From Major Nelson
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Microsoft Reveal A New Xbox 360 250 GB Bundle Coming This Holiday For $299.99
From Major Nelson
Nintendo Have Released A New Trailer For PokePark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure
Nintendo have released a new trailer for PokePark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure. this trailer features both in-game cinematic and in-game action. it shows some of the activities Pikachu gets up to and other pokemon it encounters and interacts with. some mini-games are shown as well as exploration and pokemon battles.
EA Have Released A New Trailer For Rock Band 3 And Screenshots For The Wii Version
EA have released a new trailer for Rock Band 3 and also released new screenshots for the Nintendo Wii version. The Screenshots are in-game and show many features from the game, from the creation of your own character to playing a track in the game. The trailer is a cinematic trailer that shows the birth of a band right through to them becoming super stars.
Wii Screenshots
Wii Screenshots
PopCap Announce Bejeweled 3 And Reveal Its Coming Out On 7th December
New and expanded features in Bejeweled 3 will include:
- Classic: Play the most popular puzzle game of the century, with powerful new gems and new ultra-smooth gameplay
- Quest: Journey through 40 magical puzzles in this multifaceted Bejeweled challenge!
- Zen: Personalize your experience with ambient sounds and binaural beats — a revolutionary new way to relax!
- Lightning: Charge up with a heart-pounding, beat-the-clock bout of gem-blasting fun!
- Secret Games: Unlock 4 all-new games including Butterflies and Ice Storm
- Badges: Earn up to 65 badges to prove your skills
- High-definition graphics and high-fidelity audio: Bejeweled is now more dazzling than ever before!
- Ultra-smooth gameplay: Make multiple matches while new gems fall into place
Screenshots
Press Release
SEATTLE and DUBLIN, Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual games, today announced the imminent launch of Bejeweled® 3, the first true sequel to its beloved flagship franchise in more than six years. Featuring a wealth of new content and triple the fun of previous installments in the series, Bejeweled 3 elevates the "match-3" category of puzzle games pioneered by PopCap a decade ago to an entirely new level. Bejeweled 3 will launch on December 7, 2010 via PopCap.com and other major portals in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific as well as at leading retail outlets throughout North America at a suggested retail price of US$19.95.
Beyond stunning, high-definition graphics and mellifluous music and sound effects, Bejeweled 3 is packed with completely new game experiences in addition to updated and expanded re-imaginings of the four original game modes from Bejeweled 2. Four all-new secret games including Ice Storm and Poker offer surprising new interpretations of the Bejeweled theme, while Quest mode features eleven mini-games — clever hybrids of Bejeweled game-play with other classic game mechanics — comprising 40 total quests.
"Casual video games have been popular going back to the 1980s, but the introduction of Bejeweled 10 years ago launched an entire industry," explained David Cole, founder and president of DFC Intelligence, the oldest research firm focused entirely on the video game market. "No other casual game comes close to the success of Bejeweled in terms of popularity and influence. PopCap has been able to keep the franchise strong for 10 years because they have focused on quality and innovation and have not flooded the market with dozens of sequels. I fully expect Bejeweled 3 to not only be a big success in its own right, but also ensure the Bejeweled brand continues to grow in popularity over its next decade on the market."
New and expanded features in Bejeweled 3 will include:
Classic: Play the most popular puzzle game of the century, with powerful new gems and new ultra-smooth gameplay
Quest: Journey through 40 magical puzzles in this multifaceted Bejeweled challenge!
Zen: Personalize your experience with ambient sounds and binaural beats — a revolutionary new way to relax!
Lightning: Charge up with a heart-pounding, beat-the-clock bout of gem-blasting fun!
Secret Games: Unlock 4 all-new games including Butterflies and Ice Storm
Badges: Earn up to 65 badges to prove your skills
High-definition graphics and high-fidelity audio: Bejeweled is now more dazzling than ever before!
Ultra-smooth gameplay: Make multiple matches while new gems fall into place
"The challenge in creating a new version of Bejeweled is to innovate and keep it fresh and exciting without losing touch with the game-play that millions of people love. So we're very careful when we make changes to the core game, which is why it can take so long!" said Jason Kapalka, co-founder and chief creative officer at PopCap and co-creator of Bejeweled. "We've worked hard to make sure Bejeweled 3 retains the classic appeal of the earlier games while bringing a host of exciting new features to the table."
Since its introduction 10 years ago, Bejeweled has become one of the top 10 video game franchises in history. More than half a billion people worldwide have played the game, and over 50 million units have been sold across 17 platforms. An estimated 7.5 billion hours have been spent playing Bejeweled, and the game continues to sell at the rate of one copy every 4.3 seconds.
