Crysis™
Earth, 2019: On a remote island, an US science team makes a frightening discovery. The North Korean Government quickly seals off the island chain. Contact with the science team is lost. The United States responds by dispatching an elite team of Delta Force Operators to recon the situation and report back to the Pentagon. Amid rising tensions between the US and North Koreans, a massive, 2km high alien ship is revealed in the middle of the island. The ship generates an immense force sphere, freezing a vast portion of the island and drastically altering the global weather system.

The newly formed alliance fights epic battles against the marauding Aliens. With hope rapidly fading, the player must fight through lush tropical jungle, harsh frozen landscapes, and finally into the heart of the alien ship itself for the ultimate Zero G encounter with the aliens.

Features

* An immersive story that puts you the player in the pivotal role to repel an alien invasion and save mankind.
* A unique three-act structure that forces the player to use real-time armor and weapons customization to adapt to an ever changing dynamic world.
* Encounter a compelling, frightening and totally original alien species that uses its senses intelligently and work in combination with each other to present players with the most challenging opponents yet in an FPS.
* Enemy and ally AI utilize real-world military tactics.
* Take control of a wide variety of land, sea and air vehicles including trucks, tanks, boats and helicopters.
* Explore a living, dynamic world where earthquakes, breaking ice, landslides, and tornados pose a real and an ever-present danger.
* 32-player multiplayer with real-time armor and weapons customization and an all new mode that combines player modification and tactical objectives.
* Emergent gameplay; actions taken in the game affect future outcomes giving each player a unique experience.
* Highly robust and easy to use mod toolset allow players to create their own expansive levels with game modes for both multiplayer and single player.
* The most realistic environments, spectacular special effects, physics game engine, lighting system and enemy Al through CryENGINE 2.

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Halo® 2 for Windows Vista™

Halo® 2 is the sequel to the highly successful and critically acclaimed Halo®: Combat Evolved. In Halo 2, the saga continues as Master Chief - a genetically enhanced super-soldier - is the only thing standing between the relentless Covenant and the destruction of all humankind.

* Includes 23 Multiplayer Maps
* Plus Bonus Map Editor
* Plus Exclusive Content
* Games for Windows – LIVE enabled

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Alan Wake™
In this long-awaited title, fill the shoes of one Alan Wake, a man who makes his living from the terror of others as a best-selling suspense novelist. Trapped in the deceptively peaceful Washington town of Bright Falls, where he came to escape the trauma of losing his fiancée, Alan must piece together a mystery to prevent himself from being trapped inside a nightmarish world forever.

An intense psychological thriller from Remedy, the creators of Max Payne, Alan Wake looks to raise the bar for future games, creating a true cinematic experience. Explore an expansive world filled with missions, unique puzzles, intense combat, and horrifying enemies. Dig into a twisting and multi-layered story filled with suspense, engaging characters, and shocking revelations.

* Episodic content: The mission-based structure of Alan Wake creates an episodic narrative similar to the very best of dramatic television. As the episodes progress, gameplay evolves to introduce new elements and characters, drawing the player deeper into the experience.
* Realistic environment: Experience an immersive reality like never before, as weather and light changes affect gameplay. Explore every aspect of a hyper-detailed Pacific Northwest town as you look for the truth behind the horror around you.
* Massive world: Explore and roam free in an open environment as you investigate the mysteries of Bright Falls. Pay close attention to detail as you look for clues scattered through the town.
* Brutal combat: As night falls, creatures begin to attack, and the longer Alan spends in Bright Falls, the longer the nights get. His enemies seem to draw their power from the darkness, and light soon becomes his greatest ally. Combine use of light with more conventional weapons to drive back the forces that hide in the dark.

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The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™

Join the epic adventure in the first and only MMO set in the legendary world depicted in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings™. The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ allows players to explore the most famous fantasy world of all time, fight the evil minions of the Dark Lord Sauron, and advance their heroes by adventuring through the vast reaches of Middle-earth.

* EXPERIENCE CLASSIC TOLKIEN: Explore legendary locations like the Prancing Pony and Rivendell, battle deadly enemies, and meet famous characters like Gandalf and the Fellowship.
* DEFEAT THE SHADOWS OF ANGMAR: Join with the Fellowship and fight against the forces of Sauron. Confront the forces of the Nazgûl Witch-King in the North. Protect the Shire and root out evil on Weathertop.
* EXPLORE ANCIENT LANDS: Journey through Middle-earth to collect valuable Tolkien lore, knowledge and artifacts that bring your hero greater powers. Complete ambitious quests of courage and exploration that bestow compelling character traits.

