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The Simpsons Game: Super Big Happy Fun Trailer

The Simpsons Game: Super Big Happy Fun Trailer is the best tongue in cheek trailer from the game we have seen.

Army of Two - ‘Recruitment’ Trailer

A New Army of Two trailer has been released today, it’s title ‘recruitment’. EA’s co-op shooter is due on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 30th.

What is the Deal with all the blood spatter in the game? Do people really think that looks cool? 

Burnout Paradise screenshots

Here’s a set of Burnout Paradise screenshots. The fifth title in EA Criterion’s racing /crashing series is due this winter on PS3 and Xbox 360. These shots show the Montgomery Hawker.

The Simpsons Game: Conquering Neverquest –Trailer Spoof

The Simpsons Game: Medal of HOMER – Trailer Spoof

The Simpsons Game Details and Info

The Simpsons Game features a hilarious, sprawling, and mind-busting storyline crafted by the TV show’s Emmy Award-winning writers. For this action-comedy, the full cast of voice actors from the TV show and movie reprise their roles to lend the ultimate in authenticity and realism to the game.

In The Simpsons Game, Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa use exciting, all-new powers to save Springfield from rising chaos. To help the Simpsons, gamers must journey through their home town (as well as vast worlds beyond!), vanquish an amazing array of villains, and fight their way through parodies of multiple popular games.

• Play Your Favorite Characters – Battle enemies and save Springfield while playing as your favorite dysfunctional TV family; Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge and even Maggie Simpson.
• The Real Simpsons – With the actual voice actors from the TV show and movie reprising their roles; characters from The Simpsons Game sound exactly as they should.
• Unique Character Abilities – While The Simpsons family have general abilities that can be used to fight opponents, interact with environments, and finish puzzles; each one has been imbued with special abilities that are unique to their personalities. These abilities grow and change as they progress through the story to battle tougher and tougher enemies in their quest to save Springfield!
• Looks Like The Simpsons – Using innovative 3D into 2D technology, the developers have been able to recreate Springfield and the entire cast of The Simpsons as the most visually authentic Simpsons game to date.
• Featuring Favorite and Original Springfieldeans! – The Simpsons Game features over 100 of your favorite Simpsons
• characters from the show along with 50+ new characters that were inspired by the fiction.
• An Original Episodic Adventure – The Simpsons Game features a 100% original script from the writers of the show with 4 distinct acts divided into 16 episodes and over 8,000 lines of dialogue.
• Springfield Hub – The open-world Springfield was designed as a central locale to jump into episodes with iconic locations to visit, characters to be visited and interact with, and hundreds of collectibles to be found.
• Parodies and Satire – With parodies of the video game industry, pop culture and current events, the game has the same gut wrenching hilarity as the show.
• Co-op Play – With two members of The Simpsons family involved in each episode, all episodes can be played cooperatively in addition to being played in single-player mode. Play by yourself and switch between characters to solve the various puzzles or have a friend come over, pick up a controller and drop-in drop-out of any episode they choose.
• Collectibles – Roam throughout the episodes and Springfield itself to discover custom video game clichés, and unique collectibles for each member of The Simpsons family. Collectibles lead to trophies that increase your family’s powers, and can be viewed in your trophy rooms back at home on Evergreen Terrace.
• Time Challenges – Every episode can be replayed, and each unlocks a unique Time Challenge. Use the skills you’ve learned throughout the game to beat target times over 16 individual Time Challenges.

UO Tenth Anniversary Anniversary Bonus

EA announces a “Return to Brittania” campaign to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Ultima Online, granting all former players in good standing amnesty for the crime of canceling their accounts, and allowing them free play through October 9:

Redwood City, CA, September 25, 2007 - Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world’s leading interactive entertainment company, today celebrated the 10th anniversary of the classic massively-multiplayer online game (MMO), Ultima Online(TM). Launched on September 25, 1997, Ultima Online broke new ground in the multiplayer game space and ushered in the modern MMO era. Anniversary celebrations include special in-game activities and rewards, plus a new amnesty program that invites former players back to experience the major game update, Ultima Online Kingdom Reborn, for free.

