What Have You Played This Week?

Not a huge amount of games played this week. Earth Defence Force ended up being a lot longer than I imagined it would be...53 levels and 10 hours!

Football Manager 09 – PC – I decided to go back to a favourite team in the game, FC bayern Munchen. They are not my favourite team, that's Ipswich Town, but they are one of the easiest teams to play as, which enables me to look for other players, tactics and such. Would love to get the new game, but unfortunately I can't afford it, but what is great about the Football Manager games is that you can play them for a long time, even if a new version has come out (typically as the newest Football Manager needs 1 patch for it to get great.)

Fat Princess – PS3 – I played New Pork and think its a good map. It does feel slightly too big, but near the end of a game it does get very hectic as defences are broken. As its very new, only a few people new how to play the map properly which made it frustrating.

Earth Defence Force 2017 – Xbox 360 – Finally finished it. But after 53 levels and 10 hours I started to not enjoy it. The game just felt too long. The load times didn't get any better, and by level 40, the frame rate was becoming an issue as there was so many things happening on screen the game couldn't handle it. The story made little sense. One good thing was the progression of weapons and health, only once did I think the game had got ahead of my health. One big annoyance is the achievements, I completed the game on normal and got that achievement but I didn't get the easy competition one. You have to go through each difficulty and complete it.

AudioSurf – PC – I hadn't played this game in a long time and I had gotten a couple of emails saying my high scores had been beaten. I got a few back, got a couple of high scores. That part of the game has been improved a lot since the game came out, and whilst now its very well implemented the time it took for it to happen is poor. Still a simple game, graphics look to have been improved slightly, and importantly I find its still fun.

What have you been playing this week? feel free to add your weeks gaming selection in the comments, or comment on my selection for this week

Nintendo Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Nintendo have released new screenshots and a trailer for the newest Zelda game, The Legend Of Zelda Spirit Tracks. The Screenshots are a mixture of in-game and character art, whilst the trailer shows some of the story and gameplay.



Spirit Tracks

EA Has Released A Trailer For Skate 3

EA has released a new trailer for Skate 3. this trailer is a first look at the game. its not clear how much of the trailer is gameplay or in-game cutscenes, but it does reveal that the game currently has a release date of May 2010.

Sega Has Released A Launch Trailer For Jambo! Safari

Sega has released a new trailer for Jambo! Safari. the trailer is a launch trailer and focuses on the main aspects of the game, such as traversing the environments in a Jeep, catching a animal, looking after animals, taking pictures, and playing in multiplayer.

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• Top USA PSN Downloads, Final Fantasy VII, Zombie Apocalypse, TMNT Turtles In Time Re-Shelled, .deTuned, UNO http://ow.ly/zRLM

• Reggie Fils-Aime has said that there is no Wii HD http://ow.ly/zRWl

• id Software have said that they don't think Rage will have dedicated servers http://ow.ly/zRY5

• PSP: Little Big Planet has a UK release of November 20th. http://ow.ly/zRYJ

• Square Enix say sales are up 33% but net income is down 55.7% http://ow.ly/zRZT

• Temco are rumoured to be working on Dead or Alice 5. it's multiplatform. http://ow.ly/zS13

• 360: Rumored screenshots have emerged of Dishwasher: Dead Samurai 2. they appear to be gameplay http://ow.ly/zS1Y

• QTE Blog: Sega Has Released A New Character Trailer For Planet 51 http://ow.ly/15ZUlh

• Shonen Jump shows that Final Fantasy XIII Will have beta codes for Final Fantasy XIV. Hopes Summon is Alexander. http://ow.ly/zS3y

• 360: Under 18 will not be able to use Facebook/Lastfm/Twitter when they're released until family settings are incorporated http://ow.ly/zTiJ

• Wii: Tales Of Vesperia is rumoured to be coming to the Wii. a voice actor say's he's working on it, Namco hasn't confirmed http://ow.ly/zUDO

• QTE Blog: EA Announce Madden Ultimate Team DLC For Madden NFL 10 http://ow.ly/15ZUVH

• Square say the international version of Final FantasyXIII is making "good" progress, could come out before April 30th 2010 http://ow.ly/zUMu

• Wii: Zelda is not guaranteed to come out in 2010. http://ow.ly/zW70

• Namco Bandai has posted a loss of $66.7 Million for the first half of 2009. http://ow.ly/zW8c

• A Trailer has been released for Super Street Fighter IV. it shows some of the new modes and the traditional bonus stages http://ow.ly/zW8R

• PS3: a video has emerged of Netflix Streaming. its a walkthrough of the disc. http://ow.ly/zWbC

