5:01 PM PST – Unlike EA, Ubisoft started pretty much on time (as expected). The opening presentation has a lot of movement and colors. I’m waiting to find out what it is, but it looks pretty sweet. A guy is waving his hand at the screen and he is shooting his other hand, making this orb move around the screen and blow things up. This is a motion controlled game called Child of Eden.

5:08 PM PST – The Assassins are BACK! The trailer for the new Assassin’s Creed title looks brilliant. The game is called Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. The game is set to be released on November 16, 2010.

Ezio Auditore da Firenze is back! He is now a legend and he is being hunted by the templars. There are more extreme opportunities to fight. The demo shows a cannon sequence as an example. New moves and fighting sequences allow for more aggressive battles. There is a new nemesis for Ezio.

Gameplay takes players to Rome in 1503. There is also a multiplayer experience that allows you to battle others around the world.

5:22 PM PST – Shaun White is on stage to announce the latest game. This time, he’s off the slopes for Shaun White Skateboarding. Shaun was involved in nearly every step of the creation. Skateboarding is his passion. The demo shows skaters given quests. There are plenty of obstacles and the world changes to add obstacles. Players can make their own skate lines to enhance the environment. As you travel the city, you are bringing it back to life.

Shaun’s signature move, the Armadillo, is included. A 3D demo is available (does this mean the game will be available in 3D?).

5:33 PM PST – A new Laser Tag/Shooter hybrid game is available. It is called Battle Tag. It’s like laser tag, but it looks kind of lame. Joel McHale’s lame jokes didn’t help.

5:40 PM PST – The next demo is for a game that has a hook up to a finger. The first game is a breathing game. The game is called Innergy. It can be plugged in to a computer. It is a way to charge yourself up, giving you peace, calm and energy. This system supposedly boosts your immune system.

5:45 PM PST – Designers of games discuss how Kinect is changing the face of gaming. Two new Ubisoft titles for Kinect have been announced.

Your Shape: Fitness Evolved is one of those titles. The game recognizes your body dimensions. Your own self is put in the game. You can have a personal trainer help you. You can take a fitness class. You can also send and receive challenges to your friends. You can post your victories to social networking sites like Facebook. There are low impact and high intensity for every level of workout. Real fitness moves are combined with fun games to make workouts more enjoyable.

5:56 PM PST – Rabbids are here again! They are back in Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time. This means the Rabbids are reshaping history. This is available for Wii.

5:59 PM PST – Ghost Recon features new toys. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier has a highly trained special ops unit. They are basically “ghosts” with a camouflage option that allows ghosts to disappear. You can basically sneak up on enemies and allows for close range combat. There are a lot of different angles and viewpoints to enhance battle sequences. This game looks hot!

It is available in 3D and has a four-person campaign mode.

6:09 PM PST – Ubisoft is hitting the streets again with Driver: San Francisco. John Tanner is back. The detective hunts down Jericho, his nemesis in the game. The game was inspired by 70s films that featured car chases. Tanner can shift into any other vehicle in the game. There are city views that go above buildings and view the entire city.

6:16 PM PST – Project Dust is available Spring 2011. It is a disaster style game. Not much else is known about it.

6:19 PM PST – Rayman is back with new artist renderings. This is a cartoon world designed by artists. This is Rayman: Origins.

6:23 PM PST – User-powered PC gaming zone,Maniaplanet is set to become the new PC gaming community. It allows you to create, play alone, with friends, or compete, use others’ creations. Questmania, Trackmania and Shootmania are all realms in Maniaplanet. Trackmania will beta Q4 2010. Shootmania will beta Q1 2011.

6:27 PM PST – Michael Jackson is now a part of Ubisoft, though it is unclear what he had to do with the gaming.

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Here are the screenshots:

Alan Wake is available in a standard edition for around $60 and a Collector’s Edition for $80. You can purchase Alan Wake now at any major retailer selling video games.

