Microsoft Have Released The Halo Reach "Birth Of A Spartan" Video

Following Mondays announcement regarding the "Birth Of A Spartan" video for Halo Reach, Microsoft have released the 60 second version of the advert. Xbox Live Gold Members will get the chance to download the 2 minute 3 second long version of "Birth Of A Spartan" on 28th April.

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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/17bQoy

• Capcom have filed a trademark for Mega Man Universe. http://ht.ly/1DCBr

• QTE Blog: Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/17bTJ7

• QTE Blog: EA Announce The Sims 3 Is Coming To The PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, And DS This Fall http://ow.ly/17bTJ6

• PS3: Hydrophobia Devs have confirmed that the game is coming to the PS3 in the future. http://ht.ly/1DCDf

• Wii: its rumoured that a Black Nintendo Wii s coming to the USA in May with Wii Sports Resort, Motion Plus, for $199.99 http://ht.ly/1DCGY

• QTE Blog: Sony Have Released A New Playstation Move Dev Diary For Brunswick Pro Bowling http://ow.ly/17bVIQ

• PS3: Cohort Studios CEo, Lol Scragg, has praised the Playstation Move, saying its great hardware and very accurate. http://ht.ly/1DFyn

• 360: Kalypso won't comment whether the upcoming Tropico 3 expansion is coming to 360 version. http://ht.ly/1DFA0

• PS3: BioWare have said they are working with Sony to find a fix for Dragon Age Origins after the firmware update http://ht.ly/1DFCe

• 360: Its rumoured that Shenmue is coming to the XBLA after more screenshots were found of "Project Berkley II" http://ht.ly/1DFG6

• Square Enix announce they have created a new label called Square Enix Extreme Edges for mature rated games http://ht.ly/1DFHN

• QTE Blog: Sega Announce Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns Arcade Hits Pack For The Nintendo Wii http://ow.ly/17bZIU

• QTE Blog: Sega Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For Iron Man 2 http://ow.ly/17bZIV

• Wu-Tang Clan member, RZA, has tweeted that he's done motion capture for Activision. speculation is its for DJ Hero 2 http://ht.ly/1DFNz

• Its reported that 350K people only played Madden 10 once online. http://ht.ly/1DFJS

• QTE Blog: Sony Online Entertainment Announce Maljaran Frontier, The 13th Expansion For PoxNora http://ow.ly/17c34a .

• PS3: its strongly rumoured that the PS3 will get background game patching at some point. http://ht.ly/1DNnb

• 360: its estimated that Xbox Live arcade Block Party raked in $10.6M and sales increased over March 2009 by 41% http://ht.ly/1DNru

• QTE Blog: PopCap Announce The "Show Your Bejeweled Love" Contenst Begins Today http://ow.ly/17c4Bp

• QTE Blog: Sony Announce Championship Manager 2010 is Coming Out 29th April On Playstation Mini's http://ow.ly/17c4Bq

• PS3: the Shatter soundtrack is coming to the USA PSN on 29th April for $5.99. there will be 14 tracks. http://ht.ly/1DNt9

• Its reported THQ and SyFy have signed a deal for a 2 hour TV Movie based on Red Faction. SyFy also involved in new game http://ht.ly/1DNzE

• QTE Blog: Sony Announce New SingStar Features Coming This June http://ow.ly/17c6qD

• QTE Blog: Sony Reveal The New Pre-Order Characters For ModNation Racers And The New Sackboy Racer http://ow.ly/17c6qC

Sony Reveal The New Pre-Order Characters For ModNation Racers And The New Sackboy Racer

Yesterdays, Sony teased about new pre-order characters coming to ModNation Racers and a mysterious silhouette teasing a new racer. Today, Sony have revealed all. The New pre-order characters are an added bonus for those who Pre-order ModNation Racers. The 4 new characters are called, Woody, Cowboy, Lil Tinker, and Mouse Trap. Sony have announced that its random as to which you get.

