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About CEBIT 2011

With a clear display structure, new services, optimized visitor promotion and a broad-based range of press services, the leading trade fair for the ICT industry gives you what you need to build a successful future for your business.

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EVENT: CEBIT 2011

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LOCATION: Deutsche Messe Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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GDC 2010 San  Francisco – Showfloor Highlights

Mega64: GDC 2010 (Funny GDC 2010 COMMERCIAL)

“Discussions about Zeno Clash tend to focus on the game’s fantasticly satisfying first-person melee combat and hauntingly gorgeous art direction, but often overlook one of the game’s greatest strengths: its story,” stated Aram Jabbari, Manager of PR and Sales for Atlus. “With powerful themes of deception, revenge, and redemption, a creative non-linear chronology of events, and set within a fully-realized world inhabited by outlandish albeit believable creatures, Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition delivers, quite appropriately, one heck of a knockout punch. Gamers will be hard pressed to find a better, more substantial offering, not to mention a better value.”

Beyond its core strengths, Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition also boasts a number of significant additions and enhancements over the game’s original release. Cooperative split-screen and online multiplayer for the game’s Tower and Pit Challenges lets players fight side-by-side, and online leaderboards let pugilists put their punching proficiency to the test. New weapons and melee moves expand the game’s already deep combat, while tweaks to the controls and optimizations to the engine make beating the crap out of enemies even more enjoyable. In short, it’s called “Ultimate Edition” for a reason.

Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition for Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 is scheduled to release in Spring 2010. Visit the official game website (www.zenoclash.com) for more information.

About Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition
In the land of Zenozoik, the city of Halstedom is ruled by a powerful clan, one which Ghat has betrayed by committing a terrible sin. Now, Ghat’s brothers and sisters are pursuing him and his companion Deadra through strange and twisted lands, beyond the boundaries of the sane to the ends of the world. What was Ghat’s crime and why did he commit it? The bare-knuckled brawl to reach the truth has just begun.

Key Features
° Fascinating world of grotesque beauty–Equal parts breathtakingly beautiful and utterly disturbing, prepare to be swallowed up in a surreal fantasy world powered by the Source engine. Explore lush environments and confront bizarre animal-humanoid foes on your mission of discovery and redemption.
° Visceral first person fighting–Combat is up close, personal, and entirely satisfying. Start with a series of punches, kicks, and grabs, follow up with a knee to the enemy’s face, and hit him with a finishing move to send him flying yards away. Learn new moves to mix it up. Guns and melee weapons offer additional power and tactical options.
° Ultimate edition additions–The already highly praised gameplay has received an overhaul that includes combat rebalancing, interface enhancements, improved animations, new modes, and new gameplay content.
° New cooperative play modes–Enlist a friend to take on enemy waves in Tower Challenge, a special survival mode that offers additional replayability beyond the single-player campaign. Play cooperatively online, or locally via split screen. With leaderboards to rank you against your friends, the challenge never ends!

Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition has been rated “T” for Teen with Blood and Gore, Mild Suggestive Themes, and Violence by the ESRB.

About Atlus U.S.A., Inc.
Located in Irvine, California and founded in 1991, Atlus U.S.A., Inc. is renowned for its proud tradition of publishing exceptional role-playing games with strong niche appeal. The Atlus library of critically acclaimed video games includes Demon’s Souls, Odin Sphere, the Trauma Center series, and the award-winning Shin Megami Tensei series. For more information, visit http://www.atlus.com.

For breaking news, special promotions, insider info, and more, visit http://www.atlus.com/faithful to join the ranks of the Atlus Faithful!

©2007-2009 ACE TEAM SOFTWARE. All rights reserved. ACE Team, the ACE Team logo, Zeno Clash, the Zeno Clash logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ACE Team Software. Licensed to and published by Atlus U.S.A., Inc.

For years, GDC, as it’s known, has hosted two days of “summits” early in the week, before the main keynote address and the bulk of the panels and sessions begin, including the longstanding GDC Mobile, which dealt with just about every issue a developer could want on mobile and handheld devices.

