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Saturday, March 26, 2011

03/26/2011 - Aeria Games Reveals Closed Beta Date for Metal Assault
Aeria Games Reveals Closed Beta Date for Metal Assault

It’s No Joke – Run ‘n’ Gun Action Shooter Blasts into CB on April 1

SANTA CLARA, Calif.  – March 26, 2011 – Aeria Games, a leading global publisher of free-to-play online games, today revealed the Closed Beta date for its latest action shooter title. Metal Assault is scheduled to open its battlefields to Closed Beta participants on April 1. Interested players can still sign up for a Closed Beta invite at Metal Assault’s Official Website (
http://metalassault.aeriagames.com). Here players will also find an arsenal of Metal Assault goodies; read mercenary bios, learn mission details, download fun wallpapers, and watch epic videos highlighting Metal Assault’s explosive gameplay.

Once Closed Beta begins, players can blast full speed into Metal Assault’s non-stop, frenzied PvE / PvP action.  Defeat enemy troops, eliminate waves of zombies, and team up with your friends to solve the mystery behind an underground military lab explosion in this epic Metal Slug-style shooter.

Metal Assault thunders on the scene with these features:
  • Multiplayer Modes – Team up with or against your friends in Metal Assault. Play Co-Op missions or battle your friends head-to-head in PvP Deathmatch sessions. Or fight solo in frenzied PvE modes.
  • Vehicle Violence – Maximize destruction with one of four playable vehicles. Don a personal combat suit, hop into a giant cannon, or join up to 3 friends in a multiplayer Helicopter or Tank.
  • Zombie Zones – The City of HERZ is infested with roaming hordes of zombies!  Take ‘em out as part of your mission in PvE modes. Or play the fast-paced Infection PvP variant and try to escape bites and scratches from your undead friends!
Metal Assault is a 2D side-scrolling action shooter, similar in style to the Metal Slug series. Metal Assault will be free to download and free to play. Head to the official website (http://metalassault.aeriagames.com) on April 1st to participate in the Closed Beta release!

About Aeria Games
Aeria Games, a leading destination for online entertainment, provides an unrivaled MMO gaming experience to a growing community of more than 15 million members. The online gaming portal offers a broad selection of fun, high-quality games, including fantasy MMORPGs, FPS, casual MMOs and Facebook games. Aeria Games is committed to its position as the world’s premier publisher and portal, with high-quality, innovative content and outstanding customer service.

Based in Silicon Valley, Calif., Aeria Games & Entertainment, Inc. was founded in 2006 and has offices in the United States, Japan, Germany, and Brazil. More information about Aeria Games can be found at
www.aeriagames.com.

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Friday, March 25, 2011

03/25/2011 - Homefront Sells Over 1 Million Units
THQ Announces Estimated Global HomefrontTM Sell-Through of Over 1 Million Units, on 2.4 Million Units Shipped to Date

AGOURA HILLS, Calif., Mar 24, 2011 - THQ (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced that HomefrontTM has already sold-through an estimated more than one million units across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific markets, on shipments of 2.4 million units to date.

In addition, according to UK Chart Track's March 21st weekly report, Homefront's reported first weekend sell-through ranked the game as #1 for the week, as well as the best-selling week-one new console release in 2011 in the UK.

"We are very pleased with strong worldwide shipments and sell-through for Homefront, and we continue to fulfill new retail orders for the game across the globe," said Brian Farrell, THQ President and CEO. "Homefront is clearly resonating with gamers and we are certainly pleased with our initial sales results."

About Homefront

2027. A once proud America has fallen, her infrastructure shattered and military in disarray. Crippled by a devastating EMP strike, the USA is powerless to resist the ever expanding occupation of a savage, nuclear armed Greater Korean Republic.

Abandoned by her former allies, the United States is a bleak landscape of walled towns and abandoned suburbs. This is a police state where high school stadiums have become detention centers, and shopping malls shelter armored attack vehicles. A once-free people are now prisoners... or collaborators... or revolutionaries.

