TITLE: Far Away (From the game Red Dead Redemption)

* Type of Content: Video

* Artist MySpace URL: http://www.myspace.com/josegonzalez

* LABEL: Rockstar Games/Mute Records

JOSE GONZALEZ is a Swedish indie-folk singer, known for his lo-fi guitar picking and distinctive vocal delivery. Jose Gonzalez scored a hit with his cover of The Knife’s ‘Heartbeats’, which also wound up in the famous Sony Bravia ‘Superball’ commercial. His track is called ‘Far Away’ and plays as you Marston first rides into Mexico.

You can find more information on him here:

http://www.jose-gonzalez.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gonz%C3%A1lez

FOUR NEW CHARACTERS MAKE MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3 ROSTER

Giant Thighs, Hideous Dictator, Sexy Lass With Massive Sword & a Skrull with Awesome Foursome Powers

At San Diego Comicon 2010, Capcom has revealed four new characters for Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.

From the Capcom camp, Trish (Devil May Cry) making her Capcom fighting game debut alongside foundation member Chun Li (Street Fighter). The Marvel offering takes the form of formidable Dr Doom and another first-timer to Capcom fighting games, Super Skrull.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment proves that fighting crime never looked so fun with an all new Wii vignette for Batman: The Brave and the Bold the Videogame. The new video follows BATMAN and playable sidekick GREEN LANTERN, one of his many crime-fighting partners from the game as they take on intergalactic foes including DC Comics villain MONGOL. The heroes even get a little help from jump-in heroes SHAZAM and AQUAMAN in the fight against evil!

To view the Batman: The Brave and the Bold the Videogame vignette please visit http://www.facebook.com/wbgames#!/video/video.php?v=413009821636&ref=mf

Kinect sensor priced at A$199.00 

SYDNEY, Australia. — July 22, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. today announced Xbox 360 console owners can purchase the revolutionary Kinect sensor for A$199.00 (RRP)** packaged  with the Kinect Adventures game*. With over 1.1 million Xbox 360 consoles currently in households across Australia and New Zealand, console owners¹ will enjoy the fun of Kinect and controller free entertainment.

 “Kinect offers tremendous entertainment value for the whole family and those who are new to video games – with nothing in your hands and no buttons to press. If you can do it in life, you can do it with Kinect” said David McLean, Head of Xbox, Microsoft Australia and New Zealand.

With full body play, Kinect is a unique and accessible way for everyone to enjoy controller-free fun. With more than 15 games available at launch, Aussie living rooms will become fitness rooms, dance clubs and sports stadiums.

Additionally, new customers will have an all-in-one opportunity to jump in with a great new offer from participating retailers for A$449.00 (RRP)** featuring:

• The all new Xbox 360 4GB console
• Kinect sensor
• Kinect Adventures game*

“With a record month for Xbox 360 console sales in June, we are excited about our momentum. Given our rich offering this Christmas including Kinect for Xbox 360, Foxtel by Xbox LIVE and a great line up of blockbuster games, I imagine consumers will definitely want to pre-order at their retailer of choice to secure their Kinect under the tree this Christmas. It is going to be an exciting time for all of us.”

About Xbox 360

Xbox 360 is a premier home entertainment and video game system. This holiday, with the addition of Kinect, Xbox 360 will transform social gaming and entertainment with a whole new way to play — no controller required. Xbox 360 is also home to some of the best and broadest games as well as a large on-demand library of standard- and high-definition movies, and digital games, all in one place. The entertainment centre of the living room, Xbox 360 blends fantastic content with an online social network of 25 million Xbox LIVE members to create a brilliant entertainment experience that can be shared at home or across the globe. More information about Xbox 360 can be found online at http://www.xbox.com .

About Xbox LIVE

Xbox LIVE is the online entertainment service for your Xbox 360, connecting you to an ever-expanding world of games and movies and social entertainment. With an active community of 25 million people across 35 countries, Xbox LIVE lets you play games, and share the fun with friends around the world. Xbox LIVE is also the exclusive home of controller-free online entertainment through Kinect, making your Xbox 360 more intuitive and interactive than ever before. With Xbox LIVE and Xbox 360, you have instant access to the entertainment you want, shared with the people you care about, wherever you are. More information about Xbox LIVE and services for your country can be found online at http://www.xbox.com/live. 

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realise their full potential. Xbox 360, the Xbox 360 logo, Xbox LIVE are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

¹ 175 MB of memory required.

*Check classification closer to launch date

**RRP- recommended retail price. The price you pay will be determined by your retailer.

11 Mobile Games in Development for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Android, Feature Phones and Mobile Phones

EA Mobile™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., today revealed a major line up of titles in development for multiple mobile platforms, including iPhone® and iPod® touch, iPad® and Android™. All titles will be displayed at today’s Studio Showcase event at EA’s headquarters in Redwood Shores, CA and were also presented at EA’s event in New York on July 14. EA Mobile’s winter releases cover a wide range of genres and designed for a broad range of audiences including gamers, sports enthusiasts and casual fans alike.

