WARSAW, March 31 2008 – CD Projekt RED is very pleased to announce the launch of The Witcher: DuelMail closed beta, based on the company’s best-selling PC role-playing game, The Witcher. The Witcher: DuelMail is a completely free-of-charge next-gen web-browser game that offers depth seldom found in similar products. The start of open beta is planned for April 7th, with the final version scheduled for release on May 9th.

The Witcher: DuelMail is centered around battles between two players digitally incarnated as one of three completely different character classes. Winning consecutive fights against other real-world people gains the player experience which allows them to advance to higher levels of character development, along with gaining new skills and items to use in combat. Players queue up attacks, magical spells and defensive maneuvers, then send their challenges to other players, who must create their own counter sequence in hopes of being the last one standing. In order to join, the game requires only a PC with an internet connection and a web browser with Flash installed.

What distinguishes The Witcher: DuelMail from a large number of similar Flash games is the high level quality throughout, which would usually be found in higher-budget products. The company responsible for The Witcher: DuelMail’s development, one2tribe Company, has been able to include spectacular battle visuals with high-quality animations created using motion-capture technology, as well as extraordinary special effects along with full sound implementation.

The Witcher: DuelMail is further distinguished by special events and regular updates that will keep the game alive and constantly expanding. Besides fighting for the top spot on the game’s ladders, top players can also expect to collect precious rewards in battle. To avoid feeling rampant loneliness, players can invite friends via e-mail in order to play together.

THE WITCHER
“The Witcher” is a role-playing game developed by Warsaw, Poland-based CD Projekt RED. The game uses a new version of the BioWare Aurora Engine, titled Aurora 2007. The game is set in the world created in the books of Andrzej Sapkowski, which have been published in many countries. In recent months, the first volume of stories about The Witcher has become available in English (http://www.amazon.com/Last-Wish-UK-Paperback-Sapkowski/dp/B00121UIP8/ref=pd_bbs_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201788033&sr=8-7). The game tells the story of Geralt, a professional monster slayer drawn into political intrigues. The Witcher is an RPG designed for mature audiences. For more information visit http://www.thewitcher.com.

Empire of Sports, the new revolutionary sport-based MMORPG, is celebrating the first week of its private launch, with a wallpaper competition!

The theme is “Multisports”. You have until the 8th of April to demonstrate your creativity to the maximum.
The best wallpapers will be submitted to forum members over the course of 5 days, members will then vote for their favourite.

You must be a game account holder to enter, and if you win, your account will be credited with 5.000 Ecu!

You may submit as many wallpaper creations as you like.

Good luck!

Details of the competition can be found here: Click Here

For more information about the game please visit: http://www.empireofsports.com/

Sheffield, England – March 31st, 2008 – Video games publisher Lexicon Entertainment are delighted to announce that the highly anticipated Nintendo DS product ‘Commando: Steel Disaster’ will be shooting its way to American retail stores in Q3 with a publishing deal in place with highly respected XS Games.

You play as the heroic Storm who must put an end to Rattlesnake and his evil organisation. You get to do this with a range of heavy weaponry and Lexicon assures us there are plenty of different weapons and pick-ups - each with its own attack method and power. Plus, some guns can be used to find secret items.

Shoot, jump, throw and roll into action as you battle though each of the five missions and the two extra hidden missions. Each mission has various beautifully crafted environments all culminating in an epic boss fight.

Mow down wave after wave of animated enemies and use the various
vehicles to destroy enemy gun ships and tanks in this extreme
test of any gamer’s skill.

• Highly stylized graphics with slick animations
• Get behind the wheel of various vehicles
• Complex boss battles and 20 different types of enemy
• Pick up 10 different types of weapons
• Destructible terrain and weather conditions
• Discover hidden missions by finding secret data disks

Banner is back!!! after some serious Gamma radiation.

The European premier of our game first trailer is live and exclusive on our newly launched Incredible Hulk website.

http://web.sega-europe.com/hulk/en/ 

Go and watch, otherwise you’ll make him angry…and you won’t like him when he’s angry.

If the site is not available on the above link try this one.

http://www.incrediblehulkthegame.marvel.com

we will bring you more on this as it arrives!!

