The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From The Weekend Of Saturday 9th And Sunday 10th October

• QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Friday 8th October http://ht.ly/19mLAs
• QTE Blog: Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Friday 8th October http://ht.ly/19mN8Z
• PC: Valve announce Steam will be down on Monday for around 4 hours from 4AM PST http://ht.ly/2R2oG
• Text Adventures, Zork I, II, III and Mini-Zork, have been ported to the Kindle and other E-Readers http://ht.ly/2R2pi
• PS3: A Video of SOCOM 4 has been found showing that the game will have a 3D mode http://ht.ly/2R2pU
• Its reported n-Space, the devs behind Geist and DS ports of Call of Duty, have closed. http://ht.ly/2R2rK
• Its reported Microsoft are going to close Massive Inc, a in-game marketing firm. http://ht.ly/2R2sr
• QTE Blog: This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases http://ht.ly/19mQx3
• Satoru Iwata says poor sales of Wii and DS titles is not down to piracy, says its a quality issue http://ht.ly/2R5TV
• NaturalMotion Games, devs behind Backbreaker, are reportedly working on Icebreaker http://ht.ly/2R5Uo
• Top Cow Productions say rights issues are holding up a Darkness 2, trying to sort them out http://ht.ly/2R5VQ
• Gearbox Software say Sega were too quick in revealing Aliens: Colonial Marines, revealed it before they begun encoding http://ht.ly/2R5WE
• Wii: its strongly rumoured the New Super Mario Bros. Wii is coming out across Europe with Donkey Kong pre-installed http://ht.ly/2R5Xx
• PC: 2K Games announce BioShock 2 DLC, "Protector Trials" and "Minerva's Den," are not coming to PC version http://ht.ly/2RgMd
• Starlight Runner say there will be 2 new Halo Trilogies starting in 2012/2013, Movie in 2014, Microsoft deny this http://ht.ly/2RhCv
• QTE Blog: Capcom Announce Arthur, Spencer, Magneto, And M.O.D.O.K Are Fighters In Marvel Vs Capcom 3 http://ht.ly/19nzi9
• 360: Epic Games reveal Gears of war 3 won't have a theatre mode and you won't be able to take in-game pictures http://ht.ly/2RhDe
• Rumoured Sonic Anniversary rumoured for 2011, has best levels from previous games, coming Wii/PS3/PSP/DS http://ht.ly/2RhJN
• The Hollywood Reporter says Director David O. Russell is back directing the Uncharted Movie, http://ht.ly/2RhLt
• QTE Blog: NIS American Announce Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! Is Coming To PSP's In January http://ht.ly/19nBpV
• Its rumoured Japanese gaming network DeNA are looking to buy ngmoco http://ht.ly/2RhQM
• PC: AreaNet announce achievements earned in Guild Wars will carry over and give awards in Guild Wars 2 http://ht.ly/2RhRr
• Marvel Vs Capcom 3 storyline, Victor Von Doom and Albert Wesker form alliance to conquer their worlds, new threat emerges http://ht.ly/2RiiQ
• QTE Blog: Sony Reveal The Legionnaire Skin From The God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta Pre-Order Bundle http://ht.ly/19nDn1
• WP7: Rovio Mobile not happy Angry Birds has been listed on Windows Phone 7 website, they're not committed to a WP7 port http://ht.ly/2RjOy
• Konami announce the arcade game X-Men is coming to XBLA and PSN soon, up to 6 player drop in online multiplayer added http://ht.ly/2RjQr
• QTE Blog: What Have You Played This Week? http://ht.ly/19nJ8J
• QTE Blog: QTE Tweets Of The Week http://ht.ly/19nOIj

QTE Tweets Of The Week

This top 10 shows the most clicked tweets from my News in brief Twitter stream. A surprise run-away news story this week was the news that NaturalMotion were making Icebreaker. There was no major news story during the week, well the Jungle didn't get support, so the top 10 news story is a bit of everything. The number 4 story is in the charts for the second week.

10 QTE Blog: Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 Collectors Edition Is Not Coming Out In The UK http://ht.ly/19hAhb

9 GameStop announce Call of Duty: Black Ops has set a new pre-order record for pre-orders http://ht.ly/2QCsF

8 360: Atomic Accessories are going to release a peripheral for Kinect Adventures, its an inflatable dingy http://ht.ly/2QG11

7 Yuji Naka reveals he had been working on Playstation Move and Kinect games that were cancelled. http://ht.ly/2O3xw

6 QTE Blog: Konami Detail The First DLC For Pro Evolution Soccer Coming 12th October http://ht.ly/19lV8T

5 UK Game Charts Top 5, FIFA 11, F1 2010, Dead Rising 2, Halo: Reach, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock http://ht.ly/2O6mj

4 PS3: Sony reaffirm that discless Netflix is coming to the PS3 in October, no date announced http://ht.ly/2O9be

3 2K Announce a Duke Nukem Forever demo is coming, those who get Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition get early access http://ht.ly/2OS0Z

2 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 Demo coming to both PS3 and 360 next week. demo set in beginning of the game on Kamino http://ht.ly/2P1bq

1 NaturalMotion Games, devs behind Backbreaker, are reportedly working on Icebreaker http://ht.ly/2R5Uo

What Have You Played This Week?

