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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest)
QTE Blog: Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/16xNdO
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PS3: Famitsu gives Heavy Rain a 37/40. more scores to be released after 5pm GMT http://ow.ly/15SNk
there will be day 1 dlc for Battlefield Bad Company 2 http://ow.ly/15SOD
PC: Myst Online, a mmo, has been re-released and is now free to play. http://ow.ly/15SQ0
PS3: rumoured footage from Wakebarding HD has been leaked. its suggested this is Creat's next game. http://ow.ly/15SS9
PS3: its been reported that a Japanese podcast mentions that Demons Souls 2 is coming out this year in Japan http://ow.ly/15SVf
PSP: Dylan Cuthbert says there are no plans for more PixleJunk PSP games. say most people don't hook PSP's to the PSN http://ow.ly/15SX0
Nintendo is holding a event on 24th February. something is reportedly going to be revealed. http://ow.ly/15T22
analysts predict that digital sales will increase 34% in 2010. industry to grow 6%. PS3 only console with sales increase http://ow.ly/15T6O
EA says they are looking at ways to punish players who quit online games in FIFA 11 http://ow.ly/15T8Z
the first 5th Gen pokemon has been revealed. the silhouette was Zoroark, the evolved form of Zorua. http://ow.ly/15Taj
QTE Blog: SouthPeak Announce 3D Dot Heroes Comes Out In The UK On May 14th, Will Be At The Midlands MCM Expo http://ow.ly/16xStU
the ESA has revealed that there are more than 120 exhibitors for E3. some absences, High Voltage, NCSoft, 6 trade groups http://ow.ly/15TcW
360: A Final Fantasy XIII Bundle is coming out in Japan. it'll be a white 360+250GB HDD, 2 controllers + FF XIII http://ow.ly/15VfV
PS3: Heavy Rain review scores have gone live. plenty of 9/10 - 10/10 with a couple of 7/10 http://ow.ly/15YXP
QTE Blog: New Zero Punctuation - Borderlands http://ow.ly/16xVdo
Wii: Marvelous Entertainment have opened World Game Parade to localise western WiiWare games for a Japan Release http://ow.ly/15Z0m
iPhone: Revolutionary Concepts are releasing Karate Champ, with multiplayer. Manomio are working on a Amigo emulator http://ow.ly/15Z31
Disney's gaming division have announced they made a loss of $10M, up from a $45M Loss. Wii+DS games sold best http://ow.ly/15Z5K
QTE Blog: Sega Have Released A New Trailer For Sonic & Sega All Star Racing http://ow.ly/16xWAr
QTE Blog: EA Announce That Over 8 Million Games Have Been Sold Since Their Partnership In 2007 With Hasbro http://ow.ly/16xWAq
PS3: its been reported that a Japanese podcast mentions that Demons Souls 2 is coming out this year in Japan http://ow.ly/15SVf
QTE Blog: PopCap Announce The Bejeweled Franchise Is 10 Years Old http://ow.ly/16xYhx
PS3: Sony has annoucned that the PS3 will get a 3D Gaming Patch and a 3D Blu-Ray Patch in the summer http://ow.ly/164rF
360: Samurai Shodown Edge of Destiny is set to come out in the USA this spring as Samurai Shodown Sen http://ow.ly/164ug
iPhone: Doom II RPG is out now for $4 http://ow.ly/164v0
PC: its reported there are issues with BioShock 2 and WideScreen PC's. it trims the top+bottom of a 4:3 resolution http://ow.ly/164wO
Xbox: DLC For original Xbox Games is already not working with Xbox Live. its reported this started last week http://ow.ly/164yZ
Wii: Rock Of The Dead has been announced. it lets you kill zombies by using a Guitar Hero Controller and inputting riffs http://ow.ly/164B8
Activision Blizzard have posted financials, Q4 revenue is down to $1.56B, from $1.6B. Year revenue up to $4.28B from $3B http://ow.ly/164D2
Activision Blizzard announce a new Tony Hawk, Call Of Duty, Guitar Hero, And Spiderman game will come out during 2010 http://ow.ly/164EJ
Activision are reducing the amount of Music games they release in 2010 to 10, down from 25 in 2009 http://ow.ly/166QH
Activision have announced that Singularity and Transformers War For Cybertron was coming out in may 2010 http://ow.ly/166Yj
Activision have announced that a Blur multiplayer beta will come out in March http://ow.ly/166Zb
