Friday, July 30, 2010

Hit X: The News Recapping Podcast For Thursday 29th July

This is all the news from Thursday 29th July.

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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Thursday 29th July


  • QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Wednesday 28th July http://ht.ly/18li6a
  • QTE Blog: Hit X: The News Recapping Podcast For Wednesday 28th July http://ht.ly/18lkPB
  • 3DS: Nintendo Reportedly told Bloomberg JP They will reveal the release date for the 3DS on 29th September http://ht.ly/2ihz8
  • Nintendo post a loss of ¥25.22B, same period last year they made a profit of ¥42.32B, Strong ¥ + Low DS prices cited http://ht.ly/2iiuY
  • iPhone: Apple announce they are looking into issues with upgrading iPhone 3G handsets to iOS4 http://ht.ly/2iiYM
  • Gameloft Announce second quarter financials, sales of €33.6M (up 15% year on year). 2010 sales €66.6M (up 11%) http://ht.ly/2ij4O
  • Sony reveal 2.4M PS3 were sold during 2010 first quarter, up 1.1M. PS2 sold 1.6M. PSP Sales down to 1.2M. http://ht.ly/2ijlb
  • PS3 game sales up to 24.8M. PSP game sales up to 9.2M, PS2 game sales down to 3.4M http://ht.ly/2ijn7
  • QTE Blog: This Weeks USA PSP Digital Comic Store Update http://ht.ly/18lqxx
  • PS3: Zipper Announce SOCOM 4 has been delayed until 2011. They say extra will go to make the game better http://ht.ly/2imCA
  • QTE Blog: UK PSN Update 28/07/2010 http://ht.ly/18ltsb
  • QTE Blog: Microsoft Have Released A New Trailer For Halo Reach http://ht.ly/18ltsa
  • Ubisoft announce Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 is coming out on 7th September on 360, PC, and PS3. Wii coming out 7th November http://ht.ly/2imEl
  • 360: Its reported that the biggest selling XBLA game this year is Toy Soldiers, making $4.6M. http://ht.ly/2imIj
  • QTE Blog: Hudson Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For Lost In Shadow http://ht.ly/18lwig
  • QTE Blog: Curve Studios Have Released New Screenshots And Artwork For Explodemon! http://ht.ly/18lwif
  • PS3: Red Bull Racing reveal that they played an Important Role in Gran Turismo 5. Hint at a car unlock as well http://ht.ly/2ioDP
  • PS3: Studio Liverpool are hiring for a 1st/3rd person shooter, hinting they're working on another game not Wipeout http://ht.ly/2ioFI
  • QTE Blog: Deep Silver Have Revealed The Artists Providing Music For Nail'd http://ht.ly/18lA8e
  • QTE Blog: Sony Reveal The Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Special Edition http://ht.ly/18lA8f
  • 3DS: its reported that Nintendo has hinted that the UK price will be under £200 http://ht.ly/2isLB
  • PS3: Sony announce Playstation Move costs £34.99 per controller. Eye costs £24.99. Navigation £24.99, Move Pack £49.99 http://ht.ly/2isVs
  • QTE Blog: Team 17 Have Released New Worms Reloaded Screenshots, A Trailer, And Game Information http://ht.ly/18lCvt
  • QTE Blog: Sega Have Revealed The Boxart For Conduit 2 http://ht.ly/18lCvs
  • PS3: Sony's Andrew House expects Move sales to explode in 12 months. 3D success will take longer http://ht.ly/2ithr
  • EA's Peter Moore says Camera Angels and Frame Rate are the 2 areas of challenges. http://ht.ly/2itkw
  • System 3 announce Ferrari The Race Experience for the Wii and PS3 PSN. its coming out in September. http://ht.ly/2itm6
  • PS3: Japanese survey asks if Online Server Based Game Saving is a Playstation Plus option that'd get people subscribe http://ht.ly/2itpB
  • Capcom reveal 90% decrease in profits, year on year, resulting in profit of just ¥213M. Shrinking USA/EU Markets cited http://ht.ly/2iwnN
  • PS3: The ESRB has rated Ricochet. Appears to be first Self Published PS3 game from TikGames http://ht.ly/2iwq1


Thursday, July 29, 2010

Sega Have Revealed The Boxart For Conduit 2


Sega have revealed the boxart for Conduit 2. The boxart also reveals the games new logo.

From Sega Blog


Team 17 Have Released New Worms Reloaded Screenshots, A Trailer, And Game Information

Team 17 have released new screenshots and a trailer for their upcoming Steam game, Worms Reloaded. the screenshots are in-game and show the traditional worms gameplay as well as the games level creator. The trailer Team 17 have released also shows the level creator being used and gameplay from the game. several different maps are shown as well as several weapons.

