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Following on from the success of Game Boy Advance title, DK King of Swing, Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber introduces players to an addictive game play mechanic combined with accessible and entertaining game play. Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber is now available across Europe for the Nintendo DS system.

Wii and Nintendo DS continue to appeal to every kind of consumer. As Nintendos list of upcoming games demonstrates, Nintendo has a game or experience for everyone, no matter their taste, age or video game playing acumen.

The Chronicles of Spellborn’s European publisher, Frogster Germany, has set a launch date of Q1 2008 for that territory. This extra time will be used by Spellborn International for additional QA testing and incorporating more content.

Oxygen Games announces that King of Clubs is now shipping for Playstation 2 and PC and will be in the shops from October 26th. King of Clubs is an innovative, yet humorous tongue-in-cheek game, which combines traditional kitsch seaside crazy golf (except that its set in the Nevada desert!) with the challenge of finding new ways of completing each hole with as few shots as possible? perhaps even scoring a hole in none!

Durell Games has released Harrier Attack II for Windows, a unique arcade, action, and strategy game that puts you in control of a Harrier vertical takeoff jet. Your mission is to command the skies and rid your three colony islands of aggressive enemy invaders.Unlike simple action games that become less challenging as you learn their weapons and defensive systems, Harrier Attack II rewards your efforts. As your flying and fighting skills grow, the program feeds you more difficult, complex missions. You’ll train your brain to master the planes command system, and become one with your machine.

Microsoft says that Halo 3 has officially become a global phenomenon, garnering more than $300 million in sales in the first week alone. The critically acclaimed Xbox 360 exclusive, which was released in Europe on Wednesday 26th September, is the fastest-selling video game ever and already one of the most successful entertainment properties in history.Initial reports from retailers worldwide show console sales have more than doubled compared with the weekly average before the launch of Halo 3. With games like Halo 3, BioShock, Mass Effect and Project Gotham Racing 4, Xbox 360 has the greatest line-up in the history of video games and the only console where consumers can play all of the year amp;

ND Games, a production and development division of Noviy Disk, announces 9th Company: Roots of Terror - a new action-oriented RTS developed by Lesta Studios, creators of Pacific Storm, using their brand new proprietary engine. The game is based on actual events that took place during the Soviet military campaign in Afghanistan. 9th Company follows the story of a ragged band of young recruits undergoing brutal training in Uzbekistan’s Fergana Valley and culminates with a bloody stand against the Mujahideen warriors on a nameless mountain top in Afghanistan. It’s the Battle of Thermopylae all over again: one Russian fighter against 10 Afghanis!

With more than 47 million units shipped worldwide, the Gran Turismo franchise has raced far beyond a driving simulator experience; it is a global lifestyle. Setting the bar to unprecedented heights of realism, quality of design and physics technology with every product release, developer Polyphony Digital continues to obscure the line between simulation and reality with the newest iteration of its blockbuster franchise, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, exclusively for Sony’s PlayStation 3.

Starting tonight Halo 3, the final chapter of Microsoft s epic video game trilogy, finally goes on sale around the world. By the end of the week, fans in 37 countries will be playing the game Wired magazine recently called a cultural touchstone, a Star Wars for the thumb stick generation. In the United States, more than 10,000 retailers across the country are opening their doors at midnight tonight solely to sell copies of the game and accompanying Xbox 360 consoles and accessories. With nary a pirate, a spider or a wand in sight, day-one sales of the video game are expected to shatter entertainment sales records and top the biggest entertainment launches of all time.

NSW Treasurer, the Hon Michael Costa has launched the “Hamilton Wi-Fi Project” which provides free wireless Internet over 8 city blocks in the Newcastle suburb of Hamilton.

LiveTime Software has announced LiveTime Service Manager and Help Desk is now available for the iPhone. As a rich Web 2.0, AJAX-based application, LiveTime provides best practices for organizations wishing to improve the quality and efficiency of customer service and support. LiveTime for the iPhone has been qualified for both version 4.0 and 5.0. Field technicians and customers can now manage support and change requests on the road using the iPhone.

Foundation 9 Entertainment has announced that it has finalized its game demo lineup for Comic-Con International: San Diego. The company will display demos of five new titles, the majority of which will be playable, to attendees.

