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Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone Goes Gold
The latest D&D action adventure game will
hit PlayStation 2 soon, Xbox and PC later.
Atari today announced that Forgotten Realms:
Demon Stone, an action adventure game set in
the popular Dungeons & Dragons world created
by Wizards of the Coast, has gone gold.
Demon Stone for the PlayStation 2 computer
entertainment system is scheduled to ship to
retailers on September 14 for an estimated
retail price of $49.95. Demon Stone will be
available for the Xbox videogame system from
Microsoft and personal computer in November.
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Find
Duel Masters: Cobalt New And Used On Ebay
Now!
Duel Masters: Cobalt brings all the
excitement of the collectable trading card
game developed by Wizards of the Coast and
more to the PlayStation 2, with stunning 3D
animé-style visuals, which take their cues
from the striking card art and the animated
Duel Masters television series already
massively popular in Japan, the US and the
UK. The player takes the role of one of five
characters, each aligned with one of the
five powerful Duel Masters civilizations;
Fire, Nature, Water, Light and Darkness. As
campaigns are played through as each of the
different characters, the player learns
about each one, eventually unveiling the
underlying story before bringing all the
characters together at the end for the
electrifying climax.
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Atari
& Liquid Ent. Announce Dragonshard Realtime
Strategy Game
Atari is to developing DRAGONSHARD, a
realtime strategy game based on the DUNGEONS
& DRAGONS universe created by Wizards of the
Coast. Under license from Hasbro Inc.,
DRAGONSHARD will be the first game set in
the exciting new D&D(R) campaign setting,
EBERRON, a cinematic and war-torn world of
action, adventure and intrigue where fantasy
meets magical technology.
DRAGONSHARD is scheduled to be available for
PC in spring 2005.
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Magic' card players compete in world
championships in SF
Devoted fans of the fantasy card game
"Magic: The Gathering" are competing here
this week in a world championship tournament
that carries $1 million in prize money.
The game's premier event is expected to draw
more than 1,000 spectators and about 300
competitors from 60 nations to San
Francisco's Fort Mason. Many of the players
are national champions in their home
countries.
The individual first-place winner will
receive $35,000 and the top team $30,000.
The top 50 players will compete for an
additional $600,000.
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D&D
Interview
GameInformer gleaned an interview with
Wizards of the West Coast's Ed Stark about
all things Dungeons and Dragons.
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Get
your geek on
Magicians cast weeklong spell at Fort Mason.
Warriors and goblins and elves, oh my!
Inside the huge festival pavilion hall at
Fort Mason, the names of champion wizards
hang from the ceiling; fantastic, fiery
images of spell-casting sirens and monstrous
ogres fill the halls. And there's only one
word to describe it: magic.
All week long, you can get your geek on at
the 11th Annual "Magic, the Gathering" World
Championship. Here, for the next five days,
you can watch the world's top players forge
fantastic battles in the trading card game's
Olympic-style competition to be crowned the
best of the best. And really, what better
place to watch wizards match mystical wits
for millions than San Francisco?
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Ghost
Recon 2 – Xbox & PS2 Differences
Ubisoft confirm details on how the
Playstation2 and Xbox versions will offer
distinctly different experiences…
Rumours last week suggested that Ghost Recon
2 would offer a distinctly different
experience on the Playstation 2 compared to
the Xbox version, as Ubisoft today released
an official announcement on the subject.
Whilst few specifics are known as of yet, we
do know that the Playstation2 version is
currently in development at Pandora Tomorrow
creators, Ubisoft’s Shanghai Studio’s, and
will be built right from the start using the
Unreal engine – marking the first title in
the Tom Clancy franchise to be created
exclusively for the Playstation2. The game
will also include the rare appearance of
real-time physics in a PS2 title, courtesy
of the Havok physics engine.
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NASCAR 2005 Ships for All Platforms
Chase for the Cup shipped to retail today, a
completely revamped version that puts
players behind the wheel of vehicles from
four series, including modifieds and trucks
as well as a variety of production cars such
as the new Chevrolet C5 Corvette and Ford
GT.
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Star
Wars Battlefront Gone Golden
LucasArts announced that Star Wars
Battlefront has gone gold:
Prepare for battle. LucasArts is excited to
announce that the highly anticipated
action/shooter, Star Wars Battlefront has
officially GONE GOLD on PS2, Xbox and PC and
is scheduled to blast its way onto store
shelves on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 ---
day and date with the Star Wars Trilogy,
which marks the first time all three classic
films will be available on DVD.
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Pokémon adds features, retains its
characters
Still not dead.
That isn't a great marketing slogan, but
it's really the bottom line when it comes to
Pokémon. It's now six years since the
cartoon, game and trading-card phenomenon
jumped from Japan to the United States, and
Nintendo is reporting an uptick in interest,
not a decline.
