New Zero Punctuation - Splinter Cell: Conviction

Here is this weeks Zero Punctuation. apologises for this going up late, i kinda forgot to do this post on Wednesday when the new one went live over on The Escapist. Well this weeks is on Splitner Cell: Conviction and could it be a game that Yahtzee enjoys seeing as he enjoys stealth games like Thief...watch and find out.

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

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• iPad: out 28th May16 in UK WiFi £429 32GB WiFi £499 64GB WiFi £599 16GB WiFi+3G £529 32GB WiFi+3G £599 64GB WiFi+3G £699 http://ht.ly/1IbhR

• Wii: its rumoured that PokéPark Wii Pikachu's Adventure is coming out in PAL territories on 30th July http://ht.ly/1Ibq7

• Activision Blizzard Financials, profit doubled over 09 to $381M, $1.3B revenue in 1st 1/4, expects $4.2B revenue for 2010 http://ht.ly/1Ic5q

• Activision are not going to close Infinity Ward, they are working on DLC and An unannounced game, will have more staff http://ht.ly/1IczP

• Activison reveal Bungie will have 200 hundred people, they are funding Bungies new game, its unlike anything else http://ht.ly/1IcD3

• QTE Blog: Nintendo Reveal Wii Party, A New Marquee Party Game For The Wii http://ow.ly/17iw1c

• Activision have confirmed that Guitar Hero 6 is coming out this fall with DJ Hero 2 coming out shortly after http://ht.ly/1IeCX

• Call Of Duty Map Sales for the series are around 17M, 1.75B hours have been played online, Continued success via retail http://ht.ly/1IeGx

• Acitivison are looking to China and Korean markets for Call Of Duty series sales, will use Blizzard expertise http://ht.ly/1IeI9

• Ubisoft have announced that they are looking for Dance talent to be included in Just Dance 2 http://ht.ly/1IeJ9

• 360: Remedy reveal Alan Wake facial animations will improve with DLC http://ht.ly/1IeLb

• PS3: Zen Studios reveal Planet MiniGolf will have Youtube Video Uploading support, send replays of matches to youtube http://ht.ly/1IeNp

• Capcom Financials, new sales down 27.3% to ¥66.8 Billion, Profit down 73.1% to ¥2.17 Billion. Japan sales strong http://ht.ly/1IeRo

• 2 Epic Mickey books are being planned, 1 is a the games story whilst the other is part of game universe. http://ht.ly/1IeTf

• Bethesda's Pete Hines says Doom 4 will "show the world id's true potential" when its released. http://ht.ly/1IeVe

• EA have filed 3 trademarks for DarkSpore, speculation is its a Spore spin-off or sequel to Spore http://ht.ly/1IeWY

• QTE Blog: This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases http://ow.ly/17iCDw

• PSP: Its been found that you can recruit Hideo Kojima into your Mother Base Staff in Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker http://ht.ly/1IizV

• JP Consoles, PSP 59.315, PS3 32.874, Wii 30.757, DSiLL 25.569, DSi 15.628, 360 4.943, DS 4.068, PSPgo 1.890, PS2 1.577 http://ht.ly/1IiBP

• Latest GameInformer cover revealed to feature Gears of War 3. Little Big Planet 2 revealed, article in June Issue http://ht.ly/1Ilcc

• Satoru Iwata says the battle with Sony is a "victory already won," Apple is the "enemy of the future." http://ht.ly/1Ilek

• 3DS: Satoru Iwata reveals the 3D game be turned on or off and they're working on anti piracy measures http://ht.ly/1IlfN

• 360: GameStop and Amazon have listings for Call Of Duty War Collection, it has CoD 2,3, and World At War for $60. http://ht.ly/1IlhF

• Square Enix have confirmed that Final Fantasy IX is coming out in the USA soon http://ht.ly/1IliB

• 360: Halo Reach Beta should receive Invasion mode and boneyard map by now http://ht.ly/1IlkG

• PS3: Its rumoured that Valkyrie Profile 3 is no longer a multi platform release and will come exclusively to the PS3 http://ht.ly/1Ilm7

This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases

Nintendo have revealed the titles coming out this week on the Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare channels. in all there are 6 titles, 1 on Virtual Console, 1 on WiiWare, and 4 on DSiWare. This Weeks Virtual Console release is the first time that the NES version of Final Fantasy has come out in the UK. unfortunately i do not have screenshots for all the games, but in the link at the bottom of the post, Nintendo have released a video showing small clips from the games released today.

Virtual Console

FINAL FANTASY – NES

WiiWare

Pub Darts


DSiWare

Metal Torrent

Rytmik

Flips Silent But Deadly

Bounce & Break


From Nintendo UK

Nintendo Reveal Wii Party, A New Marquee Party Game For The Wii

During Nintendo's financial report, they revealed a new Wii title currently in development. Wii Party is being developed with the aim of becoming the first new marquee party game for the Wii from Nintendo since Mario Party 8 was released in the Summer of 2007. Wii Party is currently set for release during this fiscal year, meaning it could come out anytime between now and March 2011.

