Conspiracy Entertainment will co-operate with Black Bean of Italy to ship
Superbike World Championship 2008 (SBK 08 in short) to North America. This fast-paced racing title will be available sometime this fall across several major gaming platforms, with plans already penciled in to release even more titles next spring. SBK 08 will feature official teams, riders and tracks of the current WSBK Championship, boasting multiple difficulty settings and tuning options that will appeal to superbike fans and gamers alike.
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All seems to be moving along nicely when it comes to preparations for the summer Olympics in Beijing that will kick off in exactly one week from now. This can only mean one thing - a cash cow that has to be weaned to its maximum, and game developers are not lost on this fact for quite some time already. We’ve seen numerous sports titles released to date, much earlier than the event itself, and I can clearly remember Mario & Sonic at the Olympics for the DS platform as being one of the more fun titles to date. Conspiracy Entertainment has a new title for sports buffs, known as Summer Athletics. Unfortunately, it seems to be available only for the PS2 and will retail for an affordable $14.99.
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Fans of the sleeper hit Geometry Wars on Xbox LIVE Arcade will be able to rejoice once more with Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 having hit the market today. This title was developed by Bizarre Creations, and will be the sequel to the original smash hit by throwing players straight into the fray to test their reflexes against bunch after bunch of enemies that come in the form of shapes. Who says that games have to be bloody these days in order to attract an audience? There is still market and room for creativity as exemplified by Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, and best of all is the replayability value stacks up high thanks to half a dozen heart-pumping gameplay modes with individual levels being able to be played in multiplayer mode for up to four
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Sierra Entertainment has announced yet another movie tie-in video game - The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor for a wide range of platforms, including the venerable PS2, the Wii and the DS. Apparently, the game will mirror the fast-paced action and adventure found in the movie, but it must be played to be believed. You can’t really rely on marketing hype these days, as movie franchises in video games rarely translate to a pleasurable experience, but is more of a chore instead. Hopefully this one bucks the trend.

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JV Games Inc. has just released news that Pong Toss - Frat Party Games, an “E” rated game can now be downloaded via WiiWare. This game has its roots from college campuses in the early 80s and has now evolved into a competitive sport played across the country. Pong Toss - Frat Party Games will have the honor of being the first slated game in the Frat Party Games series.

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Can’t get enough Mortal Kombat action in your home? Missed out on a couple of titles recently? Well, Midway has the answer for those who love things that come in packages - they will be releasing Mortal Kombat: Kollection in a special collector’s edition box set that combines three of the most recent Mortal Kombat releases from the award-winning, and Midway’s best-selling video game fighting franchise into one explosive package. To know more about all the gore and blood that is on offer, head on after the jump for more details.

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PopCap Games will definitely ring a bell with most people as this is one company that churns out plenty of casual gaming titles in the market. The developer has just announced that the mega-hit game Peggle will make an appearance on the DS platform sometime this winter, carrying an average price tag of $29.95 to keep you entertained during the long and cold winter months. PopCap will be hooking up with Q Entertainment, a highly acclaimed Japanese development studio, and the finished product will see unique features thrown in that are currently unavailable to the PC, Mac and iPod versions.

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PopCap Games has just announced that they will be offering a couple of ’seek-and-solve’ puzzle adventure games on the Nintendo DS platform, and the two games are Amazing Adventures: The Forgotten Ruins and Mystery P.I.: Portrait of a Thief. Both of these titles were inspired by the original ‘hidden object’ PC game series, but you can expect new storylines in addition to locations, gameplay modes, and challenges with these. Winter 2008 would be the season where these are released, and they will come with a budget price tag of $19.95.

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Majesco will be releasing the hugely popular anagram game, Bananagrams, later next month (August 18 to be specific) as a free Facebook Application. It will be developed by Large Animal Games, doing away with all the rules of traditional board games in favor of an every-player-for-themselves approach that delivers lightning-fast puzzle play guaranteed to get the mind moving and drive players “bananas.” According to Gui Karyo, Executive Vice President of Operations, Majesco, “Casual gaming applications have exploded on social networking sites like Facebook and Bananagrams is an ideal fit for the demographic. With its fast-paced action and addictive but simple gameplay, we believe this game has potential to become one of the most popular gaming applications on the site.”

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The Nintendo DS has its fair share of kiddy titles in addition to more mature themed ones, but Mister Slime from SouthPeak Games lean more towards the former. Rated “E” for everyone, you can be sure that there won’t be any slashing and killing going on, offering wholesome family fun for everyone - I do suspect that the older kids will probably give this $19.99 titles a miss though as there isn’t any bloodshed going on, and to make it all worse, you don’t have anyone or anything to shoot at. Sigh - and to think games were successful last time without the need for wanton violence and destruction.

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