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‘Pigs in the Park having a laugh……’

http://www.popcorn-arcade.com/games/Farmyard_Party/Videos/1-FarmyardParty.wmv

It’s all fun and games down at DDI development studio based in Stourbridge, England. The in-house development team working on DDI’s most bonkers game to date ‘Farmyard Party’ decided to have a day out in the park away from all the number-crunching and play-testing. It was all going well until a nasty butcher turned up with pork on his mind………

Stourbridge, England, 16th March 2009. Data Design Interactive – a successful video games publisher and games developer – today released a video showcasing their forthcoming family sporting events game ‘Farmyard Party’ which will be released on their dedicated Nintendo Wii label Popcorn Arcade.

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Cooking Mama’s First Brand Offshoot Will Launch in Time for Spring

EDISON, N.J., March 16, 2009 – Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced that Gardening Mama for Nintendo DS™ will ship on March 31st. Developed by Cooking Mama Limited, the team that created the award-winning Cooking Mama franchise that has sold 3.7 million units domestically, Gardening Mama stars the iconic culinary cutie in the first ever gardening game. Gamers anxious to get growing can download a playable demo currently in approximately 10,000 Nintendo kiosks at major retailers nationwide.

Gardening Mama transforms the stylus into a universal gardening tool that players will use to plant, nurture and harvest 37 different varieties of flowers, fruits and vegetables. Gamers can manage their garden through the seeding, blooming and maturation phases, and then produce items from the plants they’ve grown. A robust multiplayer mode lets up to four friends compete to grow the biggest harvest and Treasure Box mode lets players share items they’ve grown with online friends. In addition, players can change Mama’s outfit to their liking while customizing the screen design to their preference.

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Videos

All Jackson of JLCO talks Jazz and plays Wii Music
Bit.Trip Beat
Super Smash Bros. Brawl – Tutorial 5
GTA: Chinatown Wars Hotwire Clip
Sonic and the Black Knight – Knight Video
DanceDanceRevolution Disney Grooves Video
Don King Boxing Info Video
Henry Hatsworth Video 2
Rune Factory: Frontier Info Video
Major Minor’s Majestic March Info Video
Final Fantasy: Echoes of Time Tribes Video 1
Digest Video

Demos (Expire 3/22)

Personal Trainer: Cooking Lasagna Demo
Monsters vs. Aliens
TrackMania DS
Avalon Code

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WiiWare

Bit.Trip Beat – 312 blocks

Virtual Console

Summer Games II – 45 blocks

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– 1 RESIDENT EVIL 5 CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM
3 2 WII FIT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
4 3 TOM CLANCY’S H.A.W.X. UBISOFT (ROMANIA) UBISOFT UBISOFT
6 4 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE LEVEL 5 NINTENDO NINTENDO
2 5 KILLZONE 2 GUERRILLA GAMES SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
8 6 FIFA 09 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
9 7 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
1 8 EMPIRE: TOTAL WAR CREATIVE ASSEMBLY SEGA SEGA
5 9 HALO WARS ENSEMBLE STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
17 10 MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA

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London, UK – 16 March, 2009 – Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking, today announced that recently released The House of the Dead: OVERKILL (SEGA®, 2009) has broken into the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition for most swearing in a video game with a whopping 189 uses of the f-word.

Setting a record in this brand new category, the title recognizes The House of the Dead: OVERKILL as the most profane video game in history. During three hours of relatively limited dialogue, the campaign features 189 uses of the f-word, which equates to just over one per minute and three percent of all words spoken in the game.

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London 16th March 2009 – Mamba Games, a new dynamic multi-platform video games publisher today announces the next project in their 2009 line-up with the worldwide publishing of ‘Glacier 2: Hell on Ice’ exclusive for the Nintendo Wii developed by Team 6 Studios.

Due for a September 2009 release ‘Glacier 2: Hell on Ice’ is Mamba Games first Wii project with 2 more due to be announced shortly.

Jason Codd, Commercial Director of Mamba Games quotes “We are thrilled to be working on our first global Wii game and ‘Glacier 2: Hell on Ice’ fits with our strategy perfectly. The visuals are stunning for the Nintendo Wii and the playability is crazy, manic and is a huge amount of fun”
‘Glacier 2: Hell on Ice’ starts at the very top of the Alps: Are you ready to reach insane top speeds by driving down the mountains of death?

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REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The March 22 launch of the Pokémon™ Platinum Version video game for the Nintendo DS™ system is almost upon us, and Pokémon fans are already buzzing with anticipation. This new game in the storied franchise brings a host of new features, including the mysterious new Distortion world, never-seen-before forms of powerful Pokémon, exciting online games in the new Wi-Fi Plaza and strategic battles that are the hallmark of the main Pokémon game series.

“The Pokémon franchise has been a force since it came to the United States more than 10 years ago,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “To date, our two most recent games in the core Pokémon series, Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl, have sold more than 5.3 million in the United States alone. Pokémon Platinum Version brings fans a set of new challenges, fun and entertainment.”

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Wii-kly Update

One WiiWare Game and One Virtual Console Game Added to Wii Shop Channel

Old-school action is the main attraction at the Wii™ Shop Channel this week. With a wealth of underground buzz already surrounding it, a brand new WiiWare™ title uses vintage-looking graphics and 8-bit sounds to create a rhythm-based game that’s loaded with retro cool. Find out if you have enough skill to create order from chaos in a game that is as mesmerizing as it is challenging. Meanwhile, the latest addition to the Virtual Console™ lineup brings a Commodore 64 classic to the Wii console, proving that fans of international sports events needn’t wait until 2012 to get their track-and-field fix. Even if you’re too young to remember the original days of 8-bit gaming, these awesome titles provide timeless kicks.

Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:

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Wii Software 2009 Release Date
NEW PLAY CONTROL! Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo) 6 March
Grey’s Anatomy (Ubisoft) 12 March
My Sims Party (EA) 13 March
Sonic and the Black Knight (SEGA) 13 March
Trivial Pursuit (EA) 13 March
Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars (South Peak Interactive) 20 March
Family Local Sports (Ubisoft) 26 March
Body Coaching (Neko) 30 March
Monsters vs. Aliens™ (Activision) March
MADWORLD (SEGA) March
PES 2009 (Konami) March

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