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DiasFlec | Modern Warfare 3: First DLC Maps Go Live For Premium Elite Members | (2/22/2012)

Posted by on February 22, 2012 No comments

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 gets it’s first paid DLC today with the release of new maps Liberation and Piazza – but only Call of Duty Elite premium subscribers on Xbox 360 will have access to the maps initially.Activision has promised that “for non-premium members, the content is coming to you as well, stay tuned for dates,” but if you’re an MW3 on PS3 or PC without an Elite premium subscription, you could be in for a wait of more than a month just for the chance to buy the new DLC.The MW3 DLC kicks off a nine-month season of content planned for the shooter. We’re not sure how much maps and other DLC is likely to cost individually, but Activision is also planning ‘Content Collections’, the first of which will be offered to Xbox Live players in March.if we can clarify the bewildering array of dates and prices for different platforms/circumstances we’ll let you know.Look out for further coverage of the new MW3 maps when they go live later on today.

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DiasFlec | iPhone or Android: What’s the Best AT&T Smartphone Deal? | (2/22/2012)

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In the under $50 category, there may have never been a better set of choices on AT&T. For $10, there is the Motorola Atrix 4G, a 4-inch screen Android with a great 960x540p qHD display and huge 1930 mAh battery AT&T says will last for nine hours of talk time. It has 16 gigabytes of storage, microSD card reader and can be used as a mobile hot spot if you have a five gigabyte or higher data plan. It's been out for a year now, so there is a chance it won't get the Android 4.0 update at all, however.

If you want to try something totally different, the Samsung Focus Flash is only one dollar, and it runs the Microsoft system. It's only been out a few months, so it's got some decent features, especially for so cheap. It's a 3.7-inch screen Windows Phone-powered phone with an 800x480p Super AMOLED display. It has front and rear-facing cameras, eight gigabytes of internal storage and free cloud storage from Microsoft. It can also access an Xbox Live account thanks to Windows Phone and is a world phone that is compatible on GSM and CDMA networks if you travel.

Finally, there is the iPhone 3GS for a dollar. It's perfect for someone upgrading from a feature phone, and AT&T is the only carrier that offers it. Tell us in the comments if you're shopping around for the best deal and what you're looking for.

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DiasFlec | Free xBox Live | (2/22/2012)

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DiasFlec | New Xbox LIVE Retail Subscription Now Available | (2/21/2012)

Posted by on February 21, 2012 No comments

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As previously revealed by Electronic Theatre, a brand new Xbox LIVE subscription package is available from retail stores in the UK as of today. Arriving earlier than may have been expected, the new subscription pack will surely be enough to tempt gamers to trying out the benefits of an Xbox LIVE Gold membership for the first time.

Xbox LIVE is the online service for Xbox 360 that allows you to download demo versions of the upcoming videogames, rent or buy HD movies and download new content for your software collection, including new songs, workouts, or levels. Xbox LIVE membership comes in three flavours – Free, Gold and Gold Family – with both digital transactions and retail packages available for those who wish to upgrade.

The latest retail package, launched today, is billed as a ‘limited time offer’. The typical 3 Month subscription, presented with a recommended retail price (RRP) of £14.99 GBP, has received an additional month of Gold membership in the package at no extra cost. It is unknown how long this promotion will last, but it’s likely that this generously priced package will see relatively high demand.  Electronic Theatre will keep you updated with all the latest details on subscriptions to the Xbox LIVE network.

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The Changing Face of Games – Hookshot Inc. Launches, Dedicated to Budget-Friendly Downloads

Posted by on February 21, 2012 No comments

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The launch of Dear Esther earlier this week, and its unexpected success at a $10 price point on Steam, Valve Software’s digital download store, highlights an ongoing change in the games market. Last year, sales of “boxed product” fell 8%, against a recession-led industry contraction of 2% overall. This is a real problem not just for games publishers but for many related industries. In the United Kingdom Game, the dominant high-street games store, and HMV, the last of the big physical media storefronts, have been making ominous noises. In the US, GameStop is experimenting with a move into cloud-based games services.

The optical disc certainly has advantages, in particular for publishers. But it it is also time-consuming to obtain, relatively expensive to produce and far more fragile than a downloaded program which can only be destroyed by the destruction of the hard drive it rests on – and then only until it is downloaded again from its original provider. The writing is probably on the wall: if the next generation of consoles still have disc drives, it is a fairly safe bet that the generation after will not.

In this context, the launch of the website Hookshot Inc. on Monday is an interesting note – at least, more interesting than a new video games blog would normally be. Set up by four veterans of the British games press, it has set its remit as covering downloadable games costing $15 or less, on any device and in any format. Traditionally, the media has stratified coverage by format – PC, console, mobile – or by genre. To circumscribe coverage by a delivery method and a price point is rather unusual. In fact, the closest comparison would be websites which review local food delivery services – any type of cuisine can be featured, so long as it can be delivered to your door in 20 minutes. Much like a downloaded game.

