Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Tuesday 18th January

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Nintendo 3DS Breaking News From The Discover Live Event In Amsterdam

Nintendo is holding a press event in Amsterdam for the Nintendo 3DS. a separate event, but most likely with the same news, is happening in the USA. i'll try to cover news from that event as soon as i can.

Big stories from the Amsterdam Event include (will continue to be updated):

• As Expected, the event is being hosted by Jonathan Ross
• Announced Blue And Black colours are the colours available at launch
• Can play DS and DSi Games
• a 2GB SD Card will come with the system, users can upgrade that

• Take 3D photo's, Share them via the SD Card

• Spot Pass, name for feature that uses WiFi to download updates to the handheld. Nintendo working with WiFi HotSpots to allow free access. this feature is accessible even when 3DS is in sleep mode
• EuroSport a partner, 3D videos coming via Spot Pass in the future
• also talking to Sky to bring Sky3D content to the 3DS
• Aardman have an involvement. building on previous partnership over FlipNote Studio. Aardman will create special content featuring Shaun The Sheep in 3D for the 3DS. they will be 1 minute short films available via Spot Pass.

• Street Pass, Name for feature where 3DS systems share information between themselves. Street Pass works when 3DS is in sleep mode. don't even need a game in the system for it to work.
• Street Pass will only work if you want it to

• Capcom on stage now, Yoshino Ono having a great fun time on stage
• Super Street Fighter IV 3D uses Street Pass. Fighter figurines unlock as you play the game. these figurines can be used in Street pass and fight in VS battles with other 3DS users who have also set it up
• Super Street Fighter IV 3D uses Nintendo WiFi Connection that allows fights to happen between players over WiFi from across the world. you can also use local play to play with people right next to you.
•  a new mode has been added that allows people to spectate online matches using "Channel Live"...a feature they could only do on the 3DS
• game will have 35 fighters

•  Ubisoft's turn now, Yves Guillmont on stage
• 8 launch games, Rayman 3D, Rabbids 3D , Ghost recon Shadow wars, James Noir's Hollywood Crimes, Driver, Asphalt .... and more

• Konami next, Enomoto and Hatsumi on stage
• Konami want to re-invent their old franchises using 3D and come up with new ones
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D

• Temco Koei/Team Ninja
• Been looking at handhelds for a while now as a place to do a new Dead Or Alive, but none of them suitable until they were introduced to the 3DS
• Dead Or Alive Dimensions, first Handheld Dead Or Alive and start of the re-emergence of Dead Or Alive Series 
• uses internet play, local play, street pass, and co-op play

• Nintendo games coming to 3DS
• Pilot Wings Resort, played over the Wii Sports Resort
• Nintendogs + Cats, 3 versions available to buy.
• Steel Diver
• The Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time 3D
• Kid Icarus: Uprising

• Pre-loaded software on 3DS
• Acitivty Log (Logs steps taken)
• Mii Creator, uses camera to create Mii's
• Augmented Reality Games
• Face Raiders (Takes pictures of your face which you can shoot at in a gallery) 
• Internet Broswer and e-Shop coming at a later date.
• e-Shop has Game Boy and Game Boy Colour Games

• Ninendogs+cats, Steel Diver, PES 2011 3D, Super Street Fighter IV 3D, Super Monkey ball 3D, Resident Evil Revelations, Combat Of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D, Dead Or Alive Dimensions, Rabbids 3D, Ghost Recon Shadow Wars, Samurai Warriors Chronicles, Driver Renegade, Lego Star Wars III The Clone Wars, Paper Mario, Starfox 64, The Legend of Zelda Ocarina Of Time, Resident Evil Mercenaries, Tom Clancys Splinter Cell 3D, Ashphalt 3D, The Sims 3, Ridge Racer 3D, Meta Gear Solid Snake Eater, Animal Crossing, Pilot Wings Resort, Mario Kart, Kid Icarus Uprising...all games coming soon.

• Nintendo 3DS coming across the EU On 25th March
• 25 games coming out from 25th March-June
• Price will be announced by retailers as ultimately its down to them

