Week of April 15, 2007


Screenshot Explosion
April 20, 7:18 AM

A handful of games were updated with new screenshots:

Sins of a Solar Empire




Dawn of Magic



Colin McRae's Dirt



Heavenly Sword



Avencast: Rise of the Mage




Wii-kly Update - 4/16
April 17, 7:09 AM

Three classic games from three classic systems. The only problem you'll have this week is deciding which one to download first. For the best retro gaming around, it's time to pay a visit to the popular Wii™ video game system's Wii Shop Channel.

Three new classic games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the channel every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new games are:

  • Punch Out!!® Featuring Mr. Dream (NES®, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)

  • Virtua Fighter™ 2 (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)

  • Bonk's Revenge (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)




  • UFO Afterlight Set To Land May 15th
    April 17, 7:04 AM

    Topware Interactive is proud to announce that UFO Afterlight has officially gone gold today and will ship with full Vista support. However, the added functionality of the North American version will delay the product’s previously announced ship date of 5/1 to 5/15.

    Finally on 5/15, all Earthlings will now have a chance to help our fellow comrades on Mars through a mixture of advanced tactics, strategy, fighting, and diplomacy.




    SEGA Announces Sonic Rush Adventure
    April 16, 3:45 PM

    SEGA of America has announced a new Sonic game for the Nintendo DS titled Sonic Rush Adventure, available in fall 2007.

    Read the Press Release




    New Images of Avencast: Rise of the Mage
    April 16, 3:25 PM

    Nine new screenshots of the action RPG Avencast: Rise of the Mage have been released and we have them for you.




    New Monster Madness Screenshots
    April 16, 3:22 PM

    We have five new screenshots of Monster Madness: Battle For Suburbia, the Xbox 360 co-op action game. While the demo was just released last week on Xbox Live!, it was only available to Gold Members. Southpeak says the demo will be available to Silver Members (the rest of us) at the end of the week.