Delivering true air superiority into the hands of gamers everywhere, Codemasters, Inc. today announced that Heatseeker Â¿ the eagerly anticipated arcade-style air combat game, is available at retail outlets nationwide. Heatseeker gives players unparalleled control of the military's finest and most sophisticated airborne arsenal as they skyrocket to victory over the U.S, off the coast of South America, over Antarctica and into the Far East. Heatseeker is available now for the Wii and PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system.
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5 Oct 2006

Heatseeker gets off the ground

PS2 News | Heatseeker

Fans of Sega's classic Afterburner - or Tom Cruise's classic Top Gun, for that matter - will want to make their way to the flight deck with the announcement of Heatseeker for PS2, PSP and Wii next spring. Though you'll be behind the throttle of a variety of modern and classic military jets, realism isn't high on Heatseeker's mission list - it's all about corkscrewing your way out of missile locks while blowing everything else out of the sky (or off the ...
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5 Oct 2006

Codemasters fires Heatseeker

PS2 News from N4G | Heatseeker

PS2 - Heatseeker - Codemasters fires Heatseeker

Codemasters has announced Heatseeker, an aerial combat game firing afterburners on Wii, PSP and PS2 in early 2007.

Strapping you into the cockpit of modern-day and near-future fighter jets, the title's very much an arcade experience with the publisher promising plenty of explosive destruction.

"If you like fast and furious action, and blowing everything in sight to bits, then Heatseeker is a dream come true. Expect the greatest military aircraft armed to the teeth with the latest hardware, big explosions, great smoke trails, and gung-ho heroics", enthused Heatseeker's senior producer Andrew Wensley.
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10 Jun 2008

High School Musical 3 announced

PS2 News from N4G | High School Musical: Sing It!

PS2 - High School Musical: Sing It! - High School Musical 3 announced

MCV: Disney has announced two new High School Musical games for console, due for release around Christmas.
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27 Nov 2007

VG Chartz Featuring the First Weekly European Software Charts Ever

PS2 News from N4G | High School Musical: Sing It!

PS2 - High School Musical: Sing It! - VG Chartz Featuring the First Weekly European Software Charts Ever

According to VG Chartz, here are the top 10 European software titles - with individual platforms, publishers, and units sold - for the week ending November 24th:

1. Brain Training (DS, Nintendo): 187,803
2. Assassins Creed (XB360, Ubisoft): 178,543
3. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo): 177,393
4. Need for Speed: ProStreet (PS2, EA): 149,927
5. High School Musical: Sing It! (PS2, Disney): 144,745
6. Assassins Creed (PS3, Ubisoft): 134,650
7. Mass Effect (XB360, Microsoft): 129,598
8. More Brain Training (DS, Nintendo): 128,614
9. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS2, Konami): 124,674
10. Nintendogs (DS, Nintendo): 120,237
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5 Nov 2007

Disney: 'Our sing star can woo whole family'

PS2 News from N4G | High School Musical: Sing It!

PS2 - High School Musical: Sing It! - Disney: 'Our sing star can woo whole family'

High School Musical title will appeal to new fans of franchise, boasts publisher.

"High School Musical is the perfect product for any family regardless of their familiarity with the films," Disney marketing manager Burcin Ergin told MCV.

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11 Apr 2008

Video Games Made Me Do It: Defendant in Beheading Trial Blames Hitman

PS2 News from N4G | Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

PS2 - Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - Video Games Made Me Do It: Defendant in Beheading Trial Blames Hitman

A 18-year-old Michigan man is on trial for murder, charged with beheading a 26-year-old-victim last November.

Now, it appears that his attorneys will claim that Jean Pierre Orlewicz (left) was under the influence of Eidos' Hitman when he stabbed and decapitated 26-year-old Daniel Sorensen.
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3 Aug 2007

Racist! A look at games accused of bigotry

PS2 News | Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

The recently released Resident Evil 5 trailer is currently causing a storm of debate across the internet after one critic - a single, solitary person writing on a blog - fingered the game as being racist in its depiction of black people as "inhuman savages" and for the fact that a white man in military clothing is employed to destroy them. It's an interesting opinion, certainly, but one that we happen to think is wrong. While a cursory glance at Resident Evil 5 may give the impression that ...
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26 Apr 2007

Hitman movie plot details unmasked

PS2 News | Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

Initial details on the plot for the forthcoming Hitman movie have materialized, and Agent 47's on the run. Reported on IGN, an official synopsis of the storyline released reveals that the contract killer becomes embroiled in a political takeover and gets set up, resulting in him being pursued by the Russian military and Interpol. Someone wants Agent 47 out the picture, but who? Very ...
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14 Apr 2008

Hitman creators to 'redefine online multiplayer'

PS2 News | Hitman: Blood Money

The founders of Hitman developer IO Interactive have "re-formed" the Copenhagen, Denmark-based development studio, Reto-Moto.

A press statement from Reto-Moto gave no specific details about current or upcoming projects, but did state that the studio is "committed to redefining the online multiplayer space."

According to Reto-Moto's website, the studio, in name, isn't exactly new. Reto-Moto was founded in 1997, then it immediately ...

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