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'Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness' (NDS) Gets Euro Release Date

by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 9:03 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Your plans to start a new life for yourself were drastically changed when the ship you were on board was destroyed by a tropical storm. Now you find yourself stranded on a once inhabited, but now isolated island with a family of four from the ship. What happened to the people that used to live there?

'The Last Remnant' (PS3/X360/PC) - 14 New Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 6:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

The Last Remnant is Square Enix's latest single-player RPG game, powered by the Unreal Engine 3, scheduled to be released in Japan and North America simultaneously, with two main characters, each one appealing to a specific territory.

Midway Terminates Non-Core Licenses

by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 5:50 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Midway has come to mutually beneficial terms with licensing partners resulting in the cancellation of future versions of related game properties and associated development expenditures. While the announcement did not specify particular titles/franchises, we contacted Midway who informed us details will follow early November, when it releases its latest financial results.

'BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams' to be Multiplatform? - Teaser Trailer

by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 5:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

With the PS3 port of BioShock scheduled for next week, it seems early copies are already floating around. When you finish the PS3 game, you unlock a teaser trailer for BioShock 2, and while it merely shows a Little Sister holding a Big Daddy doll, it does not only show the full title, but also indicates that the sequel might be multiplatform from the get go, including a PS3 version.

'TrackMania DS' (NDS) - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 5:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Not a hardcore driving simulation, TrackMania DS is based on the fun and the spectacular aspects of racing. You drive at mind-blowing speeds in hi-octane racers on tracks made of jumps, loops, turbo boost pads and many other crazy design elements.

'Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy' Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 5:17 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Kyler Mallory has invited you as Nancy Drew to her wedding at Castle Malloy in Ireland. When Nancy arrives, the groom is missing! Did he get cold feet or has the banshee rumored to haunt the castle taken him to the Otherworld?

'Astro Tripper' (PS3) Revealed - Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 4:32 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

An evolution of PomPom's 2001 Space Tripper on PC, Astro Tripper is a furious horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up experience inspired by the painful, knuckle busting experiences of years gone by.

Bestway group Acquires Play Ten Interactive

by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 4:23 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Bestway group, a privately held group that was formed in May 2008 in the merger of Russobit-M and Game Factory Interactive, has acquired Russian publisher/developer Play Ten Interactive. Game Factory Interactive will take over Play Ten's titles (White Gold: War in paradise, Battle of Atlantis, Precursors, The Wall) which in part will henceforth target online games licensing.

'Castlevania Judgment' (Wii) - 10 New Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 3:51 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Castlevania Judgment, produced by Koji Igarashi, is the first fighting title in the franchise, and bridges the past with the present as it pits several generations of the Belmont clan against a host of characters that span the franchise’s 22-year history.

'Phantasy Star Portable' (PSP) Coming to North America/Europe - New Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 3:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Phantasy Star Portable includes the original PSU content, the Ambition of the Illuminus expansion pack, 4-player local multiplayer, PSP exclusive bosses and weapons, and a new History mode playable as a new character Vivienne.