Pearl Harbor Trilogy – 1941: Red Sun Rising is the first title in a trilogy of air-combat action games for the Wii. In the first episode, which is available on WiiWare™ for 700 Wii Points, players are dropped into the cockpit of famous World War II aircraft and thrown into some of the most contested air battles of the Pacific Theatre such as Pearl Harbor, Wake Island and Guadalcanal.

The game has been rated T for Teen (Violence) by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), PEGI 12 (Europe), USK 12 (Germany) and AGCB PG Mild Violence (Australia and New Zealand).

Haunted House re-visited

Thirty years on from its original incarnation, Atari have updated the classic Haunted House game for a new generation. The iconic groundbreaking game returns with more chills, cool new unlockables and plenty of spooky new enemies and is promised to be available for Halloween 2010.

Haunted House pays homage to the classic favorite as players fight for their lives in Graves Mansion as the grandchildren of the original character that disappeared without a trace in the evil mansion over 30 years ago.

Chased by pesky poltergeists, haunted by scary skeletons and exhausted from battles with creepy creatures, players are in a goosebump-inducing fight to explore the dark and creepy depths of Graves Mansion in search of the four lost pieces of the magical urn.  The player’s goal is to reassemble the urn and defend their family’s legacy with the aid of mystical tomes, powerful light sources and multiple keys.

The pick up-and-play arcade-style adventure allows players to jump right in and begin battling for their family’s legacy and explore the dark and mysterious levels.

An eerie, 3D rich environment of towers, basements and catacombs draws players into the haunted world and cursed story. Find hidden treasures, solve puzzles, fight bosses, and navigate through the spooky mansion and multiple levels on the way to a showdown with Zachary Graves.

Haunted House will take control of Wii®, Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC Download this Autumn, with suspense filled challenges, new chilling environments and more frightful enemies than ever before.

For further information visit the Atari Haunted House website.

maestro! green groove screenshot

Neko Entertainment have announced the European launch of Maestro! Green Groove, a musical platform adventure game designed for Nintendo DSIWare, available from the Nintendo Shop Channel now.

Blending two exquisite flavours, Maestro! Green Groove is a unique concept combining the standards of platform gaming with the pleasure of musical creation in a unique and astonishing way.

Maestro! Green Groove gives players the power to create a symphony with the touch of the Nintendo DS-stylus. Set in the deep, dark tropical forests of the Green Groove World, players take control of Presto a colourful music loving bird.

Using the DSi stylus players strum, run and tap to the rhythm of a Bollywood musical orchestra whose reinterpretation of classics such as Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Chopin’s Nocturne n°2 and Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” will drive you wild. Just like the world’s best conductors, to move Presto through Maestro! Green Groove players will need to stick as close as possible to the original composition to progress.

Featuring challenges including special strings, goofy enemies and crazy targets that need to be knocked down as fast as lightning, Presto will need to defeat his jealous rival Staccato and his spider gang in epic musical battles.

Utilizing the Nintendo DSi microphone Maestro! Green Groove is one of the first DSiWare games to truly make the most of the Nintendo DSi microphone, allowing players to let their vocal cords loose with the melodies featured in the game.

Laurent Lichnewsky, Managing Director of Neko Entertainment says;

“We are pleased to announce the launch of Maestro! Green Groove for Nintendo DSiWare owners throughout Europe. Its perfect mix of platform adventure gaming and musical creation featuring some of the world’s best known compositions will appeal to players both you and old.”

For further information visit Neko Entertainment.

Pearl Harbor Trilogy – 1941: Red Sun Rising is the first title in a trilogy of air-combat action games for the Wii™. In the premiere game, which will be available soon on WiiWare™, players will be dropped into the cockpit of famous World War II aircraft and thrown into contested air battles of the Pacific Theater such as Pearl Harbor, Wake Island and Guadalcanal.

Pearl Harbor Trilogy – 1941: Red Sun Rising has been rated T for Teen (Violence) by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), PEGI 12 (Europe), USK 6 (Germany) and AGCB PG Mild Violence (Australia and New Zealand).

So grab your flying jacket and goggles and enjoy the thrills of being a World War II fighter pilot!

