Monday, August 10, 2009
QTE Tweets Of The Week
10 In some Best Buy shops, they are going to match New retail game prices with the prices of used games from 2 shops. http://ow.ly/jmCK
9 QTE Blog: Sponsored Post - Twice The Fun - Domino’s Launches Two ForTuesday http://ow.ly/15JYBQ
8 QTE Blog: New Nintendo DS Screenshots of Jambo! Safari http://ow.ly/15JOVO
7 PSP: Tetris has been rated by the German Ratings board, being published by EA. it's the first Tetris game on the PSP. http://ow.ly/jpz8
6 Joystiq has 4 in game videos of music from The Beatles Rock Band. http://ow.ly/iT6v
5 Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce is coming to the 360/PS3 and is being revamped from the PSP original,out in Japan October 1st http://ow.ly/iXSJ
4 PS3: French retailer has apparently said a wholesaler, a week ago, told them the PS3 Slim is coming in September for €299 http://ow.ly/jmAf
3 50 Cent says he is providing "The Multi-Player Voice" for Modern Warfare 2. Infinity Ward say he's one of the Squad voices http://ow.ly/jpzv
2 UK Games Chart. Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, Harry Potter, Fight Night Round 4, are top 5. http://ow.ly/iUSI
1 Call of Duty 4 has sold close to 14 Million Units so far. http://ow.ly/jd3w
Sunday, August 9, 2009
What Have You Played This Week?
Football Manager 09 – PC – Still going strong. I've been playing as San Marino, the club not the nation though they both do share the same name, location and stadium. It's interesting as I don't really try out the Italian leagues much.
Crackdown – Xbox 360 – still unsure what to make of the game. I've done two islands now and working through the third. There are a lot of things I don't like about the game, like the camera and auto aim, but there are things i'm starting to enjoy more, like exploring the open world. The need to find orbs helps explore the world, the argument could be made that the green are too many and too easy whilst the blue are too few and too hard, but at least it makes the player explore. I've killed 2 bosses by accident cause I was just out hunting orbs. Yet, in a game like Burnout Paradise, the ability to find billboards fails to interest me at all. For a launch game this still holds up well, though it does show it's age now and then.
Not much this week i know, just didn't feel much like playing another game, that and i want to get through Crackdown so i can send it back and get a new game.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest)
Capcom are askign if people are interested in a Darkstalkers Remix. http://ow.ly/jkQm
PS2: Konami has announce it is officially reissuing PS2 titles at a budget price between £10-£20 http://ow.ly/jkQA
PS3: IGN has loads of screenshots for Final Fantasy XIV. there's character art, landcapes, Jobs, weapons and more. http://ow.ly/jkSr
PS3: Konami teases trophy announcement for Metal Gear Solid 4 http://ow.ly/jl8P
Japanese Hardware Sales, Wii 95.357, DSi 73.710, PSP 33.049, DS 12.027, PS3 8.760, PS2 3.617, Xbox 360 3.552 http://ow.ly/jlc3
NES: Punch out as a 22 year old secret, if you hit Bad Bull as a light flashes to the Right, you land a body blow. http://ow.ly/jleQ
360: USA users can now use PayPal to give MS Points for the Xbox Account, via Xbox.com http://ow.ly/jlg0
Wii: Wii Sports Resort has sold over 600,000 copies in Europe in the two weeks since it's release. http://ow.ly/jlq2
The next chapter of Tales Of Monkey Island is Siege of Spinner Cay and its set for a August 20th release on PC http://ow.ly/jlr
A Square Enix teaser countdown was Lord Of Vermilion 2. it has characters from Final Fantasy IV and Romancing SaGA II http://ow.ly/jlx0
it is believed that Activison is getting little to no Compensation over Brutal legend. game should release on schedule. http://ow.ly/jlBZ