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Products expected to ship as part of the range include:

·Rock Band 3 Wireless Keyboard Controller – Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3 / Wii

Designed for use exclusively with Rock Band 3, the Wireless Keyboard Controller has been crafted to resemble classic professional keyboards and is playable on a secure flat surface or while strapped over the player’s shoulder. Empowering gamers to take their enjoyment of rhythm music gaming to the next level, the Wireless Keyboard Controller also functions as a MIDI keyboard, boasting a two-octave (C3 to C5) range and non-weighted, velocity-sensitive key bed allowing gamers to take full advantage of the Rock Band Pro mode. The MIDI output connector provides compatibility with MIDI software sequencers and hardware devices while standard console-specific gaming controller buttons deliver seamless console integration and the Wireless Keyboard Controller can also be used to play the lead guitar or bass parts of the game. An optional Keyboard Stand will be sold separately and is expected to be available alongside the launch of Rock Band 3.

MSRP: $79.99

·Rock Band 3 Game & Wireless Keyboard Controller Bundle Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3 / Wii

Ideal for gamers who wish to enjoy the holiday seasons hottest music title and latest instrument together, the bundle includes both the Rock Band 3 game and Wireless Keyboard Controller, representing a convenient and excellent value purchase for music fans everywhere.

MSRP: $129.99

·Rock Band 3 Wireless Fender Mustang PRO-Guitar Controller Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3 / Wii

Introducing a new level of realism to the rhythm music genre, the Wireless Fender Mustang PRO-GuitarController is designed for use exclusively with Rock Band 3, allowing gamers to accurately replicate a real guitar when playing Rock Band Pro mode in the game. Featuring 17 frets along a button-based neck, the Fender Mustang PRO-Guitar includes a 6-string strumming area which allows for discrete picking of each string and a touch-sensitive string box which allows players to mute or ‘cut-off’ notes when pressed. In addition, the Fender Mustang PRO-Guitar operates as a fully functional MIDI guitar, with the MIDI output connector providing compatibility with MIDI software sequencers and hardware devices while standard console-specific gaming controller buttons deliver seamless console integration and navigation of the game menus. The Fender Mustang PRO-Guitar allows for left or right handed use and can also be used to play either lead or bass parts of the game in Rock Band Pro and standard game modes.

MSRP: $149.99

·Rock Band 3 Wireless PRO-Cymbals Expansion Kit – Universal

Compatible with all wireless Rock Band drum kits, the Wireless PRO-Cymbals Expansion Kit features three newly designed Rock Band 3 cymbals which have been re-engineered for quiet operation. Fully supporting the Rock Band Pro mode where the cymbals represent Hi-Hat, Crash and Ride, the cymbals can also be used in standard game modes for all Rock Band software. Improved from the Rock Band™ 2 cymbals, the new PRO-Cymbals boast quieter sound with noise-dampening rubber covering the full surface area of the cymbal. The PRO-Cymbals also feature enhanced responsiveness, essential when playing in Rock Band Pro mode. In addition, the redesigned Rock Band 3 cymbals now permanently rest at a pre-defined 10° angle, better positioned for accurate play. The PRO-Cymbals are also available as part of the Rock Band 3 Wireless Drum and Cymbal Kit (sold separately).

MSRP: $39.99

· Rock Band 3 MIDI PRO-Adapter – Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3 / Wii

Designed for use exclusively with Rock Band 3, theMIDI PRO-Adapter allows musicians to use their real MIDI keyboards or MIDI drum sets to play Rock Band 3. Plugging directly into the console via USB, the MIDI PRO-Adapter works as an interface between the console and MIDI instrument, converting the MIDI messages into console controller data which the game translates into on screen action. The MIDI PRO-Adapter features a velocity sensitive adjustment for MIDI drums designed to reduce cross-talk during play. A full D-Pad and standard gaming controller buttons are located on the PRO-Adapter to deliver seamless console integration and navigation of the game menus. Ships with a removable clip, allowing MIDI PRO-Adapter to be attached to a belt, or rest on a table top or similar flat surface.

MSRP: $39.99

To be formally announced in due course, Mad Catz will be offering updated versions of the guitar and drum peripherals from prior versions of Rock Band, as well as improved microphones in support of the Rock Band 3 vocal harmony feature.

