Sunday, November 15, 2009

What Have You Played This Week?

Again not too much played this week. i got a little too hooked into Football Manager 09.

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 PrincessPS3 – I played alittle. I'm disappointed that there doesn't seem to be as many people online as when it came out. It's understandable, and this week even more so as Modern Warfare 2 is now out. I hope things pick up soon.


Tokobot PSPI have been interested in this game for a long time and was happy when it came through. Its a simple concept with simple controls, but it all fits with the graphic/art style and the story. I haven't got too far as yet, but it has done the tutorial in a clever way, incorporating it into the story. The graphics are great for the age of the game, but I do have the feeling that it may be a short game. The load times are acceptable. It's a little quirky, the story and art maynot be for everyone as it does have a anime style.


Modern Warfare 2 – PS3 – this game was going for £26 in my local Morrisons and my folks were kind enough to get this. After the frustrating initial update, then the lack of trophies working, and multiplayer not working. I left it alone until it was fixed.

This is my first Call Of Duty Game so it has taken a while to get used to the controls and the gameplay style. I played some of the game and got stuck on the russian so I decided to play online. I knew I wouldn't be good, I knew people would be better so I thought it would be the best place to learn how to control the game. And I was correct, it is taking time get used to it all, but i'm glad i'm improving.

I can see what the fuss is about, it looks great, it has a interesting story, but for me it hasn't hooked me like Killzone 2 did, and that includes single player and multiplayer.

WipEout HD Fury – PS3 – Back playing online. I got the update which fixed some things, which I have not noticed, and added the adverts. They are not obtrusive and at least relevant to the PlayStation brand. Previously, the adverts were increasing the games load times, this time they do appear to the fit load times of the game. The load times for WipEout HD Fury are not that long which kinda makes adverts short a perhaps a little pointless.

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




Saturday, November 14, 2009

Cryptic Have Revealed The Boxart For Star Trek Online On The PC


http://www.blogcdn.com/news.bigdownload.com/media/2009/11/startrekonlineboxnov1300001.jpg

Big Download
have revealed the boxart for Star Trek Online. This is the American boxart, they don't mention if there will be any changes for other regions.


Nintendo Has Released Trailers And Character Art For The Legend Of Zelda Spirit Tracks On The Nintendo DS

Nintendo Has Released Trailers And Character Art For The Legend Of Zelda Spirit Tracks On The Nintendo DS. the first trailer is a gameplay trailer that explains some of the story behind the game. the second video shows the opening cinematic for the game. the screenshots show some character art, focusing on the trains mostly, with a couple of Link and Zelda.





Legend Of Zelda Spirit Tracks



Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest)

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Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest)

  • QTE Blog: Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/BRZc

  • PSPgo: the PSPgo has been hacked. a Sega CD Emulator has been run on the device. http://ow.ly/BT2D

  • iPhone: Audiosurf has been put on hold as there is not enough access to the music library for it to work. http://ow.ly/BT8N

  • October USA NPD Console Sales, Wii 507k, DS 458k, PS3 321k, Xbox 360 250k, PSP 175k, PS2 118k http://ow.ly/BTan

  • Oct USA NPD Game Sales, Uncharted 2 537k, Wii Fit Plus 441k, Borderlands360 418k, Wii Sports Resort 314k, NBA 2K10360 311k http://ow.ly/BTcG

  • Final Fantasy XIII is coming out on the Xbox 360 and PS3 on March 9, 2010 in the USA and EU http://ow.ly/BTCC

  • PS3: The Japanese version of Final Fantasy XIII Will not have any DLC. unclear if this effects other regions. http://ow.ly/BTk3

  • PS3/PSP: Sony has annoucned that Ad-Hoc Party is coming out soon in the USA. its currently only available in Japan http://ow.ly/BTLx

  • PC: Diablo III is not expected to come out in 2010, its expected in the “next few years”. http://ow.ly/BToj

  • Japanese Hardware Charts, PS3 48.925, DSi 37.421, PSP 33.784, Wii 31.810, PSPgo 13.992, DS 5.515, 360 4.679, PS2 2.066 http://ow.ly/BTrC

  • QTE Blog: Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/161rDf

  • PS3/PSP: Sony has announced that Ad-Hoc Party is coming to the UK/EU/South Africa/Australia/New Zealand for free Soon http://ow.ly/BUSv

  • 360: Microsoft is "unapologetic" over the bannings. they are "committed" to stamping out Xbox 360 piracy http://ow.ly/BTmB

  • Wii: Phalanx is coming to Japanese WiiWare for 500 Wii Points. its the Sharp X68000 version. http://ow.ly/BTfP

  • Wii: the BBC iPlayer is coming to the Nintendo Wii as a dedicated channel on 18th November. http://ow.ly/BVxO

  • its believed there are £1.8 Billion worth of used games in UK Households. 38% have £100 of used games. 10% throw them away http://ow.ly/BVV2

  • QTE Blog: Nintendo Have Released New Character Art For New Super Mario Bros. Wii http://ow.ly/161sMe

  • 360: Alan Wake is reportedly coming out May 2010. http://ow.ly/BW9F

  • PS3/PSP: EA is looking to enable PS3 to PSP league connectivity in Madden 11. Play league on PS3, finish it on PSP http://ow.ly/BWbu

  • 360: The PAL Boxart for Mass Effect 2 has possibly been revealed. http://ow.ly/BWcL

  • QTE Blog: Microsoft Has Released A New Video Showing The Zune Video Marketplace In Action http://ow.ly/BXNu

  • QTE Blog: Sony Online Entertainment Have Released Screenshots And A Trailer For EverQuest II Expansion Sentinel's F... http://ow.ly/161uKR

  • PS3: Call Of Duty Classic has been removed from the UK/EU PSN Store as it was never meant to be there. http://ow.ly/BZWM

  • Wii: New Super Mario Bros. Wii review scores are being released. mostly high scores, couple of high-average http://ow.ly/BZXU

  • PS3: Just Cause 2 has PS3 specific features, Video Capture,Auto record 30 seconds,manual record 10 minutes, youtube upload http://ow.ly/BZYI

  • QTE Blog: EA Has Released New Screenshots For Their Upcoming iPhone/iPod Touch Game Auditorium http://ow.ly/161vN2

  • Wii: New Super Mario Bros. Wii comes in red box to show its a special game. it was Nintendo Japan idea. http://ow.ly/C004

  • PSP:RType Tactics II Operation Bitter Chocolate has a new release date of December 10th in Japan. it'll cost ¥3,800-¥5,040 http://ow.ly/C0zh





Friday, November 13, 2009

EA Has Released New Screenshots For Their Upcoming iPhone/iPod Touch Game Auditorium

EA Has released new screenshots for their upcoming iPhone/iPod Touch game. these screenshots are in-game and show off gameplay.

Auditorium



Sony Online Entertainment Have Released Screenshots And A Trailer For EverQuest II Expansion Sentinel's Fate


Following yesterdays announcement from Sony Online Entertainment that the Sixth expansion for EverQuest II, Sentinel's Fate, Is now available to pre-order, they have released screenshots for the expansion as well as a trailer.
The trailer and screenshots are in-game and shows many of the new features that the expansion brings, as well as showing some of the enemies and environments.



EverQuest II Sentinel's Fate