Wii: Enclave, by Starbreeze, is being ported to the Wii. could be based on earlier Gamecube port attempt. set for 2010 http://ow.ly/jm6l
PS3: Final Fantasy XIV site has gone live. theres a trailer, screenshots, teases 3 city states, describes the races + more http://ow.ly/jm8C
PS3: Top 5 USA PSN Downloads are, Fat Princess, COD WaW Maps 2, Battlefield 1943, COD WaW Maps 1, Final Fantasy VII. http://ow.ly/jmbf
PS3: French retailer has apparently said a wholesaler, a week ago, told them the PS3 Slim is coming in September for €299 http://ow.ly/jmAf
In some Best Buy shops, they are going to match New retail game prices with the prices of used games from 2 shops. http://ow.ly/jmCK
A online Profile for a I Am Alive designer has the games release as 2011. http://ow.ly/jmBG
Valve have apparently held a focus group with death people to look at sign launguage and how it can be used in games. http://ow.ly/jnn1
360: Tatio Games, RayStorm and Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure, are rumoured to be getting XBLA remakes. http://ow.ly/jnSu
360: Halo ODST Has been optimised for HDD installation. http://ow.ly/jnof
According to a job listing, Edge Of Reality are working on Sims games for the PS3 and Xbox 360. http://ow.ly/jnox
Friday, August 7, 2009
Loads Of Pictures Of Xbox 360 Avatars Wearing Bought Clothes/Accessories
Avatar Clothes
Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest)
QTE Blog: Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/15K3kg
PS3: White Knight Chronicles is getting a EX Edition release in Japan that has all the DLC and will be 3.800 Yen. http://ow.ly/jg6a
PSP: Acquire are bringing a Gladiator series of games to the PSP. Gladiator Begins hits Japan on October 29th. http://ow.ly/jg7x
DSi: Dragon Quest IX has sold over 3.5 Million copies so far. http://ow.ly/jg85
Konami posts financials.they sold 2.96 Million games. 28% on Wii, 20% PSP, 19% DS, 15% PS2, 13% PS3, 4% 360, and 1% PC. http://ow.ly/jgaZ
PSP: Apparently the EU pre-orders for Gran Turismo are the same as the USA, but they do not have the Bugatti Veyron. http://ow.ly/jgbJ
Sega is teasing a new RPG with a teaser site. an announcement is set for August 20th. http://ow.ly/jg8l
Tony Hawk Ride has been priced in the UK at £100. it is set for a November 20th release http://ow.ly/jhuK
There's no PAL (UK) release of Guitar Hero Van Halen this year. it currently has a 2010 TBD. USA Release is 22nd November http://ow.ly/jhvD
Infinity Ward is going to release a new Call Of Duty 4 patch to remove online exploits. http://ow.ly/jhyY
QTE Blog: UK PSN Update 06/08/09 http://ow.ly/15K56L
PC: Batman Arkham Asylum release has been pushed. September 18th in UK and September 15th in USA. it'll support PhysX tech http://ow.ly/jhDh
iPhone: Pac Man Championship Edition is coming to the iPhone later in the year. http://ow.ly/jhJz
Zen Studio's have announced that there will be a SUper Street Fighter II Turbo Table for Zen Pinball. its set for August. http://ow.ly/jhLz
PS3: Punisher No Mercy will be getting a Demo and a patch, which focuses on Online lag. http://ow.ly/jhOX
The Modern Warfare 2 prestige editions are Limited editions, unlike Halo 3. no more will be made after the games release http://ow.ly/jhTB
Valve is still undecided whether Left 4 Dead DLC will work in Left 4 Dead 2. http://ow.ly/ji9M
The PAX (penny Arcade Expo) Exhibitors have been released. there's nearly 100 attendees this year. http://ow.ly/jinM
Temco Koei president has said that they're interested in Sony's motion controllers for games like Ninja Gaiden. http://ow.ly/jio3
Its been announced that the lawsuit between Activison and Double Fine, regarding Brutal Legend, has been settled. http://ow.ly/jiox
