PCD DARTS 2008 - THE CHAMPIONS ARE SIGNED

10 Pros signed up, more to be announced

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, UK, September 27th, 2007 – Following on from the rapturous fan reaction to the inclusion of ten real world darts professionals in last year’s critically and commercially successful PDC World Championship Darts, Oxygen Interactive is raising the bar further for its forthcoming, PDC World Championship Darts 2008, by increasing the number of real-life darts legends to 16!

The first ten to be announced include Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor - the greatest player ever to throw a dart, winning his 13th World Championship title in 2006 - and Raymond ‘The Man’ van Barneveld, the current World Champion who defeated Taylor in the greatest ever final in January 2007.

Also starring in the game are; Colin ‘Jaws’ Lloyd (the number one player in the world in 2004 and 2005, winning two major titles along the way), Peter ‘One Dart’ Manley (double World Champion), John ‘Darth Maple’ Part (from Canada), and the ever-popular Wayne “Hawaii 501” Mardle.

The initial 10 professionals are:

• Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor
• Raymond ‘The Man’ van Barneveld
• Peter ‘One Dart’ Manley
• Wayne ‘Hawaii 501’ Mardle
• Dennis ‘The Menace’ Priestley
• Adrian ‘Jackpot’ Lewis
• Alan ‘The Iceman’ Warriner-Little
• John ‘Darth Maple’ Part
• Colin ‘Jaws’ Lloyd
• Mark ‘Flash’ Dudbridge

About PDC World Championship Darts 2008
Go head-to-head with the greatest PDC Champions and be part of the year’s most fierce console Championship with PDC World Championship Darts 2008, releasing on Nintendo Wii™
PlayStation®2 and PC alongside the staging of the 2008 Ladbrokes.com World Championship Darts Championship in December 2007.

Starring even more Champions, the full line up of electrifying tournaments, exceptional graphic enhancements, even more play modes and additional formats - PDC World Championship Darts is back for 2008.

Calling on darts, sports and Nintendo Wii™ fans, PDC World Championship Darts 2008 will be bringing the spectacle and excitement of the nation’s best loved sport to your home this Christmas.

PDC World Championship Darts 2008 - Pure excitement. Pure pressure. Pure Darts - Game On!

Nintendo’s Wii Sports leads the nominations for the 2007 British Academy Video Games Awards. The hands-on title, which encourages people to physically participate in the virtual sports, has seven Bafta nods.

Its nominations include game of the year, innovation and multiplayer.

Crackdown, Gears of War, Okami and God of War 2 all secured five nominations.

The awards will be presented on 23 October in London.

The best game nominations also include action titles Gears of War and Kane and Lynch: Dead Men, underwater shooter Bioshock, PC title Crysis and Guitar Hero II.

In the innovation category the nominations encompass aquatic title flOw, nature adventure game Okami, role-playing game Super Paper Mario, the card battle title The Eye of Judgement, Trauma Center: Second Opinion, and Wii Sports.

The Academy recognises excellence in artistic achievement, technical achievement, gameplay, innovation, original score, use of audio, and story and character.

Other categories include the genres of action and adventure, casual, multiplayer, sports, strategy and simulation and best game.

It’s blood, sweat and fears as the Clive Barker’s Jericho^TM playable demo goes live.

Battle demonic foes from the Crusades time slice with Church, Black and Delgado.

Prepare to confront evil and then blast its face off as Codemasters announces the release of the Clive Barker’s Jericho™ playable demo.

The demo is now available from Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox™ 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® and the Games for Windows® demo available from www.codemasters.co.uk In Europe and PAL territories, the demo will be available for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system on October 4th from PLAYSTATION®Network*.

Clive Barker’s Jericho dispatches players to the Middle-Eastern city of Al-Khali. Controlling the Jericho squad, a team skilled in both conventional and paranormal warfare, players fight through different time periods from the city’s history on a gruelling journey to unravel the legend of the First Born, God’s first aborted creation of man and source of ultimate evil.