I contacted Simon Parkin, who writes both about games and for games (I talked about one of his projects, Sweat Shop, here), and makes up a quarter of Hookshot Inc’s core team, to ask him about the business logic of this strategy, and what it says, for him, about the future of gaming.

First up, what encouraged you to set up Hookshot? And how did you settle on $15 as your cut-off?

Downloadable games are the new and wild frontier in the medium, and the one enjoying the biggest growth. A huge proportion of the industry has moved into this space and the sheer weight of content now being released across digital platforms is overwhelming for players. There hasn’t really been a dedicated site to serve this area of games, so we want to help sort the signal from the noise. The $15 thing is pretty arbitrary but it helps us focus on ‘smaller’ games. It’s about the equivalent cost of a 1200 point XBLA game (Xbox Live Arcade, Microsoft‘s delivery channel for download-only games).

Will you be covering games as they reach $15, or specifically games that are released with a starting price of $15 or less? I guess this question reflects the long tail of discounting that even AAA games now tend to undergo through digital channels

That’s a good question and we are still feeling out the answer, to be honest. I don’t think we’ll be covering blockbusters that turn up as sub-$15 games 12 months after launch. Our remit is really for new releases that hit this price bracket. It’s a guide rather than a strict, hard and fast rule, but in general we want to stick to it.

There’s been a steady shift from boxed product to downloads – US sales of boxed product fell 8% in 2011. Do you think this will be accompanied by a move to lower price points? Which is to say, do people pay a premium for boxed content?

I think, in the end, that we will move to cloud-based game services. So we’ll end up paying, say, a $15 a month subscription to play a huge range of titles, a little like how Netflix and LoveFilm (the UK’s Amazon-owned DVD-by-mail service) work. But we are some way off that future. In the meantime: yes, I believe prices will continue to fall and publishers will continue to incentivise consumers to ‘buy downloadable’ rather than boxed, as the margins are better for them.

You’re exactly right. This kind of publishing model will work if you’re Tim Schafer (or Radiohead) and have an engaged audience that is hungry for a new title in a beloved series or genre. But for the vast majority of game developers, I think the Kickstarter funding route is just as much hard work as courting traditional publishers, and you don’t get the benefits that those middlemen can offer.

That said, I am very excited to see what projects do arise from this model for those who have the pedigree and fan base to pull it off. There is always the risk that funders grow tired of too many projects vying for attention, however, and we end up with a load of semi-funded ventures.

The really big successes in downloadable games are easy to name – Angry Birds’ 500 million downloads, Minecraft turning Notch into a multimillionaire – but what do you think somebody starting out making downloadable games should be aiming for, or hoping for? Which is to say, I guess – and it’s huge question, so just whichever bit seems interesting – what are the criteria for a “good” or a “successful” Hookshot-appropriate game? If you’re a developer, what are your win conditions?

I think the aims and hopes for any given developer will be personal to them. I’m sure that a huge number of studios would hope to replicate Rovio or Mojang’s financial success, but there are other game makers who want to use this more affordable space to explore new ideas and types of game. Hookshot Inc. is interested in the huge financial stories, but ultimately we love games and are committed to charting the evolutionary plod of design in the medium as much as the business side. The titles that manage that are just as interesting, even if they don’t grasp as many headlines as Notch. Hopefully we’ll be able to draw attention to both kinds of success.

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DiasFlec | Review: Xotic for Xbox LIVE | (2/21/2012)

Posted by on February 21, 2012 No comments

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XOTIC: It may be tempting to try this visually explosive shooter, but looks can be deceiving.

REVIEW: Given that the first-person shooter genre is overwhelmingly an arms race in both the technological and gameplay sense, it’s hardly surprising that there are few quality first-person shooters to be found among the budget-price offerings on Xbox LIVE Arcade.

With FPS hybrid Xotic, three man Seattle studio WXP Games hopes to be the exception rather than the rule by substituting graphical grunt for strategic, arcade-tinged gameplay.

The Orb once was, but now it isn’t. Equally annoyed, saddened and bored by this turn of events, The Orb possesses things but such practices are frowned upon and thus it’s up to the player – also a creature of mysterious origin – to hunt down this mischievous circle and destroy it.

The player’s weapon of choice is the Macroterra, a living gun able to imitate the standard arsenal found in every goddamn FPS, minus the ability to concisely convey exactly which gun it’s currently emulating. The enemy are a few imp-like fireball lobbers of various flavours and the odd suicide-bomber spider. The goal: it’s all about high scores. Omnipresent blister-like spores that explode when shot favour the bold with extra points, and may even trigger the pop-reflex of adjacent spores. This sets off a chain reaction that grants large score bonuses and power-ups to the player, who may keep going by shooting still more spores within five seconds of the last one exploding.

