Konami illuminated by Hudson Soft’s innovative platform title
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced it will release Hudson Soft’s innovative Wii title, The Tower of Shadow (working title), in Spring 2010.At the heart of The Tower of Shadow (working title) lies a mystery. The player controls the shadow of a young boy. The shadow has one purpose in life: to scale the colossal tower that dominates the game’s skyline. He does not speak. Nobody knows who he is or how he came to be. He just climbs. And climbs.
GTI Club wheel spins on to Wii
Konami’s latest coin-op racer heads to new pastures
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH is bringing its classic GTI Club racing franchise to Wii early next year, in the form of GTI Club Supermini Festa! (provisional title).Currently scheduled for a Spring 2010 release, GTI Club Supermini Festa! is based on the latest arcade iteration of the long-running series, and charges the player with racing a series of compact cars around a series of citiscapes across France, the UK, Italy, the US, and Japan. Everything about the game is geared towards searing speed and intuitive handling, with players tussling with CPU-controlled cars or their friends through busy streets as they attempt to be the first past the winning line.
GLENVIEW, IL – August 18, 2009 – Detn8 Games Ltd. announces the August 18th release of Speed Zone™, its breakthrough, futuristic racing game for the Wii™ home video game system. The game is available now at WalMart, Best Buy, and all your favorite retailers, as well as online game e-tailers. Developed exclusively for Wii, Speed Zone races ahead of a cluttered field of me-too products – with an original, smartly designed racer with exhilarating game play.
Speed Zone breaks the limit for fast, smooth racing action, running at a sustained 60 frames per second. The game breaks new ground with an 8-player, split-screen option and support for the Logitech® Speed Force Wireless™ force feedback racing wheel. Speed Zone is the only game that supports up to four Speed Force Wireless wheels at one time.
You may remember that And Yet It Moves popped up on a WiiWare release date listing back at E3, but now we have some details to share about the game.
Broken Rules is currently porting the PC version of And Yet It moves to WiiWare. The title is a puzzle platformer and much of the gameplay involves players rotating the game world by 90 degrees at a time so that the character can fit through passages. Although the game will take advantage of the Wii controller, there will be an option to use the Classic Controller as well. Also, even though there won’t be many changes in the WiiWare version, it may be possible for the developers to include challenge levels. We don’t have any other concrete launch date for And Yet It Moves WiiWare yet, but on the E3 listing, it was listed for a Fall 2009 release.
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People around the world have experienced the revolution in interactive fitness with EA SPORTS Active™ Personal Trainer – the highest rated Wii™ fitness product to date*. Developed in collaboration with fitness experts, EA SPORTS Active has proven to be the preferred fitness program for Wii owners, providing an effective, inexpensive way to burn calories, get fit and have fun from the comfort of home.
EA SPORTS Active now introduces More Workouts to provide new challenge and variety. It features over 35 new exercises to create unlimited combinations of customizable exercise routines that target the upper and lower body, as well as cardio.
New to the EA SPORTS Active franchise will be an emphasis on abdominal exercises including curl ups, crunch and punches, as well as a warm up/cool down feature. An all-new presentation will bring users to the tropics and will immerse them in warm weather activities like waterskiing and paddle surfing. The product will also feature the Six-Week Challenge – another step in the journey towards better health and fitness with new daily workouts that ramp up in intensity each week.
EA SPORTS Active™ More Workouts gives users the benefit of a personal trainer in a box and will help them to stay on track to reach their fitness goals. Get inspired, get motivated and get active!
Key Features
• Benefit of a Personal Trainer in a Box— Similar to a personal trainer, the program provides clear instruction, feedback on technique and encouragement, while also providing calories burned in real time.
• Six-Week Challenge—This personalized full body challenge will give users a new customizable weekly schedule and a weekly check-in with the virtual trainer to track calorie, weight and workout goals.
• Full Body Circuit Workout Routines— The specially designed leg strap holds the Nunchuk™ and the Wii Remote is held in hand to track upper and lower body movements. A resistance band increases the intensity of exercises such as bicep curls**.
• Warm up and Cool down— Eight all-new warm up and cool down exercises that stretch muscles before and after workouts to help prevent aches and injury.
• Abdominal Exercises—All-new detectable abdominal exercises help tone abs and strengthen the mid-section of the body.
• Personal Trainer to More Workouts—Profiles and results achieved in Personal Trainer can be transferred to More Workouts.
• Track Your Journey—To encourage overall wellness, there is a journal that allows user to set goals and track progress – accounting for activities both in and outside of software – while also providing all-new nutrition and fitness tips.
• Workout Your Way—For optimal personalization, circuits can be customized based on interests and fitness level and there is complete flexibility for the duration and intensity level.
Product Specifications
Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
Developer: EA Canada
Street Date: Nov 17 (N Am) & 20 (EU)
Rating: RP
© 2009 Electronic Arts Inc. All rights reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
*Metacritic, July 2009
**Leg Strap and Resistance Band are sold separately
New Dance Video Game Launching Holiday 2009
Paris, FRANCE – August 18, 2009 – Today Ubisoft® announced it will launch Just Dance™ this holiday season, a new dance video game for the Nintendo® Wii™. Developed by Ubisoft Paris, Just Dance will challenge all those who like to groove, entertaining spectators along the way.Requiring only one Wii™ Remote per player, up to four people can break it down at a time, as they follow on-screen choreographed moves set to classic dance tracks, covering a wide variety of musical genres and bringing everyone to the dance floor. Whether it’s a group of 15 year-old girls who just want to have fun, a high school reunion dance from the class of ‘92 needing to pump up the jam or Generation Xers who truly believe the groove is in the heart, Just Dance is the ultimate dance game for everyone.
