Thursday, May 6, 2010

EA Have Released New Screenshots Of Rory McIlroy In Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11

EA have released new screenshots for the upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. these screenshots show Rory McIlroy in the game, teeing off, celebrating, and swinging his gold clubs. the screens are in-game and also show off a variety of shirts.

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Sony Online Entertainment Announce The Agency: Covert Ops For Facebook

Sony Online Entertainment have announced the first The Agency game is The Agency: Covert Ops for Facebook. as well as being the first game in The Agency series, this is the first Social Action game that Sony Online Entertainment have released.

Features
• Pulse-Pounding Missions: Travel the globe as a jet-setting agent taking down rivals and building your network of operatives. Encounter a new breed of super villains and their murderous henchmen in various missions giving you access to new gadgets, weapons and the most desirable intel.

• Killer Mini-games: Agents need to master safe-cracking, bomb defusing, code breaking, evidence gathering and even rooftop parkour. Covert Ops has action and puzzle mini-games that put your spy skills to the test and push you to the limits of your intellect.

• You Are What You Wear: Will you be a sexy super spy or a rugged mercenary? The choice is yours inCovert Ops. Pick from five class-based abilities, each with its own special advantage when battling enemy forces in combat. Customize your avatar with the latest in designer fashion, or deck yourself out in cutting edge industrial battle gear. Choose from hundreds of items and collect attire and aliases to access numerous locales and gain influence over the people within them.

• Pimp Your HQ: Build an Agency headquarters that your friends will envy! Make a statement by personalizing your HQ with a wide array of designer furniture, sleek electronics, and the latest security devices. Show off your trophies from deadly assignments in distant lands and visit your friend’s headquarters for ideas—you’ll get bonus items just for dropping in, too.

• The Black Market: Elite agents are only as good as their gadgets and weapons. Whatever the mission, the Black Market has what you need to get the job done. Browse collections of high-tech weapons, surveillance equipment, and home decor. Whether you're paying with wealth won from missions or purchased with cold, hard Station Cash™, we have what you need to care of business like a pro. Some of the things in here aren't exactly legal... but when you’re above the law, it doesn’t matter!

• Your Network of Agents: Work alone or engage in group missions with your Facebook friends. Agents can also recruit the world’s most dangerous and eccentric operatives, creating a top notch Agency of world renown. Covert Ops even makes it easy to share your feats of stealth and style by posting your accomplishments or snapshots of your avatar on your Facebook wall.

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Press Release

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – May 4, 2010 – Ever wanted to live the life of an elite agent in the world of international espionage? Thanks to Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), the world of jet-setting super spies and shady operatives comes to Facebook® with today’s launch of The Agency™: Covert Ops(http://apps.facebook.com/AgencyCovertOps/), the company’s first social action game.

Developed in SOE’s Tucson studio, The Agency: Covert Ops is a compelling social media action game that immerses players in the top secret world of spies and super villains from the safe house of the Facebook platform. Players in The Agency: Covert Ops will be the first to get a taste of the action and intrigue in SOE’s upcoming FPS-MMO The Agency™ (PlayStation®3 and PC). Covert Ops agents engage in pulse-pounding missions, killer mini-games and cool avatar customization while delving into an explosive storyline.

“The Agency: Covert Ops is unlike other Facebook games out there right now due to its stylized look and feel along with its deep story line,” said John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment. “It’s a great way for Facebook users to play a casual game with exciting missions, great mini-games and even the ability to share achievements with your Facebook friends. It’s the ultimate in spy-genre Facebook gaming.”

Live the life of an elite agent, power up your Agency and recruit your friends to run group missions and defeat rivals together in a dynamic underworld. The job won’t be easy. Here’s what you’ll experience in the suave and dangerous world of The Agency: Covert Ops:

Features
• Pulse-Pounding Missions: Travel the globe as a jet-setting agent taking down rivals and building your network of operatives. Encounter a new breed of super villains and their murderous henchmen in various missions giving you access to new gadgets, weapons and the most desirable intel.

• Killer Mini-games: Agents need to master safe-cracking, bomb defusing, code breaking, evidence gathering and even rooftop parkour. Covert Ops has action and puzzle mini-games that put your spy skills to the test and push you to the limits of your intellect.

• You Are What You Wear: Will you be a sexy super spy or a rugged mercenary? The choice is yours inCovert Ops. Pick from five class-based abilities, each with its own special advantage when battling enemy forces in combat. Customize your avatar with the latest in designer fashion, or deck yourself out in cutting edge industrial battle gear. Choose from hundreds of items and collect attire and aliases to access numerous locales and gain influence over the people within them.

