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Madden NFL 07

admin — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:56:55 +0000

With the exclusive video game license of the NFL and PLAYERS INC, Madden NFL 07 continues to be the number one football franchise in history. In its seventeenth installment, control the running game like never before. For the first time ever, step up as the lead blocker to create a hole, and then take control of the tailback and smash through, overpower, or slash away from would-be tacklers as you fight for every yard.

Innovative rushing controls give you a game-breaking ground attack featuring all-new jukes, cutbacks, and the distinct running styles of your favorite backs. Between the tackles or in the open field, run to daylight with Madden NFL 07.

Lead blocker control: Throw the perfect block and create a running lane with all-new lead blocking control, and then take command of the tailback and rip off a big gain.
All-new Highlight Stick: Run like the players run and bust out player-specific running styles matching those of real NFL players (smaller backs slash to break tackles, while bigger runners bowl over defenders in the open field). Use all-new jukes, cutbacks, and power moves.
Franchise mode: Scout collegiate prospects with the all-new NFL Draft Scouting System and the College All-Star Game, or watch players around the NFL impact their teams with the new Franchise Player Roles feature.
Team-specific defensive playbooks: For the first time, use actual plays from your favorite team’s defensive playbook to shut down the running game, pressure the quarterback, or force key turnovers.
Online play: Climb the leaderboard as you take on your biggest rivals from coast-to-coast in Play Now or Session Match games.
Mini-camp: Create a player, then build up his attributes by running him through skill-based, combine-type mini-games. In the off-season use mini-camps to condition players or rehab injuries to get back on the field faster.
Madden Gamer level: Track your career accomplishments in Franchise Mode to earn Madden Gamer Points, and then wager your rewards against the computer or against live online opponents to reach the ultimate reward—the NFL Hall of Fame.
Replay Challenge: Throw the red flag and challenge any play. Overturned calls or plays that stand have a huge effect on the outcome of every game.

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® Double Agent

admin — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:54:15 +0000

The bestselling Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® saga takes on a new direction as Sam Fisher takes on a new role in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent™.

Take on the dual roles of covert operative and ruthless terrorist, where your choices of whom to betray and whom to protect will actually affect the outcome of the game. Experience the relentless tension and gut-wrenching dilemmas of life as a double agent. Lie. Kill. Sabotage. Betray. Above all, protect the innocent.

How far will you go to gain the enemy’s trust? As covert operative Sam Fisher, infiltrate a vicious terrorist group and destroy it from within. Carefully weigh the consequences of each of your actions—kill too many terrorists and blow your cover. Hesitate, and millions will die. Do whatever it takes to complete your mission, but get out alive.

Double agent gameplay: Play both sides and decide between opposing NSA and terrorists objectives. Choose whose priorities to support, and whose to undermine. Your actions affect the story and gameplay, leading to shockingly different potential endings.
Weapons and gadgets: As you progress, get upgraded prototype gadgets and weapons, like improved night vision, based on your choices and covert skills.
Authentic tactics: Use realistic tactics, based on the testimony of actual undercover agents, to sabotage the enemies’ plans. Steal, destroy, kill, and evade the authorities. Do whatever it takes to make your mark and gain their trust.
International espionage: Go from Shanghai and Cozumel to America itself, where New York City and Los Angeles are threatened by the terrorists’ agenda of destruction.
Extreme gameplay: Conduct your missions underwater amidst churning ice floes, in a blinding sandstorm, or even sheathed in dust and smoke.
Innovative multiplayer: The critically acclaimed multiplayer modes are back with new innovations and exclusives for Xbox 360™. Get recruited and earn rank upgrades, and sabotage and spy for your team.

XBox Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 07

admin — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:21:26 +0000

With Tiger Woods and other pros breathing down your neck, survive the pressure-packed world of championship golf in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 07. From Pebble Beach’s plush fairways to the treacherous winds at Bandon Dunes, feed off the intensity and rise above the competition to become a legend.

Tiger Woods: See and feel every emotion in complete detail with the introduction of all-new Universal Capture (UCAP) technology. The world’s number one golfer seems so real you won’t believe your eyes.
Pressure play: With bigger galleries, mass crowd movement from hole to hole, and cheers from nearby greens, all eyes are on you in tournament play.
Career mode: From working on your driving to mastering your putting skills, craft your game with training challenges in the Practice Facility, then take on the world’s best golfers on the World Tour.
Championship courses: The course content doubles with the addition of new licensed courses, including Firestone Country Club, Glen Abbey, Princeville, Spyglass Hill, St Andrews, and Bandon Dunes.
PGA TOUR players: Featuring 15 of the world’s top players, including Tiger Woods, John Daly, Vijay Singh, Ian Poulter, Michael Campbell, and Annika Sorenstam, the most decorated golfer on the LPGA Tour.
GameFace: The innovative character creation tool is revamped with deeper modifications, more apparel, equipment licenses, and specialty items.
The world’s best: Challenge up to three players in five new game modes, or play in online tournaments complete with money lists, full stat tracking, league leaders, and more.
Game modes: Work on your game or take on a friend in Match Play, Battle Golf, 21, OneBall, and more.

