Tuesday, May 18, 2010


Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest)

QTE Blog: Re-Cap of The Weekends News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/17oQ2b

QTE Blog: Audio Re-Cap of The Weekends News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/17oRzg

360: Swedish retails have priced Natal at 1,499 SEK, which is around $200/£132 http://ht.ly/1LZi6

360: Pictures have emerged of a white Natal that looks close to the black Natal concept images from last years E3 http://ht.ly/1LZjX

3DS: A FCC filing for a Nintendo CTR Target Board possibly reveals the 3DS has 2 screens, 1 is 16:9, 1 is 4:3 http://ht.ly/1LZxB

PSP2: not showing at E3, Devs had kits for months, 2 cameras, touch screen+buttons, 2011 release, 4 Cell CPU + more http://ht.ly/1LZpT

UK Charts, 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, Alan Wake, Lost Planet 2, Just Dance, Skate 3 are top 5 http://ht.ly/1LZms

QTE Blog: Sony Have Released A ModNation Racers Artist Spotlight With Kevin Bulter, VP Of Artistic Modification http://ow.ly/17oVTl

Harmonix are polling Rock Band fans over possible future titles, but no guarantee of them being made http://ht.ly/1LZsf

GameStop have exclusive Assassin's Creed: Brotherhhood pre-order bonus, a Harlequin character http://ht.ly/1M4gG

QTE Blog: Sony Announce Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep is Coming Out 7th September In USA and 10th September In EU http://ow.ly/17oY1C

QTE Blog: Pokémon Sunday Reveal In-Game Footage From Pokémon Black And Pokémon White http://ow.ly/17oY1D

PS3: United Front Games have announced that ModNation Racers will get a post launch patch fixing loading times http://ht.ly/1M5bV

PS3: Sony rumoured to be revealing a premium PSN upgrade at E3, it would cost £50 a year, 1 Free PSN Game a month + more http://ht.ly/1M5gD

QTE Blog: EA Have Released A Developer Interview With The Ambitions DLC For The Sims 3 Associate Producer http://ow.ly/17oZMV

QTE Blog: EA Have Released A Developer Interview With Need For Speed World's Producer http://ow.ly/17oZMW

PS3: Disney have responded to Split/Second Install worries by saying its size is only 3.7GB not over 7GB http://ht.ly/1M5ja

PS3: ESRB reveal some games in Sports Champions, Gladiator Duel,disc golf, volleyball, archery, table tennis and bocce http://ht.ly/1M5li

QTE Blog: EA Have Released A Developer Interview With Rockband Greenday's Producer http://ow.ly/17p2Qd

QTE Blog: EA Have Released A Developer Interview With The Executive Producer From Crysis 2 http://ow.ly/17p2Qc

Wii: American Heart Association puts its stamp of approval on the Wii, Wii Sports Resort, and Wii Fit Plus http://ht.ly/1Mbbm

PSP2: Eurogamer source confirms reports from earlier today of PSP2 specs http://ht.ly/1Mbpw

QTE Blog: EA Have Released A Developer Interview With The Designer From Skate 3 http://ow.ly/17p4wd

EA have registered 14 new Need For Speed domain names. 1 new game is expected to be announced soon http://ht.ly/1Mbzo

PS3: Nintendo 2010 sales figures for Europe puts Heavy Rain as the best selling PS3 title, and it outsells all 360 titles http://ht.ly/1MbBb

QTE Blog: This Weeks WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases http://ow.ly/17p6Cs

QTE Blog: Sony Announce The echochrome Soundtrack is Coming To The PSN on 18th May As Well As A Gallery Demo http://ow.ly/17p6Cr

Red Dead Redemption review scores have gone live with most scores 9/10 - 10/10 http://ht.ly/1MbCx

PS3: Media Molecule have warned that not all user created levels will be in Little Big Planet 2 due to use of exploits http://ht.ly/1MbIg



Monday, May 17, 2010

Sony Announce The echochrome Soundtrack is Coming To The PSN on 18th May As Well As A Gallery Demo

Sony have announced that the soundtrack to echochrome is coming out on the USA PSN on 18th May. as well as the original soundtrack, with its 12 tracks, there will also be a remix soundtrack that has 5 tracks, and a bonus track. each of these soundtracks costs $2.99 each, or you can buy both soundtracks for $4.99.

Sony have also detailed a demo for the game called the Gallery Demo. this demo was featured at the Portland Art Museum “M.C. Escher Exhibit,” and art and cultural center in Tokyo. This demo has no menus, when you load it you get 1,000 stages appearing on the screen. you move the camera to move across them, and if you see a level you want to try, all you need to do is zoom in to it.


Game Trailer That Features Some Music


From USA Playstation Blog


This Weeks WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases

Nintendo have revealed this weeks USA WiiWare, DSiWare, and Virtual Console releases. in all there are 7 new games, 1 on Virtual Console, 2 on WiiWare, and 4 on DSiWare.

