Sunday, June 13, 2010

Lucas Arts Have Released A new Trailer For Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

Lucas Arts have released the E3 2010 trailer for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. This epic CGi trailer features Starkiller being sentenced to death from Vader. Starkiller looses himself in his rage and sets out his revenge, killing many Storm Troopers and robots that try to stop him. the Trailer also ends in a little tease as to what Starkiller may face in his quest for revenge.


From Gametrailers


Sony Have Released A New Trailer For Gran Turismo 5

Sony have released a new E3 trailer for Gran Turismo 5. this trailer shows how much the game has progressed from the original PS1 game. the trailer doesn't feature any in-game footage, but the CGI footage does show many of the cars, NASCARs, and types of tracks that are in the game.



From USA Playstation Blog



E3 2010 Predictions


Here are my Predictions for announcements at this years E3. Some of them are pretty out there, whilst others i personally feel should come or expect to be announced. feel free to discuss and comment on them in the comments. i do not have any insider information, this is all from me and just rumour for now.

PSP
  • PSP 4000 will be announced. PSPgo style but with UMD. Could be called PSP HDD.
  • PS1 Collections, Like Final Fantasy VII,VIII,IX, available on PSN for discount
  • New Firmware Update will remove location free
  • New Comic App update
  • Expanded PSN Features in games, like a friends list
PS3
  • PS2 games for sale via the PSN
  • More PSN collections, Like The ICO Collection, Grand Theft Auto Collection, Metal Gear Collection.
  • RSS Feeds added for Podcasts and Video Podcasts
  • The PlayStation Move is well recieved
  • Playstation Move will come out before Natal
  • A Slimmer PS3 Slim Model is introduced at a lower price, or current model gets price cut
  • PlayStation Move priced around £60/$60
  • More Steaming TV in Europe, like ITV and Demand 5 in UK.
  • A Surprise Game sequel Announcement
  • Greater Facebook integration, perhaps introduction of Twitter
  • PS3 trophy information API available for websites
  • Final Fantasy VS XIII Stays a PS3 Exclusive
  • PSN +
  • cross game voice chat free for all
  • New 3rd and 1st Party Game Franchises
  • New Firmware Update
PS2
  • Final Price drop
  • re-release of big sellers, perhaps in series bundles, God Of War I+II, Final Fantasy X+X2,
  • European EyeToy Bundle for current PS2 price
360
  • Project Fails To Impress 
  • Natal comes out at retail after Move
  • Xbox 360 Slim revealed
  • Hulu added
  • Facebook App updated
  • youtube App, with video uploading, added
  • new NXE
  • 2 new 1st party game franchises announced, both spanning this and next console
  • Natal priced at $110/£110
  • A Sports/TV re-run channel, like NASCAR that lets you subscribe to a season and watch it your way
  • Xbox Live Platinum membership
  • in-game last FM
  • price reduction on Xbox 360 peripherals, peripherals for Xbox 360 slim priced high
  • Major push of new games from 3rd party devs
  • major focus at the show on games and natal
  • 360 Slim replaces arcade unit when its released, elite replaced by end of year
Wii
  • Youtube Channel
  • New Channels
  • Demos return and stay
  • return of Donkey Kong, Starfox, Pikmin, Zelda
  • New Game franchise announced
  • vitality sensor fails to impress
  • Vitality Sensor revealed as integral to well known franchise
  • new Pokèmon game announced
  • Firmware update
DS
  • big game push, many new titles announced
  • cheap “hits range promoted”
  • DS range scrapped, Dsi and Dsi LL price drops
  • Dsi firmware update
  • twitter added to Dsi and Dsi LL
3DS
  • some upcoming DS games will have 3DS features, Pokèmon Black And White battles will be 3d
  • large 3DS line-up, plenty of trailers shown, a few games announced for launch, they'll come out over a 3 month period
  • Nintendo Live/Network announced for 3DS, means current DsiWare games will be transferred to 3DS, and slowly expanded upon


Saturday, June 12, 2010

D3 @ E3 2010 - Puzzle Quest II XBLA- Screenshots, Character Art, Boxart, Trailer, And Fact Sheet

D3 have released a new trailer, screenshots, Character Art. boxart, and a fact sheet for their upcoming Puzzle Quest II Game. all this is for the Xbox Live Arcade version of the game that currently does not have release date, but it will cost 1200 MS Points when its released.



