QTE Tweets Of The Week

The Following are the top 10 most clicked QTE Gamers tweets of the week. The Owly service appeared to work all week so this should be the proper top 10.

10 PC: The Steam Unlock times for Left 4 Dead Have Been Released. Tuesday 5AM (GMT), Monday 9PM (PST), Tuesday 2PM (Japan) http://ow.ly/CSdw

9 Wii: Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 will be patched when it comes out in the UK this Friday. the patch updates player stats http://ow.ly/DqAI

8 QTE Blog: Sega has Released New Character Art For Mario & Sonic At The Winter Olympic Games http://ow.ly/1629cf

7 Gearbox Rejected a Blade Runner game for business reasons. they wanted it but didn't think it could make money http://ow.ly/COu5

6 QTE Blog: EA Has Released A New Trailer For Command & Conquer 4 On The PC http://ow.ly/162BIj

5 QTE Blog: EA Has Released A New Video For The Sims 3 World Adventures On The PC http://ow.ly/1626H9

4 QTE Blog: Sony Has Released A Walkthrough Video of adhocParty For The PSP http://ow.ly/163bHi

3 Robomodo have said they are working on something that will use the RIDE Skate Board, but they can't talk about it. http://ow.ly/Dd0L

2 Namco Bandai have applied for a trademark for Ridge Racer Accelerated. nothing else is known as yet http://ow.ly/Dn2m

1 PSP: Sony has said that there will be a delay in the Digital Release of Little Big Planet http://ow.ly/Dtzs

What Have You Played This Week?

Wow, writing it down it's shocking how little I played. The site kept me busy for sure...must make time for more games, lol.

Football Manager 09 – PC – I decided to go back to a favourite team in the game, FC bayern Munchen. They are not my favourite team, that's Ipswich Town, but they are one of the easiest teams to play as, which enables me to look for other players, tactics and such. Would love to get the new game, but unfortunately I can't afford it, but what is great about the Football Manager games is that you can play them for a long time, even if a new version has come out (typically as the newest Football Manager needs 1 patch for it to get great.)

Fat Princess – PS3 – Still disappointed with how few people are playing. At least Bots are fairly intelligent. Still surprising how few people don't understand what needs to be done to win. It feels like me and maybe a couple struggle to keep the team going sometimes.

Tokobot – PSP – this game is hard. No two ways about it. I'm near the end now and it just keeps getting harder. In particular i'm at a point where I have 6 minutes to escape. And it throws many difficult levels at you. At This point of the game many of the small slight issues with Tokobot become very apparent and become an issue. It is a shame, the story isn't that great, but the graphics, the universe that been created, and the Tokobots themselves are all great. I feel that this game hasn't been balanced right and that a sequel would have addressed issues like this. I'll try to finish it, but it's really hard.

Critter Crunch Demo – PS3 – i've been hooked on the art since it was revealed. And the art really is beautiful. It makes full use of 1080p and its not just backgrounds. Menus, characters, enemies...everything looks great and has a cute feel about it. The game play isn't bad either. The demo gives you a good idea as to what the game is about. If your not sure I fully recommend downloading the demo. I'm sure it'll help make up your mind.

What have you been playing this week? feel free to add your weeks gaming selection in the comments, or comment on my selection for this week

Android Game Of The Week – Jewels

Jewels
Developed By MHGames
Free
Version: 1.09
Size: 784KB

The Good
Graphics
Price

The Average
Music
Controls

The Bad
Game Modes

Jewels, like Bonsai Blast, is another game that has been on the Android Market for a while now. The game is very similar to PopCap's Bejeweled. Jewels has a fairly small file size, just 784KB, but still has high quality background artwork and jewels. The game loads fast straight to the high scores, but does require you to go to menu and pick a new game that way. Hitting new game reveals the games only 2 modes, Normal and timed.