Team 17 have provided a full break down of the features of Worms Reloaded:

EXTENSIVE SINGLE-PLAYER CONTENT:
  • Campaign mode. Play through 35 single-player missions as well as 30 more in the Warzone Campaign that is tuned for advanced players.
  • Bodycount mode! How will you survive with having just one worm pitched against never ending spawning enemy worms that get increasingly tougher? Compete against friends in the scored leaderboard.
  • Training Mode. Comprehensive tactics tutorage that includes 3 tutorials and 3 different firing ranges.
ONLINE AND LOCAL MULTI-PLAYER:
  • Up to 4-player online and local multiplayer action - with full Steamworks support, for pain free game updates, friends-lists, leaderboards, achievements and chat.
  • Leaderboards! Multiple different leaderboards to track different game types and stats. These can be sorted globally or by friends enabling and encouraging competition between friends.
MASSIVELY INCREASED CUSTOMISATION:
  • Wild customisation and personalization - change appearance of worm skin, choose victory dances, gravestones, voices, HUD, title and over 70 different cute, funny and downright stupid hats!
  • Shop ‘til you drop! Players can buy hats, landscapes, weapons, missions, forts and gravestones with currency awarded for completing single player campaigns.
  • Over 70 speechbanks - 50 re-mastered from the classics and over 20 new speech banks including the insane Cheese sound set!
  • A range of great classic and new custom levels to play on, plus make your own!
NEW FULLY FEATURED LANDSCAPE CREATION TOOL:
  • Fully featured landscape editor including the welcome return of bridges and the ability to import your own custom levels into game so you can share your creation with friends and play online. Add your own start positions, mines and scheme to effectively create wild new play modes and styles of game.
  • All new vertical landscapes – to take the battle to new heights!
  • The scheme editor enables the changing of all aspects of the game to fit your own style, including new random objects such as the sentry guns and electro magnets, and a new fire hazard.
WORMS™ WEAPONRY AND UTILITIES:
  • 47 weapons and utilities including classic weapons from Worms™, Worms™ 2, Armageddon, World Party and the recent Open Warfare series as well as 14 brand new weapons!
  • New weapons include Super Bunker Buster, Ferrets, Poison Strike, Worship, Sentry Gun, Electromagnet, Buffalo of Lies plus new persistent fire and surprise Easter Eggs!
  • Classic Weapons returning include Armageddon, Concrete Donkey, Napalm Strike and yes, the Holy Hand Grenade!
GAME MODES:
  • Select from a range of classic Worms™ game modes and new modes for this edition - Crate/Shopper modes, BnG (Bazooka and Grenade), Forts and Rope Racing.
  • Use the customisation tools to make your own mode!
HIGH DEFINITION VISUALS:
  • 13 HD graphical themes for millions of random levels - never play the same game twice!
  • Worms™ has never looked this good with all new High Definition landscape artwork - based on the most loved Worms™ game ever made.
  • Widescreen support, optional blur effect for backgrounds, 16 specially designed forts for the fantastic Fort mode.
PC SPECIFIC CONTROLS:
  • User defined controls with classic settings as standard.
  • Function key support for fast access to common weapons.
  • Works with compatible USB gamepad.
  • It also runs on all modern Windows Operating Systems.


Screenshots


Press Release

ABOUT THE GAME:
Ten years on from Worms™ Armageddon and the turn-based comic mayhem continues in Worms™ Reloaded, an all-new edition available for PC through Steam. Worms™ Reloaded features up to four player online and offline multi-player, voice support, a raft of crazy new weapons (and the return of some iconic weapons from the brand’s celebrated past), achievements, leaderboards, all new high-definition landscape themes, a range of brilliant forts for the new Fort mode, new landscape editor, new play modes, hats, skins and speech banks. To top it all off, there is also a highly-involving single-player experience with tutorials, deathmatches, races, fort games and puzzles. Enjoy the new High Definition full colour graphics engine, revised physics and pit your wits against the all-new A.I. with seven personality types, ranging from easy to very hard and styles like vengeful, cocky and ‘Darksider’! The game is also packed with customization options, and includes thousands of possibilities for your team of worms, tons of game options and custom levels, so you can play the game how you want!

KEY FEATURES:
EXTENSIVE SINGLE-PLAYER CONTENT:
Campaign mode. Play through 35 single-player missions as well as 30 more in the Warzone Campaign that is tuned for advanced players.
Bodycount mode! How will you survive with having just one worm pitched against never ending spawning enemy worms that get increasingly tougher? Compete against friends in the scored leaderboard.
Training Mode. Comprehensive tactics tutorage that includes 3 tutorials and 3 different firing ranges.