And this year is no exception. Starting Tuesday, the GDC Mobile/Handheld summit will begin, offering 18 discussions on things like “bootstrapping games on Android;” “Creating augmented reality experiences on Nintendo DSi;” “Social networks: The new marketplace for mobile games?” and more. There’s even one called “Get your iPhone game to 2,000 other devices.”

But strikingly absent among those 18 panels are any that deal with game development specifically for the iPhone. And why? Because for the first time, the GDC advisory board decided that Apple’s smartphone is an important enough platform to warrant its own summit.

As a result, on Tuesday and Wednesday, hundreds — if not thousands — of people will shuffle into the 16 panels and discussions that make up the iPhone Games summit, sessions like “How to keep your game on top of the charts;” “Fastest path from concept to Top Paid;” “A big dash of success: how to capture the female iPhone gamer” and more.

Motion control has already been a big star, with the unveiling of the PlayStation Move controller last night building on the Wii’s efforts to change gaming from a sit-down experience into a more active and physically involved one.

That crazy looking Parrot AR Drone quadricopter that was first introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year was zipping around as well. Wannabe pilots control it using an iPhones linked via Wi-Fi to the chopper and the two cameras mounted on it and they can even play augmented reality games that make real life objects into targets you can shoot, on-screen, using a button on the iPhone.

Die Game Developers Conference Europe wird vom 16. bis zum 18. August stattfinden – wie üblich ist der letzte Tag der Konferenz auch der Fachbesuchertag der gamescom. Mehr Platz für Meetings wolle man den Besuchern in Form der GDC Europe Business Lounge zur Verfügung stellen. Angesichts des aktuellen Markttrends werde sich der zweite Tag der Veranstaltung schwerpunktmäßig um browser-basierte und Online-Spiele drehen.

Auch wird das UBM TechWeb Game Network, der Veranstalter der GDC, ein akademischen Austauschprogramm initiieren, das die Zusammenarbeit zwischen nordamerikanischen Universitäten und Unis aus dem Raum Nordrhein-Westfalen fördern soll.

Lehrkräfte aus beiden Regionen werden deswegen schon der GDC 2010 in San Francisco beiwohnen können.

Tokyo, March 10, 2010 – Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) today announced that PlayStation®Move motion controller for PlayStation®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system launches worldwide this fall, offering a motion-based, high-definition gaming experience unlike anything on the market. Concurrently with its launch, SCE will also release PlayStation®Move sub-controller to be used along with the motion controller for intuitive navigation of in-game characters and objects. The PlayStation Move platform, including the motion controller, sub-controller, and PlayStation®Eye camera*1, together with a strong lineup of software titles, will deliver an innovative and highly immersive experience on the PS3 system.

The combination of the PS3 system and PlayStation Eye camera detects the precise movement, angle, and absolute position in 3D space of PlayStation Move motion controller, allowing users to intuitively play the game as if they themselves are within the game. PlayStation Move motion controller delivers unmatched accuracy through its advanced motion sensors, including a three-axis gyroscope, a three-axis accelerometer, and a terrestrial magnetic field sensor, as well as a color-changing sphere that is tracked by PlayStation Eye camera. Through PlayStation Move system, both fast and subtle motion can be detected, whether the user is swinging a tennis racket, or painting with a brush. With PlayStation Move motion controller, users can provide direct input through action buttons and an analog trigger, while receiving physical feedback from rumble functionality and visual feedback from the sphere’s ability to display a variety of different colors. Furthermore, PlayStation Eye camera can capture the player’s voice or image, enabling augmented reality experiences.

