Here are this weeks most clicked tweets from the QTE Gamers News In Brief. Like last week, many of these stories had the same amount of hits. Two interesting, or strange, inclusions in this weeks top 10 are 3 and 1. both of these are fairly old stories that got a lot of attention in one day. There was a few re-tweets from followers of QTE Gamers, but the one that got the most traction was the story at 2 which initially got re-tweeted by @randy_wrecked.
10 QTE Blog: UK PSN Update 05/05/2010 http://ow.ly/17hclH
9 Bethesda's Pete Hines says Doom 4 will "show the world id's true potential" when its released. http://ht.ly/1IeVe
8 iPad: out 28th May16 in UK WiFi £429 32GB WiFi £499 64GB WiFi £599 16GB WiFi+3G £529 32GB WiFi+3G £599 64GB WiFi+3G £699 http://ht.ly/1IbhR
7 360: 8 page Gears Of War 3 feature from Russian mag leaked, art + more http://ht.ly/1Hdn6 Translation here, big spoilers! http://ht.ly/1Hdni
6 Activison reveal Bungie will have 200 hundred people, they are funding Bungies new game, its unlike anything else http://ht.ly/1IcD3
5 iPhone: Apple have been granted the design patent for the iPhone 3G and 3GS http://ht.ly/1GJyO
4 360: Microsofts Natal E3 press conference will not be live streamed. Microsoft are banning all technology from the show http://ht.ly/1Hi27
3 Its rumoured that Silent HIll Shattered Memories may have been delayed a month after retailers change its release date. http://ow.ly/u1X0
2 Its reported Sony have approached director, David O. Russell, to direct the Uncharted movie. Summer 2011 release + more http://ht.ly/1GQBI
1 PS3: kotaku has pictures of the Final Fantasy XIII PS3 and the Box http://ow.ly/LfkS
Sunday, May 9, 2010
What Have You Played This Week?
Managed to play a lot more this week. I even got back the game that killed my old PlayStation 3, for those who are new my launch PlayStation 3 died when I tried to play IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey. This is a rented game which also means i've not played much recently as i've been waiting to get it back from Sony. It got to me when Sony said it would, and I'm determined to finish it quickly as my rent games list on Swapgame just keeps getting longer.
Football Manager 10 – PC – well finished 2nd in my second season in the premiership. Again my team is getting stronger, but with Annan its taking time as I still can't offer high wages, but thankfully a new stadium and improved training/youth stuff is making it a bit easier.
Uncharted 2– PS3 – I only played the online part of the game. Its plenty of fun, and the maps have soo much to offer. Thankfully there are loads of people playing the game, but I have come across a few with dodgy connections and in some games people just seemed to be dropped.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey – PS3 – Yep, I got the game back that killed my last PlayStation 3. I got much further this time, getting through the tutorial fine. Graphically its fairly impressive and it makes great use of vibration in the Dual Shock 3. there appears to be no one playing it online, so i've focused on the single player stuff. The campaign is straightforward, complete tasks to continue and unlock sutff. Ai for the most part is decent in campaign, but there are times when the Ai is either too good or not good enough. It's fun to play and educational, for those unfamiliar with air warfare in World War II. It'll take a while to complete, but the trophies are unlocking regularly and the unlocked stuff in game has some incentive to continue.
Halo Reach – Beta – Xbox 360 – I played a fair bit of the Beta, playing slayer matches, and ultimately it feels a lot like Halo. Some of the control changes took an age to get used to, like using the RB to melee and not B, but ultimately it does control well. Graphically there is a noticeable improvement, but not perhaps as big as an improvement as it needs, especially when you compare it to games like Killzone 2. the new loadouts do make it interesting, but only when you get used to using them. I use the jet pack a lot to shoot from above and land on top of them where I melee the opponent. This usually kills them. Others are using the cloak great in sniping positions. The defensive one is pretty hit and miss I find with people either using it or coming across someone using it. I have no idea what its like to talk to people with this game. Like most online games, I do not use a headset...especially on the 360, but from what people are saying on podcasts and such...ot certainly doesn't sound like things have improved.
