Sega Announce Football Manager 2011 For The PSP, PC, And Mac

Sega have announced Football Manager 2011 and Football Manager Handheld 2011 for the PC, Mac, And PSP. both games are currently set to come out before Christmas 2010. Football Manager 2011 features a new intuitive training system with "Match Preparation" now letting you train players for a specific match, 14 different skills you can train in, and basic schedules.

Interaction with players, staff, and the board has been improved even further than the previous game, with new boardroom/backroom requests and a new way to interact with players. the 3D match engine has also been further improved with over 100 new animations added as well as player emotions, new player models, new stadiums, pitch textures, night matches, and goal celebrations. Football Manager 2011 media module has been revamped, making it more customisable.

Football Manager Handheld 2011 also sees improvements over last years game. the tactics screen has been improved, the game has a new skin, the player database has been updated, and the match graphics have also been improved. The screenshots below show some of the new features in Football Manager 2011, whilst the trailer has Miles Jacobson talking through the games new features and showing in-game action.



Screenshots


Press Release

LONDON (August 10th, 2010) – Sports Interactive & SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced that Football Manager™ 2011 for PC and Apple Macintosh, and Football Manager Handheld™ 2011 for Sony PlayStation® Portable will be released before Christmas 2010. FM2011 will feature more new features than ever before, including real-time contract negotiation, a revamped training system and a number of match engine improvements, Football Manager 2011 will once again raise the bar for football management games.

Football Manager 2011 is the latest iteration of the award-winning Football Manager series. Selling in excess of 6 Million copies worldwide, Football Manager has been topping the UK PC charts for the last five years.

Football Manager 2011 will be more polished than ever this year, and Sports Interactive will again set a new standard for the genre by adding a host of new features. For the first time ever, aspiring managers can now negotiate contracts with players in real time. And by working with a multitude of real-life football agents, Sports Interactive gained an insight as to how these negotiations can be made as realistic as possible in-game. Prepare to meet different types of agents in your contract talks; each with their own personality so will therefore need a different approach.

“At Sports Interactive, we always strive to give the end-user the best experience possible,” said Miles Jacobson, Studio Director at Sports Interactive. “The training system for example has always been the best we thought it could be, until now. We’ve found a way to make it even better!”

With the implementation of the most intuitive training system in the series history, there is a new “match preparation” area of training so that managers can give their team specific areas to focus on in the lead up to a match. There are also more basic training schedules for players, and 14 different individual skill areas that you can focus your players
on.

Interaction with players, staff and the board have gone to a whole new level, with a host of new boardroom and backroom requests, a new player interaction module that allows the manager to have private conversations with players, as well as public conversations regarding players at other clubs.

Two years after the launch of the 3D Match Engine, players will see a number of improvements implemented for this year’s release. With over 100 new animations added, as well as more player emotions, new player models, new stadiums, pitch textures, improved lighting, floodlit night matches, more goal celebrations and lots of other extras which improve what was already the best match simulation on the market.

The other new features announced today include a revamped media module, which will keep the managers better up to date with events going on in their football world, as well as being more customisable than ever before, and the most requested feature that the Sports Interactive community have asked for in the last few years, dynamic league reputation, which makes for an even more realistic model of the footballing world.

Further new features will be announced via Twitter (@si_games), Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/officialfootballmanager), a series of blogs and the popular Football Manager Podcast in the months leading up to the game’s release. With more new features than anyone could ever fit in a press release, Football Manager will retain its position as the most realistic, most played, annually best selling, and highest reviewed football management simulation in the world.

Football Manager Handheld 2011 will also be available for release this year on PSP, including improvements in the tactics screen, a completely new skin, the updated database and improved match graphics.

For further information please go to www.sigames.com or www.footballmanager.com.

About Sports Interactive Ltd.:
Sports Interactive (SI) is the world’s leading developer of football management simulations through its Football Manager series of games Founded in 1994 and based in the Old Street area of London, SI has a full-time staff of 60 and employs services of more than 1,500 part-time researchers across the globe, alongside over 100 offsite beta testers. The company’s games have enjoyed an unparalleled history of commercial and critical success, with ten of its creations among the UK's Top 20 fastest-selling PC games of all time, and 5 in the UK’s top 20 best selling PC games of all time. Sports Interactive became a wholly owned subsidiary of SEGA in 2006. Further information on the company and its games is available from the SI website, www.sigames.com.

