During the Ubisoft Press Conference the brand new peripheral and fitness game was revealed.

Today during the Ubisoft Press Conference the company revealed its new fitness game, Your Shape, as well as its new motion sensing camera.

Through use of the camera in conjunction with Your Shape, players' shapes will be recorded and a profile will be created specific to that player.

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EA Sports Active sold 600,000 units within two weeks.

At EA's E3 2009 Media Briefing Peter Moore, President of EA Sports, announced that EA Sports Active has sold 600,000 copies to date. The fitness game has sold 300,000 copies in each of the two weeks since it released.

After discussing those sales figures, Moore then announced that EA will release... Read more...

Update: Even more new information revealed in press release. At this morning's Microsoft E3 press conference, some songs were confirmed and downloadable content was announced.

At Microsoft's E3 press conference, The Beatles: Rock Band, which is also coming to Wii, was featured and more information about the game was revealed including songs and downloadable content.

While none of this is confirmed for Wii yet, the downloadable content will include full albums such as Abbey Road, which will be available shortly after launch.

LucasArts and Telltale team up to create five new Monkey Island episodes on WiiWare.

Today, LucasArts announced that they plan to revive the classic Monkey Island franchise with the Tales of Monkey Island for WiiWare. Developed by Telltale games, the series will be released through five monthly episodes starting in July.

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Mighty Flip Champs flips to DSiWare, the sequel to Final Fantasy IV and Texas Hold'em arrives on WiiWare, and a Commodore 64 classic arrives on Virtual Console.

WiiWare gets two games this week as Square-Enix brings the highly anticipated game Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and Digital Leisure brings Texas Hold'em Tournament. Commodore Gaming brings Bolder Dash for the Commodore 64 to Virtual Console. Wayforward Technologies brings Mighty Flip Champs to DSiWare.

Due to overwhelming demand, NIS America has decided to delay Phantom Brave in order to include dual voice-overs.

NIS America recently announced that they decided to delay Phantom Brave: We Meet Again in order to include Japanese voice-overs.

Originally, the game was only going to feature English voice-overs. Due to overwhelming feedback from fans, the company and development team decided to please their fans and include English and Japanese voice-overs.

Two of the most popular hip hop artists contribute their talents to DJ Hero's track list.

Activision has announced an innovative collaboration with hip hop artists Jay-Z and Eminem that includes tracks from both performers and a special edition of the game.

The collaboration will create a special edition that includes an expanded version of the game's turntable controller, a traveling case that turns into a table, and a special edition CD featuring the best hits from each performer.

The recently revealed Hospital will be called Trauma Team in North America. It will feature voice acting, new anime-influenced story sequences, and lots of exciting medical action.

Last week, Famitsu revealed the existence of Hospital, a new game from the creators of Trauma Center. Today, Atlus announced the game for North America with the localized title Trauma Team.

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The survival horror adventure will arrive in September.

EA has announced that Dead Space: Extraction will be released on September 29.

A prequel to last year's Dead Space and developed by Visceral Games, Dead Space: Extraction is a Wii exclusive on-rails shooter that promises to expand on the storyline by offering new playable characters, the intense horror the franchise is known for to a brand new audience, and have the "best visuals ever showcased on the platform."

The Conduit and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games highlight Sega's Nintendo lineup.

Sega's has announced what games they will show at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009, which starts on Tuesday. Two highly anticipated titles highlight Sega's Nintendo lineup for the show.

The first of these is The Conduit, developed by High Voltage Software. Touted as a deep first person... Read more...

Debuting in PAL territories later this year, the game features an exciting story that delves into the past of the protagonist, Roxas, and the first multiplayer mode in the series.

Square Enix revealed that Kingdom Hearts 358/2 is slated for release in PAL territories this fall. The talented folks at Square Enix and Disney have reunited once again to tell the untold backstory of Roxas and his time spent in Organization XIII.

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Both titles are due later this year in Japan.

A recent news article from the Nikkei Shimbun confirmed the existence of Wii Fit Plus and revealed that a new Mario title is in the works.

Wii Fit Plus, which will be released in the fall, will have more precise weighing options and the ability to compare stats and progress with friends online.

WayForward's premiere DSiWare title is coming soon.

Yesterday, WayForward announced both the price and release date of their upcoming DSiWare title, Mighty Flip Champs. Nintendo will be making the game available in the DSi Shop on June 1 for 800 DSi Points ($8).

In Mighty Flip Champs players control Alta, the story's protagonist. She must navigate through a variety of mazes using her magical wand in order to reach the exit.

The new third-person action adventure will allow players to play through Aragorn's most epic quests in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Earlier today, Headstrong GamesWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest for Wii and DS. They also announced Aa new partnership between Warner Bros Interactive Entertainmentthem, The Sail Zaentz Company, and New Line Productions, Inc, which has allowed the game to come to fruition. The partnership will allow Warner Bros to expand the series with titles that appeal to a broad demographic of gamers.

Take-Two intends for all their sports titles to be multiplatform.

In a post-earnings conference call with GameSpot, Take-Two’s Ben Feder spoke about their sports business and its struggle to be profitable. He noted their plans to expand the list of platforms for which they will release their NBA titles. It was then revealed that NBA 2K10 would arrive on Wii when it ships across multiple platforms this fall.

Tecmo Bowl Wii transformed into this Mii-using family-themed football game.

Tecmo has announced Family Fun Football as an exclusive Wii title to be released this fall. The sports title will be an arcade inspired game that incorporates the Miis into its gameplay as well as quirky original characters, such as animals and aliens, interacting in vibrant stadiums and worlds.

The publisher announced that they are localizing and publishing the anticipated adventure game in North America.

After much uncertainty, Xseed Games recently announced that they will be bringing

tri-Crescendo-developed adventure game Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon to North America, according to IGN.

Originally released in Japan by Namco Bandai, Fragile is set in a post-apocalyptic world. Players control Seto, who is one of the only humans left alive. He searches for other survivors in the world with nothing but a flashlight by his side.

Atlus' Trauma Center team brings the whole hospital experience to Wii.

The newest issue of Famitsu revealed that the team behind the Trauma Center series is developing a new title for Wii called Hospital.

Players will be able to play as different positions in a hospital such as a paramedic, a forensic analysis specialist, and a plastic surgeon. Two new gameplay examples shown are maneuvering an endoscopic camera with the Wii Remote, and extracting an iron beam out of a liver.

Taito fans will be happy to hear that many of the company's most popular franchises, including Rainbow Islands, Space Invaders, Bust-A-Move, and Arkanoid, are heading to DS and WiWare with brand new features and stages.

Yesterday, Taito announced that Arkanoid Plus!, Bust-A-Move Plus!, and Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure! are heading to WiiWare. In addition, the company finally announced that the DS games, Space Bust-A-Move and Space Invaders Extreme 2, will be released in North America.

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A ton of new information about Guitar Hero 5 was recently unveiled including the release date, names of many of the musicians providing songs, and the ability to play a single song with four different drum sets simultaneously.

Activision revealed on the Guitar Hero 5 official website that the upcoming rhythm game is debuting on September 1, which is about a week before MTV Games and Harmonix's The Beatles: Rock Band. The site also provided new information on the gameplay and some of the 85 bands participating.

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