Featuring an incredible 83-song setlist and access to far more music than any other music video game, as well as innovative new gameplay modes and instruments, Rock Band 3 will change the way fans think about and play music games. This next iteration in the Rock Band platform has something new for everyone and also supports traditional Rock Band gameplay with players’ existing instruments. Developed by Harmonix, the world’s premier music videogame company, published by MTV Games, and distributed by distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), Rock Band 3 will ship simultaneously worldwide this Holiday 2010 in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other territories for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Wii™ home videogame console from Nintendo, and Nintendo DS. Rock Band 3 will be compatible with all Rock Band and The Beatles: Rock Band peripherals, as well as most third-party instrument and microphone controllers. Mad Catz is the official peripheral manufacturer and distributor for Rock Band 3 game controllers.

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Featuring the biggest dance, pop and hip-hop hits by the hottest artists everyone knows and loves remixed by world-class DJ’s in an all-new way, the game’s soundtrack delivers over 70 unique mashups only available in DJ Hero 2. Further immersing players into the music, the game offers a heightened level of creative input and allows everyone to add their own touch, directly impacting the beats they’re spinning with Freestyle scratching, cross-fading and sampling, performed at set points in the mix.

Two Turntables and a Microphone – DJ Hero 2 delivers the ultimate social multiplayer experience where two virtual DJ’s can drop the needle on the groove and mix, scratch and sample; all while a vocalist grabs the mic and sings along to lyrics from today’s biggest hits, scoring players with pitch and range detection.

Tearing Up My Chart When I’m With You – Picking up where the award-winning DJ Hero soundtrack left off, DJ Hero 2 one-ups its predecessor and spins together even hotter tracks blazing up the charts and legendary club anthems from the biggest artists in pop, dance and hip hop. Remixes of block rockin’ beats from Lady Gaga, Deadmau5, Kanye West, Chemical Brothers and Dr. Dre will definitely set the party off right.

Do It Your Way – DJ Hero 2 lets players put their own spin on the music with Freestyle gameplay that allows them to mix, scratch and sample during set points in the game. With the tracks synced to the beat, scratches recorded by the pros and samples pulled directly from the tracks being mixed, everyone will sound like a superstar DJ.

Don’t Miss the Party Train – The critically acclaimed Party Play, first made famous in Guitar Hero 5, is one of a half dozen new multiplayer modes coming to DJ Hero 2. Digital disc jockeys and living room lyricists will be able to start and stop spinning on the fly, drop-in and drop out of lyrical gameplay, switch difficulty level without interrupting the party vibes or just let the game play the body movin’ beats on its own.

Play at Your Own Risk – At the heart of DJ culture is the battle. Epitomized by scratch legend DJ Q-Bert, DJ Hero 2 brings the heat to the players with a variety of competitive game modes. With DJ Battle – featuring custom designed mixes and authentic call-and-response gameplay – Quickplay, Pro-Faceoff, Accumulator, Checkpoints and Streakers, the game will be the judge in determining the ultimate living room scratch master.

I Don’t Need No Love, All I Need is the DJ – Though it takes only mere moments to spin like world-renowned mixmasters in DJ Hero 2, the talented crew of DJ’s responsible for crafting every scratch, sample and crossfade represent the biggest names in their profession. DJ Hero 2 continues its tradition of delivering award-winning mixes with legends like DJ Shadow producing the beats, award-winners like Deadmau5 appearing in-game and a cast of party-starting, radio-airwave-dominating DJ’s creating mixes at the FreeStyleGames studio in London.

Everybody Wants To Rule The World – In the all-new Empire Mode, players start out as an up-and-coming DJ on the road to becoming the head of a major entertainment empire, all of which is founded solely on their success as a DJ. Wowing the crowd with their tight sets and awesome freestyle abilities, players will progress quickly, soon finding themselves in command of a network of global clubs, and each with a selection of superstar DJ’s in their crew.

You Spin Me Right Round Baby, Right Round – With the DJ Hero turntable controller in hand, DJ Hero 2 continues to transform video gamers into virtual DJ’s engaging in techniques including mixing, sampling, various scratch patterns and adding effects to the music mix. From beginners to experts, players spinning on the turntable controller will experience the unique sensation of having control of the music at their finger tips.

But You Say He’s Just a Friend – virtual DJ’s can throw down the ultimate battle with Hero Feed, which brings bragging rights to the game by allowing players to challenge and track their friends’ accomplishments, whether the friend is online or offline.

