Ashen is an open world co-op action RPG about a wanderer in search of a place to call home. Passive Co-Op Multiplayer As you adventure through Ashen, you'll occasionally encounter other players in a massive open world, akin to the passive multiplayer of Journey. It's up to you to decide how to deal with them - fight together against evil, invite them into your party or simply ignore them. Souls with a Twist Ashen is faithful to the "souls" genre of stamina-based combat, introducing players to a punishing yet satisfyingly vast world. But here’s the twist - no two gameplay experiences are alike. Whether you’re exploring bogs, investigating a fjord or pillaging an old palace, where you are at any given moment will dramatically alter the course of your adventure. It's a brutal open world; you're just living in it. Creatures + Combat Ashen has no shortage of dangerous encounters, from hostile enemies to indigenous creatures. You'll be rewarded for studying the environment and its inhabitants, planning your adventure rather than flying by the seat of your pants. The flora and fauna within the world aren't just fantastical; they're often fatal. Each confrontation, no matter how trivial, has potentially dire consequences. Crafting is Key As you discover survivors, you'll have the choice to invite them to your Town. But these aren't mere adventurers - they're potential collaborators, bringing a plethora of crafting skills, from blacksmithing to foraging expertise, in tow. Story + Score Famed fantasy author Mark Lawrence (The Broken Empire trilogy) and renowned band Foreign Fields collaborated closely with the development team at Aurora44 to craft a cohesive and unique narrative and sound.

Asphalt Urban GT combines the virtues of both simulation and arcade racing for the Nintendo DS. Players will be in the driver's seat while hitting the streets in a wide range of licensed high-performance cars on tracks from all over the world.Winning races, collecting prize money, and then purchasing new cars and/or tweaking current ones is key to success. Asphalt Urban GT is a solid game for both sports car enthusiast and racing fans.Features:More than 20 Licensed Dream Cars- The most recognized and well-respected racing cars in the world, including Lamborghini, Jaguar, Hummer, VW, Audi and many more.Eight Tracks Inspired by Real Locations- Driving through the recognizable streets of New York City, Miami, Paris and Tokyo.Dual Screen, Dual Approach- Players will have the advantage of watching their progress turn-by-turn on the bottom display of the Nintendo DS.- Spy on opponents and gauge when to take risks and when to proceed with caution.Build, Tune, Shape- More than thirty options for tuning, engine maintenance and bodywork.Graphics and Gameplay- Outstanding 3D graphics are accentuated by realistic engine sounds and original music that complement the urban environments.- Five gameplay modes with three camera angles and a replay feature create a dynamic and immersive racing experience.Multiplayer Racing- Up to four players can race against each other through each twisting turn in three different multiplayer game modes:o Single Race allows up to four players to race head-to-head.o Championship mode allows up to four players to play some of the championship tracks from the solo evolution mode.o Cop Chase is a two player cat and mouse mode where the cops attempt to capture and "lock on" their opponent for five seconds to claim victory.

Intensify battle action with up to 8 players via wireless LAN. Use the voice recognition system during battles and escape from some situation. Enjoy a bonus game or control menu items by Touch Screen. Everything is combined to give the best experience of fun and multiplayer gameplay.Features:BATTLE MODE: Extended multiplayer experience: take advantage of wireless LAN, Bomberman DS matches up to 8 players making full use of the double screen. Multi- or Single cartridge does not matter for smooth play!STANDARD MODE: Enjoy a great single-player mode in this Standard Game. New enemy characters to the game! Each level consists of 100 stages. An area Boss is waiting at the last stage of each area.VOICE BATTLE: Place bombs by using a voice-recognition function! And, if you are in danger, just SHOUT! That may summon a shield which protects you from the bomb blast.TOUCH SCREEN GAME INPUT: Enjoy a Bonus Game or control menu items by Touch Screen. This new DS functionality adds a great new twist to Bomberman.

