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GameNews Weekly enewsletter Issue 75
Going out 18 October 2007
Feature Article: BioWare/Pandemic: New Way Same as the Old Way

"When Pandemic Studios, BioWare Corp, and Elevation Partners, announced their decision in November 2005 to partner, they said at the time they were "creating one of the world's best-funded and largest independent game development houses." Pandemic and BioWare brought the talent, video game brands, and development know-how, while Elevation Partners brought the cash injection, to create a super-studio.... But less than two years on, the new way of doing business has been turned around..." [full article in Issue 76 of the GameNews Weekly enewsletter]

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Top Ten Game Rentals
Week ending 11 October 2007
Courtesy Gameplay.com.au
Gamplay.com.au

1. Halo 3 (X360) (3 weeks in)
2. BioShock (X360) (7)
3. Stuntman: Ignition (X360) Up 1 (4)
4. Super Paper Mario (Wii) Up 2 (3)
5. Ratatouille (PS3) Down 2 (7)
6. Heavenly Sword (PS3) Down 1 (3)
7. John Woo Presents Stranglehold (X360) Down 1 (2)
8. Ratatouille (Wii) Down 1 (7)
9. Mario Party 8 (Wii) Down 1 (14)
10. Surf's Up (X360) (5)

Week ending 4 October 2007
Gameplay.com.au

1. Halo 3 (X360) Up 2 (2 weeks in)
2. BioShock (X360) Down 1 (6)
3. Ratatouille (PS3) Down 1 (6)
4. Stuntman: Ignition (X360) Up 1 (3)
5. Heavenly Sword (PS3) Up 2 (2)
6. Super Paper Mario (Wii) Up 2 (2)
7. Ratatouille (Wii) Down 3 (6)
8. John Woo Presents Stranglehold (X360) New
9. Mario Party 8 (Wii) Down 3 (13)
10. Surf's Up (X360) Down 1 (4)

Out:- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (Wii) (in for 2 weeks)

LINK: BACKTRACK: Past Charts

Anticipated Release List
'All Formats'
Courtesy DVDFeed.com.au

18 to 25 October (as at 18 Oct 07)
October
18. ArmA: Queen's Gambit (QVS/505) PC
18. Broken Sword: Angel of Death (Gamers Choice) (THQ) PC 18. Chronos Twins (RedAnt/Oxygen) DS
18. Cocoto Racer (RedAnt/Midway) DS
18. Crash of the Titans (Vivendi/Sierra) X360, PS2, GBA
18. Dave Mirra BMX Challenge (RedAnt/505) Wii
18. Folklore (Sony) PS3
18. Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers (Gamers Choice) (THQ) PC
18. Imagine: Pet Vet 2 (Ubi) DS
18. Luminous Arc (RedAnt/RisingStar) DS
18. Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (Gamers Choice) (THQ/Icestorm) PC
18. Rome Total War: Barbarian Invasion (Gamers Choice) (THQ) PC
18. Sonic Riders (Gamers Choice) (THQ/ValuSoft) PC
18. Totally Spies! 3: Secret Agents (Ubi) PC, PS2, DS
18. V8 Supercars 3: Create and Race (Atari/Codemasters) DS
18. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault (Gamers Choice) (THQ) PC
18. World Championship Poker 2: All In (RedAnt/Oxygen) X360
18. WWII: Battle Over Europe (THQ/Midas) PS2
19. Boxing Manager (Atari/Eidos) PC
19. Carnival Games (2K/Global) Wii
19. Dead Head Fred (AFA/D3) PSP
19. My Best Friends: Cats and Dogs (Atari/Eidos) PC
19. Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (Atari) PC
19. Praetorians (Atari Best Of) (Atari/Eidos) PC
19. Tabula Rasa ((QVS/NCSoft) PC
19. Tabula Rasa (Collector's Ed) (QVS/NCSoft) PC
24. FlatOut: Head On (Act/Empire) PSP
24. MotoGP '07 (Act/Capcom) PS2
25. Airbus Series: Volume 1 (RedAnt/JustFlight) PC 25. ATV/Monster Truck Mayhem (QVS/Destination) DS
25. Avatar: The Burning Earth (THQ) X360, PS2, DS
25. B-17: Fortress in the Sky (THQ/Zoo) DS
25. Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz (Sony) Ps2
5. Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz (Bundle) (Sony) PS2
25. Crash of the Titans (Vivendi/Sierra) Wii, PSP, DS
25. CSI 2: Dark Motives (Ubi) DS
25. Disney Friends (Fun/Disney) DS
25. Dolphin Island (Ubi) DS
25. Fashion Designer: Style Icon (RedAnt/505) DS
25. Fatal Inertia (THQ/Koei) PS3
25. Football Manager 2008 (SEGA) X360
25. Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power (RedAnt/Paradox) PC
25. Garfield: Lasagne World Tour (Ubi/Blast!) PS2
25. Hard Rock Casino (RedAnt/Crave) PS2, PSP
25. Horsez: Farm Adventures (Ubi) DS
25. Horsez: Ranch Rescue (Ubi) PS2
25. Horsez: Secrets of the Ranch (Ubi) PC
25. Imagine: Fashion Designer (Ubi) PC
25. Imagine: Pet Vet 2 (Ubi) P
25. Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (THQ) PC, PS3, PSP 25. Lassie (RedAnt/Blast!) PS2
25. Mini Desktop Racing (RedAnt/PopcornArcade) Wii
25. Monster Trux: Arenas (RedAnt/PopcornArcade) Wii
25. National Geographic Safari Adventures: Africa (RedAnt/Blast!) PS2
25. SingStar RnB (Sony) PS2
25. SingStar RnB (Microphone Bundle) (Sony) PS2
25. Tarr Chronicles (RedAnt/Paradox) PC
25. The Eye of Judgment (Sony) PS3
25. The Sims 2: Castaway (EA) Wii, PS2, DS
25. They Came from the Skies (THQ/Midas) PS2
25. Universe at War: Earth Assault (SEGA) PC
25. Virtua Fighter 5 (SEGA) X360

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