LITTLEST PET SHOP, NERF, MONOPOLY and YAHTZEE among first franchises to hit a variety of game systems, online and mobile under EA and Hasbro agreement

Chertsey, UK – February 11, 2008 – EA today announces its first step in transforming the interactive family entertainment landscape with its initial slate of Hasbro games, in development on a variety of game consoles, mobile devices and for online play. These games provide new ways for families to build relationships through digital entertainment with some of world’s greatest brands. The first Nintendo Wii and DS titles that will be available this autumn are LITTLEST PET SHOP, and NERF “N-Strike,” both in production at EA’s Salt Lake Studio. EA also is developing new MONOPOLY and SCRABBLE® (in North America) titles for multiple platforms, as well as other titles to be announced later this year.

Mobile gamers can already experience the fun of SCRABBLE (North America only) and YAHTZEE DELUXE on their phones. Starting this spring, EA Mobile will introduce the next generation of classic Hasbro titles. The first games in this exciting new expansion include MONOPOLY HERE & NOW, TRIVIAL PURSUIT®, RISK, and YAHTZEE ADVENTURES, a re-invention of the classic dice game.

For online web play, EA’s Pogo.com is developing engaging, authentic online experiences for MONOPOLY and YAHTZEE as fun, multiplayer experiences. Trivia fans can look forward to the much anticipated launch of TRIVIAL PURSUIT this fall. Additionally, Pogo.com is launching two connected downloadable titles, OPERATION and PICTUREKA, which can be played offline or players can connect online on Pogo for bonus features and the social experience of playing the game with others. With more than 13million visitors a month, the pogo.com community delivers a unique online experience for family and friends to connect and play these hugely popular Hasbro games together in the virtual world.

“EA and Hasbro want to give families new ways to enjoy games; we want give them a new way to come together, connect, spend time and have fun around the TV or online,” said Chip Lange, vice president and general manager of EA’s Hasbro Studio. “Bringing the spirit of these games to life as video games has allowed us to create really unique and creative experiences for families and friends of all ages to enjoy together at home or online.”

”We are thrilled that together we are bringing our great toys and games to life in the digital world and providing consumers with new and dynamic ways to enjoy our amazing brands,” said Mark Blecher, Hasbro’s senior vice president of Digital Media and Gaming.

At Hasbro’s Toy Fair showcase in New York from February 17-19, EA will unveil LITTLEST PET SHOP on the Wii and DS, NERF “N-Strike”, and EA Mobile’s SCRABBLE, YAHTZEE ADVENTURES and MONOPOLY HERE & NOW.

EA HASBRO TITLES IN DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE:

LITTLEST PET SHOP for Wii, DS and PC, scheduled for release during autumn 2008
LITTLEST PET SHOP brings the magic of owning your own pet shop to your home. EA brings the quirkiness and cuteness of the popular Hasbro girl’s brand to life in a new digital world. Players can explore three unique environments as they unlock new pets, playsets, accessories and more.
Players will discover magical moments of delight as they build relationships with their pets. This game is the next must-have addition to fans growing Littlest Pet Show collection. Add to the ultimate Littlest Pet Show collection with three different versions of the Nintendo DS game; each with unique pets.

NERF “N-Strike” for Wii and DS, scheduled to ship autumn 2008
Become the master of mayhem in the first NERF blaster action game. In a world created to be the perfect landscape for NERF pandemonium, players can wreak havoc and perfect their blasting skills or challenge friends to clashes with both single and multi-player game modes. With the brand new custom NERF blaster, players can then take the action outside as their controller transforms to fire actual NERF darts.

EA MOBILE
SCRABBLE® for mobile phones, currently available in North America
This exciting update of the classic board game now includes flexible difficulty levels, built-in word list, dynamic animations, scrolling and full-board views. Easy-to-use controls allow for alone play, a challenge with computer in a phone, or enjoy pass‘n’play with a friend. Easily keep track of game scores and statistics. Fun new features appeal to both wordplay fans and casual gamers.

MONOPOLY HERE AND NOW for mobile phones, scheduled for release in March 2008
Monopoly Here and Now, a modern makeover of the world’s most popular board game. Buy and sell destinations around the U.S. as you compete to own it all and win! Unique player icons, sound effects, vivid graphics and easy-to-use, one-button controls deliver all the excitement of the beloved game.

YAHTZEE ADVENTURES for mobile phones, scheduled for release in April 2008
Play the treasured dice game on your phone. Travel the globe, meet new characters and challenge them to a game, roll the colorful dice and be the first to score a YAHTZEE. Enjoy Classic, Duplicate, Rainbow and Battle modes. Pass‘n’play with your friends, or try your hand at a Yahtzee single-player adventure. Dynamic, exciting gameplay, easy controls, automatic scorekeeping deliver terrific mobile entertainment for you, your friends and family.
POGO.COM GAMES
YAHTZEE for online play: scheduled for release during summer 2008
Shake, score and shout YAHTZEE with family and friends online. There are two ways to win in this fun and addictive game from Pogo.com. Compete for the top score on a real-time leader board as you and up to 19 people roll the dice in a series of timed rounds. Show your team spirit as you collaborate with other players to advance your team goal and earn bonuses for scoring YAHTZEE together. Take the YAHTZEE fun online.