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Disney•Pixar’s Ratatouille

Relive all the film’s most thrilling and hilarious moments as you assume the role of Remy, a young rat who dreams of becoming a great French chef, despite the obvious problem of being a rat! From the underground sewers to the bustling streets of Paris, you will dash, swim, glide and slide through 5 action packed, visually stunning worlds filled with dangerous enemies, intense heists and perilous missions. Go head-to-head with your friends in multiplayer mini-games or navigate your way through a sensational rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.

Features:

* Relive the movie’s most intense action scenes through the eyes of Remy
* Over 20 challenging missions and mini-games
* Explore 5 action-packed, open-world environments
* Go head to head with multiplayer games
* Features major voice talent from the film

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Frontlines™: Fuel of War™

Set in a fictional near future based upon the headlines of today, FFOW brings players into the world's next great war. As society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global drepression takes hold. Amidst this gritty backdrop, two superpower alliances emerge. Join teh battle on the frontlines of tomorrow as the Western Coalition (U.S./E.U.) or the Red Star Alliance (Russia/China).

* Tomorrow's weapons, today: Over 60 next-generation vehicles and weapons inspired by military designs for the near future. This includes remote controlled drones, gun cams, and next-generation counter-measures systems, all player-controllable.
* Advanced information sharing: Use high-tech combat systems to collect and relay recon, targeting, and threat information between team mates.
* Customization: Players may grow their soldier to fit their play style by choosing a weapons loadout, as well as technical specialization (role). Each role will also upgrade to provide advanced equipment and abilities. it is a bix of RPG-liek depth and FPS accessibility.
* Frontline combat system: Both in single and multiplayer, players join the forces on the front line. This front requires successful achievement of the non-linear, contexual objectives in order to move forward. The system rewards advancement and keeps players right in the midst of the action.
* Choose your path to victory: Take advantage of a sandbox of destructible elements to create a unique path and strategy through each mission. Instead of ailing and re-playing the same sequence of events, players can 'chip-away' with varied approaches.

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Zoo Tycoon® 2: Extinct Animals

“Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals,”* the biggest expansion pack to date for the hugely popular, award-winning “Zoo Tycoon 2,” lets gamers bring animals that once roamed the Earth back to life. With new challenges and more than 30 new animals, players can create environments the creatures once lived in and learn about times that date back to the Ice Age.

Features:

• Impressive never-before-seen animals. “Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals” features more than 30 new animals, ranging from the adorable dodo bird to the dangerous saber-toothed cat, and more than 10 new dinosaurs, such as the T. rex and stegosaurus, for the ultimate zoo experience.

• New gameplay. With exciting new ways to play, “Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals” challenges players to recover escaped dinosaurs, with the new first-person tranquilizer mode. Players can also search for hidden fossils around the zoo, build animal fossils and create new extinct animals in the Extinct Research Lab.

• A whole new look. Aspiring paleontologists can now customize their zoos with new maps and extinct-themed buildings such as the Extinct Research Lab, Fossil Education Center and Cave Painting Hall. Other extinct-themed objects are new foliage, glaciers, cavemen and a brachiosaurus slide for kids.

• New characters. Paleontologists are available to help gamers look for fossils, while entertainers dress in costumes, perform shows and keep guests happy.

• Interactive educational entertainment. Children and parents can broaden their knowledge of the animal kingdom to improve their zookeeping skills. The exclusive Zoopedia, with excerpts from Encarta®, as first introduced in “Zoo Tycoon 2,” provides interesting facts, allowing gamers to uncover each animal’s specific dietary and habitat needs.

• Easy to learn and play. “Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals” seamlessly integrates with “Zoo Tycoon 2” so gamers can play immediately. An interactive tutorial teaches players how to build and manage the ultimate zoo.

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Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia

Our story begins in a typical house on a Friday night, one seemingly like any other within the quiet, safe streets of Suburbia. Zack is at home on a study date with Carrie, though he is desperately trying to interest her in more than just his math skills.