PSP: G.I. Joe Apparently needs firmware 5.55 to run, it comes on disc tho. current firmware is 5.51 http://ow.ly/jiyK
PS3: Some screenshots have emerged which may be from Final Fantasy XIV. they show landscapes, environments, and characters http://ow.ly/jiO9
Activision has revealed that there are already to map pack DLC's planned for Modern Warfare 2. http://ow.ly/jiOo
Thursday, August 6, 2009
UK PSN Update 06/08/09
TV Show King [£7.99]
Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists Of Plastic [£7.99]
Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists Of Plastic – Time Savers Pack [£1.19]
Call Of Duty: World At War – Map Pack 3 [£7.99]
Savage Moon – Waldgeist Pack [£3.19]
Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood – Old West Pack [£7.99]
Little Big Planet – inFamous Costume [£1.59]
Dynasty Warriors 6 – Additional Music Set 3 [Free]
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 – Cog Hill & CC [£3.19 until 12/08/2009]
Demo's
Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists Of Plastic
Batman Arkham Asylum
Guitar Hero - World Tour
“Camels Night Out” by Eric Johnson [£1.59]
Rock Band
Spinal Tap's Tap Ten Album [£8.99]
"Hell Hole" by Spinal Tap [£0.99]
"Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" by Spinal Tap [£0.99]
"Heavy Duty" by Spinal Tap [£0.99]
"Rock and Roll Creation" by Spinal Tap [£0.99]
"America" by Spinal Tap [£0.99]
"Cups and Cakes" by Spinal Tap [£0.99]
"Big Bottom" by Spinal Tap [£0.99]
"(Funky) Sex Farm" by Spinal Tap [£0.99]
"Stonehenge" by Spinal Tap [£0.99]
"Gimme Some Money" by Spinal Tap [£0.99]
"(Listen to the) Flower People (Reggae Style)" by Spinal Tap [£0.99]
Videos
Gran Turismo PSP
Battlefield 1943 Launch Trailer
Wallpaper
Topatoi – Wallpaper 1
Topatoi – Wallpaper 2
Topatoi – Wallpaper 3
Theme
NONE
PS1 Classic
NONE
PSP
Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [£15.99]
Rock Band Unplugged - “Had A Dad” by Jane's Addiction[£0.99]
Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest)
iPhone: Namco is thinking about bringing Soul Calibur and Tekken to iPhone, working out how to control them. http://ow.ly/j84X
PC: Valve have got the top Team Fortress 2 players in a closed Beta working on tweaks to the game. http://ow.ly/j85a
PS3:Final Fantasy IXV race names are,Hyuran, Lalafell, Elzen, Miqo'te,Roegadyn. jobs are Fighter,Sorcerer,Crafter,Gatherer http://ow.ly/j85W
PC: A lifetime subscription to Champions Online will cost £120/$200. subscribers get Beta access to Star Trek Online. http://ow.ly/j86s
Wii: Monster Hunter 3 receives a perfect review in Famitsu, all 10's. http://ow.ly/j86B
PS3:Final Fantasy XIV race names are,Hyuran, Lalafell, Elzen, Miqo'te,Roegadyn. jobs are Fighter,Sorcerer,Crafter,Gatherer http://ow.ly/j8jj
PSPgo could be getting a price cut, or a model with smaller HDD. there could be a secret announcement coming also. http://ow.ly/j87h
QTE Blog: Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/15JUVk
EA profits on Wii were $161M, The PC was $124M, The PS3 was $121M, The 360 was $73M, The PSP was $38M and the DS was $28M. http://ow.ly/j8CB
360: The Xbox 360 Pro Model is rumoured to be discontinued very soon, with just the Elite and Arcade being sold in future. http://ow.ly/j8Ds
QTE Blog: Frank Lampard, Theo Walcott and Wayne Rooney Are The Faces Of FIFA 10 In The UK http://ow.ly/15JVt4
PC: Championship Manager 2010 is set for a September 11th release. a Demo is coming August 14th. http://ow.ly/j9cD
Guitar Hero 5 Rockfest multiplayer features a Playlist ability so different modes can be played one after each other. http://ow.ly/j9dy
QTE Blog: NEw FIFA 10 PC Developer Blog Discussing Improvements To The Gameplay Engine http://ow.ly/15JVLW
