April Showers Gaming Fans with Downloadable Action, Racing and Puzzles

In the world of downloadable video games, this week’s forecast calls for nonstop showers of awesomeness. A flood watch is in effect as heavy levels of high-quality digital entertainment threaten to disrupt boredom and bad moods across the country. Gale-force fun is expected as games like Ferrari GT: Evolution, System Flaw Recruit and Scrabble^™ Slam! arrive via the Nintendo DSiWare^™ service. Wii^™ owners are advised to stock up on snacks and fresh batteries for their Wii Remote^™ controllers, as new titles for the WiiWare^™ and Virtual Console^™ services may keep them confined to their living rooms for quite a spell.

Meanwhile, the “Big Name Games” section of the WarioWare^™: D.I.Y. series continues to offer new downloadable microgames created by the industry’s most talented designers. This week’s entry comes from Edmund McMillen of Team Meat, the studio behind (more…)

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Nintendo updated information for some of its key upcoming software releases, including several new titles that previously had not been dated. Sin & Punishment^™: Star Successor and Metroid^™: Other M will now launch for Wii^™ on June 27 and Aug. 31, respectively. The coming months will also be packed with releases for the WiiWare^™ and Nintendo DSiWare^™ services, highlighted by the wild interactive fun of Photo Dojo^™, which will be available as a free download to all Nintendo DSi^™ owners with broadband Internet access from May 10 through June 10. Starting June 11, the game will be available for 200 Nintendo DSi Points^™.

For Wii:

• Sin & Punishment: Star Successor (Wii, June 27): The incredible new shooter game from legendary developer Treasure, Sin & Punishment: Star Successor features nonstop action with two playable characters and international online leaderboards to track high scores. Using the Wii Remote^™ pointer functionality, the game offers unprecedented precision in the shooter genre. Broadband Internet access is required for online features.
• Metroid: Other M (Wii, Aug. 31): Developed for the Wii console through a collaboration by Nintendo and the world-renowned Team Ninja, this newest installment of the Metroid saga looks at the classic franchise from a new perspective: While much of the game is reminiscent of 2-D side-scrollers, players can switch the perspective into 3-D at any time as they explore the twisting passages of a derelict space station and delve deep (more…)

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This week’s downloadable game offerings from Nintendo invite you step up and find out for yourself. Mega Man 4^™ is now available to Wii^™ owners via the Virtual Console^™ service, sending players on a classic mission with one of the all-time great gaming heroes. Meanwhile, Nintendo DSi^™ users can enjoy a more earthly brand of adventure in SURVIVING HIGH SCHOOL^™ for the Nintendo DSiWare^™ service. Other new arrivals include retro gems from Nintendo’s Game & Watch^™ series, a hand-held app that lets you create your own digital postcards and a new puzzle game for the WiiWare^™ service that packs a real bang.

We’ve also got a fresh entry in the WarioWare^™: D.I.Y. “Big Name Games” series, which spotlights new downloadable microgames created by the industry’s most talented designers. This week’s microgame comes from WayForward Technologies’ Matt Bozon, known for his work on hand-held classics like Shantae and Contra 4. New “Big Name Games” will be added every Monday through July 26, all available to (more…)

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Love & Death: Bitten, a new game featuring the epic romance between a curious young woman named Victoria and a handsome vampire.

As part of the new Curl Up with A Good Game™ collection, Love & Death: Bitten is just one of the many titles that delivers the escapism of a great read through interactive game play, empowering players to explore worlds of thrilling mystery, dark suspense and steamy romance.

Love & Death: Bitten is a romance driven, hidden object adventure game, in which players play as Victoria by day and Damon by night, solving unique puzzles, collecting and combining hidden items and unlocking secret passages. The story begins with a chance meeting where Victoria finds herself falling for Damon’s charms while Damon is intrigued by Victoria’s fiery disposition. Just as (more…)

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This season, Nintendo is set to offer consumers a fresh new way to experience the top-selling Nintendo DS^™ family of hand-held game systems. Starting April 25, white versions of the Nintendo DSi^™ system will be sold at select U.S. retailers, while supplies last. Each white system will be bundled with a copy of the wildly imaginative Mario & Luigi^™: Bowser’s Inside Story game.

The white Nintendo DSi packs the same remarkable features as its blue, black and pink counterparts, including dual screens, two built-in cameras, and fun photo- and sound-manipulation tools. Users with broadband Internet access can also (more…)

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