Virtual Console

Kirby Super Star
This is a 1-2 player game that costs 800 Wii Points. This is the Super Nintendo version of the game. In this game, Kirby has to save Pop Star from Dedede, who has taken all the food in Dream Land. there are 6 games and 2 mini games, with each game offering its own story and style of platforming.


WiiWare

BIT.TRIP RUNNER
This is a 1 player only game that costs 800 Wii Points. this is the forth entry in the BIT.TRIP Series and features your character, Commander Video, running through 50 levels in many different locations.


Blood Beach
This is a 1 player only game that costs 1,000 Wii Points. You have to take on the entire Japanese Imperial Navy, using a variety of weapons to keep them off the beach in front of you.


DSiWare

Looksley's Line Up
This is a 1 player only game that costs 500 DSi Points. you use your DSi to change the view of a 3D Diorama to find shapes and characters. this revolutionary game uses the DSi Camera to track your movement, which moves the 3D Diorama your looking at.


Frogger Returns
This is a 1 player only game that costs 500 DSi Points. this is the DSiWare version of Frogger Returns. the game features 4 different stages to play through as well as other game modes like time attack.


A Topsy Turvy Life: Turvy Drops
This is a 1 player only game that costs 200 DSi Points. you play this game with the DSi upside down. you draw blocks on the top screen to match the games you have on the bottom screen. the game also features a Endless mode and Puzzle mode.


Flips: More Bloody Horowitz
This is a 1 player only game that costs 200 DSi Points. this is another title in the Flips series of books, this time it features 3 stories from Anthony Horowitz.



Press Release

ust because Nintendo offers a rich selection of downloadable games doesn't mean you have to be rich to enjoy them. Available for just 500 Nintendo DSi Points™ apiece, Looksley's Line Up™ and Frogger Returns for the Nintendo DSiWare™ service offer immersive virtual world fun and arcade-inspired thrills, respectively, at a budget-friendly price. Check out the complete lineup of incredible titles for the hand-held Nintendo DSi™ system, and while you're at it, be sure to download the hilarious new Photo Dojo™ game, available for zero Nintendo DSi Points through June 10 (the game will require 200 Nintendo DSi Points for download as of June 11).

BIT.TRIP RUNNER marks a fresh installment in one of the WiiWare™ service's most acclaimed game series, while the Super NES™ classic Kirby Super Star™ arrives on the Virtual Console™ service, each available to download for only 800 Wii Points™. Also, fans of Band Hero for the Wii™ system can be among the first to play the new Band Hero 1 Track Pack, featuring music from Miley Cyrus ("7 Things"), Selena Gomez ("Falling Down") and Demi Lovato ("Here We Go Again"). This pack will be exclusive to Wii for one week starting May 18, 2010.

This week also brings new additions to the "Big Name Games" section of the WarioWare™: D.I.Y. series, featuring downloadable microgames from some of the industry's most talented figures. Gary and Allison, hosts of the Nintendo Channel's "Nintendo Week" program, have each created an original microgame to add to the series' wild mix. New "Big Name Games" will be added every Monday through July 26, all available to download for zero Nintendo DSi Points to anyone with broadband Internet access and a copy of either WarioWare: D.I.Y. for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems or WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase software for the WiiWare service. Visit the Nintendo Channel on your Wii™ system today to learn more about these games and to get a look at Gary and Allison's imaginative creations.

Nintendo DSiWare

Looksley's Line Up
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Looksley the rabbit needs your assistance to finish the story he's writing. Guide him through a world based on famous fairy tales and folk stories from around the globe, helping him to gather inspiration by finding hidden items along the way. In this unique take on hidden-picture games, you'll move the Nintendo DSi system to change your view of various 3-D dioramas. Peer deeply into the scene as you shift the system, watching as layers within the diorama move to reveal previously unseen letters and objects. As you collect these letters and objects, you'll meet new characters and spell words that will open additional stages with more sets of hidden items to find. Particular stages contain secret pictures, testing your observation skills even further. Scour each scene's incredible depth and detail as you lend Looksley a hand in completing his masterpiece. Players of all ages will love this visual puzzle challenge and be amazed to see that even the same spot can look different from another angle.

Frogger Returns
Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Frogger is coming to a Nintendo DSi system near you! Frogger Returns takes the heart-pounding challenge of arcade Frogger and moves it into the next dimension. Classic top-down 2-D game play is updated with colorful 3-D graphics, a new perspective, new levels, new enemies and game-changing power-ups to dodge and use. Four stages take the original journey of Frogger from highway to home through a new adventure. Use multiple modes to attack your top scores, race against the clock or just get Frogger to his home pad.

A Topsy Turvy Life: Turvy Drops™
Publisher: TECMO KOEI GAMES
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Turn the Nintendo DSi system upside down and draw blocks on the touch screen to fill spaces in this topsy-turvy take on puzzle games. Play "Endless Mode" to see just how many points you can get as the blocks on the bottom screen fill faster and faster. The more blocks you clear at once, the higher your score. Play "Puzzle Mode" to test your brain against 30 mind-bending puzzles. Clear all the blocks within the specified time and turn limits. Can you solve the puzzles before time is up?

