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Active Life feels the burn (Active Life: Athletic World)

Sep 21, 2007

Sept 21, 2007 We don't have anything against exercise in itself. But when we play games we just want to play games, not burn calories. But that hasn't stopped publisher, Namco Bandai from jumping on the healthy bandwagon with Wii Fit as they recently announced Active Life: Athletic World (working title) for the Wii at the Tokyo Game Show. The game will feature a DDR-like mat controller and several minigames that will require you to get off the couch. In River Rapid (shown below), you'll need ...

This Week In Downloads (ActRaiser - Virtual Console)

May 30, 2007

A slew of old-school favorites lead this week's downloading charge.

ActRaiser hits Virtual Console (ActRaiser - Virtual Console)

May 29, 2007

Square Enix's awesome ActRaiser has arrived on the Virtual Console as part of the latest three-game update. For those who never played it, ActRaiser is a unique quest that blends action and platforming with a simulation, god game mechanic. You take control of the Master who has to rebuild his fallen Kingdom that's been conquered by The Evil One. Flicking between two styles of play (action and simulation), the action mode you battle against enemies to take over (or "pacify") land. Doing so ...

Hudson's Alien Crush release on WiiWare (Alien Crush - Virtual Console)

Aug 26, 2008

The Only Pinball Game for WiiWare That Lets Players Compete Head-To-Head Online

Alien Crush Returns is a sci-fi pinball game based on the classic TurboGrafx-16 Alien Crush series from Hudson Entertainment. In extraordinary pinball fashion, the game offers gameplay spanning two screens, providing players a lot of real estate to rack up points, multipliers, and bonuses. The game is played across multiple boards, all of which feature an eerie alien landscape and enemies that try to prevent pinball perfection.

Alien Crush Returns is going international and so is Pit Crew Panic (Alien Crush - Virtual Console)

Aug 9, 2008

Siliconera writes: "Hudson only announced Alien Crush Returns for Japan, but it's a shoe in for an international release. The first concrete clue that it's going to appear in another region is it just got rated by the OFLC. Hudson wouldn't invest resources to localize the WiiWare pinball game into English if they didn't have plans to release it everywhere. I think it's safe to say we're getting it, probably soon."

Alien Crush Returns coming to Japan this month with DLC (Alien Crush - Virtual Console)

Aug 6, 2008

Spencer reports to Siliconera that the update to the classic pinball game will hit Japan WiiWare service this month. It seems that Hudson will also sells additional balls and stages as DLC. The basic module, which includes online multiplayer mode will cost 800 Wii Points in Japan.

Alien Crush Returns - site open (screens, trailer) (Alien Crush - Virtual Console)

Jul 12, 2008

The official Japanese site for Alien Crush Returns has opened, and it comes chock-full of stuff to look at. There are a bunch of screens to thumb through, as well as a trailer to check out.

Sega Alien project revealed (Alien Syndrome)

Dec 12, 2006

In the summer of next year, Sega will release a brand new version of its classic space shooter Alien Syndrome for the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation Portable, the developer-cum-publisher has revealed today. As Earth Command Trooper Aileen Harding - or just Aileen to her friends - Alien Syndrome hurls you into a action-orientated, RPG-lite universe of derelict spaceships and weird alien worlds, with a host of weaponry and upgrades scattered liberally around to assist you in your quest to blast ...

All Star Cheer Squad "better than DDR" (All Star Cheer Squad)

Jul 8, 2008

THQ's All Star Cheer Squad looks to follow Namco Bandai's We Ski/Family Ski as one of the first third party Wii Balance Board-controlled games on the Nintendo Wii. IGN recently caught up with developer Gorilla Games to see how its development was coming along, and it seems like they were pleasantly surprised, even calling it better than DDR's efforts on Wii.

Surfer Girl: Talks about Shellshock 2: Blood Trails, The Sims 3, Wii cheerleading title and more (All Star Cheer Squad)

Mar 6, 2008

Surfer Girl writes: A kind person has forwarded the fact sheet for Shellshock 2: Blood Trails (the lack of proofreading in this goes hand in hand with this blog, which more often than not, also lacks proofreading), which can be found below.

