TH Project 8 & Marvel Ultimate Alliance available tomarrow

Want a couple PS3 games 10 days before you can play them? Possibly to look at the box art and takes some pictures to brag, maybe even lie and say you have a PS3 and just take some pics of the game? Well, you’re in luck, because Tony Hawk’s Project 8 and Marvel ultimate Alliance are both shipping to retailers for the PS3 and should be available tomorrow the 7th or Wednesday the 8th. Both will retail for $59.99.

Elite Beat Agents now available at retail

Users Keep the Beat with This Over-the-Top Touch Generations Rhythm Game

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 6, 2006 – Nintendo’s Elite Beat Agents™ are international men of mystery, but the only licenses they carry are licenses to boogie. This Nintendo DS™ game is all about the music with a branching storyline: The more accurately players can tap to rhythmic pop music patterns on the touch screen, the better the story turns out. It’s a crazy mix of music, dancing and madness that has already received rave reviews – and it’s available in North America on Nov. 8.

Coupled with a collection of quirky story lines and hilarious characters, Elite Beat Agents boasts a number of popular tunes, including “Rock This Town,” “Walkie Talkie Man,” “Material Girl,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and more. Playable on the Nintendo DS, this unique mix of rhythm and dance offers music fans the chance to get their groove on no matter where they are. It’s a head-bopping, toe-tapping phenomenon made portable just in time for the holidays.

“Elite Beat Agents is a fantastic addition to our holiday lineup,” says George Harrison, Nintendo of America’s senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. “It offers a one-of-a-kind game experience that appeals to everyone, from first-time players to hard-core gamers, making it an ideal fit for our Touch Generations brand, which includes games and experiences that anyone can easily pick up and play.”

Elite Beat Agents follows the riotous exploits of three secret agents who help people overcome everyday problems by infusing their targets with “groovy” energy. Whether the mission is to help a lost dog find his way home or aid a babysitter in charming a hunky football player, people of all ages will be lured in by the game’s fun and amusing story lines. After all, who wouldn’t want the chance to save the day? So, get out your DS Lite because … “AGENTS ARE GO!”

Movies and TV on your Xbox

 

Microsoft Corp. November 6 announced agreements with CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS Inc.), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment to bring an initial lineup of over 1,000 hours of hit TV shows and movies to Xbox 360™ gamers in the U.S. by the end of the year. Furthermore, Xbox 360 will be the first gaming console to bring standard and high-definition TV shows and movies via digital distribution over the Internet directly to the consumer.

Beginning Nov. 22, on its first anniversary, Xbox 360 will be the first gaming console in history to provide high-definition TV shows and movies directly to gamers in their living rooms. Xbox 360 gamers will have access to the full-length TV shows as downloads to own and movies to rent via download from the Xbox Live^® network, the worldwide leader in online distribution of high-definition gaming and entertainment content. This announcement also brings with it several additional “firsts”:

• For the first time, consumers will get an integrated gaming and entertainment experience on a gaming console that includes downloadable high-definition TV shows and movies. This new full-length content adds to the ever-expanding number of choices gamers have on their Xbox 360, whether they want to play games or play a movie on a disc or as a download in high definition or standard definition.
• For the first time CBS will deliver high-definition download-to-own TV shows including “CSI,” “Jericho,” “Numb3rs” and remastered “Star Trek” episodes; gamers can buy them and watch them repeatedly.
• For the first time on any platform, NASCAR.COM will deliver download-to-own condensed versions of select NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races from “Race Rewind.”
• For the first time, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will make 50 of its most intense fights available for download as well as select episodes from the original season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series.

“This groundbreaking announcement is a win for everyone,” said Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “It connects our partners with one of the most coveted audiences in entertainment today, and provides even greater value to our Xbox Live community, allowing them to enjoy the games and entertainment they want, when they want it.”

The initial lineup of TV shows available for download to own and feature films available for download to rent will include a growing catalog of popular hits. Examples of content that will be available on the network by the end of year include the following:

• “Robot Chicken” and “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” from Adult Swim
• “CSI,” “Survivor” and “Star Trek” from CBS
• Emmy and Peabody award-winning “South Park” and “Chappelle’s Show” from COMEDY CENTRAL
• “The Real World” and “Pimp My Ride” from MTV
• “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and ”SpongeBob SquarePants” from Nickelodeon
• “Skyland” and “The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival” from Nicktoons Network
• “M:i:III,” Nacho Libre” and “Jackass: The Movie” from Paramount Pictures
• “Carpocalypse” and “Raising the Roofs” from Spike TV
• “Race Rewind” provided by NASCAR.COM
• Select episodes of the original season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series and the “UFC: All Access” shows from the UFC
• “Breaking Bonaduce” and “Hogan Knows Best” from VH1
• “The Matrix,” “Superman Returns” and “Batman Forever” from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Xbox 360 gamers can access Xbox Live Marketplace with a free Xbox Live Silver membership and a broadband connection. More information about the content available on Xbox Live Marketplace can be found at http://www.xbox.com/marketplaceentertainment.

Awesome Wii ad

Although this isn’t an official Wii ad it probably should be because it’s just awesome. Kudos to whoever made this.

New PS3 commercial

This commercial is similar to the Play B3yond ad with the cell processor.  The wait is almost over fellas. 11.17.06

Wii/PS3 arrives at retailers

 

Most if not probably all retailers should be receiving their Wii and PS3 shipments sometime this week. The retailer I work at has received about 25 Wii systems and 8 PS3 systems. Games and accessories should begin shipping this week or early next week and go on sale as soon as they are received. These are truly exciting times for anyone who considers themselves gamers. Good luck come Nov. 17 & 19 as well as beyond. I should have some interesting photos next week to put up here as well as an on-site podcast with campers for both PS3 and Wii.