The Zombie Apocalypse is dated for late Sept.

Konami Digital Entertainment has announced the release date and pricing for its downloadable zombie themed action game, Zombie Apocalypse. Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 on September 23 for 800 MS Points and the PlayStation Network on September 24 for $9.99 USD.

Zombie Apocalypse drops players in a battle of survival between the dead and the living. Equipped with some heavy duty artillery, your shooting skills will be put to the test in this arcade style shooter that throws copious amounts of zombies at you. Gamers can choose from up to 11 weapons including assault rifles, flamethrowers and teddy bears filled with C4 explosives. A chainsaw is also available to players who want an up close and personal encounter with the roaming dead. Players can also take advantage of their surroundings as they utilize environmental hazards to destroy massive hordes of zombies.
The goal is to stave of the zombie attacks for 55 days without joining their ranks. Good luck! But you do not have to face the evil masses alone as multiplayer allow up to four shooters to take on the zombies locally or co-operatively online.

Sounds like fun. Look for the game at the end of this month.

Who’s that jerk in the mirror?

Konami Digital Entertainment announced Reflection, the company’s very first stab at creating a DSi game. Combining the 2D platforming with puzzle elements, players control a character and her mirror image through two platforming levels simultaneously.

In Reflection, players take on the role of an adventurer named Kirra who is tasked with retrieving a magical mirror that has been inadvertently broken, unleashing a shattered reality and splitting Kirra’s character into two parts. Players will be challenged as they explore various locations including forests and temples and solve puzzles by using both characters in tandem in order to find and reassemble the mirror and restore reality.

Developed by Intrinsic Games, Reflection is scheduled to be released in Fall 2009.

Contra Rebirth invades iPhone, iPod Touch

Konami Digital Entertainment’s Contra Rebirth is now available for Nintendo WiiWare. Featuring a storyline based on the classic Contra theme, in this new game players travel back in time to Central America in 1973, where they are met with the threat of Chief Salamander and his Neo-Salamander Force who have taken over the Shizuoka ruins on the Yucatan Peninsula.

While Salamander and his minions plan the for the destruction of all the Contra on Earth, the Galactic President calls upon Bill Rizer and Genbei Yagyu to save the planet. Using their classic Contra fire-power including the popular spreadshot, Bill and Genbei must defeat the Neo-Salamander and save the world.

Gamers can play this game solo or work together for the common good using two player local co-op gameplay. The game also features two unlockable characters and retro 2D side scrolling action for both old and new Contra fans.

Contra Rebirth is now available for purchase for 1000 points on Nintendo WiiWare.

Silent Hill: The Escape for 99 cents on iPhone

Konami Digital Entertainment has released Silent Hill: The Escape for 99 cents on the Apple App store from September 3 - 5. Konami’s popular survival horror franchise makes its way onto the iPhone and iPod touch, with platform specific feature, a first person perspective and 3D shooter action.

Once again players find themselves in a creepy little town armed only with a revolver and a dim flashlight. With these modest tools, players will have to navigate through eerie mazes while trying to locate keys to escape a monster-infested labyrinth. Players can roam the maps with caution and agility but one touch from the gruesome monsters and the game is over. A steady hand and precise accuracy are also crucial to swiftly reload the revolver, as even the slightest tremble will cause the bullets to go scattering to the floor.

Sounds like a harrowing experience.

Power Pros Touch in your pocket

Konami Digital Entertainment is looking to hit a homerun with the release of Power Pros Touch for 99 cents on the App store. A free download of Power Pros Touch Lite is also on its way soon, says Konami. Power Pros Touch will be offered for 99 cents from August 27 to August 30.
Power Pros Touch Lite utilizes the iPhone and iPod touch control scheme to allow players to pitch, run and hit with a tap or slide of the screen. Players can choose from two of the original teams and play against the CPU for one inning of action.

Gamers can experience the original game’s flavor with the crowd noise to the fight songs in Power Pros Touch for a low cost for a limited time only. The game offers 120 variations of play-by-play commentary, customizable seasons (choose 25, 50, or 162 game seasons), six baseball teams to choose from and three different difficulty settings including Novice, Normal and Expert. Players canalso chose to play three, six or nine innings per game.

Power Pros Touch available for iPod, iPhone

Konami Digital Entertainment has released Power Pros Touch on the App Store today, giving iPod Touch and iPhone users a taste of its popular Eastern baseball game series. Power Pros Touch lets players control all the action using the multi-touch user interface of iPhone and iPod Touch to allow players to pitch, run and hit.

The game features crowd noise, fight songs, over 120 variations of play-by-play commentary, customizable seasons with the ability to select 25 - 162 games. During gameplay, players can also choose from six baseball teams, play against the device and selecting three different difficulty settings including Novice, Normal and Expert.

Power Pros Touch is available for $3.99 from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore or at www.konami.com/touch.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5DTCG invades Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh will now be known as the home of Konami Digital Entertainment’s Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s TRADING CARD GAME United States 2009 National Championship. Go Pittsburgh - all Philadelphia has going for it is the Liberty Bell, Cheese Steak and a statue of Rocky. Hah! Hundreds of Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game players will converge on Pittsburgh to prove that they are the best TCG players in the world.

The start of the U.S. Nationals began in late April at the SHONEN JUMP Championship in Anaheim, California and progressed with more than 76 Regional Qualifier and Dragon Duel events held around the country. In Pittsburgh, 900 finalists will be battling to be named a U.S. National Champion, with the top four to be invited to compete in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship in Tokyo, August 8th and 9th. Live coverage of the U.S. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s TCG 2009 National Championship will be available online during the event at www.yugioh-com/en/events. Event details including times, location and dates can be found after the break - along with various prizes being given out to all the winners.

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