E3 Show Daily - Day 2 - media

GAMES
World of Warplanes
World of Tanks
Majesco announces
nBa Beats, ZuMBa Fitness core
Publisher’s athletic titles build real world skills
NBA Baller Beats
With its strong track record
in building gamers’ realworld
physical strength
and skill, New Jerseybased
video-game publisher
Majesco Entertainment’s latest
titles include NBA Baller Beats, a
motion-based rhythm game, and
Zumba Fitness Core, the sequel to
2010’s Zumba Fitness. The games
will be available for the Xbox 360’s
Kinect, with Zumba Fitness Core
also inbound for the Nintendo
Wii. E3 marks NBA Baller Beats’
first public debut and hands-on
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gameplay opportunity, after an
initial announcement in April 2012.
Zumba Fitness Core differentiates
itself from its six-million-unit
selling predecessor by focusing
exclusively on the player’s core.
The title features dance-focused
workouts that offer intricate choreography
and celebrity instructors.
Zumba Fitness Core is currently
under development at Englandbased
Zoë Mode, and is slated for
a fall 2012 launch.
tanks, Warplanes,
and Battleships
wargaming.net takes military sims to new frontiers
the success of Wargaming.net’s
World of Tanks, the MMO that
enthralled over 18 million registered
players around the globe
last year, demonstrates that competitive
multiplayer action in real-world military
tanks and armored vehicles is a definite
winning combination.
In 2012, the company offers free
expansions to World of Tanks, and
extends this proven formula to both the
sea and the sky via its online portal at
www.wargaming.net.
World of Warplanes for PC heightens
the theme of true-to-life military vehicles
engaged in large-scale combat—but this
time, the battles go into the stratosphere.
Players can pick from three primary
aircraft classes, carefully arming them
with ammo of their choosing before
NBA Baller Beats lets players
use a real basketball to learn fundamental
skills like ball-handling,
crossovers, behind-the-back
passes, and many of the other
difficult moves that NBA players
execute so flawlessly. As gamers’
skills improve, they gain access to
unlockables such as posters, 100
NBA-related images, and videos of
real basketball players making their
signature moves. The soundtrack
spans several decades and genres,
from hip-hop to classic rock, adding
to the entertainment value and
taking them into wild dogfights. Realistic
weather rendering, a strategic damage
system, and an advanced flight model
make World of Warplanes a hotly
anticipated free-to-play military MMO.
Beneath the skies lies the deep blue
sea, where the theatre of World of
Battleships plays out for PC gamers. A
host of 20th-century ships are available
for players to command in this free-toplay
naval MMO. Giant, player-staffed
fleets clash in large-scale, high-stakes
ocean warfare, where teamwork and
strategy are crucial.
By expanding World of Tanks—plus
taking the franchise into air and sea
battlegrounds—Wargaming.net offers
true-to-life military strategy to an everincreasing
world of game fans.
Zumba Fitness Core
sheer fun of the game. Due out in
September 2012, Majesco notes
that NBA Baller Beats is the first
game since 2011’s Rocksmith that
allows players to learn a skill using
real-world objects.
Seamlessly blending interactive
fun with real-world athletics
skill-building, Majesco’s newest
entries in the sports genre brilliantly
showcase the transformative power
of games.