Manhunt 2 Box Art

A guy over at NeoGAF took this picture after visiting HMV. He claims it to be real, with over a dozen of boxes having the same message.


Note: This is only the preorder boxart, not the official.

From NeoGAF

New God of War game - God of War: Betrayal heading to cellphones

First it came to the PS2, than PSP and now... cellphones?! That's right. It's a 2-D sidescroller, being made by a completely different team.

Hands-on impression from Destructoid:

'Of course, it's not just graphics that really make cell phone titles work. The most important part is how they play -- something especially true for action games. What's crazy is that not only did the SOE team create a wonderfully familiar feel to God of War: Betrayal, but they did it in such a way that makes the game actually easy and intuitive to play on a cell phone.
The game takes many cues from its big brothers, whether it be pushing a directional button several times to move a statue or pushing in different directions to pull off a finishing move. In essence, the same kind of quality and excellent gameplay you get in the console version is absolutely perfectly translated to the cell phone.
I don't know about you, but I'm one to never download games to my phone. If I need mobile gaming, then I just whip out my DS or PSP. But, after seeing God of War: Betrayal, I can say without a doubt I will be downloading this thing.'

First screens of new Simpsons game surface

More screens of unveiling can be found here

THQ Euro release dates

September 2007
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, NDS)
MotoGP ´07 (Xbox 360)

4th Quarter 2007 -
WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2008 (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, NDS)

2007
Frontlines: Fuel of War (PS3, Xbox 360)
Ratatouille (Xbox 360, GC, NDS, PS2, PSP, PS3, Wii)
Stuntman: Ignition (Xbox 360, PS3, PSP)

From GoNintendo

Call of Duty 4: Official Trailer

720p Version Download (~31mb)

Looks great, though the consoles it's being released on is not yet known. I expect it to be on the PS3/360, though I'm not too sure if it's going to be released on the Wii.

New Japanese Trademarks

Nintendo
2007-011664 Joy Mecha Fight
2007-011665 Mario Open Golf
2007-011666 Minna de Touhyou Channel (JP name for Everybody Votes)
2007-011943 Everybody Votes Channel
2007-014031 Wii de Yawaraka Atamajuku
2007-014032 Mini Mini Daikoushin!
2007-014420 Brownie Brown

Bandai Namco
2007-016169 Tales of Valoria
2007-016170 Tales of Strife
2007-016171 Tales of Vesperia
2007-011877 Jumpin' Fantasy
2007-012049 Eitan Puzzle
2007-015677 Smash Court Tennis

Sega
2007-012977 Private Ocean
2007-013996 D Kids Adventure
2007-015049 Sega Blocks
2007-016664 Pictimage
2007-016859 Flicky
2007-011756 Contributing to

SCE
2007-012560 Cell Museum
2007-013802 Calling All Cars!
2007-014000 Pocket P-dama

Konami
2007-011472 Tactical Evolution
2007-014341 Final Gallop
2007-016188 Excellent Excavation Online
2007-016189 Professional Baseball Spirits

I'm really interested in the three new "Tales of" trademarks. I wonder which console will be getting them?

Thanks to NeoGAF

EGM Review Scores - May Edition

Wii
Super Paper Mario: 8, 9, 9 [Game of the Month]
Cooking Mama: Cook Off: 7, 8, 7.5
Medal of Honor: Vanguard: 4, 4, 6

Playstation 3
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: 9.5, 8.5, 9

Xbox 360
Earth Defense Force 2017: 8, 7, 7.5
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2: 8.5, 8, 7.5

Nintendo DS
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales: 6, 6.5, 6.5
Wario: Master of Disguise: 4, 5, 5
Custom Robo Arena: 7.5, 8, 8
Lost in Blue: 5, 5.5, 4.5

Some of you might be wondering why Oblivion didn't get Game of the Month:
Well, the PS3's Oblivion is essentially the same game as the one that came out last year on 360. It's still great, but we don't want the same already-honored game to nab another GOTM award when new games like Super Paper Mario deserve the love.

