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First-ever Arab Localized Game for Xbox 360 and PlayStation to arrive in the Middle East (Wall-E)

Jul 8, 2008

Middle-East website Al Bawaba reports that Disney Pixar's Wall-E will be the first Arab localized video game. Luke Keighran, THQ Export Sales Manager said:

"We are delighted to be part of this, launching an Arabic game is every Arab gamers' wish. This is a great opportunity for us to grow further in promising territories like Saudi Arabia and Egypt, and a solid demonstration of our commitment to the Middle East market. It is [distributor] Pluto Games' enthusiasm and will that made this commercially possible and we hope it will be the first of a long line up for Arabic titles in the future.

"There are only few games that would suit the Middle East's morals more than WALL*E. The game depicts family virtues in a fun adventurous story line immersing the players in a world of passionate pursuit for adventure."

WALL-E Ships for PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, and More (Wall-E)

Jun 24, 2008

THQ announced today that it has shipped WALL-E for every current viable platform, including Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, DS, Windows, and even Mac and mobile phones. In all, the game based on the Pixar movie will be released in over 69 countries in the coming months.

WALL-E to be first Arabic-localized game on current gen systems (Wall-E)

Jun 24, 2008

Ars Technica reports: "WALL-E, aside from probably being the biggest family movie of the year, is also making waves in the video game industry by being the first localized video game to hit the current generation of consoles in the Middle East. THQ and Pluto Games revealed that the movie's tie-in game will actually have versions released in Arabic in an effort to appeal to gamers around the region."

This Week's New Videogame Releases (Week of 6/23/08) (Wall-E)

Jun 22, 2008

A packed videogame release week ahead. See what's new this week for the PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and Sony PSP.

Retail Radar: UK dates for Fable 2, Ghostbusters (Wall-E)

Mar 17, 2008

Play.com let slip dates for a bunch of titles including Fable 2, Ghostbusters, Prototype, Ninja Gaiden II, and The Bourne Conspiracy.

The dates:
- Fable 2: May 30
- Ghostbusters: September 26
- Prototype: June 27
- The Bourne Conspiracy: June 27
- Ninja Gaiden II: March 28
- Iron Man: May 30
- WALL-E: May 4
- Lego Batman: "sometime in September"

Analyst's 2008 Best Seller List (Wall-E)

Jan 12, 2008

Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey picks what he believes will be the biggest sellers of 2008.

THQ Announces Plans to Launch Disney/Pixar's WALL/E Across All Major Gaming Systems (Wall-E)

Jan 3, 2008

AGOURA HILLS, Calif., Jan 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) THQ today announced plans to release the WALL/E video game in conjunction with the film's eagerly awaited theatrical debut from Disney/Pixar in the summer of 2008. WALL/E is anticipated to launch across all major gaming systems including the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Playstation 3 computer entertainment system, Playstation 2 computer entertainment system, PSP system, Wii home video game system, Nintendo DS, Windows PC and Mac, as well as wireless devices.

Exclusive Warhammer 40.000 PSP (Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command)

Nov 16, 2007

On the 23th of november game publisher THQ will launch Warhammer 40k Squad Command for the sony PSP. To celebrate this launch a very limited psp will be availible, and with limited it really means limited, only TWELVE (12) copies will be offered world wide. This psp is fully handmaded and can only be obtained trough different promotions.

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command PSP demo out (Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command)

Oct 26, 2007

Oct 26, 2007 PSP owners: A demo of THQ's strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command for Sony's handheld has been released. It's available from www.thq-games.com. You'll get to play the Ultramarines Chapter of Space Marines. In the full game you get to strap on combat boots as the Space Marines of the Ultramarines Chapter and take the fight to Chaos over 13 missions in single-player. Multiplayer is team-based, players able to battle other WH40K-ers around the globe as either the Imperium ...

THQ releases Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command demo for PSP (Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command)

Oct 26, 2007

Strategy Informer has the newly released Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command demo for the PSP avaliable to download. In this demo you can take command of a squad of five Space Marines, as well as a heavily armoured Dreadnought.

Warhammer 40,000 explodes onto handhelds (Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command)

Jun 19, 2007

THQ has announced Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command for DS and PSP - the first time the series has appeared on either machine - and it's looking like a surprisingly explosive game. It may be a turn-based strategy affair at heart, but any fears of limp combat look to have been laid to rest by the first screenshots. The game will feature online network play on both handhelds when it arrives this autumn and publisher THQ assures us the most has been made of both consoles' respective strengths. ...

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command marching towards DS and PSP (Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command)

Jun 19, 2007

THQ has announced a new Warhammer 40,000 title, marking the franchise's debut on handheld. Squad Command features an original single-player campaign, in which, according to THQ's blurb, you play as the 'elite Space Marines of the Ultramarines chapter and strive to combat the encroaching evil of the ruthless and demonic influenced Chaos Space Marines through 13 cinematically tied missions'.

Rockstar Store In the PlayStation Store (The Warriors)

Oct 24, 2009

Today at the PlayStation Store, Sony secretly revealed the latest addition to their store. The new section in the PlayStation Store is called "Rockstar Store".

Rockstar games joins the PSP Go digital downloads (The Warriors)

Oct 16, 2009

Today Rockstar has announced that they will be releasing the Rockstar Legacy Collection for PSP. On October 15, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, Midnight Club: L.A. Remix and Manhunt 2 will be available for digital download from the PlayStation Network for the PSP system.

The Warriors PSP trailer (The Warriors)

Feb 5, 2007

It's been almost thirty years since it premiered in theaters, and nearly two since The Warriors bopped onto consoles, but the upcoming PSP release has us enthusiastic enough to continue speaking in the films' dialogue, so bear with us, or you hasty lot can click the Movies tab ...

Rockstar's retro beat-'em-up revealed (The Warriors)

Jan 24, 2007

If you go all misty eyed when someone mentions Streets of Rage or Double Dragon, then you've either a) got cataracts or b) got a squishy place in your heart for retro side-scrolling beat-'em-ups. If it's the latter (and we hope it is), then you're going to be over the rose-tinted moon when you see that Rockstar has included Armies of the Night - a playable homage to those classic games of yore - in its upcoming PSP gang banger, The ...

Come out and play (The Warriors)

Oct 25, 2006

If Rockstar didn't exist, would you even know where your PSP is? The publisher's generous offerings of extra GTA content in Liberty and Vice City Stories are, for some gamers, the only thing keeping the non-Nintendo portable system out of the space between their couch cushions. With the just announced release of The Warriors on PSP for this holiday season, Rockstar might have come to the rescue again. And if you're at all familiar with the 1979 cult film, you should expect that rescue to ...

The Warriors to hang with PSP (The Warriors)

Oct 19, 2006

Thursday 19 October 2006 Last year Rockstar gave '70s punchsploitation flick The Warriors a new lease of life as a PS2 and Xbox brawler - and now it's to make a comeback on PSP as well. Announced by Rockstar president Sam Houser as "setting the definitive bar for the brawler genre on PSP by delivering an extremely stylish and exceptionally deep experience," it won't be a straight port of the console game but a reworking by the studio responsible for Liberty City Stories and Vice City ...

Warriors of the Lost Empire finds its way onto PSP (Warriors of the Lost Empire)

Sep 18, 2007

A new set of screens for Warriors of the Lost Empire from Atari have just surfaced along with some new info.

Essentially this is going to be a hack-'n-slash action affair, albeit with some RPG elements sliced into the mix.

411mania's Release List for the Week of April 20, 2009 (Warriors Orochi)

Apr 22, 2009

411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include DeathSmiles, Little King's Story, Fallout Trilogy, and Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2.