While Zack is preparing to proclaim his eternal devotion to Carrie, his friend Andy bursts in, pestering Zack to finish the design for a new rocket-powered skateboard. Jennifer, the most popular girl in school, soon arrives as well, demanding that Zack complete her homework right away. Zack starts to freak out. Why can’t his “friends” just leave him alone to put the serious moves on Carrie?

Before Zack can order them all to depart immediately, some additional unexpected guests suddenly arrive, and these guys are hungry…FOR BRAINS!

Zombies break through the front door, and Zack’s house is soon swarming with the Undead. The four intrepid teenagers manage to quell their fright, and using all sorts of household weaponry they actually fend off this zombie assault.

Their war, however, has just begun. They quickly discover that what they face is a full-scale suburban invasion as their entire town is festering with monsters – everything from Werewolves to Witches are on the rampage with none of the townsfolk to be seen. Together, Zack, Carrie, Andy and Jennifer resolve to wage a Battle for Suburbia, rescue their missing neighbors, discover the ultimate source of this monster onslaught, and return their home back to the boring state it started in.

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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Tomb Raider follows the adventures of Lara Croft after she is hired by a powerful syndicate to retrieve a mythical object called the Scion. After discovering that she has been used as a pawn in some larger scheme, Lara takes matters into her own hands deciding that she must uncover the mystery behind this ancient artifact.

* Celebrate and commemorate ten years of Tomb Raider and Lara Croft with Tomb Raider: Anniversary, an entirely new gameplay experience inspired by the first ever Tomb Raider adventure. Tomb Raider: Anniversary uses an enhanced version of the Tomb Raider: Legend game engine to apply Crystal Dynamic’s latest PS2 technology.
* Play the living Lara Croft, the world’s greatest action heroine of all time – use all of Lara’s guile, athleticism and gadgets in her quest to conquer the unknown and uncover ancient artefacts.
* Includes classic environments from the original Tomb Raider as never experienced before – Crystal Dynamics latest technology allows you to fluidly manoeuvre Lara using her latest moves and gear, through all the worlds from the original; Peru, Greece, Egypt and more. The dynamic world allows multiple playthrough options and also opens up new places and ways to explore. Crystal’s latest technology allows the environments to take on a breath taking new quality.
* Explore uncharted and mysterious worlds – enter into strange, undiscovered lands and solve their deepest, darkest mysteries, open doors to new realms, uncover great rewards and unearth secrets to Lara’s past.
* Startling enemy encounters – encounter fierce animal and supernatural enemies, wolves, bears, crocodiles, horrific monsters and the T Rex. New and improved AI means that all enemies will exhibit a more diverse behaviour set, providing improved combat challenges for the player.

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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (Expansion Pack)

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for the definitive strategy title Civilization IV – the 2005 PC Game of the Year and world-wide hit. Focusing on the late-game time periods after the invention of gunpowder, the expansion will deliver more epic game and scenario content than any Civ expansion pack in the history of the series.

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword will contain 11 amazingly unique and challenging scenarios created by the development team at Firaxis, as well as some esteemed members of the Civ Community. In addition, ten new civilizations, sixteen new leaders, five new wonders, a variety of new units and several new gameplay innovations will offer players even more strategic options for expanding their civilization’s power as they strive for world domination.

* "MORE CIV THAN EVER: Some call Civilization the deepest computer game of all time. With a massive increase of 10 civilizations, 64 buildings, 11 scenarios, 5 wonders, 6 technologies, corporations, brand new espionage system and expanded trade routes, Civilization is beyond deep. It is beyond anything you’ve ever seen.
* FOCUS ON THE ‘LATE-GAME’: With Firaxis focused on delivering many new units, buildings and technologies in the modern time period, you will be able to launch guided missiles and suitcase nukes and build armies of mech assault soldiers, Cyborgs and Navy Seals – among many other choices.
* SCENARIOS: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED: Beyond the Sword will deliver 11 new scenarios, many containing themes never seen in Civilization, custom designed by the team at Firaxis and some members of the Civ Fan Community. 11 scenarios represent the most scenarios in any expansion pack in the history of the Civilization series.
* ADVANCED STARTS: For the first-time ever, launch a game by purchasing units, cities, improvements, and technologies that allow you to get into later era games more quickly.
* UNSTOPPABLE CORPORATIONS: If you didn’t feel like behemoth corporations were taking over the world, you will now. Found your own corporation and spread its influence as another tool to gain control over the world.
* SPIES ARE EVERYWHERE: Now available much earlier in the game, the expanded ‘Espionage’ feature offers players many new ways to spy on opponents, stir citizen unrest and defend your own government’s secrets.
* RANDOM EVENTS: New random events – such as natural disasters, pleas for help, or demands from their citizens - challenge players with obstacles that must be overcome for their civilizations to prosper.
* ENHANCED AI: The AI has received many enhancements making it tougher to beat on the higher difficulty levels. The ways in which the AI will attempt to achieve victory have also been expanded."