Xbox: Microsoft say they are 'actively working' to restore DLC. this service should be live until April 15th http://ow.ly/16703
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
PopCap Announce The Bejeweled Franchise Is 10 Years Old
PopCap have announced that the Bejeweled franchise is 10 years old. Since the games release as Diamond Mine back in 2000, there have been more than 350 Million downloads of Bejeweled. at retail, the game has sold more than 50 Million units, which puts it in the top 10 best selling games of all time. a copy of the game is sold around every 4.3 seconds.In Celebration of this, PopCap are going to have a 10 Month celebration were new instalments in the Bejeweled line-up are going to be released, as well as a community wide competition for Bejeweled Blitz. The Bejeweled Blitz competitions will include finding the best players, which starts in spring, as well as other contests and promotions.
there will also be a promotion called "Show Your Bejeweled Love" which will launch next month. this promotion asks fans to celebrate their love for Bejeweled in audio/video form.
Press Release
SEATTLE and DUBLIN, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- PopCap Games, maker of some of the world's most popular video games, today announced that it will mark the 10th birthday of its flagship franchise Bejeweled® with a 10-month long celebration beginning today. Throughout 2010 PopCap will introduce new installments in the Bejeweled lineup, hold the first-ever community-wide competition for Bejeweled Blitz, and stage exciting promotional activities such as the upcoming "Show Your Bejeweled Love" contest. PopCap also announced today that Bejeweled has now sold more than 50 million units, making it one of the top ten best-selling video games of all time — and the company continues to sell a copy of Bejeweled every 4.3 seconds.
"Bejeweled has obviously succeeded beyond our wildest dreams," said Jason Kapalka, co-creator of the game and co-founder and chief creative officer at PopCap. "When Brian Fiete, John Vechey and I built the game ten years ago, we had no grand aspirations for it or PopCap, we were trying to survive as a company during the depths of the dot-com collapse. Little did we know we'd still be selling copies of Bejeweled a decade later!"
Originally launched in the spring of 2000 as "Diamond Mine," ten years and more than 350 million downloads later Bejeweled has won dozens of awards, has been localized for audiences around the world and has been adapted for more than a dozen different platforms from iPhone to Xbox and even airline seatbacks. The game has actually accelerated in popularity and now sells at a rate of one copy every 4.3 seconds somewhere in the world, and has just been named The Most Popular Puzzle Game Series of the Century by the Guinness World Records 2010 Video Games Edition. PopCap and its distribution partners have recently confirmed that more than 50 million units of Bejeweled, Bejeweled 2 and Bejeweled Twist have been sold, but the game's reach extends an order of magnitude further.
Between free-to-play online versions across the internet, trial downloads, pre-installs and demo disks, an estimated half billion people have played Bejeweled in one form or another since its introduction.
Over the course of this calendar year, PopCap will introduce new installments in the Bejeweled franchise - including an all-new way to play Bejeweled Blitz, the 1-minute social adaptation of the game - as well as conducting numerous contests and promotions open to consumers of all stripes. A competition to identify and reward the very best Bejeweled Blitz players - the first such competition held around a social game - will commence later this spring. The "Show Your Bejeweled Love" contest kicking off next month will encourage fans of the game to celebrate their affinity for the original match-3 puzzler in various audio and video forms; there is no cost or obligation to enter, and details will be available as of early March at www.bejeweled.com.