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 07 © 2006 Electronic Arts Inc. Electronic Arts, EA, EA SPORTS and the EA SPORTS logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All Rights Reserved. The mark ‘TIGERWOODS’ and the TW Logo are trademarks of ETW Corp. and may not be used, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of ETW Corp. The name, likeness and other attributes of Tiger Woods reproduced on this product are trademarks, copyrighted designs and/or other forms of intellectual property that are the exclusive property of ETW Corp. or Tiger Woods and may not be used, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of ETW Corp. or Tiger Woods. PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR and Swinging Golfer design, TPC, TPC and Swinging Golfer design, TPC at Sawgrass and TPC of Scottsdale are trademarks of PGA TOUR, INC. and used by permission. Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach Golf Links, The Lone Cypress, the Heritage logo, their distinctive images, and individual golf hole designs are trademarks, service marks, and trade dress of Pebble Beach Company. Used under license by Electronic Arts. Pinehurst Golf Course No. 2 is a trademark of Pinehurst. © 2006 Pinehurst. All rights reserved. Torrey Pines Golf Course under license from The City of San Diego. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. EA SPORTS™ is an Electronic Arts™ brand.”

Wii Excite Truck

admin — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:01:11 +0000

In the grand racing tradition of Excitebike, get ready for a big-air experience like no other! Players rocket their trucks across dynamically changing terrain in this nitrous-injected, high-flying racer for speed junkies. Showing the Wii Remote controller’s versatility, players tilt the controller on its side to turn it into a wireless steering wheel!

Excite Truck brings back grand racing tradition of Excitebike. Get ready for a big-air experience like no other! Players rocket their trucks across dynamically changing terrain in this nitrous-injected, high-flying racer for speed junkies. Showing the Wii Remote controller’s versatility, players tilt the controller on its side to turn it into a wireless steering wheel. Jump and bump your way to the highest score and highest finish.

•	Body English: Remember tilting your arms while playing Excitebike to try to make your character land a huge jump? That experience is finally a reality with Excite Truck.
•	Controller as a Steering Wheel: Players hold the Wii Remote like an NES controller to control the truck. The 2 button is the accelerator, the 1 button is the brake, the + Control Pad is the turbo… but that’s just the beginning. Tilt the Wii Remote controller right and left like a steering wheel to steer. Once the truck goes airborne, tilt the Wii Remote controller every which way to line up the wheels for landing boosts.
•	Dynamic Terrain: Pick up items on the courses to make the terrain deform in real time, turning innocent bumps into massive launch pads that affect not only the player’s route, but that of his or her rivals. Players jump and bump their way to the highest score and highest finish.

Madden NFL 07 PS3

admin — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:30:42 +0000

Madden NFL 07, the groundbreaking franchise that revolutionized sports, redefines how you experience the NFL — again. The latest Madden sport game unveils all-new motion-based control schemes that put the complete command of your players at your fingertips like never before. Use the innovative controls to unleash a devastating rushing attack by opening holes as the lead blocker, and then switch to the tailback to smash through, overpower, or slash away from would-be tacklers. Mind-blowing jukes, cutbacks, and the distinct styles of your favorite NFL backs provide an unstoppable arsenal of moves. Madden NFL 07 is football like you’ve never played it.

Lead Block through Lanes - Use exclusive PS3 motion controls to throw different blocks and create running lanes, then take control of the tailback and rip off big gains

Create a player, then build his attributes by running him through skill-based mini-games & off-season use Mini-Camps to condition players or rehab injuries

Track your career accomplishments in Franchise mode to earn Madden Gamer Points

Wager your rewards against the computer or online opponents to reach the ultimate reward — the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Use the Highlight Stick to run like the players - Evade or run through defenders with jukes, cutbacks, and power moves. Smaller backs escape and break tackles, while bigger runners bowl over defenders.