“Ultima Online has thrived for 10 years and achieved the status of an MMO classic, thanks in large part to the devoted player community,” said Mark Jacobs, VP and general manager, EA Mythic. “We are very excited to celebrate this special anniversary with players.”

In celebration of the 10th anniversary, EA is kicking off the “Return to Brittania” campaign, an amnesty program that welcomes former players to discover the gameplay and graphics upgrades implemented in Kingdom Reborn. Past subscribers in good standing will be able to play for free through October 9, 2007 by visiting www.uo.com/kingdomreborn/gamefiles, downloading Ultima Online Kingdom Reborn and logging in using their former account name and password.

During the in-game 10th anniversary celebration, players will be able to take part in a monster hunt with special prizes including an ankh pendant necklace, map of Brittania, Ultima Online commemorative sculpture and virtue armor set. Additionally, all players will receive 10 décor tokens and a wand of fireworks in their characters’ inventory.

For more information on the 10th anniversary celebration, please visit www.uoherald.com/tenth

Medal of Honor: Airborne For your Mobile Phone

Drop into exciting WWII combat! Based on the hit console game, you play as Boyd Travers, a rank-and-file soldier with a heroic future. Join the 82^nd Airborne division and enter the fast-paced fray. Complete missions in famous WWII battles, including D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. Use cover to survive enemy tanks, mortar and strafing fire as you battle in cities and plains. With an array of weapons, you’ll have the firepower you need to succeed. Fight alongside allied troops as you make your way to Germany – and victory.

• Dynamic environments put intense fight action at your fingertips.
• Cinematic, “you are there” airdrop delivers an exciting mission entrance.
• Take part in historic battles from World War II.
• Engage in fierce combat across cities and open plains.
• Ambient environment animations create a heightened sense of realism.
• Fight alongside allied soldiers in tough battles against waves of enemies.
• Discover new weapons to keep your arsenal varied – and lethal.
• Use strategic cover to protect yourself against hardened enemy soldiers.
• Enemies attack with tanks, guns, bayonets, grenades and other weapons.

Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning Gets Windfall Number Of Beta Testers

EA Mythic today announced that the Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning beta now has over 400,000 sign-ups. This allegedly makes it the one for the most successful MMO betas ever, I imagine only one has ever been bigger to be honest.

Thankfully for eager fans, this doesn’t mean sign-ups are now closed, European gamer’s can still take part via the official European site, others should try the EA Mythic beta site.

Warhammer Online launches in early 2008.

EA’s Medal of Honor Airborne Ships

Medal of Honor Airborne, the latest installment from EA’s critically-acclaimed Medal of Honor franchise has shipped to store shelves across North America and the UK for the PC and Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system. Medal of Honor Airborne is set to redefine the series and will change the way shooters are played. Medal of Honor Airborne offers a dramatically different approach to FPS games with its unprecedented non-linear gameplay.

“In recreating the largest airdrops in history, Medal of Honor Airborne brings a dramatic change and opens up the FPS genre with the innovative airdrop experience,” explained Patrick Gilmore, VP and Executive Producer at EALA. “Players have the ability to land anywhere on the battlefield, and choose their own tactics to achieve victory, delivering unprecedented variety and freedom to the combat experience.”

For the first time in a FPS game, players airdrop into combat from a C-47 and land anywhere in an open battlefield. The first step is everything and the player’s landing spot can dramatically change the course of battle. Conflict on the ground offers unprecedented tactical choice in vertical, open battle spaces with a wealth of attack routes and flanking opportunities.

Medal of Honor Airborne is rated ‘T’ for Teen by the ESRB, 16+ by PEGI, and 18+ by USK. The Xbox 360 version has a US MSRP of $59.99 and the PC version has a US MSRP of $49.99. Medal of Honor Airborne for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system will ship in November. For more information on Medal of Honor Airborne and the Medal of Honor franchise, please visit: http://www.moha.ea.com. Please visit EA’s press site at http://www.info.ea.com for information about all of EA’s games.