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Vancouver 2010: The Official Videogame of the Winter Olympic Games

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010


Vancouver 2010: The Official Videogame of the Winter Olympic Games, as its name implies, is the official Olympic video game of the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver. It is an authentic simulation of a host of events from the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games with focus on the extreme speed of winter sports with the addition of an all new challenge mode. The game was developed by Eurocom and published by Sega for the Sony PlayStation 3 platform. It was released on January 12 2010 in North America and January 15 2010 in Europe under the genre of Sports (Olympic). Vancouver 2010: The Official Videogame of the Winter Olympic Games includes both a single player and a multi player mode. It was officially announced on March 11 2009.

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Street Fighter IV

Monday, February 1st, 2010


Street Fighter IV is a game that falls under the fighting game genre, produced by Capcom and developed together with Dimps. It was released on February 12 2009 in Japan, February 17 2009 in North America and February 20 2009 in Europe under the genre of fighting games with an ESRB rating of T for Teens. The game was designed by Yoshinori Ono and Daigno Ikeno for the PlayStation 3 platform. Street Fighter IV is the first numbered Street Fighter game released by Capcom since 1999. It includes a single player mode and a competitive multiplayer mode. Street Fighter IV is part of the Street Fighter Series.
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Super Street Fighter IV

Saturday, January 30th, 2010


Super Street Fighter IV is a game that falls under the fighting game genre, produced by Capcom and developed together with Dimps. It is expected to be released in the second quarter of 2010 under the genre of fighting games with an ESRB rating of T for Teens. The game was composed by Hideyuki Fukasawa, and designed by Yoshinori Ono and Daigno Ikeno for the PlayStation 3 platform. Super Street Fighter IV is the updated version of Super Street Fighter IV and can also be considered its sequel although it is scheduled to be released as a stand-alone product. It includes a single player mode and a competitive multiplayer mode. Super Street Fighter IV is part of the Street Fighter Series.
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Street Fighter Alpha 3

Friday, January 29th, 2010


Street Fighter Alpha 3 is a 1996 fighting game that is also known as Street Fighter Zero 3 in Japan, Asia, South America and Spain, and was originally released for the arcade for the CPS II hardware. Street Fighter Alpha 3 is a sequel to the previous year’s Street Fighter Alpha 2 and is the third sequel in the Street Fighter Alpha series. Its gameplay system sees a complete overhaul from the previous Alpha games with the addition ot three selectable fighting styles based on Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Super Street Fighter II Turbo, including new stages, a longer roster of characters, as well as new theme music for all the returning characters. The game is developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 3 platform under the genre of fighting games with an ESRB rating of T for teens. It was designed by Noritaka Funamizu, Haruo Murata and Hideaki Itsuno, and composed by Takayuki Iwai, Yuki Iwai, Isao Abe, Hideki Okugawa and Tetsuya Shibata.

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Army of Two: The 40th Day

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010


Army of Two: The 40th Day is a third-person shooter video game that was announced on 3 December 2009. It is the sequel to its predecessor, Army of Two, and focuses on the same two-player cooperative play as well as employs the same cover system. The game was developed by EA Montreal for the Sony PlayStation 3 platform and published by Electronic Arts under the genre of third-person shooter with an ESRB rating of M for Mature. Army of Two: The 40th Day was designed on an Unreal Engine 3 and released on 15 January 2010 to Europe and on 12 January 2010 to North America. It includes both a single player mode and a multi player mode.

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Street Fighter Alpha 2

Monday, January 25th, 2010


Street Fighter Alpha 2 is a 1996 fighting game that is also known as Street Fighter Zero 2 in Japan, Asia, South America and Spain, and was originally released for the arcade for the CPS II hardware. Street Fighter Alpha 2 is a sequel to the previous year’s Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors’ Dreams which was produced after the release of Street Fighter II in 1991 with the introduction of several new endings, stages, moves and gameplay systems. The game is developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 3 platform under the genre of fighting games with an ESRB rating of T for teens. It was designed by Noritaka Funamizu, Haruo Murata and Hideaki Itsuno, and composed by Syun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto, Tatsuro Suzuki and Naoshi Mizuta.

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Street Fighter IV (Collector’s Edition)

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Street Fighter IV (Collector’s Edition)
Street Fighter IV (Collector’s Edition) is a game that falls under the fighting game genre, produced by Capcom and developed together with Dimps. It was released on February 17 2009 in North America under the genre of fighting games with an ESRB rating of T for Teens. The game was designed by Yoshinori Ono and Daigno Ikeno for the PlayStation 3 platform. Street Fighter IV (Collector’s Edition) is a limited edition released only to the North American market but bears resemblance to the package featured in the European version. (Collector’s Edition) includes a comic book style mini strategy guide by Prima, a disc including the 65 minutes animated film titled Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind (produced by Studio 4°C as a prologue for the game) and a selection of the game’s trailers, a soundtrack CD, Ryu figurine, as well as five downloadable character costumes known as the Brwler Pack that includes alternate costumes for Zangief, E. Honda, Rufus, El Fuerte and Abel. It includes a single player mode and a competitive multiplayer mode.
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Battlefield 1943

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Battlefield 1943

Introduction
The game “Battlefield 1943” was developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and it was published by Electronic Arts which was for the Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation network using a digital download which is similar to the game “Battlefield Heroes”. The game “Battlefield 1943” is an online multiplayer video game of the World War II and it is a first-person shooting game. This game take place only in the Pacific Theater of Operations of the World War II.

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Monday, January 18th, 2010

G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra
Introduction
After the “G.I.Joe: The Rise Of Cobra” movie came out, the game came out too with the same name as the movie was. The developers of the game “G.I.Joe: The Rise Of Cobra” are Double Helix Games for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, and Wii; and Backbone Entertainment for Nintendo DS. The publisher of the game is Electronic Arts. The engine of the game is RenderWare. The platforms of the game are Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, and Wii. The genre of the game is action. The game was release on the 4 of August 2009. The Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 versions are the same as they are based on the same code. Meanwhile, the Nintendo DS is an entirely different game unto itself. PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, and Wii version are also based on the same code.

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Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors’ Dreams

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Street Fighter Alpha Warriors' Dreams
Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors’ Dreams is a 1995 fighting game that is also known as Street Fighter Zero in Japan, Asia, South America and Spain, and was originally released for the arcade for the CPS II hardware. Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors’ Dreams was produced after the release of Street Fighter II in 1991 with the introduction of several new features which expand on the Super Combo system previously featured in Super Street Fighter II Turbo as well as graphics drawn in the same animated style Capcom employed in Darkstalkers and X-Men: Children of the Atom. The game is developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 3 platform under the genre of fighting games. It was designed by Noritaka Funamizu, Haruo Murata and Hideaki Itsuno, and composed by Isao Abe, Shun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto, Yuko Takehara and Naoshi Mizuta.

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