Thursday, March 25, 2010

Sega Announce The First Sonic & Sega All Star Racing DLC Will Be Avatar Items


Sega have announced that the first DLC for Sonic & Sega All Star Racing will be coming to the Xbox 360 and it will be Avatar Items. The Following Avatar items are out now:

Ryo Hazuki Jacket (160pts)
Dr.Eggman Glasses (80pts)
Crabmeat Prop (240pts)
Sonic Car Prop (240pts)
Tails Tornado Prop (240pts)
SEGA T-Shirt (80pts)
Billy Hatcher Helmet (80pts)
Beat Glasses (80pts)
Samba De Amigo Sombrero (80pts)
AiAi T-Shirt (80pts)
AiAi Monkey Ball Prop (240pts)
SEGA helmet (160pts)
Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing Helmet (160pts)
Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racesuit (160pts)
Sonic and SEGA All-Star Racing T-Shirt (80pts)
Sonic and SEGA All-Star Racing Cap (80pts)
Sonic and SEGA All-Star Racing Beanie (80pts)

From Sega USA


Sony Announce Fat Princess Patch1.05 Is Out Today And It Brings 2 New Maps

Sony have announced Patch 1.05 for Fat Princess on the Playstation and announced that the patch is coming out today. As well as bug fixes, this patch also adds 2 new maps to the game. these maps are snow themed and are called Frost Bite and Candy Mountain.

Bug Fixies
* Warrior: Fixed to disallow shield activation when carrying objects, as well as attenuating damage against lava and drowning.
* Ice Mage: Changed level 1 area attack to slow enemies, not freeze them.
* Soccer map: Disabled online score saving for this level (sorry, all, but it was too easy to gain rank).


New Maps Screenshots


From US Playstation Blog


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/16SneV

  • QTE Blog: Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/16SoUd .

  • 3DS: Sony Say 3D only coming to PS3, 3DS is an interesting move but unsure which consumers its for http://ow.ly/1qj8G

  • Its reported that the Ea and Starbreeze game that was cancelled was not Syndicate. instead the Bourne game was cancelled http://ow.ly/1qjb1

  • 360: Microsoft says Natal adjusts play space to fit living room size. everyone should be able to play it http://ow.ly/1qjh3

  • 360: The 120GB HDD has dropped in price to £80, but this is only whilst stocks last http://ow.ly/1qjjJ

  • F.E.A.R 3 Appears to be called F.3.A.R after a poster was leaked. http://ow.ly/1qjlI

  • PS3: Medal Of Honor lead platform is the PS3 and "maximises what PS3 can do" http://ow.ly/1qjuh

  • QTE Blog: Nintendo Reveal A New Super Mario Galaxy 2 Logo http://ow.ly/16SsQ6

  • 360: Bethesda say that a Doom II XBLA Port is still being considered and could still happen http://ow.ly/1qjvW

  • PS3: A CV from a former Studio Liverpool employee mentions “Unannounced Wipeout Project”, not Wipeout HD http://ow.ly/1qjEO

  • PSP: Analysts predict that Sony will announce a new PSP this spring. http://ow.ly/1qjzv

  • PS3: Motorstorm 3 appears to have been seen, someone spotted on their friends list someone playing it http://ow.ly/1qjHf

  • PS3: Persona 5 appears to be confirmed after Katsura Hashino says he's working on it. says some changes have been made http://ow.ly/1qjQ9

  • QTE Blog: Microsoft Announce Game Room Is Out Now As Well As 30 Games http://ow.ly/16Suy3

  • QTE Blog: Microsoft Have Released New Pictures Of The 250 GB HDD For The Xbox 360 http://ow.ly/16Suy4

  • Todays UK Budget announces Tax Breaks For UK Games Industry. it should create 3.550 Graduate level jobs over 5 years http://ow.ly/1qjWo

  • Nintendo say there's still Hollywood interest in making a Mario movie dispute the first movie http://ow.ly/1qjZS

  • QTE Blog: New Zero Punctuation - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 http://ow.ly/16SySJ

  • 360: Duke Nukem Manhattan Project has been rated in Korea. Expected to Come to XBLA as Microsoft Korea is publisher http://ow.ly/1qw3t

  • 360: Cryptic have confirmed that there are no longer any plans to bring Champions Online to the 360 http://ow.ly/1qw4w

  • QTE Blog: Sega Have Released The Third Infinite Space Tutorial Video http://ow.ly/16SE2o

  • QTE Blog: EA Have Released A New Dev Diary For Skate 3 Focusing On Skate Create http://ow.ly/16SE2n

  • PC: Sports Interactive admit that Football Manager Live has not been "hugely profitable". game has had a reboot today http://ow.ly/1qw5B