For true football fans that demand the finest gameplay and comprehensive game modes, FIFA Football 2004 is the most complete and authentic soccer experience. A new Career Mode gives you the chance to take a team from the lower divisions, battle through ranks, sign new players, and turn them into champions. The action is deeper than ever with advanced levels of player detail and responsiveness. When you want to take on new competitors, connect to EA SPORTSTM online for PlayStation 2 or PC for match up gameplay, tournaments, downloadable content, and more. With immersive atmospheres, benchmark presentation, total realism with the world's premier clubs, and industry-leading gameplay, FIFA Football 2004 returns as the true authority in soccer gaming.Key Features:Groundbreaking Gameplay: FIFA Football 2004 offers a fine-tuned game engine and a new animation engine dramatically enhancing the smoothness in player movement through organic motion.Expanded Database and Controls: Enjoy richer depth to team AI, attributes, tactics, playing styles, and individual player personalities. New depth to control keeps FIFA Football 2004 easy to pick up and play but gives greater depth for the master.Be the Ultimate Player Manager: Be your own player manager with FIFA's deep Career Mode. Build your own squad and guide your club to the Championship by making calculated front-line decisions. Manage your team's budget and promote or relegate your players to sustain team objectives on the pitch. When one season ends and another begins new challenges will present themselves. The most successful player managers should also be ready for promotions, as some of the world's top clubs may have new job offers.In-game Management: You think it's easy being the Manager? Prove your tactical genius on the fly. Don't second-guess yourself after the final whistle-make adjustments mid-game and call plays in real time via the d-pad.Immersive Environments: More than 300 new crowd chants at an ever growing list of officially licensed stadiums help put you in the best seat in the house. From stadiums small and large, no football gaming experience offers a more complete library of the game's authentic environments. An all-new dynamic weather feature even affects gameplay.Broadcast Plus: Get a fresh perspective on game presentation with cutting-edge broadcast style quality. New camera angles, intelligent commentary and rich effects make up part of the authentic package.Play With The Best: More than 500 official licenses, including 16 leagues, 350 teams and 10,000 players are available. From the fast pace of Europe's super leagues to the Americas Club Championship, which allows you to play with the top clubs from the top European leagues such as Spain, England, Italy, Germany and France. FIFA Football 2004 provides for the most authentic selection of the world's top teams, players, and environments.A Game With No Boundaries: Take on opponents from anywhere around the globe via EA SPORTS online (PlayStation 2 and PC only). An online lobby area where gamers can meet, greet, chat and play FIFA Football 2004 head to head provides the ultimate interactive experience.

All great players have a great first touch and, thanks to EA SPORTS' all-new fluid player kinetic system, the same is now true for FIFA Football 2005 users. This year, a player's first touch becomes the ultimate gift to those who can think quickly and act fast to outsmart the opposition. A brand new animation system ensures that every button press is directly mirrored on the pitch, accurately reflecting the speed and vision of the world's greatest players. Featuring more official team and league licenses than any other football game (including lower leagues from the most competitive European countries), an enhanced and extended Career Mode, EA SPORTS Online play for the PlayStation 2, PC-CD and Xbox and the all-new Creation Zone that lets you customise new tournaments or even put yourself into the game, FIFA Football 2005 is the only complete, authentic and intelligent football experience.Features:Master the First Touch: An accomplished first touch is the essential skill that separates great players from good ones. Our all-new fluid player kinetic system accurately reflects the first touch of every player in FIFA Football 2005's comprehensive database by directly translating their speed and vision to button presses on your controller.irst Touch Control: Immediately knock, trap or flick incoming passes in any direction with a well-timed flick of the wrist. Simply push the right stick to try and beat your marker or find that extra yard of space.Added Gameplay Depth: Off the Ball Control is better than ever in FIFA Football 2005. Take command of players not in possession of the ball by calling in tackles, jostling for space and sending your team mates on runs as you control the pitch. Now you can also control the movement of receivers at throw-ins as well as free kicks and corners.The Absolute Broadcast: With new in-game camera angles, smooth and continuous replay cut sequences and improved contrast and lighting for players and stadiums, FIFA Football 2005 has the look and feel of an authentic television broadcast. Intricate details such as wrinkle patterns, fonts and colouring on player kits add further depth to the presentation, which can even detect the context and importance of a moment and deliver an appropriate level of intensity in the broadcast.Enter the Creation Zone: Fulfil your dreams of superstardom on the world's biggest stage in the all-new Creation Zone. Customise players using the most advanced modelling system ever or set yourself fresh challenges by creating new tournaments.Deeper Career Mode: FIFA Football 2005's deep Career Mode tests your skills both on and off the pitch. Make the tough decisions behind the scenes to turn your team into challengers and then guide them in a 15-year quest for silverware.Immersive Environments: With authentic crowd chants, officially licensed stadiums of all sizes and a variety of weather conditions FIFA Football 2005 guarantees total football realism.Football's Ultimate Line-Up: 18 leagues - including official English Premier League, German Bundesliga, French LFP and Spanish LFP (Primera Liga) licenses - as well as 38 national teams and 15,000 players are available for selection. From the fast pace of Europe's super leagues to smaller up-and-coming lower division teams, FIFA Football 2005 provides the most authentic selection of the world's top teams, players and environments.EA SPORTS Online: Take your game online and challenge opponents anywhere in the world via a PC, PlayStation 2 or Xbox. Meet, greet and chat via the new and improved EA Messenger and then set up a tournament or play FIFA Football 2005 head-to-head using EA SPORTS' intuitive matchmaking system. Battle your way to the top of the world at the ultimate online sports gaming destination.

