Thursday, May 6, 2010
Konami Announce Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (PES 2010) Is Coming To The iPhone In June
This version of the game features both the Champions League and Eruopa League, as well as many gameplay features that the Console versions have, like first time shots, slick passing, and more. The Games AI has also been worked on.
From Konami UK
EA Have Released New Screenshots Of Rory McIlroy In Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
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Sony Online Entertainment Announce The Agency: Covert Ops For Facebook
Features
• Pulse-Pounding Missions: Travel the globe as a jet-setting agent taking down rivals and building your network of operatives. Encounter a new breed of super villains and their murderous henchmen in various missions giving you access to new gadgets, weapons and the most desirable intel.
• Killer Mini-games: Agents need to master safe-cracking, bomb defusing, code breaking, evidence gathering and even rooftop parkour. Covert Ops has action and puzzle mini-games that put your spy skills to the test and push you to the limits of your intellect.
• You Are What You Wear: Will you be a sexy super spy or a rugged mercenary? The choice is yours inCovert Ops. Pick from five class-based abilities, each with its own special advantage when battling enemy forces in combat. Customize your avatar with the latest in designer fashion, or deck yourself out in cutting edge industrial battle gear. Choose from hundreds of items and collect attire and aliases to access numerous locales and gain influence over the people within them.
• Pimp Your HQ: Build an Agency headquarters that your friends will envy! Make a statement by personalizing your HQ with a wide array of designer furniture, sleek electronics, and the latest security devices. Show off your trophies from deadly assignments in distant lands and visit your friend’s headquarters for ideas—you’ll get bonus items just for dropping in, too.
• The Black Market: Elite agents are only as good as their gadgets and weapons. Whatever the mission, the Black Market has what you need to get the job done. Browse collections of high-tech weapons, surveillance equipment, and home decor. Whether you're paying with wealth won from missions or purchased with cold, hard Station Cash™, we have what you need to care of business like a pro. Some of the things in here aren't exactly legal... but when you’re above the law, it doesn’t matter!
• Your Network of Agents: Work alone or engage in group missions with your Facebook friends. Agents can also recruit the world’s most dangerous and eccentric operatives, creating a top notch Agency of world renown. Covert Ops even makes it easy to share your feats of stealth and style by posting your accomplishments or snapshots of your avatar on your Facebook wall.
Trailer
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Press Release
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – May 4, 2010 – Ever wanted to live the life of an elite agent in the world of international espionage? Thanks to Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), the world of jet-setting super spies and shady operatives comes to Facebook® with today’s launch of The Agency™: Covert Ops(http://apps.facebook.com/AgencyCovertOps/), the company’s first social action game.
Developed in SOE’s Tucson studio, The Agency: Covert Ops is a compelling social media action game that immerses players in the top secret world of spies and super villains from the safe house of the Facebook platform. Players in The Agency: Covert Ops will be the first to get a taste of the action and intrigue in SOE’s upcoming FPS-MMO The Agency™ (PlayStation®3 and PC). Covert Ops agents engage in pulse-pounding missions, killer mini-games and cool avatar customization while delving into an explosive storyline.
“The Agency: Covert Ops is unlike other Facebook games out there right now due to its stylized look and feel along with its deep story line,” said John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment. “It’s a great way for Facebook users to play a casual game with exciting missions, great mini-games and even the ability to share achievements with your Facebook friends. It’s the ultimate in spy-genre Facebook gaming.”
Live the life of an elite agent, power up your Agency and recruit your friends to run group missions and defeat rivals together in a dynamic underworld. The job won’t be easy. Here’s what you’ll experience in the suave and dangerous world of The Agency: Covert Ops:
Features
• Pulse-Pounding Missions: Travel the globe as a jet-setting agent taking down rivals and building your network of operatives. Encounter a new breed of super villains and their murderous henchmen in various missions giving you access to new gadgets, weapons and the most desirable intel.
• Killer Mini-games: Agents need to master safe-cracking, bomb defusing, code breaking, evidence gathering and even rooftop parkour. Covert Ops has action and puzzle mini-games that put your spy skills to the test and push you to the limits of your intellect.
• You Are What You Wear: Will you be a sexy super spy or a rugged mercenary? The choice is yours inCovert Ops. Pick from five class-based abilities, each with its own special advantage when battling enemy forces in combat. Customize your avatar with the latest in designer fashion, or deck yourself out in cutting edge industrial battle gear. Choose from hundreds of items and collect attire and aliases to access numerous locales and gain influence over the people within them.
• Pimp Your HQ: Build an Agency headquarters that your friends will envy! Make a statement by personalizing your HQ with a wide array of designer furniture, sleek electronics, and the latest security devices. Show off your trophies from deadly assignments in distant lands and visit your friend’s headquarters for ideas—you’ll get bonus items just for dropping in, too.