Screenshots


Character Art - Monsters




Fact Sheet

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
Puzzle Quest 2 is a brand new adventure from Infinite Interactive, the award winning developer of the supreme puzzle-rpg experience. Featuring a hallmark blend of match-3 gem matching and fantasy, Puzzle Quest 2 offers a captivating, rewarding, and accessible journey for players of all skill levels as they make their way to reclaim the once peaceful village of Verloren from the evil clutch of the demon Gorgon. Players will get closer to the Puzzle Quest action than ever before with a more intimate viewpoint of the world and choose from any of four character classes, Sorcerer, Templar, Barbarian, or Assassin, each providing interesting twists on class-specific mechanics for hours of replayability. Players will level up their character to progress through the adventure in Story Mode or dive into Instant Action, Tournament Mode, or Multiplayer Mode for a rich and diverse gameplay experience.

KEY FEATURES:
A Supreme Puzzle Adventure with a Purpose – Puzzle Quest 2 features more active elements allowing players to swing weapons for the first time with both hands, use sidekicks to access never before seen spells, and actively equip shields to wield in battle making every move meaningful and never passive.

Absorbing Gameplay – An immersive fantasy universe with vivid color, depth, and life provides a much bigger sense of exploration with a focus on battles that will drive the player forward, allowing them to seamlessly progress through the story for a much deeper adventure than ever before.

Designed For Ultimate Character Progression – Puzzle Quest 2 is designed to be easy to learn, but hard to master as players move through the game by leveling up their character. Four different character classes, Sorcerer, Templar, Barbarian and Assassin will constantly challenge players as they learn new skills and abilities.

Become a Part of The Puzzle Quest Action – Players can immerse themselves into the Puzzle Quest community with multiplayer and online leaderboards, allowing them to experience new levels of challenges with their customized character.

Constantly Rewarded For Your Efforts – Puzzle Quest 2 is packed with a ton of unique mini-games using a variety of puzzle activities that rewards gamers with constant treasure and experience, and introduces new challenges such as picking locks, bashing through doors, disarming traps, and much more.

Escape the Mundane – Original score from Puzzle Quest’s award winning composers, blended with hundreds of hand-painted pieces of art, and new gem colors deepen the player’s immersion into the dungeon world.

Publisher: D3Publisher

Developer: Infinite Interactive

Release Date: Nintendo DS™ handheld system – June 22, 2010
Xbox LIVE® Arcade - TBD

Platform: Nintendo DS™ handheld system
Xbox LIVE® Arcade

Suggested Retail Price: Nintendo DS™ handheld system - $29.95
Xbox LIVE® Arcade – 1200 Microsoft Points

ESRB Rating: Xbox LIVE® Arcade and Nintendo DS™ handheld system – E10+ with Mild Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes

D3 @ E3 2010 - Puzzle Quest II DS - Screenshots, Boxart, Trailer, And Fact Sheet

D3 have released a new trailer, screenshots, boxart, and a fact sheet for their upcoming Puzzle Quest II Game. all this is for the Nintendo DS version of the game, which is currently set for a 22nd June release at a suggest retail price of $29.95.



