Feb
26
2009
Overview In the first-ever Squad Based Racing experience, you are not alone. Radio to teammates for assistance, while managing on-track partnerships, or take the wheel of a teammate’s car in the middle of a race to fend off rivals. With all-new game controls, including real-time voice command, communicate with your crew chief, spotters, and on-track allies to help punch your team through the pack. As an owner, build your own racing empire or even buy top NASCAR Teams like Hendrick Motorsports. Earn the title of Teammate, Champion, and Hero in NASCAR 06! Features New Interactive Crew Chief Choose from eight new controls to get your team to the front of the pack. With controller commands like Pitting with Teammates, Blocking, and Holding Position, feel what it’s like to race as a team. Driver Attributes and Personalities Every driver has his own personality and performance characteristics matching his real-life counterparts. The First Racing Game to Use Voice Recognition Technology Gain a competitive advantage by calling out to teammates for help, talking to your crew chief for real-time feedback, and voice-activating menu options. New Dynamic Car Swapping With a simple flick of the right analog stick, take control of your teammate’s car during a race to fight back rivals. Create the Top Racing Organization Create a driver and power your way up the NASCAR ranks by building the ultimate team. As you progress through your career, take the helm of your own racing organization and position yourself to outperform or own real-world NASCAR teams.
Feb
24
2009
Overview The fight against terrorism continues as your team battles against a foe more powerful and cunning than you thought possible. It’s your job to complete a number of missions, including two new mission types. Breach a terrorist stronghold and enter the heart of their fortification, plant a bomb and get out of there while inflicting as many casualties as you can without getting your team killed. You’ll also be asked to escort a number of VIPs to an extraction point while the terrorist operative’s only goal is to kill you and those you’re attempting to protect. The mission of a Navy SEAL is never easy and with new mission types and 12 levels, SOCOM II: Navy SEALs will not disappoint. You’ll experience first-person, mission-based combat in single-player mode or multiplayer mode via online play. Choose from a number of different weapon types and get ready to lock and load. This time, the enemy is smarter and stronger and will be reacting to your every move. Fight the good fight and bring your boys home. Features Confront deadly enemies with the most skilled Special Ops forces ever assembled. Collaborate with Spetznaz (Russian) and SAS (British) units. Battle the world’s terrorists in 12 intense missions, including operations in Brazil, Russia, Albania and Algeria. Enforce tactical strategies with an all-new arsenal of weapons. Utilize the AT-4 LAW, RPGs, turrets and antipersonnel mines. Lead your SEAL team in single-player mode or exchange fire with and against up to 16 players online.
Feb
22
2009
Overview Computers have changed society and influenced every part of business and personal communication. Due to the overwhelming prevalence of computers, it is more important than ever to develop strong keyboarding skills. Whether you’re e-mailing or typing reports, you’ll increase your productivity and efficiency. Slide into a desk and learn to type from Mavis Beacon in an award-winning virtual classroom. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Version 16 Deluxe features adaptive response technology to let the lessons adjust to your needs. Use more than 50 custom lessons to practice and master specific skills. Use content of your choosing, such as internal documents, to personalize lessons. Take a break from lessons, but continue to enhance your typing skills with interspersed arcade-style games. You can even choose from Spanish or English instruction. This software includes a bonus CD that teaches users how to maximize their word processing program. Features Mavis Beacon guarantees results in as little as two weeks. Track your progress with detailed feedback and performance records. 20 new practice lessons address an array of topics and strengthen accuracy, speed and rhythm. The enhanced user interface features improved resolution and a new look. Voice-over instructions have been refreshed. Download Mavis Beacon to a Palm OS PDA with expandable keyboard and you can practice on the go. An interactive guide and helpful videos supply hints on creating a safe and healthy work area. A bonus CD teaches you how to use your word processing program effectively. Two new games have been added to the game list: Gumball Gambit and Wave Rider.
Feb
21
2009
Important Product Information This game requires an internet connection and a monthly subscription fee to play. Overview City of Heroes is a super-powered hero based massively multiplayer online role-playing game. The game is set in Paragon City, a modern day metropolis full of super powered villains, alien invaders, and underground monsters. Players take on the roles of Paragon City’s super-powered defenders. Create your own hero by choosing your powers and designing your own costume. As a hero completes missions or defeats foes, he will acquire experience points that will then allow him to gain levels in the game, making him more powerful. City of Heroes offers numerous gameplay features that heighten the heroic online experience. Create Your Own Hero Choose from hundreds of different powers and design your own unique costume. Costume Creation System This incredibly versatile system allows you to mix and match clothing pieces, hair, facial features, costume details, colors, textures, and patterns. There are literally millions of different combinations to choose from, allowing you to create a totally unique character. City of Heroes allows players to create a tremendous variety of hero-types. Heroes fall into several wide categories called Origins. The Origin types are Mutant, Science, Magic, Natural and Technology. Each Origin has access to a full range of powers. Fight Evil! Confront super villains, aliens, madmen, criminals, and other fearsome foes. Take on personalized missions and rid the city of several different evil organizations and hundreds of individual enemies. Super-powers City of Heroes offers players a tremendous variety of powers to choose from when creating heroes. Each of the more than 40 different powers has many sub-powers, giving players hundreds of distinct super powers to choose from. Form Your Own Super-group Band together with other players to fight evil and become the premiere hero group in the city! The City Explore the skyscrapers, slums, sewers and streets of Paragon City, a sprawling online metropolis that offers unlimited adventures and countless surprises. Live the Story Become an integral part of twenty different ongoing story arcs as the villain groups menace Paragon City and react to player victories and defeats.