Bookworm Adventures – PC – my parents had a cleanup and found this game. I had played Bookworm a long time ago and thought i'd give it a try. I think this is a brilliant game. It is shown up by its age, in terms of graphics, but the gameplay is simply addictive and fun. Its a great RPG and you can see how games like this spawned bigger games like Puzzle Quest.
what have you been playing this week? feel free to add your weeks gaming selection in the comments, or you can comment on the game i played this week.
Football Manager 10 – PC – well finished 2nd in my second season in the premiership. Again my team is getting stronger, but with Annan its taking time as I still can't offer high wages, but thankfully a new stadium and improved training/youth stuff is making it a bit easier.
Uncharted 2– PS3 – I only played the online part of the game. Its plenty of fun, and the maps have soo much to offer. Thankfully there are loads of people playing the game, but I have come across a few with dodgy connections and in some games people just seemed to be dropped.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey – PS3 – Yep, I got the game back that killed my last PlayStation 3. I got much further this time, getting through the tutorial fine. Graphically its fairly impressive and it makes great use of vibration in the Dual Shock 3. there appears to be no one playing it online, so i've focused on the single player stuff. The campaign is straightforward, complete tasks to continue and unlock sutff. Ai for the most part is decent in campaign, but there are times when the Ai is either too good or not good enough. It's fun to play and educational, for those unfamiliar with air warfare in World War II. It'll take a while to complete, but the trophies are unlocking regularly and the unlocked stuff in game has some incentive to continue.
Halo Reach – Beta – Xbox 360 – I played a fair bit of the Beta, playing slayer matches, and ultimately it feels a lot like Halo. Some of the control changes took an age to get used to, like using the RB to melee and not B, but ultimately it does control well. Graphically there is a noticeable improvement, but not perhaps as big as an improvement as it needs, especially when you compare it to games like Killzone 2. the new loadouts do make it interesting, but only when you get used to using them. I use the jet pack a lot to shoot from above and land on top of them where I melee the opponent. This usually kills them. Others are using the cloak great in sniping positions. The defensive one is pretty hit and miss I find with people either using it or coming across someone using it. I have no idea what its like to talk to people with this game. Like most online games, I do not use a headset...especially on the 360, but from what people are saying on podcasts and such...ot certainly doesn't sound like things have improved.
Bookworm Adventures – PC – my parents had a cleanup and found this game. I had played Bookworm a long time ago and thought i'd give it a try. I think this is a brilliant game. It is shown up by its age, in terms of graphics, but the gameplay is simply addictive and fun. Its a great RPG and you can see how games like this spawned bigger games like Puzzle Quest.
what have you been playing this week? feel free to add your weeks gaming selection in the comments, or you can comment on the game i played this week.
Silhouettes of the Starting Pokémon From Pokémon Black And Pokémon White Have Been Released
Pokémon Sunday, a TV show in Japan, have revealed silhouettes of the Starting Pokémon from the Pokémon Black and Pokémon White Videogames and TV Series. The full reveal of these starters will come in both the CoroCoro magazine, which is expected to leak during the week, and next Sundays Pokémon Sunday. I Speculate that the pokemon types will be, from left to right, Grass, Fire, Water. You can click on the picture to see it bigger.
From Pokébeach
Saturday, May 8, 2010
New Zero Punctuation - Splinter Cell: Conviction
Here is this weeks Zero Punctuation. apologises for this going up late, i kinda forgot to do this post on Wednesday when the new one went live over on The Escapist. Well this weeks is on Splitner Cell: Conviction and could it be a game that Yahtzee enjoys seeing as he enjoys stealth games like Thief...watch and find out.