Join the Resistance, stand united and fight for freedom against an overwhelming military force in Homefront's gripping single player campaign penned by John Milius (Apocalypse Now, Red Dawn). Stand alongside a cast of memorable characters as an emotional plot unfolds in this terrifyingly plausible near-future world. Experience visceral, cinematic first person shooter action as you fight your way across Occupied USA using guerrilla tactics, and commandeer military vehicles and advanced drone technology to defeat the enemy.

Multiplayer brings epic warfare to the online arena as infantry, tanks, attack helicopters and combat drones battle across huge, open battlefields. A rich feature set offering layers of tactical depth combined with game-changing innovations like Battle Points and Battle Commander set a new benchmark in online warfare.

For more information on Homefront, visit Homefront-Game.com, or follow the resistance at Facebook.com/Homefrontgame or Twitter.com/Homefrontgame.

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

03/24/2011 - Green Lantern Coming to Nintendo 3DS, 360, PS3
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces Green Lantern: Rise Of The Manhunters as its Debut Nintendo 3DSTM Title

Inspired by Upcoming Green Lantern Film – also set for 3D Release for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system on June 10th


March 24, 2011 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced their debut title for the Nintendo 3DS™ handheld system: Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters. The action-adventure game will also be released in 3D, as well as 2D, for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is set to invade the third dimension in the UK on 10th June 2011 in conjunction with Warner Bros. Pictures’ epic superhero feature film Green Lantern scheduled for release on 17th June 2011. The upcoming game title will also be available in standard 2D only for the Wii™ system and Nintendo DS™ handheld system, delivering an immersive experience across all platforms for Green Lantern fans that the entire family will enjoy.

The Nintendo 3DS version of the game is designed specifically to take advantage of the system’s stereoscopic 3D capabilities and deliver multi-plane graphics that delve players further into the Green Lantern universe.

Players on Xbox 360 and PS3™ will be given the option to play in anaglyphic 3D with technology that is compatible with all standard and high definition TV sets and visible to players wearing the 3D glasses that will be available for the video game. Fans can also enjoy the game in stereoscopic 3D when playing on any 3D HDTV while wearing active shutter glasses that are compatible with the television.

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is inspired by Warner Bros Pictures’ upcoming Green Lantern film, which brings the enduringly popular DC Comics Super Hero to the big screen for the first time and stars Ryan Reynolds in the title role as Hal Jordan, the newest member of the Green Lantern Corps. In the videogame, gamers can use an arsenal of amazing constructs and take flight across the deepest parts of the universe to restore intergalactic order by wielding the ultimate weapon: the Green Lantern Power Ring. Gamers playing the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 versions will also have the option to join forces with a friend to play as Hal Jordan or Sinestro to battle the Manhunters.

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is in development for Wii, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS by Griptonite Games and for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 by Double Helix Games. For more information and updates, become a fan at
www.facebook.com/GreenLanternVideogame

About the Green Lantern Feature Film
Green Lantern stars Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett and Tim Robbins. Also starring are Jay O. Sanders, Temuera Morrison, Taika Waititi and Jon Tenney,. Martin Campbell directs the film from a screenplay by Greg Berlanti & Michael Green & Marc Guggenheim and Michael Goldenberg, story by Greg Berlanti & Michael Green & Marc Guggenheim, based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The film is being produced by Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti. Herbert W. Gains and Andrew Haas serve as executive producers. The film will open in 3D and 2D on June 17, 2011. Green Lantern will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
www.greenlantern.com

About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to such iconic DC Comics properties as Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Flash, MAD Magazine, and Fables, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its superheroic characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, and interactive games. Publishing over 1,000 comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Comics is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world.

About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.

GREEN LANTERN: RISE OF THE MANHUNTERS software © 2011 Warner Bros. Entertainment. Trademarks are property of their respective owners. Nintendo DS and Wii are trademarks of Nintendo. KINECT, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies and are used under license from Microsoft. “PlayStation” and “PS3” and are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.