ShellShock 2: Blood Trails is a violent, first-person, survival horror game set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Gameplay centers on the use of psychological horror and fear, relying on the power of suggestion, mood, tension and foreshadowing - implying the notion of danger, potential danger, imminent danger, and horrifying acts that have or are implied to have occurred or will come to pass. On course for war torn Vietnam, a plane carrying a top-secret cargo known only as Whiteknight is lost over the uncharted jungles of Cambodia. The special ops squad sent in to retrieve it disappear wtihout [sic] trace. Until, a month later, one of them walks out. Something in the darkness has driven him insane... Somehting [sic] from the darkness has followed him out...

Cheerleading game coming to Wii and DS (All Star Cheer Squad)

Mar 6, 2008

THQ has announced All Star Cheer Squad will be coming to the Wii and DS this fall. The game will feature Wii Balance Board support and choreography from Tony G, the man responsible for Kirsten Dunst's moves in Bring It On and all its sequels.

According to THQ, this is also the first cheerleading game ever created.

Alone In The Dark Control Work Around (Alone in the Dark)

Sep 24, 2008

That Gaming Site Writes: "Since it's release Alone in the Dark has received some pretty harsh criticism regarding the control scheme. Even we here at That Gaming Site admit the controls could use some work! Atari has taunted us with a patch that may never make it to the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game! Instead of waiting for the day that may never come we have found a way to make your experience with the controls a little more tolerable!"

Alone in the Dark needs to take "major step," says Villette (Alone in the Dark)

Aug 18, 2008

Antoine Villette, founder of I Am Alive developer Darkworks, has told VG247 he believes Alone in the Dark can still be great, but only if Atari is prepared to make radical changes to its format.

Atari Actually Posts a Profit in Q1 (Alone in the Dark)

Aug 14, 2008

Gamedaily.biz writes: "Break out the champagne. After endless losses, Atari has posted a net income of $3.5 million for its first quarter. The release of Alone in the Dark was a big factor.

A couple weeks ago French publisher Infogrames reported its own first quarter fiscal results, revealing a 91 percent rise in sales, which was driven in large part by a "strong recovery" of the U.S. business (i.e. Infogrames' subsidiary Atari). Today, Atari announced its own fiscal results, and Infogrames wasn't kidding: Atari posted a profit of $3.5 million for the quarter, a vast improvement from the net loss of $11.9 million during the same period last year."

Alone in the Dark PS3 "undergoing improvements" (Alone in the Dark)

Aug 9, 2008

Atari have announced that Alone in the Dark for PS3 will be undergoing improvements, rather than just being a direct port of the Xbox 360 version.

Atari: Positive Alone in the Dark reviews keep coming (Alone in the Dark)

Jul 4, 2008

Videogamer writes: "Atari has revealed it wants more from its major summer release, Alone in the Dark, despite the title placing at No.1 in the Xbox 360 chart and at No.3 in the All Formats chart.

"The positive review scores continue to come in and marketing support is scheduled to run through to the end of August," Atari product manager Ben Walker told MCV. "Our target now is to build upon the start and keep Alone in the Dark selling through-out the summer"

We found Alone in the Dark to be one of the most disappointing games of the year so far, scoring only 6/10 despite much early promise and plenty of good ideas"

India Gets First Wii Title, Console Nowhere To Be Found (Alone in the Dark)

Jul 3, 2008

With the Nintendo Wii nowhere to be seen officially as far as India is concerned, the country will soon see its first official Wii game this week. Milestone Interactive, PlayStation India's largest distributor, is testing the demand for "import" Wiis by bringing select Wii titles to the market, as many wonder if this is a precursor to an official launch in India.

This Week's New Videogame Releases (Week of 6/23/08) (Alone in the Dark)

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.

Game Releases for the Week of June 22, 2008 (Alone in the Dark)

Jun 21, 2008

Highlights this week include Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360/PS3), Alone in the Dark (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC) and The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff (PC).

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of June 22, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!

Atari issues statement regarding AITD review scores (Alone in the Dark)

Jun 20, 2008

Atari has issued a statement to Gamesindustry.biz about the recent reviews of Alone in the Dark. The company said that it's happy with UK reviews of AITD, but refused to comment when asked about the legal rumours that have started appearing on the web.

"We're happy with the review scores in the UK," a spokesperson explained. "We believe the game speaks for itself."