Sega Announce A Vanquish Demo Is Coming To The PS3 And Xbox 360 In USA On 31st August And In The EU On 1st September

Sega have announced that the Vanquish demo is coming to both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. the demo will be released in the USA on 31st August, in the EU on 1st September, and in Australia on 2nd September. The Demo will let you pick between 2 levels of difficulty, causal or normal. you will play as Sam and you will be on a huge space station attacking various robots. there is some choice as to how you play the level, attacking out right or hacking walkers for example, but it will end with a boss battle against Argus.

Press Release

LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO (August 23rd, 2010) – SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced that the demo for VANQUISHTMwill be available exclusively for download from Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, and PlayStation® Store for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system in North America on 31st August, across Europe on 1st September and Australia on 2nd September.

The VANQUISHTM Official Demo: Velocity Attack, allows players to choose one level from the two levels of difficulty (Casual or Normal) available. Taking on the role of Sam, a United States government agent kitted out with a futuristic ARS battle suit, players are vying for ownership of the planet’s remaining energy resources against Russia on board a huge space station. On entering the third port lobby of the space station, numerous enemy robots are being brought in by dropships. Players have an array of weaponry and upgrades at their disposal, as well as the ability to hijack “Walkers”, or use the suits unique Boost and AR mode to take down the robots. The demo climaxes with the formidable boss, Argus which you will need to use all your skills acquired throughout the demo to defeat.

VANQUISHTM is the hottest title Shinji Mikami has worked on in over 4 years, achieving high tension throughout the game and delivering a new sense of game merged shooting and action in a finely balanced manner. The game is set for release across North America on 19th October, Australia on 21st of October and across Europe on October 22nd 2010 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.

Nordic Games Reveal The 25 Tracks In We Sing Robbie Williams

Nordic games have revealed the 25 tracks that are included in the upcoming We Sing Robbie Williams game for the Nintendo Wii. The tracks, and their albums, are:

Life Thru A Lens
1997 - Old before I Die
1997 - Angels
1998 - Let Me Entertain You

I've Been Expecting you
1998 - No Regrets
1999 - Strong
1999 - She's The One

Sing When Your Winning
2000 - Rock DJ
2000 - kids
2000 - Supreme
2001 - Let Love Be Your Energy
2001 - The Road To Mandalay
2001 - Eternity
2001 - Something' Stupid
2001 - Beyond The Sea
2002 - Mr Bojangles

Escapology
2002 - Feel
2003 - Come Undone
2003 - Something Beautiful
2003 - Sexed Up

Greatest Hits
2004 - Radio

Intensive Car
2005 - Tripping
2005 - Advertising Space

Reality Killed The Video Star
2009 - Bodies
2009 - you Know Me
2009 - Morning Sun

Nordic Games have also released a couple of pieces of character art for We Sing Robbie Williams. the art shows that the games characters will look similar to Nintendo's Mii's.

Character Art


Press Release

Monday 23rd August 2010: Nordic Games can exclusively reveal the 25 Robbie Williams hits which will feature on We Sing Robbie Williams on the Wii this October, with tracks such as Let Me Entertain You, No Regrets and Old Before I Die all confirmed.

We Sing Robbie Williams embodies the popstar's musical journey firmly establishing the We Sing as the leading singing game on the market. It features 25 tracks from the chart-topping artist, accompanied by all the original videos making it a true celebration of the British born, multimillion selling pop star.

The game will also include footage from Robbie Williams' 2003 Knebworth concert and a photo gallery and a bonus single which will be announced in coming weeks. Other features include Solo, Party, Karaoke and Jukebox modes, singing lessons, in-game awards and eight different multiplayer modes.

The full tracklisting is as follows:
Year Song Album
1997 Old Before I Die Life Thru A Lens
1997 Angels Life Thru A Lens
1998 Let Me Entertain You Life Thru A Lens
1998 No Regrets I've Been Expecting You
1999 Strong I've Been Expecting You
1999 She's The One I've Been Expecting You
2000 Rock DJ Sing When You're Winning
2000 Kids Sing When You're Winning
2000 Supreme Sing When You're Winning
2001 Let Love Be Your Energy Sing When You're Winning
2001 The Road To Mandalay Sing When You're Winning
2001 Eternity Sing When You're Winning
2001 Somethin' Stupid Swing When You're Winning
2001 Beyond The Sea Swing When You're Winning
2002 Mr Bojangles Swing When You're Winning
2002 Feel Escapology
2003 Come Undone Escapology
2003 Something Beautiful Escapology
2003 Sexed Up Escapology
2004 Radio Greatest Hits
2005 Tripping Intensive Care
2005 Advertising Space Intensive Care
2009 Bodies Reality Killed The Video Star
2009 You Know Me Reality Killed The Video Star
2009 Morning Sun Reality Killed The Video Star

"These tracks undoubtedly represent the finest from Robbie Williams' vast discography," says Nik Blower, Nordic Games Sales and Marketing Director. "We're really excited to be able to announce the tracklisting and know fans are going to be delighted with it."