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True Crime’s story takes players on a roller coaster ride through the game’s vast, action-packed open-world Hong Kong setting, introducing handfuls of intriguing characters in a truly unique and dangerous city. Lending more authenticity to the game’s narrative and further bringing True Crime’s characters to life, Activision and UFG have enlisted the voice over skills of top Hong Kong cinema and Hollywood talent, including Tom Wilkinson, James Hong, James Liao, Byron Mann, Dustin Nguyen, George Cheung and Sammo Hung to name a few. Additional True Crime cast details will be revealed soon enough, however, gamers can head over to www.TrueCrime.com today for all the latest and greatest info, and make their best guesses at what remaining talent is yet to be debuted.

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Defeating the corrupt tyrants entrenched there will require not only strength, but leadership, as Ezio commands an entire Brotherhood who will rally to his side. Only by working together can the Assassins defeat their mortal enemies.

And for the first time, introducing a never-before-seen multiplayer layer that allows you to choose from a wide range of unique characters, each with their own signature weapons and assassination techniques, and match your skills against other players from around the world.

It’s time to join the Brotherhood.

Key Features
MASTER THE POSSIBILITIES – As Ezio, a legendary Master Assassin, experience over 15 hours of single-player gameplay set in the living, breathing, unpredictable city of Rome.
LEAD A LEGENDARY BROTHERHOOD – Recruit and train promising young Assassins. Deploy them across the city as you see fit, or call upon them to aid you in your quests.
EXPERIENCE A RICH HISTORICAL TAPESTRY – Collaborate with real historical characters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Caterina Sforza.

WIN THE HEART OF A CITY – Use your hard-won currency to revitalize the crumbling capital city. Rally the citizens to your cause and unlock extra factions and missions.
DEPLOY SECRET WEAPONS – Swiftly eliminate your enemies using tools such as poison darts, parachutes, double hidden blades, hidden guns, and an advanced flying machine at your disposal.
MEMORABLE MULTIPLAYER – Choose from multiple authentic character classes, each with their own signature weapons and killing moves. With richly-detailed maps and a wide variety of unique multiplayer modes, you’ll never fight the same way twice.

Assassins Creed: Brotherhood is set to be released Holiday 2010

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WHAT: Konami announces the first ever DanceDanceRevolution Music & Motion Video Contest. Designed to inspire and challenge both old and new fans to develop their own fitness-based DanceDanceRevolution routine, the contest allows users to submit a recorded fitness video and have it posted and promoted on Konami.com for a chance to win a one-year membership at Bally Total Fitness®, a Nintendo Wii™ console, DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party 3 bundle and more! In order to qualify, participants must create a :30 – :60 second fitness video by using one of the songs from a designated track list encompassing all of the DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party installments. They will be judged on creativity, skill, originality, and integration of fitness related items.

Since it was first introduced to North American video game consoles in 2001, DanceDanceRevolution has become known worldwide for its effectiveness as a fitness and weight loss tool. Each version of the game comes with a user-friendly “Workout Mode” that allows players to easily manage their personal information and watch the calories melt away on a calorie counter located on screen.

The DanceDanceRevolution Music & Motion Contest is just one of the fitness initiatives surrounding the best-selling get-up-and-move video game in the month of May. Konami has also partnered with high-profile sponsors including West Virginia Children Health Insurance Program, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. for the 2010 DanceDanceRevolution West Virginia State Championship Tournament.

Contest Information:

Date: May 10th – June 11th, 2010

How To Enter: To enter the contest, contestants will need to create a :30 – :60 video of their best DanceDanceRevolution routine. Once their videos are perfected to their standards, contestants must submit their video link through the Submit Videos link on www.konami.com/DDRVideoContest/. Once submitted to Konami, winners will be awarded prizes based in the following categories:

PRIZING:

Best Over All Video:
Grand Prize: One Year National Access Membership to Bally Total Fitness, one Nintendo Wii console, and a DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party 3 bundle
1st Prize: One DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party 3 bundle and one Heart Monitor Watch
2nd Prize: One DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party 3 bundle

Most Outrageous Video: One DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party 3 bundle
Most Humorous Video: One DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party 3 bundle
Most Creative Video: One DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party 3 bundle
Most Effective Use of Outside Fitness based items: One DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party 3 bundle

For more information regarding this contest, please log on to www.konami.com/DDRVideoContest/.

