Chris Brown to say "Yo" on Xbox 360 / Xbox
Microsoft on Monday announced that R&B star Chris Brown will
take part in a Xbox Live Game with Fame to challenge Xbox
and Xbox 360 gamers on Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon on Apr. 5.
Brown will pimp the gamertag CBrownGWF to play on Xbox from
2:00 p.m. EST to 3:00 p.m. EST, and will play as
CBrownGWF360 on Xbox 360 from 3:00 p.m. EST and 4:00 p.m.
EST.
Fans will also have the opportunity to bid on prizes like
and Xbox prize pack and autographed CDs. Proceeds will
benefit the Habitat for Humanity.
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Lara raids Xbox Marketplace
Tomb Raider: Legend content now downloadable from Xbox Live
Marketplace; picture pack, themes, exclusive trailer, and
demo kick off Ms. Croft's return.
Ms. Lara Croft, the apple of many-a-gamers' eye, will be
paying visits to many gamers' houses tonight. Eidos has
announced that a whole slew of Tomb Raider: Legend content
will be headed to the Xbox Live Marketplace for download on
the Xbox 360 today.
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Naruto Finds Home on Xbox 360
Ubisoft has signed a licensing agreement with Japanese
content publisher VIZ Media to bring the popular Naruto
animated series to the Xbox 360.
Naruto is the first time Ubisoft has developed a game based
on a Japanese property. Naruto manga books have sold over 59
million copies in Japan, and the Naturo anime is enjoying
popularity on Cartoon Network in the States.
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"D&D Online: Stormreach" Gets First Content Module
Turbine, Inc. announced today the release of the first
content module for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE™: Stormreach™,
the hit game that has quickly become one of the
fastest-growing MMOG (massively multiplayer online game) in
North America. The Dragon’s Vault module, the first in a
series of modules to be released by Turbine, pits players
against a legendary foe – the red dragon - in a new
large-scale raid feature. Turbine will offer the Dragon’s
Vault module free of charge for all current DUNGEONS &
DRAGONS ONLINE™ subscribers as a way to say “thank you” to
all of its fans. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® is under license from
the Hasbro Properties Group, the intellectual property
development arm of Hasbro, Inc..
“The Dragon's Vault is a thrilling series of adventures,
ending in an epic battle against the ultimate boss monster,”
said Jeffrey Anderson, president and CEO of Turbine, Inc.
“We are offering this exciting new content free to our
subscribers, in recognition of their enthusiasm for DUNGEONS
& DRAGONS ONLINE.”
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"Magic Online" 'Visions' Card Set Coming April 10th
VISIONS, the classic card set from the Magic: The Gathering
Trading Card Game (TCG), is launching this month as the
latest expansion set for Magic Online published by Wizards
of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:
HAS). VISIONS will launch Monday, April 10 at 9 a.m. PST.
Release events for the new set will start on April 13.
VISIONS was originally released in 1997 as a companion set
to Mirage for Magic: The Gathering. Magic Online's Mirage
set released in December of last year. The set contains 167
cards including long-time fan favorites like Vampiric Tutor,
Nekrataal and Chronatog. In addition, VISIONS will also
feature four theme decks designed by the Magic: The
Gathering R&D team exclusively for this set - Savage
Stompdown, Unnatural Forces, Legion of Glory and Wild-Eyed
Frenzy.
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Art downloads for Sony PSP users
A 10-minute arts bulletin for users of Sony's Playstation
Portable (PSP) is being offered for download by London's
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA).
ICA: The Show includes short features on emerging New York
band Battles and the recent fantasy film Mirrormask.
ICA artistic director Ekow Eshun said the initiative was
"putting art and culture directly in people's hands".
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Sony Walkman shows its true colors
On July 4th, fireworks provide booming sounds and vivid
colors. Sony's new MP3 Walkmans provide the same such "oooohs"
and "aaaahs" with their colors and sounds, eliciting a
Pavlovian response from the true technophile.
