Information Review

O-Games recently announced that Superstars V8 Racing, the most intense track-based racing video game of the year, will launch exclusively on PlayStation Network in October 2010. The game provides players a near limitless amount of replayability, pick up and play mechanics and adjustable settings that offer plenty of fun for fans of arcade, sim and everything in between. Racing fans can enjoy dozens of official circuit tracks including name brand European and American vehicles. Drivers can modify cars from BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Cadillac, Jaguar, and more, letting players compete online against up to seven other drivers. The simulation and arcade-style gameplay throws players behind the wheel in one of the most intense European racing competitions, leaving only their wits and reactions between them and the Superstars Championship title.

Earthworm Jim HD is a platformer video game for Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3), X360, Cell and iPhone, release date to be announced later. The game is developed and published by Gameloft. The world's grooviest earthworm is blasting back into action in this reborn classic, now in HD! Rediscover the cult classic adventure with all the original levels plus new, never-before-seen locations, and brand new enemies. Team up with friends and combine your wormy powers in 4-player co-op locally or online.

Jim was an ordinary earthworm who did very earthworm-like things. One day, during a battle in outer space, a suit dropped to Earth and landed on Jim, mutating him into a large and intelligent (at least by earthworm standards) superhero. Play as the grooviest earthworm in the galaxy and explore a crazy universe that offers huge gameplay possibilities.

Blacklight: Tango Down is a shooter video game for PlayStation 3 (PSN), release date to be announced later. The game is developed by Zombie Studios and published by Ignition Entertainment.

In the game, in the near-future, the Blacklight Tango Team has been sent to find recently missing Colonol Klein and his personal Blacklight team in the city of Balik. The country has recently broken out in war after the assassination of the president. The rebel group that had killed the president The Order, is thought to have captured or killed the missing Blacklight team.

Tango Team prepares to attack The Order's headquarters when Blacklight command informs them that civilians have been infected with an unknown virus, causing them to attack everyone they encounter. As they engage the Order in combat, both sides are attacked by crazed civilians. Because the circumstances have changed, Tango Team is ordered to stop The Order at all costs...

Hard Corps: Uprising (working title) is a shooter video game, set for release later this year on the PlayStation Network and on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360. The game is developed by ARC System Works and published by Konami.

The game follows the soldier Bahamut as he begins to rise in strength and write his legend. Multiple game modes allow seasoned pros to show off their skills and enable genre neophytes to reach victory. Rising Mode affords new players the opportunity to earn points by overcoming enemies while under the protection of the life gauge system. This new system allows them to team up with advanced players cooperatively on or offline without the threat of sudden death. Superior players will feel right at home in Arcade Mode, modeled after the classic run-and-gun aesthetic. Playing solo or co-op, players will have to prove their expertise by finding numerous achievements and avoiding sudden death. Players all over the world can also link up via Online Co-Op Mode to view rankings, achievements and leader boards.

Hard Corps: Uprising (working title) features challenging new levels, numerous power-up patterns and epic bosses. In addition, Rising mode features over 50 different power-ups and skills, and additional content, such as characters, wallpapers and avatar outfits, will be available for download. With the addition of breathtaking animations throughout the game, gamers will be immersed in the fast-paced thrills and exciting action that has always defined the 2D run-and-gun genre.

For more information, please visit: www.konami.com/downloads.

Days of Thunder: NASCAR Edition is a racing video game for Sony PlayStation Network (PSN), set for release in Q3 2010.The game is developed by Piranha Games and published by Paramount Digital Entertainment.

The game gives players the opportunity to go head-to-head against select NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, including champions such as Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, and Tony Stewart, and the drivers from the iconic "Days of Thunder" film from Paramount Pictures. Featuring multiple single-player and online multiplayer modes, gamers will take the wheel as one of the hottest drivers on the circuit to prove that "you can't stop the thunder!"

In the game, players will join Rowdy Burns' team as the latest rookie to tear up the NASCAR circuit.

With Rowdy as their coach, players will learn to hit the pit, upgrade their ride and trade paint with other cars. They can even "drop the hammer" like Cole Trickle for a boost of extra speed. As players race to the top of the scoreboard, they will unlock car customization options and bonus tracks.Depending on how players place in races, take the lead in laps, and pick up new sponsors, they will win in-game currency necessary to refuel, make pit stops, and upgrade their cars. Players' driving styles will be monitored by an in-game tracking system, allowing players to be approached by like-minded sponsors.

In Days of Thunder: NASCAR Edition, up to 12 people can race to the finish online, log the fastest times on the leader boards, or push themselves to the limit in single-player. There are four different modes - Quick Race, Time Trial, Career, with circuits of varying difficulty, and Derby Mode, where players are encouraged to deal as much damage as they can.

