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Ubisoft announced that Imagine Makeup Artist and Imagine Music Fest for the Nintendo DS system are now available for purchase at major retail stores where video games are sold. Imagine Makeup Artist and Imagine Music Fest are both rated E for Everyone and available for an MSRP of $29.99 each. The Imagine line was created specifically for ‘tween girls. It first launched in October 2007 in the U.S. and has sold more than 13 million units worldwide to date.

In Imagine Makeup Artist, players begin as an apprentice and must work their way up to earn the reputation of a professional makeup artist. Players learn to apply makeup using proper techniques, create looks to match their clients’ style requests and participate in contests. Use the stylus to apply makeup on game characters, including foundation, lipstick, eye shadow and blush. Play fun mini-games to earn money and go shopping for new makeup, clothes, hairstyles, accessories, and more!

In Imagine Music Fest, attend a music academy where players are responsible for forming a band, designing their look and band logo, creating a light show and ultimately leading the performance in a rockin’ concert. Play the guitar, drums and keyboards in fun mini-games. Invite other players to join your band and play together through wireless play.

For more information, please visit http://imagine.us.ubi.com and www.ubi.com

Broad Range of Wii and Nintendo DS Games Offer Great Gameplay and Terrific Value

Majesco Entertainment Company announced that the award-winning Cooking Mama franchise has sold more than 4 million units domestically. Developed by Cooking Mama Limited, all five games within the Cooking Mama franchise feature easy to pick-up-and-play entertainment for people of all ages. And now, each game in the Mama line is available for $29.99 or less.

“We are thrilled to reach this significant milestone. Majesco’s #1 franchise continues to resonate with gamers of all ages and genders,” said Jesse Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, Majesco. “We will continue to explore ways to expand the Mama brand with innovative and compelling products that offer new entertainment experiences.”

The Cooking Mama franchise includes:

· Cooking Mama for Nintendo DS: Released in September 2006, the very first cooking game introduced quirky Mama to gamers everywhere, scored industry awards and established fun and addictive Touch Screen play with bite-sized recipe mini-games. SRP $19.99.
· Cooking Mama: Cook Off for Wii: Released in March 2007, Mama’s first Wii debut turned the Wii Remote into a universal kitchen tool that players could use to whip up international delicacies in their living rooms. SRP $19.99.
· Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends for Nintendo DS: Mama’s handheld follow up added customization, new recipes and hungry dinner guests to the series so no one had to eat alone. SRP $29.99.
· Cooking Mama World Kitchen for Wii: The Wii sequel gave the iconic leading lady a full 3D makeover and added kitchen mini-games, customization and 2-player cooperative cooking into the stew pot. Now available for a new low price of $29.99.
· Gardening Mama for Nintendo DS: Fresh for spring, Mama’s first brand offshoot proved that her superior skills weren’t confined to the kitchen. The game transforms the Nintendo DS stylus into a universal gardening tool that green thumbs in-the-making will use to plant, nurture and harvest flowers, fruits and vegetables. Gamers can download a playable demo currently in approximately 10,000 Nintendo kiosks at major retailers nationwide. SRP $29.99.

All games in the Cooking Mama series are rated E for Everyone and available at retailers nationwide. To learn more about the franchise, please visit the official site at www.cookingmama.com.

Published by Atari Inc. in North America and Coming to Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PS2, PC and Nintendo DS on June 16th, 2009

Coming Exclusively to PS3 and PS2 in Europe and PAL Regions on June 19th 2009 Published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

PSP(PlayStation Portable) Version Coming Worldwide Autumn 2009

Atari today confirmed the worldwide launch plans for the highly anticipated Ghostbusters: The Video Game.

The title will launch on the Xbox 360, Windows PC, PS3, PS2, Wii and Nintendo DS in North America on June 16th 2009 and will be published by Atari Inc.

In an exclusive deal for Europe and the PAL regions, the PS3 and PS2 versions will launch on June 19th 2009 published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. The launch coincides with the 25th anniversary of the original film’s theatrical release and the launch of the Blu-Ray of the classic first movie, benefiting from a worldwide launch and licensing campaign by Sony Pictures Consumer Products.

“Ghostbusters: The Video Game is one of our most significant worldwide releases this summer. Through Atari’s North America publishing business and alongside our partners at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, we have a strategically diversified approach to maximize a title of this magnitude on a global basis,” said Jim Wilson, CEO, Atari, Inc.