Wii Party is being designed in a way so that every player with a Wii can find a game to play. Mii's are used as players characters, and the game features games that can be played alone, in pairs, or in groups. there will be a game play mode called Living Party that uses only the Wiimote. Nintendo have released screenshots and the Logo for this Game. the screenshots appear to be in-game. the Menu screenshot is in Japanese, but a translation has been provided if you click on the Speech bubble.

Screenshots


Extract From Nintendo's Financials

It’s called, “Wii Party”.
As you know, “Wii something” are the titles that we use only with software that Nintendo has developed exclusively for Wii with the aim to make them marquee titles for Wii. We are developing this game with the aim to make it a marquee party game for Wii.

The developers are spending significant time for this title so that they can include elements that are must-haves in a party game as well as making sure that adequate volume of game play are available. We are developing it with the intent that every Wii player will be able to find a game that can be enjoyed. In a game play mode called “Living Party”, there are unique game play only available with the Wii Remote.

In this software, Miis are used as the players’ characters. According to our own survey, we know that more than 160 million Miis have been created by our customers in Japan, the U.S. and six countries in Europe alone, In Japan, thanks to the popularity of the Tomodachi Collection software, an increasing number of Japanese are taking to their Miis. In a sense, it is a natural move for your Miis and your friends’ and family members’ Miis to show up in a Wii party games.

Nintendo has not launched a marquee party game since Mario Party 8, launched in summer 2007. However, since Wii is usually being played by several people at once and the global sales of Mario Party have reached 7.6 million units, a party title has great potential.
This is one of the titles which, we hope, will play an important role for this fiscal year.

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• THQ say Metro 2033 has been very profitable. 2/3 of sales were in Europe, with many on PC http://ht.ly/1HHGe

• THQ Financials, Loss of $9.6M made, down from the $431.1M loss in 2009. Software sales up 8% to $899.1M. 2012 profitable http://ht.ly/1HGhk

• THQ say Natal And Playstation Move games won't be ports, but Some Wii Series could also come to Move http://ht.ly/1HJHM

• QTE Blog: Sony Online Entertainment Announce The Agency: Covert Ops For Facebook http://ow.ly/17hOq1

• THQ are still debating what price Natal And Playstation Move games will retail for. http://ht.ly/1HK2d

• THQ Reveal that the Warhammer 40K MMO will only need to get close to 1 Million subscribers to be profitable http://ht.ly/1HM0A

• PC: Adam Atomic has announced Canabalt: Typing Tutor Edition, the right letters make you jump http://ht.ly/1HGc7

• QTE Blog: EA Have Released New Screenshots Of Rory McIlroy In Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 http://ow.ly/17hQJh

• Nintendo Power are teasing a huge title will be shown at E3 and in their mag, De Blob 2, and another new game http://ht.ly/1HNFh

• PS3: Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype is coming out 26th May for £9.99 / €12.99 in Europe http://ht.ly/1HO3P

• QTE Blog: Konami Announce Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (PES 2010) Is Coming To The iPhone In June http://ow.ly/17hStQ

• 360: Cliff Bleszinski says they are aiming for 30fps with Gears Of War 3 http://ht.ly/1HOPs

• Square Enix’s David Hoffman says his new game "...will blow your socks off!" http://ht.ly/1HOZt

• PS3: id Software reveal the PS3 version of RAGE is now more stable than the 360 version, seldom running under 60fps http://ht.ly/1HP2Y

• Ubisoft have announced that Just Dance has sold over 1 Million units in the UK. http://ht.ly/1HP7T

• Square Enix have announced that Final Fantasy IX is coming out on the Japan PSN on 20th May http://ht.ly/1HQH0

• 360: Sir Ben Kingsley has revealed he's voicing the 'King Of Mist Peak' in Fable 3. http://ht.ly/1HQNd

• Jun Takeuchi, producer of Resident Evil 5 and Lost Planet 2, will not return for Resident Evil 6, was uncomfortable http://ht.ly/1HQPN

• Bizzare reveal they are looking at Move and Natal, looking at how they can apply it to their games http://ht.ly/1HQSe

• Bizzare have announced that they cannot make a sequel to The Club, Sega own the franchise rights http://ht.ly/1HQU1

• 360: Bungie reveal 1 Million players logged into the Beta on the first day, there were 157M Kills, 14M games played http://ht.ly/1HRBM

• QTE Blog: EA Announce Monopoly Streets is Coming Out This Autumn http://ow.ly/17hZs5

• QTE Blog: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Have Released New Lego Harry Potter Screenshots And A Fact Sheet http://ow.ly/17hZs4

• PS3: Sony are happy for videos/photographs to be taken showing Playstation Move http://ht.ly/1HQZ4