Spider-Man 2, the highly anticipated follow-up to Activision's 2002 smash hit, is the first game to fully immerse players in the role of Spider-Man and propels them into a living city teeming with common criminals, super villains and pedestrians. Set in a massive free-roaming, do-anything, virtual city, players swing from buildings, sling webs on structures, dive from roof tops to sidewalks, jump across skyscrapers and scale tall heights as they patrol and protect the city from the nefarious Doc Ock. Based on the plot of the movie and extending beyond the film with other diabolical Marvel villains, additional missions and random events, Spider-Man 2 is the most in-depth Super Hero game to date.Features:Swing from the movie theater to your living room - Re-capture the movie experience and become Spider-Man in the comfort of your own home, following the story and battling Doc Ock in locations taken straight from the movie, as well as original story and missions exclusive to the game.The entire city of is your playground - Gamers immerse themselves in a go anywhere/do anything virtual New York City, populated by cars, pedestrians and criminals. Players scale the heights of the tallest skyscrapers and jump from rooftops to street level as they patrol the city in search of people in need of help."Spider-Man...Spider-Man...does whatever a spider can" - All new realistic physics immerse players in the role of the world's most celebrated crime fighter like never before as they spin webs and swing from actual locations like building corners, lampposts, flagpoles, trains - even helicopters. Gamers can harness super strength for powerful jumps and lightning-fast wall crawling.More Marvel comic characters than ever before - In addition to Doc Ock, as featured in the upcoming film sequel, gamers must battle a plethora of characters in Spider-Man's legendary Rogue's Gallery of villains who make exclusive game appearances, including Mysterio and Black Cat.A Super Hero's got to do, what a Super Hero's got to do - Take time out from main missions to foil random crimes in the streets and help the citizens on Manhattan. The game's new combat system challenges players to be more strategic and use new web attacks to disarm opponents and dodge and duck opponent's advances. The more crimes Spider-Man prevents, the more players hero rating increases, giving them access to advanced attacks combinations and maneuvers.

Concept:Get ready to Monkey Around! Cute, simple, and powerfully addictive; Monkey Ball puts players in control of what else? A cute little monkey trapped in a transparent ball. Geared towards anyone who likes having fun, Monkey Ball challenges 1-4 players to maneuver a ball by tilting the floor quickly with the Control Pad. The more you tilt, the faster the ball rolls, and it's your job to get the ball safely from the beginning of each stage to the end without letting it fall off the edges. But don't forget to collect some bananas along the way for extra bonus points!Features:Extensive game play for 1 to 4 players.10 Beginner stages, 30 Normal stages, 50 Advanced stages, and special hidden bonus stages.Bright, upbeat music that changes with the diverse environments.Simple controls get beginner gamers right into the game.Adorable, heart-stealing characters make gameplay addictive.Track your progress with Play Points and Rankings.6 Extra Modes of play include: Monkey Race, Monkey Fight, Monkey Target, Monkey Bowling, Monkey Billiards, and Monkey Golf!

The Sims are making a big return to the console and this time they are bustin' out of the house and exploring all-new locations around town. In The Sims Bustin' Out, players can choose from a variety of new career paths. Along the way, players can unlock and collect hundreds of new objects and social moves exclusive to the console. Play, work, and socialize with a cast of over 40 new outrageous characters and climb through ten new careers. The Sims Bustin' Out also features new integrated two-player gameplay and memory card support, for those players who like to take their Sims over to a friend's house and show them off.Features:Gameplay Experience: Create a character and play through over a dozen all-new unlockable levels. Choose from ten new careers including Mobster, Athlete, Mad Scientist, and Fashion Victim that will take you through multiple ways to play and win the game. Go back and forth through different careers and levels to unlock objects. Additionally, play two-player throughout the entire game with or against your friends.Get Out of the House and Explore New Locations: Travel seamlessly around town in your new scooter or car to play, work, and socialize. Visit, explore, or live in console exclusive, never been seen, new locations such as Club Rubb, the hip dance venue, or venture to the Love Shack. Additional locations include Shiny Things Lab, Art Gallery, Gymnausium, and "Family" Diner.Unlock 100 New Objects and Social Moves: Console exclusive objects include the Laser Light Show, DJ Booth, Climbing Wall, and High Dive. Unlock hidden, appearance-enhancing accessories such as tattoos, do-rags, and piercings. French Kiss, Towel Snap, and Moon Walk are just a few of the new social moves.Meet 40 New Characters: Watch out for the wacky group of characters featured in this next generation of conosole Sims such as Bing Bling, the party animal, and Goldie Toane, the workout queen, who also double as key sources to unlocking locations, objects, social interactions, and winning the game.Create-a-Sim: Personality matters! Revamp your Sims with new hip clothes and give your Sims personality traits that impact and affect gameplay experience. An outgoing or playful Sim is destined to show of smooth moves on the dance floor and an active Sim will conquer the climbing wall like no other.Next Generation Graphics, UI, and Audio: Doubling the overall look and feel of the game, enjoy sleek new graphics, seamless UI, shadows in real-time, new voices, sound effects, and all-new original music.

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