Milton Bradley is releasing a new
board game called Heroscape.
This looks like a cool 3D strategy
game. You can check out a sneak peek
and some video trailers
right here.
MLB Showdown has just released a
new expansion for 2004
Pennant Run 2004 Booster packs. For
the first time ever, the 2004
All-Star Game Players are
available. More details are at the
MLB Showdown Website.
Star
Wars
Celebration III Registration Opens
September 27!
On
Monday, Sept. 27,
Star Wars
fans officially can get their plans
underway for
Celebration III,
the event that promises to be the
most electrifying
Star Wars
extravaganza ever. Tickets for the
4-day festival, slated for April 21
- 24, 2005 in Indianapolis, are
scheduled to go on sale at
approximately 12 noon PDT at
starwarscelebration.com.
Reservations for hotels in
Indianapolis for
Celebration III
also will be available starting
September 27, exclusively for those
who purchase tickets for the event.
There
are no telephone orders for
Celebration III
badges. All badge registration must
be done through the
www.starwarscelebration.com website, although those who register through the
site may choose to pay online by
credit card or through the mail by
check.. For more information, go to
www.starwarscelebration.com and
www.starwars.com.
First day
sales of Pokémon Emerald have been very
impressive
They will most likely ensure that not
only does Nintendo claim the No.1
software spot next week, but with the
special editions GBA: SPs now on the
market to celebrate Emerald's launch,
the No.1 hardware spot might well also
be reclaimed. For reference, after just
one day Pokémon Emerald has managed to
shift 52% of its initial stock to rack
up sales of around 372,000 units!
Source
Sony
Launches a Fat Free PS2
Sony Computer Entertainment announced
its plans for the global release of a
new, redesigned PlayStation 2 computer
entertainment system (SCPH-70000 CB) in
time for the year-end peak-selling
season.
"The introduction of the new PlayStation
2 is part of our long-term vision for
the platform," said Jack Tretton,
executive vice president, Sony Computer
Entertainment America.
"We are pleased to bring the sleek,
redesigned product to market in time for
the holiday season.”
Source
LucasArts
Releases Star Wars Battlefront
LucasArts announced the release of the
highly anticipated STAR WARS
BATTLEFRONT, an open-ended single-player
and multiplayer action game that lets
players re-live all of the epic battles
from the classic and prequel STAR WARS
film trilogies. Shipping September 21
with the classic STAR WARS Trilogy DVD,
STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT will be available
for PlayStation 2, Xbox and the PC.
Source
Why
Pokemon still reigns
You could be forgiven for thinking that
the Pokemon phenomenon was manufactured
in a marketing boardroom by ruthless
executives scheming the separation of
children from their pocket money.
But Pokemon actually began as a game.
And it was the game's popularity that
led to the animated cartoon, movies,
collectible cards and countless other
merchandise.
Source
"Pokemon
FireRed and Pokemon LeafGreen," from
Nintendo, For Game Boy Advance and Game
Boy Advance SP reviewed.
Source (scroll down)
Pokemon
Trade and Battle Day
Hit Toys 'r Us this Saturday for some
trading and gaming, Pokemon-style.
September 23, 2004 - On Saturday,
September 25th, all participating Toys
'r Us stores will have a Pokemon Trade
and Battle Day bash. From 9:30am to
11:00am, gamers can get together for
some cool Pokemon action.
Source
Nintendo's 'Pikmin 2' Reviewed
CAPTAIN Olimar is in trouble -- again.
Having narrowly escaped a dangerous
alien planet (Earth) with the help of
its indigenous plant-people, the Pikmin,
the inch-tall alien faces a new foe:
impending unemployment.
His shipping company, Hocotate Freight,
owes a huge debt thanks to the bumbling
of its other employee, Louie, and it's
up to Olimar -- with Louie in tow -- to
find a way to repay the debt.
Source
News:
Nintendo DS Factsheet
Nintendo's latest innovation, code-named
Nintendo DS, provides users with a
unique game-play experience using
features never before offered by any
other home console or hand-held game
system. This portable personal
entertainment and communications unit
provides owners with new perspectives on
dual screens, new control using both
touch and voice, and new connections
with two kinds of wireless game play.
It's a newfound canvas on which
developers can express their creativity.
Complete Features Sheet
Nintendo
DS Launches on Nov. 21 in North America
-- at $149.99!; New System Comes with
Embedded PictoChat Feature, Strong
Publishers' Support
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept.
20, 2004--From the very start, Nintendo
DS(TM) broke the existing rules of video
game play. Two screens, not one.
Wireless connection for game play and
personal communication for the sheer
entertainment of it. Flexible game
control by voice and touch, not just
with buttons. Nintendo's newest
innovation, Nintendo DS, will make its
worldwide debut in North American stores
on Nov. 21, and then in Japan on Dec. 2.
It will sell at an MSRP of $149.99,
making it an immediate mass-market
attraction. Nintendo DS will become the
company's first system ever to make its
sales debut outside of Japan.
Source
Winnie
the Pooh, Rumbly Tumbly Adventure for
Consules to Launch with Movie
London, UK – September 23, 2004 –
Ubisoft, one of the world's largest
video game publishers, today announced
plans to launch Disney's Winnie the Pooh
Rumbly Tumbly Adventure – one of
Disney's most famous properties – on
UBISOFT TO LAUNCH WINNIE THE POOH RUMBLY
TUMBLY ADVENTURE ON CONSOLES, JOINTLY
WITH THE MOVIE
Nintendo's GBA, GameCubeTM and Sony's
PlayStation® 2 at the beginning of 2005
simultaneously with the theatrical
release of Disney's new Winnie the Pooh
movie.
Source
TGS 2004:
New PSP Games Announced
Dragon Ball, Tenchu, Kings Field,
Princess Crown and more come to PSP.
September 21, 2004 - Sony Computer
Entertainment announced at a press
conference today that over 105 games are
in development for the PSP. That's a
whole lot of titles, and a lot more than
what's in the current IGNPSP database.
Thankfully, following the press
conference, the company went about
providing the names of all the new
games.
Source
Magic the Gathering