The ultimate objective, therefore, is not merely clearing a level, but rather doing so in a fashion that awards the maximum number of points for the minimum quantity of player death and faffing about. To discourage an excess of the latter, time and shooting accuracy are also factors in overall score calculation at the conclusion of each sojourn, and scores are immediately compared and ranked across Xbox LIVE.

Another distinguishing feature of Xotic is pick-ups that allow temporary flight or the construction of barricades – in mid-air even, to act as platforms for access to secret areas. Additionally, the game’s small levels are rather out-there palette-wise, with the resident flora and fauna providing the ugliest assault of neon psychedelia this side of an explosion at a rainbow factory.

Between murderous jaunts into the DayGlo lairs of The Orb, the player’s health, armour, ammo and weapon types may be upgraded in exchange for experience points, and perhaps the occasional sprint to procure additional pairs of sunglasses.

Sadly, no matter the number of dark lenses between the player and the screen, Xotic repels with the force of a thousand pimply pressed hams. The controls rankle first. Inflexible, mind-bogglingly stupid key mapping leaves the jump button on the bumper, and leaning out of cover requires a press of X or B to specify a side and then a press of the right bumper to execute the move – unless players wish to only lean in one direction the entire game.

As the player struggles to execute this leaning manoeuvre – one that Xotic would have you believe takes more co-ordination than a minute-long headspin-to-dragon punch combo – damage will arrive from directions unknown and unspecified, because some enemies are just too hard to spot, even when being devoured by them eyeballs-first. Enemy turrets are particularly annoying in this regard, but creature spawn points are a close second, blending into the floor and propelling nasties at the ankles, as is their wont.

A damage direction indicator would have helped here, although to be honest there may well be one, it is just imperceptible through the preponderance of glowing objects – some useful, most cosmetic – that clutter all parts of the screen not currently occupied by the unnecessarily detailed HUD.

The lack of auto-aim is also a negative, particularly as a large part of Xotic requires the execution of precision shots at numerous small targets whilst on the move and under time pressure, something the Xbox controller isn’t particularly suited for. Oh, and pray there isn’t too much going on while this is attempted too; frame rates are quick to shrink should the player enjoy the company of too many others at once.

All that said, by far the biggest problem with Xotic is that even if it sported a cleaner look, ran perfectly, and the controls weren’t so counter-intuitive, it would still be as dull as a spoon edge. There just aren’t enough baddies to blast, even the relatively mundane concept of shooting stationary spores to achieve combos sounds far more exciting than it really is, and many levels presented here aren’t even memorable enough to complete, let alone repeat.

Xotic is terrible in most respects and unremarkable or flat-out boring in all others.

Ups: No embarrassing physical evidence that you bought this game.Downs: Terrible control scheme, framerate issues, spiritless gameplay, hatefully dull and woefully underdeveloped overall.Rated: 3/10

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DiasFlec | Microsoft to cash in chips on virtual currency • reghardware | (2/21/2012)

Posted by on February 21, 2012 No comments

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Microsoft will call time on its virtual currency, Microsoft Points, with a switch to real money on the cards later this year, it has been claimed.

Future transactions across the Windows Phone, Zune and Xbox Live platforms will be based on the currencies of the region in which the user has pegged their account to, an anonymous mole says, according to InsideMobile reports.

This would see the end of the Points format and align the system with purchasing protocol used on rival platforms, including the iTunes App Store and the Android Market.

Mobile developers with connections to the company have apparently been warned to plan for the change, so upcoming downloadable content and in-app purchases can be priced accordingly.

Users with remaining MS points after the switchover will find them converted into their local currency.

Microsoft has pondered such a move in the past – in 2010, in some regions it began listing real-world prices alongside Points prices to help buyers understand how much they were spending.

The use of Points exclusively has even resulted in legal action being brought against Microsoft.

We’ll let you know when official word surfaces. The prospect seems a sensible one, though and all signs point to… for Points to go. ®

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DiasFlec | Hasbro to Debut Innovative New Play Experiences from Its Expansive Portfolio of Iconic Brands at the American International Toy Fair | (2/20/2012)

Posted by on February 20, 2012 No comments

1329769454 91 Hasbro to Debut Innovative New Play Experiences from Its Expansive Portfolio of Iconic Brands at the American International Toy Fair

PAWTUCKET, R.I., Feb 09, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –Hasbro, Inc. /quotes/zigman/2380080/quotes/nls/has HAS +0.70% will unveil a wide variety of new toys and gaming experiences at the 109th American International Toy Fair beginning Sunday, February 12 in New York City. The Company, currently in the midst of an exciting transformation into a global branded play company, will not only be celebrating the reveal of new toys and games for 2012, but also a host of immersive brand experiences including new major motion pictures, video games, theme-park rides, television programming and more entertainment and lifestyle products based on many of its popular brands.