The list of mobile games shown at EA’s events includes:

MADDEN NFL 11 – iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
The most authentic NFL game on the App Store just got even better. In Madden NFL 11 for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, fans and gamers will be able to play both sides of the ball with equal intensity with Total Defensive Control. Players will enjoy less time in the playbook and more time on the field with the new GameFlow feature. This year, players can draw “Hot Routes Everywhere” literally drawing players’ movements on the field pre-snap, creating the play they want to run. Plus, enjoy eye-popping graphics and maximised controls that set the new standards for gameplay on iPod touch and iPhone. There’s simply never been anything like it. Street Date: Spring 2010

Reckless Racing – iPhone and iPad
Roaring engines, squealing tires and amazing graphics. Reckless Racing mixes old-school top-down racing game play with state of the art graphics and engaging multiplayer features. Perfectly balanced controls let players skid, slip and slide through the most beautiful tracks ever seen on a handheld device – leaving nothing but mud-splattered opponents and skid marks behind. Reckless Racing features a fully stocked internet multiplayer mode, on-line leaderboards and the ability to trade ghost races with other players from all over the world. Street Date: Winter 2010

SimCity™ Deluxe – iPhone and iPod touch
Build and manage your dream city with SimCity Deluxe for iPhone and iPod touch. Designed for dedicated and casual fans, let your inner urban planner run wild with easier controls, optimised performance, improved visuals, starter cities, and exciting new scenarios. Street Date: Winter 2010

The Sims 3 Ambitions – iPhone and iPod touch
The Sims 3 Ambitions is the all-new Sims game that has all the humour, customisation and deep social interaction of The Sims franchise, but now players can pursue their Sims’ passions and turn them into fulfilling professions! The Sims 3 Ambitions, players decide whether their Sim will be the brave town hero or cause loads of mischief among their neighbors. Their future is entirely in the player’s hands! Street Date: Winter 2010

YAHTZEE™ – iPad
Roll with the original best-selling family favourite – now designed just for the iPad™! The bigger screen and the bright, bold touch interface make gameplay on iPad easy and intuitive. Players shake the cup and roll the dice, select dice they want to hold, and keep score with simple tap controls. Four different gameplay modes, including an iPad exclusive “Duplicate Rainbow Mode,” challenge players in unique ways. Players can also become a “YAHTZEE Adventurer” and take on in-game characters designed to test their skills. Along with solo play and Pass ‘n Play with up to four friends, players can also post scores and issue challenges with family and friends using Facebook Connect. Street Date: Winter 2010

RISK – iPhone and iPod touch
The Real RISK Experience! Soon on iPhone and iPod touch, pursue world domination with the original game of strategic conquest. Mobilise against realistic AI adversaries or challenge up to six multiplayer opponents. Play the game that has fired dreams of global conquest for generations! Street Date: Winter 2010

R-Type – iPhone and iPod touch
R-Type for iPhone keeps 100 percent true to the original game allowing fans to get back to the ‘80s video-arcade experience in the palm of their hands. Players will Blast off and strike the evil Bydo Empire, pilot a R-9a “Arrowhead” futuristic fighter, and attack wave after wave of Bydo baddies in old-school side-shooter style. R-Type will include original arcade game features such as eight unique levels with eight different bosses each and three different controls. Street Date: Winter 2010

Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight – Mobile (JAVA/BREW)
The epic climax of the most gripping sci-fi saga in RTS history is coming out for mobile. Kane returns in the most anticipated RTS experience ever made for mobile! Players battle as the equally potent GDI or Nod factions. An all-out action-strategy blitz can occur when players command their mobile Crawler base and move it on the map. Whether playing defensive or stepping into battle, the player has the right Crawler base for each style of gameplay. Researchable active and passive abilities make each unit a master in its class on the battlefield. Deploy Super Weapons to build battle strength, call for massive destruction with the Ion Cannon or summon help from the Orca Strike… Kane. GDI. Nod. How will it end? Street Date: Winter 2010

EA Mobile has a solid reputation for its pioneering and market leadership in mobile gaming. Since the inception of the iPhone, EA Mobile has been a definitive player with the rise of iPhone and iPod touch® devices as gaming platforms. Popular games include SCRABBLE, Tetris, MONOPOLY and BATTLESHIP, which have consistently ranked among top sellers and, in 2009, The Sims® 3 was the #1 best-selling game on the App StoreSM.

For more information about EA Mobile, please visit www.eamobile.com, join us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/eamobile or follow us on Twitter: @EAMobile.

With announcement that Shank will be available for download on August 25 for PlayStation(R)Network and August 26 for Xbox LIVE(R) Arcade,

“When we out at night and the stars are shining bright, up in the skies above or at the high school dance, where you can find romance, maybe it might be love.”