** Please note, only videos containing non-licensed music can but considered for prizing. **

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Trauma Team, from the makers of the Trauma Center series, places players in any of six roles essential to the medical profession. Each role gives you a unique gameplay experience — test your mental acuity as a diagnostician or jump into the fray as a paramedic where every second counts. Innovative Japanese-inspired animation captures the drama of the intense storyline as it unfolds.

The medical action expands with cooperative play, selectable difficulty levels and unlockable rewards. Do you have the steady hands and mental toughness that it takes to save your patients?

Features
Try your hand at six different medical specialists, including a general surgeon, diagnostician, forensic examiner, paramedic and more
Experience six different gameplay modes depending on your role
Japanese-inspired hand-drawn art, animations and voice acting provide an intense and exciting gameplay experience
Team up with a friend for cooperative play
Unlockable rewards and adjustable difficulty levels personalize your journey

Trauma Team for Wii will be available on May 18th, 2010.

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Ubisoft’s Paris Studio to Deliver a New Chapter in the Acclaimed Franchise to Debut Fall 2010

SAN FRANCISCO – April 12, 2010 – Today Ubisoft revealed new details for Tom Clancy™’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier™ for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Windows PC. Developed by the award-winning team behind Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter® and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter® 2, the game will equip players with the world’s hottest future combat systems, inspired by existing prototypes, and unleash them on the battlefield of tomorrow. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is scheduled to ship Fall 2010.

“The Ghost Recon franchise set the standard for the next-generation gaming experience,” said Tony Key, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ubisoft. “With Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Ubisoft is amplifying the core values of the series – the sophisticated technology, weaponry, graphics, story and online gameplay – with the production values of a Hollywood blockbuster to deliver a stunning package that will make players truly feel like the elite soldier of tomorrow.”

For players who can’t wait until fall to get their hands on Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Ubisoft is delivering a sneak peek this summer with Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’s Multiplayer Beta. The exclusive beta invitation, available for a limited time, will be included with Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction™. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction will be hitting stores on April 13th in North America, April 16th in Europe and April 28th in Japan, and is exclusively available for Xbox 360.

About the Game
As a member of the elite Ghost Recon, you are among the few who possess the power, the adaptability, and the cognitive fortitude of the future soldier. Specialized in every area of combat, equipped for survival, and trained in absolute discretion, you are entrusted with the missions no other soldier can handle. Armed to the teeth with an arsenal of real-world high-tech weaponry only in prototype today, you are an F-16 on legs, trained to lock on to your objective even in the world’s most complex, high-risk warzones.

Experience the Future of War
•The Ghosts pack the latest and best high-tech military equipment, inspired by actual prototypes.
•Blend into any environment with mind-bending optical camouflage.
•An exoskeleton enhances the Ghosts’ physical abilities, allowing them to run, leap, slide and kick farther & faster than any soldier on the field today.
•Unparalleled physicality and lethal expertise in melee close combat are now at your disposal. Control all-new heavily armed unmanned ground and air combat drones.
•Unleash large-radius firepower with a personal mortar capable of firing multiple guided rockets simultaneously.

Natural Cooperation
•Instantly coordinate combat against 360° threats: link-up with your Ghost teammates in a formidable formation at the push of a button.
•Move-and-shoot-as-one with your friends or AI teammates with no training and no complex orders system.
•Benefit from your teammates’ high-tech abilities and combine them to unleash the power of an army at the pull of your trigger.

Epic Solo and Co-op Campaign!
•Join the Ghosts as Kozak, a fresh recruit whose elite unit is the United State’s best and only means of retaliation when a nationalist coup unseats Russia’s legitimate president
•Experience multiple aspects of the war from the unique perspectives of a high-level bodyguard, an engineer, a civilian and more.
•Play the single- or split-screen cooperative campaign across multiple theatres as the shadow of global conflict creeps across Northern Europe and beyond.

Fast-Paced, Addictive Multiplayer Mode
•Link-up for heated 8 vs. 8 adversarial matches and combine the four balanced class abilities, plus drones and individual gear.
•Seamless ranking progression in Single, Co-op and Adversarial modes: unlock multiple rewards for your Ghost or your Clan.

For ongoing updates about the game, please visit: www.GhostRecon.com

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