Highlights from new product introductions include ‘off the board’ gaming experiences featuring the new HASBRO zAPPed GAMING line. Launching with THE GAME OF LIFE and MONOPOLY, Hasbro’s zAPPed line brings games to life when one’s iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch meets the game board to create a unique social twist on the digital gaming experience. Also being introduced to Hasbro’s gaming division in 2012 is the revolutionary new LAZER TAG system combining the excitement of live-action blaster battles with high-action, strategic, augmented reality gameplay of traditional video games. Additionally Hasbro’s gaming portfolio will see the reimagining of its BATTLESHIP brand in 2012 with the upcoming release of the Universal Studio’s film BATTLESHIP directed by Peter Berg and opening in the U.S. on May 18. Supporting the blockbuster movie will be a line of new gaming products, a BATTLESHIP video game from Activision and the introduction of KRE-O BATTLESHIP building sets.

In 2012, Hasbro will also celebrate the movie release of G.I. Joe: Retaliation, to be distributed by Paramount Pictures on June 29th, with an extensive line of action figures and roleplay items. The movie and product line, based on Hasbro’s G.I. JOE brand, will feature classic characters from the G.I. JOE vs. COBRA saga including legendary ninjas SNAKE EYES and STORM SHADOW. Continuing the blockbuster year, Hasbro will introduce new licensed toy lines in support of major motion pictures from Marvel including THE AVENGERS and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN as well as new STAR WARS products supporting the theatrical release of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace in immersive 3D.

Hasbro will also have new products on display in support of several Hasbro Studios produced series currently airing on the The Hub television network in the U.S. including TRANSFORMERS PRIME, TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS, POUND PUPPIES, MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC, THE ADVENTURES OF CHUCK AND FRIENDS and products in support of an upcoming animated series based on the Company’s LITTLEST PET SHOP brand.

“It is an exciting time for Hasbro as our brands continue to engage families around the globe,” said John Frascotti, chief marketing officer, Hasbro. “We look forward to kicking off another year full of innovation across our classic and new brands with new toy and gaming introductions as well as a variety of entertainment experiences including movies, television programming, thrill rides and more.”

Details about Hasbro’s brand and product highlights to be celebrated at Toy Fair include:

Hasbro will augment the experience of the hotly anticipated BATTLESHIP film, directed by Peter Berg and opening in the U.S. on May 18, with an action-packed line of BATTLESHIP toys — both in the gaming realm, where the BATTLESHIP brand originated, and in a brand new line of KRE-O building sets — as well as an expansive line of licensed goods. The CLASSIC BATTLESHIP MOVIE EDITION GAME lets players choose to command either the Navy or Alien fleet, each with their own unique ships, and unleash brand new super weapon cards to destroy their opponent with attacks like those from the big screen. For even more movie-accurate action, the DELUXE BATTLESHIP MOVIE EDITION features electronic lights and sounds, as players use their super weapons for special attacks. The BATTLESHIP brand will also invade the construction toy aisle this spring with KRE-O BATTLESHIP building sets, which let kids build iconic vehicles like the USS MISSOURI BATTLESHIP, as well as vehicles from the evil invading alien fleet. Activision will release a BATTLESHIP video game, arriving in Spring 2012. Developed by Double Helix Games as a companion to the live-action film, the BATTLESHIP videogame offers a blend of strategic naval command and first-person action gameplay. An extensive licensing program, with companies such as Rocawear and New Era, will offer trendy looks for every BATTLESHIP fan.

The introduction of all-new BEYBLADE arenas and tops from Hasbro based on the popular anime television series from Nelvana and d-rights Inc. currently broadcasting on Cartoon Network in the U.S. in 2012, will elevate competition to the next level. The BEYBLADE: METAL FURY DESTROYER DOME set challenges Beybladers’ skills like never before with a unique design that allows for epic, mid-air battles as fans compete to be the last top standing. And for the latest in battling advancements, the BEYBLADE BEYWHEELZ line takes BEYBLADE battles styles and flips them 90 degrees for high-action crash battling and stunt action at full speed with all new animation support. Exciting additions to the BEYBLADE: METAL FURY and BEYBLADE EXTREME TOP SYSTEM lines also give Beybladers more choices than ever before when it comes time to “LET IT RIP!” The BEYBLADE brand has a wide international fan base and the exciting battling tops action, combined with the art of customization and collectability, brings Beybladers from all over the world together. Beybladers can also enter the unique code found in specially marked BEYBLADE packages at BeybladeBattles.com to enhance their online battles against other Beybladers from around the world. BEYBLADE battles have never been this extreme!