Guild Wars

admin — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:27:19 +0000

Guild Wars takes the best elements of today’s massively multiplayer online games and combines them with a new mission-based design that eliminates the tedium of those games. You can meet new friends in towns or outposts, form a party, and then go tackle a quest together. Your party always has its own unique copy of the quest map, so camping, kill-stealing, and long lines to complete quests are all things of the past. Within a quest you have unprecedented freedom and power to manipulate the world around you: your magic can build bridges and open up new pathways, or it can burn down forests and tear the ground asunder.You don’t have to spend countless hours on a leveling treadmill to get to the interesting parts of the game, because combat is designed to be strategically interesting and challenging right from the beginning. You don’t have to spend hours running around the world to prepare for a quest, because Guild Wars allows you to instantly travel to the beginning of any quest that you’ve previously unlocked. You’ll never spend days playing only to discover that choices you made early on have left you with a permanently uncompetitive character, because the unique skill system in Guild Wars allows infinite experimentation but doesn’t allow bad decisions to ruin a character. And you’ll never meet new players only to discover that you can’t play with them or compete against them because their characters are on a different server than yours; in Guild Wars, all characters live in one seamless world.

Built for Competition
After learning the game and building up your first character, you may choose to test your skills in head-to-head competition or guild warfare. The game is designed to reward player skill and teamwork, not time spent playing, so you won’t need to spend hundreds of hours leveling up your character to compete.

The game includes integrated support for guilds, with guild banners and halls, chat rooms and forums. Guilds can challenge other guilds to battle, compete for control of key parts of the world, and be ranked on a worldwide ladder.

Unique Streaming Technology
ArenaNet’s unique streaming technology forever eliminates the concept of patching a game. You don’t have to wait a month for the next big patch to experience new content. Instead, the game constantly and intelligently streams new content to your computer in the background while you play. The world can change continually. This allows us to build a much more dynamic game world than any that has existed before.

Product Description
Guild Wars is a new kind of MMORPG experience. It eliminates the less exciting aspects of world-map play by using a mission-based design, while still keeping the features that make massive online role-players great. Make new allies in towns or outposts, form a party, and then go tackle a quest together. Your party always has its own unique copy of the quest map, so camping, kill-stealing, and long lines to complete quests are all things of the past. As you play out your quest, you have an unprecedented level of freedom: Your magic can build bridges and open up new pathways, or it can burn down forests and villages. Best of all, you’ll never meet new players only to discover that you can’t play with them or compete against them because their characters are on a different server than yours — in Guild Wars, all characters live in one seamless world.

PS3 Full Auto™2: Battlelines

admin — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:12:57 +0000

Full Auto™ 2: Battlelines revs up its engines as the next generation of high-speed combat racing. The game is the sequel to the award-winning Full Auto™, and this new standard of vehicular mayhem will be exclusively available for the PLAYSTATION®3 as a launch title.

In Full Auto 2: Battlelines, the once-pleasant districts of Meridian City are turning into battle zones, rife with automotive destruction. Use explosive weapons, high-speed vehicles and skillful technologically-groundbreaking demolition of the environment to defeat your opponents and claim the city as your own.

KEY FEATURES

* Destroy and conquer: Destroy the city to block your opponents and discover invaluable new routes. Shoot everything you see to set off a massive variety of destructive chain reactions which affect both the environment and other racers. For example, shoot down the foundations of a building which lands on your opponents while revealing a secret power-up.

* Five unique multiplayer game modes: Take up the gauntlet in a variety of explosive multiplayer modes including Base Assault and Team Deathmatch. Engage in intense online multiplayer for up to eight players or fight and race against a friend in two-player splitscreen mode.

* Single-player campaign: Take control of the city’s urban battle zones, conquering various districts and gaining access to your opponents’ cars and weapons. You will need to build up your arsenal to win the ultimate battle. Enjoy hours of fresh gameplay in this story-based career mode.

* Choose your car and customize your weapons: Get behind the wheel of your high-speed car and choose from a wide variety of explosive weaponry, then enter into no-holds barred combat. Determine which customized weapon combinations and gameplay strategies work best against a variety of opponents.

* High-quality PLAYSTATION 3 technology: Full Auto 2: Battlelines pushes next-generation technological boundaries with breathtaking displays of destruction, physics, and speed by taking full advantage of the PS3™’s advanced Cell processor and Blu-ray Disc™ with maximum storage capacity, enabling delivery of entertainment content in full high-definition (HD) quality.

Wii The Legend of Zelda

admin — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:57:50 +0000

When an evil darkness enshrouds the land of Hyrule, a young farm boy named Link must awaken the hero – and the animal – within. When Link travels to the Twilight Realm, he transforms into a wolf and must scour the land with the help of a mysterious girl named Midna. Besides his trusty sword and shield, Link will use his bow and arrows by aiming with the Wii Remote controller, fight while on horseback and use a wealth of other items, both new and old.