DC LOGO, GREEN LANTERN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics. WB GAMES LOGO, WB SHIELD: ™ & © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

03/23/2011 - Zombii Attack Infests the Nintendo Wii

ZOMBII ATTACK INFESTS THE Wii AND POSES SERIOUS THREAT TO WIPEOUT UNFUN GAMEPLAY

Gamers Digital Brings Physic Based Downloadable Arcade-Style Game to WiiWare Suitable For All Ages

EXCELSIOR, Minnesota (March, 23, 2011) — Today, Gamers Digital issued a nationwide health warning to all current and potential Wii™ users to pay close attention to Zombii Attack, scheduled for release in Spring 2011. Those who download Zombii Attack exclusively on Nintendo’s WiiWare™ service may become infected and suffer from uncontrolled bouts of hysterical laughter, experience intense feelings of exhilaration and become affected with a disposition of overwhelming joy.  Ignoring these symptoms can lead to habit forming fun.  

“If you or anyone you know plays Zombii Attack please take every precaution to not have fun, avoid enjoyment and please stifle all laughter in order to prevent further spread of the infection.  Please, be very careful when playing Zombii Attack,” said Gamers Digital CEO and mad developer of Scott Zerby.

How the zombie virus infection spread remains a mystery for now, but it appears Zombii Attack originated deep in the underground labs of Gamers Digital before spreading to highly populate metropolitan cities that are highly interactive using the state of the art Unity game engine.  The undead now overrun these cities. They hide in buildings, launch frenzied attacks and pose a very serious health threat to the remaining survivors and the world at large. Non-gamers should not approach the zombies.

There are scattered reports that one survivor is making a stand armed only with the laws of physics and a trusty rubber band to launch environmental items at zombies before they spread their infection. Those infected by Zombii Attack’s will experience more than 18 ever increasingly difficult levels of zombie madness. Lone survivors must use strategy when launching anvils, tires, experimental highly-explosive z-bombs and even the undead themselves at the endless waves of zombies using the Wii Remote™ with realistic natural motions. 

When Zombii Attack’s infectious fun takes over, the only known cure is to recognize the warning signs, arm your slingshot and destroy all attacking zombies before they eat you. Play at your own risk. 

Zombii Attack is rated “E+10” by the ESRB. For more information on Zombii Attack, please visit http://www.gamersdigital.com.

About Gamers Digital

Gamers Digital is a multi-platform publisher, with leading development studios worldwide.  Gamers Digital games are available on the biggest names in the global download space, including Big Fish Games, Yahoo!, MSN, Gamehouse, Nintendo®, and Apple.  To visit Gamers Digital, go to www.gamersdigital.com.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

03/22/2011 - Nintendo 3DS European Launch This Week
THE NEXT DIMENSION OF ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHES ACROSS EUROPE

Pick Up Your Glasses-Free 3D Entertainment System This Week

The Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo’s new device which offers portable entertainment in 3D without the need for special glasses, launches this week in Europe on March 25th. Play games in 3D, take 3D photographs and enjoy engaging new social applications that will offer a new surprise every day. Nintendo 3DS will launch in Cosmos Black and Aqua Blue alongside 13 3D games including nintendogs™ + cats, Pilotwings Resort™, Super Street Fighter™IV 3D Edition, Tom Clancy's™ Ghost Recon® Shadow Wars, PES 2011 3D and The Sims™ 3.

“Nintendo 3DS represents a dynamic shift in how we interact with games and continues the tradition Nintendo has for changing the technology landscape in the same way it did with touch-screen gaming in 2004 and motion-controlled gaming in 2006,” said Laurent Fischer, Nintendo of Europe's Managing Director of Marketing & PR. “People will truly need to experience it to believe their eyes.” 

Nintendo 3DS also comes with a large selection of pre-installed software, including Face Raiders, a game that asks users to battle with funny depictions of their own faces, AR Games, Mii Maker, StreetPass Mii Plaza, Activity Log, the Nintendo 3DS Camera and Nintendo 3DS Sound. The Nintendo 3DS also features new connectivity functions called SpotPass and StreetPass.

The StreetPass feature offers a new element of fun and surprise when you meet another Nintendo 3DS user. StreetPass allows you to wirelessly connect with other Nintendo 3DS systems around you, as you move through your daily life. Each time you open your Nintendo 3DS you may find another Mii™ character has greeted you in the StreetPass Mii Plaza gathering point, which will subsequently aid you to complete StreetPass minigames. Many games also utilise StreetPass to exchange data and you don’t even need to have the Game Card in the system. Once you see the green light on the right shoulder of your Nintendo 3DS, you will know you have exchanged data with someone and a new surprise awaits!

