"Boogie SuperStar" - Electronic Art's latest game for the Nintendo Wii system is already announced. But instead of finding Prince Charming, the goal of the game is to beat rival players' singing and dancing skills to earn the grand title of Boogie SuperStar. Players are "discovered" and whisked away in a stretch limo to an island where they hone their skills for the competition. Electronic Arts created the game specifically for female teens.

In the United States, 38 percent of all gamers are female, according to the Entertainment Software Association.

Girls - and boys too - can choose their own character and customize its name, hairstyle and outfit for their performance. They then pick music from a playlist of Top 40 pop songs, including hits from Britney Spears, Leona Lewis and Kanye West.

Unlike other popular music games such as "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero," players of the new game dictate how their character or avatar moves on screen. The game includes a microphone that measures players' vocal fluctuations. The motion-sensing Wii controller records their dance moves.

Another upcoming girl-targeted game for the Wii, Sega's "Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek," will also be released in October 2008 with "Boogie SuperStar." Analysts and critics in the gaming industry say both "Boogie SuperStar" and "Nancy Drew" Wii games are a positive step for video game publishers and will help double their consumer base.

Reference:

http://www.ea.com/read/20080626-BoogieSuperstar.xml

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Labels: Electronic Arts, Game Reviews, Wii

Global Warming is the most dangerous problems in the world. One of the web sites: http://www.climatehotmap.org/ “identifies Direct manifestations of a widespread and long-term trend toward warmer global temperatures:

Heat waves and periods of unusually warm weather
Ocean warming, sea-level rise and coastal flooding
Glaciers melting
Arctic and Antarctic warming

Events that foreshadow the types of impacts likely to become more frequent and widespread with continued warming.

Spreading disease
Earlier spring arrival
Plant and animal range shifts and population changes
Coral reef bleaching
Downpours, heavy snowfalls, and flooding
Droughts and fires.“

The majority of society will agree with these listed aspects that influence the earth and consequently people living on it. There is no way out except informing them about this issue. Each field should try to put deal in problem resolution. Different spheres do it differently. According to the TechNewsWorld, EA and BP are initiating to develop games that will present the realities of global warming virtually.

This mission is embodied by “SimCity” that becomes more realistic and informative from the view point of Global Warming.

Steve Seabolt, vice president of global brand development for the Sims label at EA says: "With 'SimCity Societies,' we have the opportunity not only to demonstrate some of the causes and effects of global warming, but also to educate players how seemingly small choices can have a big global impact.”

Partnership between Electronic Arts (EA) and energy giant BP aims to help educate people on this social issue.

The players will not be forced to adopt one type of power or another. The choice is free. The game also presents pros and cons of each choice done by the player. Each incorrect step increases the threats of global warming, places the player in front of the alternative choice. Game provides not virtual and in corresponding data about the carbon dioxide gas emissions but it is based on real facts otherwise the game can not have informative and educative purposes. During the game each step is determined by the player, the choice falls on taking greener approach or “Blacker.”

Cai adds: "This is a wider implementation of this whole phenomenon. It's also a lot more fun than reading text or looking at presentations." This is a very good investigation of providing information in interesting, and attracting way. Especially for younger generation. It is the guarantee of increased percentage of saving the earth.

As George Douglas, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory says: "the more people know about energy -- how it's made, how it's used and the impacts of those possibilities -- the better off we all will be.”

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Labels: Electronic Arts, SimCity

Lack of killer games is PlayStation 3's major problem. High quality titles, yes that is what PlayStation 3 needs to become the best gaming console. Unfortunately, BioWare's Mass Effect is one more game that will be missing on PlayStation 3. BioWare, the developer of the game has announced that the company will stick to XBox 360 exclusively.

This has become known after Electronic Arts announced yesterday that it was acquiring the developer along with Pandemic Games. It has also been announced by BioWare that the game will be a trilogy.

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Labels: BioWare, Electronic Arts, Mass Effect, PlayStation