After receiving great reviews on its release in America, Dementium: The Ward is now ready to shock the UK with a thrilling story that sees the player trapped in a spooky derelict hospital, with no memory of how they got there. You must explore the dark corridors and battle against the hospital's horrific inhabitants... in a bid to uncover the terrible truth of your mysterious past.
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Last week, daily Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun (via Yahoo! Japan) reported that the Japanese Association of Psychiatric Hospitals has asked Gamecock Media Group's Japanese distributor Interchannel to pull DS game "Dementium: The Ward" from store shelves.

Released in Japan in June, "Dementium" is survival horror first-person shooter with a plot that has the protagonist in a dilapidated hospital filled with gruesome surgical experiments.

From the translated Yahoo! story, it seems that the organization was concerned that the game might "encourage discrimination and prejudice" against those with psychiatric disorders.

MTV Multiplayer contacted Gamecock CEO Mike Wilson about the association's request to yank the selling of "Dementium" in Japan. He said to MTV Multiplayer in an e-mail...
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An art-house theater in Austin, Texas was the location of last night's launch party for Dementium: The Ward, a survival horror game for Nintendo's DS which goes on sale today. Made by three guys in a garage - each had over a decade of development experience - Renegade Kid signed with Gamecock in May of this year, and the game was gold by the end of October.

"The game technically releases tomorrow," Gamecock's Jason Livergood told the audience of developers, adding that this hadn't kept some retailers from releasing it a few days early. Not only have people started buying the game, they've started writing the publisher.
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Another massive list of releases, and once again all the games that matter have been bolded so you dont miss them. We have Guitar Hero III, Manhunt 2, Battalion Wars 2, Hellgate: London, Virtua Fighter 5, Dementium: The Ward and the list goes on and on.
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Anticipating high demand for the Nintendo DS title, Dementium the Ward, publisher, Gamecock, will be taking pre-orders via the games official website, www.dementium.com.

"If you are looking for the perfect game to play while you rip through bags of candy this Halloween, look no further, this is it."

Excerpts from the press release in typical Gamecock fashion after the jump...
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Renegade Kid is excited to let the world know that Dementium: The Ward for the Nintendo DS has gone gold. The game is being manufactured now and set to hit store shelves on Halloween.
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Following the initial announcement of The Ward for Nintendo's DS portable, it has now been confirmed that the game has had a slight name change and also now has a publisher.

Apparently Gamecock has taken on responsibility for the game, now titled with the much more memorable name of "Dementium: The Ward". Follow the link for more info.
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MundoRare writes: "Recent times and cancellations have shown that all is not well in Rare-land. As if the cancellations of both Perfect Dark 2 and Kameo 2 in favor of Project Natal have shaken the faith of even the most loyal Rare fans, David Wise's departure from Rare could very well be the killing blow. [...]

From his Facebook: "I think the business of Rare has changed a great deal, and at the moment there is just not the opportunity to create the soundtracks that Rare were fortunately very famous for."

Unfortunately, though, this is only the most recent loss of a distinguished employee within the British developer in the recent months.

Back in August, Steve Burke, another prominent Rare musician from Kameo fame, also left the company to take a year's sabbatical "to go travelling," according to some Rare sources; no word if the real reason could be or not related with his well known desires to work for the film industry. Burke and Wise's departures only follow the trade open by Grant Kirkhope a year ago.

Out of the musical department, there has recently been huge losses, with Microsoft's recent restructuring process affecting several engineers and artists, including Steve Malpass, designer for Banjo-Tooie, Perfect Dark, Ghoulies and Nuts & Bolts. Moreover, some programmers have also left, like veteran Mark Edmonds, one of the remaining members of the original GoldenEye 007 team, who abandoned Rare in late 2008 after 14 years of work at Twycross."
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Diddy Kong Racing and Wing Island get street dates.

Last week Nintendo Australia released plans for the next few months, and now we're able to confirm exact dates for the remaining two titles on the list. Wing Island for Wii will be hitting Australian stores on March 29th, at an RRP of $79.95, while Diddy Kong Racing DS will be available on April 5th for $69.95.
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Namco sent out an announcement about three Digimon games going gold, and you may think so what? Free stickers, that's what! Digimon World Data Squad for PlayStation 2 and Digimon World Dawn / Digimon World Dusk for Nintendo DS will be in stores on September 18 along with¿a sheet of exclusive stickers!

So, in addition to looking cool by walking around looking for other friends (read: other nerds) through the Nintendo Wi-Fi connect for these parallel titles or staying at home with the cel-shaded PS2 RPG, you can look really cool by placing Digimon stickers all over your clothes and body.

The company's less sarcastic description of the games is on Gaming Target.
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