Thursday, March 10, 2011

Microsoft Reveal Their PAX East 2011 Schedule


Microsoft, via Major Nelson, have detailed their PAX East 2011 schedule. It Is:

Xbox booth #836
  • Gears of War 3 – First public hands-on with content from the upcoming multiplayer beta, featuring 20 stations of Versus Multiplayer
  • Fable III – PC version highlighting newly announced features like Hardcore mode and 3-D functionality
  • Xbox Kinect booth #736
  • Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do – First public hands-on with 20 new family-friendly, full-body games, only on Kinect for Xbox 360
  • Michael Jackson: The Experience – First public hands-on experience on Kinect for Xbox 360
  • Kinect Sports
  • Dance Central
Xbox LIVE Arcade and Homefront booth #850
  • Homefront – Get an early hands-on with the gripping action before it hits stores on March 15
  • Fire Pro Wrestling – Bring your Avatar into the ring like a real wrestler! Perform special moves and team up with your friends
  • Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet – Blending exploration, intense shooter action, and puzzle-solving with gorgeous visuals, rich storytelling and Hollywood quality presentation, “Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet” draws you into an epic journey full of surprises, danger and wonder
  • Section 8: Prejudice – A sci-fi first person shooter with dynamic combat, where every decision drastically impacts the battlefield
  • The Gunstringer –Take control of an undead marionette in an epic Wild West stage production that requires your puppeteering and quick draw shooting skills to exact revenge on the Gunstringer's enemies – all controller-free on Kinect
  • Toy Soldiers: Cold War – The Cold War is decided when ‘80s era action toys come alive and wage war! “Toy Soldiers: Cold War” blends intense first person combat with addictive action strategy, whether you’re scrapping solo or jumping into the fray with friends
  • Trenched – Join The Mobile Trench Brigade and protect humanity from the evil Monovision menace in this Tower Defense Shooter from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions
Booth events:Cliff Bleszinski signing Saturday, March 12, 2 – 3 PM ET, Xbox core booth #836
Meet the “Gears of War” design director during this exclusive signing appearance

Carnival Games cotton candy giveaway and Barker photo opportunities, Friday and Saturday from 1 – 3 PM ET, Xbox Kinect booth #736

Panels:

Xbox LIVE Enforcement hosted by Stephen "Stepto" Toulouse
Friday, March 11, 6:30 – 7:30 PM ET
Manticore Theatre

Xbox LIVE Community Panel: Some Assembly Required and Batteries Definitely Not Included
hosted by Eric “DMZilla” Doty, Saturday, March 12, 2 – 3 PM ET, Naga Theatre

Major Nelson Live Podcast
Join the entire cast for an unforgettable hour of dysfunction. Plus, Cliff Bleszinski will stop by and update us on the Gears news.
Saturday, March 12, 5 – 6 PM ET
Manticore Theatre

Plus, don’t miss the Halo: Reach Tournament featuring the Defiant Map Pack, Sunday, March 13, 1 – 5 PM ET
Boston Convention Center – Console Tourney, Level 1, Room 102
Sign up at the tournament desk (same location) starting Friday, March 11 at 10 AM ET

Source: Major Nelson


Konami Announce Hard Corps: Uprising Is Coming To The PSN On 15th March For $14.99



Konami have announced Hard Corps: Uprising is coming to the Playstation 3 PSN on 15th March in the USA for $14.99. At present, no announcement has been made regarding an EU release, but it will most likely come out the day after, on 16th March.

Press Release

KONAMI today announced the PlayStation Network release date and price for Hard Corps: Uprising. Hard Corps: Uprising will be available on March 15th on the PlayStation Network for $14.99. Along with the release date a few screens have also been released.

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This Weeks USA PSP Digital Comic Store Update



Sony's USA Playstation Blog has detailed the comics that came out on the USA PSP Digital Comics Store. in all there 70 new comics released.