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Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition

Driven to the brink of extinction on ice-covered wastelands, humankind fights to survive. From extreme conditions and insurgent Snow Pirates to hostile gargantuan alien Akrid, all that you can trust are your instincts.

Combining a gripping single player campaign and intense multiplayer modes with support for up to 16 players online, Lost Planet is an epic gaming masterpiece. Enormous world maps unfold as players battle across vast snow fields and deserted cities either on foot or in armed, robotic Vital Suits.

* Intense action - Lost Planet is a fast-paced third-person shooter with all the depth, intrigue, and intensity of a science fiction classic.
* Enhanced DirectX 10 graphics
* Battle hordes of colossal Akrid
* Foot and vehicle based gameplay - Command highly powered armed vehicles and weapons, including transformable snow vessels, not only to help players traverse the treacherous terrain, but to eliminate enemies that lie ahead. Or, strategically switch from vehicles to on-foot gameplay as dictated by the situation.
* Vast environments - Snowstorms, arctic winds, towering buildings and mountains of ice are all stunningly realized as battles occur above and below ground, creating a truly immersive and cinematic event of epic proportions.
* Intense 16 multiplayer action
* Command heavily armored Vital Suits

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Viva Piñata for Windows

Don’t Beat ‘em, Join ‘em

Viva Piñata is a wacky, zany, and anything-can-happen comedy series that answers the question, for the first time ever, “Where do Piñatas come from?” In a lush environment on Piñata Island, a multitude of happy, colorful Piñatas live the sweet life, frolicking, dancing and filling themselves up with the most delicious goodies a child could ever want! Then they eagerly await the glorious day when they are ‘chosen’ by the Piñata Factory to attend birthday parties, and special celebrations all over the world, bringing joy, treats and tons o’ fun to kids of all ages. It’s no wonder that wherever the Piñatas go, they’re the life of the party.

Viva Piñata is a window to fantastical world full of wild-roaming Piñata. Players choose from hundreds of elements to customize heir world in order to attract piñatas, foster good relationships among the 60+ piñata, and navigate the conflicts and dangers that threaten to break them open.

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Age of Empires® III: The Asian Dynasties (Expansion Pack)

Pack your bags -- "Age of Empires® III" is heading east. Microsoft Game Studios, Ensemble Studios and Big Huge Games Inc. today unveiled the first details about "Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties," the second expansion pack for the top-selling "Age of Empires III" that arrives on Microsoft® Windows® XP- and Windows Vista™-based PCs this fall. The expansion pack will introduce gamers to Asian civilizations, a host of new gameplay features, and a new developer that will provide a unique spin to a classic favorite.

Players will experience firsthand the rich and historical influences of Asia while commanding their units and expanding their empire in the Eastern world. The latest expansion pack will be the first "Age of Empires" title developed by Big Huge Games, the development studio responsible for the incredibly popular real-time strategy franchise "Rise of Nations®."

"We're honored to have the opportunity to develop 'Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties' with Ensemble Studios and confident that the innovation of both teams will deliver an exciting experience for fans of this franchise," said Brian Reynolds, chief executive officer and creative director of Big Huge Games. "We feel that the in-depth experience of Big Huge Games in the real-time strategy genre, combined with the solid reputation of the 'Age of Empires' franchise, will result in something fresh and unique for gamers."

In addition to the introduction of playable Asian civilizations, the expansion pack will provide new content and several new gameplay elements that include new ways of winning and trading, random map styles that feature remixes of classic "Age of Empires" game styles, and 15 new Asian "Wonders." The introduction of these features will coincide with the basic core gameplay of "Age of Empires III" that gamers have come to know and love. "Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties" will also ship as a Games for Windows title with easier installation, improved reliability and support for key Windows Vista features, including the Games Explorer and Parental Controls.

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