About PopCap
PopCap Games is the leading global developer, publisher and operator of casual video games: fun, easy-to-learn, captivating games that appeal to all ages across PC, mobile, social and other platforms. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000 and has a worldwide staff of more than 350 people in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Vancouver, B.C., Dublin, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo. PopCap's games have been downloaded over 1.5 billion times by consumers worldwide, and its flagship title, Bejeweled®, has sold more than 50 million units.
The PopCap logo and all other trademarks used herein that are listed atwww.popcap.com/trademarks are owned by PopCap Games, Inc. or its licensors and may be registered in some countries. Other company and product names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners and are used for the benefit of those owners.
SOURCE PopCap Games
For further information: North America, Garth Chouteau, +1-415-602-8147, garth@popcap.com, or International, Cathy Orr, +353 1 646 8107, corr@popcap.com, both of PopCap Games
Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Monday 1st November
This is all the news from Monday 1st November.
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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Monday 1st November
- QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From The Weekend Of Saturday 30th And Sunday 31st October http://ht.ly/19JWme
- 360: Xbox 360 Dashboard update is out now http://ht.ly/32tMy
- JP Consoles, PSP 32.591, PS3 20.128, DSi LL 15.819, DSi 14.703, Wii 11.971, DS 3.887, 360 2.162, PS2 1.222, PSPgo 924 http://ht.ly/32tOn
- Wii: A new Wii Sports Resort bundle is coming to Japan from 11th November, will Have WiiRemote Plus http://ht.ly/32tQc
- SPOILERS!!!! Leaked videos from Call Of Duty: Black Ops have revealed the Zombie mode and who you play as http://ht.ly/32tRL
- UK Game Charts top 5, Fable III, FIFA 11, Fallout: New Vegas, Just Dance 2, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II http://ht.ly/32tTt
- Crytek UK have confirmed they are in discussions with publishers over a new TimeSplitters game http://ht.ly/32tWZ
- F1 2010 patch now out on PS3. 360 patch does not appear to be out yet http://ht.ly/32u1t
- Super Meat Boy will miss its November release on WiiWare, says file size is currently too large. PC still coming November http://ht.ly/32Mri
- PS3: Sony's Susan Panico reveals they are currently making "Educational" videos for people new to PS3 and PSN http://ht.ly/32MtS
- 360: Its strongly rumoured Microsoft is currently looking for a European developer to revive Project Gotham Racing http://ht.ly/32Mxs
- Rock Band 3 Sold, by 30th October, 7386 units in UK in its first week. 5318 on Xbox 360, 1555 on PS3, 295 on Wii http://ht.ly/32MBP
- QTE Blog: EA Have Released A New Trailer For Shadows Of The Damned http://ht.ly/19Kn3J
- 360: Lionhead admit Fable III shipped with bugs and that they are working on patches, ask fans if they spot issues http://ht.ly/32MKi
- Its believed the lay-offs at IO Interactive were due to a Microsoft project being cancelled. http://ht.ly/32MLQ
- PSP: Ready At Dawn say they pushed to its limits, used 100% of its power, to get it as close as possible to PS3 game. http://ht.ly/32MVY
- QTE Blog: Sega Have Released New Screenshots For Sonic Free Riders http://ht.ly/19Kq5h
- QTE Blog: Sony Announce MUBI Is Coming To The PSN On 3rd November http://ht.ly/19Kq5i
- PS3: BioWare confirm the PS3 version of Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition is missing some DLC, provide way to get it http://ht.ly/32QcW
- 360: First review for a Kinect game live, IGN give Sonic Free Riders 7.5 http://ht.ly/32QdL
- 360: Harmonix reveal pre-production has already begun on Dance Central 2 http://ht.ly/32QS3
- QTE Blog: This Weeks WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases http://ht.ly/19KsPV
- Some Artwork has appeared on Tango Gameworks Blog, unknown if its anything to do with Shinji Mikami's next game http://ht.ly/32QTh
- PSP: Jump Magazine reveals new Kenshin game coming to PSP in Japan in Spring 2011 called Rurouni Kenshin: Second Hirameki http://ht.ly/32QUG
Monday, November 1, 2010
This Weeks WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases
Nintendo have revealed the games coming out today in the USA on the Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare stores. in all there are 6 games coming out, 1 on Virtual Console, 2 on WiiWare, and 3 on DSiWare.
Virtual Console
STREET SLAM
This is a 1-2 player game that originally came out on the NEOGEO in 1994. this game costs 900 Wii Points. this is a 3 on 3 street basketball game with 10 teams, each vying for the position as the strongest street basketball team in the USA.
WiiWare
Robox
This is a 1 player only game that costs 1,000 Wii Points. you play as a probe sent to a mysterious planet to find other missing probes. however a crash landing means your abilities have scattered throughout the game so you have to help your main character find his abilities and re-discover his mission.
