Sunday 7 June 2009

Press Release for Rockstars "Agent"

Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce Agent. Developed by the people behind Grand Theft Auto, Rockstar North, Agent will be available exclusively for the PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system. "We have always enjoyed making action games, and with Agent we are making what we believe will be the ultimate action game," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "Agent is a game we have wanted to make for a long time. The team in Edinburgh is doing an amazing job combining intense action, atmosphere and story in a great period setting to create something that feels quite unique. We cannot wait for people to experience this game."

Agent takes players on a paranoid journey into the world of counter-intelligence, espionage and political assassinations during the height of the Cold War at the end of the 1970s.

MGS: Rising confirmed for PS3/PC

It was pretty obvious anyway, thanks to internet leaks (and just a little common sense), that Metal Gear Solid Rising will be coming to PS3, but now Konami has made it all official. Let's be friends.PS3 and PC versions of the game will make it to stores alongside the previously announced Xbox 360 version in 2010, which Konami points out make this the series' first simultaneous multiplatform release. "The first Metal Gear Solid game in the series' history to be released simultaneously on three platforms, Metal Gear Solid: Rising stars Raiden - one of the most popular characters within the MGS universe," says Konami.

Konami marketing man Martin Schneider says: "The Metal Gear Solid series has always pushed the bar with its cinematic visuals and entertaining story line ... Now even more gamers can immerse themselves in the franchise and experience the groundbreaking series as Metal Gear Solid: Rising heads to the platform of their choice."

Karl Lagerfeld to voice Totally Spies

Fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld is to lend his voice to an animated feature film for the first time in the French movie "Totally Spies." Lagerfeld who is the head designer at French fashion brand Chanel, will feature as bad guy Fabu in the animated action film based on the long-running hit TV series about three high school girls who become secret agents, the movie will open in France in July. As a fashion line, Chanel has been ubiquitous on the big screen recently in the movies "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky" and "Coco Before Chanel" starring Audrey Tautou.