EA Announces Second Installment in the New Line of Virtual Fitness Products
GUILDFORD, UK. – 2nd June, 2009 – EA SPORTS™, a label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today that EA SPORTS Active™ has eclipsed 600,000 units sold through world-wide at retail in less than two weeks on the market. EA SPORTS Active, which hit stores on May 19th in North America and by May 22nd worldwide*, is a virtual fitness product developed exclusively for the Wii™ and offers the benefit of a personal trainer in a box with customizable workouts that can be done from the comfort of home.“We’re delighted by the overwhelming response to EA SPORTS Active,” said Peter Moore, President, EA SPORTS. “This is, by far, the most successful launch of any Wii title in EA history, and even more encouraging is that our second week sales worldwide were as strong as our first week. Not only are we off to a great start at retail, but the feedback from people who are getting off the couch, breaking a sweat and using EA SPORTS Active to support living a healthier lifestyle, is that it is changing their lives.”
This image pretty much speaks for itself. Looks like Nintendo’s presence at E3 is already better than last year!
– Craig wasn’t surprised by Microsoft’s motion announcement
– Have had a lot of third-party exclusives
– Tune in tomorrow for Silent Hill
– Might link to some cool things in liveblog
– Full demo of Red Steel 2 up
– Dementium II still early on
– Renegade Kid has another secret game
Silent Hill
– Red Steel 2/Silent Hill impressed Matt
– Atmospheric, may have the best lighting Matt has seen in any Wii game
WHAT: FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS ARRIVES ON NINTENDO’S WIIWARE SERVICE TODAY
Continue the epic tale with this multiplayer sequel to FINAL FANTASY IV! The main product, as well as the first of eight additional downloadable episodes, “Rydia’s Tale” are now available. Additional episodes will become available in the coming months.
FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS
Developer: Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Publisher: Square Enix, Inc.
Platform: Wii
Genre: RPG
ESRB: E (Everyone)
Launch Date: June 1, 2009
“This is another feature that we are looking into, but it’s too early to outline what our plans for that might be” – Eric Nofsinger, High Voltage Software
Nofsinger has also said the High Voltage is working to release the game in the middle of next year, but when the game will launch will partially depend on The Grinder’s publisher.
UBISOFT® TO PUBLISH NO MORE HEROES 2: DESPERATE STRUGGLE
SAN FRANCISCO – June 1, 2009 – Ubisoft® revealed today at its E3 press conference that the company will be releasing No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle exclusively for the Wii(TM) system from Nintendo in North America in early 2010. No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle follows up on the success of No More Heroes that garnered multiple industry awards, including GamePro’s Wii game of the year, GameSpot’s Best Wii game and Editor’s Choice award and Best Original IP, IGN’s Best Wii Story and Best Action Wii Game.
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle continues the tale of punk anti-hero Travis Touchdown, the Japanese anime Otaku, and pro wrestling-obsessed assassin. Travis finds himself at the bottom of the UAA (United Assassins Association) rankings and must wage war to become the No. 1 assassin once again. The follow-up to the popular No More Heroes will offer fans infectious, fun gameplay that allows you to wield not just one, but two swords and face multiple bosses simultaneously in bigger-than-ever boss battles. The game is created by video game design legend Goichi Suda (Suda 51), developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Marvelous Entertainment.
This was announced at Ubisoft’s E3 conference a short while ago…
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