411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Phantom Brave, C.O.R.E, Fossil Fighters, and Madden.

On Phantom Brave, 411mania writes: "We Meet Again is an update to the original Phantom Brave for the PS2. As it was the game that immediately followed Disgaea, it had a lot to live up to when it was first released back in 2004. Though the SRPG contained many similarities to its predecessor, many fans felt that it strayed a little too much from what made Disgaea a hit. Detractors cite the more serious story as well as the various gameplay changes as their main complaints. However, those who actually gave the game a chance found a lot of the changes to their liking. The absence of the grid system, for example, allowed for more freedom when positioning characters. In addition, the Confine system, whereby the souls of the playable characters must be "confined" to objects on the field in order to take physical form, forced players to put more thought into when and where to use each character. It's not an exact clone of Disgaea, but in this case, that isn't such a bad thing."
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Signature Devices announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Graffiti Entertainment, Inc., has released its highly anticipated first-person shooter, C.O.R.E., to North American retail outlets and is available exclusively on Nintendo DS.
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Weekly Game Releases - 12th – 18th July for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP and DS.
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411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Demigod, Dokapon Journey, The Dark Spire, the Final Fantasy XIII Demo + Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete, and Air Conflicts.
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TPG Says, "Hey Portables! It's time once again to see what DS publishers (namely Atlus this week!) have in store for your treasured time and money. Will you be renting or buying any of these 3? We'll be reviewing all of em, so stay tuned!"
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Here's the Euro releases for this week, highlights include The Wheelman, Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 for Wii and Buzz! Brain of the UK. Please note these are tenative release dates and are subject to change with little or no notice.
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NoWay Studio is proud to announce they have signed with American publisher Graffiti Entertainment to publish their exciting debut title, "C.O.R.E." in North America. Available exclusively on the Nintendo DSTM, and launching in 4th Quarter 2008, "C.O.R.E" is an action-packed multiplayer First Person Shooter. With a gripping single player mission, based on a Roswell style storyline, the game also boasts an exciting multiplayer experience in specially designed arenas.
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Ripten.com writes:

"NoWay Studio have released fresh new info in their DS exclusive FPS, C.O.R.E. Boasting an impressive 15 single player levels and 10 multiplayer maps, could this be the Halo of the DS?

This game, until recently, was nowhere near my radar-of-games-to-watch, but after watching the debut trailer and reading about the game, this has definitely become the first DS game to come close to matching the excitement I had for Imagine Babies.

With impressive graphics and inspiration from such classics as Quake and Half-Life, could we be seeing the finest example of mobile FPSing to date? If the single player can manage to not be too generic in its story, and be as good as it looks execution wise, the game would be good. Combining this with the impressive array of multiplayer options and we could be onto a winner."
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Here are the first screenshots of a brand new first-person shooter from No Way Studio, a new Poland-based developer dedicated to the DS. Set in the year 2050, C.O.R.E. takes you into a top-secret underground US research facility where research is carried out on the adverse effects of a meteor strike a few years ago. We like the look of it. Its dark corridors and moody lighting look cool, the detail on one of the soldiers is decent, and that looks like one meaty blast in the player's hands, ... » Read More

These are the first screenshots of a brand new first-person shooter from No Way Studio, a new Poland-based developer dedicated to DS.

Set in the year 2050, C.O.R.E. takes you into a top-secret underground US research facility where secret research is carried out on the adverse effects of a meteor strike a few years ago.
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