Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Warner Bros. And Screenlife Announce Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! For Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, And Xbox 360
Warner Bros. And Screenlife have announced today a new game in the Scene It Series, Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen!. they have also announced that this will be the first time the Scene it series has gone multiplatform with the announcement that the game is coming out on Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
The game focuses on movies throughout the years, including 2009, with thousands of new questions, an improved single player mode, new player avatars, better interfaces, and a new game host.
Screenlife also announced that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be publishing all Scene It Games worldwide.
Press Release
SEATTLE --(Business Wire)-- Sep 02, 2009 Screenlife today announces the latest home console iteration of the bestselling Scene It?® brand. Scene It?® Bright Lights! Big Screen!™ will be the first videogame in the Scene It? franchise available for Wii™ and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems and marks a return for the brand to the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft. Previous product success on the Xbox platform combined with casual gaming’s explosive growth create a tremendous opportunity for Screenlife to bring its unique brand of entertainment trivia game play to millions of new consumers.
Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! offers a wide variety of media-rich trivia that provides movie fans and social gamers with a lively, competitive group gaming experience. Trivia content in the game will include recently released 2009 movies as well as fan favorite Hollywood hits from the last four decades. There are numerous game improvements, including:
Thousands of new questions
A new and improved single player option
Party play modes
Many new puzzle types
12 all-new player avatars
A simplified game interface
A new, very entertaining game host
New, unique mini-game content
Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! brings it all together and provides incredible fun for the whole family. Single-player mode challenges player speed and entertainment trivia know-how, while multi-player mode creates a challenging social gameplay experience.
Also today, Screenlife and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) announce a distribution agreement where WBIE will handle worldwide distribution of Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen!
“We are thrilled to collaborate with WBIE on the release of Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen!,” said Barry Watts, Chief Executive Officer of Screenlife. “Combining WBIE’s world-class distribution expertise with our most entertaining console trivia game to-date, Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! is sure to be a smash hit with movie and pop-culture fans of all ages.”
“The globally successful Scene It? brand and movie based trivia are a great fit for Warner Bros. as a games publisher and a film studio,” said John Quinn, Executive Vice President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “We are launching Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! on a variety of videogame consoles to more widely offer its dynamic entertainment experience to the expanding casual videogame audience.”
Artificial Mind & Movement (A2M) is developing Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! for Screenlife.
About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.
About Screenlife
Screenlife, a leader in entertainment trivia games, is transforming the way the world has fun through its pop culture-based games, including Scene It?, the number-one selling DVD trivia game worldwide. Located in Seattle, WA, Screenlife’s socially interactive and immersive games are now on multiple platforms including DVD, game consoles, and mobile phones.
Since its 2002 launch, Scene It? has grown into an international, award-winning brand with trivia game editions that include Movie, TV, Sports, Music, Friends, Harry Potter, Disney, Seinfeld, Star Trek and The Simpsons. Scene It? DVD games feature patented Optreve® DVD Enhancement Technology and have been translated into twelve languages across 29 countries.
A leader in entertainment licensing, Screenlife has struck hundreds of deals with major Hollywood studios, sports leagues and recording labels, as well as top actors, athletes and musicians.
For more information about Scene It? and other Screenlife games, visit www.screenlifegames.com or call (866) DVD-GAME.
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DSi: The Latest issue of Famitsu shows that Okamiden is the sequel to Okami and is on the DSi. http://ow.ly/nyKO
you will be able to export tracks from Lego Rock Band and play them in Rock Band 2...for a small fee. http://ow.ly/nyLf
UK Game Charts, Batman Arkham Asylum, Wii Sports Resort, Ashes Cricket, Wolfenstein, Wii Fit, are top 5. http://ow.ly/nyLw
PS3: the first animated background for firmware 3.0 has gone live in America for $2.99. its Little Big Planet http://ow.ly/nyM4
PS3: The first free dynamic background can be found in the Japanese PSN store. this one is from Afrika. http://ow.ly/nyMR
DSi: The first review for Pokemon HEartGold/ SoulSilver comes from Famitsu, and they give it 9/10/9/9 http://ow.ly/nyMx
PS3: The ESRB has rated many PS1 Classics, Bloody Roar, Cool Boarders 2+3, SimCity 2000, OddWorld Abes Exodus/Oddysee ... http://ow.ly/nyNn
PS3: a job listing hints that StarHawk will have a single player campaign as well as multiplayer http://ow.ly/nyP6
QTE Blog: New Screenshots for DC Universe http://ow.ly/15NhHz
Wii: The internet channel is now free Nintendo will reimburse all those who bought it with a free NES game. http://ow.ly/nz0a
360: its rumoured that a Xbox 360 press conference tomorrow in Japan will announce a Price Drop in that territory. http://ow.ly/nAaW
DSi: Latest Famitsu magazine reveals that the Zack & Wiki producer and Ace Attorney director are working on Ghost Trick http://ow.ly/nAc9
DSi: The First DSi only game has been revealed as Monster Finder. DSi camera is used to catch monsters. http://ow.ly/nAzx