Normal is much like Bejelewd, you play until there are no more moves available. There are no special powerups in the game, you simply touch the jewel you want to move and move it in the direction to get 3 or more of a kind. When you fill a bar at the bottom, you move to the next level and the bonus increases. The more levels you complete, the more bonus you get but it also means more jewels need to matched. Unfortunately, not long after level 3 I get the feeling that the amount of jewels needed to get to the next level increases too quickly and slows the games pace. What doesn't help the speed the jewels move after you tell them to, or the speed jewels drop from the top. It feels just a tad too slow and becomes more noticeable when you start progressing in Normal Mode and Timed Mode.

Timed mode is again like Bejeweled's Timed Mode. The bar at the bottom is continuously decreasing and you need to get rid of jewels faster to get to the next level where the bar decreases faster. This mode works fine for for the first 5 or 6 levels, but after that I find the speed of the jewels moving, deleting, and coming down from the top, start to become a hindrance.

Despite those issues, the game still plays very well. I haven't had any issues with the touch controls and find it very accurate. It knows which jewel you have pressed and which direction you want it to move. The two modes in the game do feel light as its possible to play through a game of each Normal and Timed very quickly. But as a pick up and play game, the two modes are over quickly enough to fill a short gaming burst.

This is a good Mobile version of a Bejeweled type game. The modes may be lacking, but Normal and Timed do provide good gameplay for short gaming bursts. I'd recommend this to all Android owners as it is very accessible, has a small file size, and works very well.

Konami Have Released New Screenshots For The Nintendo DSi Only Game, Foto Showdown

Konami have released screenshots for the Nintendo DSi Only game, Foto Showdown. the screenshots show mostly in-game action. they show how the two screens are used on the Nintendo DSi. Konami have also released the boxart for the game, which is at the end of the slideshow.

Foto Showdown

Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest)

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Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest)

• QTE Blog: Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/1638dG

• Mac: Star Trek D.A.C is coming to Macs when the game is released in December. http://ow.ly/E1CR

• PS3: its being reported that ads in WipEout HD have added 5 seconds to load times http://ow.ly/E1F4

• Its rumoured that new multiplayer modes in Modern Warfare 2 are VIP, Capture The Flag, Global Thermonuclear War http://ow.ly/E1Gg

• concept art has emerged for a proposed Mortal Kombat visual re-make that was rejected http://ow.ly/E1I7

• 360: Worms 2 Armageddon has been updated. it brings improvements, fixes, and balancing. http://ow.ly/E1J0

• PC: Aliens Vs Predator will support dedicated servers http://ow.ly/E1JQ

• PS3: Firmware 3.10 has bought error reporting to the PS3. when the ps3 restarts after a freeze, a report option comes up http://ow.ly/E1LX

• Sony expects the PSN to bring in $500 Million revenue, up 300% year on year. http://ow.ly/E3eB

• PC: its estimated that Steam accounts for 70% of PC Game Downloads. http://ow.ly/E3US

• Japanese Console Charts, PSP 38.770, PS3 38.498, DSi 33.749, Wii 26.764, PSPgo 6.427, DS 5.036, Xbox 360 4.124, PS2 2.031 http://ow.ly/E3Wc

• Edge Review scores have been leaked. Bayonetta got 10/10, Modern Warfare 2 9/10, Left 4 Dead 2 9/10, Tropico 3 7/10 + more http://ow.ly/E3XN

• Aliens and Zombies were considered as foes in Modern Warfare 2. outbreaks, chemical warfare + more were considered http://ow.ly/E4p6

• PC: Serious Sam HD is coming out on November 24th. its on Pre-Order at Steam for $17.99. http://ow.ly/E4Wl

• PS3: There are complaints that the God Of War collection has freezing issues, more so with the original 60GB PS3's. http://ow.ly/E4Xd

• PS3: Mozilla says Firefox is not coming to the PS3. they don't know how the rumour got started. http://ow.ly/E4Za

• QTE Blog: Sony Has Released A Walkthrough Video of adhocParty For The PSP http://ow.ly/163bHi

• QTE Blog: Cryptic Have Revealed Open Beta Dates For Star Trek Online http://ow.ly/163ceg

• QTE Blog: Sony Has Been Releasing Free Digital Comic Codes For The PSP http://ow.ly/E6RJ

