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X B O X

- Microsoft will release a new line of Best of Platinum Hit for Xbox in US in March 2006, 16 titles will be available at the beginning, at US$9.99 each:

  • Counterstrike (Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Enter The Matrix (Atari)
  • Fuzion Frenzy (Microsoft Game Studios)
  • MechAssault (Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Project Gotham Racing 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Shrek 2 (Activision)
  • Soul Calibur II (Namco)
  • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Bethesda Softworks)
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (Ubi Soft)
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recond: Island Thunder (Ubi Soft)
  • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (Ubi Soft)
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Ubi Soft)
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (Ubi Soft)
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (Activision)
  • Tony Hawk's Underground (Activision)
  • True Crime: Streets of L.A. (Activision)

P L A Y S T A T I O N   2

- Here are some new images of Square Enix's PS2 RPG Valkyrie Profile Silmeria, the game will be released in Japan in June 2006. A new character named Lezard Valeth is revealed, who is a powerful mage.


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O T H E R

- Here are the latest Japanese game review scores:

  • Sotsugyou 2nd Generation (PS2, Jinx): 6, 6, 6, 5 - (23/40)
  • Tengai Makyou II: Manjimaru (NDS, Hudson): 7, 7, 7, 8 - (29/40)
  • Biz Taiken Series: Kigyou Mishi (PSP, Kokuyao): 7, 7, 7, 7 - (28/40)
  • Bomberman: Bakufuu Sentai Bombermen (PSP, Sony): 6, 6, 5, 7 - (24/40)
  • I.Q. Mania (PSP, Sony): 6, 7, 7, 8 - (28/40)
  • Lemmings (PSP, Sony): 7, 7, 7, 7 - (28/40)
  • WRC Championship (PSP, Spike): 7, 7, 7, 7 - (28/40)
  • XI Coliseum (PSP, Sony): 7, 7, 7, 7 - (28/40)

- Sega will release the Lindbergh arcade fighting game Virtua Fighter 5 in Japan in July 2006.

- Tech industry analysts expect Microsoft to announce a new handheld system on March 9, which is code-named Origami. The new Microsoft handheld system is capable of playing music, videos, download contents from the web, play exclusive videogames like Halo, and access multimedia contents like a PDA. It is uncertain whether this product will be marketed as a handheld game system or a mobile device like Blackberry. (Source: USA Today)



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