Microsoft To
Allow Movie Downloading On The Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 continues its move toward becoming the center
of the digital home. Today Microsoft is announcing that Xbox
Live users will be able to download movies and TV shows to
their Xbox 360s. When the service goes live on Nov. 22,
Microsoft will have more than a thousand hours of video
available for fans to watch.
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Images of Halo
3 Legendary Edition
At last, the super-Collector's Edition of Halo 3, the most
eagerly awaited game by Xbox 360 owners has been revealed.
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Microsoft's
studio deals bring television to Xbox
Microsoft Corp.'s message: It's not the media. The software
giant will let owners of its Xbox 360 video game console
watch high-definition movies and TV shows — no discs
required.
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Worldwide
Dungeons and Dragons Game Day.
More than 20,000 people at 700 locations around the world
are expected to participate in this year's event, with
adventurers doing everything from making saving throws
against carrion crawler venom to wielding +5 vorpal blades
that are chaotic neutral is alignment.
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Universal
Fighting System To Expand To SNK Universe
Universal Fighting System by Sabertooth Games hit the
collectable card game scene early in the year, pitting
characters from the well-known franchises of Penny Arcade,
Street Fighter and Soul Calibur III against each other in
one-on-one combat.
Unlike games such as Yu-Gi-Oh! by Konami and Magic: The
Gathering by Wizards of the Coast where there are multiple
characters/monsters in a deck, UFS operates similar to games
like Epic Battles and Dragon Ball by Score where the player
selects one character to use in their deck. The rest of the
deck is then filled with attacks, blocks and situations that
affect the battle.
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Xeko TCG. Have
fun and learn about our environment
Following the success of fellow Puget Sound-based trading
card companies Wizards of the Coast and Pokémon,
Seattle-based Matter Group LLC will show off the first two
collections of its new award-winning trading card game Xeko
(pronounced Zee-ko -- www.xekogame.com), Mission Madagascar
and Mission: Costa Rica, at the Green Festival San Francisco
Nov. 10-12.
Xeko entertains kids while teaching them about animals. The
game introduces them to biodiversity principles and takes
them on an adventure to some of the most remarkable places
on the planet.
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World of
Warcraft Expansion Soon
The release date for the highly anticipated game, "World of
Warcraft: The Burning Crusade" has been announced.
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Pokemon
Mystery Dungeon launches across Europe today
Europe is about to be whipped up into a Pokémon frenzy
because for the first time ever, players can step into the
role of a Pokémon.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team launches on the
Nintendo DS and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
makes its way onto the Game Boy Advance across Europe today.
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PRESS RELEASE
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BETRAYAL EXPANSION RELEASES
November 3, 2006 (SEATTLE) - WizKids Inc., creator of the
Battlestar
Galactica(tm) collectable card game (CCG), announced today
the release of the game's first expansion: Battlestar
Galactica: Betrayal.
"The Battlestar Galactica CCG captures the excitement and
intrigue of the hit television miniseries and show, and the
Betrayal expansion greatly extends that fun," said Joe
Hauck, Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and
Product Development at WizKids(r). "We are proud to bring
one of the most vibrant and dedicated communities of fans
this new addition for their Battlestar Galactica card
games."
Each Battlestar Galactica: Betrayal Booster Pack (MSRP
USD3.49) contains 15 cards, including 11 common cards, three
uncommon cards and one rare card.
The Betrayal expansion also features 500 hand-autographed,
rare Crewman Cally cards, signed by actress Nicki Clyne. The
promotion features mail-in cards randomly found inside
Boosters that players and collectors can send in to receive
the signed cards. There are 165 cards in the Battlestar
Galactica: Betrayal set, available in game stores
everywhere.
PRESS RELEASE
LATEST MARVEL HEROCLIX EXPANSION, SUPERNOVA, SELLS OUT
November 10, 2006 (SEATTLE) - WizKids Inc. announced today
that the entire U.S. print run of Marvel(tm) HeroClix(r):
Supernova has sold out from its warehouse. The ninth Marvel
HeroClix expansion releases worldwide November 15, 2006, and
has been eagerly anticipated by fans and retailers alike.
"The buzz on Supernova building up to, and then as a result
of, the Prerelease on October 28 has been spectacular," said
Joe Hauck, EVP of Sales, Marketing and Product Development
at WizKids(r). "This news is particularly exciting because
it represents an increase in sales from our previous Marvel
expansion, Sinister. Our authorized hobby game distributors
are getting full shipments of their original orders, which
should satisfy consumer demand at retail."
A contributing factor to the product sell-out was the
success of the Prerelease tournaments. At the Supernova
Prerelease, fans were surprised by the surprise appearance
of four Marvel Zombies figures - HeroClix pieces based on a
popular Marvel comics miniseries. The four figures are
packaged in roughly one out of every 100 Boosters, and
include monster cards to make them compatible for play in
WizKids' new
HorrorClix(tm) collectable miniatures game (CMG).
Supernova also contains new versions of previously produced
and popular figures such as the Silver Surfer(tm) (sculpted
in a classic Jack Kirby-style pose), Thanos(tm) and Thor(tm),
god of thunder. High point values and figures representing
characters from the current Civil War and Annihilation
storylines in Marvel comics make Supernova a good fit for
both game and comic book stores. For more information on
HeroClix, visit www.heroclix.com.