From Neogaf

Edge (April) Review Scores

Motorstorm [PS3] - 8
Virtua Fighter 5 [PS3] - 8
Rogue Galaxy [PS2] - 6
Def Jam: Icon [360,PS3] - 5
God of War 2 [PS2] - 7
Sonic and the Secret Rings [Wii] - 5
Trackmania United [PC] - 8
Burnout Dominator [PS2, PSP] - 7
Virtua Tennis 3 [360,PS3,PC,PSP] - 8
Lunar Knights [DS] - 7
Vampire's Rain [360] - 5
Diddy Kong Racing DS [DS] - 5
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters [PSP] - 7
Infernal [PC] - 3

From Neogaf

EGM scores

Wii
Sonic and the Secret Rings: 7.5, 6, 6
Kororinpa: Marble Mania: 7.5, 7, 7.5
SSX Blur: 5.5, 4.5, 6.5
Wing Island: 3, 4, 4 [Shame of the Month]
Tiger Woods PGA tour 07: 7.5, 8, 6.5

Playstation 3
Formula One Championship Edition: 7.5, 6.5, 7.5
Motorstorm: 7.5, 7.5, 9

Playstation 3/Xbox 360
Virtua Tennis 3: 6.5, 7.5, 8
Armored Core 4: 4, 6.5, 4
Def Jam: Icon: 6.5, 6.5, 7.5
Major League Baseball 2K7: 7.5, 7, 7

Playstation 2
Shining Force Exa: 6, 7, 4
God of War 2: 9.5, 9, 9 [Game of the Month]

Playstation Portable
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters: 7, 8, 7.5
After Burner: Black Falcon: 6.5, 2, 5.5

Famitsu scores

• Virtua Tennis 3 (PS3, Sega): 8, 7, 7, 6 - (28/40)
• Bomberman Land Wii (Wii, Hudson): 7, 6, 7, 7 - (27/40)
• Seiken Densetsu: Heroes of Mana (NDS, Square Enix): 9, 8, 8, 7 - (32/40)
• Doraemon: Nobita no Shin Makai Daibouken DS (NDS, Sega): 8, 8, 8, 7 - (31/40)
• Yoshi's Island DS (NDS, Nintendo): 9, 7, 8, 8 - (32/40)
• Riot Act [Crackdown] (X360, Microsoft): 9, 9, 8, 9 - (35/40)
• Armored Core 4 (X360, From Software) - 8, 8, 8, 8 - (32/40)
• Call of Duty 3 (X360, Activision) - 8, 8, 9, 7 - (32/40)
• Kenka Banchou 2: Full Throttle (PS2, Spike): 7, 8, 7, 7 - (29/40)
• Amekoushi no Kan (PS2, Nippon Ichi): 7, 8, 8, 8 - (31/40)
• Karous (DC, MileStone): 6, 6, 6, 7 - (25/40)

Great score for Heroes of Mana And Yoshi's Island.

Latest Famistu Scores

Nintendo DS
Sim City DS (EA): 7, 8, 8, 8 - (31/40)
Boku wa Koukuu Kanseikan DS (Interchannel): 7, 6, 7, 7 - (27/40)
Nova Usagi no Game de Ryuugaku DS (Konami): 6, 7, 7, 6 - (26/40)
Keroro Gunsou: Enshuu da Yo! Zenin Shuugou Part 2 (Bandai Namco): 7, 6, 7, 6 - (26/40)

PSP
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom): 9, 8, 9, 8 - (34/40)
Akudaikan Manyuuki: Seigi no Yaiba (Global A): 5, 4, 7, 6 - (22/40)
Simple 2500 Series Portable Vol.9: The My Taxi! (D3): 6, 5, 7, 5 - (23/40)
WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007 (THQ): 5, 7, 6, 6 - (24/40)

Wii
Fire Emblem: Akatsuki no Megami (Nintendo): 8, 8, 8, 9 - (33/40)
Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX (Takara Tomy): 6, 6, 6, 7 - (25/40)