As part of its strategy to extend its advertising sales reach for game publishers, Double Fusion today announced a new sales partnership within the Nordic marketplace.

karnig4media, headquartered in Stockholm, will now represent Double Fusion’s game advertising network in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland. karnig4media already represents a strong list of traditional and digital media heavyweights such as Sky News, Times Online, Bloomberg TV, Business Week, National Geographic and Newsweek. Today the Nordic media market is worth an estimated €7.8 billion, of which €1 billion is spent on digital media.

“Scandinavia is a sophisticated and highly connected region with a booming games audience. This partnership provides us with the perfect platform to rapidly build and grow advertising sales within the territory. karnig4media is respected within the market, enabling us to more quickly make inroads into the global brands that are active within these countries, and to provide local advertising campaigns to Nordic companies seeking to take advantage of in- and around-game opportunities,” commented Frank Sagnier, Double Fusion’s European Managing Director.

“In-game advertising is a fast growing segment of the marketing mix and Nordic companies are very interested in learning how to best utilise these new opportunities. karnig4media is proud to assist them by associating itself with a sector leader in the form of Double Fusion” commented Michael Karnig, karnig4media’s Managing Director.

With the partnership in place, Double Fusion will have access to the increasing levels of digital media ad spending in the region, aligned with the burgeoning games audience in the Nordic countries.

“Having the highest broadband penetration in Europe and a sophisticated games audience which is booming make the region an incredibly compelling place to further develop a fast-growing dynamic in-game advertising business,” Sagnier continued.
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About Double Fusion
Double Fusion is the game advertising expert. The company brings together the leading in-game ad serving technology, the broadest network of games across a wide variety of genres, and a sales force that has helped create and evolve the in-game advertising industry. Double Fusion provides marketers and their advertising agencies with the broadest range of in-game, around-game and web-based solutions with which to engage and sell the valuable and hard-to-reach gamer demographics. Double Fusion is privately held and headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Chicago, New York, Jerusalem, London, and Tokyo. More information on Double Fusion is available at www.doublefusion.com.

Advertisers interested in opportunities within the Double Fusion network; and developers and publishers interested in increasing their per-title revenues through integrated and dynamic ad placement opportunities should visit www.doublefusion.com.
Double Fusion is a registered mark of Double Fusion, Inc.

All trademarks, copyrights, registered marks, brand names, registered brand names, product names, and logos found in this press release are the property of their respective owners, may be registered in certain jurisdictions, and are mentioned in this release for identification purposes only

Capcom®, a leading developer and publisher of videogames today confirmed that it has secured exclusive worldwide rights to publish official videogames and create peripherals based on the World’s premier motorcycling championship, MotoGP™ across all hardware platforms.

This agreement will run for five years and supersedes the existing rights granted to publish titles on the PlayStation platforms which saw last year’s successful release of MotoGP 07 for the PlayStation® 2 entertainment system.

As part of this new agreement Capcom intends to initially publish titles based on the 2008 MotoGP season for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment’s PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™), the Wii™ video game system from Nintendo, PC platform and the PlayStation® 2 entertainment system, plus versions for mobile handsets.

MotoGP is the world’s premier motorcycling championship consisting of 18 Grands Prix hosted around the globe. It features the world’s top motorcycle manufacturers such as Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Ducati, Kawasaki, KTM and Aprilia, who provide machinery for the world’s best riders, including reigning World Champion Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi, Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa.

The 2008 grid also includes Japan’s Shinya Nakano, plus newcomers for the new season, such as 250cc World Champion Jorge Lorenzo and last year’s World Superbike Champion, James Toseland, from the UK.

Commenting on the announcement Mark Beaumont, executive vice president, officer and head of Capcom consumer software publishing in the Americas and Europe said: “We are very excited to have signed this long term agreement with Dorna Sports, which for the first time grants one publisher worldwide multi-platform rights to the adrenaline fuelled world of MotoGP. We feel this move to a single publisher will greatly benefit our ability to develop titles that deliver more authenticity and excitement to the consumer”.

Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna Sports, the exclusive holder of all commercial and TV rights to MotoGP commented: “Capcom has already shown its ability to deliver a title that captures the essence of MotoGP and we look forward to working with them over the next five years”.