The SpotPass feature connects to Wi-Fi access points to go online automatically, even if the system is in Sleep Mode. It is compatible with public hotspots and you can also use your wireless broadband Internet connection at home. Once connected, the Nintendo 3DS system will be able to receive new content and updates on a regular basis. Later this year you could be viewing sports highlights in full 3D on your Nintendo 3DS courtesy of Eurosport – or spending your morning commute in the fun and quirky world of Shaun the Sheep, from Aardman Animations, just some of the possibilities available with SpotPass.

From around late May, even more features will be available*. People will be able to update their Nintendo 3DS to gain access to the Nintendo eShop to download new content, such as 3D games and classic games directly to the device. The simple update will also provide the ability to browse the Internet; play 3D video content; and transfer previously downloaded Nintendo DSiWare™ on a Nintendo DSi™ system to the Nintendo 3DS. 

Nintendo 3DS launches across Europe on 25th March. For more information about Nintendo 3DS, visit
http://www.nintendo-europe.com

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Monday, March 21, 2011

03/21/2011 - 3DS Midnight Launch Event in New York this Weekend
NINTENDO 3DS CHANGES THE WAY YOU VIEW PORTABLE ENTERTAINMENT

New System's March 27 Launch Ushers in the Era of 3D Fun without Special Glasses

REDMOND, Wash., March 21, 2011 – Nintendo introduces portable entertainment in 3D – without the need for special glasses. The Nintendo 3DS™ system goes on sale in the United States on March 27 at a suggested retail price of $249.99. It comes with a collection of pre-installed games and fun features, with more on the way.

"Nintendo 3DS can play 3D video games and take 3D pictures, but that's just the tip of the iceberg," said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. "The 3D display is amazing in its own right, but just as compelling are the new forms of game play it delivers, and the groundbreaking ways it will connect players to new content … and each other."

To celebrate the arrival of the system, Nintendo is holding a midnight launch event starting at 9 p.m. Eastern time on March 26 at the Best Buy store in Union Square in New York City. The event will feature hands-on Nintendo 3DS demos with food, music and giveaways (while supplies last), all leading up to a countdown to midnight, when the Nintendo 3DS system goes on sale. For those who can't make it to New York, additional midnight launch events will be held at several Best Buy stores throughout the country. Fans can visit http://www.bestbuy.com/3DS for more information. Nintendo is also installing more than 6,000 kiosks at retailers across the country over the next couple of months to let people demo the new Nintendo 3DS system.

Nintendo 3DS has 18 games available on launch day, with more than 30 total available by early June. Nintendo-published games available March 27 include:

  • Pilotwings Resort™, a high-flying aerial adventure that lets you soar over a tropical island in a plane, on a hang glider or with a rocket belt. You can take on more than 30 challenging missions, or go sightseeing and snap pictures in the game.
     
  • nintendogs™ + cats, which lets you train and interact with your very own puppy and kitten. They react to your voice and will even welcome you with a lick of the face as you lean in. There are three different versions of the software, each featuring a different starting breed: Toy Poodle, Golden Retriever or French Bulldog. In each version, players can eventually unlock all 27 different breeds to enjoy.
     
  • Steel Diver™, an action-packed and immersive 3D submarine combat adventure. Take command of your sub to control its speed, depth and pitch, and use both the touch-screen and motion-sensitive controls to navigate through lush undersea environments and fire torpedoes at enemy ships and obstacles.

Nintendo's third-party publishing partners are rolling out their biggest names for launch day. Games ready for March 27 include Super Street Fighter® IV 3D Edition from CAPCOM, The Sims™ 3 from EA, Madden NFL Footbal l from EA SPORTS, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D from Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., LEGO® Star Wars® III: The Clone Wars™ from LucasArts™, RIDGE RACER® 3D from NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., Super Monkey Ball™ 3D from SEGA, BUST-A-MOVE UNIVERSE™ from Square-Enix, Inc., SAMURAI WARRIORS®: Chronicles from TECMO KOEI AMERICA Corp., plus Asphalt™ 3D, Combat of Giants™: Dinosaurs 3 D, Rayman® 3D and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Shadow Wars from UBISOFT.