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In 2012, Hasbro’s FURREAL FRIENDS brand celebrates ten years of bringing the animal kingdom to life with remarkably sophisticated plush electronic toys that provide realistic, nurturing animal experiences to inspire and excite the imaginations of children. From a lifelike lineup of realistic pets to collectible SNUGGIMALS pets, the FURREAL FRIENDS brand truly delivers pet play in every way. Now, the brand puts a new spin on fantasy pet play with the introduction of the DIZZY DANCERS line of twirling, dancing pets! Through unique design and dance tricks, these silly pets can spin wherever you want — on a coffee table, across the floor, even on a pen top! Do you dare to dizzy?

The G.I. JOE brand will redefine action this year as a new blockbuster movie roars into theaters and innovative toys continue the legacy of the ‘original action figure.’ The new film, G.I. JOE: RETALIATION, to be distributed by Paramount Pictures on June 29th, 2012, will feature popular characters from Hasbro’s G.I. JOE vs. COBRA saga including two of pop-culture’s most well known ninjas, SNAKE-EYES and STORM SHADOW. The G.I. JOE brand will offer an extensive line of action figures, role-play items and more based on these ninjas, a dynamic new battling style known as “BATTLE-KATA” as seen in the upcoming movie and additional characters including ROADBLOCK, DUKE and COBRA COMMANDER. Highlights include the next phase in G.I. JOE action figure evolution with the 10-inch scale G.I. JOE NINJA COMMANDO SNAKE EYES and ROADBLOCK figures featuring quick-draw action with the press of a button.

Little adventurers will enjoy galactic-size fun with KOOSH ball launchers! The classic KOOSH brand introduces soft, active fun and a new way to play packed with action and fantasy. Colorful galaxy themed ball launchers encourage preschoolers to use their imagination and get moving — inside and outside! From the makers of Nerf and sized for little hands, the KOOSH Galaxy product line combines high-energy fun with glow-in-the-dark features and cool lights and sounds for out of this world fun!

Hasbro expands its presence in the construction aisle in 2012 with several new KRE-O building featuring Hasbro’s popular BATTLESHIP and TRANSFORMERS properties. In spring, get ready to hero up with an elite crew of military KREON forces to battle against an alien invasion and pretend to save the Earth with the new KRE-O BATTLESHIP line based on the Universal Studios summer movie BATTLESHIP. The line features KREON figures of soldiers and aliens for kids to create their own adventures, while providing construction fans with tanks, ships, and helicopters made of KRE-O bricks to pretend to battle the incoming alien race on sea, land, or in the air! There will be eight products in this line including the new KRE-O BATTLESHIP U.S.S. MISSOURI building set. Hasbro will also release QUEST FOR ENERGON themed KRE-O TRANSFORMERS building sets featuring 2-in-1 builds where kids can lead the search for these long lost pieces of the TRANSFORMERS lifeblood in order to keep the ultimate ENERGON weapon from falling into the wrong hands.

From the makers of the popular NERF blasters comes the revolutionary LAZER TAG system, combining the power, precision and excitement of live-action blaster battles with the high-action, strategic, augmented reality gameplay of traditional video games. Leading the new product line is the LAZERTAG 2 BLASTER set available in August for the approximate retail price on $69.99. To experience the LAZER TAG game, players download the free LAZER TAG app to their iPhone or iPod Touch device, connect their device to their LAZER TAG blaster, and find themselves immersed in a world where video games and real life connect. Using either single or multi-player mode, players can engage in a LAZER TAG match featuring either real life worlds or virtual opponents. Each LAZER TAG blaster equipped with a device has a virtual firing range of over 250 feet and contains a ‘Heads Up Display’, or HUD, which allows players to keep track of their gear and remaining power, while also providing a view of the augmented reality targets and enemies in the area. A virtual leaderboard keeps track of each player’s profile and, with every successful mission, players will gain in-game access to upgradeable attacks, missions and gear. Game may be played in single-player mode, or in multi-player mode with up to 24 people. Players can also play LAZER TAG without a device using the blaster’s classic multi-player mode. Each blaster requires 6 AA batteries, not included. With LAZER TAG blasters, the stakes are high, the game is real. Don’t just play it, live it.

LITTLEST PET SHOP Brand

The LITTLEST PET SHOP brand has evolved from a line of collectible pets aimed at tween girls, age 7-9, to a global franchise. In 2012, the LITTLEST PET SHOP brand introduces new expressions. TOTALLY TALENTED pets showcase diverse talents and personalities, and the line includes a pet performer limo set, as well as pets that sing, dance and do tricks. Fairies, a magical segment new to LITTLEST PET SHOP, will enchant you with brilliant new pets and playsets. Complementing the toy launch, Fairies debuts a fashion focused global licensing program ranging from fashion T-shirts, apparel, and accessories to popular bags and domestics making LITTLEST PET SHOP one of the most popular this year. Girls can also cuddle up with the newest LITTLEST PET SHOP CUTEST PETS, some of which have soft accents. The LITTLEST PET SHOP TEENSIES segment offers big LITTLEST PET SHOP fun in small sizes! LITTLEST PET SHOP TEENSIES are tiny pets with BIG personalities! There are over 100 LITTLEST PET SHOP TEENSIES to collect this year.