He continued: “As excitement in the marketplace continues to accelerate around this title and the 25th anniversary of the movie’s release, Ghostbusters’ large and loyal fan base and gamers across North America can play Ghostbusters: The Video Game across all major platforms on June 16.”

A PSP (PlayStation Portable) version of the game is scheduled for worldwide launch in autumn 2009 and will be published in Europe by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game, based on the smash hit motion picture franchise, is penned by original Ghostbusters writers and stars Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd and reunites many of the original cast members to recapture the unique blend of humour and fright that established Ghostbusters as a pop culture sensation. The game’s launch on 16 June 2009 coincides with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s worldwide debut of the original motion picture on Blu-ray Disc.

In addition to Aykroyd and Ramis, original Ghostbusters Bill Murray, and Ernie Hudson lend their voices and in-game likenesses to the original story set two years after Ghostbusters II, with Manhattan once again overrun by ghosts and supernatural forces. The player joins up as a new recruit with the original team, testing a variety of unique equipment and gadgets, to track, wrangle and trap this wide range of awe-inspiring phantasms in an all new funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague.

For more information about Ghostbusters: The Video Game please visit www.ghostbustersgame.com.

Available for Nintendo DS, Wii and PC June 23, 2009

This trilling puzzler is fun for the whole family!

Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq OTC: PLGC.OB), an independent worldwide publisher of entertainment software, announced today that Sudoku Ball – Detective, the highly addictive mystery puzzle game, is coming to Nintendo DS handheld device, the Wii system, and Windows PC. Sudoku Ball – Detective will be available in retail stores nationwide June 23, 2009.

“Sudoku Ball – Detective is fun for the whole family, giving fans of the classic Sudoku game a new and unique way to re-discover the fun of puzzles,” said Adam McGowen, marketing director for Playlogic. “Not only do players get to put their skills to the test with a multitude of challenging number puzzles, but they must also conquer each puzzle to get closer to solving a number of mysterious crimes.”

Inspired by classic detective stories like Sherlock Holmesand the popular board game Clue, Sudoku Ball – Detective challenges players to solve a murder. It is up to the player to find the murderer, by completing different styles of Sudoku puzzles representing separate stages of the investigation. Players can search clues, pick locks, investigate evidence in the lab and chase their suspect!

Sudoku Ball – Detective consists of six interlinked Sudoku puzzles mapped on a unique 3D ball. The ball can be twisted and turned with the easy-to-use interface, and players enter the numbers by using the stylus, Wii remote or computer mouse. Aside from the detective storyline, players can also enjoy classic Sudoku puzzles and compare their scores with friends and family after diving into the various extra puzzles and gameplay modes.

Additional game features include:

* Challenging and engaging story mode with 20 levels
* Three difficulty settings from beginner to expert
* Brand new 3D ball design for a unique puzzle experience
* More than 240 Sudoku challenges using a stand alone Sudoku Ball, story puzzles and original Sudoku modes

For more information about the Sudoku Ball – Detective, please visit: www.sudokuballdetective.com. For more information about Playlogic, please visit www.playlogicgames.com.

According to Nostalgia producer, Keisuke Kikuchi, “I knew this game had such potential when I saw Mr. Morita’s project book. It is an adventure game set in another Earth, offering an enjoyable story that involves various different cultures in many diverse locations. The key element that brings the game together is the airship, the conveyance which fits its game system and world-view. I wanted to make this idea into a product for everyone to play.”

“We feel deeply honored for the opportunity to bring Tecmo’s esteemed Japanese Nintendo DS role-playing game “Nostalgeo no Kaze” to an entirely new audience as Nostalgia,” said Shane Bettenhausen, New Business Development Director of Ignition Entertainment. “Amid a sea of remakes and rehashes, this endearing adventure blazes its own unique path with deeply engrossing gameplay systems, but it also hearkens back to the classic RPGs of yesteryear with its unforgettable characters and universal narrative themes.”

Key Game Features:
• Ambitious, fully 3D polygonal graphical engine offers dramatic, sweeping camera angles and impressive vistas rarely seen in a DS title.

• Cohesive, anime-inspired art direction that effectively captures the game’s turn-of-the-century charm.

• Travel to incredibly unique, non-traditional RPG locales via airship including London, New York, Cairo, Africa, and Russia.