Feb
18
2009
Disney/Pixar’s A Bug’s Life Action Game It’s a swarm of furious fun based on the hit film, Disney/Pixar’s A Bug’s Life. You’ll enjoy hours of exciting gameplay, as you assume the identity of our animated hero, Flik, recruiting a brave bug band of warriors to save the colony from the clutches of Hopper and his wicked army of grasshoppers. Disney/Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. Scare Island It’s the first day of monster’s orientation on Scare Island, and the CEO of Monsters, Inc. wants to see if you have what it takes to graduate as a Top Scarer. Kids can play as either of the main characters from the hit film, Disney/Pixar’s Monsters, Inc., unlocking all the island’s secrets to scare the Nerves and go to the head of the class. Spy Fox 3: Operation Ozone Join the planet’s top secret agent, Spy Fox, on an out-of-this-world mission to stop Poodles galore from destroying Earth’s ozone layer. Outfit yourself with the latest spy gizmos from Professor Quack, then get ready to hunt for clues. SpyKids 3D: Game Over Ahhh, but the game is just beginning with this outrageous, three-dimensional, virtual gaming experience based on the hit movie. Don your 3D glasses included with the game, then get set to surf the lava rivers, pogo with your Battle Sticks across the platform maze, and wind your way through the ever-changing racetracks!
Feb
15
2009
Celebrating the anniversary of this innovative franchise A dozen classic C&C games, plus an exclusive bonus DVD of commemorative videos including a rare interview with Louis Castle, co-founder of Westwood Studios and the creator of the Command & Conquer franchise. Whether seeing where it all began with the original or engaging in modern-day warfare in C&C Generals, this is a unique opportunity to own a piece of history and experience the past, present, and future of Command & Conquer. The ultimate collection features 12 Command & Conquer games on a single DVD Bonus DVD with commemorative video features including exclusive interviews and tribute videos from our biggest fans! Hundreds of single-player missions and multiplayer mayhem spanning every Command & Conquer universe: Includes Tiberium – The Sci-Fi universe that started it all Red Alert – The battlegrounds of alternate history Generals – Fight the masterminds of modern warfare Command & Conquer The First Decade includes the following titles: Command & Conquer Command & Conquer The Covert Operations Command & Conquer Red Alert Command & Conquer Red Alert Counterstrike Command & Conquer Red Alert The Aftermath Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun Firestorm Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 Command & Conquer Yuri’s Revenge Command & Conquer Renegade Command & Conquer Generals Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour
Feb
14
2009
WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2007 Enables players to experience the intensity of being a WWE Superstar like never before with key updates and new game play features. Environmental hotspots let players select and control multiple objects in and around the ring, as well as from crowd members, to inflict damage on their opponents. Features A brand new Analog Control System makes fighting more realistic than ever with intuitive movement and new elements of control. An enhanced Season Mode provides multiple branching storylines and unprecedented levels of player choice. In and out of the ring, dozens of user-controlled environmental hotspots let players take advantage of anything at their disposal to inflict damage on opponents in new and unique ways. Additionally, new high impact combination moves let players take the power of WWE Superstars into their own hands. Experience the intensity of WWE fans in a brand new, fully loaded interactive fighting area. Players can take advantage of multiple weapons, environmental damage and grabbing signs and weapons from the crowd. Multiple enhancements, including incredible high definition graphics, updated rosters for both RAW and SmackDown, an expanded General Manager Mode, online multiplayer game play with voice chat support and much more!