• Golgoth have announced that when they've finished the Toki remake they will work on the Joe And Mac License http://ow.ly/zXLX

• PC: Star Trek D.A.C. Steam release has been pushed up to November 12th http://ow.ly/zXNd

• 360: Microsoft have confirmed that the Sky Player is now available to all customers in UK and Ireland. http://ow.ly/zXNJ

• Japanese Hardware Charts, DSi 37.517, PS3 36.061, PSP 34.911, PSP go 29.109, Wii 28.888, DS 6.902, 360 6.047, PS2 1.966 http://ow.ly/zZmB

• PS3: Joysitq have released a video and a hands on for the Netflix disc on the PS3. http://ow.ly/zZn3

• QTE Blog: EA Announce That Strikeforce Will Be MMA's Premier League And That Brett Rogers And Jake Shields Have Joi... http://ow.ly/15ZYYs

• QTE Blog: Mythic And EA Announce Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning Now Has A Endless Free Trial http://ow.ly/zZHY

EA Announce That Strikeforce Will Be MMA's Premier League And That Brett Rogers And Jake Shields Have Joined The Games Roster

EA Has announced that Strikeforce will be the Premier League in MMA. they also announced that Strikeforce commentators, Frank Shamrock and Mauro Ranallo, will also be in the game as well as the ring announcer, Jimmy Lennon Jr.

EA Has also announced today new additions to the MMA Roster. Brett Rogers and Jake Shields have been announced as well as Jason Miller and Muhammed Lawal.

Press Release

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that STRIKEFORCE, a world-class mixed martial arts fight promotion, will be featured as a premier league in the upcoming EA SPORTS™ MMA video game. In addition, Brett Rogers and Jake Shields, both of whom will be competing in the STRIKEFORCE and M-1 Global co-promoted fight on November 7 (broadcasted live by CBS), join the EA SPORTS MMA roster of fighters.

With this partnership, the STRIKEFORCE cage and the league’s commentary team of Frank Shamrock and Mauro Ranallo, as well as ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr., will be incorporated into the game. Legendary mixed martial arts referee “Big John” McCarthy will preside over the in-ring action and bring his in-depth knowledge of the sport to help deliver a truly authentic MMA experience.

“We are honored that EA SPORTS has selected STRIKEFORCE to serve as a premier league in its forthcoming MMA title,” said STRIKEFORCE President Scott Coker. “EA SPORTS has long been recognized by gamers as a highly innovative, ground breaking provider of sports gaming entertainment. We are confident that EA SPORTS MMA will function as a great ambassador for STRIKEFORCE's fighters and effectively promote our sport to a new audience as well as to longtime fight fans."

“We are very excited to be working with STRIKEFORCE and feature them as a premier league in our game,” said Executive Producer Dale Jackson. “They have a wealth of mixed martial arts expertise, put on great shows and have a great stable of top-notch fighters. Together we look forward to growing the sport and delivering an immersive interactive gaming experience.”

Tomorrow night’s STRIKEFORCE fight, to be broadcast on national network television by CBS, will undoubtedly be one of the most watched mixed martial arts fights in history. EA SPORTS MMA fighter roster will feature four of the main card’s fighters, including Fedor Emelianenko, Brett Rogers, Jake Shields and Jason Miller.

Brett Rogers is preparing for the biggest fight of his career as he gets set to take on Fedor Emelianenko tomorrow night. A 6’5”, 265 pound heavyweight, Brett is currently undefeated and holds a record of 10-0-0. In his last fight, he knocked out Andrei Arlovski in just 22 seconds in the first round of action.

Jake Shields, a native Californian, will be taking on Jason “Mayhem” Miller for the STRIKEFORCE middleweight title. This 5’11”, 170 pound fighter, holds a current record of 23-4-1 and comes into tomorrow night’s middleweight title bout with a 12-fight winning streak. He is also the first and last Elite XC Welterweight champion and holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Also slated to appear on the fighter roster for EA SPORTS MMA are STRIKEFORCE stars Jason “Mayhem” Miller and Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal. Miller and Lawal were announced via a video last month during their visit to the development studio.

EA SPORTS MMA will feature the most authentic, intense and broad mixed martial arts experience to date – complete with a vast array of top fighters and fighting styles from around the world. EA SPORTS MMA will be available on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system in 2010.

For more information about EA SPORTS MMA, visit www.easportsmma.com or follow the game on Twitter atwww.twitter.com/easportsmma and Facebook at www.facebook.com/easportsmma.

EA SPORTS™ is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world, with top-selling titles and franchises including Madden NFL, FIFA Soccer, NHL® hockey, NBA LIVE basketball, NCAA® Football and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR®.

About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA Mobile™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

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