About PopCap
PopCap Games (www.popcap.com) is the leading multi-platform provider of fun, easy-to-learn, captivating video games that appeal to everyone from age 6 to 106. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000 and has a worldwide staff of over 260 people in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Vancouver, B.C., Dublin, and Shanghai. Its games have been downloaded more than 1 billion times by consumers worldwide, and its flagship title, Bejeweled®, has sold more than 50 million units across all platforms. Constantly acclaimed by consumers and critics, PopCap's games are played on the Web, social platforms, desktop computers, myriad mobile devices (cell phones, smartphones, PDAs, Pocket PCs, iPod, iPhone and more), popular game consoles (such as Xbox and DS), and in-flight entertainment systems. PopCap is the only "casual games" developer with leading market share across all major sales channels, including social, Web portals, retail stores, mobile phones, MP3 players, and game devices.
The PopCap logo and all other trademarks used herein that are listed atwww.popcap.com/trademarks are owned by PopCap Games, Inc. or its licensors and may be registered in some countries. Other company and product names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners and are used for the benefit of those owners.
SOURCE PopCap Games
EA Announce That Over 8 Million Games Have Been Sold Since Their Partnership With Hasbro Began
EA Has announced that since their partnership with Hasbro began in August 2007, over 8 Million games have been sold. this is made up of 20 different Hasbro brands that were released on 18 major digital platforms.
EA has also announced that The Littlest Pet Shop franchise has sold over 3.5 Million units since October 2008. The Xbox Live Arcade Hasbro Family Game Night umbrella, of which there are 7 games, has sold over 500,000 units.
EA/Hasbro also has games in the top 100 iPhone Apps in the USA:
Scrabble
Battleship
Boogle
Clue
Trivial pursuit
The Game Of Life
Connect 4
Yahtzee Adventures
Monopoly
Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition
Some Of The Hasbro Games
Press Release
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., February 10, 2010— The Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that its Hasbro-branded video games have sold a combined total of more than eight million units at retail globally1. To date, the company has launched 20 different Hasbro brands on 18 major digital platforms since the strategic alliance between EA and Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) was formed in August 2007.
EA attributes the soaring popularity of its Hasbro-inspired portfolio of video games to a combination of key market drivers such as the growing mass appeal of family-friendly video games, the ongoing demand for video games designed specifically for girls, and the rich heritage and draw of Hasbro’s iconic toy and game properties.
A recent Nickelodeon study states that 36 percent of families are playing video games together as entertainment2, and according to NPD Group, Inc., more than $700 million of interactive software was purchased for girls ages 6-12 in 2008, up 23 percent from 20073.
“EA’s Hasbro-branded lineup has experienced tremendous success in the casual games market with video games that hold great appeal for families and kids as we’ve retained the essence of Hasbro’s iconic brands while re-imagining the toy and board game play experiences,” said Chip Lange, Senior Vice President and General Manager of EA’s Hasbro Division. “We really see these products extending the reach of interactive opportunities available for players today. They made the perfect gift for the holidays, and during the rest of the year, they are the ideal content for mobile gaming devices or to play and keep in touch with friends online.”
EA has extended the Hasbro lineup beyond consoles to more interactive platforms over the past 18 months with Pogo.com™, and through EA Mobile™, with mobile devices like the iPhone®. To date, Hasbro-licensed board game properties for mobile have made it into the Top 100 Paid Apps on the App StoreSM including: SCRABBLE (in the US and Canada only), BATTLESHIP, BOGGLE, CLUE, TRIVIAL PURSUIT, THE GAME OF LIFE, CONNECT 4, YAHTZEE Adventures, MONOPOLY, and MONOPOLY Here & Now: The World Edition.
In addition, three new Hasbro-licensed online games released by EA were added to the Pogo line up in 2009: BOGGLE Bash, BATTLESHIP and MONOPOLY Slots. These new offerings joined previously released titles such as SCRABBLE, MONOPOLY Here & Now: The World Edition, YAHTZEE Party! and TRIVIAL PURSUIT, all of which were in the top ten of all Pogo games in terms of worldwide visitors and minutes played. In December 2009, over 4.3 million game play minutes of SCRABBLE were logged on Pogo4.
