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Following on from the ten current darts legends which were included in 2006’s PDC World Championship Darts and which are also present in this year’s game, Oxygen Games are proud to announce the introduction of an additional six darts professionals in PDC World Championship Darts 2008, releasing on PlayStation® 2, Wii™ and PC in January 2008.
The six new players are:
Terry “The Bull” Jenkins, who has moved up to fourth in the world rankings after reaching the finals of four major ranking tournaments in the past year.
Ronnie ‘The Rocket’ Baxter, the two-time World Championship runner-up and former World Matchplay finalist.
Andy ‘The Hammer’ Hamilton, who joined the professional circuit in 2004 and has since soared up the PDC rankings to reach the World Championship and World Matchplay semi-finals as well as winning his first Pro Tour event in Gibraltar at the beginning of 2007.
Andy ‘Rocky’ Jenkins, currently the highest ranked player in the PDC who has yet to appear in a major final, and a semi-finalist at the 2007 World Championship.
Kevin “The Artist” Painter, who lost in a sudden-death leg to Phil Taylor in the final of the 2004 World Championship after leading 4-1 in one of the sport’s greatest games.
Roland Scholten, “The Flying Dutchman” who won the 2004 UK Open and was runner-up in the 2006 Premier League Darts.

To recap, the six brand new professionals are:
Ronnie ‘The Rocket’ Baxter, Andy ‘The Hammer’ Hamilton, Andy ‘Rocky’ Jenkins, Terry ‘The Bull’ Jenkins, Kevin ‘The Artist’ Painter and Roland ‘The Flying Dutchman’ Scholten.

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 Wii™
PlayStation®2 and PC.

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 Wii fans PDC World Championship Darts 2008 is bringing the spectacle and excitement of the nation’s best loved sport to your home in January 2008.

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

Oxygen Games™ would like to confirm that its two new quiz titles for PC and Playstation®2, Cheggers Party Quiz and Alan Hansen’s Sports Challenge, are now shipping and will be in the shops from October 26th.

Bursting with thousands of questions, plus multiple play modes and rounds, both of the quizzes are delivered in Cheggers’ and Hansen’s inimitable witty styles. From casual play with family or friends to serious sporting challenges, these quizzes have something for everyone – rather like the hosts themselves!

Along with the usual controls, the PC version is compatible with USB game devices, whilst the PS2 allows play for up to eight players with a dancemat, multitaps, or using the share-a-pad mode, where 2 players can use each half of a single Dualshock® controller.

Whether you want wonderfully wacky or dryly droll, why not gear up for this year’s party season by inviting Cheggers or Hansen into your lounge for some star-studded fun?

Cheggers’ Party Quiz and Alan Hansen’s Sports Challenge, for PC and Playstation®2, will be available to buy at all the usual outlets from October 26th, giving you plenty of time to get some practice in before the family comes ‘round your house!

Crave Entertainment and Ignition Entertainment is pleased to announce the European release of Crayola® Treasure Adventures for the Nintendo DS™.

Become an adventurer and explore various exotic locations and meet new friends on your journey of discovery. Armed only with your treasure map and Crayola® crayons you must draw, colour and think your way through challenging obstacles, fun mini-games and exciting quests to reclaim the stolen colour crystals and restore colour to the world.

‘Crayola® crayons has always been synonymous with creativity and fun, and have been part of everybody’s childhood’ said Peter Rollinson, Product Manager, Ignition Entertainment ‘The Nintendo DS™ is the perfect platform for creativity on the go’

‘We’re very excited to partner with Ignition Entertainment and Crave Entertainment on this new videogame project,” said Chuck Linden, managing director, Crayola Europe. “Crayola Treasure Adventures allows kids to be creative and adventurous through color and fun in a thought-provoking, developmental setting ~ that is what our brand is all about.’

Since its inception in 1903, the Crayola® brand has grown into one of the most respected and recognizable brands in the consumer marketplace. Today consumers equate the brand with colour, fun, quality and development-all the characteristics that are reinforced in their growing product line which includes crayons, markers, coloured pencils, paints, modeling compounds and craft and activity products for use in schools and homes. The brand has come a long way since the first box of 8 Crayola® crayons made its debut in 1903. Currently the company makes more than 100 different crayon colours as well as an array of materials to stimulate children’s creative development - while having fun!

An adventure that proves that the crayon is mightier than the sword.

