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Majesco Entertainment Company has announced that Birmingham-based Centresoft will exclusively distribute its catalogue to retail in the UK. Commencing with immediate effect, the deal strengthens Majesco's 2009 sales activity, which sees a catalogue packed with mainstream products on both handheld and console. Margeret Pearson, Commercial Director, Centresoft: We are pleased to represent Majesco at retail. Majesco has a great line-up of products for 2009 and we are delighted that this ambitious publisher has recognised the value that CentreSoft can bring to its business in the UK.
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Majesco Entertainment Company has announced details of its expanded European operation, which has been established to provide direct routes to retail within the UK. Based in Bristol, Majesco Europe will oversee the marketing, distribution and sales of a product catalogue bristling with mainstream titles on handheld and home console formats, with its first games due to launch in May 2009.
411mania gives a rundown on this week's game releases. Highlights include Major Minor's Majestic March, Rhythm Heaven, and Gardening Mama.
Guitar Hero Metallica kicks off the new video game releases in the week ahead. It'll be available this Sunday for the Xbox 360, Wii and PLAYSTATION 3. Another new music game out this week for the Wii is Major Minor's Majestic March. It's coming from Masaya Matsuura and artist Rodney Alan Greenblat, who were the creators of the cult-classic music/rhythm game Parappa The Rapper. Lead a band of green monkeys trumpeting, blue bears drumming and cats on saxophones. Yeah, it's different. The new Nintendo DSi will be out in just about a week, on April 5th, but you may want to get your pre-order in soon! The DSi is likely to be in high demand. Early adopters will get 1000 DSi Points for logging into the DSi Shop. New video game releases for week of 3/29/09: (subject to change) Xbox 360: Guitar Hero Metallica Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust PLAYSTATION 3: Guitar Hero Metallica Wii: Backyard Baseball 2010 Cradle of Rome Crayola Colorful Journey Dance Dance Revolution Disney Grooves Includes Two Dance Mats Don King Boxing Gold's Gym Cardio Workout Guitar Hero Metallica Major Minor's Majestic March Nintendo 2000 Points Card (DSi or Wii) Offshore Tycoon Nintendo DS and DSi: Nintendo DSi Console - Matte Black (available April 5th) Nintendo DSi Console - Matte Blue (available April 5th) Don King Boxing Fashion Studio: Paris Collection Gardening Mama Imagine: Family Doctor Nintendo 2000 Points Card (DSi or Wii) Pet Vet Down Under Tokyo Beat Down PSP: Air Conflicts
More international dealings from Square Enix. The RPG giant announced today that it will be releasing Major Minor's Majestic March in Japan. Although developed by Parappa developer Nana On-sha, the title was first announced outside of Japan through Majesco. In Japan, the title will be changed to Meja-Maji March.
The first screenshots for Nintendo's Wii's new rhythm action game.
From the article: Available exclusively for the Wii this fall, Major Minor's Majestic March will reunite game designer Masaya Matsuura and famed New York artist Rodney Alan Greenblat. The game will turn the player into a marching band leader. In turn, this will turn the Wii Remote into a special baton that will conduct the band. Players will be expected to 'keep tempo, recruit new band members and pick up valuable items.'
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