Thrusting gamers into the heart of this unique horror FPS, the demo is taken from the time of the Crusades in Al-Khali’s past. A vicious attack has divided the squad, with one half presumed lost. As the demo opens, players join Sergeant Billie Church, Lieutenant Abigail Black and Sergeant Frank Delgado in the blood-drenched sewers and catacombs of a fortress.

Playing as Captain Devin Ross, the fallen squad leader who as a spirit is able to possess and heal individual members of the team, players must take advantage of Church, Black and Delgado’s paranormal talents.

Delgado, a pyromancer and heavy weapons expert, can unleash a parasitic flame spirit to incinerate nearby enemies and wields a 7.62 calibre Minigun.

Church, a blood scribe, casts powerful wards, enchantments and banishments through the ritual of drawing her own blood. She also comes equipped with a customised Nodachi for ruthless melee attacks.

Black possesses astonishing telekentic powers, which lets her guide bullets fired from her customised XM-110 sniper rifle with pinpoint accuracy through multiple targets.

Only by combining the unique squad abilities of this paranormal fighting force can gamers survive this hellish nightmare and come closer to the truth.

Right from the off, players face a vicious onslaught from an army of grotesque crusader warriors. These twisted and tormented enemies, whose armour is fused with their rotting flesh and limbs replaced with axes and swords, are powerful, shocking realisations of monsters from the mind of Clive Barker.

Developed by Mercury Steam Entertainment, Clive Barker’s Jericho will unleash its supernatural assault from October 26th 2007 (PAL territories) for the PLAYSTATION 3 system, Xbox 360 and Games for Windows.

Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games

Single Match – Select an event and play
Circuit – Play multiple events in a row
Mission - Clear mission objectives assigned for each event
Gallery – Learn more about the Olympic games
Records – Saved records for yourself and other players
Options – Change name, flag and icon

Characters

Sonic
Knuckles
Tails
Amy Rose
Shadow
Eggman
Vector
Blaze
Mario
Luigi
Wailuigi
Wario
Peach
Daisy
Yoshi
Bowser

Events

Athletics – Track (5 in total)

100m:

Up to four players at once
Wii Remote and Nunchuk or just Wii Remote

Hold down B to get turbo start
When Go! Appears, swing the Wii remote down and release B
Alternate the Wii remote and the Nunchuk up and down

4×100m Relay

Up to four players at once
Wii Remote and Nunchuk or just Wii Remote
Choose 4 players in your team

Hold down B to get turbo start
When Go! Appears, swing the Wii remote down and release B
Alternate the Wii remote and the Nunchuk up and down
When SPEED LOCKED appears, stop shaking the remote and nunchuk
Press B and the next runner will start
Swing the Wii Remote vertically to pass the baton

110m Hurdles

There are 10 hurdles to jump
Hold down B to get turbo start
When Go! Appears, swing the Wii remote down and release B
Alternate the Wii remote and the Nunchuk up and down

Athletics – Field (6 in total)

Long Jump

Four players consecutively
Clap to get a good applause
Alternate the Wii remote and the Nunchuk up and down (the faster you shake, the further you jump)
When SPEED LOCKED appears, stop shaking and prepare for the jump
Raise the Wii remote to jump before you run past the takeoff board

Triple Jump

Four players consecutively
Speed, jump timing and strength
Clap to get a good applause before beginning
Alternate the Wii remote and the Nunchuk up and down (the faster you shake, the further you jump)
When SPEED LOCKED appears, stop shaking and prepare for the jump
Raise the Wii remote to hop, then the Nunchuk to step, then the Wii Remote again to jump before you run past the takeoff board

Hammer Throw

Only using the Wii Remote
Press A to begin spinning
Press B to throw the hammer

Javelin Throw

Alternate the Wii remote and the Nunchuk up and down
When SPEED LOCKED appears, stop shaking and prepare for the throw
Lower the Wii Remote while pressing B + A to throw the javelin before the line

Gymnastics (2 in total)

Trampoline

First try for a 7 meter jump
Raise the Wii Remote just before you land on the trampoline to jump higher
At 7 meters your routine begins. Input the displayed actions by using A, B and twisting the Wii Remote. You’ll lose points for mistakes.