D2C Games has announced the creation of a new studio, D2 (squared) Comics. The studio will adapt existing printed comics, transforming them into a new form of digital video comics for the mass market.The products will offer original musical scores, action directed by the comics creators, and behind-the-scenes video and commentary that expands the digital reading experience. The comics will be available for download for Sony PSP, PC, and mobile platforms in fall 2007.

Sandlot Games has announced the long awaited launch of Cake Mania 2, the sequel to Cake Mania, Yahoo?s 2006 Casual Game of the Year and the best selling game of 2006.With more than 40 million downloads, Cake Mania followed the adventures of Jill Evans ? a young entrepreneur ? as she worked to raise enough money to reopen her grandparents? bakery. In Cake Mania 2, Jill has tasted success and saved the family bakery but has grown restless. Now it is up to gamers to decide what new adventures Jill should pursue. Each exciting choice leads to new baking challenges, as well as new dilemmas, ultimately resulting in Jill reaching one of six fun-filled endings.

Excalibur Publishing opens the official web site for Requital - a 3D combat RPG adventure set in an ancient brutal world ruled by superstition, sword and sorcery, developed by Primal Software. This site will be the first stop for gamers wanting to find out more information about this game and in the next few weeks more materials will be made available such as; videos, screensavers and renders of the characters in the game.

Vicious Engine has been selected by Center Line, a full service digital, creative, design and production agency, for the development of a revolutionary new game used not merely for entertainment, but for business research and job training at IBM. Created with Vicious Engine, INNOV8: A BPM (business process management) Simulator is used by IBM in certification and education programs worldwide. A top creative agency with in-house production capabilities for film/video, animation, and web, Center Line developed this new entry in serious gaming using the same tools and technology actively being utilized by the interactive entertainment industry.

Namco Bandai Games announces that they have released a new trailer for their Xbox 360 role-playing game, Eternal Sonata. The trailer highlights the game s unique action/RPG combat system, and introduces gamers to a world where the visuals are as vibrant and detailed as the moving storyline, told through one of the most eclectic and courageous casts of characters to grace the Xbox 360.

Perpetual Entertainment and Platform Publishing have released all-new Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising screenshots and video footage showcasing many of the unique features from the eagerly anticipated game.

Vivendi Games Mobile, a division of Vivendi Games, has announced a diverse line-up of its titles for the second-half of 2007. The upcoming slate includes a number of original titles and familiar franchises.

NVIDIA has introduced the world s fastest graphics processing unit named NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra. The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra performs an average of between 10 and 15% faster than the GeForce 8800 GTX GPU, previously considered the fastest GPU on the planet, across a wide range of top games and applications. NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI-based motherboards for Intel processors provide the fastest and most feature-rich platform for the GeForce 8800 Ultra. NVIDIA refers to these systems as the definitive gaming platform.

I want you all to consider what I am about to suggest to you. You people seem to want what we ve got. Well, we have room for you. We have room for you and about 30 of your friends. You would be students of course, but you d also be teachers � Walter (Brian Dennehy) � Cocoon (1985).

Black Sea Studios has announced WorldShift. WorldShift is a cyber-fantasy RTS game set in a dark future of Earth, where today s civilization is only a fading mysterious legend. With WorldShift, Black Sea Studios are again offering really different, unexplored view on the RTS genre and a lot of deep, addictive gameplay. WorldShift had been in development for long time already and more announcements will follow in close future.

A remote village has been razed to the ground today, following sightings of a wild band of barbarians. Gastronaut Studios has claimed responsibility, citing premium downloadable content and a free Title Update for Xbox LIVE Arcade title Small Arms as the cause of the violence. Sources at the scene have said that players will be able to download two playable characters, two distinctive battlefields, and access two unique achievements from Xbox LIVE Marketplace, all for 250 Microsoft points. The update and new content have been launched already.

The new drive can read, write and rewrite to HD DVD-RW discs, as well as read and write to HD DVD-R discs and standard DVD and CD discs.Toshiba s SD-L912A enables mobile PCs to replace larger desktop systems in the home with this additional high-definition functionality. The drive allows backup of large-capacity PC hard disk drives to the reusable format of HD DVD-RW discs and provides capabilities to store data-rich, high-definition digital content. HD DVD-RW functionality also opens the door to a wide range of applications involving storage and rewriting of large volumes of data.

EA Mythic announces that beta registration for the MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, has officially begun. Players looking to join the epic battle before Warhammer Online launches in early 2008 can now sign up for a chance to participate in the invite-only Closed Beta Test.