The new Walkmans are available in pink, blue, silver,
violet, black and lime green polycarbonate cases. They
leverage built-in flash memory, coming in 512MB, 1GB and 2GB
models. The storage space is enough to store the equivalent
of 90 CDs at 48kbps on the 2GB model. The 1GB model can
store 45 CDs at the same compression rate, while the 512MB
player can store 22 CDs.
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Hollywood In Your Pocket: Putting Video on Your Sony
PSP
The Sony PlayStation Portable (also known as the PSP) is a
pretty remarkable portable electronic device. It plays games
on its 333 MHz processor, which works in tandem with 4MB of
fast DRAM and 32MB of embedded RAM. The PSP can also browse
the web via its wireless (802.11b) internet connection and
play back digital music with Dolby Digital 7.1 surround
sound capability.
Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? But there's more!
One of the jaw dropping features of the PSP is its bright
4.3 inch LCD with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a whopping 480 x
272 pixel resolution. The PSP also supports a proprietary
media format known as the Universal Media Disc (UMD). There
are a number of movies available on the UMD format, but how
does one go about putting the video files from their own
media library onto the PSP?
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Addictive 'Pokemon Troizei' trains kids to detect
patterns
"Pokemon Trozei" combines quick reactions with quick
thinking to create an addicting puzzle game for the Nintendo
DS system. Kids of all ages, regardless of whether they love
all things Pokemon, will enjoy this puzzle software because
it is easy to learn and it has a story line that motivates
them to try the progressively harder puzzles.
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NARUTO: Clash of Ninja
It seems like the US is getting more and more into anime
cartoons. First it was Dragon Ball Z and now it is a fairly
new cartoon entitled Naruto. It seems like you see various
commercials for this cartoon on TV as well as seeing
merchandise on every corner for it. Since this is the case,
it was only a matter of time before games based on the
series were going to be released. Sow how does Naruto: Clash
of Ninja stack up?
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PRESS RELEASE
The Auto Assault Trading Card Game Explodes!
Win Free Copies of Standard and Limited Editions of the MMO!
Win an Exclusive Hood Ornament!
For Immediate Release
DENVER, CO - Worlds Apart Productions announces today the
immediate availability of public testing for the Auto
Assault™ Trading Card Game (TCG), the digital trading-card
game based on Auto Assault®, the fastest, most destructive
MMO ever, published by NCsoft® and developed by NetDevil.
In the fast-paced world of the Auto Assault TCG, players pit
vehicles against each other in destructive combat. Vehicles
can be modified with weapons or other wicked gear, and
maneuvers and tactics change the course of the game in an
instant. Players win by annihilating their opponent's
vehicle or racing through four missions.
Sign up today to be part of the public test period at
AutoAssaultTCG.com!
Try out a starter deck of your choice from one of the three
main Auto Assault factions: Human, Biomek and Mutant.
Testers also receive three booster packs and an additional
three packs every evening, and may trade cards with other
players.
Starting April 7th, testers will be able to participate in
free daily tournaments to win free copies of the Auto
Assault massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, which
launches commercial service on April 13. From April 10th
through April 12th, the prize pool will expand to include
copies of the Auto Assault MMO Limited Edition package. The
grand prize for the final test tournament on April 12th will
be an exclusive Hood Ornament for the MMO - Fist of
Vengeance (Auto-Repairing Ornament Mk II, +24 Hit Points)!
The Auto Assault TCG will launch the weekend of April 15th
with a series of release tournaments that feature exclusive
promo cards for all participants!
The Auto Assault TCG will hold monthly tournaments that
feature prizes of exclusive gear for the MMO, as well as a
robust, organized play system in its own right. Check in at
AutoAssaultTCG.com for upcoming news about the Auto Assault
TCG World Championships at Gen Con (featuring a $5,000 prize
pool!) and The Road to Gen Con monthly qualifiers.
For more information on the Auto Assault MMO game, go to
www.autoassault.com.