Gene Labs
This is a 1-2 player game that costs 500 Wii Points. this is a arcade puzzle game where your goal is to find an anti virus solution and distribute it to the infected cells before it becomes too late.
DSiWare
Gene Labs
This is a 1 player only game that costs 200 DSi Points. this is a DSiWare version of the WiiWare game, mentioned above.
Paul's Shooting Adventure
This is a 1 player only game that costs 200 DSi Points. this is a side scrolling shooter where you player as Super Baby Paul. your abilities let you fly and attack enemies with projectile energy. you can also use your enemies weapons against them. you are tasked with saving the worlds oceans from an Alien Invasion.
Peg Solitaire
This is a 1-2 player game that costs 500 DSi Points. this is a DSiWare version of the classic Peg Solitaire game.
Press Release
Halloween has passed, but there's no reason you can't spend time pretending to be someone – or something – else. For the WiiWare™ downloadable game service, players can hop inside a robot in Robox®. For Nintendo DSiWare™, players can take on the role of the Ultimate Pacifier in Paul's Shooting Adventure or go solo with Peg Solitaire. For a sporty look, try out a classic three-on-three basketball game for the Virtual Console™ service. Get the best of both worlds with a virus-controlling game, Gene Labs available for both WiiWare and Nintendo DSiWare.
WiiWare
Robox
Publisher: DreamBox Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Fantasy Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: An exploratory probe has been sent to a strange planet to investigate the loss of several previous probes and to collect information. Following a crash landing on the planet's surface, our main character loses the skills that were to enable the accomplishment of the mission. Help him recover them with the help of the strange creatures that have taken over his mechanical interior… and discover the truth behind his new mission. You can enjoy a complete adventure mode that takes place in different locations around the planet, exploring different paths and discovering the many secrets hidden in the planet. Inside the exploratory probe, you can control tiny creatures that will help you to repair the areas damaged by the crash landing, thus recovering skills and accessing memory files. If you cannot move through the interior of the robot you must find amber rocks on the outside in order to obtain to new creatures and progress through the internal circuits.
Gene Labs
Publisher: FRONTLINE Studios
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Gene Labs is an arcade puzzle game set in the world of genetic science and experiments. New viruses that are capable of genetically changing any living organism are spreading all around the world. The only hope is to cure the infected cells by looking at them under a microscope and injecting the anti-virus solution at your disposal. The goal of the game is to distribute the anti-virus solution to the cells visible under the microscope before they become infected by deadly virus. Drag the solution from healthy cells to infected cells to kill them and/or prevent the healthy cells from becoming infected by the bad virus.
Nintendo DSiWare
Gene Labs
Publisher: FRONTLINE Studios
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: The Nintendo DSiWare version of the WiiWare game.
Paul's Shooting Adventure
Publisher: Agetec, Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Super Baby Paul, the Ultimate Pacifier, stars in this classic side-scrolling shooter. The player controls Paul, the son of a super hero family who was born with innate super powers. Paul has the ability to take flight and attack with powerful projectile energy. But, most importantly, and unique to Paul is that he's gifted with the ability to take the form and harness the weaponry from fallen enemies. Paul is summoned to take on an alien invasion force bent on conquering Earth's oceans. It's up to Paul to use both his own powers and the weapons obtained from the aliens to fight back and protect Earth's most vital resource. His action-packed adventure goes from the seas to the stars themselves. Let's hope Paul can save our oceans before nap time.
Peg Solitaire
Publisher: CIRCLE Entertainment
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: A classic thinking game, Peg Solitaire is a board game for solo players where you have to move pegs strategically on a cross-shaped board with 33 holes. Some boards use marbles that sit in shallow indentations. In the United Kingdom, this game is known asSolitaire, and the card games are called Patience. The game has five levels with 41 stages to allow players to learn the game-play techniques step by step.
Virtual Console
STREET SLAM
Original platform: NEOGEO
Publisher: D4 Enterprise
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 900 Wii Points
Description: This 3-on-3 street basketball game was released in 1994. Players choose from 10 teams vying for the position of the strongest street basketball team in America. The excitement of this game comes from the players' ability to enjoy an exhilarating game of street basketball. In addition to pulling off fancy slam dunks, players can enjoy the thrill of basketball with simple controls that allow them to make passes to players in midair to throw down a slam dunk or dunk when rebounding the ball. Additionally, if players charge up their gauges, they'll be able to make an earth-shattering super shot that can break any defense. This game successfully combines adherence to the basics of basketball with some outrageous special moves.
Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi Shop and the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.
Virtual Console
STREET SLAM
This is a 1-2 player game that originally came out on the NEOGEO in 1994. this game costs 900 Wii Points. this is a 3 on 3 street basketball game with 10 teams, each vying for the position as the strongest street basketball team in the USA.