• The Black Market: Elite agents are only as good as their gadgets and weapons. Whatever the mission, the Black Market has what you need to get the job done. Browse collections of high-tech weapons, surveillance equipment, and home decor. Whether you're paying with wealth won from missions or purchased with cold, hard Station Cash™, we have what you need to care of business like a pro. Some of the things in here aren't exactly legal... but when you’re above the law, it doesn’t matter!
• Your Network of Agents: Work alone or engage in group missions with your Facebook friends. Agents can also recruit the world’s most dangerous and eccentric operatives, creating a top notch Agency of world renown. Covert Ops even makes it easy to share your feats of stealth and style by posting your accomplishments or snapshots of your avatar on your Facebook wall.
Will you be brave enough to build the world’s next great Agency? It can only happen if you take the challenge and start your journey.
Play The Agency: Covert Ops today at: http://apps.facebook.com/AgencyCovertOps/.
For more information, please visit: www.PlayCovertOps.com
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About Sony Online Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers around the globe. SOE creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment for the personal computer, online game console and wireless devices. Known for its blockbuster franchises and hit titles including EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Champions of Norrath®, Untold Legends™, PlanetSide®, and Star Wars Galaxies, as well as the recent kids’ phenomenon Free Realms™, SOE continues to redefine the business of online gaming and the creation of active player communities while introducing new genres on all entertainment platforms. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, with additional development studios in Austin, TX, Seattle, WA, Denver, CO, and Tucson, AZ, SOE has an array of cutting-edge games in development across various platforms and genres for audiences of all ages.
SOE, the SOE logo, EverQuest and PlanetSide are registered trademarks and Untold Legends and Legends of Norrath are trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.
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360: 8 page Gears Of War 3 feature from Russian mag leaked, art + more http://ht.ly/1Hdn6 Translation here, big spoilers! http://ht.ly/1Hdni
PS3: Playstation Move will not come with or need a plastic sleeve, unlike the WiiMote http://ht.ly/1Hdqd
Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime says the iPad is not cutting into DS Sales, believes both can exist and succeed together http://ht.ly/1HdrO
A Job posting from Bungie for a Player Investment Designer leads to speculation the next game could be a RPG or MMO http://ht.ly/1HduB
Glu Mobile report a drop in revenue, $20.8M to $17.3M, operations/losses dropped from $2.9M and $5.8M to $2.7M and $3.7 http://ht.ly/1HdwZ
QTE Blog: This Weeks UK PSP Digital Comic Store Update http://ow.ly/17h8l3
360: Microsofts Natal E3 press conference will not be live streamed. Microsoft are banning all technology from the show http://ht.ly/1Hi27
Koei-Tecmo's Yoshiki Sugiyama says Ninja Gaiden 3 "...will be spectacular.” http://ht.ly/1Hi4G
QTE Blog: THQ Have Released A New Trailer For UFC Undisputed 2010 Featuring Chuck Liddell http://ow.ly/17hayH
QTE Blog: EA Announce Medal of Honor Is Coming Out On 15th October In The EU http://ow.ly/17hayI
QTE Blog: This Weeks UK PSP Digital Comic Store Update http://ht.ly/1HlIR
QTE Blog: UK PSN Update 05/05/2010 http://ow.ly/17hclH
QTE Blog: EA Announce MySims SkyHeroes Is Coming Out This Autumn http://ow.ly/17hclG
Ubisoft have announced HAWX 2, it has a Fall release on 360,PS3, Wii, And PC http://ht.ly/1HnCq
QTE Blog: Konami Announce Rocket Knight Is Coming Out 12th May On The Xbox 360 And PC, and 18th May On PS3 http://ow.ly/17hfsi
Shopto have a lisitng for Assassins Creed II: Game Of The Year addition due for release on 21st May http://ht.ly/1Hooj
PS3: Bioware announce they have found a solution to the crashing issues with Dragon Age Origins and its being tested http://ht.ly/1Hoq7
QTE Blog: EA Have Released The Debut Trailer For MySims SkyHeroes http://ow.ly/17hgZ9
QTE Blog: Blizzard Entertainment Announce Battle.net Has Facebook Intergration http://ow.ly/17hgZa
A vote Poll done on Xbox Live puts Nick Clegg on top with 30% of votes, David Cameron with 20.7%, Gordon Brown with 17.6% http://ht.ly/1HoF3
360: Ska Studios have confirmed that Charlie Murder is coming to the XBLA in 2012. the game is getting overhauled http://ht.ly/1HpTO
QTE Blog: EA Announce The Darkspawn Chronicles DLC Pack For Dragon Age: Origins http://ow.ly/17hiXj
QTE Blog: Nintendo Have Released A New Video Featuring Luigi For Super Mario Galaxy 2 http://ow.ly/17hiXi
Namco Bandai are teasing a Pac-Man announcement at E3 that will show "the future of the franchise." http://ht.ly/1HpVj
A GameStop place holder reveals Assassin's Creed: Botherhood. A PS3,360, PC game featuring Ezio and others + more http://ht.ly/1HrnD
QTE Blog: Sega Have Released A Behind The Scenes Look At Iron Man 2 Voice Acting http://ow.ly/17hkLp