Vancouver 2010 cover athletes revealed

SEGA of America is partnering with top American and Canadian gold medal contenders Lindsey Vonn (USA; alpine skiing), Seth Wescott (USA; snowboard cross), Kristina Groves (Canada; speed skating) and Matthew Morison (Canada; snowboard) to appear on the cover of the upcoming video game Vancouver 2010 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Winter Games.

The game will be available for purchase at North American retailers on January 12th, 2010 for the Xbox 360, the PS3 and the PC via digital download.

The games are being developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software. Find out more at www.olympicvideogames.com.

Fallen Earth MMO getting an iPhone app

FALLEN EARTH and Icarus Studios, developers of the self-titled massively multiplayer online game (MMO), Fallen Earth, announced today the development of a cross-platform iPhone application, which allows players to connect into the live game server and interact with the game remotely via their iPhone.

Through the new iPhone application, players will have access to Fallen Earth, and allow Fallen Earth players to view their in-game character stats, mutations and trade skills as well as provide access to equipped and stored items. Players will also have be able to view maps for each of the three sectors in the 1,000 square kilometers of the game’s landscape.

The app is scheduled for release in Q1 2010, and will feature real-time management of several key in-game systems like players’ crafting queues, recipes, craft items, commerce at the Auction House as well as the ability to interact with friends, Clan members and other online players through multiple chat channels, mail and private messaging.

Find out more about this app and the game by visiting www.fallenearth.com.

The many Lords of Good Old Games

Good Old Games is now offering three classic four classic Impressions games - two of which comes in one package.

The deals include the original Lords of Magic and the expansion Lords of Magic: Legends of Urak in one box, the Lords of the Realm: Royal Edition pack (Lords or the Realm 1 & 2 in one box) and Lords of the Realm 3, for only $4.19 each. At that price these classics should keep you busy for a fortnight or two.

Find out more about all the new games at GOGO including several new Majesco games - by visiting www.gog.com.

DICE preps for Bad Company 2 PS3 multiplayer beta

DICE today announced the upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer beta, which is apparently an exclusively on the PlayStation 3. Starting November 19, PlayStation 3 owners will be able to experience the multiplayer action, destruction, vehicular warfare, squad play and open sandbox environments that make up the Battlefield recipe.

In December of this year a PC open beta will launch and early in 2010 DICE plans to release the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer DEMO on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be in stores on March 2, 2010 in North America and March 5, 2010 in Europe for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the PC.

Those interested in signing up for the beta should visit www.battlefield.com for beta key distribution details.

Go ahead, Press Your Luck

I wish the name of this game, and the game show it was based, on was called “Press your F***ING Luck,” because I think youngsters might be more inclined to play it. But for those familiar with the popular game show, well now you can amuse yourself with the home game. You know, the game they give you when you lose as a contestant? It used to be a board game, but now we are in the digital age. Wow, technology is simply amazing isn’t it? Where was I? Oh yeah, Ubisoft has released Press Your Luck 2010 Edition for the Nintendo Wii, DS and Windows-based PCs.

Press Your Luck is a digital remake of the game show from the 80’s where players assume the role of one of the three contestants competing to win by answering a series of trivia questions correctly to earn “spins” on the Big Board of cash and prizes. Press Your Luck 2010 Edition features single- or multiplayer modes and the ability to design and customize a personal avatar. The game has been created by Ludia and is licensed by FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME).

Find out more about this home game by visiting www.gameshowvideogames.com.

Psychonauts invades Good Old Games

Good Old Games GOG.com is now offering select games from Majesco Entertainment. The agreement brings Psychonauts, BloodRayne, BloodRayne 2 and Advent Rising to the GOG.com catalog. As part of today’s announcement, GOG.com has released Psychonauts for $9.99 and Advent Rising for only $5.99. Pretty cool.

Created by Tim Schafer - before he created Brutal Legend - Psychonauts is a classic action-adventure game that is considered a cult classic by many a gamer. In fact, Scott Jones recently re-reviewed the game right here on Crispy Gamer. Advent Rising is a sci-fi themed action-adventure game that features a script written by Orson Scott Card, the author of Ender’s Game and Speaker for Dead, both awarded the Hugo and Nebula awards.

As always both games are DRM-free and compatible with Windows XP and Vista. Other titles from Majesco’s catalogue will be added in the coming weeks.

Massive Assault series now on Steam

Waraming.net’s Massive Assault series is now available on Steam All the games from this turn-based strategy, sci-fi themed war game series are available including Massive Assault, Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance and Massive Assault Network 2. The Massive Assault series uses an original Secret Allies concept - an ally who waits for the right moment to disclose itself as loyal to the player or the opponent. The game charges players with fighting your rival for survival in the 22nd century hostile surroundings using air land and naval units .

Learn more about these game by visiting www.wargaming.net or www.steampowered.com.