Flips: More Bloody Horowitz
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Players: 1
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Anthony Horowitz, the best-selling creator of Alex Rider, gives horror a whole new look in this mischievous collection of macabre tales, exclusive to the Flips series. Including three new stories – each with its own unique feature, such as illustrations and sound effects – Flips: More Bloody Horowitz finds Horowitz at his most wicked. The Flips series brings modern classics to the Nintendo DSiWare service, allowing readers to collect, solve, interact and learn as they progress through the various stories and challenges.

WiiWare

BIT.TRIP RUNNER
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Discover the fastest, most exhilarating action-platformer to hit the WiiWare service. Race across the moon, kicking down crystal walls and sliding under chomping moon-slugs. Bound through the Robotic Mines and face off against the MinerMech. Dash through the Big City on a quest to find friends and defeat the final boss together. RUNNER is the fourth entry in the award-winning and critically acclaimed BIT.TRIP series. You control CommanderVideo as he runs, jumps, slides and kicks. With exciting modern and retro challenges, you can move through more than 50 levels of addictive game play. Chiptune supergroup Anamanaguchi makes a guest appearance. Join CommanderVideo on his most epic journey yet!

Blood Beach
Publisher: Coresoft Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) – Blood, Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: You are hopelessly outnumbered and have no choice but to fight and win. Just you, your guns and the thin stretch of Blood Beach stand between you and the entire Japanese Imperial Navy. You have an impressive arsenal of weapons, including the M2 BMG, 40mm M1 and, of course, your Thompson SMG. But the Imperial Japanese Navy will hit you with everything they can muster – "Zeros," "Bettys" and even Takao-class battleships – in their methodical and relentless push to recapture the Solomon Islands. High scores can be saved for Easy, Normal and Hard levels of difficulty.

Virtual Console

Kirby Super Star
Original platform: Super NES
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: That awful King Dedede is at it again – he's stolen all the food in Dream Land. It's up to Kirby™ to get it back and ultimately save Pop Star from being overtaken. In what may be the most diverse adventure yet for the round, pink hero, Kirby journeys through six main games and two minigames, finishing with the ultimate showdown in The Arena. Each game offers its own story and style of platforming action, as well as unique environments and an assortment of enemies. Swallowing an enemy allows Kirby to copy the abilities of that enemy, granting him the power to perform special attacks and giving him a new hat to don. In a strategic twist, Kirby can now give up an acquired ability and use it to turn an enemy into a helper. The helper will follow Kirby around and automatically fight as his ally or offer a second player the chance to join in the game by controlling it. There's never a dull moment as Kirby dashes, flies and swallows enemies in his battle against King Dedede, Dyna Blade and Meta Knight.

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.

Remember that both Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visitWii.com or NintendoDSi.com.

EA Have Released A Developer Interview With The Designer From Skate 3

EA have released a new developer interview for Skate 3. this video features a interview with the games designer, Jordan Watt. he acknowledges that skating is hard and that they try to help the player by having coach in the game, Frank. He also discusses that the game builds on the improvements seen in Skate 2, there are now more characters, 29 in total now, better online, for example the video editor can be accessed whilst playing online with friends, and new features like Skate Feed, telling your friends what you have been doing like Facebook. Alot of ingame footage is shown of many things talked about in the video.





EA Have Released A Developer Interview With The Executive Producer From Crysis 2

EA have released a new developer interview from their Showcase event. this video is with the Executive Producer from Crysis 2. in the video, Nathan Camarillo discusses how players of the original Crysis created player styles and that this has been added and expanded in Crysis 2. the change of location is also highlighted, bringing the battle to an urban environment makes it less similar, like the Jungle in the original game. Nathan Camarillo discusses were this game sits when compared to the story of Modern Warfare 2 and other shooters, saying its a balance of warfare and sci-fi, and that it takes advantage of this.




EA Have Released A Developer Interview With Rockband Greenday's Producer

EA have released a developer interview with the producer behind Rockband Greenday. In this video, the Producer talks about how involved the Band members were in the making of the game, making sure the locations and character models were correct. the Producer also reveals that there is over 40 minutes or archived footage of the band which many people may not have ever seen. This video also has in-game footage of the game showing gameplay and what appears to be cutscenes. its revealed that Rockband decided to go with Greenday because Rockband's audience grew up with Greenday and like the music.




EA Have Released A Developer Interview With The Ambitions DLC For The Sims 3 Associate Producer

EA have released a new developer interview from the EA Showcase event they recently held in London. this interview is with the Associate Producer behind the Ambitions DLC for The Sims 3. in this interview, they discuss how the Ambitions DLC pack gives your Sims jobs to do that affect the Sims world around them, for example buildings you design as an architect appear in the game. whilst the Sim is working, they will have choices to do something good, like a fireman, or bad, like beat Sims up for information as a P.I. In-Game footage of many of the jobs in this expansion pack are shown in the video.