Touch Games Now on the DS

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Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment has announced the release of TouchMaster: Connect for the Nintendo DS. Touchmaster: Connect is a compilation of twenty different games. The twenty different games are different styles, too. There are action, puzzle, card, strategy and trivia games.

TouchMaster: Connect allows players to connect to Facebook and Twitter to post their scores for all of their friends to see. This feature is not normally found in DS games and this is one of the first to bring that feature to DS games. Players can connect to world wide leader boards to see how their scores stack up against the rest of the players around the world.

TouchMaster: Connect is available now at retail stores for $19.99.

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Splatterhouse Comes to Mobile Devices

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Namco has announced the release of Splatterhouse for mobile devices. The game will be available on RIM, Windows mobile, JAVA, BREW and, of course, the iPhone. Namco has committed to releasing their games on multiple platforms and this game holds true to that commitment.

Splatterhouse is a gruesome slack and hash game. Players take on the roll of Rick as he battles through the West Mansion to save his girlfriend from the monsters. Players have to choose the weapon they want to use from six different weapons. They use that weapon against the monsters in seven different stages.

The iPhone version will launch for $2.99 and contain a special Splatter Rush Mode. The prices for the other versions of the game will be set by the carriers.

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Happy Halloween!

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To celebrate Halloween, enjoy the Atari 2600 game Halloween, from way back in 1983. Michael Myers was never so blocky.

Haunted House Returns to PC, Wii, XBLA

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A lot of Atari 2600 gamers remember this title as “the game with roaming eyes and bats”. Haunted House, the classic Atari game, will be making a comeback on the Wii, Xbox Live Arcade and PC, updated for 2010.

According to an email from Atari:

Haunted House 1.0 became an instant classic when it hit the market in the 80’s. Teens and young adults were glued to their TV sets, with joystick in hand, as wondering eyes tried to survive Graves Mansion. It was the first survivor, search and escape, game that started a gaming genre explosion gamers thrive on today.

30 years later, Atari has given Haunted House a modern gameplay update mixed with the proven fun factor and suspense of the original blockbuster game. This classic game has been remade for a new generation authentic replication of arcade gameplay, rich 3D environments, interactive objects, dynamic storylines, and new characters. Just cool is the re-imagination? Check out these 5 new game screens! We line them up with the original Haunted House gameplay. The graphics are an upgrade, but the key game icons are still there!

Screenshots and gameplay trailer to follow after the break.

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Sega iPhone Sale Til September 1

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Sega has dropped the price of their iPhone iterations of some of their classic Genesis and Gamecube games, be aware that these prices will go back up to normal on September 1st, so if you have a hankering to play Phantasy Star II for $3 you better jump on it now.

Sale prices:

  • * Ecco the Dolphin for $0.99
  • * Golden Axe for $0.99
  • * Phantasy Star II for $2.99
  • * Shining Force for $0.99
  • * Sonic the Hedgehog for $2.99
  • * Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for $2.99
  • * Streets of Rage for $0.99
  • * Super Monkey Ball 1 for $1.99
  • * Super Monkey Ball 2 for $2.99
  • * Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (iPad) for $3.99

Let us know if you pick any of these titles up.

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