Lucha Fury is a fighting video game for PC and PSN, system requirements and release date to be announced later. The game is developed and published by Punchers Impact.

The game follows the adventure of four young and talented wrestlers who spend their lives loafing around until a mysterious shortage of the energy drink, on which they are all hooked, bring them into a fight against the most incredible worldwide conspiracy ever!

Combining horizontal scrolling gameplay and co-op progression with up to four offline/online players, Lucha Fury is a paradise for merciless brutes, high-flyers and crazy finish-move addicts. Each player is free to humiliate their enemies in their own style in fights that get more intense and more insane with every move. Team-play is also enhanced by the multi-player combo mode, which allows fighters to gang up on their enemies and finish them off cooperatively.

Lucha Fury game features:

Unique graphical style.

Up to four players, either local or online.

Four playable characters with their own specialties.

Backdrops from around the world, but in Lucha style!

17 crazy levels.

Truly wicked bosses in a universe where everyone is masked.

Paramount Digital Entertainment recently announced their upcoming video game “Top Gun” based on the film of the same. Top Gun is a free-flying air combat shooter game for Sony PSN, Apple Mac and Windows PC. The game is being developed by doublesix.

In the game, players will enroll in the Top Gun Academy as Maverick with their Radio Information Officer Goose to go up against the best for Top Gun honors. Following graduation, players will fly into the danger zone with fellow US Navy pilots over the Indian Ocean, where they will shoot down enemy fighter jets, defend and attack bases and engage in large-scale dogfight battles. Top Gun features seven gameplay modes, two single player and five multiplayer. In Campaign Mode, as Maverick, solo players will first learn the ropes at the academy and then progress to active duty, teaming up with seasoned flyers to take down enemy planes over the Indian Ocean. But don't let your ego write checks that your body can't cash. In Horde Mode, players must show off their flying prowess as they defeat endless waves of increasingly challenging enemies. In online multiplayer, players will enlist in the US Navy or join their comrades to go head-to-head with up to 15 other live opponents in five different modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Top Gun, Bombing Run and Capture the Flag.

Players will fly into the danger zone in various unlockable planes. Each jet has unique strengths and abilities, with varying levels of speed, destruction, agility and durability.

For more information, please visit: www.doublesixgames.com. / www.bhimpact.gamespress.com.

Sony recently confirmed PixelJunk Shooter 2 is in development for PSN, release date and the game title will be unveiled soon.

In the game, players pilot a subterranean vehicle to explore the interior of diverse cave-like complexes. The player must affect the surrounding and dynamic terrain to progress. The goal is to safely navigate through each vivid stage and rescue survivors scattered about the cavernous environment. Each stage is in-effect a flow simulation whereby the player attempts to control various types of liquid (water, magma, etc) and solid matter (rock, earth) either by destroying it, manipulating it or moving it.

This follow-up to the hit downloadable title plans to explore more of this game's unique fluid dynamics engine and tactical shooting play.

Wakeboarding HD is an arcade-style wakeboarding video game for Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3, PSN) set to be released in March 2010. The game is developed by TikGames and published by Creat Studios. In the game, grab your board and hold on tight! Wakeboarding HD drops players into a high-speed, water-filled, arcade experience to maneuver through tracks, perform high-flying tricks, collect bonuses and avoid dangers from exploding mines to bloodthirsty sharks. Show your skills and wreak havoc as the bright and colorful tropical paradise resort transforms into an action-packed extreme playground.

Wakeboarding HD game features:

High-speed arcade platform gameplay – Jump onto docks and over boats, balance on rails and waves, and launch over buildings and landmarks.

Crazy tricks and stunts – Flip, grab, roll, and spin as you hurl across the water and through the air. Smash through billboards and boats, splash the bikini-clad babes.

Feel the surf – The ocean’s beauty and the wake’s ferocity vividly come to life in state-of-the-art water simulation.

Multiplayer – Race against your buddy in any mission with side-by-side split screen action.

Planet Minigolf is a sports video game for Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3), release date to be announced later. The game is developed and published by Zen Studios. The game delivers a deep single-player campaign with beautiful and intricate courses and over 140 challenging holes to play through, as well as a multitude of fun multi-player options, from the local hotseat mode to weekly online tournaments and a Worldwide Competition mode.

Worldwide Tournament Play – Set up personal tournaments with a group of friends or go online up against gamers from around the world!

Golf Course Editor – Build, manage and share golf courses…make them crazy, challenging and wacky and then upload to share them online!

PlayStation Move Functionality – Planet MiniGolf will be fully compatible with PlayStation 3's upcoming motion control system, "Move"

Multi-national Game - Countries in the world are represented on the global leader boards!


For more information, please visit: www.zenstudios.com.