Bob Levy and Joshua Safran, the series — based upon the book by Cecily von Ziegesar — is from Fake Empire, Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios.
“Gossip Girl: The Complete Fourth Season” will be available on 5-Disc DVD for $59.95 and is also be available to purchase on iTunes and the PlayStation Store.
MicroVolts And Brawl Busters Join The New And Growing List of Free-To-Play Games Offered On Steam
Markham, Canada July 29, 2011 – Rock Hippo Productions Ltd. announced today it has officially partnered with Valve’s Steam platform to distribute its two popular free-to-play games, MicroVolts and the upcoming Brawl Busters. Both action-packed games will soon be available to Steam users and will offer all of the exciting benefits of Steam’s strong community features to a vast worldwide audience. Steam just began hosting free-to-play games this summer, and players can look forward to adding two more high-quality titles to their library.
“The online gameplay of MicroVolts and Brawl Busters make them a perfect fit for Steam, and we are thrilled to be among the first free-to-play games to launch on the platform,” said Howard He, President and CEO of Rock Hippo Productions. “We look forward to introducing both games to the millions of Steam users so they can experience all of the fun, excitement and non-stop action our games offer with all the ease of use that Steam provides.”
About MicroVolts
MicroVolts features fast paced, third person shooter action and pits players against each other in a secret battle that has been waged and going unnoticed right in our own backyard for years. No one knows for sure when or where the first toy declared war but rumor has it that the uprising began with four original limited edition figures, code named MicroVolts. Battle lines were drawn when Naomi, Knox, Pandora, and C.H.I.P.–the prototypes –were soon joined by an endless number of modified versions. Now, toy figures around the world are engaged in an all-out war for valuable battery resources and supremacy of the Micro World. All we can do now is stay out of their way and wait for a champion to be declared! Featuring a ton of weapons, fresh character designs, and a huge list of customization features, MicroVolts is set to re-energize the free-to-play space.
Game modes include Free for All, Team Deathmatch, Item Match, Capture the Battery, Zombie Mode and many more featuring various maps designed by toy concept. Players can also check out the recently released Summer Recharge patch that includes a brand new map, Magic Paper Land, new weapons and hot summer items such as a Pink Polka Dot Bikini that is sure to heat up the battlefield! For more information visit, www.MicroVolts.com
About Brawl Busters
Brawl Busters is an upcoming action brawler that features competitive and co-operative battle modes all in a unique third person view. With its simple and intuitive controls, this easy to pick up and play game makes team strategy a must as player’s battle against each other or team up against computer controlled enemies.
Players will find five unique character classes including the Slugger, the Firefighter, the Rocker, the Boxer and finally, the Blitzer. With its signature funky visual style, the game will offer tons of exciting maps and will also feature a huge variety of customization options including body type, gender, weapons, costumes and accessories along with the ability to upgrade weapons and costumes with new abilities. Brawl Busters will feature an intense training mode, challenge missions, leaderboards and persistent stat tracking.
MicroVolts And Brawl Busters Join The New And Growing List of Free-To-Play Games Offered On Steam
Markham, Canada July 29, 2011 – Rock Hippo Productions Ltd. announced today it has officially partnered with Valve’s Steam platform to distribute its two popular free-to-play games, MicroVolts and the upcoming Brawl Busters. Both action-packed games will soon be available to Steam users and will offer all of the exciting benefits of Steam’s strong community features to a vast worldwide audience. Steam just began hosting free-to-play games this summer, and players can look forward to adding two more high-quality titles to their library.
“The online gameplay of MicroVolts and Brawl Busters make them a perfect fit for Steam, and we are thrilled to be among the first free-to-play games to launch on the platform,” said Howard He, President and CEO of Rock Hippo Productions. “We look forward to introducing both games to the millions of Steam users so they can experience all of the fun, excitement and non-stop action our games offer with all the ease of use that Steam provides.”
About MicroVolts
MicroVolts features fast paced, third person shooter action and pits players against each other in a secret battle that has been waged and going unnoticed right in our own backyard for years. No one knows for sure when or where the first toy declared war but rumor has it that the uprising began with four original limited edition figures, code named MicroVolts. Battle lines were drawn when Naomi, Knox, Pandora, and C.H.I.P.–the prototypes –were soon joined by an endless number of modified versions. Now, toy figures around the world are engaged in an all-out war for valuable battery resources and supremacy of the Micro World. All we can do now is stay out of their way and wait for a champion to be declared! Featuring a ton of weapons, fresh character designs, and a huge list of customization features, MicroVolts is set to re-energize the free-to-play space.
Game modes include Free for All, Team Deathmatch, Item Match, Capture the Battery, Zombie Mode and many more featuring various maps designed by toy concept. Players can also check out the recently released Summer Recharge patch that includes a brand new map, Magic Paper Land, new weapons and hot summer items such as a Pink Polka Dot Bikini that is sure to heat up the battlefield! For more information visit, www.MicroVolts.com
About Brawl Busters
Brawl Busters is an upcoming action brawler that features competitive and co-operative battle modes all in a unique third person view. With its simple and intuitive controls, this easy to pick up and play game makes team strategy a must as player’s battle against each other or team up against computer controlled enemies.