Screenshots



Fact Sheet

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
Puzzle Quest 2 is a brand new adventure from Infinite Interactive, the award winning developer of the supreme puzzle-rpg experience. Featuring a hallmark blend of match-3 gem matching and fantasy, Puzzle Quest 2 offers a captivating, rewarding, and accessible journey for players of all skill levels as they make their way to reclaim the once peaceful village of Verloren from the evil clutch of the demon Gorgon. Players will get closer to the Puzzle Quest action than ever before with a more intimate viewpoint of the world and choose from any of four character classes, Sorcerer, Templar, Barbarian, or Assassin, each providing interesting twists on class-specific mechanics for hours of replayability. Players will level up their character to progress through the adventure in Story Mode or dive into Instant Action, Tournament Mode, or Multiplayer Mode for a rich and diverse gameplay experience.

KEY FEATURES:
A Supreme Puzzle Adventure with a Purpose – Puzzle Quest 2 features more active elements allowing players to swing weapons for the first time with both hands, use sidekicks to access never before seen spells, and actively equip shields to wield in battle making every move meaningful and never passive.

Absorbing Gameplay – An immersive fantasy universe with vivid color, depth, and life provides a much bigger sense of exploration with a focus on battles that will drive the player forward, allowing them to seamlessly progress through the story for a much deeper adventure than ever before.

Designed For Ultimate Character Progression – Puzzle Quest 2 is designed to be easy to learn, but hard to master as players move through the game by leveling up their character. Four different character classes, Sorcerer, Templar, Barbarian and Assassin will constantly challenge players as they learn new skills and abilities.

Become a Part of The Puzzle Quest Action – Players can immerse themselves into the Puzzle Quest community with multiplayer and online leaderboards, allowing them to experience new levels of challenges with their customized character.

Constantly Rewarded For Your Efforts – Puzzle Quest 2 is packed with a ton of unique mini-games using a variety of puzzle activities that rewards gamers with constant treasure and experience, and introduces new challenges such as picking locks, bashing through doors, disarming traps, and much more.

Escape the Mundane – Original score from Puzzle Quest’s award winning composers, blended with hundreds of hand-painted pieces of art, and new gem colors deepen the player’s immersion into the dungeon world.

Publisher: D3Publisher

Developer: Infinite Interactive

Release Date: Nintendo DS™ handheld system – June 22, 2010
Xbox LIVE® Arcade - TBD

D3 @ E3 2010 - Family Party: Fitness Fun - Trailer, Screenshots, Boxart, And Fact Sheet

D3 have released a new trailer, screenshots, boxart, and a fact sheet for their upcoming Family Party: Fitness Fun. Family Party: Fitness Fun is currently set for a September release on Nintendo Wii and the game has a suggest retail price of $19.95



Screenshots



Fact Sheet

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
Family Party: Fitness Fun™ is the fitness game specifically created with kids in mind exclusively for Wii™. Family Party: Fitness Fun features 4-player simultaneous multiplayer games including boxing, roller derby, dodge ball, and more. For the first time in the Family Party series, Fitness Fun includes the Wii Balance Board™ providing even more active challenges. Players can choose from over a dozen cute characters dressed head-to-toe in customizable workout outfits, break a sweat as they compete and unlock new games, and achieve high scores and win medals! Offering hours of convenient at-home entertainment, Fitness Fun is a great value at $19.95 for kids to share with their family and friends.

KEY FEATURES:

30 Fun, Addictive Games Optimized for Wii – 30 Games that hide fitness elements in fun kid-centric game concepts that players will return to for multiple playthrough sessions.
Cardio Training: get the heart rate going in roller derby, super squash, volleyball, basketball, and boxing!
Balance Training: strengthen the core in skydiving, hoverboard racing, giant ball rolling, and more!
Brain Fitness Training: build important hand-eye coordination with games that train a healthy brain in Counting Mania, Smart Dieting, and Steady Hand!

Play With Up to 4 Friends – Fitness Fun is entertaining for the whole family with support for up to 4 players in Party or Time Limit mode.

Workout the Entire Body – For the first time in the Family Party series, players will be able to use the Wii Balance Board in over 10 events to get the whole body moving for a workout geared toward making healthy and fit kids.