PlayStation 3
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (Sony): 7, 8, 8, 8 - (31/40)

Xbox 360
Riot Act [Crackdown] (Microsoft): 9, 8, 8, 9 - (34/40)
Splinter Cell: Nijuu Spy (Ubisoft): 7, 8, 8, 9 - (32/40)

PlayStation 2
Aammegami-Sama (Marvelous): 5, 6, 6, 7 - (24/40)
Aoi Sora no Neosphere: Nanoka Frankano Hatsumei Koubouki 2 (Nippon Ichi): 7, 7, 8, 5 - (27/40)
Destroy All Humans! (Sega): 8, 9, 7, 7 - (31/40)
Higurashi no Naku Kei ni Matsuri (Alchemist): 9, 8, 8, 6 - (31/40)
Lupin III: Lupin niwa Shio, Zenigata niwa Koio (Banpresto): 7, 5, 8, 5 - (25/40)
Reijou Tantei: Office Love Jiken (D3P): 6, 6, 6, 5 - (23/40)
Shoujo Mahou Gaku Little Witch Romanesque (Success): 6, 7, 6, 5 - (24/40)
Simple 2000 Series Vol.113: The Tairyou Jigoku (D3): 4, 5, 5, 4 - (18/40)
Soukou Kihei Armodyne (Sony): 8, 8, 7, 6 - (29/40)
The Jokouppichi Torimonochou - Oanechan Go Go Go! (D3): 4, 5, 4, 6 - (19/40)

Dreamcast
Trigger Heart Exelica (Warashi): 7, 6, 6, 6 - (25/40)

From: The Magic Box

Nintendo Dominates Japan

Nintendo has once again shown it is capable to be the leader of the market yet again. Here are the sales for all consoles in January:

Handhelds
DS 700,000
PSP 230,000

Consoles
Wii 405,000
PS3 148,000
PS2 111,000
Xbox 360 40,000

Wii sold more then PS3, Ps2 and Xbox 360 combined while the DS dominated the PSP.

Source: IGN

Latest Famitsu Scores

Bleach 2 (DS) - 8/7/8/7
Layton (DS) - 8/8/8/9
Tiger Woods 07 (PSP) - 7/7/7/8
Lumines 2 (PSP) - 8/8/8/7
Soul Cradle (PS2) - 8/8/7/7
Appleseed (PS2) - 3/4/4/3
Zero no Tsukai (PS2) - 6/7/6/5

Famitsu Scores

Virtua Fighter 5 (PS3, Sega): 9 / 9 / 9 / 8 - (35/40)
Cooking Mama: Minna to Issho ni Oryouri Taikai! (Wii, Taito): 6 / 8 / 8 / 7 - (29/40)
OutRun2 Special Tour (PSP, Sega): 7 / 7 / 6 / 6 - (26/40)
Fuzion Frenzy 2 (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 4 / 5 / 5 / 5 - (19/40)
Jet Impulse (NDS, Nintendo): 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (28/40)
Luminous Arc (NDS, Marvelous): 8 / 7 / 7 / 6 - (28/40)
Medal of Honor Heroes (PSP, EA): 7 / 8 / 8 / 7 - (30/40)
New Rainbow Island: Hurdy Gurdy Daibouken (PSP, Marvelous): 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 - (16/40)

Gamespot's Most Wanted '07

Here is a list of Gamespot's Most Wanted games of 2007:

• God of War II (PS2)
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PC)
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
• Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360)
• Mass Effect (Xbox 360)
• Crackdown (Xbox 360)
• Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
• Burnout 5 (working title) Xbox 360 | PS3
• Tomb Raider: Anniversary (PS2)
• BioShock (PC) | (Xbox 360)
• Spore (PC)
• Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
• Half-Life 2: Episode Two (PC) | (Xbox 360) | (PS3)

Console Breakdown:

360: 7
PC: 4
PS2: 2
PS3: 2
Wii: 2
DS: 1

Interesting list. I agree with some, I disagree with some.

Link to article can be found here

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