Red Thumb Games has rolled out “Shelled! Online”, and it cannot be purchased anywhere else except through http://www.redthumbgames.com. Of course, for those who aren’t too happy with the thought of, er, shelling out (pun not intended) $19.95 for a game that they don’t know whether they’ll like or not, I bring good news. Shelled! Online can be played as a free trial, and if you’re satisfied with the gameplay within a certain time period, there is a choice to purchase it later at the aforementioned price.

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The Diablo series from Blizzard has been acclaimed to be a mouse killer for many people having played it in the past, and it is no wonder why. This highly addictive dungeon crawler just makes you feel as though you want to level up more and more each time you boot the game up, with various character classes and routes to take to complete the game. It is with great pleasure that Blizzard has just announced Diablo III, the third outing in this franchise. Once again, the sleepy hollow of Tristam is under siege by evil creatures, and it is up to you to eliminate them. I wonder just how much longer the citizens of that town must suffer, considering they have been under the evil clutches of Diablo, Mephisto and Baal for quite some time already. Surely the inhabitants are scarred psychologically beyond measure by now.

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Eidos Interactive has just unleashed yet another fun looking title for the Nintendo DS, and this one won’t be easily obtained from just any video game store. Instead, it will be available exclusively at a local Toys ‘R’ Us store and no where else. I don’t really like all this exclusivity business, as I would personally prefer to see my title spread far and wide in order to net as much sales as possible. Ah well, I guess Eidos must have done a study on the target demographic of their potential customers where Soul Bubbles is concerned and decided that Toys ‘R’ Us is the perfect venue to market their product.

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Harmonix and MTV Games will be electrifying the coming summer’s concert season by putting their hit franchise, Rock Band, on the road. This best-selling video game will be going mobile, bringing cool music to the masses by hitting State Fairs across the country and some of this year’s biggest tours and festivals. Among these include Bonnaroo, the Vans Warped Tour and Crue Fest, so get your party mode on already!

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Square Enix is at it again, rolling out yet another confirmed classic - Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, for the DS platform this time round. This is the latest instalment of the Ivalice Alliance series which so far consists of Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings. FFTA2 has already begun to ship to retailers across North America already, so if you’re quick enough you ought to be able to find a copy and invest the whole of next week finishing up the title, with or without a walkthrough.

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Atari aims to bring Alone in the Dark to the Xbox 360 platform, many years after the seminal title made an appearance on the PC platform. Of course, the original had me pissing in my pants even though I did not have enough dough to purchase a sound card, relying on the measly PC speaker to come up with all the scary sound effects. The sequels failed to impress me, really, and around half a decade back we had yet another Alone in the Dark title on the PC, but that wasn’t anything to shout about either. Of course, this time round, the Xbox 360 won’t be the only platform with the Wii, PC, PS2 and PS3 platforms getting their fair share of horror gaming time as well.

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Vivendi Games Mobile has just released Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! for mobile handsets, expanding the platform where this highly exciting game will appear on. This hugely successful PC franchise is the bane for many an employer since casual gaming took off in a really big way, offering much more than just Solitaire or Minesweeper. So far Cake Mania has even made an appearance on the Nintendo DS platform, and it has also clocked more than 70 million downloads for the PC. In Cake Mania 2: Bake Off!, players will need to show off their baking skills in the zany and exciting new baking experience for cell phones.

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Meez is a thriving social entertainment community that allows people to come up with custom 3D animated avatars. These can then be used to play casual games and socialize. With the launch of Meez Nation, users will be able to immerse themselves in a rich, multi-tiered virtual world that was specially designed to engage a wide range of users. According to Sean Ryan, CEO of Meez, “The number one request from our community of more than 7 million users has been to add a virtual world. Meez Nation is a significant addition to our already potent mix of 3D avatars, a virtual economy and casual games. It will significantly boost user involvement and brand engagement on Meez.”

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PlayFirst, Inc. is the company behind the DASH game series, and they have just released Fashion Dash to further expand the franchise line. This is a classic DASH title featuring a low learning curve despite having challenging-to-master time management mechanics. Folks who are jumping aboard the casual gaming bandwagon for the first time will definitely find this a delight, while devoted DASH fans will not find their skills from previous games in the series go unused. is the keyword here for a game such as this, and it will be interesting to see just how much productivity levels drop as folks install this on their respective computers.

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Majesco Entertainment has just announced a brand new title for the Wii (seriously, their releases most of the time to date have been for the Wii and DS - do they not know that there are other consoles out there like the PS3 and Xbox 360?). If Enter the Museum sounds familiar to you, that’s because it is based after the popular online hunt and find game from Gogii Games. Like majority of the other casual Wii titles, Enter the Museum will be available at retail outlets this holiday season for $19.99.

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