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Monday, June 1, 2009 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on June 1, 2009 @ 1:13 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

'World of Zoo' (NDS/Wii/PC) Announced

by Rainier on June 1, 2009 @ 1:03 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

World of Zoo takes players beyond the fences and into their own zoo, allowing them to care for and build relationships with numerous animals through hands-on interactive gameplay.

'Cars Race-O-Rama' (ALL) Officially Announced

by Rainier on June 1, 2009 @ 1:01 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Revealed last month, in Cars Race-O-Rama, players will join Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks in Radiator Springs as they prepare their academy of student racers to compete in the Race-O-Rama Exhibition.

'Metal Gear Solid: Rising' (X360) Announced

by Rainier on June 1, 2009 @ 12:43 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Konami announced that Metal Gear Solid: Rising is currently in development for the first time on the Xbox 360. Raiden will star in the all-new title from Hideo Kojima. Raiden first debuted in MGS2: Sons of Liberty on the PS2 as a playable character and appeared as a non-playable cyborg in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the PS3.

'Guitar Hero 5' (ALL) Reveals Featured Artists and Bands

by Rainier on June 1, 2009 @ 8:03 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

For the first time ever, you can customize the makeup of your band with any combination of instruments in-game: two guitars and two drums, or three guitars and a microphone, etc. GH 5 will also feature new gameplay modes like Party Play and RockFest putting fun, competition and control at center stage as fans tailor the experience to match their personal style and interests.

'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' (ALL) Gets Hollywood Voice-overs

by Rainier on June 1, 2009 @ 8:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

The talent from 20th Century Fox’s Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs feature film will reprise their roles. The game features the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah and Josh Peck as members of an unlikely herd of prehistoric pals on a rescue mission across the tundra and beyond as they meet new friends and discover a mysterious world teeming with lush vegetation and fierce dinosaurs.

'Crysis 2' (PS3/X360/PC) Announced

by Rainier on June 1, 2009 @ 7:56 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

EA announced that it has agreed to a deal extension with Crytek to publish Crysis 2. Renowned for their technical excellence, artistic craftsmanship and commitment to quality, Crytek is building Crysis 2 on their new state-of-the-art multiplatform game development solution CryENGINE 3.

'LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4' (ALL) Announced

by Rainier on June 1, 2009 @ 7:53 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Based on the first four Harry Potter books and movies that tell the story of Harry’s first four years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 offers an engaging mix of magical gameplay and light-hearted humour.

'StarCraft II' Currently Sheduled for 2009

by Rainier on June 1, 2009 @ 2:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

StarCraft II will feature the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races, overhauled and re-imagined with Blizzard's approach to game balance, designed to be the ultimate competitive RTS game. At the Activision investors call on Sunday, Blizzard's Mike Morhaime revealed that it's currently aiming for an end of the year release, without of course committing to any specific date.

'Trine' (PS3/PC) - 10 New Screens

by Rainier on June 1, 2009 @ 2:05 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Trine is a fantasy action game where the player can create and use physics-based objects to beat hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. Set in a world of great castles and strange machinery, three heroes are bound to a mysterious device called the Trine in a quest to save the kingdom from evil…