Retailers such as Best Buy and Amazon began to modify the release date of Deadly Creatures a couple of days ago, which hinted that the game would be delayed. Deadly Creatures was scheduled to ship in December this year, but this is officially no longer the case...
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THQ has today unveiled the key titles that will form the publisher's fiscal 2009 video game line-up. Scheduled for release in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2009 are a range of new editions to existing franchises, new original games and social and party titles.

Gamers can look forward to new editions of multi-million unit franchises, including Saints Row 2, Red Faction: Geurrilla and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. All new video game titles on the way include Darksiders: Wrath of War, Deadly Creatures and de Blob. Additionally THQ plans to release new social and party games for the Wii, including Battle of the Bands and Big Beach Sports.
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How do a Desert Tarantula and a Giant Desert Scorpion blow up a gas station? In this action-thriller, you play as these two predators, and enemies and natural hazards await everywhere. Attacking with the Wiimote against lizards, wasps and the likes, your survival depends on overcoming the most dangerous creature of all: man.

Combining the ferocious, fascinating behaviors of real-world creatures with the epic landscapes and cinematic excitement of fantasy/action movies, this is a game experience unlike anything you have ever encountered.

Welcome to the captivating world of Deadly Creatures¿where nothing is safe.
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A new Rainbow Studios project's just been announced, namely Deadly Creatures for Wii. To be published by THQ in 2008, the game i s all about surviving in a "venomous world of desert terror", apparently.

"Players will follow the entwined adventures of an armored scorpion and a stealthy tarantula as they struggle against a variety of creatures including vicious Gila monsters, tarantula wasps, black widows, and the most dangerous predator of all ¿ Man."

That's Man with a capital "M". Rainbow Studios has previously worked on some very big stuff, including Cars, so this is likely to be a big deal for THQ.
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See what's coming this week in the US for the Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3, Wii, Nintendo DS and Sony PSP. Highlights include Lost Planet: Colonies Edition (Xbox 360) and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PS3/Xbox 360).
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Eidos is bringing the PSP game Death Jr. 2: Root of Evil to the Wii in Summer 2008. Check out these new screens. Developed by Backbone Entertainment, the game charts the adventures of the Grim Reaper's son. We don't like to be judgemental, but it's hard to remain calm when we see a major publisher release a game ported from a handheld that only has a Metacritic rating of 68. It's also not a good sign that Konami, the previous distributor of the ...
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Today Nintendo of Europe and Australia added new games to the Wii Shop Channel. The WiiWare games are: Defend Your Castle and Wild West Guns.
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See the announced WiiWare games launching today and details on the WiiWare service.

From Nintendo: "Starting today, Wii owners with an Internet connection can download new, creative games from a wide range of developers, from large publishers to indie shops. By reducing the barriers that make console game development prohibitively expensive, WiiWare showcases original ideas in the most democratic environment in industry history, connecting the people who make games more directly with the people who play them."
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VC-Reviews writes: "X-Gen Studios has revealed that Defend Your Castle will launch alongside the North American WiiWare service on 12th May 2008. The company has already launched a dedicated page for the game and some interesting looking screenshots."
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XGen Studios is best known as a developer and publisher of Flash Games on the Internet, which since its inception of 2001 has grown into a company with a user base of over 3 million players. It announced in January that it was expanding to create a secret project for the Nintendo WiiWare service - something we now learn is an updated port of its popular Flash title, Defend Your Castle.
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