Remedy Entertainment and Microsoft Studios announced today that Alan Wake's American Nightmare, their stand-alone digital spin-off adventure, is now available for 1200 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE ® Arcade for the Xbox 360 ® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. This downloadable adventure is a featured title in the third-annual Xbox LIVE Arcade House Party program, delivering the season's biggest and best digital games. Featuring a thrilling pulp action adventure story mode and an all new “Fight till Dawn” arcade mode, American Nightmare will shine a new light on the world of Wake while appealing to fans and newcomers alike.

“With Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, we wanted to challenge the conventions of what makes an Xbox LIVE Arcade title” says Matias Myllyrinne, CEO of Remedy. “The game is a combination of pick-up-and-play arcade action that players expect out of an Xbox LIVE Arcade title, as well as a substantial pulp inspired single-player campaign that Remedy is known for.”

The single player campaign comes from the darkest corners of the ‘Night Springs’, a Twilight Zone inspired fiction. American Nightmare is an exaggerated and gritty rendering of that world – where the horrors of reality have the all too easy habit of coming true. When Wake becomes stuck in the alternate shadowed world of Night Springs, he must hunt down his evil doppelganger, Mr. Scratch, to find the answers. A supernatural serial killer, Scratch has his evil mind fixated on Wake’s wife, Alice, and even more horribly, Wake’s demise. To survive and thrive in the darkest of nights, Wake must learn to control reality itself and unravel the secret to Mr. Scratch’s demise with a trusty flashlight by his side and whatever weapon he can find.

The brand new “Fight till Dawn” arcade mode places Wake in the battle of his life. Players are tasked with surviving a full night of brutal onslaughts while racking up their score. With a myriad of new enemies to battle, Wake won’t have any trouble since he’ll have plenty of deadly options within his arsenal: old stalwarts like the flare gun, wild new favorites like the nail gun and old school Remedy favorites like the Uzi. Thankfully, safe havens and unlockable weapons litter the landscape, allowing for a momentary respite from the darkness. Surviving until dawn is only the beginning though, as online leaderboards pit friends head-to-head to see who the real champion of light is.

Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is available now on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 for 1200 Microsoft Points. The game is rated T for Teen by the ESRB. For more information, please visit: Facebook (www.facebook.com/alanwake) - Twitter (@Remedygames) and website: www.alanwake.com. Can’t get enough Alan Wake? Check out the recently released Alan Wake on PC via Steam for the high definition goods!

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THQ Inc. today announced availability of a new downloadable workout pack for UFC® Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System, the company's notable interactive fitness product released in June 2011. The content offering, available exclusively via Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft, will feature current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones as part of five new workout routines and 15 new Hit the Mitts drills. The downloadable workout pack is available now worldwide for a suggested purchase cost of 800 Microsoft Points.

UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System is available now at retailers worldwide on Kinect^TM for Xbox 360, PlayStation^®Move for the PlayStation^®3 computer entertainment system and the Wii^TM system from Nintendo.  For more information on UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System, please visit www.ufcpersonaltrainer.com, facebook.com/ufcpersonaltrainer and twitter.com/UFCPT.

About UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System

Designed with support from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and leading mixed martial arts (MMA) training experts Mark DellaGrotte, Greg Jackson and Javier Mendez, the fitness routines and comprehensive programs included in UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System deliver a challenging and motivating UFC fitness experience through the best and most effective exercises utilized by today's renowned UFC fighters. DellaGrotte, Jackson and Mendez currently operate three of the most prominent MMA training facilities in the world and have significantly contributed to the success of many elite UFC fighters, including current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir.

Users will learn over 70 MMA and NASM-approved exercises, including moves from disciplines such as wrestling, kickboxing and Muay Thai, that are designed to improve strength, endurance and conditioning through use in a variety of routines.  All 51 routines, along with nine exclusive bonus routines on Kinect for Xbox 360, are specialized to target specific muscle groups, as well as factor individual skill levels and fitness goals.  In addition, users may focus on specific fitness objectives by building personalized routines with up to 12 different exercises.  Each custom routine can be modified to increase or decrease intensity of the pre-set pace, enabling users to fully maximize their training experiences based on individual preferences.  Across the training experience, users will punch and kick virtual authentic MMA training gear, with Kinect for Xbox 360 users having access to exclusive branded equipment.

In Hit the Mitts Mode, users will train with a variety of popular UFC personalities, including Kinect for Xbox 360 exclusive fighters Kenny Florian, Dan Hardy, Frank Mir and Diego Sanchez, in a variety of challenging rhythm and timing-based agility drills that utilize punching and kicking sequences.  They will unlock a variety of different drills to earn rewards, each with increasing difficulty, as well as have the ability to compete against friends and issue challenges in a multiplayer environment.

UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System provides additional guidance and encouragement throughout the fitness journey by enabling users to select a goal and work with DellaGrotte, Jackson or Mendez for personalized instruction.  They will learn MMA-inspired exercises, as well as authentic training techniques and healthy lifestyle choices, through a comprehensive fitness experience.  In addition, users looking for a dedicated program system focused on losing weight, building strength or improving performance may take advantage of either a 30 or 60-day program that best fits their needs.  UFC Personal Trainer also includes an interactive journal that will enable users to view a comprehensive calendar of their specific routines and time management while tracking progress and receiving recommendations to help meet their desired results.

For more information on UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System, please visit www.ufcpersonaltrainer.com, facebook.com/ufcpersonaltrainer and twitter.com/UFCPT.

Keywords: ufc, fitness, trainer, ufc personal trainer

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Electronic Arts Inc.and Starbreeze Studios (The Chronicles of Riddick and The Darkness) today announced that Syndicate™ will be available Friday 24th February at retail stores across the UK. A re-imagining of EA's cult classic from 1993, Syndicate blends fast-paced action and futuristic settings with an innovative chip breach gameplay mechanic to provide a brutal sci-fi first person shooter experience. Using the advanced DART 6 bio-chip technology implanted in their head, gamers can dilate time, see through walls, and breach the digital world and enemies around them. Critics are recognizing the advantages of this unique hacking mechanic with GameSpot.com touting, “there's some sick satisfaction to be had with the game's breach abilities” and @Gamer Magazine praising the game for its “addictive hacking gameplay.”

Set in 2069, Syndicate takes players into a dark, Machiavellian world where corporations are vying for market dominance. With no government to question their intentions or actions, mega corporations are at the forefront of this war. Stepping into the mind of Miles Kilo, Eurocorp’s latest prototype agent, gamers embark on a brutal action adventure full of corruption and revenge.Syndicate features the talents of celebrated actors Rosario Dawson (Sin City, Men in Black II) and Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity), who take on the roles of cutthroat executives working for the biggest and most aggressive syndicate. The engaging storyline was penned by award-winning sci-fi writer Richard Morgan (Altered Carbon, Thirteen) who has brought these deeply conflicted characters to life in an unforgiving world where violence, corruption, technology and betrayal have become the everyday tools of business.

In addition to the intense single-player campaign, Syndicate features a four-player co-op mode* where gamers play as an upstart syndicate, Wulf Western, aggressively taking over the rival syndicates. Throughout the co-op campaign, players will be fighting their way through nine different missions, many of which have been reimagined from the original hit game. Gamers need to team-up to defeat the other syndicates’ bosses, ripping the bio-chips from their heads and stealing their technology blueprints to put their syndicate on top.

Developed by Starbreeze Studios, Syndicate will be available from February 24 in Europe for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system and the PC. For more information onSyndicate, please visit www.syndicate.ea.com. Become a fan of Syndicate on Facebook at www.facebook.com/syndicate to download the exclusive remixed tracks of the original Syndicate theme song from some of the world’s top DJ’s including Skrillex, Digitalism, Flux Pavilion and Nero.

• Internet connection and Origin account required to play. Must be 13+ to create an account.

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SEGA® Europe Ltd. is excited to announce that not only is the world's greatest sporting event coming to Great Britain in 2012, it will come alive in your living room! London 2012™ - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games will allow you to feel the excitement of the Games, see the official venues fully rendered to their exact specifications and compete in over 30 Olympic events. London 2012™ will be available in June 2012 for PC, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system, and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and will include motion control support for PlayStation®Move and Kinect™ for Xbox 360®.

Over 30 Olympic events have been authentically recreated in their official Olympic arenas against the capital’s iconic skyline, with a host of new disciplines making their debut in London 2012™.  Keirin (cycling) at the Velodrome, 10m Synchronised Platform (diving) at the Aquatics Centre and Trampoline at North Greenwich Arena are just some of the new sports that will bring the atmosphere of the Olympic venues to life.  Take yourself from the spectator seat, to the race track, swimming pool, gymnastics arena and more and feel the adrenaline of the athletes whilst you compete for that coveted gold medal for your country. 

For the first time in an officially licensed Olympic video game, London 2012™will support motion control in a number of different events, bringing you even closer to the Olympic Games. Budding sports heroes will have an even more realistic way of competing in a number of events that are compatible with PlayStation^®Move and Kinect™ including 110m Hurdles, Beach Volleyball (Kinect only) and 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Move only).  London 2012™ also contains a number of game modes including single player Olympic Games mode, online and offline multiplayer and party play.
In another first for this iteration of the video game, London 2012™ will take the world’s biggest sporting event online in the form of global leaderboards.  The leaderboards will track personal medals gained whilst playing online, with each personal medal won added to that nation’s medal table.  Every medal won will help to improve a nation’s standing in the leaderboards, creating even more moments of sporting glory and fame across the globe.

“We are proud to offer the Great British public the chance to actually experience the excitement and pride of taking part in London 2012™.” commented Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing at SEGA Europe and SEGA of America. “With all new Olympic events and returning favourite sports brought to life with the very latest video gaming technology, everyone will be able to participate in the Olympic Games from their own home.”

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