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/17iqAz
QTE Blog: Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/17is1r
iPad: out 28th May16 in UK WiFi £429 32GB WiFi £499 64GB WiFi £599 16GB WiFi+3G £529 32GB WiFi+3G £599 64GB WiFi+3G £699 http://ht.ly/1IbhR
Wii: its rumoured that PokéPark Wii Pikachu's Adventure is coming out in PAL territories on 30th July http://ht.ly/1Ibq7
Activision Blizzard Financials, profit doubled over 09 to $381M, $1.3B revenue in 1st 1/4, expects $4.2B revenue for 2010 http://ht.ly/1Ic5q
Activision are not going to close Infinity Ward, they are working on DLC and An unannounced game, will have more staff http://ht.ly/1IczP
Activison reveal Bungie will have 200 hundred people, they are funding Bungies new game, its unlike anything else http://ht.ly/1IcD3
QTE Blog: Nintendo Reveal Wii Party, A New Marquee Party Game For The Wii http://ow.ly/17iw1c
Activision have confirmed that Guitar Hero 6 is coming out this fall with DJ Hero 2 coming out shortly after http://ht.ly/1IeCX
Call Of Duty Map Sales for the series are around 17M, 1.75B hours have been played online, Continued success via retail http://ht.ly/1IeGx
Acitivison are looking to China and Korean markets for Call Of Duty series sales, will use Blizzard expertise http://ht.ly/1IeI9
Ubisoft have announced that they are looking for Dance talent to be included in Just Dance 2 http://ht.ly/1IeJ9
360: Remedy reveal Alan Wake facial animations will improve with DLC http://ht.ly/1IeLb
PS3: Zen Studios reveal Planet MiniGolf will have Youtube Video Uploading support, send replays of matches to youtube http://ht.ly/1IeNp
Capcom Financials, new sales down 27.3% to ¥66.8 Billion, Profit down 73.1% to ¥2.17 Billion. Japan sales strong http://ht.ly/1IeRo
2 Epic Mickey books are being planned, 1 is a the games story whilst the other is part of game universe. http://ht.ly/1IeTf
Bethesda's Pete Hines says Doom 4 will "show the world id's true potential" when its released. http://ht.ly/1IeVe
EA have filed 3 trademarks for DarkSpore, speculation is its a Spore spin-off or sequel to Spore http://ht.ly/1IeWY
QTE Blog: This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases http://ow.ly/17iCDw
PSP: Its been found that you can recruit Hideo Kojima into your Mother Base Staff in Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker http://ht.ly/1IizV
JP Consoles, PSP 59.315, PS3 32.874, Wii 30.757, DSiLL 25.569, DSi 15.628, 360 4.943, DS 4.068, PSPgo 1.890, PS2 1.577 http://ht.ly/1IiBP
Latest GameInformer cover revealed to feature Gears of War 3. Little Big Planet 2 revealed, article in June Issue http://ht.ly/1Ilcc
Satoru Iwata says the battle with Sony is a "victory already won," Apple is the "enemy of the future." http://ht.ly/1Ilek
3DS: Satoru Iwata reveals the 3D game be turned on or off and they're working on anti piracy measures http://ht.ly/1IlfN
360: GameStop and Amazon have listings for Call Of Duty War Collection, it has CoD 2,3, and World At War for $60. http://ht.ly/1IlhF
Square Enix have confirmed that Final Fantasy IX is coming out in the USA soon http://ht.ly/1IliB
360: Halo Reach Beta should receive Invasion mode and boneyard map by now http://ht.ly/1IlkG
PS3: Its rumoured that Valkyrie Profile 3 is no longer a multi platform release and will come exclusively to the PS3 http://ht.ly/1Ilm7
Friday, May 7, 2010
This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases
Nintendo have revealed the titles coming out this week on the Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare channels. in all there are 6 titles, 1 on Virtual Console, 1 on WiiWare, and 4 on DSiWare. This Weeks Virtual Console release is the first time that the NES version of Final Fantasy has come out in the UK. unfortunately i do not have screenshots for all the games, but in the link at the bottom of the post, Nintendo have released a video showing small clips from the games released today.
Virtual Console
FINAL FANTASY – NES
WiiWare
Pub Darts
DSiWare
Metal Torrent
Rytmik
Flips Silent But Deadly
Bounce & Break
From Nintendo UK
Virtual Console
FINAL FANTASY – NES
WiiWare
Pub Darts
DSiWare
Metal Torrent
Rytmik
Flips Silent But Deadly
Bounce & Break
From Nintendo UK
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