Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers is a must have for any gaming family. It’s a great game that is available on most of the gaming systems and its FUNNY. The commentary will keep you all laughing till your side hurts and the exaggerated graphics are great. As a whole, it gets thumbs up all around. It has become one of our go to games when we play as a family.
Sandlot Sluggers, The Next Evolution in Backyard Sports,Keeps You on Your Feet with Non-Stop Fun and Excitement. Batter up! Atari, one of the world’s most recognized videogame publishers, hits a home run with the all-new Backyard SportsTM: Sandlot Sluggers videogame for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, WiiTM, Nintendo DSTM and a downloadable Windows PC version shipping out May 25, 2010. Based on one of the best selling kids’ sports videogame series, Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers allows players to join their favorite neighborhood friends and play ball in fun and exciting arcade style sports action. Sandlot Sluggers, developed by HB Studios, is a completely new take on a longtime favorite franchise with all-new features, updated graphics, enhanced gameplay, and extensive options that will keep players and gamers alike enthusiastically entertained.
“Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers is a big evolution for the number one kids sports videogame brand with a whole host of fun, new features while keeping true to the classic rules of the sport,” says Jim Wilson, President and CEO of Atari, Inc. “With fun comedic scenarios, cool and imaginative power-ups, mini-games, your favorite characters and the all new story-mode, the overall gameplay experience is sure to entertain kids and their friends over and over again.”
Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers offers hours of entertainment with laugh out loud comedic commentary and exaggerated animations for a one-of-a-kind gaming experience. The game is packed with loads of surprises to keep kids coming back for more and stars a neighborhood full of fun and diverse kids – both fan favorite characters and new friends. Additionally, Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers is feature-rich with multiplayer tournaments, mini games, eight different interactive fields, season mode, family mode, quick play and an all new story mode setting, never seen before in a kids sports game. Super charged power-ups and stunning visuals making gameplay result in an irresistible game for kids.
Allowing kids to follow traditional baseball rules, Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers is an intuitive game with kid-appropriate content that combines realism with fantasy while being wholesome and non-violent. Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers is available for Xbox 360 ($29.99), Wii ($29.99), and Nintendo DS ($29.99).
For more information, please log onto www.atari.com.
ABOUT ATARI, SA
Atari group is a global creator, producer and publisher of interactive entertainment for interactive game platforms that include PC, online, consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony and advanced smart phones (i.e. iPhone). Divisions of Atari, SA include Cryptic Studios, Eden Studios, Atari Interactive, Inc. and Atari, Inc.
Atari benefits from its global brand and an extensive catalogue of popular games based on classic owned game franchises (Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, Lunar Lander), original owned franchises (Test Drive, Backyard Sports, Deer Hunter), MMO games from Cryptic Studios (Star Trek Online, Champions Online) and third party franchises (Ghostbusters, Project Runway, Dungeons and Dragons).
For more information please visit www.atari.com
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ABOUT HB STUDIOS
Headquartered in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, HB Studios Multimedia Limited specializes in sports video games for home console, handheld, and PC systems. Established in 2000, HB Studios has shipped 23 titles with over 150 different SKU’s including THQ’s Big Beach Sports, EA Sports Rugby, EA Sports Cricket and Konami’s Rock Revolution as well as versions of EA Sports’ FIFA, NBA Live, NHL, FIFA Street, Tiger Woods PGA Tour and Madden NFL. To date HB’s global sales have reached over 11.7 million units.
Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.
Wii and Nintendo DS are trademarks of Nintendo. © 2006 Nintendo.
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Guess Where I am going today….yep, to Hotlanta! Actually I am going just outside of Atlanta to Duluth. There I will be cheering on all the boys and girls that have their heart set on winning the Regional Pokemon Championships which will then provide them with the opportunity to win the National and the World Championship titles.If you happen to be going…I hope I get to see you there! If you live in the area and have kids that love Pokemon…you should bring them and their Nintendo DS. It is a free event with lots of fun for the whole family!
POKÉMON VIDEO GAME PLAYERS FROM ATLANTA AREA BATTLE FOR A SHOT AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE!
Gwinnett Center Hall A
6400 Sugarloaf Parkway
Duluth, GA 30097
(770) 813-7500
June 5, 2010
Suggested Media Check-In: 9 a.m.
Game Play Registration Time:
Junior Division (born in 1998 or later) – 8:00 a.m.
Senior Division (born in 1997 or earlier)—1 p.m.