About SEGA® Europe Ltd.:
SEGA® Europe Ltd. is the European Distribution arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA® Corporation, and a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. SEGA Europe’s web site is located at www.sega.com.

Namco Bandai Announce Ace Combat Assault Horizon For The Playstation 3 And Xbox 360

Namco Bandai have announced Ace Combat Assault Horizon for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Ace Combat Assault Horizon is being developed by Project Aces and is currently set to come out in 2011. Namco Bandai also announce that the game will have online multiplayer.

The Press Release doesn't detail much about the gameplay in Ace Combat Assault Horizon, but the trailer they have released features a mix of both in-game action and cut-scenes. the trailer shows you'll be doing more than just piloting planes in the game as your shown using a machine gun on a helicopter. the trailer also shows the game uses new camera angles that put you in the action, as well as using Quick Time Events to pull off cinematic moves.



Press Release

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (Aug. 10, 2010) – NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced ACE COMBAT® ASSAULT HORIZON for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. Never before has combat been so fast and in-your-face. It’s time to set the sky on fire! Developed by Project Aces, ACE COMBAT ASSAULT HORIZON intensifies the franchise, escalating combat to the next level with aircraft that are literally torn apart, spewing oil and debris across the sky.

The Project Aces development team, renowned for their uncompromising-standards and continual dedication to excellence, shatters the mold with breakneck combat and intense destruction. Players will engage in combat across the globe, dodging skyscrapers, and turning their enemies into fiery supersonic debris in both single player and online multiplayer.

ACE COMBAT ASSAULT HORIZON features new technology that places players in the heart of the combat like no action game has done before.

“For us, this is a rebirth of our premiere franchise, ACE COMBAT. It’s a chance for us to take the player in a completely new direction,” said Kazutoki Kono, Producer and Executive Director of Project Aces at NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. “I’m confident that we’re creating a new type of intense and visceral action shooting experience with ACE COMBAT ASSAULT HORIZON. We’re utilizing all of our collective vision and skills to deliver a phenomenal game. Players will be closer than ever to the combat, experiencing the impact of each shot fired.”

ACE COMBAT ASSAULT HORIZON for Xbox 360 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system is scheduled to release in 2011.

For more information on ACE COMBAT ASSAULT HORIZON, please visit www.acecombat-assaulthorizon.com or www.namcobandaigames.com.

About NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. is a leading interactive entertainment software publisher and developer based in Santa Clara, CA. The company is a part of the NAMCO BANDAI group of companies known for creating and publishing many of the industry's top video game franchises including the PAC-MAN®, SOULCALIBUR®, NARUTO™ and Tekken® brands. For more information about NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., and our products log onto http://www.namcobandaigames.com/.

Hit X: The News Recapping Podcast For Tuesday 10th August

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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Tuesday 10th August

• QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Monday 9th August http://ht.ly/18vDFY
• PS3: The ESRB has rated My Aquarium for the PS3. Speculation is its a port of the WiiWare game. http://ht.ly/2nvCp
• QTE Blog: Hit X: The News Recapping Podcast For Monday 9th August http://ht.ly/18vJe9
• Its been revealed that in Batman: Arkham Asylum, there was a secret room with Batman: Arkham City Concept art http://ht.ly/2nxpi
• PS3: video has emerged of a Gran Turismo 5 demo showing it takes over a minute and a half to load the Nurburgring track http://ht.ly/2nxOl
• QTE Blog: Capcom Announce C. Viper Is Coming To Street Fighter IV On The iPhone For Free http://ht.ly/18vMqG
• PSP: LucasArts confirm the PSP version of Star Wars The force Unleashed II has been shelved http://ht.ly/2nxQY
• PS3: Konami Have Confirmed that DanceDanceRevolution will support Playstation Move and Playstation Eye http://ht.ly/2nxSE
• QTE Blog: Rising Star Games Announce Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming for the DS And Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley for the PSP http://ht.ly/18vPpo
• Matthew Perry, Felicia Day, Wayne Newton, and Ron Perlman have all signed up to do voice acting on Fallout: New Vegas http://ht.ly/2nAkm
• The next dlc character for BlazBlue: Continuum Shift revealed to be Valkenhayn Hellsing http://ht.ly/2nAn8
• QTE Blog: United Front Games Announce ModNation Racers Patch 1.03 Is Coming Today http://ht.ly/18vSkx
• Tetsuya Nomura says he wants to make a sequel to The World Ends With You, but is currently busy with other games http://ht.ly/2nCt0
• Double Fine have trademarked Costume Quest. its not known which Double Fine game its for. http://ht.ly/2nCvZ
• QTE Blog: Square Enix Reveal Its GamesCom Line-up http://ht.ly/18vWfi
• PC: Playdom announce they are shutting down Chronicles of Spellborn servers next month. http://ht.ly/2nCzd
• Its rumoured Atari is going to announce a Dungeons & Dragons title, possibly Never Winter Nights http://ht.ly/2nHl5
• QTE Blog: Ubisoft Have Released 2 New Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Videogame Trailers And Reveal How To Unlock Zombies http://ht.ly/18vZ1H
• Sledgehammer Games' Glen Schofield reveals Call Of Duty 8 will feature real world Military situations http://ht.ly/2nHoh
• The ESA says the Videogame industry added $5Billion to the USA economy. industry grew 10% from 2005-2009 each year http://ht.ly/2nHrc
• QTE Blog: Paramount Digital Entertainment Have Released A new Top Gun Trailer http://ht.ly/18w1po
• PS3: the rare Japan only game, LSD: Dream Emulator, is coming to PS1 Classics In Japan http://ht.ly/2nHtM
• PS3: Shinji Hashimoto says he's going to try and get Chocobo's Dungeon 2 released as a PS1 Classic in Japan http://ht.ly/2nHvD
• QTE Blog: EA Announce Madden NFL 11 Is Out Now For iPhone And iPad http://ht.ly/18w4kT
• 360: a Modern Warfare 2 Glitch on the 360 temporally unlocks 5 SNK XBLA game demos. http://ht.ly/2nMJy
• QTE Blog: Nintendo Announce The Nintendo Wii Has Sold Over 30 Million Units In The USA And Reveal The Top Selling Games http://ht.ly/18w6ZF
• A Study says the Korean Online Games Market could surpass $2Billion in revenues in 2011, 5 companies revenues grew 50% http://ht.ly/2nNHZ

Nintendo Announce The Nintendo Wii Has Sold Over 30 Million Units In The USA And Reveal The Top Selling Games

Nintendo have announced that the Nintendo Wii has sold over 30 Million units in the USA since its launch. the Nintendo Wii reached this figure 15 months faster than the next best selling console. Nintendo has also revealed the top selling Nintendo Wii games in the USA.

Top 10 Selling First Party games in The USA
1. Wii Play
2. Mario Kart Wii
3. Wii Fit (with Wii Balance Board accessory)
4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
5. Wii Sports Resort
6. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
7. Super Mario Galaxy
8. Wii Fit™ Plus (with Wii Balance Board accessory)
9. Mario Party 8
10. Link's Crossbow Training

Top 10 Selling 3rd Party Games in The USA
1. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock from Activision
2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games from SEGA
3. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga from LucasArts
4. Carnival Games from Take-Two Interactive
5. Game Party from Midway
6. EA Sports Active from Electronic Arts
7. Just Dance from Ubisoft
8. Rayman Raving Rabbids from Ubisoft
9. DECA SPORTS from Hudson Entertainment
10. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games from SEGA

Press Release

Nintendo's internal sales figures show that the Wii™ video game system has now sold 30 million units in the United States alone. This significant milestone was reached in just 45 months. This further establishes Wii as the fastest-selling console in the history of the industry, reaching this milestone 15 months faster than the next best-selling console.

Wii launched in November 2006 and ushered in a new era of video games. The built-in motion controls of the iconic Wii Remote™ controller drew millions of new players to the world of video games. Kids started playing with their parents and grandparents, people got up off the couch and got active, and seniors and baby boomers formed virtual bowling leagues.

"More than any other video game system in history, Wii has expanded the world of video games to new audiences," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "This milestone is another reminder that people want fun games they can play with others – all at a value-minded price."