The LITTLEST PET SHOP video game franchise from EA has shown robust growth selling more than 3.5 million units since the first wave of games were released in October 20081. In 2009, the digital franchise expanded when the company launched LITTLEST PET SHOP Online, an Internet-based game and online community allowing girls to create their very own LITTLEST PET SHOP pets, chat with friends, play fun games and explore a dynamic online world. LITTLEST PET SHOP is also now available on the iPhone and iPod touch®, and as DsiWare™.
For boys, the NERF ”N-Strike” video game franchise has delivered over-the-top action, and families around the world have gathered to play HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT and HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT 2, with both game franchises also selling more than one million units each1. In addition, MONOPOLY titles boasted strong sales selling over one million units across console platforms1.
EA’s Hasbro-branded games have also had a strong presence on Xbox LIVE® Arcade (XBLA), with seven games launched in 2009 under the HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT umbrella, surpassing 500,000 paid downloads. The portfolio of games was ranked #4 in the most popular Arcade games on the LIVE Service for 2009, based on connectivity. HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT on XBLA features classic and party game modes of family favorites such as SCRABBLE (in the U.S. and Canada), CONNECT FOUR, BATTLESHIP, YAHTZEE, BOGGLE, SORRY! and SORRY! Sliders. All games are available for 800MSP each.
“Hasbro’s powerhouse alliance with EA continues to deliver big hits for casual gamers around the world across every major platform,” said Mark Blecher, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Digital Gaming and Media at Hasbro. “Together, we continue to re-imagine the Hasbro-branded play experience and put it at the fingertips of consumers so they can ignite Hasbro-style fun any time, any place.”
1 According to NPD Data for December 2009, GFK and internal EA databases
2 According to Nickelodeon research study, "The Family GPS," November 2009
3 According to NPD Data for May 2009
4 According to ComScore (avg. minutes per usage day, worldwide, August 2009)
About Hasbro
Hasbro, Inc. is a worldwide leader in children's and family leisure time products and services with a rich portfolio of brands and entertainment properties that provides some of the highest quality and most recognizable play and recreational experiences in the world. As a brand-driven, consumer-focused global company, Hasbro brings to market a range of toys, games and licensed products, from traditional to high-tech and digital, under such powerful brand names as TRANSFORMERS, PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, CRANIUM and WIZARDS OF THE COAST. Come see how we inspire play through our brands at http://www.hasbro.com.
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: EATM, EA SPORTS™, 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.
About EA Mobile
EA Mobile™, is the world’s leading wireless entertainment publisher with award-winning games such as Tetris®, Bejeweled®, The Sims™, and Need for Speed™. The EA Mobile portfolio also includes casual games based on the company’s partnership with Hasbro, Inc. including MONOPOLY, YAHTZEE and SCRABBLE (in the U.S. and Canada) as well as sports blockbusters from the EA SPORTS™ brand, including Madden NFL Football, EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR®. EA Mobile develops games for multiple mobile platforms including mobile phones, smartphones, the iPhone® and iPod®. For more information about EA Mobile, please visit www.eamobile.com.
About Pogo.com
Pogo.com™ is the #1 stickiest online destination in the US (1). The site is home to over 15.3 million unique visitors a month (worldwide) who play for more than 62 minutes a day (1). Boasting a wide variety of more than 100 free online games including puzzle games, word games, casino games, classic card games and board games, Pogo.com features both single-player and multiplayer games. The site offers players an easy-to-use chat feature where millions of people talk about their favorite games, best scores, or simply share stories about their lives. Pogo.com is known for its thriving online community of players who forge life-long friendships through the site. Pogo has local sites and communities in UK (pogo.co.uk) and Germany (pogo.de). The Pogo.com premium service, Club Pogo, offers players a variety of VIP features including exclusive games, no ad interruptions, private chat and avatars. Club Pogo had over 1.75 million paying subscribers at the end of August 2009.