What: Pokémon video game players will gather Saturday, June 5, 2010, at the Gwinnett Center to battle it out with their prized Pokémon teams for a chance to play in the National and World Championships later this summer. The first-come, first-serve event will feature an entire day of head-to-head video game fun as regional players compete in the largest video game tournament season in Pokémon history with the ultimate goal of earning an invitation to compete in the Pokémon Video Game World Championships in Hawaii, on August 13–15.
The top 16 players of each age group from the Atlanta tournament will win an invitation to play at the Pokémon Video Game National Championships in Indianapolis on June 26 and 27. Top finishers will get an invitation to compete at the Pokémon Video Game World Championships where they could earn travel packages, trophies, and special Pokémon prize packages. For more information go to www.pokemonvgc.com
Who: Pokémon video game players of all ages from across the country, plus top players from the Atlanta area will be in attendance, along with the ever-popular Pikachu. Parents, friends, classmates, and supporters will be on hand to lend their support to competitors in both the Junior (born in 1998 or later) and Senior (born in 1997 or earlier) divisions.
When: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Suggested Media Check-In: 9 a.m.
Where: Gwinnett Center Hall A
6400 Sugarloaf Parkway
Duluth, GA 30097
(770) 813-7500
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Let your pre-schooler learn all about being a friend as they join Barney™, Thomas & Friends™ And Bob The Builder™ as they demonstrate that friendship is the foundation of fun in their all-new DVD, Being A Friend.Your little one can learn what it means to make friends and be forever friends as they watch and play along with some of their favorite characters in Being A Friend.
Available at retailers nationwide From Lionsgate And HIT Entertainment with a suggested retail price of $14.98.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Get in on all the fun with your favorite pals, Barney™, Bob the Builder™, Fireman Sam™, and Thomas & Friends™ as they embark on a series of delightful adventures and discover along the way that friendship is both a responsibility and a reward in Being A Friend, arriving on DVD May 18, 2010 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment.
DVD SYNOPSIS
Thomas’ friend Emily learns that being kind is more important than appearances, Bob the Builder helps Lofty accept help to save the Banana Tree for the new Botanical Garden, Barney and his friends make a new friend feel welcome when she moves into the neighborhood and no friend will be left behind with Fireman Sam, in Being A Friend. Join the whole crew and find out what it means to be forever friends with these four episodes:
Thomas & Friends – “Emily and the Garbage”
Bob the Builder – “Lofty’s Banana Tree”
Barney – “Making A Move”
Fireman Sam – “Norm’s Invisible Friend”
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
· Bonus Episode: All new CGI Angelina Ballerina™ – “Angelina’s Dance Partner” –
Angelina finds a creative way to work with a new dance partner.
HIT Entertainment provided me with a copy of this DVD for review purposes only. I was in no other way compensated for this post and it in no way influenced my thoughts or opinions.
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Start the summer out right for your pre-schooler. Let Barney and Friends show your little one all about playing outside, enjoying the sun, playing ball, skipping rope, camping out and enjoying the nice weather in Barney: Let’s Play Outside
Barney: Let’s Play Outside is available in retailers nationwide for a suggested retail price of $14.98. And can also be found for purchase online.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
It’s a super dee-duper day in the sun playing ball, skipping rope, going on a campout and just enjoying the warm weather when Barney™: Let’s Play Outside springs onto DVD May 18, 2010 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment. Featuring never-before-seen content and fun adventures, this fully-loaded DVD will bring smiles to little faces everywhere and encourage young kids to go play outside.
Trusted by moms and adored by children, Barney displays sharing, caring, imagining, dancing and learning on television, online and through live events, home entertainment and publishing. The Emmy® award-winning series, Barney & Friends™ is one of the top-rated preschool shows today, airing on PBS KIDS® and PBS KIDS SproutSM.
DVD SYNOPSIS
Join everyone’s favorite purple dinosaur and his playground friends as they branch out under the sun and stars to fill each day with outdoor fun adventures in Barney: Let’s Play Outside. Whether it’s imagining shapes in the clouds, eating ice cream, fishing, singing songs around a campfire or catching lightning bugs, Barney, Baby Bop, BJ and the rest of the gang celebrate the warm weather and let their imaginations soar!
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
· Which Bug Lives Here? Matching Game
HIT Entertainment provided a sample DVD in order to help facilitate this review. All opinions stated are those of my own and were in no way influenced by any outside source. I was in no other way compensated for this post.
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