Wednesday, January 6, 2010

New Zero Punctuation - 2009 Awards

Yahtzee has done his own award show for 2009 videogames. and like his reviews, the rewards have his own unique touch. he's created some unique awards which means some games that other sites may have ignored for awards have shone through here.




Sony Online Entertainment Have Released New Screenshots For EverQuest II Sentinel's Fate

Sony Online Entertainment have released new screenshots for the EverQuest II Expansion Sentinel's Fate. the screenshots are for the Fate Zone and focus on the "The Hole" Section. The Screenshots appear to be all in-game and show various parts of The Hole.

EverQuest II Sentinel's Fate



Harmonix Announce A Big Rock Band 2 Update On The Playstation 3

Sony And Harmonix have announced a big update for Rock Band 2 is coming very soon. the update brings many request fixes, improvements, and Wireless SingStar Mic Support. Many of these updates come from user suggestions posted on the Rock Star forums.

The Blog Post says the Update Includes:
  • "Sort by Stars” in Quickplay. If you hit the “Sort” button on the Song Select screen, you’ll come to a brand new sort that orders songs by the star ratings that you’ve achieved on each song. Each star rating gets a category, as well as an “Unplayed” category for songs that don’t have a star rating recorded. Finally, you can record your progress towards gold starring every song in your library!
  • Improved “Sort by Stars” fix: Players will not have to beat a previous high score to record a star rating for their songs.
  • Chord HOPO improvements: If you’ve played The Beatles: Rock Band, you’ll notice much more robust handling of chord hammer-ons and pull-offs. This patch implements those changes in Rock Band 2 to provide a more natural chord hammer-on/pull-off experience.
  • Velocity Sensitivity on Ion Drum Kits: Ion Drum kits now support velocity sensitivity in both drum fills and Drum Freestyle mode.
  • Rock Band Network Store Support: When the Rock Band Network goes live, select songs will be available for PlayStation 3 users through a new storefront available in game. Stay tuned for more information closer to the launch of RBN!
  • SingStar Wireless Microphone Support. Rock Band 2 now supports the SingStar Wireless Microphones currently available through Europe! Finally, you can now have a fully wireless Rock Band experience on your PlayStation 3!

From EU Playstation Blog


Sega Have Released A Couple Of Screenshots Showing Mii's In Sonic & Sega's All Star Racing On The Nintendo Wii

Sega have released screenshots for the Nintendo Wii version of Sonic & Sega's All Star Racing. the screenshots show Mii integration in the game. it appears that your Mii can be selected as a character in the game, much like how Xbox 360 Avatars can be a playable character on the Xbox 360 version of the game.

The first screenshot shows the Mii and it's Kart as normal, and the second screenshot shows that a power-up in the game makes other Mii's appear to carry your kart.



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Sony Reveal The Boxart For Gran Turismo 5

Sony Europe have revealed the boxart for Gran Turismo 5. The car chosen to be on the box is the upcoming Mercedes Benz SLS AMG. Sony Also provided screenshots of the Mercedes Benz SLS AMG Gran Turismo 5 Car Model.

Gran Turismo 5 Car Model


From Europe Sony Blog


Nintendo Has Released The Boxart For The Upcoming DS Game "America's Test Kitchen. Let's Get Cooking"


Nintendo USA have released the boxart for the upcoming Nintendo DS game, America's Test Kitchen: Let's Go Cooking.


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

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