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'WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009' (ALL) Career Mode - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2008 @ 4:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 will unleash a new tag team experience, allowing players to build momentum and attributes, eliminate opponents with high impact double teams and finishers, as well as get the “hot tag” for the win.

'Warhammer Online' Gets 500k Sign-ups in First Week

by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2008 @ 3:34 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will bring Games Workshop's fantasy world to life in a way that will allow players to create characters destined for great deeds and glory on the field of battle. EA announced that in the first week since launch over 500,000 new players have registered for its fantasy MMORPG.

'Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure' (NDS) Coming to Europe - New Screens

by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2008 @ 3:28 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

A remake of Atlus/Nippon Ichi's 2000 PlayStation title, Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure is a music-based RPG, where cutscenes are replaced by musical numbers, complete with vocals, high-res 2D sprites, and more features than ever before.

Graduate Students Form Floating Point Studios

by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2008 @ 3:20 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Today Floating Point Studios is proud to announce their formation as a new independent games development company in Swansea, Wales (UK). Floating Point Studios' focus is to develop new IP and is currently working on two titles codenamed Flight and The Elder, which will both be available through Valve's Steam digital download service at the end of 2008 and spring of 2009, respectively.

'Disgaea DS' (NDS) Coming to Europe - New Screens

by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2008 @ 3:16 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Square Enix is bringing Nippin Ichi America's new NDS rendition of Disgaea: Hour of Darkness to Europe, featuring several key improvements will be made to the user interface and game system.

Friday, September 26, 2008 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2008 @ 3:07 a.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:

'America's Next Top Model' (NDS) Announced - Screens

by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2008 @ 2:34 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

America's Next Top Model is the official video game of the hugely popular US TV series. In the game, the player takes control of one of 10 aspiring models who compete in a variety of different categories including: Make Up, Fashion, Catwalk and Photoshoot.

'StoneAge 2' - 6 New Screens

by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2008 @ 1:43 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Set in the prehistoric ages, StoneAge 2, DigiPark's casual MMORPG, brings a mixture of dinosaurs of unimaginable heights and invisible spirits who help humans roam altered terrains such as dungeons and arid desserts.

'Mirror's Edge' (ALL) Gets $130 Limited Edition

by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2008 @ 1:35 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Mirror's Edge is a first-person action adventure game where you are Faith, a 'runner' framed for murder in a world where communication channels are highly monitored and the movement of human traffic is closely watched. After yesterday's $150 Dead Space Ltd. Ed. EA is offering a $130 Runner's Bag Bundle which includes the game and a handmade heavy duty ballistic fabric messenger bag.

Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 In Japan

by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2008 @ 1:28 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Microsoft's Xbox 360 continues its momentum in Japan and for the second week in a row outsells Sony's PS3. While the NDS remains king, the Wii regains the lead amongst the current gen consoles with 29,921 units sold, while the X360 outpaced the PS3 with 13,777 vs. 8,156 console. The recent price drop and the one-two punch with Infinite Undiscovery and Tales of Vesperia are surely the cause of the sales surge.