Original Nintendo DS game features collectable characters in a music-based rhythm-action adventure

Guildford, U.K. – March 28th, 2008 – The EA Casual Entertainment Label today announced the development of a new wholly-owned, original intellectual property, created for 7-11 year old boys and girls. ZuboTM is a music-based rhythm-action game featuring a unique set of characters that is scheduled to ship worldwide later this year, exclusively on the Nintendo DSTM handheld system.

“Zubo represents the culmination of a dedicated incubation project, which specifically sought to develop a new videogame property for boys and girls under 12,” said Harvey Elliott, Head of the EA Bright Light studio in Guildford, UK. “The team here has designed a rich, immersive and, above all, enjoyable experience – one that will live in the schoolyard, at home or on the move.”

Players enter the world of Zubalon to help the colourful and zany inhabitants, the Zubos, defeat an evil force which is bent on world domination. Players can befriend the Zubos they meet along the way, feed and nurture them, help them gain skills and strength, and assist them in their battles with the enemy, the dastardly Zombos.

A key element to Zubo is music, which is intrinsic to Zubalon from its tuneful plant life through to its currency of musical notes. The player will use the music to drive the battles forward, synchronising their stylus action and tapping in time with the musical beats to win!

With 55 Zubos available to find and recruit to a player’s squad, plus a wealth of interactions and mini-games, and the world of Zubalon to explore, Zubo offers a deeply rewarding Nintendo DS experience.

Zubo is developed by EA Bright Light studio in Guildford, UK and it will be available on the Nintendo DS this autumn.

We all like a good hint… here i have picked up some great tips for unlicking characters plus some easter eggs 

Enjoy!

Easter Eggs

Character Conversations
Tap the D-pad down while using the following characters in the appropriate stages to trigger mid-battle conversations:
Fox/Falco: Lylat Cruise, Corneria (Melee stage)
Wolf: Lylat Cruise
Snake: Shadow Moses Island

K.K. Slider Concert
If you play any kind of Brawl on the “Smashville” Animal Crossing stage when your Wii’s internal clock is set to a Saturday between the hours of 8:00 PM and midnight, K.K. “Totakeke” Slider will appear in the background of the stage and serenade your brawl.

Secrets

Super Smash Bros. Brawl SecretsSelecting Zero Suit Samus
To use Zero Suit Samus at the start of a match, select Samus on the character screen and hold the following button before the match starts with the corresponding controller that is being used:
Gamecube/Classic controller: Hold the R button
Wii Remote with Nunchuk: Hold the Z button
Wii Remote: Hold the Minus (-) button

Note that this also works with stages like Mushroomy Kingdom.

Easy CD and Sticker Drops
First, acquire Stage Builder Parts Set B (Make 5 custom stages). Make a level where there are conveyor belts running into a wall, and a platform somewhere in the level that a player can stand on and stay there.
Plug in a second controller. Go into options, and set every item EXCEPT Sandbag off. Set items to high. Go into your conveyor-belt-level in a regular Brawl and have the second character jump and stay on the platform, so it’s not in the way.

Now, when the Sandbags fall, they’ll stay at the wall. Use your character (Kirby’s basic A attack, repeatedly, recommended or another character that can hit many times quickly.) to hit the Sandbags over and over. Since all other items are turned off, only stickers and CDs will appear. This is the easiest way to get a lot of CDs/Stickers quickly.

Fight Crazy Hand in Classic Mode.
To fight Crazy Hand in Classic, you must reach the Master Hand in under nine minutes and without using any continues. Also, it must be completed on Hard mode or higher. If these conditions are met, Crazy Hand will appear alongside Master Hand at the start of the match.

