Red Fly Studio announces the release of Mushroom Men for the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS. Red Fly Studio decided to release two different games for the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS and the games will contain two different story lines. Clever scheme to get consumers to buy both games for each system. The Nintendo DS version will be released first and is titled Mushroom Men – Rise of the Fungi.

Mushroom Men – Rise of the Fungi starts at the beginning of the mushroom men’s existence and takes the player on an adventure up to the start of the Spore Wars. The mushroom men start out not knowing how to walk, communicate or even interact with their world. Players have to keep the Mushroom Men safe from the invading insects and other mushroom men tribes.

Mushroom Men – Rise of the Fungi is set to be released in October.

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Just a heads up, if you’re looking to win a new Crimson/Black DS and haven’t taken part in our Casual Gaming Contest, please check it out now. Entering into the contest is as easy as playing a little game to win ticket entries into tonights raffle.

The winner will be picked tomorrow and we’ll packup the prizes to send out. Just a reminder, here is the prize list:

• PlayFirst’s Diner Dash: Sizzle and Serve
• Conspiracy Entertainment’s Best of Test DS
• Atlus’ Panzer Tactics
• Battleship/Connect 4/Sorry/Trouble (4-game pack) from us at Casual Gamer Chick
• MumboJumbo’s Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
  
• MumboJumbo’s Chicken Hunter
• Crimson and Black Nintendo DS with additional bonus accessories

The contest ends at midnight, Eastern Time, so it’s time to get in the game and start building up some tickets for tomorrows drawing! Good Luck!

Electronic Arts (EA) announced the redesign of their sports games exclusively for the Nintendo Wii system. The sports games are part of the All-Play product line. EA Sports All-Play will release four sports games this year. The sports games are the big names in their sports franchise and consist of Madden NFL 09 All-Play, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09 All-Play, NBA LIVE 09 All-Play and FIFA 09 All-Play.

The idea behind the EA Sports All-Play label is to level the playing field in the sports games. The Nintendo Wii has attracted a whole new type of gamer and EA wants to make sure their sports franchise appeals to the new gamer as well as the veteran gamer. The All-Play line simplifies the controls for the game, the play calls and the play modes. The games have all been redesigned from the ground up specifically for the Nintendo Wii.

The EA Sports All-Play games will be released this summer and fall.

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The following games are available from Game Du Jour this week. The games are all offered a significant price cut, which is represented by the percentage after the game name.

Monday June 30 Brickster 65%

Break your way through 100 colorful fun-filled levels, with 16 unique powerups to aid you in your quest. Freeze unbreakable and multi-hit bricks to easily destroy them, and rapidly demolish bricks with the dual blaster paddle. But watch out for wormholes, which will warp your ball across the screen! Brickster can be played at three difficulty levels, making it fun and enjoyable for newcomers and advanced players alike.

Tuesday July 1 Bee Oh Bee 60%

A unique adventure is calling you. Lots of innocent and cute honey bees are homeless because of some strange disease. They need your help. Get ready to flap your wings and fly to help them by controlling the God Bee. Check out my review here.

Wednesday July 2 Tiki Trouble 60%

Tiki is in a very tricky situation. He invited his friends from all over the island to a huge Luau and has planned the event for over a month now. Short before the party started he got a call that the ship, which should deliver the drinks, lost each and every single bit of his order at the surrounding shores. What a mess! Too little time and too many thirsty throats. He picks up his board and jumps into the surf to save his sacred belongings … the ingredients for a great Luau! Can you help him on his way around the island? You can control Tiki with your mouse, moving left and right.

Thursday July 3 June 22-Enemy at the Gates 60%

June 22nd, 1941 marks the start of a strategic offensive by Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union. You are driving a WW2-era Soviet tank. The purpose of the game is to protect your Headquarters at all costs, preventing approaching enemy tanks from destroying it. So you need to destroy German tanks before they destroy either your HQ or yourself. The enemy becomes stronger and stronger with every new mission, so it becomes harder to protect your HQ. Will you be able to complete all missions for the final victory?

Friday July 4 Peggle Deluxe 40%

Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle Deluxe greatness. Conquer 55 fanciful levels with 10 mystical Magic Powers, racking up bonus points and shots you’ll smile about for weeks. Face off against your friends in Duel Mode, or tackle 75 extra-tricky challenges. It’s luck and skill and joyous thrills, and amidst all this fevered action only one question remains: Can you become a Peggle Master?

Saturday July 5 Crime City 60%

The story involves around a big city filled with criminals. Crime in the city must be controlled and, should it get out of hand, be dealt with swiftly. Therefore, an elite police unit is created. This task force consists of Policemen in their cars trained in high speed pursuit and motorized urban tactics whose mission is to intervene rapidly and intercept any and all threats to the public before any harm be done. These policemen take their orders from YOU. You are the only line between order and anarchy. Take command of this elite police unit and let no one cross it.

Sunday July 6 Galactic Justice 60%

Join the Galactic Council in the battle against the evil Boomdragons. Select from over 20 weapons and 50 orbs to create the ultimate vehicle to deliver justice. Travel to 5 distinct planets to earn badges of justice and take back the galaxy.

If you see a game you like, head over to Game du Jour on the right day and pick up the game dirt cheap.

WANTED is a film that was just released by Universal Pictures that tells the story of an ordinary office worker that has been picked to become a member of an assassin guild. Stillfront AB has turned the movie Wanted into a web-based Massive Multi-player Online (MMO) game, Wanted Fan Immersion Game (FIG). The themes of the movie have been kept the same and the game is free to play.

Players start out as an assassin in training and build their character into a ruthless killer as the Fraternity leader of the assassin’s guild. The game is quest based and leads players on adventures of killing that will take strategy to complete.

Wanted FIG utilizes micro-transactions to upgrade your weapons and ammunition, gain healing abilities, and fortify your fraternity. As with any Web 2.0 game, the game includes social networking aspects. Players have the opportunity to recruit others into their fraternity, assign hits on other players and team up to take out rival targets.

“The concept of different fraternities of assassins lends itself perfectly to the design of a casual MMOG, and the unique objects ingrained in the property — from ancient weapons to intricately woven hit orders — are well-suited for a microtransaction model. The Wanted FIG provides an addictive game play experience for fans while generating online brand awareness leading up to the film release, and well beyond.”

If Wanted FIG sounds like a game you would enjoy, head over to The Wanted Game.

Thanks News Desk