Key Features:

• Draw, colour and think your way through exotic locations and exciting adventures
• Transform your stylus into 120 authentic digital Crayola® crayons to colour with
• Be creative with over 100 pictures to colour in the digital colouring book
• Play mini games including Dot to Dot, Jigsaw Puzzles and Speed Colouring
• Experience beautifully created landscapes and colourful environments
• Earn rewards of bonus crayons and pictures throughout your adventure
• Restore colour to the world while making new friends along the way

Crayola® Treasure Adventures for the Nintendo DS™ is scheduled for release Q1 ’08.

OVERVIEW: The GRAW™ 2 Co-op Collection consists of five Co-op Campaign missions that continue the story from GRAW 2. In total there are nine maps, seven of which are inspired by classic maps from Ghost Recon’s illustrious history and two that are totally brand new. All nine maps (including adversarial versions of the Co-op Campaign maps) have exquisite visuals and support all of GRAW 2’s thousands of customizable game modes.

ACHIEVEMENTS: The Co-op collection offers 9 new achievements for GRAW 2 totaling 125 achievement points (detailed list below).

CO-OP MAPS
Caves - (Ghost Recon®)
 Azcona’s squads are using the nearby caves as an operational base for raiding army convoys across the river. Detain and extract the rebel leader and recon the area for any hidden weapon caches.

Railroad Bridge - (Ghost Recon)
 Intel reports the rebels are moving on a command post 60 clicks southeast of here. Protect the command post, recon the local rail line and hunt down the informant providing intel to the rebels.

Battlefield - (Ghost Recon)
 The last rebel unit in the area is holed up in the village of Venta. An allied armor unit on the edge of town is pinned down by artillery. Ghosts, knock out the enemy comm transmitter. Then escort the armor through the village.

Plantation – (Ghost Recon®: Island Thunder®)
 Intel shows a rebel leader’s motorcade is moving through the farms south of here. Take out his convoy and destroy all of the surrounding ADATS before Sabre Seven arrives for extraction.

Swamp Airfield - (Ghost Recon: Island Thunder)
 Azcona’s rebels have occupied a small island airfield. Recon the area for intel on this operation and destroy all aircraft to prevent any means of escape. The landing strip is targeted for an air strike so get out ASAP.

ADVERSARIAL MAPS

Business Park – (Brand New) / Suitable for 8 to 12 players
 Narrow alleys connect open courtyards with overlooking balconies in this concrete corporate paradise.

Rooftop – (Brand New) / Suitable for 8 to 12 players
 Sitting on top of the world, the rooftop structure of a skyscraper has lots of cover and vertical combat.

Caves - (Ghost Recon) / Suitable for 12 to 16 players
 Rolling terrain, forest and a cave structure tucked into the side of the mountains.

Railroad Bridge - (Ghost Recon) / Suitable for 12 to 16 players
 A deep valley with a rail bridge spanning overhead, hilly and wooded areas nearby.

Battlefield - (Ghost Recon) / Suitable for 8 to 12 players
 Open terrain with pockets of war-torn buildings, under the limited visibility of black skies and pouring rain.

Plantation – (Ghost Recon: Island Thunder) / Suitable for 12 to 16 players
 Wet, foggy airfield located in the heart of a murky swamp.

Swamp Airfield – (Ghost Recon: Island Thunder) / Suitable for 4 to 8 players
 A bright, sunny day overlooks the plantation fields and nearby structures, including a large warehouse.

Prison - (Ghost Recon: Island Thunder) / Suitable for 4 to 8 players
 This dilapidated structure has many paths in and out.

Castle - (Ghost Recon) / Suitable for 12 to 16 players
 The mighty castle walls and excavation within provide lots of cover and CQB, while thick wooded countryside offers ample stealth and sniping opportunities.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Caves (Co-op) Perfect: 15 points
 Complete Caves Co-op Mission without respawning at default or hard difficulty.

RR Bridge (Co-op) Perfect: 15 points
 Complete Railroad Bridge Co-op Mission without respawning at default or hard difficulty.

Battlefield (Co-op) Perfect: 15 points
 Complete Battlefield Co-op Mission without respawning at default or hard difficulty.

Swamp Airfield (Co-op) Perfect: 15 points
 Complete Swamp Airfield Co-op Mission without respawning at default or hard difficulty.