ONLINE AND LOCAL MULTI-PLAYER:
Up to 4-player online and local multiplayer action - with full Steamworks support, for pain free game updates, friends-lists, leaderboards, achievements and chat.
Leaderboards! Multiple different leaderboards to track different game types and stats. These can be sorted globally or by friends enabling and encouraging competition between friends.

MASSIVELY INCREASED CUSTOMISATION:
Wild customisation and personalization - change appearance of worm skin, choose victory dances, gravestones, voices, HUD, title and over 70 different cute, funny and downright stupid hats!
Shop ‘til you drop! Players can buy hats, landscapes, weapons, missions, forts and gravestones with currency awarded for completing single player campaigns.
Over 70 speechbanks - 50 re-mastered from the classics and over 20 new speech banks including the insane Cheese sound set!
A range of great classic and new custom levels to play on, plus make your own!

NEW FULLY FEATURED LANDSCAPE CREATION TOOL:
Fully featured landscape editor including the welcome return of bridges and the ability to import your own custom levels into game so you can share your creation with friends and play online. Add your own start positions, mines and scheme to effectively create wild new play modes and styles of game.
All new vertical landscapes – to take the battle to new heights!
The scheme editor enables the changing of all aspects of the game to fit your own style, including new random objects such as the sentry guns and electro magnets, and a new fire hazard.

WORMS™ WEAPONRY AND UTILITIES:
47 weapons and utilities including classic weapons from Worms™, Worms™ 2, Armageddon, World Party and the recent Open Warfare series as well as 14 brand new weapons!
New weapons include Super Bunker Buster, Ferrets, Poison Strike, Worship, Sentry Gun, Electromagnet, Buffalo of Lies plus new persistent fire and surprise Easter Eggs!
Classic Weapons returning include Armageddon, Concrete Donkey, Napalm Strike and yes, the Holy Hand Grenade!

GAME MODES:
Select from a range of classic Worms™ game modes and new modes for this edition - Crate/Shopper modes, BnG (Bazooka and Grenade), Forts and Rope Racing.
Use the customisation tools to make your own mode!

HIGH DEFINITION VISUALS:
13 HD graphical themes for millions of random levels - never play the same game twice!
Worms™ has never looked this good with all new High Definition landscape artwork - based on the most loved Worms™ game ever made.
Widescreen support, optional blur effect for backgrounds, 16 specially designed forts for the fantastic Fort mode.

PC SPECIFIC CONTROLS:
User defined controls with classic settings as standard.
Function key support for fast access to common weapons.
Works with compatible USB gamepad.
It also runs on all modern Windows Operating Systems.

Deep Silver Have Revealed The Artists Providing Music For Nail'd

Deep Silver have revealed that as well as having licensed tracks from Slipknot, Queens of the Stone Age, Backyard Babies, Rise Against, American Sixgun, Aggressive Chill, and Slaves on Dope, Nail'd also has tracks created by Raymond Herrera and Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory, Arkaea), Pat Lachman (Damageplan), Wayne Static (Static X), Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed), Stephen Carpenter (Deftones), Jed Simon (Strapping Young Lad), and John Boecklin (DevilDriver). These tracks include instrumentals and tracks with lyrics.



Press Release

"nail'd", the blisteringly fast off-road racing game from Deep Silver, has inspired members of several Metal bands to compose an entire soundtrack especially for the game.

With its absolutely insane track design featuring unexpected turns, deep chasms and high velocity jumps at breakneck speeds, "nail'd" send players' adrenalin levels through the roof. This is the intense feeling that the musicians wanted to express in their uncompromising, high energy tracks.

Illustrious names from the contemporary Metal scene, including Raymond Herrera and Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory, Arkaea), Pat Lachman (Damageplan), Wayne Static (Static X), Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed), Stephen Carpenter (Deftones), Jed Simon (Strapping Young Lad), and John Boecklin (DevilDriver), have got together in the studio to add a wicked soundtrack to the game.

Together, these musicians have created a rock-hard Metal soundtrack for "nail'd". Besides various instrumentals, it includes three dedicated "nail'd" songs: "Count for Something", "Through Walls of Flame" (sung by Jamey Jasta), and "Decimator" (vocals by Wayne Static). All lyrics were specially written for the game.

In addition, licensed tracks from Slipknot, Queens of the Stone Age, Backyard Babies, Rise Against, American Sixgun, Aggressive Chill, and Slaves on Dope help turn on the heat in "nail'd" even more.

"nail'd" is being developed by Techland and will appear on the PlayStation®3 Computer Entertainment System, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, and PC. The world-wide launch of "nail'd" is planned for the 4th quarter of 2010.