• Features two distinct combat engines: One is a brisk, turn-based close-quarters melee between your party members and monsters; while the other offers thrilling, large-scale airship battles. In addition, your battle skills are scored at the conclusion of each conflict, inspiring strategic mastery.

• Handy in-game notebook feature keeps track of people, monsters, airships and items you’ve run across.

• Plenty of user-defined customization, allowing the player to trick out his or her airship with various weapons, armor types, and special skill attacks. The player can also choose character-specific skills from a branching tree for a more personalized experience.

• Explore a variety of diverse, engaging dungeons that include brain bending puzzles and tricky Indiana Jones-style traps.

• Optional quest system inspires players to approach the adventure from a less linear perspective, extending the life of the gameplay experience.

For more information, visit www.nostalgiads.com

Rhythm Based Music Game Snaps Together Best-Selling Franchises to Create Fun Family-Friendly Experience for All Ages

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games are joining forces with the LEGO Group, Harmonix and MTV Games to merge two of the most popular videogame franchises with the creation of LEGO® Rock Band. The unique family-friendly music experience is currently in development by TT Games in partnership with Harmonix, and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game, which will allow families, tweens and teens to experience a wild journey to rock stardom where they can “Build a Band and Rock the Universe,” will be available for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. LEGO Rock Band for Nintendo DS will be co-developed by TT Games and Harmonix in partnership with Backbone Entertainment, a Foundation 9 Entertainment studio. All versions are scheduled for release holiday 2009.

LEGO Rock Band combines the multiplayer music experience of Rock Band with the fun, customization and humor of the LEGO videogame franchise packed with brilliant chart-topping songs and classic favorites suitable for younger audiences, including:

Blur: “Song 2″
Carl Douglas: “Kung Fu Fighting”
Europe: “The Final Countdown”
Good Charlotte: “Boys and Girls”
Pink: “So What”

Players will become rockers as they embark on a journey to stardom that the whole family can enjoy as they work their way through local venues, stadiums and fantasy locations on Earth and beyond that mimic the imaginative settings that the LEGO world offers. Also continuing the LEGO “build-and-play” gaming experience, players will be able to create their own LEGO Rock Band style as they customize their minifigure avatars, band and entourage, including roadies, managers and crew. LEGO Rock Band supports Rock Band instruments, as well as other music game controllers.

“LEGO Rock Band combines two compelling properties and creates an experience that family members of all ages will enjoy playing together as a group,” said Tom Stone, Managing Director, TT Games. “Harmonix and MTV Games are the world experts in music gameplay, and we’re genuinely thrilled to bring the unique and humor-filled LEGO experience to their Rock Band universe.”

“We’re thrilled to offer another LEGO branded gaming experience that will deliver humorous and social play for families and friends,” said Henrik Taudorf Lorensen, Vice President, the LEGO Group. “LEGO Rock Band is built around the same values of imagination and family-friendly creative role play that is present in other LEGO videogames. It will deliver innovative new elements of game play that complement the fun of the Rock Band experience.”

“Rock Band is a social game experience that crosses every generation and every genre of rock,” said Bob Picunko, Senior Vice President of Electronic Games for MTV Games. “Harmonix and MTV Games are big fans of the LEGO game franchise and excited to work with TT Games to develop a new take on Rock Band that focuses on great music and LEGO humor that’s fun for the whole family.”

Some new screens for you from SouthPeak’s upcoming Roogoo titles – Roogoo Twisted Towers for Wii and Roogoo Attack! for DS. Both versions will be shipping this June.

It is with great pleasure that Cyanide and Focus Home Interactive are announcing the opening of the official Blood Bowl web site!

The web site is the new source of all information on the game and its content, and it is the best place to discover the Blood Bowl video game and stay informed of the latest news about the game and the growing community around it.

An ultra-violent mix of Warhammer Fantasy and American football, Blood Bowl allows players to create the ultimate “fantasy” sports teams. Coaches can build bone-crushing teams of Orcs, Wood Elves, Humans, Dwarfs and many more fantastic creatures – then throw them into the stadium for the ultimate blood sport! Blood Bowl is strategic, action-packed and violent, requiring coaches to use their best tactics, team design – and a dose of pure ruthless bloodlust always helps too!

All of these charming creatures teams are waiting for you to play in highly contested games in Q2 2009.

Blood Bowl is currently in development and will come out on PC, Xbox 360 and on Nintendo DS and Sony PSP handheld systems.

