Game Addict Hotline



Game Addict Hotline

September 25, 2005

NEWS:

Ubisoft can’t stop EA from buying their company

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot spoke out this week admitting that there would be little he could do to stop a takeover by Electronic Arts. A takeover would not come cheap for EA, who would have to spend a lot of money in order to pull it off.

Plague in World of Warcraft finally dying.

The "corrupted blood" plague has been squelched after a new spell was cast on the WoW players. It all started with a new dungeon opened for the very advanced players to adventure. When the players came to the final boss in the dungeon, the boss would infect the “corrupted blood” virus. The spell would infect not only the player but also players around them. With easy transportation to many towns, many other players would be infected by the carrier of the virus. Soon many of the weak players couldn’t even enter a town before dying in a few seconds. Luckily the developers have now created a spell to clean up the infection.

G4 gets new CEO

Charles Hirschhorn, Founder and CEO of G4 have been replaced by Neal Tiles. Tiles was the executive vice president of marketing at DirecTV until his departure there in June, he was also the Vice President of marketing for Fox Sports and Fox Sports Net. Many speculate that it will be a return to more computer based TV shows. We’ll see what happens in the next few months.

PSP 2.00 has been hacked

The PSP has been hacked again. Check out the link on the show notes for the website.

NEW RELEASES:

All Consoles

Frogger: Ancient Shadow Konami

Just Cause Eidos Interactive

NBA Live 06 EA

XBOX & PS2

Capcom Classics Collection Capcom

Heroes of the Pacific Ubisoft

Midway Arcade Treasures 3 Midway

NBA 2K6 2k Sports

The Suffering: Ties That Bind Midway

Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit Konami

PS2

Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 Konami

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition Natsume

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Never Ending Tomorrow Bandai

Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves Sony

Top Spin 2k Sports

Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico Eidos Interactive

War Chess Jack of All Games

Xbox

Cold War DreamCatcher Int.

Far Cry Instincts Ubisoft

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse Aspyr

Worms 4: Mayhem Majesco

Gamecube

Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness Nintendo

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown UbiSoft

Rental Numbers:

1. Burnout Revenge for Xbox (Electronic Arts)

2. Burnout Revenge for PS2 (Electronic Arts)

3. Darkwatch for Xbox (Capcom)

4. Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction for Xbox (Vivendi Universal)

5. Burnout Legends for PSP (Electronic Arts)

6. Madden NFL 06 for Xbox (Electronic Arts)

7. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown for Xbox (Ubisoft)

8. God of War for PlayStation 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment)

9. Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction for PlayStation 2 (Vivendi Universal)

10. Darkwatch for PS2 (Capcom)

Quiz:

Tony Hawk Series:

1. This is the name of the next Tony Hawk Pro Skater game coming out this Fall: What is Tony Hawk American Wasteland

2. This is the word you make when you collect all five letters scattered around the level: What is SKATE

3. This is the name of the first level in the first Tony Hawk Pro Skater game: What is “The Warehouse: Woodland Hills”

MMORPG

1. This game just had a plague called “corrupted blood" which killed many noobs: What is “World of Warcraft”

2. This game just reached its 1 millionth account this week? What is “Guild Wars”.

3. This game had a huge scandal evolving double agents, backstabbing, and the equivalent of $16,500 worth of items stolen from a guild: What is Eve (Read the full article in this September’s PC Gamer)

Games that Senator’s Love to Hate.

1. This game will be on the shelves soon after the controversy over a hot coffee mod: What is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

2. This fighting game started a huge uproar over its violence in 1993. Clue (a heart was taken out of a persons body and some people were burned to a skeleton): What is Mortal Kombat

3. This Sega CD game angered Joe Lieberman when it showed pajama wearing girls being killed by vampires in video sequences: What is Night Trap.

Final Question

Last week the Japanese got a chance to test out the Xbox 360. After playing with the system, very weak interest became just weak interest. According to Famitsu Weekly, what is the percentage of Japanese video game players who are now interested in the Xbox 360? What is 22% from 6%.

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