Unlockables

Unlockable Characters

Unlockable - How to Unlock
Jigglypuff - 350 Brawl Matches OR Fight her in Swamp stage in SSE after completing it OR complete SSE then Events 1-20
Captain Falcon - 70 Brawl Matches OR Have him join in SSE OR Beat Classic in 12 minutes or less then defeat him in the following match
Sonic - 300 Brawl Matches OR Have him join in SSE OR Beat Classic Mode with 10 characters
Luigi - 22 Brawl Matches OR Have him join in SSE OR Complete Classic without continuing
Snake - 130 Brawl Matches OR Have him join in SSE OR Play 15 matches on Shadow Moses Island
Lucario - 100 Brawl Matches OR Have him join in SSE OR Complete all 5 Target Tests with a character
Ness - 5 Brawl Matches OR Have him join in SSE OR Reflect ten projectiles
Falco - 50 Brawl Matches OR Have him join in SSE OR Complete 100-man brawl
Mr. Game & Watch - 250 Brawl Matches OR Have him join in SSE OR Clear Target Tests on any level with 30+ characters
Toon Link - 400 Brawl Matches OR Fight him in Forest stage in SSE after completing it OR After beating SSE, finish the Classic mode
Wolf - 450 Brawl Matches OR Fight him in Ruins stage in SSE after completing it OR Complete Boss Mode with Fox or Falco
R.O.B. (Robot) - 160 Brawl Matches OR Have him join in SSE OR Get 250 different Trophies
Ganondorf - 200 Brawl Matches OR Collect Zelda and Link trophies in SSE to have him join you OR Clear Classic on Hard with Link or Zelda
Marth - 10 Brawl Matches OR Have him join in SSE OR Finish Classic on any difficulty

Unlockable Modes
Unlockable - How to Unlock
All-Star Mode - Unlock all the hidden characters
Boss Battle Mode - Complete the Subspace Emissary

Unlockable Stages

Unlockable - How to Unlock
Luigi’s Mansion - Use Luigi in brawl 3 times
Jungle Japes - Play on any Melee stage 10 times in VS Mode
Pokémon Stadium - Play on Pokémon Stadium 2 10 times in VS Mode
Hanenbow - Complete Event #28
Mario Bros - Beat Challenge #19
Great Sea - Unlock Toon Link
Big Blue (Melee) - Brawl as Captain Falcon 10 times
Spear Pillar - Clear stage #25 in Event Mode
Green Hill Zone - Unlock Sonic
Flat Zone 2 - Unlock Mr. Game & Watch
Green Greens - Fight as Kirby in VS mode 20 times
75m - Brawl as Donkey Kong 20 times

Unlockable Target Tests

By clearing various difficulties of Classic, you can unlock different levels of Target Test as outlined below. Note that if you unlock a higher difficulty level before an lower one, you will unlock all the ones before it e.g. If you clear Classic mode once on Intense, you will unlock all the target tests.

Unlockable - How to Unlock
Level 2 (Medium) Beat Target Test in Classic Mode twice on Easy or once on Medium
Level 3 (Hard) Beat Target Test in Classic Mode twice on Medium or once on Hard
Level 4 (Very Hard) Beat Target Test in Classic Mode twice on Hard or once on Very Hard
Level 5 (Intense) Beat Target Test in Classic Mode twice on Very Hard or once on Intense

Unlockable Music

Unlockable - How to Unlock
02 (Zero Two) Boss Theme (Kirby 64) Have a total of 5000 coins collected in vs. coin matches
100-Man Melee 1 Clear 100-Man Brawl under 4 minutes
3D Hot Rally Title Clear Target Level 5 With Anyone
Ai no Uta (French Version) Hit 37,500ft. combnd with all fighters’ Home-Run Contest records.
Bob-Omb Battlefield (Super Mario 64) Have a total of 50 hours of vs. gameplay
Clu Clu Land Hit 1,200 feet or more in Home-Run Contest with any character
Dragon Roost Island Unlock Toon Link
Dream Chaser Play 10 vs. matches on Port Town
Echoes (Metroid Prime 2) Brawl on the Frigate Orpheon stage 10 times
Ending (Metroid) Play 10 vs. matches on Norfair
Excite Truck Complete Target Test Lv.2 under 19 seconds with any character
Fire Field Complete Event #24
Frozen Hillside Play on the Halberd stage 10 times in VS mode
Goruda Play 10 vs. matches on Halberd
Great Temple Complete Event #33 on Difficult
Ice Climbers (Melee) Clear Classic Mode on Easy with any character
Icicle Mountain (Melee) Clear Classic on Normal Difficulty with any character
Ike’s Theme Find Ike in the Subspace Emissary
King Dedede’s Theme Complete Event #15
Kuru Kuru Land Get a distance of 400m in Home-Run Contest with one character
Legendary Air Rider Machine Complete Event #13
Love Song (commercial version) Get a combined distance of 12500m in Home-Run Contest
Mach Rider (melee version) Defeat 50 alloys in Endless Multi-Man Brawl
Menu 2 Unlock All 35 Characters
Metroid Prime 2: Multi-Play Play 10 vs. matches on Frigate Orpheon
Molgera Battle Unlock Toon Link
Mountain and Forest Complete Event #18 on Difficult
Peach Castle (Melee) Unlock all Melee stages
Pokémon Center Collect 200 stickers
Powerhungry Fool Play 10 vs. matches on Castle Siege
Road to Tokiwa Complete Event #8
Snake Eater Play 15 vs. matches on Shadow Moses Island
Song of Storms Complete Event #37
Staff Credits Music Clear Classic Mode on Difficult
Star Wolf (Star Fox: Assault) Complete Event #38 on Difficult
Taru Taru Highlands Clear All-Star Mode on Easy
The Great Sea Unlock Toon Link
Title from 3D Hot Rally Clear Target Smash Level 5
Underwater BGM (Super Mario Bros) Play 10 vs. matches on Mushroomy Kingdom