Published by Focus Home Interactive.

For Wii, 360, DS and PC

New Video Game Brings the Movie Experience Home this May

Majesco Entertainment Company, and Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising (Fox L&M), today announced Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian for Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 and PC. Developed by Amaze Entertainment and Pipeworks, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian will launch in advance of Twentieth Century Fox’s highly-anticipated theatrical release of the same name debuting in theaters May 22nd. Featuring the voice and likeness of the film’s star, Ben Stiller, the video game recreates the excitement and humor from the feature film as players adventure through Smithsonian exhibits that come alive at night.

“The original Night at the Museum movie was a true blockbuster in every sense of the word, having earned more than $250 million domestically and almost $600 million worldwide,” said Jesse Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, Majesco Entertainment. “The movie sequel has tremendous potential and at long last fans of the franchise can enjoy the museum magic at home in a videogame that extends the big screen experience.”

“The Night at the Museum franchise lends itself perfectly to the type of gaming experience that Majesco is creating. It’s an action-packed adventure that is sure to amaze and entertain people of all ages,” said Elie Dekel, Executive Vice President Licensing and Merchandising for Fox L&M.

In Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, players assume the role of Ben Stiller’s character, Larry Daley, former night guard of New York’s Museum of Natural History. Larry must rescue Jedediah and his other friends from Akhmenrah’s brother who captured them while stealing a powerful Magic Tablet that can raise the Army of Horus to take over the world. Daley is well aware of the havoc that history’s most notorious figures can wreak when the sun goes down and the museum exhibits come alive. He races to DC to help his friends in the Smithsonian. Using Larry’s trusty key chain and flashlight, players must solve puzzles and adventure through 14 levels including the Federal Archives, the National Air and Space Museum and the Lincoln Memorial. Gamers can travel in style on the back of a T-Rex skeleton, within the Lunar Lander and in the cockpit of Amelia Earhart’s Pitcairn Autogyro. Along the way, players must find pieces of the Magic Tablet and collect other items to unlock mini-games, new areas and bonus content from the Smithsonian including trivia questions, in-game audio tours and factoids.

About Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Get ready for a story so epic it could only unfold in the corridors of the world’s largest museum- the Smithsonian Institution. Museum guard-turned entrepreneur Larry Daley discovers that his favorite exhibits, and some of his best friends, from New York’s Natural History Museum are being shipped off to the archives at the Smithsonian. Larry gets a distress call from the miniature cowboy, Jedediah, reporting that Egyptian ruler Kahmunrah and a trio of heinous henchmen – namely Ivan the Terrible, Napoleon and Al Capone – are plotting to take over the museum, then the world. Speeding to the nation’s capitol, Larry is clearly in over his head. But with some impressive new pals, including the irrepressible Amelia Earhart, along with familiar friends Teddy Roosevelt and Octavius, Larry will stop at nothing to restore the Smithsonian before dawn.

Specific to the DS:
Nintendo DS owners can also experience the spirit and humor of the movie in an entertaining side-scrolling adventure. Players use the Touch Screen to manage magic tablet pieces that change Larry’s abilities in real-time. Cling to walls, super jump, fly, shrink, charge and stomp your way through the Smithsonian while using Larry’s flashlight and key chain to navigate exhibits.

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian will launch on Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and PC on May 5th. The feature length film releases nationwide on May 22nd. For additional information about Majesco’s exciting line of products, please visit: www.majescoentertainment.com.

Ubisoft has announced My Healthy Cooking Coach for the new Nintendo DSi and the Nintendo DS system. Already a worldwide leader on Nintendo DS, Ubisoft is one of the first independent publishers to develop a game that takes advantage of the new functionality of the Nintendo DSi. My Healthy Cooking Coach is an easy-to-use, fun game for anybody who wants to eat well-balanced and healthy meals. My Healthy Cooking Coach is available in June 2009.

With more than 200 recipes created by a culinary school and in collaboration with a renowned nutritionist, My Healthy Cooking Coach offers players tips and tricks to create healthy and delicious meals that will delight friends and family.

Thanks to the new functionality of the Nintendo DSi, My Healthy Cooking Coach offers enhanced content and gameplay experiences. Ten recipes will be exclusively available on the DSi version, and budding chefs can use the system’s camera to personalize users’ profiles.

In addition to My Healthy Cooking Coach, Ubisoft will soon launch several other new games specifically created for the Nintendo DSi.