Wow, where did that week go, lol. I got some gaming time in but not as much as I had hoped. News throughout the week wasn't too bad but I had to do some general life things which sucked up my time. Here's hoping next week will be less hectic and more gaming.

Football Manager 10 – PC – I've finished my first season in the premier league and just started my second. I ended up kinda mid-table at the end of the first season, I went thorugh a rocky patch in new years but a couple of good results put everything back on track and we ended the season on a good run. The second season is always difficult. You need to build on the previous season whilst keeping an eye on the funds. I've sold several fringe players or players who weren't performing and bought in players to replace them who are better. I'm happy with the depth and talent and i'm hoping for either a good cup run or a good league position.

Pokèmon Heart Gold – DS – I've not put too much time into this game. I got stuck trying to get my third gym badge so decided to level up my squad. I've been using the Pokewalker and have caught more Pokèmon through that than I currently have in the game. My squad so far is: Pigeotto, Gloom, Cyndaquil, Flaffy, and Slowpoke (a new addition cuaght via the Pokewalker).

Naruto: The Broken Bond – Xbox 360 – this is my newest rented game and its the sequel to Naruto: Rise of a Ninja, a game i've previously played via renting it. Because this game is a sequel, it is disappointing when you start and find that some of the controls have changed and your character's level has not been carried over. The change of controls is particularly frustrating as I don't think the new controls add much to the game and the previous controls were fine. I've not got to far into the game so I can't comment too much on it, but so far its a solid game moving at a decent pace. I'm looking at trying multiplayer over the next week.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadows – Demo – PS3 – I was really interested in the game due to its similarities to God Of War. The demo highlights those similarities by focusing a lot on combat. The demo quickly teaches you combat and upgrading abilities before moving on to a horse riding section. Overall the demo is short and I don't think it shows much of what Castlevania: Lords of Shadows has to offer. I'm comfortable with the combat, but level design, platforming, puzzles were all missing. The demo does show that the game does look very good and runs smooth.

??? - ??? - I've got a review copy of a game to review! Doing game reviews was soemthing I was interested in doing when I started the site, but a lack of money to buy news games delayed that. Also, as its only me working on the site, there are are just weeks when there is soo much news to cover I don't have time to review games. I'm putting in effort into getting a good review done for this game and i'm excited to see how it pans out.

Did you manage to play more games than I have over the week, or do you have any comments on my experiences or questions about the games i've played? If you do, feel free to add them in the comments section.

Sony Reveal The Legionnaire Skin From The God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta Pre-Order Bundle

Sony have revealed an additional pre-order goodie for God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta on the PSP. The Legionnaire Skin is 1 of 6 items you get when you pre-order God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta, the other 5 items are the games Original Soundtrack, PSN avatar, PSP Theme, PS3 Dynamic Theme, and God of War Live Video. The Deimos skin Sony had previously announced comes with all new copies of God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta.



From USA Playstation Blog

NIS American Announce Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! Is Coming To PSP's In January

NIS America have announced Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! is coming to the Playstation Portable in January on both UMD and PSN. Prinny 2 is a side scrolling hack-and-slash where you play as Prinny. your mission is to find the panties of Demon Lord Etna before she skins all Prinnies and make them into panties. Prinny 2 expands on the original game by offering new Skills, new stages, and it also has a bonus story with a new main character.

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From USA Playstation Blog

Capcom Announce Arthur, Spencer, Magneto, And M.O.D.O.K Are Fighters In Marvel Vs Capcom 3

Capcom have announced new fighters for Marvel vs Capcom 3. The new fighters from Capcom are Ghosts 'n Goblins Arthur and Nathan "Rad" Spencer from Bionic Commando. The 2 new fighters from Marvel are M.O.D.O.K and X-Mens Magneto.

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Nathan "Rad" Spencer



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Magneto



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M.O.D.O.K



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Gameplay Trailer

This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases

Nintendo UK have detailed the games that came out yesterday on the WiiWare, DSiWare, and Virtual Console stores. Nintendo's website, link below, has a video of gameplay from all the games that came out, and i have included screenshots for the games that i have.

Virtual Console

RIVAL TURF! – Super Nintendo Game

WiiWare

Fenimore Fillmore The Westerner


DSiWare

Thorium Wars

Datamine

Match Up!


From Nintendo UK