PS3: Possible PSN update coming August 18th bringing PC checking of trophies and friends and 90day Free Warranty increase http://ow.ly/j9fc
PC: EVE Online Dev's have trademarked DUST 514. nothing else is known at present. http://ow.ly/j9Ng
PS3: The Original soundtrack to Fl0w could be coming out soon. http://ow.ly/j9Pv
Wii: Monster Hunter 3 has sold over 583,000 games in Japan in only 2 days. http://ow.ly/j9Qm
QTE Blog: New Super Monkey Ball Step And Roll Screenshots http://ow.ly/15JW8S
QTE Blog: Activision Confim A Nintendo Wii Release Of Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare As Call Of Duty: Modern Warfar... http://ow.ly/15JW8T
PS3: Zen Studio's are teasing an announcement set for tomorrow with a Logo that looks like Zen Pinball and Street Fighter. http://ow.ly/jask
QTE Blog: Halo Legends Comic Con Pictures http://ow.ly/15JWzP
HD versions of EA's Grand Slam Tennis have been delayed to possibly Spring 2010. http://ow.ly/jaXz
Wii: Hudson have annoucned a new game called The Shadow Empire. 30% complete, 2.5D, move over shadows. ICO Visual Style http://ow.ly/jaYQ
PS3: Sony has trademarked "P.S. Thanks" as an "Incentive rewards program" for "top consumer base" http://ow.ly/jb07
PSP: Atlus have provided Joystiq with a 7 minute video for Persona. http://ow.ly/jb1g
QTE Blog: New Zero Punctuation - Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood http://ow.ly/15JWWd
QTE Blog: Microsoft Details The Upcoming Xbox 360 Update http://ow.ly/15JWWe
PC: A Banner Ad on Star Trek Online maybe teasing the Mirror Universe. http://ow.ly/jb7d
QTE Blog: New MX vs ATV Reflex Trailer Showing Rider Controls http://ow.ly/15JX5t
Wii: Wii Sports Resort has sold over 500k Units in USA. http://ow.ly/jcER
PC: Starcraft II has officially been delayed to the first half of 2010. http://ow.ly/jcFB
Warner got the trademarks for Badlands, Defender, Sinistar, Joust, and Spy Hunter from Midway. http://ow.ly/jcG1
PSP: Persona will get a simultaneous PSN release on September 22nd. both versions have a MSRP of $39.99. http://ow.ly/jcGV
PS3: Insomniac has revealed the Boxart for the UK release of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time. http://ow.ly/jcKh
PSPgo: The USA release is rumoured to come with a RockBand Unplugged voucher at BestBuy. http://ow.ly/jcIe
Capcom have teased, Via Twitter, a game sequel that will "BLOW YOUR MIND", But we'll find out much later. http://ow.ly/jcKR
PS3: Some pictures have emerged showing some Environments from Final Fantasy XIV http://ow.ly/jcJG
Sony are brining God of War III, Heavy Rain, MAG, Eye Pet, White Knight Chronicles, and lots of PSN Games to GamesCon. http://ow.ly/jcMo
QTE Blog: Sponsored Post - Twice The Fun - Domino’s Launches Two ForTuesday http://ow.ly/15JYBQ
Wii: Gameplay Footage has emerged for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Go For it! Light Adventure Squad. its in Japanese tho. http://ow.ly/jcNn
Singularity has been delayed until the first quarter of 2010. Activision say its to avoid competitive titles. http://ow.ly/jd2D
Tony Hawk Ride will only come out in the USA, UK and Germany this Year. other territories get it 2010. http://ow.ly/jd39
Call of Duty 4 has sold close to 14 Million Units so far. http://ow.ly/jd3w
Activision have announced that new Spider-Man and James Bond games are expected to be released in the next calendar year. http://ow.ly/jd3U
QTE Blog: Sony Online Entertainment Have Announced the 11th Expansion For PoxNora As Broodcall http://ow.ly/15JZ03
The track list for Guitar Hero Van Halen has been released. it is set for a December 22nd release. http://ow.ly/jdaN
Red Faction update hits 360's August 6th at 4AM PT. PS3 update expected during PSN update. Double EXP this weekend http://ow.ly/jdkA
QTE Blog: Xbox 360 Games On Demand Demonstration Video http://ow.ly/15JZMb