Rafael McDonnell, Senior Vice President for Brand Partnerships, Licensing & Synchronisation - Europe at EMI Music, said: "There are so many great songs on this game from Robbie's 20 years in the music industry, and we're thrilled to be working with Nordic and IE Music to make them available for people to enjoy together in this brand new way."‬

The release of the game will coincide with Robbie Williams' definitive greatest hits album entitled In And Out Of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990-2010. Spanning 20 years, the album is testament to his incredible success as the UK's biggest selling solo artist.

Robbie Williams started his career at the tender age of 16 when he joined Take That. He left the group in 1995 to go solo. He has sold 57 million albums (including over a million copies of his last record, 'Reality Killed The Video Star' in the UK alone), 11 million singles, and has had seven UK No.1 albums making him the biggest selling solo artist in the UK. Earlier this year he picked up the Outstanding Contribution To Music BRIT Award.

EMI and Nordic Games are working to tie in the release of the game with his definitive greatest hits album, In And Out Of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990-2010 scheduled for release in October 2010. We Sing Robbie Williams will be available for Wii in October 2010.

Guerrilla Games Announce Joris De Man Is Providing The Music Score For Killzone 3

Guerrilla Games have announced that Joris De Man is proving the music score for Killzone 2. Joris De Man has previously worked with Guerrilla Games in providing the music score for Killzone 2, a score which won him the Ivor Novello Award for "Best Original Video Game Score".

Press Release

LONDON, England - 23rd August, 2010 - Following his landmark IVOR NOVELLO award-winning musical achievement for the first-person shooter video game KILLZONE® 2 on PLAYSTATION®3, Dutch-born composer JORIS DE MAN returns to provide a new original music score for the highly anticipated next installment in the blockbuster franchise, KILLZONE®3. Internationally renowned for his epic, powerful and sweeping orchestral music, Joris de Man's rousing theatrical score for KILLZONE 3 enhances the game's Hollywood-style, action-focused narrative and propels the dramatic movie sequences and cinematic, visceral gameplay. His most ambitious compositional work yet, Joris de Man will record his symphonic music at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios. Developed by Guerrilla Games, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, KILLZONE 3 is scheduled for release in February 2011.

"Joris is the kind of composer that keeps developing his skills and throughout the years he always manages to amaze us with new sounds, themes and direction in his music and for KILLZONE 3 he's doing exactly that again," said Mathijs de Jonge, Game Director at Guerrilla Games. "KILLZONE 3 will be the seventh title that I've worked on with Joris and it's great to see how the projects we work on keep growing both in scale as well as popularity. I think it's very important to have this kind of creative connection with the composer as it adds so much to the experience when music and game complement each other."

In May 2010, Joris de Man was presented with the inaugural award for "Best Original Video Game Score" for the KILLZONE 2 soundtrack at the 55th IVOR NOVELLO AWARDS ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London. The IVORS are presented annually by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters (BASCA) and are respected worldwide as the major platform for recognizing and rewarding Britain's songwriting and composing talents. They are the only major music award to be judged and presented by the writing community. The music of KILLZONE was also celebrated at the "JOYSTICK 3.0" concert in Sweden performed by the Malmo Symphony Orchestra. The JOYSTICK symphonic concert series currently holds the world record for a game music performance with an attendance of 17,000 at the first show in 2006. KILLZONE will be performed at the Gothenburg Symphonic Orchestra's "SCORE" concert in Sweden this November.

Composer Joris de Man commented, "Winning the Ivor this year gave me such a boost because receiving was not just recognition for my work on the score, but being awarded it in its first year meant being part of a growing appreciation of game music in general. The achievement spurred me on and has given me a new energy that I hope will be heard in the music I'm now writing for KILLZONE 3. I was thrilled to be invited again to work alongside the team at Guerrilla; they continue to push the limits of design and technology and I'm really proud to be a part of their next opus."