Players will find five unique character classes including the Slugger, the Firefighter, the Rocker, the Boxer and finally, the Blitzer. With its signature funky visual style, the game will offer tons of exciting maps and will also feature a huge variety of customization options including body type, gender, weapons, costumes and accessories along with the ability to upgrade weapons and costumes with new abilities. Brawl Busters will feature an intense training mode, challenge missions, leaderboards and persistent stat tracking.
Could Futuremark Games Studio’s debut iOS title be the next Finnish game sensation?
HELSINKI, FINLAND – July 29, 2011 – Hungribles™, the new skill shot puzzle game, is now available for iPhone®, iPod touch®, and iPad®. The debut iOS title from Finnish developer Futuremark Games Studio is currently featured in the App Store as the iPhone Game of the Week in 111 countries including the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/hungribles/id444442921?mt=8
Jaakko Haapasalo, Director of Futuremark Games Studio says, “We are ecstatic to see Hungribles, our first game for iPhone and iPad, featured as Game of the Week. We welcome all our new players and invite them to share their ideas for enhancing the game further on the Hungribles website.”
Hungribles is a skill shot puzzle game for iPhone and iPad. Hungribles are tiny creatures with massive appetites. Their hunger cravings are so powerful they can pull food through the air and into their waiting mouths. The aim of the game is to feed the Hungribles and make them happy. You do this by launching tasty orbs from a strange glowing mushroom slingshot thingy, of course! Each Hungrible’s appetite affects the path of the tasty orb as it flies across the screen. Earn score bonuses by bouncing orbs off walls, curving them around Hungribles or hitting the pot of gold. Can you get a three star rating on every level?
LAUNCH TRAILER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux98nGk4iLo
WIN PROMO CODES ON FACEBOOK
Futuremark Games Studio is giving away free Hungribles promo codes every day this week on the game’s Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/Hungribles
ABOUT HUNGRIBLES
Hungribles is a universal app compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 3rd gen, iPod touch 4th gen, iPad 2 and iPad.
Release Date: July 28, 2011
Price: $1.99 / €1.59 / £1.49 or see your local App Store
Genres: Puzzle, Family
Rating: 4+
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/app/hungribles/id444442921?mt=8
Website: http://www.hungribles.com/
BRAINTREE, UK – 27th July 2011
The first instalment of the legendary 16m selling Fighting Fantasy series of gamebooks will at last be coming to PlayStation minis on the 17th of August 2011 (SCEE) and the 16th of August 2011 (SCEA), when Laughing Jackal will be releasing the PlayStation minis version of the controversial Fighting Fantasy: Talisman of Death. A brand new trailer showing the game in action can be seen here.
This PSN-exclusive version of Fighting Fantasy: Talisman of Death features a Tarot Card character generation system, and the classic dice-rolling rule set you know and love, with optional all-new Battle and Test Your Luck systems for bold adventurers to explore.
The intuitive Inventory system and an all-new Log Book help you to easily track your progress through Orb’s magical world, making this the perfect way to relive this classic series.
Established in 2005, Laughing Jackal are the developer of PlayStation minis such as Duæl Invaders, Vibes, Ace Armstrong vs. the Alien Scumbags, Stellar Attack and Cubixx. We are currently working on a PlayStation minis conversion of the Fighting Fantasy series of Choose Your Own Adventure gamebooks, OMG-Z a chain reaction shooter for PlayStation minis and our first PlayStation®3 game, Cubixx HD, which will be coming soon to PSN.
Australia and New Zealand, 28 July, 2011 –
Nintendo announces that effective 12 August, Nintendo 3DS™ will be available for only SRP AU$249.95*. Previously Nintendo 3DS was SRP AU $349.95.
Nintendo Australia plan to offer an exclusive Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program to consumers who have purchased the Nintendo 3DS at the original launch price. The program will enable those Nintendo 3DS owners to download 10 NES™ games and 10 Game Boy™ and Game Boy Advance™ games for free from the Nintendo eShop.
These free games are available to anyone who owns a Nintendo 3DS system and uses a wireless broadband Internet signal to connect to the Nintendo eShop at least once before the price drop on 12 August. These users will automatically be registered in the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador program. The program contains two elements:
1. Starting 1 September, Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors will be able to download 10 NES Virtual Console™ games at no charge and before they are available in the Nintendo eShop to the general public. These games, including Super Mario Bros.™, Donkey Kong Jr.™, Balloon Fight™, Ice Climber™ and The Legend of Zelda™, are slated to become paid downloadable games, but Ambassadors get them early for free. Once the paid versions of the games are posted to the Nintendo eShop later in the year, the updated versions will be available to Ambassadors for download at no cost.
2. By the end of 2011, Nintendo will provide Ambassadors with 10 Game Boy Advance Virtual Console games. These include games like Yoshi’s Island™: Super Mario™ Advance 3, Mario Kart™: Super Circuit, Metroid™ Fusion, WarioWare™ Inc.: Minigame Mania and Mario vs. Donkey Kong™. These games will be available exclusively to Ambassadors, and Nintendo currently has no plans to make these 10 games available to the general public on the Nintendo 3DS in the future.
Nintendo 3DS offers 3D gaming without the need for special glasses and is available in two colours, Aqua Blue and Cosmos Black.