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Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on Oct. 12, 2010 @ 1:45 p.m. PDT

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:


We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Dead Rising 2 - Psychopath DLC (PS3/X360/PC)

Psycho Chuck will be a zombie's worst nightmare as his new "insane" look will make him more difficult to kill and give him a host of gruesome weapons including chainsaws, cleavers, axes and more.

The Dead Rising 2 Psychopath Theme Pack is available for 160 Microsoft points, or $1.99 on the PlayStation Network.

Disney Sing It: Party Hits (Wii/PS3)

Disney Sing It: Party Hits is the newest karaoke video game in the Disney Sing It franchise. Disney Sing It: Party Hits features 30 songs and videos from today's hottest artists including Allstar Weekend, Jordin Sparks, Justin Bieber, Nick Jonas & The Administration, Paramore and Selena Gomez. The game also includes vocal exercises and tips to assist players in improving their vocal skills.

Disney Sing It: Party Hits allows players to sing solo, partner with a friend in duets and compete in new competitive modes. In the new Sing Off mode, two groups with up to eight players, go head to head in a huge sing-off. The players in one group sing solo and as an ensemble, while the opposing team does the same. The group with the highest score becomes the winner. In Performance mode, the song lyrics and pitch bar are removed for a more relaxed experience for beginners, while expert singers can try their hand at getting high scores without on screen prompts to ease their performance. Also new to the Sing It franchise is Karaoke mode where players have the ability to reduce the vocal level of the artists in each song, giving themselves a chance to shine.

Additional songs will be available to download for the PlayStation 3 system. Two song packs consisting of three songs per pack will be available in November and December, respectively, for $5.50 each. Individual songs can be purchased for $1.99.

Disney Sing It: Party Hits is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and available at a suggested retail price of $39.99 as a standalone game or bundled with a Logitech microphone for $49.99.

Invizimals (PSP)

Invizimals tells the tale of Keni, a scientist at the PlayStation research lab who has discovered the camera for the PSP system to be more sensitive than the human eye and able to detect invisible creatures hiding everywhere. Keni tasks players with becoming real monster hunters by utilizing the PSP system and camera for the PSP system to reveal virtual monsters on real-world objects.

Invizimals enables players to find, capture and battle over 120 virtual monsters hiding throughout the real-world environment by incorporating a camera for the PSP system (included with the game). Players can point the camera behind sofas, into corners, and under bushes to find virtual monsters on their PSP system screen. Once captured, players take their creatures into battle for a unique, handheld augmented reality experience.

Invizimals multiplayer mode is both online and offline, allowing for flexible and fun battles. Players place down their magical traps and summon the Invizimal of their choosing. In addition, players are able to evolve their monsters, and allow them to learn different attacks that can be used in battle.

Invizimals is rated "E" for Everyone by the ESRB.

Ironclads: Chincha Islands War 1866 (PC)

Ironclads: Chincha Islands War 1866 is a steam-ship period tactical naval simulator focusing on fleet-scale battles in real time. Manage financial and strategic aspects while planning your squadron's structure. Scramble your fleet to gain sea supremacy. The game allows you to set up battles squadron groups, their formations and management, with realistic ship models and characteristics, as well as advanced ballistisc and weapon models. Choose your ships, increase the experience of your crews and send your squadron into the high seas. Order a battle "Line Astern" or "Crossing the T" formation, and experience power of iron and a steam!

Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring (NDS/PS3/X360)

Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring is an addictively fresh and entertaining first look at the highly acrobatic fighting sport and the compelling luchadores who risk life and limb to deliver electrifying battles inside the six-sided ring. Slang's Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring features an evolutionary popularity-based scoring system allowing fans to unlock increasingly acrobatic and devastating signature moves based on the user's ability to gain the support of the audience through the execution of taunts aimed at humiliating one's opponent.

Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring also introduces more than 30 different real life luchadores from the AAA league, authentic Mexican wrestling venues, fully customizable character and mask editor system, and unique online gameplay modes including Mask vs. Hair where up to four players wager their mask or hair against their opponents in a winner-takes-all battle royal.

Medal of Honor (PS3/X360/PC)

For the first time in its 11-year history, Medal of Honor leaves the WWII theatre and enters the modern setting of war-torn Afghanistan. The game is told through the lens of a small band of fictional characters within the real-life Tier 1 Operators, a relatively unknown instrument of the U.S. Military. Tier 1 Operators function under the National Command Authority to take on missions so dangerous, so specialized; they require an elite level of soldier. The unparalleled authenticity and realism in the Medal of Honor single player campaign is supported by a multiplayer mode, developed by DICE to deliver a seamless online experience.

Medal of Honor is rated "M" for Mature by the ESRB.

My Baby 3 & Friends (NDS)

My Baby 3 & Friends for the Nintendo DS is the newest iteration of the My Baby franchise. My Baby 3 & Friends lets players reveal their nurturing side as they feed, bathe, change and cuddle their in game baby. Offering lots of new activities, the game also sparks social development skills via interaction with other babies and even a puppy.

Using the Nintendo DS touch screen, stylus, and microphone, girls can talk to their baby or give a hug. There are lots of new puzzles, toys and environments, including outside playtime in a swimming pool, on a swing or even a slide! Players can also customize their baby's physical appearance and nursery, and then go shopping for cute clothes, accessories and more than 350 items. And for the first time in the My Baby series, players can now select from 30 of their favorite activities and skills to experience with their baby at any time instead of following one linear path through the game.

My Baby 3 & Friends for Nintendo DS is rated E and is available for the suggested retail price of $29.99.

Super Scribblenauts (NDS)

Super Scribblenauts offers fans of all ages the ability to use thousands of adjectives to can change the color, size, style, behaviors and many other aspects of objects to help Maxwell, the game's hero, acquire the "Starite." With 120 brand new levels to conquer, players will enjoy combining multiple descriptors to produce inventive new items such as "futuristic angry caveman," "large happy cotton griffin" and "shy man-eating frozen plants."

Players can utilize new control schemes that include the d-pad and more precise stylus controls. The game also adds multi-layered hints, a new dynamic merit system and a universal feedback system to allow players to track their progress throughout each level. A template system allows players to easily build their own custom playgrounds or levels in the updated level editor to create both puzzle and action levels and share them via the Nintendo DS Wi-Fi Connection.

Super Scribblenauts is rated "E10+" and is available at retail stores for a S.R.P. of $29.99.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Game of the Year Edition (PS3)

Priced at $49.99, the Game of the Year Edition of Uncharted 2 features the Blu-ray disc of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, as well as an expansive collection of downloadable content.

The Game of the Year Edition will also include downloadable bonus content through a PlayStation Network voucher code, featuring additional multiplayer maps and skins, multiplayer boosters, PlayStation Network Avatars, and animated motion comics

Additional bonus content includes:

  • Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Multiplayer Pack
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Siege Expansion Pack
  • PlayStation Heroes Skin Pack
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Avatar Pack 1
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Avatar Pack 2
  • Uncharted Avatar Pack 3
  • Uncharted Avatar Pack 4
  • Currency Multiplier which grants Double XP up to level 10 in Multiplayer
  • Golden Guns option for the AK-47 and the 92FS 9mm pistol for use in Multiplayer
  • Early access to "Revenge" Booster
  • Uncharted: Eye of Indra - Motion Comic Bundle (which includes Episodes 1-4 exploring a prequel storyline to the original Uncharted: Drake's Fortune)
  • Uncharted: Eye of Indra - Rika Raja and Daniel Pinkerton Character Skins
  • Pinball Heroes - Uncharted for PSP

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Game of the Year Edition is rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB.

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