Gaming News — February 15, 2008

It’s FRIDAY!!! I’m not grounded from my 360 for the weekend so anyone who wants to play send me an invite! But here we go with some Gaming News!!

TODAY’S RELEASES:
US-
-Experiment, The (PC)

UK-
-8Ball Allstars (DS)
-Battalion Wars 2 (Wii)
-Betty Boop Double Shift (DS)
-Club, The (PS3)
-Cruis’n (Wii)
-Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey (Wii)
-Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Wii)
-Frontlines: Fuel of War (PC)
-Game Party (Wii)
-NBA ‘08 (PS3)
-Powershot Pinball Constructor (DS)
-Spiderwick Chronicles, The (360)
-Totally Spies! Totally Party! (Wii)

AU-
-Counter Force (Wii)
-Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey (Wii)
-Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Wii)
-My Horse and Me (Wii, DS)

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
Are you happy with the end of the Writer’s Strike?
A) Yeah! Bring back the shows!
B) No, don’t really care.
C) It’s over! I didn’t know that!
D) There was a strike?
Answer via PM or comments.

TRIVIA OF THE WEEK: (NEW!!!!) Category: PC Gaming History
Who was the developer of the game “X-Wing”
A) Infogrames
B) Broderbund
C) Lucas Arts
D) Activision
Answer via PM or comments. Answer will be revealed next week.

PC NEWS:
-Former Naughty Dog execs formed Big Red Button Entertainment.
-Dragonfly has licensed Unreal Engine 3.
-BioWare recruiting new talent at the 2008 GDC.
-Disney Interactive Studios has announced the new Chronicles of Narnia videogame.
-OC3 Entertainment and Softimage have unveiled new FaceFX plug-in for SOFTIMAGE|XSI software at GDC 08 to create more realistic talking characters.

PS3 NEWS:
-Former Naughty Dog execs formed Big Red Button Entertainment.
-EA has announced a new DLC pack for Need for Speed: ProStreet sponsered by Energizer.
-Activision announces new Guitar Hero this time…Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. “Dream On” will be available as a free download starting tomorrow and going through Monday.
-Disney Interactive Studios has announced the new Chronicles of Narnia videogame.

PSP NEWS:
-Dead Head Fred wins the first ever WGA’s Videogame Writing Award.
-Former Naughty Dog execs formed Big Red Button Entertainment.

XBOX 360 NEWS:
-Microsoft responds to SquareTrade’s Xbox 360 warranty findings by saying they “have never heard of SquareTrade”.
-Former Naughty Dog execs formed Big Red Button Entertainment.
-One of the top “chippers” (a person who illegally mods consoles) has been arrested in the UK.
-Overlord now has DLC on the XBLM.
-BioWare recruiting new talent at the 2008 GDC.
-Activision announces new Guitar Hero this time…Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. “Dream On” will be available as a free download starting tomorrow and going through Monday.
-Disney Interactive Studios has announced the new Chronicles of Narnia videogame.
-2K Sports has announced a NBA 2K8 All-Star Challenge Tournament during the NBA Jam Session on Feb. 17.

WII NEWS:
-Former Naughty Dog execs formed Big Red Button Entertainment.
-One of the top “chippers” (a person who illegally mods consoles) has been arrested in the UK.
-Eidos Interactive announces Death Jr.: Root of Evil for the Wii.
-Activision announces new Guitar Hero this time…Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.
-Disney Interactive Studios has announced the new Chronicles of Narnia videogame.

DS NEWS:
-Former Naughty Dog execs formed Big Red Button Entertainment.
-BioWare recruiting new talent at the 2008 GDC.
-Naruto: Ninja Destiny has gone gold.
-Disney Interactive Studios has announced the new Chronicles of Narnia videogame.
-Level-5 is aiming to make and release Dragon Quest IX later this year.

See ya tomorrow!!
Keep on gaming,
PDB aka gamerpsp360