Choose Your Own Friendly Character to Play – Players can play as any family member or friend with over a dozen cute characters dressed from head-to-toe in customizable workout outfits.

Achieve the Highest Score and Win Medals – Players can mix and match games to create their own unique challenges against friends and family to be the best all-around or establish the highest scores on the leaderboards.

Publisher: D3Publisher

Developer: Tamsoft Corporation

Release Date: September 2010

Platform: Wii™

Suggested Retail Price: $19.95

ESRB Rating: E10+ with Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence

D3 @ E3 2010 - Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction - Trailer, Screenshots,Character Art, Boxart, And Fact Sheet

D3 have released a new trailer, screenshots, boxart, character art, and a fact sheet for their upcoming Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction. Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction is currently set for a October release on Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and PSP.



Screenshots


Character Art - Aliens


Boxart


Fact Sheet

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
In BEN 10 ULTIMATE ALIEN: COSMIC DESTRUCTION, the only video game based on the newest season of the immensely popular BEN 10 television series, players will take control of Ben Tennyson and up to 17 alien forms as they journey to iconic worldwide locales, including Paris, Tokyo, China, and Rome, in search of an ancient alien artifact that will help save humanity from a mysterious cosmic storm. Players will wield the power of the all-new Ultimatrix, an upgraded alien watch that transforms Ben into the most powerful, hyper-evolved alien forms ever available in the series. All-new ultimate events will empower players to defeat bosses through stylized cut-scenes and hard-hitting combat interactions, and the upgrade system will allow players to enhance their favorite alien character’s strength, speed, defense, and special attacks. Completely authentic to Cartoon Network’s original television series using voice actors, sounds, and an original storyline, BEN 10 ULTIMATE ALIEN: COSMIC DESTRUCTION offers fast-paced, action adventure gameplay packed with puzzles and challenges that will engage players for hours!

KEY FEATURES:
Go Ultimate With the All-New Ultimatrix! – The Ultimatrix makes its video game debut allowing Ben to unlock more powerful “ultimate” versions of the most popular alien heroes to annihilate enemies in battle.

Most Playable Characters Ever Available in a BEN 10 Video Game – Play as Ben and up to 17 of his alien forms including many new aliens from the BEN 10: ULTIMATE ALIEN television series such as Armodrillo, WaterHazard, AmpFibian, Terraspin, and NRG, allowing players to jackhammer through enemies, unleash devastating water blasts, emit explosive radiation beams, and more!

Switch Alien Forms on the Fly – All-new Quick Switch feature allows players to quickly transform from alien to alien, making it possible to create powerful custom alien combos.

All-new Upgrade System - Players can enhance their favorite alien character’s strength, speed, defense, and special attacks by gaining experience from defeating enemies, collecting rare sumo slammer cards, and crushing cars, forklifts, furniture, and various objects throughout each level.

Next-Gen Exclusives – In addition to BEN 10 making its first appearance on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, next-gen console owners will receive their own exclusive aliens, Rath for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Four Arms for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system.

Based On a Successful Television Franchise – Backed by The Cartoon Network, Inc., the game is based on BEN 10: ULTIMATE ALIEN, a continuation of the phenomenally successful and Emmy-winning BEN 10 original series, which has been among the Top 5 boys’ action brands for years.

Original Storyline with an Exceptional Level of Authenticity – The game’s art style, sound effects and music are 100% authentic, and also comes with a brand new story created by one of the BEN 10 show writers, Charlotte Fullerton.

Publisher: D3Publisher, Inc.

Platforms: Xbox 360, Wii™, PlayStation 3 system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS™, and the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system

Developers: 

● Nintendo DS version created by Griptonite Games
● All other versions created by Papaya Studio Corporation

Release Date: October 2010

Suggested Retail Price: TBD

ESRB Ratings: RATING PENDING