MONOPOLY HERE & NOW: WORLD EDITION for online play: scheduled for release during autumn 2008
Risk it all to own it all online. Jet set across the globe and buy and sell property in the most desirable cities in the world. Play alone or wheel and deal with up to three people using one of three sets of rules or make the game more challenging by customizing your own game. The unique player icons, sound effects and graphics deliver all the excitement of the beloved game. Will you be the next the next online billionaire?

TRIVIAL PURSUIT for online play: scheduled for release during autumn 2008
Get your daily dose of trivia fun online. Challenge your daily trivia knowledge with an easy to access, interactive online trivia game. Answer the trivia questions correctly and earn points towards your wedges in pursuit of completing your pie collection by the end of the week. The player with a full pie wins. Not a trivia expert? Take a stab at it; there’s something in it for everyone.

OPERATION downloadable game for the PC: scheduled for release during autumn 2008
The medicine is madcap and you are the MD as the ER goes arcade-crazy in OPERATION. Your role: emergency surgeon. Your challenge: diagnose and treat patients by successfully performing operations, each one a mini-game. Resources are limited and the clock is ticking, so you’ve got to heal ‘em up and move ‘em out…. Do well, and you earn points and upgrades for your hospital. Do poorly, and you’ll face malpractice lawsuits from angry plaintiffs with glowing noses. Either way, OPERATION will have you – and your patients – in stitches.

EA’s Hasbro games in development are part of the newly formed EA Casual Entertainment Label within Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:ERTS). The Casual Entertainment Label is focused on creating and delivering fun and appealing casual entertainment experiences for a mass audience. With simple rules and engaging designs, these games are easy for a new player to learn but difficult to master. EA’s casual games portfolio include such titles as recently announced BOOM BLOX, and currently available SmartyPants™ for the Wii™, Tetris® for mobile phones and the online gaming destination Pogo.com™.

MURRIETA, CA - February 8, 2008 - Left Behind Games Inc (OTC BB:LFBG.OB - News), announced today that it has launched its new Million Game FREE Giveaway marketing program. For a nominal shipping and processing fee, the first million responders can get LEFT BEHIND: Eternal Forces for FREE, normally a $24.95 retail value, by going to www.lbgames.com/free.

“This new program will help us to increase our installed base of users to benefit future sales and expand distribution of the world’s only games where prayer is more powerful than guns”, said Troy Lyndon, chief executive officer of Left Behind Games. Lyndon continues, “More and more people continue to communicate how grateful they are that our content presents a healthy alternative in an industry that is getting increasingly more graphically violent. Finally, parents can get their youngster, for FREE, a really good, fun and safe game that encourages positive values.”

The storylines of the LEFT BEHIND® products are based on the best-selling “Left Behind” book series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, which has sold more than 63 million copies worldwide.
For more information, visit www.lbgames.com.

ABOUT LEFT BEHIND GAMES
Left Behind Games Inc. was founded in October 2001 for the purpose of developing games based upon the popular LEFT BEHIND book series. The mission of Left Behind Games is to become the world’s leading independent developer and publisher of quality interactive entertainment products that perpetuate positive values and appeal to mainstream and faith-based audiences.

LEFT BEHIND is a trademark of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. that has been registered in the U.S. and other countries. TRIBULATION FORCES is a trademark of Left Behind Games Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Charlie Church Mouse is a trademark of Lifeline Studios. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are owned by their respective parties.

Safe Harbor Statement under the U. S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release contains forward-looking statements which express the current beliefs and expectations of Left Behind Games’ management, including the expectation of improved sales of the company’s products. Such statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause Left Behind Games’ future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Other important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements are discussed in the “Risk Factors” section and other sections of Left Behind Games’ Form 10-KSB for the year ended March 31, 2006, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

The Sci-fi shooter designed on a movie script. Last of the Patriots II concludes the story from the first game, as well as show-casing a new concept of dual-story driven gameplay.

Edinburgh, Scotland - February 10, 2008 - Paul Davis author and creator of the prototype series Last Of The Patriots has announced the sequel will be released as freeware on the 28th of March, 2008.