2000AD Prog #1716
Baby Boomers #2
Batman Beyond Vol. 2 #4
Dark Avengers (2009) #1 -#6
The Dreaming #18
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun #2
Ex Machina #33
Fables #49
Green Lantern Corps Vol. 1 #12
Hack/Slash #5
Hero Squared #1 – #4
I Luv Halloween #17
Imaginary Boys #2
inFAMOUS #1
Infantry #1 – #4
Infestation #300
JLA #41
Justice League: Generation Lost #21
Lamorte Sisters #3
Legends of the Dark Crystal #11
Legends of the DC Universe #7
Lily of the Valley #2
Powers (2004) #18 – #22
Return to Labyrinth #7
Sandman #25
Slaughterman’s Creed #2
Sonic The Hedgehog #141 – #143
Star Trek: The Manga #17
Superman/Batman #52
Supernatural: Beginning’s End #4
Tomorrow Stories #4
Top 10 #4
Transformers #16
Transformers 3: Movie Prequel #100
Transformers 3: Movie Prequel #200
Undertown #10
Van Von Hunter #8
Wonder Woman Vol. 3 #24
Y: The Last Man #31
Young Avengers (2005) #11
Young Avengers (2005) #12

Bundles
Army of Two BUNDLE
Breathe BUNDLE
Dragon Age BUNDLE
Haven BUNDLE
Hero 9 to 5 BUNDLE
The Indifference Engine BUNDLE
The Lexian Chronicles BUNDLE #2
N-Guard BUNDLE
Ritual BUNDLE
Silent Hill: Dead/Alive BUNDLE
Silent Hill: Dying Inside BUNDLE
Silent Hill: Sinner’s Reward BUNDLE

Source: USA Playstation Blog


Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Wednesday 9th March

This is all the news From Wednesday 9th March.

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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Wednesday 9th March

  • QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Tuesday 8th March http://ht.ly/1bGtYT
  • QTE Blog: Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Tuesday 8th March http://ht.ly/1bGwye
  • WebOS: HP Announce every HP PC will come with WebOS and will be able to run Microsoft Windows from 2012 http://ht.ly/4aPaf
  • PSP2: Mark Rein says the PSP2 delivers a console game experience "in spades", calls it a "Fantastic Experience" http://ht.ly/4aPij
  • PEGI has defended giving We Dare a 12 rating. says the commercial has no baring on the game or their rating http://ht.ly/4aPsT
  • QTE Blog: D3Publisher Have Released New Screenshots And A Gameplay Video For Dream Trigger http://ht.ly/1bGzoe
  • Kaos Studios defend the length of Homefront. reviewers say its five hours, Kaos says its competitive with other shooters http://ht.ly/4aPwD
  • PS3: Review scores for Motorstorm Apocalypse are going live. its mostly getting 8/10 to 9.5/10 http://ht.ly/4aUsx
  • QTE Blog: This Weeks UK PSP Digital Comic Store Update http://ht.ly/1bGCrf
  • QTE Blog: D3Publisher Have Released Screenshots And 2 Gameplay Videos For Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury http://ht.ly/1bGCre
  • Wii: Ubisoft announce Just Dance 2 has sold over a million copies in the UK http://ht.ly/4aUue
  • Team Ninja admit they were not satisfied with Ninja Gaiden 2. began work on Ninja Gaiden 3 as soon as 2 was made http://ht.ly/4aUyJ
  • 2K Games have announced BioShock Infinite will be at PAX East this Friday http://ht.ly/4aVZ5
  • QTE Blog: Nintendo Announce Pokémon Black And White Break USA Sales Records, Sell More Than 1M Combined In A Day http://ht.ly/1bGFew
  • QTE Blog: D3Publisher Have Released Screenshots And 2 Gameplay Videos For Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon http://ht.ly/1bGFev
  • 360: Torchlight will not come out in Japan due to discovered bugs in the Japanese Text output. http://ht.ly/4aW3h
  • PS3: The Difficulty patch for Catherine has come out in Japan on the PS3, the 360 version is still in development. http://ht.ly/4aWeK
  • Acquire have 1 3DS game and 2 PSP2 Games currently in development, as well as other unannounced games for PS3/360/Kinect http://ht.ly/4b2G0
  • QTE Blog: Level-5 Announce White Knight Chronicles II And White Knight Chronicles: Origins Are Coming To Europe http://ht.ly/1bGJyO
  • QTE Blog: Sony Announce PS3 Firmware Update 3.60 Brings Online Storage For Game Saves For PS+ Members http://ht.ly/1bGJyN
  • iPhone: Rumoured iPhone 4 prototype emerges in China, comes with 64GB HDD. http://ht.ly/4b4CI
  • QTE Blog: Zero Punctuation - Bulletstorm http://ht.ly/1bGM1l
  • QTE Blog: Sony Reveal The Antagonist In Uncharted 3 Is Katherine Marlowe And Release A Gameplay Video http://ht.ly/1bGM1k
  • Its reported iOS 4.3 is out now for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch http://ht.ly/4b4Et
  • 360: Runic says that despite reports or Torchlight not coming to Japan due to bugs, a Japan version was never made http://ht.ly/4b4H4
  • QTE Blog: Microsoft Announce 10 Million Kinect Units And Games Have Sold Worldwide http://ht.ly/1bGOFQ
  • QTE Blog: EA And Grasshopper Have Released A New Trailer And Screenshots For Shadow Of The Dammed http://ht.ly/1bGOFR
  • Sony have cancelled a small number of projects at Sony London, Sony Liverpool and Evolution Studios, some staff redundant http://ht.ly/4b4KK
  • KartRiderRush is coming to iPhone, iPad and Android. its free version of the South Korean game Crazyracing Kartrider http://ht.ly/4b52C
  • QTE Blog: EA Have Released A New Trailer And Screenshots For Alice: Madness Returns http://ht.ly/1bGRsB
  • QTE Blog: 505 Games Announce Hop: The Movie Game, A Videogame Tie-in For The Upcoming Movie http://ht.ly/1bGRsA
  • WebOS: Palm Pre 2 webOS 2.1 update is out now http://ht.ly/4bd1U
  • PS3: Concept art for Playstation Home emerges, it shows a shopping mall looking building with games, shops, boards http://ht.ly/4bdl4
  • QTE Blog: Media Molecule Detail Little Big Planet 2 Update 1.02 "Apple Cake" Which Is Out Now http://ht.ly/1bGUcf
  • QTE Blog: Codemasters Have Released A New Trailer For Operation Flashpoint: Red River http://ht.ly/1bGUcg
  • Ubisoft announce they are not releasing We Dare in the UK, blames public reaction http://ht.ly/4bexg
  • 360: Its reported TV Streaming is in development, could come this year, codenamed Orapa http://ht.ly/4bez4
  • QTE Blog: Fire Hose Games Have Released A New Trailer For Slam Bolt Scrappers http://ht.ly/1bGWvj
  • QTE Blog: Sega Have Released 2 Making Of Videos For Total War: Shogun 2 http://ht.ly/1bGWvi

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Sega Have Released 2 Making Of Videos For Total War: Shogun 2

Sega have released 2 Making Of videos for Total War: Shogun 2. these videos features some developers from The Creative Assembly, the games dev's, talking about making the game. both videos are over 6 minutes long and there's a range of topics brought up in each. the devs talk indepth about why things were added, and the benefit for the player.


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Fire Hose Games Have Released A New Trailer For Slam Bolt Scrappers

Fire Hose Games have released a new trailer for Slam Bolt Scrappers. this trailer gives a overview of the games main features and the gameplay of this puzzler. The trailer, and blog post, describe the game as the perfect combination of multiplayer beat-em-up brawling and strategic puzzling. The aim is to combine blocks of the same colour together. this will create weapons which begin attacking the opponents tower.



Source: USA Playstation Blog