The mightiest heroes in the world assemble in 2012 in the highly anticipated MARVEL STUDIOS movie THE AVENGERS, opening worldwide on May 4, 2012. As the movie unites popular super heroes IRON MAN, CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE HULK and THOR, Hasbro delivers with innovative role-play items including the HULK GAMMA GREEN SMASH FISTS, the IRON MAN TRIPLE THREAT REPULSOR BLAST, the CAPTAIN AMERICA ATTACK SHIELD and the THOR THUNDERCLASH HAMMER. Hasbro’s expansive toy line features action figures of the major characters and each will be available as a 10-inch ULTIMATE HERO figure, with electronic sound effects and an iconic battle action feature. And with THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN swinging into theaters on July 3, 2012, Hasbro captures the movie’s excitement with the MOTORIZED MEGA WEB SHOOTING SPIDER-MAN figure, Hasbro’s biggest SPIDER-MAN action figure yet. This 13-inch, movie-styled figure is the ultimate in webshooting power: Watch as the motorized web shoots out of SPIDER-MAN’S wrist, then retracts and shoots out the other wrist, all with cool web slingin’ SFX! And, kids can finally control SPIDER-MAN as he wall-crawls with the new R/C SPEED CLIMBING SPIDER-MAN! Straight out of the upcoming film THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, this radio-controlled toy uses vacuum technology to allow SPIDEY to crawl along the walls just like in the film. In addition to two exciting movie lines, Hasbro will introduce an entirely new expression based on the MARVEL universe of Super Hero characters with BONKA ZONKS, a collectable, free-form stunt-battling game. BONKA ZONKS figures feature edgy, irreverent stylized art of your favorite MARVEL super heroes like SPIDER-MAN, IRON MAN and WOLVERINE. Assortments also feature a stunt card with an online code to unlock more fun online. With over 100 BONKA ZONKS available there’s no limit to how kids can collect and play.

As the world’s favorite family game brand, MONOPOLY continues to offer new and innovative game play experiences for fans of all ages. This year, players can aspire to live the dream with new MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRE game, where the goal is to be the first person to accumulate one million dollars. As players accumulate wealth, they upgrade their mover — they may start off with a paper airplane but they’ll be flying a private jet before the end of the game. The popular MONOPOLY DEAL card game also receives the millionaire makeover this year with a new look. With the MONOPOLY zAPPed game, an iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch will be turned into a banking unit and will add and subtract money from virtual accounts with a simple tap of a special bank card on the iOS device. MONOPOLY will continue to connect with fans off the board with engaging and immersive digital experiences. From the best-selling digital app for the iPad to console games and from the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES experience on Facebook to the upcoming digital release of MONOPOLY HOTELS, there is a MONOPOLY digital experience for every occasion.

MY LITTLE PONY Brand

The MY LITTLE PONY brand is eager to take girls on magical journeys of friendship and fun in 2012! Girls will adore discovering the whimsical world of pony friends, and watching their adventures unfold in the “My Little Pony Friendship is Magic” animated series created by Hasbro Studios and airing on The Hub TV network. Pony fans can act out imaginative stories of their own with delightful MY LITTLE PONY figures, playsets, and vehicles inspired by the series, including a variety of ponies and playsets inspired by the upcoming fall wedding of PRINCESS CADANCE. In 2012, licensees worldwide have come aboard to bring MY LITTLE PONY branded products inspired by the series to the global marketplace ranging from fashion apparel and accessories to publishing, arts & crafts, school supplies, domestics, and collectibles.

In 2012, NERF fans will experience a revolutionary new high-performance class of NERF N-STRIKE blasters to collect and carry into battle. Taking the powerful technology featured in the popular N-STRIKE line to the next level, the innovative N-STRIKE ELITE line gives NERF NATION the extreme performance it craves. The standout N-STRIKE ELITE blasters will officially launch on 8.1.12, with the most impressive blaster in the collection hitting shelves on 9.9.12. While fans will have to stay tuned for more details about the N-STRIKE ELITE line, the brand will also be introducing new VORTEX disc blasters, NERF SUPER SOAKER water blasters and more. Continuing the “NERF or Nothin’!” fun, the brand brings fans a completely new way to play with its sports gear in 2012 with the introduction of FIREVISION technology, an innovative enhancement featured in the debut FIREVISION SPORTS collection which allows for play in both daytime and dusk. Only those wearing NERF FIREVISION FRAMES eyewear will be able to see the action with NERF FIREVISION SPORTS Football and additional FIREVISION sports items once the lights go down.