Feb
13
2009
Overview Based on Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming digitally animated family adventure The Ant Bully, Midway’s action/adventure videogame allows players to experience and explore the mar vels of the insect world. Players will take on the role of Lucas Nickle, an outcast 10-year-old who turns his frustrations on the defenseless ant hill in his yard and its tiny inhabitants. In an act of justice, the wizard ant Zoc magically shrinks Lucas to the size of an ant. To earn his freedom Lucas must learn how to live among the colony and sur vive the perils of the insect world. As part of his incredible adventures, Lucas will experience the daunting scale of an ant living in a human-sized world. The player, as Lucas, will evolve from ant bully to ant hero as he leads the colony in an epic life and death struggle to save the insect world from certain extermination. Features Interact With Characters From The Film Zoc the Wizard Ant, Hova the Nurse Ant, Fugax the Scout Ant and Kreela the Forager Ant are all there to help Lucas in his quest to save the colony. Along the way, he’ll also encounter the happy-go-lucky Beetle and fatalistic Glow worm, as well as the nemesis of the insect world, exterminator Stan Beales. Live Like An Ant Lucas will need to rely on ant-like skills such as stamina, strength and climbing ability to survive in the dangerous environment. He’ll learn new abilities such as climbing on surfaces and lifting objects 10 times his size. Battle Enemies Galore Fight alongside ants against enemies of the colony, including wasps, termites and humans. Other enemies include pill bugs, spiders, earwigs, fleas and mosquitoes. Take Flight Experience aerial bat tles and thrilling dogfight sequences by controlling Lucas on a flying wasp and hang-glide safely from one location to another. See What An Ant Sees Visit locations such as the Ant Hill, Lucas’ House, Lucas’ Yard, the Broken Glass Garden, Caterpillar Stables and the Frog Pond from the viewpoint of an ant. Utilize Distinct Weaponry Gain new weapons, armor and ammunition as you help Lucas evolve into an ant. Weapons include Lucas’ staff, dart bow, lava silk squirter and seed bombs. It Takes A Colony Using telepathy, request the help of other ants using telepathy to overcome the navigational hazards of this tiny world. Lucas will be able to request ants perform larger tasks such as having a group of ants form bridges, catapults and ladders to help traverse the environment. Relive Key Moments in the Film Encounter 18 dif ferent missions and boss fights inspired by the movie in your quest to become an ant and experience a wide varie t y of game play. Collecting Items Lucas can seek out and collect a series of goods that will help him throughout his adventure,including sweet rocks, honeydew, fire crystals, darts, lava silk, seeds and ammunition upgrades.
Feb
11
2009
Overview Step up to the best deal in town and test your skill. Shuffle the cards and deal yourself in to the greatest card games of all time. Hoyle drops you right into the action with over 75 classic games, official rules, tips and strategies. From classic games like Cribbage to new favorites like online Texas Hold’em, Hoyle Card Games has something for everyone. Features All games are based on the official rules from HOYLE , the authority for over 200 years Create your own character with Face Creator, customizing everything from facial features to clothes Interactive computer opponents with multiple skill levels to challenge everybody Play together on the same computer and challenge your friends and family for bragging rights or play solo with 45 different solitaire games included. Over 75 card games including: Texas Hold’em, Hearts, Bridge, Crazy Eights, Gin Rummy, Omaha Hold’em, Pinochle, Rummy 500, and much more! Bonus: 16 Black Jack Games
Feb
09
2009
Overview In "Shadowrun" players vie for supremacy in an intense first-person shooter experience that rewards cleverness, cunning and split-second improvisation through a unique combination of modern weapons, ancient magic and advanced technology. Humans are joined by elves, dwarves and trolls in a battle for supremacy among soaring corporate towers, warren-filled slums and an ancient ziggurat of power. Strike a balance on your team with races possessing unique abilities that complement your weapons and tactics. Battle in 3-D spaces that allow cunning uses of spells and techs such as Glide, Teleport, Gust and Enhanced Vision. Features Rich legacy brought to life. After a 5,000-year absence, magic has returned to the world of 2021, and global corporations battle a relentless ancient order to harness this reawakened power. Be a part of the RNA, a global megacorporation, and bring order (and profit) to a world of chaos. Or join the Lineage to keep magic wild and free at all costs. Choose a side and wage war for the future of magic in the new world of "Shadowrun." Gameplay: Changing Magic and Tech. Dive into a universe where ancient magic co-exists with deadly weaponry and experience a revolution in FPS gaming. Upgrade your character by purchasing advanced technology and magic for each round in an extraordinary arms race to improve your abilities and open new tactics for your team. Magic and Tech offers these capabilities Enhanced Vision: Use your cybernetic eye to spot your enemy through walls. Teleport: Teleport through obstacles and behind your opponents in the blink of an eye. Resurrect: Bring fallen comrades back into battle and link their life-essence to yours. Intense cross-platform multiplayer action For the first time, Xbox 360 and Windows Vista gamers can compete as a team or as foes. Shadowrun tears down the walls between friends and gamer communities on the console and PC by allowing up to 16 gamers to play together, regardless of platform. Not only does "Shadowrun" bring these communities together, it allows gamers to answer the eternal question, Which is the more efficient FPS control scheme, controller or mouse and keyboard? Four ancient races with unique strengths and weaknesses battle in 3-D environments. The ultimate online and offline battlefield. Fight against or alongside AI teammates or join up with friends against all comers via System Link and Xbox LIVE. Fill out your team with intelligent AI characters that respond to your tactical commands and provide an unparalleled team experience. Train offline with the robust AI, or play through a host of training sessions as you master the magic and technology of Shadowrun.