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'Ghostbusters: The Video Game' (ALL) Pins Down Release Date

by Rainier on Jan. 7, 2009 @ 3:28 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Equipped with a variety of unique weapons and gadgets, players will hunt, fight and capture a wide range of supernatural villains in a funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague. Last month, the release date was narrowed down to June 2009, and now Sony Pictures revealed its launch will coincide with the 25th Anniversary Edition of the movie on June 16, 2009, as we predicted last year.

'SimAnimals' (NDS/Wii) - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 7, 2009 @ 3:23 p.m. PST | Filed under News

For the first time players can engage with the wild world of animals in their natural surroundings in an immersive and tactile way. In this game you are challenged to engage, touch, move and try to control a wide range of animals as you journey deeper and deeper into the forest.

'Pier Solar' (SMD) Might Make Its Way to Xbox Live Arcade

by Rainier on Jan. 7, 2009 @ 3:18 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Watermelon's Pier Solar will be the very first all-new game to appear on the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis this millennium. The game is neither a port nor a translation and has not ripped content from any other game whatsoever. The developer revealed that once completed, it will look into bringing its RPG game to Xbox Live Arcade through Microsoft's XNA development toolset.

'Gears of War 2' (X360) Gets Flashback Map Pack

by Rainier on Jan. 7, 2009 @ 12:38 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. Epic is now offering the Flashback map pack (includes five popular Gears of War maps) on XBL for 400 Microsoft Points ($5), so 2nd hand buyers can now also enjoy it.

'Way of the Samurai 3' (PS3/X360) - New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 7, 2009 @ 12:22 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Acquire is developing the next installment in the Way of the Samurai franchise, currently only scheduled for release in Japan this fall. Way of the Samurai 3 will feature over 100 weapons for you to wield in defense of the poor, lonely, while fending off rivaling samurai clans.

'Aliens: Colonial Marines' (ALL) Narrows Down Release Date

by Rainier on Jan. 7, 2009 @ 12:03 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Based on the Aliens movie, Aliens: Colonial Marines, developed by Gearbox Software, is a squad-based first-person shooter where players are part of a United States Colonial Marine squad and must prepare to face an Aliens assault more intense and horrific than ever before. Originally scheduled for late 2008, SEGA confirmed that the game is currently slated for somewhere between April and June 2009.

'Disgaea 2' (PSP) - New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 7, 2009 @ 11:23 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Disgaea 2 incorporates some of the same features it did in the original to retain its “Do anything & try everything” heritage while making radical innovations that include suggestions from game fans. The PSP edition will get extra content such as a new scenario, new characters and more ...

'The Path' In The Home Stretch, Enters Beta Stage

by Rainier on Jan. 7, 2009 @ 11:15 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Tale of Tales' The Path is a short horror story inspired by fairy tales examining the dark side things. What really happened to Little Red Riding Hood in those dark and scary woods?

'Grey's Anatomy: The Video Game' (NDS/Wii/PC) Announced - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 7, 2009 @ 9:52 a.m. PST | Filed under News

The doctors of Seattle Grace Hospital deal with life-or-death consequences on a daily basis – it’s in one another that they find comfort, friendship and, at times, more than friendship. Together they’re discovering that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white. Real life only comes in shades of grey.

Mad Catz Reveals 'Street Fighter IV' (ALL) Controllers

by Rainier on Jan. 7, 2009 @ 9:49 a.m. PST | Filed under News

SF IV features a mix of returning favorites (Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li etc.) along with new characters created for this game, such as Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte, and Rufus. Characters and environments are rendered in stylized 3D, while the game is played in the classic 2D perspective with additional 3D camera flourishes. Mad Catz announced a full range of licensed accessories which are expected to ship alongside the game's release in Feb. 2009.