Sonic The Hedgehog Rewrites the Arabian Nights in a Completely New Adventure Exclusive to the Wii Console

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (May 9, 2006) - SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced Sonic Wild Fire (working title) exclusively for the Wii™. Developed by SEGA Studios, Sonic Wild Fire stars the Blue dude with the ‘tude on his first solo adventure since the original Sonic The Hedgehog™ in 1991. This intense and exciting action game takes advantage of the innovative Wii™ controller as Sonic combines his trademark high-speed action with easy to play controls to offer a brand new experience!

Sonic’s new adventure unfolds from a storybook of the classic tale, Arabian Nights, the last several pages from the book have gone missing, and it’s up to Sonic to re-create the story. The vibrant environments provide for a refreshingly new look to the franchise filled with brightly colored mosaic tiles, glistening oases, swaying palm trees, and crumbling stone columns. Sonic activates specific areas in the prismatic environment to pull off new tricks and stunts, in addition to interacting head-on with various obstacles by jumping, dodging, and dashing. (more…)

Critically acclaimed FPS comes to console with new single and multiplayer content.

Vivendi Games’ today announced that Sierra Entertainment’s award-winning F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon)^TM, is currently being developed for the Xbox 360^TM gaming and entertainment system and will be unveiled at the forthcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles.
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Forces of Order and Destruction Clash in First Trailer from Fantasy MMORPG

Mythic Entertainment, developer and publisher of massively-multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), today released the E3 cinematic trailer for Warhammer^® Online: Age of Reckoning^TM (WAR). A MMORPG based on Games Workshop’s popular Warhammer^® fantasy war game, WAR features next generation Realm vs. Realm^TM (RvR) game play that will immerse players in a world of perpetual conflict. The E3 trailer introduces four of WAR’s six playable armies and offers a taste of the grim, yet darkly humorous, world of Warhammer.
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Lighter, Brighter Hardware Follows Latest Version of Top Franchise

Millions of people around the world already enjoy playing Nintendo DS™, and the system’s future looks even brighter. On June 11, Nintendo DS™ Lite joins Nintendo’s video game family when it launches in the Americas. The lighter, brighter version of the hot-selling Nintendo DS is expected to be priced as low as $129.99 at retailers throughout the United States. The inaugural color is an elegant Polar White with a raised DS logo on the cover.
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Game publisher Meridian4 and developer Frozenbyte are pleased to announce the release of their second North American demo for their Action/Shooter; Shadowgrounds, now featuring the multiplayer co-op mode and a new mission.
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Eidos Interactive, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, part of SCi Entertainment Group Plc (SEG), today announces further details for Reservoir Dogs™ on the Xbox™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and PC, releasing in autumn 2006.
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Do you have what it takes to defend or conquer the U.S. on its home turf?

This Summer, the American Heartland is the new battlefield! The Battlefield 2: Armored Fury™* booster pack for Battlefield 2 brings all-out mechanized battles to U.S. soil for the first time.
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“The pace at which the IEMA retailers reacted to the change in the ESRB rating for The Elder Scrolls^® IV: Oblivion^TM today stands as testament to the effectiveness and commitment to the industry’s self-regulatory efforts. As evidenced by the most recent FTC study, the nation’s leading retailers now require identification for the purchase of Mature-rated games at approximately the same rate as the movie theatres do for R-rated film admission. When we were notified of the game’s ratings change today, we alerted our member company representatives who communicated to their stores the change in the game’s rating. The effective change in sales policy was immediate. In fact, several major retailers changed the cash register prompt tied to the bar code of the game (a technology which prompts cashiers to ask for ID). Of note in this matter is the speed at which retailers reacted and parents were empowered - ultimately that is what makes any ratings system effective in the end.” - Hal Halpin, pres., IEMA.

SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced the development of Sonic Rivals exclusively for the PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) system. Sonic Rivals is a head-to-head competition between Sonic and his top rivals, where the gloves are off and winner takes all! Built from the ground-up, the engine allows gamers to rip through tracks in some high-spirited single player and wireless multiplayer action against friends as Sonic returns in a whole new racing-platformer with classic 2D gameplay in true 3D environments for gamers on the go.
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Schanz International Consultants (SIC) is very pleased to present the upcoming RPG with a humorous and emotional twist for exclusive w/w licensing from its German partner Studio Silent Dreams: “Grotesque - Hunted Heroes”
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