The newly announced PlayStation Move sub-controller is a one-handed controller, developed to further expand the game play options that PlayStation Move games can offer*2. PlayStation Move sub-controller features a sleek curved design that pairs with the motion controller and comes with an analog stick and directional buttons that allow users to easily control the game when moving characters or choosing a direction. Like all other Wireless Controllers for the PS3 system, it comes with a built in lithium-ion rechargeable battery as well as Bluetooth® technology, enabling the controller to transfer the input information wirelessly to the PS3 system without a cable. PlayStation Move motion controller and sub-controller will further broaden the gaming experience on the PS3 system for all genres, from games that use one motion controller to games that use both controllers.

The introduction of PlayStation Move controllers has been well received within the industry and now 36 third party developers and publishers*3 have decided to support PlayStation Move platform. In fiscal year 2010, SCE Worldwide Studios will also release more than 20 games that are either dedicated to or supported with the PlayStation Move platform.

SCE, with strong support from software developers and publishers, will deploy various measures to enhance the PlayStation Move software title line-up and vigorously promote the PS3 platform.

*1 Users will need to use the PlayStation Eye camera to enjoy PlayStation Move motion controller on PS3.

*2 DUALSHOCK® or SIXAXIS® Wireless Controller can also be used in place of the sub controller.

*3 Please refer to the attached list below for detail.

Product Outline

PlayStation®Move motion controller
Product name PlayStation®Move motion controller
Product code CECH-ZCM1
Release date Fall 2010
Recommended retail price To be decided
Color Black
Mass Approx. 145 g
External dimension Approx. 200mm × 46mm (height × diameter）
Battery type Built-in, rechargeable lithium-ion battery
Voltage DC 3.7 V
Operating temperature 5℃～35℃

PlayStation®Move sub-controller
Product name PlayStation®Move sub-controller
Product code CECH-ZCS1
Release date Fall 2010
Recommended retail price To be decided
Color Black
Mass Approx. 95 g
External dimension Approx. 138mm × 42mm (height × diameter）
Battery type Built-in, rechargeable lithium-ion batter
Voltage DC 3.7 V
Operating temperature 5℃～35℃

Third Party Developers and Publishers Supporting PlayStation®Move platform

Company Name (in alphabetical order, as of March 10, 2010)
505 Games U.S.
Activision Publishing, Inc.
AQ INTERACTIVE Inc.
ARC SYSTEMS WORK CO.,LTD
ATLUS Co., LTD.
Bigben Interactive
CAPCOM CO., LTD.
CCP
Crave Entertainment
CYBERFRONT Corporation
Disney Interactive Studios
Electronic Arts Inc.
FromSoftware, Inc.
Game Republic, Inc.
GUST CO., LTD.
HUDSON SOFT CO., LTD.
IREM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INC.
Koei Co., Ltd.
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Majesco Entertainment
Marvelous Entertainment Inc.
NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
ONGAKUKAN Co., Ltd.
Oxygen Games
PAON CORPORATION
Q Entertainment Inc.
Q-GAMES, LTD.
SEGA CORPORATION
Sony Online Entertainment
Spike Co., Ltd.
SQUARE ENIX GROUP
TECMO, LTD.
THQ Inc.
UBISOFT®
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Zoo Entertainment, Inc.

* Third party developers and publishers supporting PlayStation Move platform may vary among countries and regions.

About Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Recognized as the global leader and company responsible for the progression of consumer-based computer entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) manufactures, distributes and markets the PlayStation® game console, the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system and the PlayStation®3 (PS3®) system. PlayStation has revolutionized home entertainment by introducing advanced 3D graphic processing, and PlayStation 2 further enhances the PlayStation legacy as the core of home networked entertainment. PSP is a handheld entertainment system that allows users to enjoy 3D games, with high-quality full-motion video, and high-fidelity stereo audio. PS3 is an advanced computer system, incorporating the state-of-the-art Cell processor with super computer like power. SCEI, along with its subsidiary divisions Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd., and Sony Computer Entertainment Korea Inc. develops, publishes, markets and distributes software, and manages the third party licensing programs for these platforms in the respective markets worldwide. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, SCEI is an independent business unit of the Sony Group.

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PlayStation, PS3, DUALSHOCK and SIXAXIS are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.