PS3: Home Trophy Space is still being constructed. http://ow.ly/nBq7
QTE Blog: Nintendo Announce Wi Fit Plus Releases In North America On October 4th For $19.99 http://ow.ly/15Nj2G
PS3: Bayonetta has no been shown running on PS3. currently, "its very blurry and the framerate was all over the place" http://ow.ly/nCvY
QTE Blog: Namco Announce Mr Driller For iPhone And Ipod Touch http://ow.ly/15Nj9Y
QTE Blog: New Batman Arkham Asylum NVIDIA PhysX PC Screenshots http://ow.ly/15Nk2m
QTE Blog: Nintendo Announce Two New DSi Colours And A New WiiMote, Wii MotionPlus, And Nunchuck Colour http://ow.ly/nDqW
360: UK Xbox 360 sales are up 43%, week on week, since the price drop. http://ow.ly/nDFo
Take 2 announce Q3 2009 drop of profits of $55.5Million http://ow.ly/nEnQ
360: Take 2 announce that all of their studios have Natal dev kits. http://ow.ly/nEo7
New Modern Warfare 2 video footage has been released showing in game footage of a online capture the flag mode. http://ow.ly/nEt3
Take Two have expect Bioshock 2, Red Dead Redemption, Mafia II, And Max Payne 3 to ship between February and June 210. http://ow.ly/nEvA
QTE Blog: 6 New NHL 10 Screenshots For Xbox 360 And Playstation 3 http://ow.ly/15NkZO
QTE Blog: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad Of Gay Tony Debut Trailer http://ow.ly/15NkZP
QTE Blog: Nintendo Announces A Facebook App For Wii Sports Resort http://ow.ly/nEIM
QTE Blog: Funcom Announce The Establishment Of A New Studio In Montréal. http://ow.ly/15Nlmm
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Funcom Announce The Establishment Of A New Studio In Montréal.
Funcom have announced that they have established a new Studio in Montréal, Canada. Funcom are moving some of their personnel to this studio, and have said that at present the new studio will focus on working on established Funcom games.
Press Release
Durham, USA – September 1st, 2009 – Funcom is pleased to announce the establishment of a new development studio in Montréal, Canada, where it will build a strong and competent development team that will work on several games in the Funcom portfolio. Besides tapping into the excellent talent pool available in the region, Funcom will also move a certain number of key personnel over to the new studio.
"Montréal has established itself as one of the world's most important locations for video game production, and we are looking forward to taking part in that success," says Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas. "In addition to strengthening our North American presence, the new studio will take advantage of the great incentive programs offered by the Québec region, incentives that makes Montréal one of the most cost effective locations in the world for developing MMO games. This will in turn allow us to better balance our costs, making it possible for us to continue to expand our investments into the MMO segment."
Funcom is one of the most multi-cultural game developers in the business, with over 320 employees from all corners of the world employed at the company's offices in Norway, the US, China, and Switzerland. The company is responsible for the best-selling MMO `Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures' that shipped over 1.2 million copies to retail in 2008, as well as the pioneering sci-fi MMO `Anarchy Online'. The company has developed more than 20 titles since its founding in 1993; including the critically acclaimed `The Longest Journey' and `Dreamfall' adventure games. Funcom is currently working on the expansion pack for `Age of Conan' called `Rise of the Godslayer' as well as its new MMO `The Secret World'. Developers at the Montréal studio will play an important role in the development of both of these games.
"It has been a pleasure for us to work with Investissement Québec in setting up our Montréal studio and we are very thankful for the strong support they have given us throughout this process," says Ole Schreiner, CEO of Funcom's new Montréal studio. "We are excited about the opportunity that Montréal represents to our company, not only because of the great incentives offered by Québec, but also the authorities' strong commitment to training qualified video games personnel and building a video games cluster in Montreal and Quebec."
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ABOUT FUNCOM - Funcom is an independent developer and publisher of online games for PC, consoles and mobile platforms. Funcom has provided outstanding entertainment since 1993 and continues to expand its track-record of more than twenty released games. Recent titles include 'The Longest Journey', 'Anarchy Online' and 'Dreamfall: The Longest Journey'. For corporate information please visit www.funcom.com. For information about Funcom games visit www.anarchy-online.com, www.dreamfall.com, www.darkdaysarecoming.com or www.ageofconan.com. Funcom is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker FUNCOM.
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Nintendo Announces A Facebook App For Wii Sports Resort
Nintendo has announced that they are releasing a Facebook app for their Nintendo Wii game, Wii Sports Resort. The Wii Party Time Generator App allows you to invite your friends to friendly Wii Sports Resort competitions, host tournaments, post scores, view medals and trophies, and share photos.
Press Release
GREETINGS FROM WUHU ISLAND!
Wii Sports Resort™ is one of the hottest video games on the market with more than one million copies sold in the United States alone. Nintendo has enhanced the social experience of Wii Sports Resort and made it even more immersive by creating the Wii Sports Resort Facebook application.
By adding the Wii Party Time Generator application to your personal Facebook page, you will have the ability to invite all of your Facebook pals to friendly Wii Sports Resort competitions. You can set up parties, host tournaments, post scores and results, view medals and trophies, share photos from your Wii Sports Resort tournament and even do some trash talking. Wii Party Time Generator will allow you to spread the fun, social gaming experience of Wii Sports Resort.
To learn more about the Wii Party Time Generator, download it to your Facebook profile page and start setting up your own Wii Sports Resort events, visit http://apps.facebook.com/wiisportsresort/.