Shooting (1 in total)

Skeet (Clay Pigeon)

Move along 8 shooting positions and hi as many clay targets as you can
Hold the Wii Remote vertically.
To prepare to shoot, press B when the point is in the middle of the heart to get a bigger aiming cursor
Point the Wii Remote to aim the cursor and press B to shoot

Rowing (1 in total)

Single Sculls

When GO! Appears, immediately press the displayed buttons and pull both controllers back to move the boat

Archery (1 in total)

When the Wii Remote Cursor appears, hold A and B and pull the remote back
Hold A and B and use the Wii Remote to move the cursor. At the same time, tilt the Nunchuk to move the Nunchuk cursor.
Be careful with the wind!
Release the arrow by letting go of A and B, line up the two cursors.

Aquatics

100m Freestyle

Timing of stamina recovery and speed is key. Press B to build up energy
When GO! appears, swing the Wii Remote down to dive in
Shake the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to swim:

Crawl – Forwards and backwards alternatively
Breaststroke – Left and right to sides alternatively
Butterfly: Up and down together
Dog paddle – up down alternatively
Crocodile paddle – left right to sides together

Use B to recover stamina
To turn, swing the Wii Remote down as you touch the edge of the pool.

4x 100 Freestyle

Same as above, but swing the remote down and the next swimmer will receive a speed boost after jumping in

Fencing

Individual Epee

Thrust at opponent to score points
Use the Nunchuk stick left and right to move forward and back. Quickly press twice in the same direction to move faster.
While holding A, swing the Wii Remote to perform a parry and deflect your opponent’s attack.
Press B to perform a feint and cause your opponent’s parry to miss

Table Tennis

Singles

The first to 11 points wins. Uses the Wii Remote only. Raise the remote to toss the ball, and swing sideways to serve, and again to hit it back
It will go straight with perfect timing, left if hit sooner or right if hit later
Swing up and down or hold A while swinging to perform a chop (a defensive shot that can return high speed balls but at slower speed.
Hold B to perform a smash. It’s an offensive shot that can return the balls at high speed but timing is difficult.

Standalone Expansion in Million-Unit Selling FranchiseScheduled for Spring 2008 Release

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. September 26, 2007 - THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® – Soulstorm™, the next standalone chapter in internal studio Relic Entertainment’s award-winning Real-Time Strategy (RTS) franchise, is scheduled for release on Windows PC in spring 2008. Featuring an extensive interplanetary campaign spanning an entire star system in the Warhammer® 40,000™ universe, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm introduces two all-new factions for an unprecedented total of nine playable races.

“Relic Entertainment has set the standard for technical excellence and innovation in the RTS genre,” said Bob Aniello, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, THQ. “Dawn of War – Soulstorm continues that tradition as a standalone title featuring all-new, brutally addictive single and multiplayer game-play that will hook newcomers and skilled Dawn of War veterans alike.”

“In Dawn of War – Soulstorm, we’ve taken Games Workshop’s epic war from one planet to an entire star system,” said Tarrnie Williams, general manager, Relic Entertainment. “Allowing gamers to play nine unique races, introducing air units and providing multiplayer achievements for the first time creates a tremendous amount of new and challenging strategic gameplay for all players.”

About Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm is set in Games Workshop’s (LSE: GAW) Warhammer 40,000 universe – a dark, futuristic, fantasy setting where armies of technologically advanced warriors, fighting machines and hordes of implacable aliens wage constant war – and is played by millions worldwide. Executive produced and co-developed by Relic Entertainment in association with Iron Lore Entertainment, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm is a complete standalone title and will feature two all-new armies, including the malicious Dark Eldar, for an unprecedented total of nine playable races. In addition to new units across each of the seven existing races, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm will incorporate air units for the first time and introduce multiplayer medals, adding a whole new level of depth to online battles. The revolutionary meta-game introduced in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Dark Crusade is further expanded to an interplanetary scale in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm, allowing players to battle across an entire star system.