Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, founders of tabletop-battling company Games Workshop, have announced plans to bring their supremely successful Fighting Fantasy adventure book series to PSP and DS. The re-imagined adventures will be playable in "a new way," according to Livingstone, providing "bite-sized chunks of gameplay." As yet, no developer has signed up for the task, although it's clear from Livingstone's comments that the return of Fighting Fantasy won't be in the same form as the ...
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In comparison to previous weeks, there aren't too many new games out this week. Many anticipated games have already been released in the last couple of weeks, to prepare for the holiday season. It's also Thanksgiving week and Black Friday coming up.

A timely release of Scene It? Twilight is out for the Wii, coordinated with The Twilight Saga: New Moon movie debut. Tekken 6 also makes its debut on the PSP platform, following the previously released home console Tekken 6. See what new videogames are out in the week ahead!
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Russ looks at the RPGs heading to North American retailers in November.
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Gaming Union writes, "Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is the forthcoming first-person RPG from Apsyr and developer Big Blue Bubble based on the best-selling book by the same name. Not having sat-back with a novel in far too long, imagine my surprise when opening one courier package to have said Fighting Fantasy book slide out and into my hands."
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Is Oblivion one of your favorite games of all time? Have you always dreamed you could have a similar, 3-D, first-person RPG experience, only portable? Well, your wish has been answered. Recently, Aspyr Media announced the game Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain for Nintendo DS.

Currently being developed by Big Blue Bubble and estimated for a holiday release, Fighting Fantasy is based on the interactive book series of the same name by by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson. In this game, players will be able to live out the first book, exploring an exciting 3-D world that promises superior graphics and animations, perhaps some of the finest on the DS.

"Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is our most ambitious Nintendo DS project to date," said Damir Slogar CEO of Big Blue Bubble Inc. "Driven by the vision of bringing next gen console gaming to the handheld platform, as well as our passion for role playing games, we spent the past few years working on a game that will showcase how this FPSRPG on Nintendo DS can and should look."
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Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix recentlyh took an interesting approach to cross-platform development -- using DS source code to spawn the Wii version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time.

At the CESA Developers Conference (CEDEC) in Yokohama, Japan, Square Enix game director Mitsuru Kamiyama and Nintendo technology support sub-manager Masaru Mitsuyoshi talked about the challenges in developing a DS-based game for the Wii.

"Echoes of Time was originally intended only for the DS, but our president at that time insisted that all titles be multiplatform," said Kamiyama. "So we decided on a Wii version, but with the condition that it be created based on the source code of the DS version."
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411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Cursed Mountain, and Harvest Moon: Magical Melody.
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Gamerdeals.net writes:

"Highlights this week include Guitar Hero Metallica (PS3, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360), Pokemon Platinum Version (DS), WWE Legends of Wrestlemania (Xbox 360, PS3), Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS, Wii), plus a few more gems...

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of March 23, 2009 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!"
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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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This week's new video games bring a mix of movies, real-time strategy, sports, and RPGs. Tomorrow (Sunday) is the release of Pokemon Platinum. It will be a big seller for the DS with the large base of Pokémon collectors out there. Now that gamers have warmed up to RTS gaming with Halo Wars, it may be a good time to check out Stormrise from SEGA. Stormrise offers a new perspective to the traditional RTS with a third-person view and "vertical" gameplay. PLAYSTATION 3 gamers looking for a solid RTS fix should check out the "Ultimate Edition" of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. Video cutscenes look great on the Blu-ray edition. Try the demo just recently released on the PlayStation Network to see for yourself. Wanted: Weapons of Fate is a movie-inspired game that looks promising. A demo is available on Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network as well. As a little bonus, we have a video featuring the artist of the Wanted comic book below, courtesy of Hollywood.com. Another dose of Hollywood is coming from Vin Diesel in The Wheelman, the Midway game that Ubisoft is helping to co-publish. See more new videogame releases in the week ahead below!

This week's new video game releases:
(subject to change)

Xbox 360:
Monsters vs. Aliens
Stormrise
WWE Legends of WrestleMania
Wanted: Weapons of Fate
Wheelman

PLAYSTATION 3:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Ultimate Edition icon (pre-order bonus: Girls of Red Alert 3 poster)
Monsters vs. Aliens
Stormrise
WWE Legends of WrestleMania
Wanted: Weapons of Fate
Wheelman

Wii:
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
Monsters vs. Aliens
MotoGP 08
Totally Spies: Totally Party

DS:
Broken Sword
Discovery Kids Dolphin Discovery
Dicovery Kids Kitten Corner
Discovery Kids Pony Paradise » Read More