• Presentation is over now. expect news throughout the day
  

Source: Discover Nintendo 3DS Live Event

The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Tuesday 18th January

• QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Monday 17th January http://ht.ly/1aUVaF
• QTE Blog: Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Monday 17th January http://ht.ly/1aUXw8
• iPhone: its estimated that for every iOS device sold, 60 apps are downloaded. this is up from 10 apps in 2008 http://ht.ly/3FutG
• PC: Upcoming Eve patch means Intel Pentium 3 or AMD Athlon XP or older CPUs won't be able to run Eve http://ht.ly/3FuuG
• The BBFC has rated Homefront as 15, reveal the game has 27 minutes of cutscenes and 19 minutes of in-game cutscenes http://ht.ly/3FuvU
• PS3: Mass Effect 2 has a mandatory install of 4.5GB, but it required 5.3GB of space to complete the install http://ht.ly/3FurN
• 3DS: its reported that Nintendo will have 400,000 3DS systems available in Japan for the handhelds launch http://ht.ly/3FusE
• QTE Blog: Square Enix Announce Final Fantasy XIII-2 For The PS3 And Xbox 360 http://ht.ly/1aV0jk
• Leaked Trailers For Final Fantasy XIII-2 http://ht.ly/3FNjF Final Fantasy VS XIII http://ht.ly/3FNkp Kingdom Hearts 3D http://ht.ly/3FNm7
• PSP: Final Fantasy Agito XIII renamed Final Fantasy Type 0, comes on 2 UMD http://ht.ly/3FNOq trailer leaked http://ht.ly/3FNPl
• 3DS: Kingdom Hearts 3D renamed Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, features Sora and Riku http://ht.ly/3FObl
• QTE Blog: Sony Announce A New January Sale On The EU PSN That Runs Until 2nd February http://ht.ly/1aV34H
• PSP: Dissidia Duodecim has a demo, ¥300, complete it unlocks Aerith in full game. FFV Gilgamesh + FFXI Prishe characters http://ht.ly/3FOqB
• Accusations emerge that devs Kaos have been in a "Crunch" period for 6 months over Homefront, THQ/Kaos defend it http://ht.ly/3Fuxz
• QTE Blog: Microsoft Announce The Gears Of War Triple Pack Comes Out In The USA On 15th February http://ht.ly/1aV5C1
• The ESRB has rated Chime for the PSN, already been rated in Australia and Germany. http://ht.ly/3FTkm
• PS3: Portal 2 will have cross platform play with PC and Mac versions. Linked PS3+Steam Accounts unlock Steam Play version http://ht.ly/3FUHa
• QTE Blog: 2K Sports Announce Rafael Nadal, Anna Ivanovic and Andy Murray Are On The Cover For Top Spin 4 http://ht.ly/1aV9wx
• PS3: The BBC reveal December set a new record for the iPlayer with 145M requests. the PS3 accounted for 7M of them http://ht.ly/3FWxt
• PSP: UK release not officially announced, but UK retailer HMV has begun accepting pre-orders for Arcana Heart 3 http://ht.ly/3FWzy
• QTE Blog: Capcom Announce Akuma And Taskmaster Are Fighters In Marvel Vs Capcom 3 http://ht.ly/1aVbN0
• 3DS: its reported Capcom, Konami, and Temco-Koei will be present during the 3DS event in Amsterdam tomorrow http://ht.ly/3FYFe
• rumoured pictures of HP Palm's webOS Tablets have leaked. there's 2, 1 is 9 inch, 1 is 7 inch. front camera + more http://ht.ly/3G0jG
• QTE Blog: Namco Bandai Announce Stoked: Big Air Edition For The Xbox 360 And PC http://ht.ly/1aVevJ
• QTE Blog: Sony Online Entertainment Have Released A New Magic: The Gathering Tactics Trailer http://ht.ly/1aVhih
• A Trademark and logo has been found for Gears Of War: Exile. speculation is its the Kinect game http://ht.ly/3G4FD

Sony Online Entertainment Have Released A New Magic: The Gathering Tactics Trailer

Sony Online Entertainment have released a new trailer for the upcoming PC and PS3 game, Magic: The Gathering Tactics. this trailer is a launch trailer and it shows in-game action of several characters fighting each other. several different locations are shown as are several elemental powers.


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Namco Bandai Announce Stoked: Big Air Edition For The Xbox 360 And PC

Namco Bandai have announced Stoked: Big Air Edition, from the developers Bongfish Interactive. the game supports 1-8 players on Xbox 360 via Xbox Live.


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Capcom Announce Akuma And Taskmaster Are Fighters In Marvel Vs Capcom 3

Capcom have announced Akuma and Taskmaster are fighters in Marvel Vs Capcom 3. Capcom have released new screenshots and a video for each of the fighters showing each of them in action.

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2K Sports Announce Rafael Nadal, Anna Ivanovic and Andy Murray Are On The Cover For Top Spin 4

2K Sports have announced that Rafael Nadal, Anna Ivanovic and Andy Murray will feature on the boxart for Top Spin 4. Andre Agassi will also appear in the game in an interactive entertainment experience. Top Spin 4 is currently set to come out on 360 ,Wii, and PS3 on 18th March.

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Press Release

Windsor, UK – January 18 2011 – 2K Sports announced today that Top Spin 4, the latest iteration of the Top Spin tennis simulation video game franchise, will feature professional tennis athletes Rafael Nadal, Anna Ivanovic and Andy Murray on its cover. For the first time in a decade Andre Agassi will feature in an interactive entertainment experience for the current console generation. Top Spin 4 is planned for release on March 18, 2011 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™ system.

“It’s great to be included in  Top Spin 4 with such a unique line up of tennis players, past and present,” said 23 year old Andy Murray, British No. 1 and World No. 5 player. “It's exciting that 2K Sports is giving gamers the chance to face off against different pros in realistic and detailed  interactive matches.” 

In development at 2K Czech, Top Spin 4 brings the competitive action of tennis to life like never before with redesigned controls, jaw-dropping player models and enhanced TV-style presentation elements. Each of the title’s top athletes and legendary pros will be equipped with 2K Sports’ Signature Style animations, including player-specific swing styles and behavioral AI, custom celebrations and outfits.

“Top Spin 4 does a phenomenal job capturing the unique authenticity and highly competitive skills of these 25 world-class athletes,” said Jason Argent, vice president of marketing for 2K Sports. “When playing Top Spin 4, we wanted consumers to feel they are playing more than a tennis game, we wanted them to feel like they are in a world title prize fight.”

Top Spin 4 features the largest roster in the franchise to date, including Andre Agassi, Bjorn Borg, Roger Federer, Jim Courier, Rafael Nadal, Boris Becker, Serena Williams, Patrick Rafter, Michael Chang, Dinara Safina, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic, Ivan Lendel, Pete Sampras, Andy Roddick, James Blake, Caroline Wozniacki, Nikolay Davydenko, Gilles Simon, Bernard Tomic, Eugenie Bouchard, Stanislas Wawrinka, Vera Zvonareva, and Jelena Jankovic.

Top Spin 4 is rated PEGI 3. For more information, visit:www.facebook.com/TopSpin4 or follow Top Spin 4 news via Twitter: @2KSports.

*Pre-Order only valid for Xbox 360 and PS3™ versions of Top Spin 4.

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