Arm Link: The Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers are used for a variety of game activities from fishing to projectile-weapon aiming. The game features incredibly precise aiming control using the Wii Remote controller. Use the controllers for sword swings, spin attacks and shield shoves.

Thrilling Adventure: Players ride into battle against troops of foul creatures and wield a sword and shield with the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers, then take on massive bosses that must be seen to be believed.

Mind & Muscle: Many puzzles stand between Link and the fulfillment of his quest, so players must sharpen their wits as they hunt for weapons and items.

WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos

admin — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:42:17 +0000

It has been nearly 15 years since the war between the orcs and humans ended. An uneasy peace settled over the land while, for years, the drums of war were silent. Yet the kingdoms of men grew complacent in their victory–and slowly, the defeated orcish clans regrouped under the banner of a new visionary leader.Now a darker shadow has fallen over the world, threatening to extinguish all life–all hope. The drums of war play upon the winds once again–rising urgently toward the inevitable hour when the skies will rain fire–and the world will tremble before the coming of the Burning Legion.

WarCraft III returns players to the war-torn world of Azeroth. Developer Blizzard Entertainment combines the lessons learned from its bestselling StarCraft, the famous WarCraft lineage, and all-new 3-D technology to create an all-new, vibrant strategy game sure to become a classic.

Wage war in a fully interactive 3-D world that incorporates nonplayer characters, wandering monsters, neutral towns, strongholds, temples, and environmental effects. Four mighty playable races–humans, orcs, night elves, and undead–compete in a finely balanced dance of conquest. Upgradable heroes gain experience and harness new powers as the game progresses. This is WarCraft that’s intimately familiar, yet as you’ve never seen it before.

Product Description
Warcraft III: Reign Of Chaos is an impressive real time strategy game where you build, attack & destroy in a darker world. Visit the interactive 3D fantasy world of Azeroth, setting of the first two Warcraft games. It is 15 years after the war between humans and orcs. While mankind grew soft and complacent, the orcs were regrouping. The drums of war are beating again — the Burning legion is coming and with it they bring terror and destruction. Do what you must to stop the death of your world.

XBox Gears of War®

admin — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:32:17 +0000

Gears of War® is the first game developed by Epic Games exclusively for Microsoft Game Studios and Xbox 360™. Gears of War thrusts you into a deep and harrowing story of humankind’s epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the planet.

In this third-person tactical action/horror game, live and breathe the role of Marcus Fenix. A disgraced former war hero, Marcus seeks personal redemption as he leads his fire team against an onslaught of merciless warrior fiends. Immerse yourself in an experience so intensely emotional and gut-wrenching that playing will be like controlling a blockbuster action movie.

Gears of War utilizes the breathtaking new Unreal Engine 3 to create cinematic, high-definition visuals for a gaming experience that truly ushers in the next generation. Experience beautifully rendered interactive environments and characters so lifelike they appear to be made of flesh and bone. The next-generation visuals create a world in which the tiniest detail is vivid in the largest battle.

Gears of War unites next-generation technology with classic, emotional storytelling and a revolutionary tactical combat system, engrossing the gamer in a horrifying epic story of war and survival.

Engaging and disturbing cinematic story: Massively scoped worlds, memorable characters, and an epic storyline play out like an intense and unsettling blockbuster action film. Dramatic in-game camera work and a compelling story bring the brutal, emotionally charged experience to life. Control Marcus Fenix and his fire team as you pit advanced human technology against the overwhelming and horrific Locust Horde.

Fire team co-op action: All game modes, levels, and scenarios are designed for cooperative fire team play (A.I. or human). For the first time, A.I. teammates are indiscernible from human players. They move intelligently, take orders effectively, and seek cover and defend themselves when necessary. Experience rich cooperative gameplay through unique characters that require cooperation to survive.

Unprecedented visuals: Gears of War ushers in the next generation with unprecedented visuals. The Unreal Engine 3 technology pushes high-definition visual designs and brings out the smallest details in the largest battle. Experience a rich dynamic world with an unprecedented level of detail. Characters come to life with unbelievable model quality and a physics-integrated animation system that has them truly reacting intelligently to events as they unfold around them.

Hyper-realistic and intense combat: The battlefield is a lethal place—to foolishly stand out in the open is to die. To survive, create and take cover using interactive and dynamic environments, suppress the enemy with blindfire, and use weapons and teammates to outwit and outfight terrifying enemies.

Xbox Live® action: Gears of War will embody the next-generation Xbox Live experience and extend it even further. Experience individualized matchmaking, view player statistics, earn player achievements, customize your games, and build and personalize your gamer profiles.