• Pimp Your HQ: Build an Agency headquarters that your friends will envy! Make a statement by personalizing your HQ with a wide array of designer furniture, sleek electronics, and the latest security devices. Show off your trophies from deadly assignments in distant lands and visit your friend’s headquarters for ideas—you’ll get bonus items just for dropping in, too.

• The Black Market: Elite agents are only as good as their gadgets and weapons. Whatever the mission, the Black Market has what you need to get the job done. Browse collections of high-tech weapons, surveillance equipment, and home decor. Whether you're paying with wealth won from missions or purchased with cold, hard Station Cash™, we have what you need to care of business like a pro. Some of the things in here aren't exactly legal... but when you’re above the law, it doesn’t matter!

• Your Network of Agents: Work alone or engage in group missions with your Facebook friends. Agents can also recruit the world’s most dangerous and eccentric operatives, creating a top notch Agency of world renown. Covert Ops even makes it easy to share your feats of stealth and style by posting your accomplishments or snapshots of your avatar on your Facebook wall.

Will you be brave enough to build the world’s next great Agency? It can only happen if you take the challenge and start your journey.

Play The Agency: Covert Ops today at: http://apps.facebook.com/AgencyCovertOps/.
For more information, please visit: www.PlayCovertOps.com

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About Sony Online Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers around the globe. SOE creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment for the personal computer, online game console and wireless devices. Known for its blockbuster franchises and hit titles including EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Champions of Norrath®, Untold Legends™, PlanetSide®, and Star Wars Galaxies, as well as the recent kids’ phenomenon Free Realms™, SOE continues to redefine the business of online gaming and the creation of active player communities while introducing new genres on all entertainment platforms. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, with additional development studios in Austin, TX, Seattle, WA, Denver, CO, and Tucson, AZ, SOE has an array of cutting-edge games in development across various platforms and genres for audiences of all ages.

SOE, the SOE logo, EverQuest and PlanetSide are registered trademarks and Untold Legends and Legends of Norrath are trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.

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

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  • QTE Blog: Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/17h37c

  • QTE Blog: Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/17h4uu

  • 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

  • PS3: Playstation Move will not come with or need a plastic sleeve, unlike the WiiMote http://ht.ly/1Hdqd

  • Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime says the iPad is not cutting into DS Sales, believes both can exist and succeed together http://ht.ly/1HdrO

  • A Job posting from Bungie for a Player Investment Designer leads to speculation the next game could be a RPG or MMO http://ht.ly/1HduB

  • Glu Mobile report a drop in revenue, $20.8M to $17.3M, operations/losses dropped from $2.9M and $5.8M to $2.7M and $3.7 http://ht.ly/1HdwZ

  • QTE Blog: This Weeks UK PSP Digital Comic Store Update http://ow.ly/17h8l3

  • 360: Microsofts Natal E3 press conference will not be live streamed. Microsoft are banning all technology from the show http://ht.ly/1Hi27

  • Koei-Tecmo's Yoshiki Sugiyama says Ninja Gaiden 3 "...will be spectacular.” http://ht.ly/1Hi4G

  • QTE Blog: THQ Have Released A New Trailer For UFC Undisputed 2010 Featuring Chuck Liddell http://ow.ly/17hayH

  • QTE Blog: EA Announce Medal of Honor Is Coming Out On 15th October In The EU http://ow.ly/17hayI

  • QTE Blog: This Weeks UK PSP Digital Comic Store Update http://ht.ly/1HlIR

  • QTE Blog: UK PSN Update 05/05/2010 http://ow.ly/17hclH

  • QTE Blog: EA Announce MySims SkyHeroes Is Coming Out This Autumn http://ow.ly/17hclG

  • Ubisoft have announced HAWX 2, it has a Fall release on 360,PS3, Wii, And PC http://ht.ly/1HnCq

  • QTE Blog: Konami Announce Rocket Knight Is Coming Out 12th May On The Xbox 360 And PC, and 18th May On PS3 http://ow.ly/17hfsi

  • Shopto have a lisitng for Assassins Creed II: Game Of The Year addition due for release on 21st May http://ht.ly/1Hooj

  • PS3: Bioware announce they have found a solution to the crashing issues with Dragon Age Origins and its being tested http://ht.ly/1Hoq7

  • QTE Blog: EA Have Released The Debut Trailer For MySims SkyHeroes http://ow.ly/17hgZ9