``Pokémon Ruby'' and ``Pokémon Sapphire,''
the first Pokémon titles for Game Boy
Advance, were huge hits last year. No wonder
then that Nintendo is crowing about buyers
reserving 150,000 copies of the next
releases, ``Pokémon FireRed'' and ``Pokémon
LeafGreen,'' in the first half of August.
The company says that pre-sell rate is 200
percent ahead of the pace created by Ruby
and Sapphire.
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Pokemon
The First Movie
If you don't already know what Pokemon is,
you're probably one of those otaku who has
shielded themselves from all signs of
Western civilization in favor of spending
their days locked in a dark room basking in
the glow of a cathode ray tube wondering
what it would be like to have a torrid
affair with a Sailor Scout. So I'll forego
the introductory ground that has already
been plowed into oblivion by the likes of
Newsweek, Time, and countless other
mainstream publications.
Of course most parents will fall asleep and
most youth will love it to the point of
tears. However, what about those of us
somewhere in between... Those who can watch
Card Captor Sakura and Dragonball Z without
feeling a little too grown up for the
subject matter? Well, it's not GOOD, but
it's not bad either.
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Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen
It seems like every time Nintendo launches a
new adventure in the Pokemon series it's one
huge event. Makes sense, though, considering
the Pokemon franchise is one of, if not the
most successful videogame brands of all
time. Each Pokemon game, at least ones in
the handheld RPG genre, are pretty much
guaranteed million-sellers, and the upcoming
FireRed and LeafGreen have already sold that
many in preorders alone.
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Nintendo Drops Price of Best-Selling Game
Boy Advance SP to $79.99!; Companion
Marketing Campaign Urges Players to ``Start
Mayhem''
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1,
2004--The hottest video game system in
history is getting the best price in the
universe. Starting Sept. 2, Nintendo's
record-breaking Game Boy(R) Advance SP will
sell at an all-time low manufacturer's
suggested retail price of just $79.99, a
full $20 less than its current price. The
reduction significantly expands the
potential audience of an already dominant
consumer electronics device to a wider range
of consumers.
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Nintendo Peripheral Revealed
It's been a big day for Nintendo. Not only
has the company revealed never-before-seen
screen shots of some of the hottest upcoming
games, but it has also released its official
holiday lineup. Well, here's a little more
news from the big N.
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Nintendo GameCube Players to Enter Mortal
Kombat: Deception Fray
Midway Games Inc. will bring the latest
iteration of it's world-renowned MORTAL
KOMBAT fighting game franchise, MORTAL
KOMBAT: DECEPTION, to the Nintendo GameCube
in the first half of 2005.
MORTAL KOMBAT: DECEPTION takes martial
arts-style fighting and the MORTAL KOMBAT
franchise to new heights with an innovative
engine delivering intensely in-depth,
blood-spurting action that will appeal to
long-time MORTAL KOMBAT fans and avid
gamers. The game features powerful
hand-to-hand and special weapons combat,
four unique gameplay modes (Kombat, Konquest,
Puzzle and Chess Kombat) along with all-new
fighting combinations and multiple character
specific fatalities.
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Eat
at Wendy's, Win a Trip to Nintendo of
America
Start guzzling down those soft drinks for
your chance to win a four-day trip to
Washington.
In a recent Nintendo Newsletter, Nintendo
posted the following details on the contest
with Wendy's. We're still trying to figure
out what you would do for a full four days,
but be sure to bug Bill Trinen for details
on the new Zelda game while you're there.
SUPER FAMILY SWEEPSTAKES COMING TO WENDY'S
SEPTEMBER 6TH!
Look for special codes on 20 and 32 ounce
cups at Wendy's. There are three codes with
three chances to enter. Take your code to:
wendysfamilysweeps.com to enter. Two winners
will each be awarded a grand prize of a
four-day, three-night trip to Nintendo of
America headquarters in Redmond, Washington
along with three family members. Other great
prizes are also available to be won such as
Nintendo GameCube video game systems, Game
Boy Advance SP video game systems and more!
Go to Wendy's and get your entry code to
play!
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Nintendo announces pink GBA SP 'just for
girls'
Nintendo has announced a new "dusty pink"
limited edition Game Boy Advance SP unit,
due out this October 29th, in its attempts
to capture the attention of "gadget girls".
It should go for the same price as existing
SP models.
Now, we were going to attempt to paraphrase
Nintendo's thinking here, but instead we've
decided we'll just leave them to it. Ladies,
this is why you should care about the "Game
Boy Advance SP Limited Pink Edition":
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Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3: Hands-On
How many times can you say "kamehameha"?
After two generations of Dragon Ball
fighting games that had plenty of consumer
demand but definite room for improvement,
you might guess that Atari would buckle down
and churn out one for the fans -- a Dragon
Ball Z fighting game to end all Dragon Ball
Z fighting games. Atari's been recently
proud to showcase its latest attempt at
doing justice to the epic battles betwixt
Goku, Freeza, and the rest of the DBZ cast
too, with Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3. But after
spending some time with the game hands-on at
Game Stars Live in London, I've come away
unconvinced.
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