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E3 2006: The final word (E3 2006)

18/05/2006

Wednesday 17 May 2006 So, that was E3 2006. The most manic week of the gaming calendar has hurtled by once again in a tornado of news and a frenzy of game playing. Now, as relative calm returns and the chaos slowly seeps away, we look back on the big games, the big announcements, the highlights and the disappointments. Much of the week's hottest news happened before the doors had opened on E3, with Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft all making some big announcements at their pre-show ...

E3 has opened! And we're inside (E3 2006)

10/05/2006

Wednesday 10 May 2006 After all the talk, after all the pre-show conferences, after all the trailers and all the hype, E3 is finally open. And we're here! Yes, the vast LA Conference Centre has finally opened its doors and we are on the floor of the show itself, ready to bring you all of the breaking news, ready with informative and informed hands-on reports and ready with plenty of footage, right from the heart of ...

E3 show floor sneak preview (E3 2006)

10/05/2006

Wednesday 10 May 2006 With just hours to go until this year's E3 games show officially opens for business in Los Angeles, GamesRadar has managed to obtain an exclusive sneak preview of the show floor. As you can see from these photos, many of the stands are still under construction - including those for PlayStation 3 and Wii, both of which will be playable on the show floor. The Sony and Nintendo areas sit side-by-side in the LA Convention Centre's massive West Hall and are the focal points of ...

EA Playground (EA Playground)

20/06/2007

The actual concept of an EA playground is one of the most wonderfully absurd things weve heard of in a while: a kind of compendium of EA games collected together in the style of a theme park. How excited you get by this prospect depends entirely on your age, because this one is aimed squarely at sticky-fingered youths. But theres no doubting it has a certain pizzazz. The minigame that were most looking forward to is Tetherball - the game that everyone loves until the ball swings right into ...

EA Playground development confirmed (EA Playground)

18/06/2007

An all-new IP for DS and Wii that captures the nostalgia of your neighbourhood playground.

EA Playground was first revealed early last month, but today EA has official confirmed the game's development for Wii and Nintendo DS.

In development at EA Canada, Playground features game that are easy to pick-up-and-play by fully capitalising on the unique control mechanics of both the Wii and DS. Players will find themselves swinging the Wii-mote to excel in tetherball, or blowing into the DS microphone to fire spitballs or battle friends and family in dodgeball.

Eco-Creatures: Save the Forest Ships to Retail Stores (Eco-Creatures: Save the Forest)

7/03/2008

From the article: "A unique real time strategy adventure is now available for Nintendo DS as Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced it has shipped Eco-Creatures: Save the Forest to retail outlets nationwide. In stores in time for Earth Day"

Majesco Announces In-Store DS Demo for Eco-Creatures: Save The Forest (Eco-Creatures: Save the Forest)

28/01/2008

Majesco on January 28 announced Eco-Creatures: Save the Forest will be featured in approximately 10,000 Nintendo DS Download Stations at major retail locations nationwide (US) this January through May. Eco-Creatures is the only game of its kind that promotes environmental awareness by tasking players with defending the unspoiled forest against dangerous industrial encroachment.

Read the press release for information on gameplay, features and pricing.

Eco Creatures: Save the Forest - First Look (Eco-Creatures: Save the Forest)

5/10/2007

October 05, 2007 Large, muscular men make great armies. So do all varieties of medieval humanoid, especially if they're vision-cloudingly ugly (orcs, ogres) or eyeball-shatteringly beautiful (elves). Zombies and insectoid aliens are right up there. Even huge platoons of robots with large guns will get the job done, provided they weren't designed by George Lucas with the purpose of making floppy-eared aliens with muppet voices look like highly trained infantry. Oh, and so do magical squirrels ...

Majesco Announces 'Eco Creatures: Save the Forest' (Eco-Creatures: Save the Forest)

11/09/2007

Deforestation, pollution, global warming and industrialization are just some of the many important themes in Eco Creatures: Save the Forest, a unique real-time strategy (RTS) game for the Nintendo DS being published by Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games and digital entertainment products for the mass market. Co-developed by Lightweight Co. Ltd. and Headlock Corporation, Eco Creatures is the only game of its kind that promotes awareness of environmental perils while tasking players with defending the Mana Woods against them.

Electroplankton's mellow movie (Electroplankton)

28/02/2006

Handheld musical oddity Electroplankton isn't a typical game. It's a bizarrely freeform melody-maker for your DS - as this video will show you. We've already been acquainted with an import version of this beautiful freak but now you can see for yourself what makes Electroplankton on DS so quirky. By manipulating the game's onscreen plankton with the handheld's touch-screen and microphone you can create and share your own plinky melodies. Sure, it sounds pointless; there're no 'respect' ...