  • PS3: Tetsuya Nomrua says Kingdom Hearts 3 is in development. Sora is the only hero, Kingdom Hearts 3 not the end http://ow.ly/1qw7x

  • PS3: BioDroid Productions announce Replika for the PSN. this is a cyberpunk style Action/Strategy game with 3D support http://ow.ly/1qw8G

  • The BBFC have rated Mafia II a 18 in the UK. no cuts have been made to the game. http://ow.ly/1qw93

  • QTE Blog: Sega Release Boxart And A New Trailer For The Nintendo Wii Game, Tournament Of Legends http://ow.ly/16SFij

  • QTE Blog: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Announce Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole - The Video... http://ow.ly/16SFik

  • PC: CD Projekt Red announce The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings is coming to PC's in Q1 2011 http://ow.ly/1qwbg



Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Sega Release Boxart And A New Trailer For The Nintendo Wii Game, Tournament Of Legends


Sega have released the boxart and a new trailer for the upcoming Nintendo Wii game, currently set for a 6th July release, Tournament of Legends. The boxart reveals that the game has been rated Teen in the USA. The New trailer for the game shows in-game video of several characters fighting several enemies in a couple of arenas.



From Sega USA


Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Announce Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole - The Videogame

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have announced that they are releasing a videogame tie-in of the upcoming Movie, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole - The Videogame is set to come out on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and Nintendo DS in September 2010.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have also released the Début trailer for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole - The Videogame. the trailer appears to be from either the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 version of the game and is made from in-game footage. the trailer shows the main character, a Owl, in various locations, doing a variety of things including exploring, battling, and chasing.



Press Release

BURBANK, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Mar 24, 2010 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces that Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole - The Videogame will be available on Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ in September 2010 in conjunction with the release of Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. The highly anticipated 3D fantasy family adventure film is from Warner Bros. Pictures in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, and will be released on September 24.

The game invites kids and fans of the film and the popular Guardians of Ga’Hoole book series to join an unlikely band of heroes as they take on the role of a Guardian, a winged warrior and protector of the owl world, in an epic story of good versus evil. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole - The Videogame allows players to customize and control their owl on a thrilling journey across mythic terrains.

“Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole - The Videogame gives players a fun, new gameplay experience capturing the excitement of owl fight and flight with intuitive and smooth controls,” said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Production and Development, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “Players will be able to do much more than fly, as they race, attack and grow their abilities for a more immersive experience throughout the expansive environments beautifully depicted in the game.”

Based on the film directed by Zack Snyder and the bestselling book series by author Kathryn Lasky, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole - The Videogame is being developed for Wii™, PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft by Krome Studios and for Nintendo DS™ by Tantalus Media.

About Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole:
Marking the animation debut of director Zack Snyder, the fantasy family adventure “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” follows Soren, a young owl who dreams of someday joining his heroes, the Guardians of Ga’Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.” Zack Snyder is directing “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” from a screenplay by Emil Stern and John Orloff, based on the Guardians of Ga’Hoole novels by Kathryn Lasky. The film is being produced by Zareh Nalbandian, with Donald De Line, Deborah Snyder, Lionel Wigram, Chris DeFaria, Kathryn Lasky and Bruce Berman serving as executive producers. “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” features the voices of Emily Barclay, Abbie Cornish, Emilie de Ravin, Deborra-Lee Furness, Ryan Kwanten, Miriam Margolyes, Helen Mirren, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham. The film opens nationwide in theatres and IMAX on September 24, 2010. It will be presented in 3D and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
www.legendoftheguardians.com

About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.

About Krome Studios
Krome Studios is Australia’s largest video game developer and a leading independent development studio in the worldwide game development community. Krome’s vision is to cultivate technological and artistic achievement, creating proprietary technologies that facilitate superior game development for both original and licensed properties. The company has proven expertise in developing games for the current gen platforms and is already engaged in working on next gen as well as all handheld platforms.

About Tantalus Media
Founded in 1994 and with and a portfolio of over thirty titles on most major platforms, Tantalus is one of the world’s leading independent game development studios. Renowned for handheld work on franchises such as Cars, SpongeBob, MX vs ATV, and the million-unit-selling Pony Friends, Tantalus also develops for the current generation of consoles. Tantalus employs over 70 developers at its studio in Melbourne, Australia. www.tantalus.com.au

EA Have Released A New Dev Diary For Skate 3 Focusing On Skate Create

EA have released a new dev diary for Skate 3. this diary focuses on the Skate Create aspects in Skate 3. the diary uses in-game footage to highlight aspects of Skate Create that the developers are discussing.

The main areas shown in this video include, the ability to create your own skate park and upload it online. you are also able to create your own decals in the game and share them amongst friends. They also discuss how, in the open world, that your able to drop new objects into the game to skate off from.