Continuing the concept of innovative story-based solutions, the sequel is showcasing a new concept of dual-story driven gameplay. “The aim of this sequel is to introduce the concept of dual-story gameplay, as the player follows the story of the two main characters and how their stories inevitably intertwine” said Paul Davis founder of the series. “This series is very much a foundation for which the industry can hopefully work from”.

http://www.last-of-the-patriots.com

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Disney Interactive Studios Announces Classic Game Will Be Available Through Xbox LIVE Arcade on February 13

BURBANK, Calif. – (February 8, 2008) – The ground-breaking film “Tron,” about a man who ventures inside a video game and has to battle for survival, spawned two classic arcade games in the early 1980s. Disney Interactive Studios today announced Discs of Tron, the second arcade game inspired by the film, will be available on February 13 for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

In Discs of Tron, players face off in a three-dimensional arena against the film’s villain, Sark, as they throw discs to try to knock him off of a platform or “derezz” him with a disc while he counters. The game, which includes both classic and enhanced modes, gets increasingly more difficult as players progress. A player’s advancement through the game includes multiple platforms of different altitudes, a barricade between the two combatants and chasers, which are secondary weapons from Sark. The player’s deflector can provide necessary temporary protection from Sark’s onslaught of discs.

Discs of Tron, which received an 8.0 out of 10 review score from Official Xbox Magazine (U.S.), includes multiplayer modes: Classic Versus (highest score wins), Speed Versus (player to reach determined score first wins), Co-op (two players’ scores combined for leader board results) and Deadly Disc Versus (players play simultaneously and power-ups help one player or hinder another).

“Discs of Tron is considered an arcade classic as it mesmerized fans who wanted an entertaining and challenging experience derived from the innovative film,” said Craig Relyea, senior vice president of global marketing, Disney Interactive Studios. “The game’s release on Xbox LIVE Arcade enables multiple generations to play the addictive game in both its original form from 25 years ago and an enhanced mode with upgraded graphics and sound.”

The enhanced mode features high-definition graphics that show the three-dimensional arena surrounded by a cityscape from the world of Tron. The game’s audio is also upgraded in the enhanced mode.

From Disney Interactive Studios and developed by Backbone, Discs of Tron is rated E for Everyone by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).

The original Tron arcade game, which is comprised of four mini-games inspired by the film and features an enhanced mode and multiplayer challenges, is now available on Xbox LIVE Arcade.

RTL Winter Sports 2008 – the Ultimate Challenge – Review by the Sarge 

Winter Sports 2008 – the Ultimate Challenge is the improved sequel to last year’s winter RTL Winter Games 2007. The arcade – oriented winter sport compilation comprises the 15 most popular disciplines spanning 9 events. 42 missions in all with final boss rivals recreate the atmosphere of the international winter sport event.

Modes such as single player, campaign, the hot seat (4 players) and split screen (2 players) feature multiple tournament options adds to a gripping multiply player experience as you compete for record times and gold medals.  

Features 

• 15 playable disciplines spanning the 9 most popular winter sports
• Brand new campaign mode with 42 missions, incl. Boss rivals
• Multiplayer party fun: hot seat (4 players), split screen (2 players)
• 21 locations loaded with atmosphere
• Controls perfectly adapted to Nintendo Wii
• Lively sports events with mascots, opening ceremony, presentation ceremony, national anthems and many more
• Career mode with a skill system, incl, increasing skill values
• Magnificent sound tracks to the presenter duo & rousing soundtrack
• Motion capturing in cooperation with a leading European studio and an up-and-coming figure skater

 Other features include lively sports events with mascots, open ceremony, national anthems and many more. The game went unnoticed in it’s initial release, the fact that it mixes some pretty solid motion control similar to the old arcade track and field classic and a half way decent visual look means it bound to spark a bit of interest for people who like snow and winter sports!!.  

 The game includes Alpine Skiing, Ski Jumping, and Cross Country Skiing, Speed skating, Luge, Bobsled, Skeleton, figure Skating and Curling. Each event concentrates on using a very simple control method or motion that is very easy to pick up but is relatively fun despite its simplicity. Although don’t be fooled the Skiing events can be tricky to co ordinate when tilting left and right.   

In general the controls stroke game play is not that deep but this adds to the arcade feel and the graphics are in some areas an eyesore and disrespectful to any half decent graphics card a gamer owns, let’s just say the visuals would never win miss world.

The menus in comparison are well designed and simple to use. A favourite aspect of mine was the water or snow affect on the camera/screen. 

 Overall this is a no brainer click and play game to pass that hour before your dinner is on the table. It’s never a mind blowing experience but you can imagine some effort has gone into this game to create the Olympic or winter games look and feel, I do think the Nintendo Wii version will be much mroe fun to play with the motion sensing controls.  

Gameplay – 6/10 - Lots of events and simple controls
Graphics - 5/10 - Some of the intros/animations are ok but simple overall.
Sounds - 5/10 - The commentators are ok but the soundtrack monotonous
Overall – 5/10 – for the PC version I would wait for the bargain bin, but I can see this being much better on the Nintendo Wii with the Motion controls as this game screams for it. If you have been out and bought the Wii version please write us a review.