To continue building on this foundation, Wii has a strong slate of games on the way for the fall. These include Metroid™: Other M on Aug. 31, Samurai Warriors™ 3 on Sept. 27, Kirby's Epic Yarn™ and Wii Party™ this fall, and Donkey Kong Country™ Returns, FlingSmash™ andPokéPark™ Wii: Pikachu's Adventure for the holidays. That's in addition to New Carnival Games®from 2K Play in September, NBA JAM from EA Sports in October, GoldenEye 007™ from Activision and Just Dance® 2 from Ubisoft this fall, and Disney Epic Mickey from Disney Interactive Studios and Sonic Colors™ from SEGA during the holidays.

The Wii video game system is now available in either black or white at a suggested retail price of $199.99. That price offers a great value to consumers, as it includes two engaging games,Wii Sports™ and Wii Sports Resort™, as well as the Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ controllers and a Wii MotionPlus™ accessory, which brings additional precision to specially designed games.

The 30 million milestone is a good time to look back at all the fun Wii games and experiences that are just not possible on any other system. One of the unique features of the Wii platform is that many games follow an evergreen sales trend that keep them selling over long periods of time.

According to the independent NPD Group, the top 10 best-selling Nintendo-published Wii games in the United States (through the end of June) are:

1. Wii Play™
2. Mario Kart™ Wii
3. Wii Fit™ (with Wii Balance Board™ accessory)
4. New Super Mario Bros.™ Wii
5. Wii Sports Resort
6. Super Smash Bros.™ Brawl
7. Super Mario Galaxy™
8. Wii Fit™ Plus (with Wii Balance Board™ accessory)
9. Mario Party™ 8
10. Link's Crossbow Training

According to the independent NPD Group, the top 10 best-selling Wii games from third-party publishers in the United States (through the end of June) are:

1. Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock from Activision
2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games™ from SEGA
3. LEGO® Star Wars™: The Complete Saga from LucasArts
4. Carnival Games™ from Take-Two Interactive
5. Game Party from Midway
6. EA Sports Active™ from Electronic Arts
7. Just Dance™ from Ubisoft
8. Rayman Raving Rabbids™ from Ubisoft
9. DECA SPORTS™ from Hudson Entertainment
10. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games™ from SEGA

EA Announce Madden NFL 11 Is Out Now For iPhone And iPad

EA Have announced that Madden NFL 11 is out now on both the iPad and iPhone. USA Prices were not provided, but the iPhone version of Madden NFL 11 costs £4.99 and the iPad version costs £7.49. The Main Features of Madden NFL 11 are:

• Win With Defense – Total Defensive Control delivers the fun on defense. Play both sides of the ball with equal intensity with the all-new “Total Defensive Control.” TDC allows players to pause the action, position their defense and deliver game-changing hits like never before.

• Quick Play Decisions – With the new GameFlow playbook based on the console game’s new feature, players spend less time in the playbook and more time on the field. Keeping the game’s momentum going and shortening overall time per play is perfect for gaming on the go.

• Control the Action – With the innovative feature called “Hot Routes Everywhere,” players pick almost any football player pre-snap and literally draw their movement on the field while creating the play on the go. This year, draw routes on passing and running plays, along with defense.

• Graphics and Controls Befitting the Game – With HD-quality graphics for iPad, optimized graphics taking full advantage of the new Retina display and 3GS maximized visuals, football players rumble into action in authentic stadiums as gamers get drawn deeper in the experience. Controls are maximized for each device including a unique passing wheel designed exclusively for iPad.

• Unmatched Authenticity on Mobile Devices – With 32 NFL teams in authentic stadiums, choose from updated rosters featuring nearly 2,000 real players even seeing players’ names on the their jerseys in the iPad version.

• Play Your Way – Whether playing rivals via Bluetooth on the iPod touch or jumping right into a solo game, Madden NFL 11 delivers like never before. Play through an entire 16-game schedule in Season Mode making trades and tracking stats for a team and the entire league. In Playoffs Mode, replay last season’s historic playoffs all the way to the Super Bowl.

iPhone Screenshots


iPad Screenshots


EA have also revealed that the iPad version of Madden NFL 11 will be updated before the American Football Season starts, with Multiplayer and "Vintage Voltage Football" being added.

Press Release

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EA Mobile™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ:ERTS) and the world’s leading mobile games publisher, today announced that the fan-favorite Madden NFL videogame franchise is available on the latest digital devices and platforms reaching new consumers. For the first time, consumers can now play Madden NFL 11 on iPad™. Madden NFL 11 for iPad™, iPod® touch and feature phone versions are launching alongside the franchise console offerings today. A version for Android™ phones will be available later in the year.