Unlockable Stage Builder Parts
Unlockable How to Unlock
Edit Parts A Play 10 vs. matches on Stage Builder Stages
Edit Parts B Create 5 Stages in Stage Builder
Edit Parts C Create 15 Stages in Stage Builder

Unlock Virtual Console Trials
Unlockable How to Unlock
Donkey Kong Exceed 10 hours of play time
Super Mario USA Win in VS mode with Peach over 5 times
Super Mario World Play yoshi’s Island (melee) over 3 times
F-zero Beat SSE having used captain Falcon
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Use Toon Link over 10 times

Unlock More Rules
More Rules Is Located On the Rules Screen At The Bottom
Unlockable How to Unlock
More Rules Get 200 KOs In Standard Brawl

Unlockable Events
Unlockable How to Unlock
Events 11-20 Complete 7 events
Events 21-28 Complete the Subspace stage in Adventure Mode
Events 29-40 Unlock all hidden characters
Event 41 Complete all 40 evnts
Co-op Events 9-13 Complete the Subspace stage in Adventure Mode
Co-op Events 14-20 Complete 10 Co-Op Events and unlock all hidden characters
Co-op Event 21 Complete all 20 Co-op Events

Unlockable Stickers
There are certain stickers in the game you cannot randomly collect off the ground, in which you must meet specific requirements to achieve these stickers.
Unlockable How to Unlock
Boo [Mario Tennis] Hit over 900 ft. in the Home-Run Contest
Liquid Snake [Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes] Defeat 10 Alloys in Cruel Brawl
Running Chibi-Robo [Chibi-Robo] Clear Classic mode on Easy difficulty with any character
Phyllis [Animal Crossing: Wild World] Clear All-Star mode on Normal difficulty with any character
Ryuta Ippongi [Duendan 2] Clear 100-Man Brawl in under 3 minutes, 30 seconds

Unlock Hidden Assist Trophies
There are 6 secret assist trophies in total. Below are the methods for unlocking them.

Unlockable - How to Unlock
Shadow the Hedgehog Assist Trophy - Unlock Sonic the Hedgehog.
Barbara Assist Trophy - Unlock 25 or more CDs.
Gray Fox Assist Trophy - Unlock Snake.
Ray MK III Assist Trophy - Play 100 brawls.
Isaac Assist Trophy - Play 200 brawls.
Advance Wars Assist Trophy - Play 300 brawls.

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Northampton, UK. 27th March 2008: Probably the cutest hedgehogs ever to be seen on the Nintendo DS™ will be out in full force tomorrow with the fervent arrival of Hurry Up Hedgehog!

This is the best chance you are ever going to get to lead your family and friends up the garden path (quite literally!). Hurry Up Hedgehog features dynamic game play which will require you to dodge hazards, outsmart your opponents and use cunning to race your hedgehogs across the garden and claim victory!

Race, creep, jostle and out-manoeuvre in this intriguing multiplayer brainteaser for all ages!

http://www.pimpmywii.co.uk will be reviewing this game for the DS so keep popping back