Meanwhile, Nintendo is working on Nintendo 3DS games from its top franchises, including The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time™ 3D, Star Fox™ 64 3D, Kid Icarus™: Uprising and new installments in the Super Mario™, Mario Kart™, Animal Crossing™ and Paper Mario™ series. The system is also ready to play nearly every single Nintendo DS™ game with its original 2D graphics. Nintendo DS games that required the use of the Game Boy™ Advance slot are not compatible with the Nintendo 3DS system.

Nintendo 3DS features two screens. The top screen displays 3D images without the need for special glasses. The bottom screen is touch-sensitive. It also has three cameras. One inner camera points at you, while two exterior cameras let you take pictures of your friends and family in 3D or 2D. It weighs approximately 8 ounces and is available in Cosmo Black or Aqua Blue.

Built-in games and applications include Mii Maker™, which uses facial recognition technology to create a Mii™ character that looks just like you; Face Raiders™, which requires you to shoot at comical depictions of your own face as well as others around you; AR Games™, which superimpose graphics and animations on the real world using the included AR Cards; and Nintendo 3DS Sound, which lets you listen to MP3 or AAC music files, or make your own recordings and play with them using fun filters. The StreetPass™ feature lets some of your games and applications wirelessly swap small bits of game data as you pass other Nintendo 3DS users throughout the day, if you choose. SpotPass™, on the other hand, lets the Nintendo 3DS system detect wireless hotspots or wireless LAN access points and allows users to obtain information and game data when the system is in Sleep Mode. Free software and videos will also become available with future system updates.

Soon Nintendo will roll out a series of additional features for Nintendo 3DS, including an Internet browser, an online store called Nintendo eShop, the ability to access 3D Hollywood movie trailers, automatic and free access to more than 10,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots nationwide and the ability to stream Netflix movies (Netflix unlimited membership required).

For a comprehensive look at all the hardware specs and features of Nintendo 3DS, visit
http://press.nintendo.com/nintendo3ds.

Remember that the Nintendo 3DS system features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit
http://www.nintendo3ds.com.

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

03/20/2011 - Support Tsunami Relief Efforts with Direct2Drive
Support Tsunami Relief Efforts with Direct2Drive

Because much of the heart of the gaming community lies in Japan, Direct2Drive.com (D2D) is especially motivated to help out in the earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. For every game purchased at D2D through March 21st, D2D will donate $1 to the American Red Cross. Additionally, many of D2D's game publisher partners are on board to match donations, including Paradox, 2k Games, Atari and many, many more. The full list of participants can be found here: http://www.direct2drive.com/staticpage.aspx?topic=relief

As a thanks to our users for supporting the disaster relief efforts, D2D will also be taking 20% off its entire library of first-person shooters this weekend, including upcoming AAA games from publishers like THQ and Electronic Arts, through March 21st at 10:00am PDT. Use code SPECWAR5 at checkout. A few great FPS titles to check out include:

Homefront: THQ invites gamers to join the Resistance and fight for a crippled United States of America against the Greater Korean Republic in the year 2027. Wage guerrilla warfare against a flood of hostile soldiers to reclaim your once-prosperous country.

Bulletstorm: Take on the role of a mercenary out for revenge and travel across barren deserts, lush forests, and an adults-only resort. Fight ferocious mutants and deranged cannibals with some of gaming's most imaginative weaponry from Electronic Arts.

Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition: Explore the inhospitable planet Pandora, battling dangerous creatures across treacherous terrain to discover ancient alien technology in this FPS-RPG hybrid from 2K Games.

For more details and to review D2D's huge library of more than 3,000 games, visit www.direct2drive.com.

*Low Prices Guaranteed: A Friendly Reminder!*

If you find a lower price on any digital PC or Mac game on a qualifying site the day of your purchase, Direct2Drive will reward you with D2D store credit for the price difference!  For more info on the "Lowest Price Match Guarantee" program, click here.

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