Sackboy will come to ModNation Racers, in specially marked cases, as a free download code. this will last until stock runs out, but all those who pre-order the game will get Sackboy.



New Pre-Order Characters


Sackboy


From USA Playstation Blog

Sony Announce New SingStar Features Coming This June

Sony have announced new features coming in the June SingStar update. SingStar Remote allows players to connect a PSP to the SingStar game, whilst its running, and create a playlist of up to 20 songs, from a carousel of songs. the playlist can also be edited whilst people are singing.



Another new feature is the enhanced gameplay that will give the player feedback when trying to use extra style in your natural vibrato.


Sony have also announced that SingStar Clubs will be expanded to up to 1,000 members and you will be able to join up to 5 clubs. The SingStore is getting some minor updates, you will be able to view a users video gallery from a song in SingStore.

From EU Playstation Blog

PopCap Announce The "Show Your Bejeweled Love" Contenst Begins Today

In Continuing the 10 year celebration of Bejeweled, PopCap have announced the "Show Your Bejeweled Love" Contest has begun. This contents, which is open to residents of the US, Canada (except Quebec) and the UK, and only requires fans of Bejeweled to submit a 2 minute long video of themselves illustrating or describing their affinity for Bejeweled. $5,000 in prizes will be awarded to the top 10 entries, including a limited edition notebook and two iPads.

Press Release

SEATTLE, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- PopCap Games, maker of some of the world's most popular video games, today announced the inception of its "Show Your Bejeweled®Love" contest as part of the company's celebration of the 10th anniversary of its flagship franchise. The contest begins today and ends May 26th, 2010 and is open to residents of the US, Canada (except Quebec) and the UK.

Participants must submit a YouTube video illustrating or describing their affinity for Bejeweled in two minutes or less. From the weird and wacky to the fun and fanatical, all sorts of submissions are welcome. US$5,000 in prizes will be awarded to the top 10 entries, including a limited edition notebook PC and two iPads, each with custom-designed, "Bejeweled 10th Anniversary" engravings.
"More than half a billion people worldwide have played Bejeweled over the past decade, which still blows our minds," said Jason Kapalka, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at PopCap and co-creator of Bejeweled. "Their enthusiasm for the game is unquestioned, and we thought it would be fun to reward that incredible devotion in some way."

Members of PopCap's art and game design teams will comprise the judging committee. Judging will occur throughout the contest period and will be based on three equally weighted criteria: enthusiasm, presentation and knowledge of Bejeweled. Top entries will be posted on the site throughout the duration of the contest. Complete contest rules and the official submission form can be found at www.bejeweled.com/

About PopCap
PopCap Games (www.popcap.com) is the leading multi-platform provider of fun, easy-to-learn, captivating video games that appeal to everyone from age 6 to 106. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000 and has a worldwide staff of over 260 people in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Vancouver, B.C., Dublin, and Shanghai. Its games have been downloaded more than 1 billion times by consumers worldwide, and its flagship title, Bejeweled, has sold more than 50 million units across all platforms. Constantly acclaimed by consumers and critics, PopCap's games are played on the Web, social platforms, desktop computers, myriad mobile devices (cell phones, smartphones, PDAs, Pocket PCs, iPod, iPhone, iPad and more), popular game consoles (such as Xbox and DS), and in-flight entertainment systems. PopCap is the only "casual games" developer with leading market share across all major sales channels, including social, Web portals, retail stores, mobile phones, MP3 players, and game devices.

The PopCap logo and all other trademarks used herein that are listed at www.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.

Sony Announce Championship Manager 2010 is Coming Out 29th April On Playstation Mini's

Sony have revealed that the Playstation Mini's version of Championship Manager 2010 is coming out on 29th April for £4.99/€5.99. The new screenshots also reveal that the game will have real team and player names. A new trailer has also been released revealing more screenshots from the game, but the release date on the trailer is wrong.

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From EU Playstation Blog