Square Enix today announced that ARKANOID DS and SPACE INVADERS EXTREME for the Nintendo DS and the PSP will be available in Europe sometime this summer. The games have found tremendous fan support in Japan and are scheduled to make waves in the European market. As of yet there has been no announcement for a North American release, but with the language support all ironed out in Europe it shouldn't take long. Both games have been reworked and gussied up for the handheld systems.
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While the gaming industry is generally focused on the next big thing, there will always be a market for older games and nostalgia-laden trips down memory lane if the Wii Virtual Console and Xbox Live Arcade offerings like Discs of Tron and Tempest are any indication. The online store of retailer GameStop might be offering a heads up on the next big retro gaming releases, as the Web site is hosting product pages for Arkanoid on the DS and Space Invaders Extreme on the PlayStation Portable and DS.
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Sept 21, 2007 The rivival of retro classics is still running strong with Taito offering a closer look at Arkanoid DS at the Tokyo Game Show. We could try explaining what playing this arcade classic is like, but why not try it for yourself? Click here to try a fully armed and operational flash demonstration of the game on Taito's website. Just left-click on the bottom of the DS screen when you get there. You'll have several options for controlling your paddle in Arkanoid DS. You can use either ...
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Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that it will publish Gameloft's Asphalt: Urban GT 2, a driving simulation game for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system and Nintendo DS. Asphalt: Urban GT 2 is developed by Virtuos and Game Source and will be available for the DS in November 2006 and the PSP in March 2007.
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This week brings Assassin's Creed II, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Left 4 Dead 2, and many more anticipated releases. Another PSP-3000 bundle arrives with a very cool Assassin's Creed II Bloodlines entertainment pack. PSP gamers also get the on-the-go version of Little Big Planet. God of War fans prepare to dive into HD with the God of War Collection, which brings HD version of the two original God of War PS2 games (and a God of War III demo!). Wii gamers in North America get the first black colored Wii Remote, Motion Plus and Nunchuk controllers. Capcom's Resident Evil The Darkside Chronicles will be out for the Mature gaming audience on the Wii. The popular Wii workout exergame, EA Sports Active, gets More Workouts. Check out the new releases listed here, also filled with some great games for family gameplay this holiday.
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Gamervision Reports: "Earlier today, we covered the news that Kristen Bell would be reprising her role as Lucy Stillman in Assassin's Creed II. In the press bundle, a bunch of images of the actress reading her lines was supplied, as was a few images giving a first look into AC2 outside the Animus. Generic images? Maybe, but after looking into them (and reading into the game's story a little deeper) it might actually have given us a whole new look at the sequel.

So let's start with a few things we know: Desmond returns, will access his ancestor's history, and will have more to do with the game than occasionally wandering around. That's really all we have to go on. However, if we look at these images closely, there's more than meets the eye. Maybe."
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Ubisoft have today announced that the DS version of upcoming title Assassin's Creed II, entitled Discovery, will release on November 20th in Europe. The game is being developed by Griptonite Games.

In the adventure, which branches off from the main game's storyline, Ezio travels to Spain to rescue fellow assassins being held under the guise of the Inquisition, only to uncover a Templar plot to sail west and discover the New World.

"Assassin's Creed II: Discovery is a great way for fans to experience a new chapter of the Assassin's Creed II storyline," shared John Parkes, EMEA marketing director at Ubisoft. "We think Nintendo fans will be impressed with all the unique features in the game designed specifically for Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DS."
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JPS Reports: "Ubisoft announced today the release of Assassin's Creed 2: Discovery for the Nintendo DS this November 17 in all retailers across North America..."
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Video game publisher D3 has three licenced titles coming out in the upcoming future and they had all three of them at E3 this year. The games are all based upon popular cartoons.

The first title D3 showed the Game Guys was the platformer "Astro Boy: The Video Game". Originally based on the 1952 manga by Osamu Tezuka, "Astro Boy: The Video Game" allows players to take the roll of the title character and takes its inspiration from the upcoming feature-legnth film Astro Boy.

In "Astro Boy: The Video Game", players take to the streets and skies on an epic adventure to save...
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Highlights from February include the mind-meltingly mental Half-Minute Hero on PlayStation Portable (PSP). This brilliantly original title fuses classic gaming mechanics with bite-sized thirty-second gaming to create one of the format's most audacious twists on the Role-Playing Game (RPG) genre. Animal Kororo, a ludicrously cute Puzzle game will also be published on Nintendo DS this month.
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