G4TV TGS 09: Music Game Dev Keiichi Yano Excited For Project Natal, Mum On Projects (Elite Beat Agents)

23/09/2009

G4TV writes: "Microsoft hasn't revealed much more about Project Natal since its grand unveiling at E3, but its been well established that many developers have kits from Microsoft that have allowed them to start playing around with ideas for the device. Elite Beat Agents and Lips creator Keiichi Yano, co-founder of music games-driven Japanese developer iNiS, is very excited about Natal. Yano told Billy Berghammer in an interview this week that motion controls have a very important place in the future of music games and it sounds like he's going to be at the forefront of this."

411mania's Release List for the Week of March 30, 2009 (Elite Beat Agents)

3/04/2009

411mania gives a rundown on this week's game releases. Highlights include Major Minor's Majestic March, Rhythm Heaven, and Gardening Mama.

Introducing The MTV Rhythm Game Track Finder (Elite Beat Agents)

9/01/2008

In 2008, the team at MTV Games are proud to present to you the MTV Rhythm Game Track Finder, your beacon in the confusing swirl of rhythm games.

The regularly updated database will allow you to search any artist and any song to find out which rhythm games it is in and to compare song lists for any major music-based video game.

The database currently indexes song lists for more than two dozen rhythm games, including a range of SingStars, Guitar Heroes, Dance Dance Revolutions, Rock Band, and lesser-known favorites such as FreQuency, Elite Beat Agents and the Donkey Konga series.

Elite Beat Agents finally gets a release date in Europe (Elite Beat Agents)

8/06/2007

Finally after eight long, long months of waiting for a release, Gamespot have released details of the European release date of Elite Beat Agents: 13 July 2007.

Elite Beat Agents make a record (Elite Beat Agents)

4/06/2007

Monday 4 June 2007 Our stale weekend faces lit up with Christmas Day joy when we opened this morning's post and found a very cool Elite Beat Agents 7" record sent to us from Nintendo. We love the game and we love vinyl, so it seemed like the best bit of promotional gaming tat ever - nice quality cover with artwork on both sides, an inner sleeve and 7" disc complete with EBA label. However, our happy fuzzy feeling was tainted with disappointment when we discovered that the record didn't ...

Elite Beat Agents Sequel Announced (Elite Beat Agents)

21/02/2007

IGN gave last year's Elite Beat Agents a 9.5, so you can bet They've been hoping for a sequel. Thier hopes were fulfilled today. Japan's Dengeki Online reports that a sequel to the unique rhythm title is being readied for Japanese release later this year.

In Japan, the sequel will be titled Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Tamashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 (the original was just Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan). The first part of the title translates to "Burn! Hot Blooded Rhythm Soul!".

Aside from the promise of multiplayer support for up to 4 players, details on the sequel have yet to be made public.

Cult rhythm-action game Ouendan gets sequel (Elite Beat Agents)

21/02/2007

Ouendan 2, the sequel to the Japanese-only rhythm-action game that was so popular they ported it for us, is in the works according to Dengeki Online. Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2, is the full Japanese name, which Google's translation tool hilariously interprets as "Burn! Thermal blood rhythm soul Pushing patience! Fighting obtaining! Cheer group 2." Other internet translations came up with "OtherBurn! Fervorous Spirit of Rhythm! Go! Fight! Cheer Squad 2" and ...

Holiday Buyers' Guide 2006 - Nintendo DS (Elite Beat Agents)

6/12/2006

What began as a bizarre shot in the dark has fast become one of the biggest success stories in video games. Even though its first six months were rough and questionable, the DS currently owns the handheld market, and with good reason. There's literally something for everyone on the dual-screened portable, and its beautiful cosmetic makeover (known as the DS Lite) made the device all the more palatable to hardcore and casual gamers alike. With its mixture of brain teasing puzzle games, ...

Elite Beat Agents track list has 19 songs (Elite Beat Agents)

17/10/2006

"Elite Beat Agents" is the American follow-up to the incredibly addictive Japanese music game "Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan". The designer explains the choices behind Cher, Queen, and other music in the upcoming game. Also, check out the demo of a level in Elite Beat Agents.

Elite Beat Agents bringing good cheer to DS (Elite Beat Agents)

30/08/2006

Yet more innovation from Nintendo in this fresh take on the rhythm genre - the world's first 'cheer-em-up'!
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