In development at EA Black Box, Need for Speed ProStreet is the next game in the hugely successful street racing series. The new game will apparently take the series in a new direction, with players taking part in numerous racing showdowns all over the world.

The Autosculpt technology that was last seen in NFS Carbon returns, but is said to now impact your car’s performance as well as its appearance. AI racers will be aggressive and new online modes will introduce competitive social gaming.

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Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2001 ELSPA Ltd
Entertainment Software (All Prices) Week 21, 2007

1: SPIDER-MAN 3
2: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
3: MARIO STRIKERS CHARGED FOOTBALL
4: COMMAND & CONQUER 3: TIBERIUM WARS
5: PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 6
6: WII PLAY
7: DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING
8: TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07
9: FIFA 07
10: COOKING MAMA
11: TMNT: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
12: THE SIMS 2: PETS
13: THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION
14: GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY STORIES
15: THE SIMS 2
16: NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON
17: FINAL FANTASY III
18: PONY FRIENDS
19: VIRTUA TENNIS 3
20: SONIC AND THE SECRET RINGS

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EA has today confirmed that its hugely popular FIFA series of video games will return this year with FIFA 08 and for the first time will release on PlayStation 3 and Wii.

Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho will headline a global line-up of superstars to be featured on the cover of FIFA 08. EA has also revealed that many of the cover stars, including Ronaldinho, Klose, Ramos, Barnetta, and Ivanschitz, are being motion captured for the new game.

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The Japanese publisher and developer has reported record sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, up from $2.15 billion to $2.3 billion. The digital entertainment division, which includes video games, is the company’s main source of profits with a number of titles said to have performed well.

The Pro Evolution Soccer series sold more than eight million units over the year, more than in any previous year, and titles including the Dance Dance Revolution series and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops were also singled-out for their strong sales.

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Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2001 ELSPA Ltd
Entertainment Software (All Prices) Week 20, 2007

1: SPIDER-MAN 3
2: COMMAND & CONQUER 3: TIBERIUM WARS
3: PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 6
4: WII PLAY
5: COOKING MAMA
6: TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07
7: FIFA 07
8: CRACKDOWN
9: DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING
10: FINAL FANTASY III
11: THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION
12: SINGSTAR POP HITS
13: GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY STORIES
14: THE SIMS 2
15: GOD OF WAR II
16: BUZZ! THE MEGA QUIZ
17: NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON
18: LEGO STAR WARS II: THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY
19: NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.
20: VIRTUA TENNIS 3

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Transformers excitement is present all around the Pro-G office, with the new live-action motion picture set to hit UK cinemas in July. We’ve also got the video game adaptation to look forward to and Activision has announced that the actors from the movie will reprise their roles for the game.

Live-action film leads Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox will star alongside legendary voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, the original voices of Optimus Prime and Megatron.

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Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2001 ELSPA Ltd
Entertainment Software (All Prices) Week 19, 2007

1: SPIDER-MAN 3
2: COMMAND & CONQUER 3: TIBERIUM WARS
3: WII PLAY
4: PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 6
5: FIFA 07
6: COOKING MAMA
7: FINAL FANTASY III
8: SINGSTAR POP HITS
9: THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION
10: TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07
11: GOD OF WAR II
12: BUZZ! THE MEGA QUIZ
13: UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2006-2007
14: VIRTUA TENNIS 3
15: HARVEST MOON DS
16: DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING
17: GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY STORIES
18: THE SIMS 2
19: CRACKDOWN
20: LEGO STAR WARS II: THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY

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A website address in the back of the Spider-Man 3 game manual leads to an American Activision website, where very basic details of a game called Spider-Man: Friend or Foe can be found.

The game, which the site reveals is scheduled for release in the autumn, appears to be based on the Spider-Man movie universe, the website stating: "A new twist on the legend. A new take on the movies…"

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Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2001 ELSPA Ltd
Entertainment Software (All Prices) Week 18, 2007

1: SPIDER-MAN 3
2: WII PLAY
3: GOD OF WAR II
4: SINGSTAR POP HITS
5: THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION
6: BUZZ! THE MEGA QUIZ
7: FIFA 07
8: TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07
9: VIRTUA TENNIS 3
10: POKEMON RANGER
11: FINAL FANTASY III
12: UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2006-2007
13: TMNT: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
14: HARVEST MOON DS
15: DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING
16: GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY STORIES
17: LOTR ONLINE: SHADOWS OF ANGMAR
18: NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.
19: THE SIMS 2
20: COMMAND & CONQUER 3: TIBERIUM WARS

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As part of its Q4 2007 financials, EA has revealed that one of its most highly anticipated titles, Spore, will no longer be released in 2007.

"We continue to have enormous confidence in Spore as a franchise - but have made the call not to include this title in our fiscal year financial plan," said EA in its conference call script.

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A rather lengthy document detailing EA’s financials has highlighted the fact that a new Need For Speed game is set for release at some point in 2007. When Pro-G contacted EA no other details on the game were available.

The report also boasted of 15 wholly owned new titles set to be released in the next year, including another Sims game and five original releases: Army of One, SKATE, Playground, Boogie, and an unnamed Spielberg game for the Wii.

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King of Clubs is described as a mini-golf puzzle game in which players will have to use their ingenuity to play their way to victory, be that strategically, tactically or by playing dirty.

Set in a theme park in the middle of the Nevada desert, players must collect, unlock, buy or hire rewards to enable them to complete a variety of puzzles across five themes. In total more than 95 holes will be waiting to challenge even the most skilled of mini-golf players.

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Any day now EA is expected to announce details of a new The Simpsons video game. A countdown website appeared over the weekend, presumably counting down to an announcement, but it’s since been taken offline.

Rather amusingly the countdown parodies the recent Rockstar Games GTA: IV unveiling, which has sparked rumours that the new title will be in the same style as the successful, and pretty good, The Simpsons: Hit and Run.

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Wannabe wizards are in for a treat this summer with the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which EA is promising will feature gesture-based spell casting.

"Instead of pressing buttons to fire off specific spells, we use each console’s unique controls," Executive producer, Harvey Elliott told GameSpot. "So if you want to use ‘depulso’ to push an object away from you, you press the right analogue stick forward on the 360 and PS2, you push the Sixaxis controller away from you on the PS3, and, of course, you flick your ‘wand’ away from you on the Wii."

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This Friday (May 4) sees the release of Spider-Man 3 across the world and it’s expected to be one of the biggest movies of the year, if not in movie history. To coincide with this momentous event Activision will release the video game based on the movie.

May 4 was to be the day when Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC and DS owners could experience the movie through their platform of choice, but it seems that PS3 owners will need to wait two more weeks.

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