The intergalactic bowling fun for the whole family on Wii™ with realistic physics and diversified game modes.

The Games Company (TGC) is releasing its Alien Monster Bowling League, the interstellar bowling game for Wii™ in the second quarter of 2010 across Europe.

Alien Monster Bowling Game or AMBL for short, opens up a whole new meaning to the traditional bowling alleys that we all know so well. Here you can compete against humans, aliens and monsters in a bowling competition unlike anything you’ve ever seen. It takes more than a good hook shot to compete in the AMBL: Power Moves, Special Balls and Whammies bring a whole new dimension to the lanes for a bowling experience that is out of this world!

If it takes your fancy, you may want to challenge the mighty count Dracula to a game, or the fearless Marsian in his huge robot or wily Kendra with her sexy outfit and many other diversified enemies.

Beat them all despite their individual skills and special moves to reach the winner of the interracial, international and interstellar Alien Monster Bowling League.

Beside a thrilling single player mode you can tempt human friends to encounter the highly motivating multiplayer mode for a fast paced split screen duel. Face your buddies and enter diversified bowling lanes spread around the galaxy.

The multilingual Alien Monster Bowling League will be released in a mid price segment in Q2 2010 exclusively on Wii™ in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German language.

For information on the amazing list of TGC titles visit The Games Company website.

nexuiz

Independent developer and publisher, Illfonic, debuted the first-person arena shooter at GDC 2010 last week. The fast, fun addictive gameplay impressed editors and fellow video game designers. Nexuiz was redesigned and ported over on PS3 in two and a half months with a six person team using the Quake engine.

Nexuiz is an Arena First Person shooter coming soon to consoles. It is fast paced with extremely competitive game play. IllFonic brings Alientrap Softwares Nexuiz to next-gen gaming consoles around the world while staying true to the game play refined over the years through open source development.

IllFonic introduces a new Victorian influenced art style that is simultaneously futuristic and sophisticated. Nexuiz uses the latest version of the Dark Places engine ported for the next generation of gaming consoles.

The game will feature a mutator system that allows players to change the rules of the match; as players rank, new mutators become available for them to use. Leader boards are designed for social networking, letting players feel more engaged with the community.

Nexuiz features a heavyweight soundtrack from artists including Flying Lotus, Dam Funk and Trisector. On launch Nexuiz will feature multiplayer modes including Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag. New games modes, models, and maps will be available as downloadable content post release.

For more information and updates visit the Nezuiz website.

Stop Stress: A Day of Fury

Abylight an independent premier video game developer, is pleased to announce the upcoming release date for Stop Stress: A Day of Fury, the complete anti-stress therapy for those days when everything that can go wrong, does, or so they say!

Stop Stress: A Day of Fury will be released on January 8th on WiiWare™ in Europe for 800 Wii Points™.

“[It is] the perfect antidote for the modern, urban, stressed out gamer”, said Nacho Garcia, producer at Abylight, “With encounters that range from demonic toasters to an antagonising baby gorilla, players will need to destroy everything in their patch to commence to the next stage”.

Have you ever had one of those days where you wish you’d never got out of bed? In Stop Stress: A Day of Fury you play Jack, a man with dangerously high blood pressure and possibly the most stressed man on earth, whose manic urban life is driving him nuts. As our stressed out hero, you have only one objective – to fulfill the ultimate dream of escaping from the city into a stress free Zen like existence.

Unfortunately for our hero Jack, the path to a trauma free life is littered with madcap enemies including a killer toaster, baby gorilla and a crazy cop hell bent on making you lose your cool. To deal with these wacky menaces players use a selection of crazy weapons including a slipper, axe and giant baseball bat as they proceed to wreak total carnage on anything and everything in their path.

To progress to the next level, players need to destroy everything they can get their hands on commence to the next stage. Featuring three different levels of difficulty within four different unabated and chaotic scenarios, the stress won’t halt, until you stop it or the stress stops your heart.

Stop Stress: A Day of Fury is rated PEGI +12 and will be available on the Wii Shop Channel.

For more information please visit the official game website.

“Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH is a fantastic addition to the WiiWare library for puzzle fans both young and old”, said Martijn Reuvers, Managing Director of Two Tribes. “With Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH players get a mind-boggling puzzle game that will really push their imagination and challenge their puzzle solving skills to the next level.”

Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH is an original 3D puzzle game that provides hours of puzzling fun and excitement across more than 70 brain-busting levels. Utilizing the intuitive Wii controls, players ‘herd’ coloured cubes to their exit points across stylish environments using a crazy mix of tools including conveyor belts, warps and stop signs. Developed exclusively on WiiWare by puzzle masters Two Tribes Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH is the first in a series of Rubik inspired games to come from the studio.

In addition to the 70-plus levels included, Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH also features the original Rubik’s Cube gameplay as a bonus. Players can try to solve one of the four sizes available, play the unique pattern matching score mode, learn how to solve the original Rubik’s Cube and even compete in the two player mode. Rounding out the package are the online leader boards, with the potential to host tournaments, with prizes awarded to those players who achieve the best scores.

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rubik's puzzle galaxy: rush

Independent game developer Two Tribes have teamed up with The Game Factory to announce a new series of Rubik inspired WiiWare puzzle games, with the first game of the series Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH being available throughout Europe this Autumn.

Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH has been developed by Two Tribes, the creators of the popular Toki Tori and Worms: Open Warfare 2. The result is a 3D puzzle game that provides puzzlers with hours of fun across more than 70 brain-busting levels.

Utilizing the intuitive Wii controls, players ‘herd’ coloured cubes to their exit points across stylish environments using a crazy mix of tools including conveyor belts, warps and stop signs.

In addition to the 70-plus levels included, Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH also features the original Rubik’s Cube gameplay as a bonus. Players can try to solve one of the four sizes available, play the unique pattern matching score mode, learn how to solve the original Rubik’s Cube and even compete in the two player mode. Rounding out the package are the online leader boards, with the potential to host tournaments, with prizes awarded to those players who achieve the best scores.

Martijn Reuvers, Managing Director of Two Tribes said;

“We are very excited to be releasing our second WiiWare title. Inspired by the cult classic from the eighties, Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH is a totally fresh and unique 3D puzzle game experience which we can’t wait to show to Wii gamers.”

Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH Highlights:

·      Original 3D puzzle solving gameplay

·      More than 70 brain-busting levels

·      Tailor-made Wii Remote™ control scheme

·      Conveyer Belts, Warps, Stop Signs, Directional Signs, Splits, and more.

·      Stylish environments

·      Classic Rubik’s Cube in four sizes

·      Tutorial on how to solve the original Rubik’s Cube

·      Unique score mode

·      Online leaderboards

For more information visit the Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy website.

For a more relaxing time away from the stress of the fast lane, why not consider a cruise holiday?

Stop Stress: A Day of Fury

Independent video game developer Abylight have announced the upcoming launch of their latest game designed for WiiWare, Stop Stress: A Day Of Fury, the complete anti stress therapy for those days when everything that can go wrong, does!

Ever had one of those days when you wish that you had never got out of bed?

In Stop Stress: A Day Of Fury you will take on the persona of Jack, a man with dangerously high blood pressure and possibly the most stressed person on earth, who’s manic urban life is driving him crazy.

The objective of the game is to get stressed-out Jack away from the chaotic life of the city and to fulfill the ultimate dream of living a stress free zen-like existence.

Unfortunately for our hero Jack, the path to a trauma free life is littered with madcap enemies including a killer toaster, baby gorilla and a crazy cop hell bent on making you lose your cool.

To deal with these wacky menaces players use a selection of crazy weapons including a slipper, axe and giant baseball bat as they proceed to wreak total carnage on anything and everything in their path.

To progress to the next level, players need to destroy everything they can get their hands on. Featuring three different levels of difficulty within four different unabated and chaotic scenarios, the stress won’t halt, until you stop it or the stress stops your heart.

“With its frantic gameplay, manic enemies and vibrant environments, Stop Stress: A Day of Fury is the perfect game to be born out of our Jungleland, said Manu Ruperez from Jungleland, “We look forward to it becoming one of the cult hits of the year.”

Stop Stress: A Day of Fury is rated PEGI +12 and will be available on the Wii Shop Channel.

For more information please visit the official Stop Stress site .