WiiWare
Robox
This is a 1 player only game that costs 1,000 Wii Points. you play as a probe sent to a mysterious planet to find other missing probes. however a crash landing means your abilities have scattered throughout the game so you have to help your main character find his abilities and re-discover his mission.
Gene Labs
This is a 1-2 player game that costs 500 Wii Points. this is a arcade puzzle game where your goal is to find an anti virus solution and distribute it to the infected cells before it becomes too late.
DSiWare
Gene Labs
This is a 1 player only game that costs 200 DSi Points. this is a DSiWare version of the WiiWare game, mentioned above.
Paul's Shooting Adventure
This is a 1 player only game that costs 200 DSi Points. this is a side scrolling shooter where you player as Super Baby Paul. your abilities let you fly and attack enemies with projectile energy. you can also use your enemies weapons against them. you are tasked with saving the worlds oceans from an Alien Invasion.
Peg Solitaire
This is a 1-2 player game that costs 500 DSi Points. this is a DSiWare version of the classic Peg Solitaire game.
Press Release
Halloween has passed, but there's no reason you can't spend time pretending to be someone – or something – else. For the WiiWare™ downloadable game service, players can hop inside a robot in Robox®. For Nintendo DSiWare™, players can take on the role of the Ultimate Pacifier in Paul's Shooting Adventure or go solo with Peg Solitaire. For a sporty look, try out a classic three-on-three basketball game for the Virtual Console™ service. Get the best of both worlds with a virus-controlling game, Gene Labs available for both WiiWare and Nintendo DSiWare.
WiiWare
Robox
Publisher: DreamBox Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Fantasy Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: An exploratory probe has been sent to a strange planet to investigate the loss of several previous probes and to collect information. Following a crash landing on the planet's surface, our main character loses the skills that were to enable the accomplishment of the mission. Help him recover them with the help of the strange creatures that have taken over his mechanical interior… and discover the truth behind his new mission. You can enjoy a complete adventure mode that takes place in different locations around the planet, exploring different paths and discovering the many secrets hidden in the planet. Inside the exploratory probe, you can control tiny creatures that will help you to repair the areas damaged by the crash landing, thus recovering skills and accessing memory files. If you cannot move through the interior of the robot you must find amber rocks on the outside in order to obtain to new creatures and progress through the internal circuits.
Gene Labs
Publisher: FRONTLINE Studios
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Gene Labs is an arcade puzzle game set in the world of genetic science and experiments. New viruses that are capable of genetically changing any living organism are spreading all around the world. The only hope is to cure the infected cells by looking at them under a microscope and injecting the anti-virus solution at your disposal. The goal of the game is to distribute the anti-virus solution to the cells visible under the microscope before they become infected by deadly virus. Drag the solution from healthy cells to infected cells to kill them and/or prevent the healthy cells from becoming infected by the bad virus.
Nintendo DSiWare
Gene Labs
Publisher: FRONTLINE Studios
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: The Nintendo DSiWare version of the WiiWare game.
Paul's Shooting Adventure
Publisher: Agetec, Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Super Baby Paul, the Ultimate Pacifier, stars in this classic side-scrolling shooter. The player controls Paul, the son of a super hero family who was born with innate super powers. Paul has the ability to take flight and attack with powerful projectile energy. But, most importantly, and unique to Paul is that he's gifted with the ability to take the form and harness the weaponry from fallen enemies. Paul is summoned to take on an alien invasion force bent on conquering Earth's oceans. It's up to Paul to use both his own powers and the weapons obtained from the aliens to fight back and protect Earth's most vital resource. His action-packed adventure goes from the seas to the stars themselves. Let's hope Paul can save our oceans before nap time.
Peg Solitaire
Publisher: CIRCLE Entertainment
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: A classic thinking game, Peg Solitaire is a board game for solo players where you have to move pegs strategically on a cross-shaped board with 33 holes. Some boards use marbles that sit in shallow indentations. In the United Kingdom, this game is known asSolitaire, and the card games are called Patience. The game has five levels with 41 stages to allow players to learn the game-play techniques step by step.
Virtual Console
STREET SLAM
Original platform: NEOGEO
Publisher: D4 Enterprise
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 900 Wii Points
Description: This 3-on-3 street basketball game was released in 1994. Players choose from 10 teams vying for the position of the strongest street basketball team in America. The excitement of this game comes from the players' ability to enjoy an exhilarating game of street basketball. In addition to pulling off fancy slam dunks, players can enjoy the thrill of basketball with simple controls that allow them to make passes to players in midair to throw down a slam dunk or dunk when rebounding the ball. Additionally, if players charge up their gauges, they'll be able to make an earth-shattering super shot that can break any defense. This game successfully combines adherence to the basics of basketball with some outrageous special moves.
Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi Shop and the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.
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