From sensational PLAY-DOH sweets to cool construction vehicle play, the 2012 line of PLAY-DOH products has something for everyone! Kids’ sweetest dreams will come true with the PLAY-DOH CANDY CYCLONE and SWIRLING SHAKE SHOPPE playsets, and children can play with PLAY-DOH compound in a whole new way with the construction vehicle line that allows kids to dig, smash, and build with CHUCK THE DUMP TRUCK and his gang of builders!

As the leader in word game fun, SCRABBLE continues to offer new and innovative ways to play in 2012. This year Hasbro is excited to announce that the SCRABBLE family is growing to include all of Hasbro’s word game properties. In 2012 word wizards will find favorite titles like BOGGLE and CATCH PHRASE within the SCRABBLE portfolio of games. And in addition to these classics, SCRABBLE continues to offer new word play fun for fans in 2012 with the new SCRABBLE RACE game that takes game play off the board as players race to get rid of their tiles as fast as possible in this frenzied and frantic game. What started as the classic game more than 60 years ago, can today be experienced on TV with The Hub’s SCRABBLE SHOWDOWN, on Facebook, on tablets and mobile devices with SCRABBLE digital versions, or around the kitchen table along with updated takes on the original, such as SCRABBLE FLASH, SCRABBLE ALPHABET SCOOP, SCRABBLE TURBO SLAM.

SESAME STREET PLAYSKOOL Line

This year’s lineup of Sesame Street products from the PLAYSKOOL brand features new ways to play with preschoolers’ favorite characters including Super Grover 2.0, Abby Cadabby, Elmo and Bert and Ernie. From interactive plush and role play to bath toys and playsets, this exciting collection of playthings offers something for everyone! Toddlers can cook along with Cookie Monster in an interactive kitchen, ‘fly’ off on adventure with Super Grover 2.0, play with Abby Cadabby at her fairy school and get ready for preschool with Elmo and friends.

With excitement for STAR WARS hitting a fever pitch in 2012 with the theatrical release of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace in immersive 3D, Hasbro is introducing two new STAR WARS expressions called STAR WARS FIGHTER PODS and STAR WARS AMP’D. With STAR WARS FIGHTER PODS, iconic STAR WARS characters get a collectible new gaming twist featuring micro heroes and mega battles! Players use FIGHTER PODS to knock down as many figures as possible. Spin, Launch or Roll your Pod into battle…even connect your Pods together or place your figures on top or inside of them for extra “power”! More than 100 STAR WARS FIGHTER PODS figures will be available in a unique new style from all six STAR WARS films and The Clone Wars animated series–collect them, set them up and knock them down in head-to-head battling play! In fall, kids can gear up for battle with STAR WARS AMP’D. For the first time ever, kids will be able to quickly and easily customize the most iconic STAR WARS vehicles and prepare them for any mission: land, space, sea or air! In 2012, the line features 9 figures and 6 vehicles.

Throughout the year in 2012, kids and fans of the globally popular TRANSFORMERS brand will get to experience the “MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE” property in a variety of new and exciting ways. In February, the new animated series TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS and the second season of the hit animated series TRANSFORMERS PRIME, both from Hasbro Studios, will debut on The Hub television network. And, for the first time ever beginning in March, most of the TRANSFORMERS action figure expressions will adopt the TRANSFORMERS PRIME styling to complement the award winning series. Also in March, Hasbro will introduce a new toy segment called TRANSFORMERS BOT SHOTS, a whole new way to play out TRANSFORMERS battles. Available in favorite characters like OPTIMUS PRIME and BUMBLEBEE, kids can choose their power, crash into battle and defeat their opponent. TRANSFORMERS BOT SHOTS automatically convert when you crash ‘em! Sold one per pack, fans can collect 44 different BOT SHOTS figures across the product line. Then in May, fans will have another new way to experience the TRANSFORMERS brand with the launch of the highly anticipated new motion-based thrill ride TRANSFORMERS: THE RIDE-3D, opening at Universal Studios Hollywood. To finish the year with even more entertainment experiences, TRANSFORMERS fans will be able to enjoy the much buzzed about new video game TRANSFORMERS: Fall of Cybertron from Activision and High Moon studios as well as the highly anticipated TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE MMO from Jagex both launching in Fall. Roll Out!

With the help of pop icon Britney Spears, everyone will be dancing until the world ends with the new TWISTER DANCE. The innovative game combines today’s best dance music with the iconic TWISTER spots and will give girls a new way to learn moves to today’s hottest dance songs, including a custom TWISTER remix of “Till the World Ends” featuring Britney Spears. Players can connect any mp3 player to the console and the built-in beat detection system turns any song into a dance routine. TWISTER fans can also check out TWISTER MANIA for Kinect for Xbox 360 from Majeco Entertainment, an outrageous fast-paced party game that offers over-the-top hilarity as players move their bodies to fit through cutouts, bend into thousands of forms, and more. A refresh of the classic game of TWISTER introduces two new options on the spinner — “in the air” and “callers choice.”

