Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is proud to announce its upcoming title for the wildly successful Nintendo Wii game console, know as Vacation Isle: Beach Party. This title was specially designed to allow families and friends compete in activities by land or sea in a lush vacation paradise, without having to put on a layer of suntan lotion or even fork out expensive airfares for a holiday on the Carribean. Developed by FarSight Studios, Vacation Isle: Beach Party will make its way to the Wii later this June.

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With new technologies being introduced to the TV as each year passes by, it is no wonder that the TV remains as one of our primary means of entertainment in the living room until now. Well, DISH Networks has something new up their sleeves, offering the launch of Tetris TV. Yes, you read that right – Tetris TV, a cutting-edge interactive TV game service which allows viewers to get a spot of Tetris in during a long commercial on another channel, using but a few clicks of your television’s remote.

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Stardock has made it known to the masses that Atari, one of the most recognizable videogame publishers in the world, has thrown in a variety of computer games to Stardock’s digital distribution platform which is known as Impulse. Of course, you can already access the critically acclaimed Ghostbusters: The Video Game and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, while the recently unveiled science fiction MMORPG from renowned developer Cryptic Studios, Star Trek Online, is also made available just in case you don’t want to drive to a brick and mortar store to pick up a physical copy.

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When it comes to RPGs, you know that you can’t go wrong if Square Enix is the name behind a particular product. Well, RPG nuts who have gone through the latest Square Enix adventures and are itching for the next release will be pleased to know that the company has just announced that their latest Action-RPG known as NIER will be making its way to the PS3 platform as well as the Xbox 360 console, where it will hit the North American market this coming April 27, 2010. Being an Action RPG, it will see the amalgamation of RPG gameplay mechanics alongside intense and bloody combat. Of course, what is an RPG without magic? NIER has plenty of that as well, so fret not.

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Star Trek is one of the more recognizable sci-fi franchises that we’ve seen to date, and it is certainly more than memorable with its fair share of characters, strange worlds, exciting storylines and plot. Atari knows that there is a huge fanbase to be tapped into, and has managed to work with developer Cryptic Studios to roll out the bold new PC MMO known as Star Trek Online. Available in North America today and worldwide throughout the week, there are already over 1 million Star Trek fans who have created their own accounts at the official websites, making the Federation a whole lot stronger in the virtual world than what was depicted in the movies.

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Owners of Sony’s PS3 will be pleased to know that they will be getting White Knight Chronicles International Edition on an exclusive basis, and seeing the name Level-5 as its creator ought to bring a smile to their faces. After all, Level-5 are the folks who introduced the critically acclaimed Rogue Galaxy and Dark Cloud series as part of its impressive portfolio, so hopefully White Knight Chronicles International Edition will live up to its pedigree as an epic fantasy adventure set among visually stunning backdrops filled with colorful characters, unique gameplay mechanics, and deep online functionality. It has already made quite a splash in Japan, where this version will received significant feature enhancements including voice chat, Live Talk, Georama, and numerous online quests to deliver a sophisticated adventure for players of all gaming levels.

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Phew – isn’t it so fast that the first month of the new year has passed by us so quickly? Well, Activision needs to fill up their coffers with their monthly pocket money, and what better way than to release new content for both Guitar Hero and Band Hero franchises? February will see a strong lineup of weekly downloadable songs that ought to make fans’ musical appetites satiated, where it also marks the first time where master tracks from popular heavy metal band Black Sabbath will be used in a music video game.

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When the Nintendo Wii was first launched, many people laughed at it because of its kiddy-like controls, where you will need to wave this thing called the Wiimote while using it in tandem with the Nunchuk peripheral in certain games, but the craze has certainly caught on with it being the best selling home console of this generation by far, also partly due to its much lower entry price point compared to its rivals. Well, both Sony and Microsoft has certainly realized the error of their ways, and have already worked on a motion controlling system which have yet to be revealed on either platform just yet. Microsoft hopes to beat Sony to the punch with their Project Natal, but the latest news is Halo: Reach won’t utilize Natal motion controls, which would certainly go a long way in deflating the hopes of many fanboys who won’t mind blazing their way through levels while swinging their arms away wildly.

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The Nintendo Wii has certainly come a long way since its release, where you get a whole host of great games alongside and even greater number of shovelware, and hopefully Boys vs Girls for the Wii won’t fall under the latter category. Brought to you by Majesco, Boys vs. Girls is one dramatic title as you know the battle of the sexes is never tame or docile. Expect drama and hilarious hijinks to ensue when the Boys’ Cabin goes up head to head against the Girls’ Cabin in this motion-based action adventure. You will need to learn the art of pulling off mischievous pranks without alerting the watchful eyes of camp counselors in order to win intense head-to-head competitions, where in the words of Highlander, “there can only be one.”

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Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is one game that has surely surpassed the expectations of many people when it was first released. Who would have thought that our society would be that bloodthirsty for a game that rewards the players when one walks on the other side of the law? Well, the GTA bandwagon doesn’t show any signs of slowing down or stopping, which is why there is room for yet another instalment – Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City that will hit the Sony P3 console later this March. Created by RockStar Games, Episodes from Liberty City will provide fans with the opportunity to experience the last two exciting chapters of the Grand Theft Auto IV saga on a sole Blu-ray disc, but if you prefer to take the disc-less route, you can download individual episodes on the PlayStationNetwork.

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