505 Games today released the third video in a series of Pink Lady Diaries for the upcoming Grease video game based on the original high school musical for the Nintendo Wii™ and Nintendo DS™. Fans of the franchise can engage in family friendly fun by singing and dancing to their favourite tunes from the original movie in this ultimate party game!

The latest Pink Lady Diary showcases a tired teen after a long day at school finally reaching home. As she unloads her cumbersome hockey equipment and ditches her boring school duds, she reemerges as a Pink Lady with a penchant
for fun! Coming to Wii and DS on August 26, Grease: The Game features fun pick-up-and-play mini-games for up to eight players, and delivers an exhilarating and interactive experience that will ignite Grease fever to last through the
summer nights.

About Grease: The Game (Wii, DS)
Grease: The Game for Nintendo Wii is loaded with mini-games that let players sing the movie’s iconic songs, dance the hand jive hop, race down Thunder Road, fight for Sandy’s affections and have fun at the fair with Frenchy, Kenickie, Rizzo and the rest of the Greasers. Compatible with a Wii Balance Board and up to two USB microphones, up to eight players can compete in two teams for musical domination at Rydell High in party mode. The DS and DSi versions of the game will test players’ rhythm skills as they tap to the beat of 10 beloved “Grease” songs as they follow Sandy and Danny on their high school journey. Players can also use the camera function of the Nintendo DSi™ to get in the game
by uploading their face to their favourite character.

Santa Clara, CA – July 21, 2010 – ChangYou.com (US) Inc. today announced that they are opening up “the Heavenly Test,” leveling event for their Zentia Closed Beta players. The challenge, which starts today and will run throughout the rest of the Closed Beta period, requires the entire community to work together in order for anyone to be able to achieve a level higher than 40.

The Heavenly Test is an in-game world event. The first player who reaches level 40 in Zentia can initiate “the Storm Test,” the first Heavenly Test event. In a break from conventional one-player or team-based quests, in order to pass Zentia’s Heavenly Test, players will need help from the entire community. If the Heavenly Test is successfully completed, all players that participated in Closed Beta will receive a special “Blaze Horse” mount to use in Open Beta. In addition, the players that complete the final Heavenly Test boss battle will be rewarded with unique in-game titles and a permanent record of their names on Zentia’s Temple Wall, and of course, all players in the game will benefit from the removal of the level 40 restriction.

Heavenly Test – First Test: Storm Test

Level Requirement:
The first player who reaches level 40 on his or her bound/originating sub-server can initiate the Storm Test event there.

Heavenly Test Details:

– Players who reach level 40 can talk to Taoist Yuan in the Dubhe Temple to initiate the quest and receive the location of the Storm Test starting point
– After the player has located the starting point of the Storm Test, Taoist Yuan asks the player to talk to Triple Eye Taoists around the Storm Test starting point
– The player must kill the Triple Eye elders around the Storm Test starting point until a jade stone drop is found.
– Once a player has the jade stone, Taoist Yuan will lead him or her to a mountain to find a Taoist to solve the curse of the stone. Watch out for an ambush by Triple Eye mobs along the way!
– The player must then kill the Triple Eye Taoists and give the jade stone to the Taoist being sought. The stone will teleport the player to the Storm Test instance

Each Zentia server will make a global announcement when resource contributions are complete, after which point the Heavenly Test instance will be opened to players in possession of the jade stone.

Resource contribution requirements:

1. 50000 units of Common Fur.
2. 50000 units of Iron Ore.
3. 50000 units of Rose Branch.

MELBOURNE – Wednesday 21 July, 2010 – It might be cold outside, but the Game Developers’ Association of Australia today announced that it’s following the sun again this year, with the annual Game Connect Asia Pacific event scheduled to head to the Gold Coast in October.

Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP 2010) will focus on the key theme ‘The Player Experience’ and explore the world of video games from the eyes of the game player.

“We’ve set the bar extremely high for GCAP and we’re dedicated to ensuring that this year’s event reaches a whole new level in networking, collaboration, industry insight and development. It’s great to have the support of the Queensland Government who have joined us again as a major event sponsor,” commented Antony Reed, CEO of the Game Developers’ Association of Australia.

“We wanted to explore the world of games through the eyes of the game player, because when it comes down to it, they’re why games are made and who they’re made for. The journey begins with the announcement of a game through to the enormous communities that can develop around a title,” he added.

“I’m sure that this year’s theme will no doubt inspire all sorts of interesting insights and industry commentary and will also lend itself to some great results in the hands-on workshops.”

GCAP 2010 will be held at the Gold Coast Convention Centre on Thursday 13 October and Friday 14 October, 2010.

All keynotes, sessions and workshops will focus on various aspects of the overall player experience.

“It’s important that we use the GCAP platform to showcase the innovation and opportunity that our region can offer, while at the same time challenging and inspiring the future development of the games industry. Get set for an epic GCAP 2010,” he added.