Although YouTube is aspiring to make itself known in the video game industry, the company does not have plans to become a game developer or publisher. Rather, the company is taking steps to become a video game distributor. A new YouTube set up will allow its visitors to buy video games through its website. An Amazon link will be added to some YouTube pages, in which, granted you click, you will be redirected to Amazon to buy the title in an instant. YouTube is looking for that extra revenue push, and knowing how many gamers flock to YouTube, I wouldn’t be surprised if this move assists the company in the end.
KOEI’s fun-filled puzzle action romp lets players indulge in fun without the guilt
Burlingame, CA— October 8, 2008 – KOEI, recognized worldwide as the premier brand of strategy and action games, today announced that Prey the Stars™ for Nintendo DS is available at retailers throughout North America.
Prey the Stars serves up an incredible world where nearly anything from food to whole buildings can be devoured. Players must bite, lick, and suck their way to victory as one of the game’s four insatiable and customizable creatures: GABU, BARI, CHUCHU, and PERO. The more the characters eat, the bigger and more voracious their stomachs become. It’s an engaging and addictive game for anyone with a taste for fun!
Exclusive Version of the Highly Anticipated Action Sports Game Hits Shelves This Winter
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Oct. 8, 2008
Snowboarding phenomenon and Target athlete Shaun White will be riding his way into Target stores this Winter with an exclusive edition of Ubisoft’s newest action sports title, Shaun White Snowboarding.
The special Target edition of the game, available on Xbox 360®, PLAYSTATION®3 and Wii™, will have exclusive extended content and features that consumers won’t be able to find anywhere else, including the Target Mountain – an entire mountain environment found only in the Target exclusive edition. Gamers will also be able to take advantage of exclusive jibs, additional scenes and more characters. Additionally, players will be able to cozy up in the game’s virtual version of the Target Chalet, the real-life mountainside home where Shaun and his fellow Target athletes hang out with friends and family at the annual Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado. Among other exclusive features, the Taget Chalet is the only indoor environment anywhere in the game.
Target guests are now able to purchase a $5 pre-sell card to ensure they’ll be shredding the mountain as soon as the exclusive version hits shelves.
“Shaun has been riding for Target for nearly seven years, so this exclusive version of Shaun White Snowboarding was a natural fit for our relationship with him,” said Troy Michels, Target Lifestyle Marketing. “It’s great to see the Target brand brought to life alongside Shaun in the game and we’re confident that Target guests and gamers will be eager to see what has come from our collaboration in the Target edition of Shaun White Snowboarding.”
Sin and Punishment 2
– Retail game, not WiiWare title
– Character designed from original game working on S&P2
– Masato Maegawa (Treasure president) very pleased with VC sales of Sin and Punishment
Virtual Console
– Maegawa also happy with sales of other VC titles, specifically Gunstar Heroes
– Wants more people to purchase Dynamite Headdy on the VC – compared to other Treasure titles, VC sales are much lower on the game
Bleach Versus Crusade
– Playable at TGS
– Releasing in Japan this December
WiiWare/XBLA
– “Maegawa pretty much confirmed that Treasure will be doing a downloadable game in the future”
– Maegawa has seen the sales of other WiiWare/PSN/XBLA titles, believes it’s viable to work on a downloadable title
– Treasure impressed with IntiCreates’ job on with Mega Man 9
– Treasure still going to release mainly retail titles
Virtual Console
1 (1) – Super Mario Bros. 3
2 (2) – Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
3 (4) – Super Mario Bros.
4 (3) – Mega Man 2
5 (6) – Super Dodge Ball
6 (5) – Super Mario World
7 (9) – Punch-Out!!
8 (7) – Super Mario Bros. 2
9 (8) – The Legend of Zelda
10 (10) – Super Mario 64
11 (12) – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
12 (13) – Sonic the Hedgehog
13 (14) – Mario Kart 64
14 (11) – Mega Man
15 (15) – Donkey Kong Country
16 (16) – Kirby’s Adventure
17 (17) – Pac-Man
18 (19) – Paper Mario
19 (18) – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
20 (20) – Donkey Kong
WiiWare
1 (1) – Mega Man 9
2 (6) – Bomberman Blast
3 (2) – My Aquarium
4 (14) – Art Style: ORBIENT
5 (5) – Dr. Mario Online Rx
6 (4) – My Pokemon Ranch
7 (3) – Strong Bad Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free
8 (7) – Defend your Castle
9 (8) – Strong Bad Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner
10 (9) – Wild West Guns
11 (10) – Pong Toss – Frat Party Games
12 (11) – TV Show King
13 (12) – Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
14 (13) – LostWinds
15 (15) – Midnight Pool
16 (16) – Family Table Tennis
17 (20) – Cocoto Fishing Master
18 (19) – Gyrostarr
19 (18) – V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack
20 (17) – Groovin’ Blocks
LONDON, ENGLAND, October 9th 2008 – With the bewitching Halloween re-release of Doodle Hex, the spell casting battle game for Nintendo DS™, mere weeks away, Pinnacle Software and developer Tragnarion Studios have unveiled the first in a series of recently discovered, hitherto believed ‘lost’, spell sheets to assist new and existing players in their continuing battle against enemy Doodle Hex rune casters. Just don’t ask us where we got them!
With each of the 14 playable characters in Doodle Hex having their own set of 20 unique offensive and defensive spells, these previously unreleased spell sheets, beginning with the sheets for Cassie and Djin, will prove invaluable to Doodle Hex players everywhere, novice and experienced alike. In addition, the release of ‘Top Trumps’ style character stats alongside the spell sheets for each of the characters in the game will, combined, unlock a whole new world of potential spell strategies to the player, as well as illustrating an astonishing level of depth to the gameplay.
• Gaara
Created as a weapon by orders of the Kazekage of the Hidden Sand Village, Gaara hated the world and lived only to kill until he met Naruto. After the epic battle between the two, Gaara’s attitude has lightened up a bit. Gaara had finally found another who understood…who is living through a similar plight. Now, he and his siblings, Kankuro and Temari can be found assisting the Hidden Leaf Village as its new ally where once they were enemies. His abilities are beyond those of most chunin and jonin.• Itachi
He is Sasuke’s mysterious older brother. Once a renowned ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village, he left the village to be painted as a betrayer after practically wiping out the Uchiha Clan. Sasuke is the only surviving Uchiha left in the Hidden Leaf Village.• Kisame
A powerful ninja from the Hidden Mist Village, the same village where the mighty Zabuza originated from, not much is known about him except that he carries a giant sword that saps its victim of their chakra. He and Itachi work together for an enigmatic organization known as Akatsuki.