Plantation (Co-op) Perfect: 15 points
 Complete Plantation Co-op Mission without respawning at default or hard difficulty.

2-Point Swing: 15 points
 In a CTF match with 5+ players, recover your stolen flag and score in a single run.

From Downtown: 10 points
 Kill exactly 3 enemies and no teammates with one grenade on a map.

Clever Retort: 10 points
 In a match, get a grenade kill while you are incapacitated or dead. Minimum 5 players.

Kickin’ it old school: 15 points
 Complete a Co-op Mission without respawning, hard difficulty, and the Drone off.

Environmental poisons never play by the rules. Just when you think they are rounded up they give you the slip. Today worldwide videogame publisher and developer Ignition Entertainment Ltd. launches Mercury Meltdown Revolution for the Wii™ home video game system, the addictive, safe gaming alternative to playing with dangerous transition metals. Mercury Meltdown Revolution is rated E for Everyone and is now available at major retailers nationwide for $19.99.

Set within a colorful virtual lab, you’ll guide a silvery mercury blob through more than 150 levels of chemical frolic that tests your reflexes and nerve. Balance the Wii Remote in both hands as you tilt the vividly rendered world of Mercury Meltdown Revolution. Carefully creep the slippery blob through mazes, avoid mechanical obstacles, and balance on wobbly platforms that threaten to toss you into the abyss.

“Mercury Meltdown Revolutionis a deep and unique puzzler, taking full advantage of the Wii’s innovative controls,” says Ken Gratz, Director of Product Development at Ignition USA. “This is an essential title for anyone who has a Wii, especially at only $19.99 - you can’t afford not to own it!”

Foresight is a must in Mercury Meltdown Revolution as doors lock out the wrong colored blob. Be ready to handle more than one blob at a time, careful to keep enough mercury in play to complete the level. If you avoid the traps, which can take a chunk out of your blob, you’ll squish and squirm your way to a new Mercury Meltdown Revolution lab.

Mercury Meltdown Revolution is about precision control and timing. This game will have you leaning sideways, backwards, and every which way in the hopes of nudging your blob just … a little bit … further … Or have you crying out loud as your blob lands with a sad splat on the lab floor.

Mercury Meltdown Revolution features:
· Hidden labs and bonus features – Seemingly endless challenges
· 480p support – There’s nothing prettier than the gleam of mercury
· 150+ levels of action – Feed your puzzling need
· Mini-games galore including Rodeo, Paint, Metrix, Shove and Race
· Dynamic physics – Shimmy, shake, and shiver like the mercury blob
· Full integration with the Wii Remote Motion Sensor, plus Classic Controller support
· A critically anticipated puzzler for $19.99! The deepest game for the fewest bucks
· Rated “E” for Everyone: A new gaming addiction for players of all ages to pick up and play

For more information on Ignition Entertainment titles, please visit www.ignitionusa.com

THE HISTORY CHANNEL® and Slitherine Strategies are proud to announce the expansion of their licensing relationship. Plans call for the creation of a new product line, THE HISTORY CHANNEL® Pocket History, a new series of games developed for the Nintendo DS game platform.

These new titles will extend the mission and core legacy of both companies to bring history to a wider audience. THE HISTORY CHANNEL Pocket History product line will feature a specific historical period for each release. Iain McNeil, Director of Slitherine, said, “Our objective with the release of the Pocket History series is to bring creative and inventive gameplay, that is easy to pick up and learn, to the next generation of portable gaming platforms. As always we are concentrating our efforts on creating a product that is both historically accurate and innovative and will really suit the DS platform.”

The Pocket History series will begin with the release of THE HISTORY CHANNEL Pocket History: Rome in April 2008, with further products launching worldwide later in 2008.

“We are very pleased to join forces with Slitherine for THE HISTORY CHANNEL Pocket History series, the second product line we have developed together,” added Carrie Trimmer, Director of Licensing at A&E Television Networks, parent company of The History Channel. “Following the success of THE HISTORY CHANNEL Great Battles console series, we wanted to design a game specifically for the Nintendo DS that would take advantage of its unique features, especially its portability. We think gamers will respond favorably to this new series.”

THE HISTORY CHANNEL Pocket History: Rome puts the player in control of the Roman Empire, building and extending its cities, governing the population and exploiting its resources. The player must also manage the economy and of course take command of the Roman military machine. Through conflict, diplomacy, economic and social growth, the player will increase the power of the Empire following the path of the most successful military empire in history.