(1 ) According to ComScore (avg. minutes per usage day, worldwide, August 2009)
EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile, POGO, Pogo.com, Need for Speed and The Sims are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. Tetris is a registered trademark of Tetris Holding, LLC. Bejeweled is a registered trademark of PopCap Games, Inc. BATTLESHIP, BOGGLE, CONNECT FOUR, FAMILY GAME NIGHT, LITTLEST PET SHOP, MONOPOLY, Here and Now, NERF and N-STRIKE, SORRY!, SCRABBLE, (in the United States and Canada), TRIVIAL PURSUIT and YAHTZEE are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission. John Madden, NFL, FIFA, Tiger Woods and PGA TOUR are the property of their respective owners and used with permission. Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSiWare and Wii are trademarks of Nintendo. Xbox LIVE is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies and is used under license from Microsoft. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc., and iPod, iPod touch and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Sega Have Released A New Trailer For Sonic & Sega All Star Racing
Sega have released a new trailer for Sonic & Sega All Star Racing. this is a launch trailer that shows of many of the characters and their vehicles in the game. several tracks and weapons are also shown. The trailer is made from in-game footage, most likely from the PS3 or Xbox 360 version of the game.
New Zero Punctuation - Borderlands
Yahtzee has finally got round to reviewing borderlands, could he possibly enjoy the game or do the games few issues get in the way?
SouthPeak Announce 3D Dot Heroes Comes Out In The UK On May 14th, Will Be At The Midlands MCM Expo
USA BoxartPress Release
LEICESTER, England & MIDLOTHIAN, Va. --(Business Wire)-- Feb 10, 2010 Leading videogame publisher, SouthPeak Interactive Corporation (OTC BB: SOPK), today announced that retro gaming delight 3D Dot Game Heroes, for the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system, will be playable at the Midlands MCM Expo on February 20th at the Telford International Centre.
Visitors to the show – which caters for fans of films, anime, manga and videogames – will have the opportunity to experience 3D Dot Game Heroes’ infectious nostalgic charms for themselves and even go hands-on with a section of the game for the first time ever in Europe. However be warned, because if you’re susceptible to the pleasures of classic gaming, the tongue-in-cheek script, unique visual style and ridiculously overgrown weapons can induce silly grins, tears of unbridled joy and even fits of laughter. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
“The MCM Expo is the perfect place to debut 3D Dot Game Heroes,” said Ed Blincoe, European marketing director, SouthPeak Interactive. “With its retro gaming chic and parodies of classic Japanese RPGs, we’re sure that anime and manga fans in particular - or those who fondly remember the bygone days of videogaming - will be queuing around the booth to be among the first to play it.”
3D Dot Game Heroes will be available in PAL territories on May 14th – just days after the North American release. For more information about the game, head towww.3ddotgameheroes.eu. For more details about the Midlands MCM Expo: http://www.midlandsmcmexpo.com/
About SouthPeak Interactive Corporation
SouthPeak Interactive Corporation develops and publishes interactive entertainment software for all current hardware platforms including: PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, Wii™, Nintendo DS™ and PC. SouthPeak's games cover all major genres including action/adventure, role playing, racing, puzzle strategy, fighting and combat. SouthPeak's products are sold in retail outlets in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. SouthPeak is headquartered in Midlothian, Virginia, and has offices in Grapevine, Texas and Leicester, England. For additional information, please visit SouthPeak’s corporate website:www.southpeakgames.com
About Atlus U.S.A., Inc.
Located in Irvine, California and founded in 1991, Atlus U.S.A., Inc. is renowned for its proud tradition of publishing exceptional role-playing games with strong niche appeal. The Atlus library of critically acclaimed video games includes Demon's Souls, Odin Sphere, the Trauma Center series, and the award-winning Shin Megami Tensei series. For more information, visit http://www.atlus.com.
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