Hasbro /quotes/zigman/2380080/quotes/nls/has HAS +0.70% is a branded play company providing children and families around the world with a wide-range of immersive entertainment offerings based on the Company’s world class brand portfolio. From toys and games, to television programming, motion pictures, video games and a comprehensive licensing program, Hasbro strives to delight its customers through the strategic leveraging of well-known and beloved brands such as TRANSFORMERS, LITTLEST PET SHOP, NERF, PLAYSKOOL, MY LITTLE PONY, G.I. JOE, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY. The Hub, Hasbro’s multi-platform joint venture with Discovery Communications /quotes/zigman/112277/quotes/nls/disca DISCA +0.62% /quotes/zigman/112301/quotes/nls/discb DISCB -1.95% /quotes/zigman/112323/quotes/nls/disck DISCK +0.73% launched on October 10, 2010. The online home of The Hub is hubworld.com . The Hub logo and name are trademarks of Hub Television Networks, LLC. All rights reserved. Come see how we inspire play through our brands at hasbro.com . SCRABBLE is a trademark of Hasbro in the US and Canada Only. (C) 2012 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Hasbro, Inc. Daniel Benkwitt, 401-727-5318

Copyright Business Wire 2012

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DiasFlec | Dates and prices for the Xbox Live House Party line-up | (2/19/2012)

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1329641059 14 Dates and prices for the Xbox Live House Party line up

We already cognized nearly all of the details of the forthcoming Xbox LIVE House party. It begins on February 15th and we will be getting 4 Xbox LIVE Arcade titles: Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, I Am Alive, Warp and Nexuiz. That was whole the details we found till today. Thankfully, Microsoft has took us in at the other crucial information that we have to know of the forthcoming XXBOX live house party and whether or not it’s BYOB.

The first title that will be uniting the house party is a Warp from EA. It will be launched at February 15th to a prissy 800 Microsoft Points ($10). Briefly subsequently, we will be getting the extremely awaited Remedy game Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, abided by by the multiplayer shooter Nexuiz, and last but definitely not least is I am Alive (of course, coming on fashionably late).

Nexuiz could cost 800 Microsoft Points as if Warp ($10), as the remaining titles will cost 1200 Microsoft Points ($15) each. Like previous XBLA promos, those who purchase all titles will be rewarded with Microsoft Points (in this case 800). Purchasing all of the games between the start of the party, February 15th  and it’s end on March 13th will reward you with the 800 Microsoft Points, so that’s more than enough time to purchase all the games.

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DiasFlec | Report: Microsoft Points Will Be Phased Out | (2/19/2012)

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1329614659 88 Report: Microsoft Points Will Be Phased Out

Microsoft is preparing to discontinue Microsoft Points, the virtual currency used to buy content on the Zune Marketplace and Xbox Live, according to a report.

Inside Mobile Apps reports that Microsoft will be scrapping its Points system in favor of real currencies – pounds sterling in the United Kingdom, for example, or dollars in the United States. Microsoft hasn’t commented on what it calls rumors and speculation.

The transition will take place at the end of 2012, according to the site.

Microsoft Points are currently used to purchase games and media content on Xbox Live, the rent movies and games on the Xbox or the Zune Marketplace, the PC and Windows Phone – but, as Inside Mobile Apps points out, Xbox games are purchased in dollars, and the add-on content can be purchased via Points. The site also notes that the ratio between Points and dollars isn’t always clear, and that users are forced to purchase Points in packs, either seaprately or as part of Xbox Live Gold memberships.

Microsoft Points can be purchased for $4.99 for 400 Points, $9.99 for 800 Points, on up to $74.99 for 6,000 Points.

If Microsoft does phase out Points, it likely means that Microsoft has either developed with or partnered with a payment processor to develop a micropayments scheme.

“On the original Xbox LIVE, transactions had to be around five dollars U.S., the minimum for most credit cards,” Microsoft notes. “But with Microsoft Points, the price for most anything—maps, skins, levels, demos, and more—can be much lower than that. That’s a big deal. For example, say you want to get one of the new maps for your favorite shooter, but you’re not that interested in a few of the others. Lucky for you, Marketplace can offer each map individually for just a few points. Now that’s savings.”

On a more substantive note, Microsoft also said that it would discontinue its Mix developer conference.

“As part of that reflection, we have decided to merge MIX, our spring web conference for developers and designers, into our next major developer conference, which we will host sometime in the coming year,” Tim O’Brien, general manager of platform and developer evangelism, wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. “I know a number of folks were wondering about MIX, given the time of year, so we wanted to make sure there’s no ambiguity, and be very clear… there will be no MIX 2012.”

For more, see PCMag’s top 10 Xbox games of 2011 slideshow above.

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