The title will also feature fun-to-play mini games inspired by Ancient Roman culture, as well as an embedded encyclopedia that enriches the playing experience with historical resources on the subject. “We strive to innovate, as always,” said Marco Minoli, Marketing Director of Slitherine. “The market keeps offering ‘me-too’ games and competing with the same kinds of products with the same old style of gameplay. At Slitherine we have always tried to offer a different approach and to create something entirely new. Our audience has always appreciated this. With THE HISTORY CHANNEL Pocket History series we are continuing along this path, inspired by the exceptional sales results of The History Channel Great Battles of Rome.”

 Empire Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings (NASDAQ: SSTR), today announced that the eagerly awaited, classic combat sports game “Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe,” is available on the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® via Xbox LIVE® Arcade starting today.

Regarded as a break-though title that took the sports genre to a new level, “Speedball,” the Bitmap Brothers classic, was first released for the Amiga in 1990 and quickly became a huge success. However it wasn’t until the release of its sequel, “Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe” that the title reached new gaming heights and sold over 2 million units. It is still considered by many to be one of the best games of all time.

As of today, players can get the Xbox LIVE Arcade version of “Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe,” a perfect conversion of original game will all the classic elements that have made it a firm favorite amongst gamers, but with the addition of an all-new High Definition version, more teams and downloadable content.

Empire Interactive has recently enjoyed great success with the release of arcade classic “Double Dragon,” one of the most popular full game downloads on Xbox LIVE Arcade (400MP). The highly anticipated release of this legendary game should further cement Empire’s position as a leading provider of casual games in the online marketplace.

Ian Higgins, CEO Empire Interactive said, “Xbox LIVE Arcade is the ideal environment for this exciting new High Definition version of ‘Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe.’ With the addition of extra content packs and downloadable content, gamers will at last have the ultimate version of the game.”

Clive Kabatznik, CEO of Silverstar Holdings commented, “Speedball II will undoubtedly add to our earlier successes on Xbox LIVE Arcade and further demonstrates our ability to cost effectively redeploy classic titles on all major formats and a multitude of distribution channels.”

Mike Montgomery, of developers Bitmap Brothers said, “The team is as passionate about “Speedball” today as they were back in the day. The evolution of the game to Xbox LIVE Arcade will provide renewed interest and excitement for “Speedball” fans old and new”.

At a cost of 800MP, its arrival will please both hard-core fans and new generations of gamers who have yet to experience what some believe is the finest combat sports game ever made.

Xbox LIVE Arcade is the central destination for Xbox 360 gamers to find, download, try, and buy smaller games on the Xbox 360 console. Xbox LIVE Arcade offers a large catalogue of fun, broad-appeal games that can be downloaded via Xbox LIVE.

  505 Games Announces Guilty Gear XX Accent Core for Wii

505 Games today shifted up the pace of their release schedule with the announcement of Guilty Gear XX Accent Core for Nintendo Wii in February 2008.

Developed by Yokohama-based Arc System Works, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core is the third instalment in the series and is widely cited as one of the most carefully balanced fighting games in existence, thanks to a refined combat system with three new gameplay modes.

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core features over 20 deadly combatants and includes an alternate EX version of all the existing characters. On top of all this, the game also introduces two reinvented fighters, A.B.A. and Order-Sol, who have never been seen outside of Japan.

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core delivers a range of all-new moves, including the ‘Force Break’, a special move which consumes 25 per cent of the Tension Gauge when used; ‘Slashback’, a form of parrying with reduced block stun; ‘Slip Throws’; and moves which make opponents stick briefly to walls or slide across the floor of a stage.

In addition to major gameplay changes, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core features the first major aesthetic change for the series since the original release. All voices, including that of the announcer, have been re-recorded or replaced with previously unused samples, in some cases with different actors.

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core makes maximum use of the Wii controller, allowing players to move characters with the control pad on the Nunchuk and use the Wii Remote for both simple and special attacks. Some of the less powerful attacks are mapped on the Wii Remote buttons and the special attacks are executed through both button and movement with the Nunchuk or the Wii Remote.

The final layers of polish on Guilty Gear XX Accent Core come with redesigned playable character artwork and two new music tracks, Launch Out and Keep The Flag Flying.

The final mix is a fighting masterpiece.

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core will be published by 505 Games for Nintendo Wii in February 2008.