During the next Plus International Design Festival from October 17 to the 21, gamers will get the opportunity to play Pac Man Plus or a real life version of Pac Man. Two gamers will work as a team to navigate the 6 meter by 6 meter maze, one being Pac Man in the maze and the other being his eyes in the sky. There will also be two ghosts hunting Pac Man down, the goal will be to eat the four power pills in the maze. Sounds like a good time after a few beers!

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So if you thought that MS has been throwing money aorund to promote their newest installment of crack on a CD, better known as Halo 3, well here they go again. For the UK launch party on September 26, MS has signed up the talents of Pharrell Williams to run their star studded event in the UK.

I wodner what MS is planning to do for the launch party in Amsterdam? Giant blunts for all who stand in line?!

From the press release:

London, 18th September 2007: US music superstar Pharrell Williams will fly to the UK next week to host a very special party for the launch of Halo 3, Microsoft reveals today.
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As if Rock Band has not been hyped up enough already, now they are taking the game on a 24 state tour of the US where users can get a sneak peak at the game and some nice hands on time. Not only will users get to play the game, but they can also compete to win a spot on MTV’s TRL as one of top Rock Bands. Pretty sweet and you can look forward to seeing it in your backyard soon, dates all listed below.

From the press release:

New York, NY – September 6, 2007 – Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today that Rock Band™ is hitting the road on a coast-to-coast tour to give consumers the chance to try the award winning game everyone is talking about before it comes out. In addition, budding musicians can choose to participate in a “Rock Off” audition for an opportunity to appear on MTV’s TRL. Two selected bands will participate in a live “Battle of the Bands,” with the top group being asked to open for one of rock’s biggest bands at the Rock Band launch concert this Holiday 2007.
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Penny Arcade is holding their yearly expo, PAX, and we just got word that they will be holding a media Q&A session to go over their new title, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness. I have gotten a chacne to see some early shots of this game and the art work looks pretty decent, but I am not sold on the game play just yet. It will be interesting what they discuss and if they announce a sequel to this first installment as the title says it’s only episdoe one.

From the press release:

Seattle, Wash. - Aug 21, 2007 Hothead Games, developer of the upcoming action RPG game, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode One, will host a Media Q&A session to show off the title at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) later this week. The game is the first in a series of downloadable episodic computer games based on Penny Arcade, the world’s most popular web comic (www.penny-arcade.com). Multiple PAX events will offer the anticipated 30,000+ fans and media new footage and further insight into the game at the celebration of all things gaming in Seattle, Washington.
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Halo 3 is a media giant right now and it has already officially hit the 1 million pre-sell mark. Launch day for Halo 3 is a monumental day and I am curious if the Xbox LIVE servers will be able to handle the huge influx of users crashing the servers simultaneously?

Not only are gamers craving this game but so is anyone that can co-market their products on the backs of the Halo franchise. Halo 3 is now running promotions and marketing with: 7-Eleven, Mountain Dew, Pontiac, The Projekt Revolution Tour and Burger King.

In a sad way I am actually happy to see Master Chief plastered on the side of a Burger King french fry box, why you ask? Well because it means people are beginning to view the video game industtry seriously and value the effect a franchise title like Halo 3 can have, perhaps we will see more co-marketing of this style in the future.

Although it is ironic that most of the things asscoicated with Halo 3 are not exactly health conscious, Mountain Dew, 7-Eleven and Burger King, all they need left is a deal with Lard.

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This June has two important events for Nintendo coming up:

June 4 - DS Lite gets it’s own web capabilities, the DS Lite Web Browser will be an Opera based platform that will let you surf the web for $34.99. Keep an eye on this applicaton, may prove to be key on the small handheld with the stylus, I know I use the on eon my PSP a bit.

June 19 - Say hello to my favorite zombie hunter, as Resident Evil 4 Wii edition hits the streets. If you mssed the original version for the Gamecube then check this out on your Wii. We have posted some clips of this gmae and it looks very promising.

If you have not heard about this event you definitely should check it out and support it. The VideoGame Expo is scheduled to take place from November 2 to the 4th, in Philadelphia, PA. It will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center with a whopping 100,000 square feet of convention space nearly double the size of previous year’s events. Here is the offical site for pricing, if you get tickets online $12.50 will get you in to check it out. The venu is offering LAN parties, Cos play contests, video game contests, a hall of fame, video game museum and even a battle of the video game bands. For a complete list of events check here. We will let you know if Loot-Ninja will make an appearance as well.

Just a friendly reminder that Microsoft’s Guitar Hero II event with Gene Simmons is tomorrow at Virgin Megastore in Time Square. I’ll be there playing some GH2 and talking to some folks. If you’re going to the event, it starts at 12:30pm. Leave a comment if you’ll be there and think you can hang with my Guitar Hero skills.

If you’re around New York City next Wednesday, April 11, stop by Virgin Megastore in Times Square. Microsoft is hosting a Guitar Hero II competition, where five lucky contestants will be able to battle it out to get to play “Strutter” with one and only Gene Simmons of KISS. Don’t go jumping around just yet, the contestants have already been selected.

The event runs from 12:30-2:30pm EST. I’ll be there with bells on (not really you freaks). I’ll make sure to take lots of pictures to show everyone. If anyone in the area will be going, leave some comments.

Expect Gene Simmons to market the hell out of himself at every turn, cause that’s how he rolls.