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Battlestations Midway

2007-03-03T01:52:00.001-08:00

Published by: Eidos Interactive / SCi Entertainment Group

Developed by: Eidos Interactive

Genre: Strategy
Number of Players: 1-8
Release Date:
US: January 30, 2007
Europe: February 9, 2007
Australia: February 28, 2007

MSRP: $59.99

ESRB Content Descriptors: Mild Language, Realistic Violence, Suggestive Themes, Use of Tobacco and Alcohol

The oxygen tank is empty. The torpedo tubes are empty. An enemy destroyer is hunting my last submarine, dropping depth charges that explode dangerously close to the hull, which is already taking slow and steady pressure damage -- the price the sub had to pay after diving below safety limits to avoid active sonar detection.
Outmanned and outgunned, I am forced to surface. With no torpedoes, the only weapons on the sub are a single artillery cannon and an anti-aircraft gun that might as well be a beebee gun against the steel hull of a destroyer. My sub has one chance of survival, and I take it.
The sub quickly surfaces just behind the destroyer -- surfacing alongside her and in front of her entire complement of guns would have been suicide. As the destroyer's single rear gun takes aim at my exposed hull, I train the sights of my artillery cannon at its only weak spot, the magazine. With one lucky shot, I hit it, and the once-undamaged destroyer explodes into flames before sinking to the bottom of the Pacific.

Battlestations Midway opens on the day of infamy.

It's right about then that you appreciate what a thrilling, unique experience Battlestations Midway is, and I haven't even started talking about the fighter planes, the dive bombers, the torpedo bombers, the aircraft carriers, the battleships, the cruisers and the destroyers at your disposal. That was just one submarine challenge. Battlestations Midway excels as a flying game, a submarine game, a warship game, an action game and a strategy game. To top it off, it presents the Pacific campaign of World War II as well as any title in recent memory, including a healthy dose of history and cameo appearances by John F. Kennedy and Franklin D. Roosevelt. No, Battlestations Midway is anything but another World War II game.
The single-player campaign opens in Pearl Harbor on that day of infamy. The story focuses on the ascendance of Henry Walker, from gunner of a single PT boat at Pearl, to captain of a destroyer in the Philippines, to commander of a carrier group at Midway. In the early missions, you will command only one vehicle at time without the ability to switch to another unit.

That's PT 109 in the distance.

Where Battlestations Midway really begins to shine is about a third of the way through the campaign as you take control of multiple units and utilize different strategies to defeat the Japanese fleet. Do you launch wave after wave of torpedo bombers at an enemy ship or do you engage a cruiser, using fighter planes to ward off incoming Japanese air attacks? There is a tremendous amount of choice in Battlestations and, much like a game of chess, you will need to understand how your pieces move, how to use them in combination, when to attack and when to withdraw. As you can imagine, this takes a while to learn.

Alien Hominid

2007-03-02T04:13:00.001-08:00

Published by: The Behemoth

Developed by: The Behemoth

Genre: Third-Person Shooter
Number of Players: 1-2
Release Date:
US: February 28, 2007
Europe: Unreleased

MSRP: $8.00

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Crackdown

2007-03-01T04:55:00.001-08:00

Published by: Microsoft

Developed by: Realtime Worlds

Genre: Action
Number of Players: 1-2
Release Date:
US: February 20, 2007
Japan: Unreleased
Europe: Unreleased

MSRP: $59.99

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Dance Dance Revolution Universe

2007-02-28T04:02:00.001-08:00

Published by: Konami

Developed by: Konami

Genre: Music
Number of Players: 1-4
Release Date:
US: February 27, 2007
Japan: Unreleased
Europe: Unreleased
Australia: Unreleased

MSRP: $59.99

ESRB Content Descriptors: Lyrics, Suggestive Themes

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Viva Pinata

2007-01-11T02:27:00.001-08:00

Published by: Microsoft

Developed by: Rare

Genre: Strategy
Number of Players: 1-2
Release Date:
US: November 9, 2006
Japan: January 11, 2007
Europe: December 1, 2006
Australia: November 30, 2006

MSRP: $49.99

ESRB Content Descriptors: Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence

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Rainbow Six: Vegas

2007-01-09T04:48:00.001-08:00

Published by: Ubisoft

Developed by: Ubisoft Montreal

Genre: Shooter
Number of Players: 1-16
Release Date:
US: November 20, 2006
Europe: November 20, 2006

MSRP: $59.99

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Star Trek: Legacy

2007-01-08T03:26:00.001-08:00

Published by: Bethesda Softworks

Developed by: Mad Doc Software

Genre: Action
Number of Players: 1-2
Release Date:
US: December 15, 2006
Europe: December 15, 2006

MSRP: $59.99

ESRB Content Descriptors: Fantasy Violence, Mild Language

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Assault Heroes

2007-01-07T09:21:00.001-08:00

Published by: Sierra

Developed by: Wanako Studios

Genre: Action
Number of Players: 1-2
Release Date:
US: December 13, 2006
Japan: December 13, 2006
Europe: December 13, 2006

MSRP: $10.00

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Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

2007-01-06T04:34:00.001-08:00

Published by: Capcom

Developed by: Capcom

Genre: Action
Number of Players: 1-16
Release Date:
US: January 12, 2007
Japan: December 21, 2006
Europe: December 31, 2007
Australia: January 12, 2007

MSRP: $59.99

ESRB Content Descriptors: Animated Blood, Mild Language, Violence

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Gears of War

2007-01-06T04:14:00.001-08:00

Published by: Microsoft

Developed by: Epic Games

Genre: Third-Person Shooter
Number of Players: 1-8
Release Date:
US: November 7, 2006
Japan: January 18, 2007
Europe: November 17, 2006
Australia: November 23, 2006

MSRP: $59.99

ESRB Content Descriptors: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language

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