Yu-Gi-Oh! Double Pack Announced
Fans get a double dose of the Blue Eyes White Dragon!
An announcement was made today by Konami of Europe, stating
that the Yu-Gi-Oh license will be seeing a double pack
release for Game Boy Advance. The double pack includes Yu-Gi-Oh!
The Sacred Cards, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction.
Though the double pack is a classic "double dip" for the GBA,
it does include three limited official trading cards, making
it a must-buy for collectors and card-battlers alike.
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Microsoft Gives Away Limited-Edition Xbox 360s With
PGR 100 Club
Microsoft, publisher of Bizarre Creations' Project Gotham
Racing 3 for Xbox 360, has announced a promotion for Xbox
Live members in Europe centered around the game, and called
the PGR 100. The company will be accepting entries into the
contest in a series of racing events, the winners of which
will gain entry into the club of 100 and receive a special
limited-edition black-finish Project Gotham Racing Xbox 360
system.
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X-Men Claw Their Way Onto Xbox 360
The game of the movie that is actually a game related to the
movie, seeing as how it's set before the movie.
Director Bryan Singer may have jumped ship from the X-Men
movie franchise, but Activision is betting that fans are
still going to be there this summer when all X break loose
in the third mutant movie.
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EA Ships Arena Football For Xbox
Electronic Arts has announced that Arena Football has
officially released for the Playstation 2 and Xbox gaming
platforms.
Electronic Arts has announced today that shipping has
officially begun for the companies latest sports title,
Arena Football. Developed by the company's Orlando team,
Tiburon, the newly released title brings the classic feel of
Madden but with a new and updated look.
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Sega Confirms Hard Drive-Only Xbox 360 Game
According to new European Xbox 360 box art made available to
retailers, and confirmed by press materials, publisher Sega
has confirmed that the Xbox 360 version of Sports
Interactive’s Football Manager 2006 (aka Worldwide Soccer
Manager 2006) will be the first commercially available Xbox
360 title to require a hard drive in order to run.
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Monster Hunter goes mobile in Japan
Capcom launches mobile phone version of its creature-filled
role-playing game; Monster Hunter 2 for PS2 goes gold.
In Japan, Capcom has begun distribution of Monster Hunter i
for 3G's FOMA mobile phone series 900i and 902i. The
strictly single-player game doesn't feature a multiplayer
mode, but it still features 3D graphics.
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NeoPets: The Movie?
Scott Weinberg writes: "According to Variety, Warner Bros.
has hired upstart screenwriter Rob Lieber to turn the
NeoPets sensation into a feature length film ... much like
they did with those crazy Pokemon flicks a few years back.
(Ugh, sorry for the reminder.)
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Drill Dozer Screws Gamers
Screw Breaker – or Drill Dozer, as it's been renamed here,
for what seem like reasonable reasons – is what Game Freak
has come up with on this free period. It's a side-scrolling
action-adventure platformer that clearly was made by, well,
game freaks: by people who love classic Nintendo games for
exactly what they are. For comparison, you might think of
Treasure except more... Nintendo-ey. So I guess it's kind of
like an Intelligent Systems game.
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Nintendo unveils new range of colours for DS Lite
Nintendo has confirmed that Japanese consumers will be able
to choose from three different colours when the Nintendo DS
Lite launches in the territory on March 2nd.
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Asian Animation Addiction
“Over here we have blockbusters with Stallone and Clint
Eastwood and Leonardo DiCaprio,” Patteson says. “Over there
they have anime shows on the big screen. And it's huge. A
lot of times they'll spend multimillion dollars on just one
anime. Instead of sitcoms, they have a lot of animation on
at night. You'll see guys on trains, old men reading manga”
- the Japanese name for comic books. “It has a real story,
instead of all childish.”
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Sensei's Trial Tournament Series Announced
forFullmetal Alchemist TCG Championship
CHARLOTTE, NC - The snow is starting to melt, the flowers
are starting to bloom, and the Super Bowl is over. Winter is
coming to an end and spring is just around the corner. Not
only does that mean a runny nose and itchy eyes for everyone
and their allergies but it also means that it’s time for the
start the Fullmetal Alchemist TCG Championship Season!
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Dragon Ball Z making PSP debut
Atari to unleash anime scrapper on Sony's handheld in March;
Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai will feature wireless
multiplayer battles.
Dragon Ball Z fever has hit gamers hard. The brand has
punched out dozens of games on several platforms and
recently battled for the first time on the DS with Dragon
Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2. Now the series is making its
debut on another handheld, the PSP.
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PRESS RELEASE
MechWarrior 2006 Release Schedule Announced!
February 09 2006 (SEATTLE) - WizKids Inc., the leader in the
collectable gaming industry with HeroClix, MechWarrior: Age
of Destruction, and Pirates of the Spanish Main, today
announced their full 2006 release schedule for the
MechWarrior: Age of Destruction Collectable Miniatures Game
(CMG)!
"We're extremely excited about the upcoming schedule for
MechWarrior,"
said Jordan Weisman, CEO of WizKids. "These are some of the
best sets we've created, from the variety of units to the
hot new 'Mechs in every one." 2006's first release,
MechWarrior: Domination, hit streets in January 2006. The
next release, MechWarrior: Vanguard, is due to release in
June 2006.
Later this year, players will take part in a massive
invasion of the Inner Sphere by an old foe: a fan-favorite
faction returns with a vengeance in MechWarrior: Wolf
Strike, due in October of 2006. Stylized 'Mechs are piloted
by some of the most deadly warriors ever born, and the
Sphere will never be the same.
Following Wolf Strike is MechWarrior: Outlaws, where the
toughest guns in MechWarrior meet - and are available to the
highest bidder! Outlaws in their own land, these special
gunslingers can fight for any faction.
MechWarrior: Outlaws is scheduled to hit stores in January
of 2007.
PRESS RELEASE
HeroClix 2006 Release Schedule Announced!
February 09, 2006 (SEATTLE) - WizKids Inc., the leader in
the collectable gaming industry with HeroClix, MechWarrior:
Age of Destruction, and Pirates of the Spanish Main, today
announced their full 2006 release schedule for the HeroClix
Collectable Miniatures Game (CMG)!
"There's some awesome stuff coming down the pipe for
HeroClix," said Jordan Weisman, CEO of WizKids. "Players
will be amazed at the selection of characters and the
increase in quality of these sets." 2006's first release, DC
HeroClix: Collateral Damage, is due to hit stores February
15th, 2006.
DC HeroClix fans will have many things to celebrate in 2006,
including the Spectre convention-exclusive figure, the most
massive HeroClix figure ever made, and the DC HeroClix
Giants Collector's Set available in March. The DC HeroClix
Green Lantern Corps Collector's Set is due to arrive in
September, and includes a variety of non-human members of
the illustrious Corps.
Fans will also get a booster release in June: Marvel
HeroClix: Sinister, a set where the villains take center
stage. Releasing at the same time is the Marvel HeroClix
Danger Room Game, a stand-alone, diorama-format HeroClix
game with updated rules and a variety of X-Men to bring new
players into the HeroClix world. Another Marvel HeroClix
release will debut in October of 2006.
June 30th marks the 2006 set retirement date. Sets retired
from tournament play include DC HeroClix: Cosmic Justice,
Marvel HeroClix:
Universe, Marvel HeroClix: Critical Mass, and bystander
tokens included in the DC and Marvel Map Packs.
Indy HeroClix players will get their first new set in almost
a year with the release of the Image HeroClix: Invincible
Collector's Set in August of 2006 - a set theme chosen by
HeroClix fans.
