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Legendary Book Available as Exclusive Pre-Order Item in North America

AUSTIN, Texas – Sept. 29, 2009 – Aspyr Media and GameStop have teamed on an exclusive GameStop pre-order item for Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain for Nintendo DS™. Savvy gamers who reserve Fighting Fantasy will receive a copy of the re-released book that goes by the same name. The first in the hit series, this will be the only way to get the book in the U.S. With this special pre-order, North American gamers will experience the original Fighting Fantasy on both paper and Nintendo DS. Pre-orders can be made online at www.gamestop.com or in-store.

Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a first-person RPG experience that draws directly from the pages of the original book. Customize your character from the start and work your way through the dreaded Firetop Mountain keep. Staying true to the original print version, you’ll be offered questions in the course of your quest that will ultimately affect the outcome of your adventure – it’s up to you which path you take every step of the way. There’s danger around every corner, with a multitude of enemies, traps and treasure! How will you decide to navigate this maze of tunnels to reach the treasure of Zagor, the Warlock of Firetop Mountain?

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Japanese gaming magazine Gemaga has released their list of the top 10 most disappointing games in their most recent issue. We’ve posted their choices below.

1. Thunder Force VI (PS2, Sega)
2. Final Fantasy VIII (PS, Square Enix)
3. Seiken Densetsu 4 (PS2, Square Enix)
4. Gyakuten Saiban 4 (Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney) (NDS, Capcom)
5. Rogue Galaxy (PS2, Level 5)
6. Mario Sunshine (GC, Nintendo)
7. Unlimited Saga (PS2, Square Enix)
8. Devil May Cry 2 (PS2, Capcom)
9. Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (NDS, Square Enix)
10. Blood of Bahamut (NDS, Square Enix)

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Did you know that Scribblenauts originally had a different name? The current title is actually pretty unique. Well, it is  in the sense that there hasn’t been any game with a similar name. But initially, Scribblenauts was called “Wordplay.” Obviously we know that title didn’t stick and Jeremiah Slaczka, Creative Director, explained how the final name came to be in a recent developer diary.

“We had a lot of different names before Scribblenauts. The original name was Wordplay, which is really lame and not fun and very generic…We’ve always gone through a lot of names before we kinda settle on a final name…

Scribblenauts was also actually a temp name, which is kind of funny that it actually stuck. Because in the beginning, we were just like, well we need something, we always need something for a pitch and what’s the project name. So we were like, ‘Well, this is quirky and interesting, but maybe not completely what we want to go for.’ But it just stuck. It made sense. And it wasn’t generic at all.”

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Famitsu has published their estimates of the latest hardware sales figures from Japan. Keep in mind that Media Create numbers are considered to be more official data in some ways, and will be posted later this week.

DSi – 66,000
PS3 – 50,000
PSP – 20,000
Wii – 13,000
DS Lite – 10,000
PS2 – 3,500
Xbox 360 – 3,700

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Famitsu has posted the latest software sales estimates in Japan. Official Media Create numbers will be posted later this week.

01. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) – 167,000 / 2,068,000
02. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo)
03. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai)
04. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakkyuu Portable 4 (Konami)
05. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
06. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix)
07. [360] Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft)
08. [NDS] SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu – Goddess of Destiny (Square Enix)
09. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 4 (Konami)
10. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (BEST) (Square Enix)

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The latest LEVEL review scores (Swedish magazine) are as follows:

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves: 10
Need for Speed: Shift: 8
Halo: ODST: 8
FIFA 10: 9
Scribblenauts: 7
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games: 5
Metroid Prime Trilogy: 9
Gran Turismo (PSP): 8
NHL 10: 8
Dead Space: Extraction: 7
Wet: 7
Contra Rebirth: 8
NBA Live 10: 6
Motorstorm: Artic Edge: 7
Colin McRae Dirt 2: 9