Following on the heels of the highly acclaimed KILLZONE 2, players will once again face the hostile Helghast army, battling overwhelming odds in the fight for human survival. KILLZONE 3 delivers the definitive cinematic sci-fi war experience with an immersive single-player campaign as well as multiplayer action in the war against the Helghast. KILLZONE 3 will be fully playable in Stereoscopic 3D, immersing you in the heart of the action. While you experience this world in incredible, High Definition, Stereoscopic 3D detail - you'll learn to fear what's around every single corner. For more information please visit http://www.killzone.com.

Killzone is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Developed by Guerrilla. © 2010 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. "PlayStation", and "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks and "PS3" is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "SONY" and "make.believe" are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

Killzone®3 ©2010 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Developed by Guerrilla. Killzone is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. All rights reserved.

Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Saturday 21st August And Sunday 22nd August

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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From The Weekend Of Saturday 21st August And Sunday 22nd August.

• QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Friday 20th August http://ht.ly/18FnGH
• QTE Blog: Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Friday 20th August http://ht.ly/18Fpml
• Runic Games announce Torchlight sold 750,000 units on Steam, looking to bring it to PSN/XBLA this holiday http://ht.ly/2sQfR
• EA announce they have game announcements and reveals for Tokyo Game Show http://ht.ly/2sQgc
• QTE Blog: What Have You Played This Week? http://ht.ly/18GiL4
• QTE Blog: QTE Tweets Of The Week http://ht.ly/18GksE

QTE Tweets Of The Week

This top 10 shows the most clicked tweets from my News in brief Twitter stream. There were some big stories this week getting a lot of attention. The Sony press conference was very popular but so where reports of both the Xbox 360 Slim and PS3 Slim being hacked. Its great to see soo many posts from QTE Gamers making it into the top 10.

10 PS3: Mortal Kombat Arcade Compilation has popped up on a retailers website. Contains MK 1, MK2 and Ultimate MK in HD http://ht.ly/2q8qX

9 UK Game Charts, Toy Story 3, Red Dead Redemption, Dance On Broadway, Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4, Art Academy top 5 http://ht.ly/2q8sI

8 QTE Blog: Funcom Reveal The Games They Are Bringing To GamesCom And Razer Partnership http://ht.ly/18AUn6

7 QTE Blog: Sony Announce Vidzone Update 1.15 And Reveal EMI Music Has Joined Vidzone Bringing 8,000 New Music Videos http://ht.ly/18AUn5

6 THQ Announce new copies of WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 will come with a single use code to unlock multiplayer + more http://ht.ly/2s1aY

5 360: its reported that the new Xbox 360 has already been hacked to allow backup discs to play on it http://ht.ly/2q8oO

4 QTE Blog: Firemint Announce Flight Control HD Is Coming Out On The Playstation 3 On 15th September http://ht.ly/18AR8T

3 PS3: there are reports/rumours that the PS3 has finally been hacked. the hack allows you to play games from HDD/USB http://ht.ly/2rRF9

2 Sony GamesCom press conference catch it live blogged from Sony http://ht.ly/2qQ3d VG247 http://ht.ly/2qQ3u or Kotaku http://ht.ly/2qQ5t now!

1 PS3: Sony are live blogging their GamesCom press Conference. its start has been delayed though http://ht.ly/2qOkS

What Have You Played This Week?

That was a busy week. GamesCom came out of know where and was soo news heavy. Couple this with all the new press sites i'm a member of...lets just say I rarely had a moment to play games. I decided to take the weekend off, and thankfully it looks like the rest of the industry did, and played as many games as I could.

Football Manager 10 – PC – things are going better in the championship than they did in my first season. I think it'll be a comfortable mid-table finish. I'll look to get some players in at Christmas that can be built up for a promotion challenge next year.

3D Dot Game Heroes – PS3 – Still stuck on the fire dungeon, but I didn't get much play in. the problem is its soo big and relies much more on magic than other dungeons, that there is a point where I run out of life or health. The main culprit is a monster that drains your health, leaving 1 bar, and takes all your magic. I just keep running in to them. But the more I try, the more I'm learning and the more i'm better prepared. It has reached a point where I want to get it finished just so I can rent a new game.

Transformers: War For Cybertron – PS3 – I finally completed the multiplayer mode this week, mostly thanks to the 4x XP weekend. So all my characters are level 25 and i've turned on Prime Mode. it was nice to see a larger community playing the game this weekend, but it did seem to increase connection issues. I'll dip into the single player throughout the week and get the missing trophies.

Little Big Planet – PS3 – I played a few community levels. I hadn't played since the Water patch was added so it was fun discovering all the ways water is being used. Playing this makes me want little Big Planet 2 a lot.

Did you manage to play more games than I have over the week, or do you have any comments on my experiences or questions about the games i've played? If you do, feel free to add them in the comments section.