For more information about the game log on to the official website or join the “nail’d” community:
Website: http://naild.deepsilver.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/naildgame
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/naildgame

About Deep Silver
Deep Silver develops and distributes interactive games for all platforms. The Deep Silver label means to captivate all gamers who have a passion for thrilling gameplay in exciting game worlds. Deep Silver works with its partners to achieve a maximum of success while maintaining the highest possible quality, always focusing on what the customer desires. Deep Silver products are designed to equally appeal to pros and beginners, children and adults.

Deep Silver has published more than 100 games since 2003, including S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, the Chernobyl shooter, and the X series of space combat trading games. Plus own brands like the action role-playing game Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, the Horse Life series of horse simulations, the survival horror game Cursed Mountain and the role-playing game Risen. Furthermore, in March 2010 there followed the action adventure game adaptation of the popular TV series Prison Break on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. For more information please visit www.deepsilver.com

Koch Media is a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products (software, games and films). The company's own publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe and the USA. It has also formed strategic alliances with numerous games and software publishers: Nintendo, Mindscape, Dark Energy, Asylum, bitComposer, Kaspersky Labs, Nero, Cyberlink, Cakewalk, Gotham New Media, Accountz, Tuneup Utilities, AVG Technologies, Mr Site, and many more. Headquartered in Planegg near Munich/Germany, Koch Media owns branches in United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the Nordic regions, Benelux and the USA. www.kochmedia.com

About Techland
Techland is a leading Polish developer, publisher and distributor of PC and console games since 1997. Its proprietary Chrome Engine 4 technology is among the world's most advanced game engines, with X360, PC and PS3 compatibility and full DX10.1 support. With a staff of over 150 specialists in two development offices in Wroclaw and Warsaw, Techland is committed to delivering top-quality titles for worldwide markets. Currently the company is working on several high-profile titles for PC and consoles.

Sony Reveal The Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Special Edition

Sony have revealed the Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Special Edition. this Special edition is coming out on 10th September, with the normal versions of the game, and it will come wiht a copy of the game as well as 2 Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep art prints and a 48 page hardback book called The “Art of KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep”.

From EU Playstation Blog


Curve Studios Have Released New Screenshots And Artwork For Explodemon!

Curve Studios have announced that Explodemon! is coming out on the PSN in Q4 2010. Explodemon! is a 2.5D platform action game filled with physics based puzzles spread over 12 levels and 3 distinct planets. You play as Explodemon, a Malfunctioning Guardian robot, who is trying to repel the onslaught of Vortex forces and to restore peace.

Screenshots


Artwork


Press Release

LONDON, ENGLAND: PlayStation 3 owners! Hide your treasured possessions and cover your pets in bubble wrap, because Explodemon!will be hitting PlayStation Network with a bang this Q4.

Explodemon!is a 2.5D platform action game brought kicking and screaming into the HD era. Influenced by classic Japanese games from the golden era of the SNES, players use Explodemon’s self-destructive nature to combat enemies and fly through the air, all the while solving a huge variety of physics-based puzzles (and, naturally, causing incalculable collateral damage).

When the peaceful planet of Nibia is attacked by the malicious Vortex forces, the fate of the star system is thrust into the one pair of hands it shouldn’t be: the malfunctioning Guardian robot Explodemon. His comic quest to repel the onslaught and restore peace will take him across three distinct planets over twelve levels, with new abilities and gameplay mechanics introduced throughout.

“We’re really excited to finally be able to reveal Explodemon!to the world,” explains design director Jonathan Biddle, from a blast-proof bunker somewhere below the surface of Nibia. “The game is chock full of gameplay nuggets carefully mined from the greatest titles ever to grace our joysticks. Whether you’re experiencing its intense combat, head-scratching puzzles, or classic platforming, you’ll find we’ve combined all of these elements into an addictive and elegantly balanced package.”

Explodemon!is unrelenting, hard-core brain-tickling action for those who grew up playing platformers, as well as those who’ll discover just how awesome they were.

THE SKINNY (OR TL;DR)
Explodemon!is a 2.5D-styled platform game with a physics-puzzle twist
It’s out Q4 2010
It’s influenced by the classic Japanese games of old
It’s more than a little bit funny, or so our mums said
It’s really rather special and you want to write nice things about it
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ABOUT CURVE STUDIOS

Curve Studios is an independent game developer based in London’s super-swish Islington. The company has worked with partners as diverse as Sony, Codemasters, Sumo Digital and a Secret PublisherTM on platforms including Wii, Xbox 360, PSP and PS3. Curve’s first self-published title, Explodemon!, will be released Autumn 2010. For more information, visit www.curve-studios.com.