What Have You Played This Week?

Well, not much this week. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam took far too much of my attention, lol.and then there was the mystery game, which i can say what it is. lets just say i had completely forgotten about it, so i was pleasantly surprised when i got it.

Ratchet And Clank: Quest For Booty – PS3 – one of the games I got in the PSN sale, at a price I found easier to buy it than the normal price. It plays just like the previous, and the few little touches are interesting. Graphically it's good, and the story has been fun.

Dynasty Warriors:Gundam - 360- I could have played this game for hours, but I have a back log so reluctantly I sent it back. Still, I was pleasantly surprised by how good I found it.

PixleJunk Eden Encore – PS3 – had a quick play to update the game and give the Encore stuff a go. Still fun, and the new music is just as good as the old. I like that they make you work to find Encore and it was well priced.

Football Manager 09 – PC – a great game to play with a podcast on, or even another computer game playing. Still with AFC Wimbledon...about to get promoted again to league 1!

? - ? - I can't say what this one is. When I can i'll write about it in depth, but for now I can't. It's pretty good so far.

Feel free to comment on anything i've played and what you yourself has played over the last week.

Site Update

just a quick heads up.
The release calendar should have all of the games coming out in March, still a few without firm release dates at the moment.
i've added a RSS feed from Cheap Arse Gamer (the UK equivalent of Cheap Ass Gamer)which has some the best game deals on at the moment like Bioshock on the PS3 for under a tenner. it's more of a stop gap until i add a weekly feature of game bargains to the site.
The right column has had a little change round, but hopefully things should be easy to find.
whilst the focus is on the twitter feed, i may start to do more with the site, whether thats the weekly bargins i mentioned earlier, or doing actual blog posts in my more relaxed, easy to read style.
if anyone has any comments, feel free to share them.

Game Updates Via PC - @leddy2286 Question

@leddy2286 asked a question on the QTE Twitter feed regarding game updates and why don't sony offer them online via a PC like Sony do with Firmware Updates.
i was having no luck intially trying to get it answered. but once i tried another way, things got itneresting.
to get a answer, i made the question more tempting for Sony. if you enable a firmware update to be available remotely from the PS3, game or firmware, you open up a new possibility. if sony was to work with computer game shops, like Game, this would increase the amount of people going to these shops at a time when sony is doing alot of digital distribution, and therefore taking people out of these shops. so, will sony enable firmware downloads for games remotely from the ps3, and if so why didn't they do it before?

The problem was, the people who i sent this were far more interested in the idea of using computer game shops to offer the firmware, than answering the question as to why they don't currently offer it. they were so interested that they said they had a big discussion in their office and sent it to those who could do something with it. they also told me to send it to another email address, which i did and again they were interested and sent it else where.

So @Leddy2286 i'm sorry i couldn't get a answer to the question. but who knows, your little chat on Twitter might lead to something greater and beneficial to the PS3!

UK PSN Sale - How Are The Games Selling?

I asked Sony UK for sale figures, or estimates, for the games on sale, before and during the sale.
in response, Sony UK say "Unfortunately we never give out these specific sales figures or percentages", But they did say that "As with all sales, the items see an uplift".

Granted, it's an obvious response, still its nice to know that the games in the sale are selling well as there was a few games there that some people may have missed.

UK PSN Update 16/04/09

i left the sale games on the list, help promote them but to also help bolster the list, lol.
highlights are definitely the PixleJunk Eden expansion and OutRun

Anniversary Specials
Wipeout HD [£11.99]
High Velocity Bowling [£4.79]
Crash Commando [£4.79]
Pain [£3.99]
Ratchet And Clank: Quest For Booty [£7.99]
Siren Blood Curse [£14.99]
Riff: Everyday Shooter [£3.99]
Dark Mist [£3.99]
Echochrome [£4.79]
Piyotama [£2.39]
Elefunk [£3.99]
Snakeball [£3.99]
Calling All Cars [£3.99]
Blast Factor Advance [£3.99]
Nucleus [£3.99]
PixleJunk Racers [£3.99]
Toy Home [£3.99]

PS3 Games
OutRun: Online Arcade [£7.99]
PixleJunk Eden Encore [£2.39]
Midnight Club: South Central Vehicle Pack 1 [£2.39]
Valkria Chronicles – Edy's Missions [£3.19]
Valkria Chronicles – Selveria's Misson [£3.19]
Valkria Chronicles – Hard Ex Mode [£3.19]
F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin Multiplayer Maps [Free]
Magic Ball – Booster Pack [£2.39]
Little Big Planet – Monkey King Costume [Free]

Demo's
NONE

Guitar Hero - World Tour
Steely Dan Track Pack [£4.39]
“Kid Charlemange” by Steely Dan [£1.59]
“Black Friday” by Steely Dan [£1.59]
“Bodhisattva” by Steely Dan [£1.59]
“New Slang” by The Shins [£1.59]

Rock Band
Chinese Democracy by Guns N' Roses' [£9.99]
All the singles from the album [£0.99]

Videos
MotorStorm Pacififc Rift – Fire Zone Trailer

Wallpaper
Crash Commando – Daylight Wallpaper
PixleJunk Eden Encore Wallpaper

Theme
PixleJunk Eden Encore

PS1 Classic
NONE

PSP
Need For Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 [£15.99]

New Zero Punctuation - Madworld

Completely forgot about this weeks Zero Punctuation, so apologies for the late post this week. still, it's well worth the wait, and a good way to end the day after SCEE decided to post 4 press releases! (i don't think the Blog has had soo many posts in a day!)

Sony Europe Announce License Deal With Target, Bringing Software Titles And Characters Alive in Apparel, Toys, Gifts and more - SCEE Press Release

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd (SCEE) is delighted to announce the appointment of Target Entertainment Ltd, a subsidiary of Target Entertainment Group Ltd, the leading international production and rights management business, as the Consumer Product Licensing Agent for PlayStation® software IPs (Intellectual Properties) with immediate effect.

Following the great success of Sony Computer Entertainment America’s licensing agreement with Dimensional Branding Group, Target Entertainment Ltd will operate across Europe & Australasia on all consumer products (excluding PlayStation peripherals and PlayStation specific accessories). Target will develop exciting ranges of PlayStation apparel and accessories, colourful toys and plush, , stationery and gifts, housewares and food, and plenty of fun-filled promotions.

Stephanie Freeman, Licensing & Peripherals Manager at SCEE commented, “Many of Sony Computer Entertainment’s ’s first party software titles and characters are now recognised by millions of people around the world – from the legendary Ratchet and Clank™ through to the iconic Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet™. We really want our consumers to have the ability to interact with our brands and characters in ways other than just on screen. We feel Target Entertainment Ltd has the vibrancy and experience to help us do this successfully.”

Helen Howells, Global Brand Director, Target Entertainment Group added, “To work with a brand like PlayStation, and its range of products, is a great opportunity for us. With a portfolio of fantastic games we will offer new and longer standing fans a range of products that will really add to their PlayStation experience.”