Release Date: 09/01/2008
Publisher: Gamecock Media Group
Developer: Red Fly Studio
"...In my head there is a voice, different from the others. Whenever it answers it overwhelms the remaining voices, it mixes up thoughts and destroys peace. It tells me that I'm only mixed up in a thought which yearns to prove its own existence. It is the original voice, which wants to free itself from my head, to free itself from the logic and reason it is being stifled by. It is the voice of chaos which is now screaming frightfully in my head for me to take an axe resting against the wall and cut off my father's head..."
From the upstart Cracow, Poland development team of NIBRIS, Sadness is a gothic horror adventure game with survival horror elements. The game plans to make players confront their fears with only what they can grab up out of their environment to protect them.
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Also announced was a new Wireless Keypad for the PS3. Designed to attach to both Sixaxis and DualShock 3 controllers, the Bluetooth enabled peripheral also features a Communication Button, a Message Box Button and a Touch Pad Button. The PS3 Wireless Keypad will release in November 2008, concurrent with text chat compatible games like LittleBigPlanet and the PlayStation Home open beta.
Finally, a new 160 GB PS3 model was announced for North America. This console will be part of a limited-edition bundle that includes a copy of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, a DualShock 3 wireless controller and a PlayStation Network voucher for Pain. The limited-edition Uncharted: Drake's Fortune 160 GB PS3 system bundle will release in November for $499.99.
"As PlayStation Network continues to evolve with our recently launched video delivery service and more exclusive games, PS3 owners are demanding more storage capacity," said Jack Tretton, president and CEO, SCEA. "Consumers also are utilizing PS3 as an entertainment hub for their digital media, placing content such as their entire music collection on the hard drive. The 160 GB PS3 system addresses this growing consumer demand in a compelling bundle that delivers significant value."
A power struggle begins in a civilization dependant on an ancient technology, the blastia, and the Empire that controls it. The fates of two friends traveling separate paths intertwine in an epic adventure that threatens the existence of all. Tales of Vesperia marks the first Tales RPG release in HD with detail and graphics never before seen in the series. Now, real-time battles are more exciting than ever with over limits, the ability to unleash fatal strikes, combinations and burst artes. The next evolution of the revered role-playing series comes to the Xbox 360.
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Genre: Sports
Release Date: 08/25/2008
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Players make a throwing motion with the Wii Remote controller to pitch the baseball and make a swinging motion to swing at the pitch. The game boasts more than 30 playable Nintendo characters and all the madness of a Mario sports game. Just like Mario Kart Wii, it bridges the gap between experienced players and those new to the Wii console, with fun challenges and beautiful graphics.
Silent Hunter, the industry-leading naval warfare simulation franchise for over a decade, returns to its roots with next-generation graphical realism, immersive gameplay, innovative crew evolution and more action than ever before.
Developed by the same Ubisoft team that delivered Silent Hunter 3, the "king of sub games", to worldwide critical acclaim, the 2007 installment offers the most memorable, accessible and empowering submarine simulation experience ever.
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Genre: Strategy
Release Date: 08/19/2008
Publisher: N/A
Developer: Clear Crown Studios
Shattered Suns delivers a "broader experience" for RTS fans by introducing five unique features, including three-dimensional battles, a moving battlefield, player-designed units, unique economic challenges, and an interactive campaign.
Genre: Action RPG
Release Date: 08/19/2008
Publisher: Microsoft
Developer: Silicon Knights
Too Human is a dark gloomy action role playing game that takes place in the year 2450 AD where half cybernetic humans are reality. You are John Franks who is in the process of getting your bionic body upgraded. Upgrades include improvement of vision, leg strength, stamina, and more.
"Lego Indiana Jones was the top-selling videogame in June and we have high hopes for Lego Batman, as you can imagine, which we are releasing in September. Over time, we expect games to become an increasingly important part of Warner Brothers' business," said Bewkes, who noted that Warner is planning on releasing 75 games over the next seven years.
He continued, "We're pursuing basically two significant changes in the games business. One is we're going to push to establish ourselves as a third-party distributor, which we've already done fairly successfully in the home video business for other people's product, but it's less common right now in gaming. And second, we are using some [felt] type financing to manage the risks, some of which we got, for example, out of Abu Dhabi."
Warner earlier this year made a big investment in SCi/Eidos, and the company currently owns TT Games, the maker of the Lego games, has a stake in Hollywood-focused Brash Entertainment and currently has the North American distribution rights for Codemasters' portfolio. That's only the beginning for the entertainment giant, however.
"...there's co-development, there are game companies that we have different degrees of ownership in, all of it focused on getting the scale and distribution and to your question of whether we have what we need in terms of human talent in our organization inside the company, you know, it's something we work on all the time," said Bewkes. "We are developing at a pace with the size of our distribution presence, and we feel that we are in reasonably good shape. If you are asking whether we can attract talent that we need, we think we can."
With a massive pile of cash to invest in the business, Warner is confident it can draw away prime talent from other rival video game companies. For example, in late April Warner hired former Vivendi Games' President of Worldwide Studios Martin Tremblay to head up WBIE.
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Genre: Action RPG
Release: Date08/12/2008
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Gas Powered Games
Space Siege takes place in the confines of the Armstrong, one of the few remaining colonization ships carrying the last bastions of human civilization after a devastating attack on Earth from an unknown alien race. Players will take the role of Seth Walker, a cybernetics engineer suddenly thrust into a struggle to save humanity from extermination. As the adventure progresses Seth is offered opportunities to sacrifice pieces of his humanity for cybernetic upgrades that will assist him in his mission to preserve the human race. But what price will he pay to save his own humanity? Only the player can decide Seth's ultimate fate.
Space Siege features a dynamic storyline based upon the decisions the player makes throughout the course of the game. Based upon the cybernetic modifications the player chooses to make on Seth's body, NPC's will react and interact with the player differently and, ultimately, different story resolutions will be reached.
That said, the publisher's home video game division has been faring much better, with net sales increasing to 30.5 billion yen and operating loss reduced to 4.12 billion yen. Overall, Sega Sammy sold 6.89 million units of software during the quarter, with 3.16 million coming from the U.S., 2.89 million from Europe and 830,000 from Japan and other regions. Titles that were highlighted include Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, which has shipped 7 million copies worldwide, Iron Man, which is approaching 2 million sold in the U.S. and Europe, and Valkyria Chronicles, which had "strong" sales in Japan.
Despite widening its net loss for the period, Sega Sammy beat expectations and its shares rose 13 percent to close at 1,201 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on August 1, which is the sharpest increase since its listing as a holding company on Oct. 1, 2004, Bloomberg reported. Overall, however, Sega Sammy shares have fallen 13 percent this year.
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