“The release of Madden NFL 11 upholds EA’s legacy of innovation in the mobile industry,” said Travis Boatman, Vice President of Worldwide Studios for EA Mobile. “Total Defensive Control, a brand new feature for iPad and iPod touch, redesigns how you play defense giving you more control and ultimately, making it more fun. If you have a mobile device and you’re a football fan, then this is the game for you.”

Madden NFL 11 for iPad and iPod touch
Madden NFL 11 is the most fun and complete NFL experience ever made for mobile devices and is available today from the App Store.

*Win With Defense – Total Defensive Control delivers the fun on defense. Play both sides of the ball with equal intensity with the all-new “Total Defensive Control.” TDC allows players to pause the action, position their defense and deliver game-changing hits like never before.

*Quick Play Decisions – With the new GameFlow playbook based on the console game’s new feature, players spend less time in the playbook and more time on the field. Keeping the game’s momentum going and shortening overall time per play is perfect for gaming on the go.

*Control the Action – With the innovative feature called “Hot Routes Everywhere,” players pick almost any football player pre-snap and literally draw their movement on the field while creating the play on the go. This year, draw routes on passing and running plays, along with defense.

*Graphics and Controls Befitting the Game – With HD-quality graphics for iPad, optimized graphics taking full advantage of the new Retina display and 3GS maximized visuals, football players rumble into action in authentic stadiums as gamers get drawn deeper in the experience. Controls are maximized for each device including a unique passing wheel designed exclusively for iPad.

*Unmatched Authenticity on Mobile Devices – With 32 NFL teams in authentic stadiums, choose from updated rosters featuring nearly 2,000 real players even seeing players’ names on the their jerseys in the iPad version.

*Play Your Way – Whether playing rivals via Bluetooth on the iPod touch or jumping right into a solo game, Madden NFL 11 delivers like never before. Play through an entire 16-game schedule in Season Mode making trades and tracking stats for a team and the entire league. In Playoffs Mode, replay last season’s historic playoffs all the way to the Super Bowl.

*Additional Features Coming Soon – Upcoming free iPad updates scheduled in time for the kick-off to the NFL regular season include retro-style “Vintage Voltage Football” and multiplayer gameplay.

Madden NFL 11 is available today from the App Store for iPad and iPod touch, or at www.itunes.com/appstore/. A version for feature phones is also available with an Android version coming later in the year. Assets and additional press information can be found at http://info.ea.com.

EA Mobile has a solid reputation for its pioneering and market leadership in mobile gaming. EA Mobile has been a definitive player with the rise of Apple devices as gaming platforms. Popular games include SCRABBLE, Tetris, MONOPOLY and BATTLESHIP, which have consistently ranked among top sellers and, in 2009, The Sims® 3 was the #1 best-selling game on the App Store. For more information about EA Mobile, please visit www.EAMobile.com, join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/EAMobile or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/EAMobile.

About EA Mobile
EA Mobile™ is the world’s leading wireless entertainment publisher with award-winning games such asTetris®, Bejeweled®, The Sims™, and Need For Speed™. The EA Mobile portfolio also includes casual games based on the company’s collaboration 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, FIFA Soccer and NASCAR®. EA Mobile develops games for multiple mobile platforms including mobile phones, smartphones, the iPad™ and iPod®. For more information about EA Mobile, please visitwww.EAMobile.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: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA Mobile™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2010, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.7 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one million units. 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.

EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile, POGO, Need for Speed, and The Sims are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. Tetris is a registered trademark of Tetris Holding. MONOPOLY, BATTLESHIP and SCRABBLE (in the United States and Canada) and YAHTZEE are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission. John Madden, NFL, FIFA, NBA, NCAA, Tiger Woods and PGA TOUR are the property of their respective owners and used with permission. iPad and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple, Inc. Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

© 2010 NFL Properties LLC. Team names/logos/indicia are trademarks of the teams indicated. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League.

Paramount Digital Entertainment Have Released A new Top Gun Trailer

Paramount Digital Entertainment have released a new trailer for their upcoming PSP and iPhone game, Top Gun. This trailer shows some clips from the movie, Top Gun, before moving onto showing some Gameplay footage from the PSP version of the Top Gun Game. the trailer shows that there are 6 plans to chose from as well as 16 player online multiplayer.