  • QTE Blog: Blizzard Entertainment Announce Battle.net Has Facebook Intergration http://ow.ly/17hgZa

  • A vote Poll done on Xbox Live puts Nick Clegg on top with 30% of votes, David Cameron with 20.7%, Gordon Brown with 17.6% http://ht.ly/1HoF3

  • 360: Ska Studios have confirmed that Charlie Murder is coming to the XBLA in 2012. the game is getting overhauled http://ht.ly/1HpTO

  • QTE Blog: EA Announce The Darkspawn Chronicles DLC Pack For Dragon Age: Origins http://ow.ly/17hiXj

  • QTE Blog: Nintendo Have Released A New Video Featuring Luigi For Super Mario Galaxy 2 http://ow.ly/17hiXi

  • Namco Bandai are teasing a Pac-Man announcement at E3 that will show "the future of the franchise." http://ht.ly/1HpVj

  • A GameStop place holder reveals Assassin's Creed: Botherhood. A PS3,360, PC game featuring Ezio and others + more http://ht.ly/1HrnD

  • QTE Blog: Sega Have Released A Behind The Scenes Look At Iron Man 2 Voice Acting http://ow.ly/17hkLp



Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Sega Have Released A Behind The Scenes Look At Iron Man 2 Voice Acting

Sega have released a new behind the scenes video for Iron Man 2. this video looks at the games voice actors Don Cheadle and Samuel L Jackson. it shows both of them doing their lines...and bloopers, and features the Dev team behind the Iron Man 2 game discussing voice acting for their game and the actors.




Nintendo Have Released A New Video Featuring Luigi For Super Mario Galaxy 2

Nintendo have released a new video for Super Mario Galaxy 2. this video focuses on Luigi and reveals that he is a playable character in this Super Mario Game. the video shows him using many of the new suits in the game as well as riding Yoshi.A levels that had been previously shown are in this trailer, but there are some new levels revealed as well as the game mechanics they bring to the game.




EA Announce The Darkspawn Chronicles DLC Pack For Dragon Age: Origins

EA have detailed the upcoming Darkspawn Chronicles DLC Pack for Dragon Age: Origins. This new DLC pack is set to come out on 18th May on the Xbox 360 and PC for 400 MS Points and 400 BioWare points respectively. The Playstation 3 release date will be announced later, but the DLC pack will cost £3.99/€4.99.

in the Darkspawn Chronicles DLC Pack, you get to play as the corrupted army of the blight, enslaved to the archdemon. The Darkspawn Chronicles starts as your character dies during the joining ceremony, and the Grey Wardens now march under Alistair's command. you become a Hurlock Vanguard, in charge of genlocks, hurlocks, shrieks, and ogres.

Key features include:

o Imagine a world without heroes, where the greatest among you never became a Grey Warden.
o Play through the Fall of Denerim from the perspective of the darkspawn.
o Complete the module and unlock an epic darkspawn item for use in Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening.
o Use the “Enthrall” ability – recruit any darkspawn you encounter into your party.

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Press Release

For the first time ever, fight as the darkspawn in BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins. In the new downloadable content pack, Dragon Age: Origins Darkspawn Chronicles, players have the chance to experience life on the dark side, playing as the corrupted army of the Blight, are enslaved to the will of the Archdemon. In Europe, Darkspawn Chronicles will be available for the Xbox 360 videogame system for 400 Microsoft points and PC for 400 BioWare points on May 18th and on PlayStation Network for £3.99/€4.99 with its launch date to be announced later.

The Darkspawn Chronicles offers players a look at an alternate history in the Dragon Age universe. Darkspawn Chronicles begins as your character dies during the Joining ceremony, and the Grey Wardens now march under Alistair's command. As a hurlock vanguard, you alone hold the power to make thralls of their fellow darkspawn and drive them into the heat of battle as Denerim burns! This adventure gives you command of genlocks, hurlocks, shrieks, and even the mighty ogres.

Key features include:

o Imagine a world without heroes, where the greatest among you never became a Grey Warden.
o Play through the Fall of Denerim from the perspective of the darkspawn.
o Complete the module and unlock an epic darkspawn item for use in Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening.
o Use the “Enthrall” ability – recruit any darkspawn you encounter into your party.

Dragon Age Origins won over 30 “Best of 2009” awards, was named “RPG of the Year” by Game Informer, G4 and SpikeTV and was hailed by The New York Times as “…perhaps the best electronic game made yet.”