iMEvil for iPhone released
If you’re looking for something a little odd for your iPhone or iPod Touch, then you may be interested in checking out TechPad Productions’ iMEvil application. iMEvil is a soundboard application featuring the professional voice talent of David Sobolov that features 32 creepy utterances that you can use to scare your friends or just creep yourself out.
While the app may not be a game it is game related: Sobolov’s voice acting work has been featured in over 40 games including Halo Wars, Call of Duty 1 and 4, Red Alert 3, Transformers, Unreal Tournament 3, Chronicles of Riddick, Everquest II, Prototype, and upcoming games Brutal Legend, Dragon Age, Aion and Diablo III.
For more information, be sure to check out imevil.techpadproductions.com.
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Category Casual, Genres, Platforms, iPhone | Tags: Aion,Brutal Legend,Call of Duty,Call of Duty 4,Chronicles of Riddick,David Sobolov,Diablo III,Dragon Age,EverQuest II,Halo Wars,iMEvil,iPod Touch,Prototype,Red Alert 3,Transformers,Unreal Tournament 3
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Halo Wars Historic Battles deploying in late July
According to Major Nelson’s Blog, a new add-on is coming for Microsoft’s RTS game Halo Wars, called Historic Battles. To be released on July 21, Historic Battles will cost 800 points and will contain four new maps and four new achievements.
The maps included are a 1 vs 1 map called Barrens, a 1 vs 1 map called Blood River, a 3 vs 3 map called Glacial Ravine and a 2 vs 2 map called Memorial Basin. The add-on will also four new achievements worth 100 points. details on those, along with details on the maps, can be found after the break:
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Category Genres, Online Play, PC, Platforms, Strategy, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | Tags: Halo,Halo Wars,Historic Battles,Microsoft Game Studios,RTS,Strategy
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Halo Encyclopedia coming
For those who can’t get enough Halo information, DK Publishing has announced they are publishing the Halo Encyclopedia in 352 glorious full-color pages. The book is planned for a November 2009 release.
The press release at this point says the book will cover just the games. A call to the publisher has them scrambling to check if the books will be included as well, since the stories were sanctioned by Bungie and Microsoft. The forward of the encyclopedia will be written by Frank O’Connor, who left Bungie as content manager in May of last year to work at Microsoft and more closely with the Halo franchise.
We’ve had initial chats with DK to publish an excerpt or two of the encyclopedia as it gets closer to release, along with getting a few copies for a giveaway to our readers, so stay tuned.
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Category Action, Industry, PC, Public Interest, Strategy, Xbox 360 | Tags: Bungie,DK Publishing,Frank O'Connor,Halo,Halo 2,Halo 3,Halo encyclopedia,Halo Wars,Microsoft
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GameFly Weekly Top Ten Rentals
What were the most popular games rented last week? Where can we go to get that information and what was the most popular across all platforms? For that information we go to GameFly. And according to GameFly, Wanted: Weapons of Fate was the most rented game for the week ending March 26. Warner Bros. Interactive entertainment’s game based on the movie about curving bullets and a tattooed woman addicted to adoption topped the all platforms and Xbox 360 rental charts, and landed at number two on the PS3 charts. Resident Evil 5 was also a popular rental for the week along with The Godfather 2 and Halo Wars.
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Category Action, Casual, DS, Genres, Music, Other, PSP, Platforms, PlayStation 3, Public Interest, RPG, Racing, Sports, Strategy, Wii, Xbox 360 | Tags: GameFly,Guitar Hero: Metallica,Halo Wars,Killzone 2,Rental,Resident Evil 5,Street Fighter IV,Wanted: Weapons of Fate
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Halo Wars Rocks and Windstorm Studios Forms
According to Microsoft, Halo Wars has sold one million units worldwide. The Xbox 360 exclusive real-time strategy game set in the land that Master Chief built also managed to garner 2.6 million plays online via Xbox Live according to internal data, with an average of more than 200,000 users playing the game every day.
Bittersweet news for Ensemble Studios, which is now just a chapter in the game industry history books. Of course, the silver lining is that Robot Entertainment, the new studio founded by former Ensemble heavyweight Tony Goodman, is managing current and future support for the title.
And in related news another studio has been formed by former Ensemble employees called Windstorm Studios. Founded by developer Dusty Monk, the company is already working on an online and is on the hunt for funding. Windstorm Studios joins Robot Entertainment and Bonfire Entertainment as a testament to Ensemble.
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Category Action, Genres, Industry, Online Play, Other, Platforms, Strategy, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | Tags: Bonfire Studios,Ensemble Studios,Halo Wars,Robot Entertainment,Windstorm Studios,Xbox Live
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USA Today Gets in the Game
Today USA Today officially launched Game Hunters a brand new section of USA Today dedicated to all things gaming. The new blog is being run by Brett Molina and Mike Snider and promises to cover everything from casual and mobile games to the multi-million dollar console releases and PC games. You can get a look at the first day’s content at Game Hunters by visiting usatoday.com.
I personally like that USA Today is taking video games seriously and look forward to Mike and Brett’s contributions.
On a related note, to celebrate the launch of the blogs and Halo Wars, the Game Hunters crews is giving away five copies of the Limited Edition of the game. For a chance to win, go to halowars.usatoday.com.
Killzone 2 Tops UK Charts
Killzone 2 is blazing up the charts in the UK with the PS3 exclusive landing at the number one spot for the week ending Feb 28th, 2009 - according to retail sales data from ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack’s All Formats Top 40. Killzone 2 managed to beat out Halo Wars, which debuted at the number 2 spot, knocking Street Fighter IV to number three for the week, which in turn helped push Wii Fit to the number four spot.
Professor Layton and the Curious Village for the DS, The Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection, FIFA 09, Call of Duty: World at War, Ben 10: Alien Force, and Mario Kart Wii filled out the rest of the chart for the week. Silent Hill: Homecoming debuted at number eleven, just missing the top ten and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II took a dramatic nose dive off the top ten to land at the 18th best selling position for the week.
ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 - Week Ending Feb 28th:
1. Killzone 2 (Sony)
2. Halo Wars (Microsoft)
3. Street Fighter IV (Capcom)
4. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
5. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
6. Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (Sega)
7. FIFA 09 (EA)
8. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision Blizzard)
9. Ben 10: Alien Force (D3P)
10. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
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Category Action, Genres, Industry, Other, Platforms, PlayStation 3 | Tags: Ben 10 Alien Force,Call of Duty World at War,ChartTrak,FIFA 09,Halo Wars,Killzone 2,Mario Kart Wii,Professor Layton and the Curious Village,Retail Sales,Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection,Street Fighter IV,United Kingdom,Wii Fit
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