• PSP: The Digital version Assassins Creed Bloodlines from the EU PSN Store has been removed as users are reporting issues http://ow.ly/E77j

• QTE Blog: EA Has Announced The Team Racing Pack DLC For Need For Speed Shift http://ow.ly/163d4u

• QTE Blog: Nintendo Has Released Photographs From Two Recent "Mommy Sampling Events" http://ow.ly/E7SY

• Android: Gameloft has announced that they are pulling back from Android development, citing App store issues http://ow.ly/E8S4

• PS3: Little big planet is getting a Sonic The Hedgehog costume pack. price and release date not known yet http://ow.ly/E8SP

• PS3: French Canadian Fallout 3 Game Of The Year Edition has been patched, now recognises Fallout 3 saves http://ow.ly/E8U4

• A New 2K Shooter game is being teased. a big reveal will come during Spikes VGA 2009. http://ow.ly/E8V9

• QTE Blog: EA Announces The "Return To Ostagar" DLC For Dragon Age Origins http://ow.ly/163f9g

EA Announces The "Return To Ostagar" DLC For Dragon Age Origins

EA Has revealed the next DLC for Dragon Age: Origins. "Return To Ostagar" is set to come out on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC this Holiday in N.America and Europe. it will cost $4.99 on the PSN and PC, 400 MS Points on the Xbox 360 in N.America.

"Return To Ostagar" is a new quest which takes the player to Ostagar and the battleground where the Grey Wardens were nearly wiped out. Players will uncover a Top Secret Political agenda and go behind enemy lines. they can also get the Mighty Arms and Armour from King Cailan.

Press Release

EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), announced today that the Return to Ostagar downloadable content (DLC) forDragon Age™: Origins will be available for the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC versions this Holiday season in North America and Europe. The DLC pack, Return to Ostagar, allows players to exact their revenge and embark on a quest for the mighty arms and armor of the once great King Cailan when they revisit Ostagar, the site of the Grey Wardens’ darkest hour, to reclaim the honor and learn the secrets of Ferelden’s fallen king.

“We are very proud of the phenomenal launch of Dragon Age: Origins and we’re pleased to announce the next installment of downloadable content that will be available to fans of the game,” said Ray Muzyka, Group General Manager, RPG/MMO Group of EA, and Co-Founder, BioWare. “The Return to Ostagar DLC pack is a prime example of BioWare’s commitment to give fans a game that continuously offers new experiences and further enriches a storyline that has already received critical acclaim and positive feedback from the players.”

Return to Ostagar, BioWare’s next thread in the Dragon Age: Origins tapestry, summons players to a new quest in which they will return to the fateful battleground in Ostagar where the Grey Wardens were nearly wiped out. Players will discover King Cailan’s top-secret political agenda and go behind enemy lines to revisit a place that many feared had been lost to history.

Return to Ostagar will be available for $4.99 on the PlayStation® Store, for 400 BioWare Points on the PC and 400 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360 in North America. Return to Ostagar will be released this Holiday season worldwide on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation®3 console and PC. Dragon Age: Origins is rated M by the ESRB and 18+ by PEGI.

For more information on Dragon Age: Origins, please visit www.dragonage.com.

About BioWare
BioWare develops high quality console, PC and online role-playing games, focused on rich stories, unforgettable characters and vast worlds to discover. Since 1995, BioWare has created some of the world's most critically acclaimed titles, including Baldur's Gate™, Neverwinter Nights™, Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™, Jade Empire™ and Mass Effect™. BioWare operates in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), Montreal (Quebec) and Austin (Texas). BioWare’s announced projects include the dark heroic fantasy game Dragon Age: Origins, as well as Mass Effect 2™, the epic sequel to Mass Effect, and the story-driven massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars®: The Old Republic™. In 2008, BioWare was acquired by Electronic Arts, a leading global interactive entertainment publisher. For more information on BioWare, visit www.bioware.com; to join the millions of fans already registered on our community, go to http://social.bioware.com.

About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), 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: EATM, EA SPORTSTM, EA MobileTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. 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.

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