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Heads up! First hairdressing game inbound for Wii and DS
by James Batchelor New publisher Little Orbit teams up with stylists Redken for professional salon game
WII AND DS owners will soon be able to get their hands on the first game to be made by a hairdresser. Busy Scissors will be
published in North America by new US publisher Little Orbit,
with Namco Bandai Partners distributing the game in Europe this October.
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Unlike the plethora of girls’ fashion titles available, this title is the first to be dedicated to hairdressing. More importantly, it is the first to be developed with the help of one of the sector’s leading firms. Little Orbit has teamed up with popular hair care brand Redken, owned by the L’Oreal
Group, to make Busy Scissors the most authentic game of its genre.
In an interesting twist, the game will also be sold via Redken’s US salons in addition to games retail.
“Simulation games like Cooking Mama and Trauma
We’ve taken this market to a whole new level by involving Hollywood’s top stylists and leading company Redken. Matthew Scott, Little Orbit
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MICROSOFT: A Kinect sampling tour will allow consumers to try out the camera at Alton Towers, London Zoo and more between now and December. A summer exhibition called The Kinect Galleries has opened in Covent Garden.
SONY: The UK PlayStation Move Starter pack will include demos of Sports Champions, Start the Party, The Shoot, EyePet: Move Edition, TV Superstarsand Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, as well as demos of PSN titles Echochrome II, Tumbleand Beat Sketchers. It will arrive alongside Move on September 16th.
Centre are the most popular games right now for Wii and DS,” said Little Orbit CEO Matthew Scott. “We’ve taken this genre to a whole new level with Busy Scissors by involving Hollywood’s top stylists and leading companies like Redken. “It’s a fun, creative game for young girls that is designed and approved by industry professionals, and honestly I
Pang series returns through Rising Star
RISING STAR GAMES will resurrect popular arcade franchise Pang this September. Pang: Magical
Michael for DS is due to arrive on September 17th, and marks the first entry in the series since 2000. Pang debuted in 1989 with the original arcade game, also known as Buster Bros, and is developed by Mitchell Corporation. “The first Pang had a big following – especially in
Germany, Italy and Spain,” Mitchell president Roy Ozaaki told MCV. “In fact, it sold more in 1989 than Street Fighter. “We’ve brought
Pang back after getting a lot of fan mail asking for a new game.” Rising Star’s product manager Yen Hau said: “We will re-establish the IP with gamers. Pang has been out of
the limelight for too long, and Magical Michael will reignite the fans’ passion.” Rising Star: 01582 433700
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DISNEY: Following its purchase of iPhone developer Tapulous, the media giant has now acquired social games giant Playdom for $763m.
Busy Scissors teaches players all of Redken’s salon techniques
think we’re going to see more video games in the future follow this path.” Players must colour, cut, blow dry, shampoo and style their customers’ hair with either the Wii Remote or DS stylus – all while sticking to Redken’s high standards. There are over 25 different hairstyles to master, all modelled
after the glamorous looks the hair care specialist offers to its real-life customers. The salon chain even demonstrated every technique to the developer so that each one could be recreated in-game. Busy Scissors will hit Wii and DS in October. Little Orbit: 020 8144 1502
System 3 hits 360 with Pinball Classics
WILLIAMS Pinball Classics will be System 3’s first Xbox 360 title.
The game will also appear
on Wii, PS3 and PSP when it arrives this October.
It will feature some of the most popular Williams Pinball tables, rendered in high- definition on 360 and PS3. System 3 is confident it can stand out in the Xbox market. “This is our first title on Xbox 360, it’s positioned as a family-orientated title and is perfectly suitable for the console,” System 3’s CEO Mark Cale told MCV.
Classic pinball tables are recreated in high-definition
“The Xbox has always been positioned by a lot of people as a console that doesn’t have a lot of family content on it. “People are calling Williams Pinball Classics the best game in the genre – it’s a must-have.” System 3: 020 7491 4441
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CAPCOM: The publisher’s income fell 94.8 per cent year-on-year to YEN 216m for the quarter ended June 30th. Capcom attributed this “drastic decline” to the failure of Lost Planet 2and higher development costs.
PLAYLOGIC: The Dutch firm has filed for bankruptcy.
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