Microsoft Reveal The 17 Launch Kinect Launch Titles For The USA

Microsoft have revealed the 17 launch titles they have coming out for the USA Kinect launch. Microsoft have also revealed that when the Xbox 360 launched, there was only 18 launch titles. The 17 launch titles are:

• Kinect Adventures - Included with every Kinect
• Kinectimals
• Game Party: In Motion
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 The Videogame
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved
• Dance Central
• The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout
• DanceMasters
• EA SPORTS Active 2
• Zumba Fitness
• Kinect Sports
• MotionSports
• DECA SPORTS FREEDOM
• Kinect Joy Ride
• ADRENALIN MISFITS
• Fighters Uncaged
• SONIC FREE RIDER

From Major Nelson

Nintendo Announce USA And Canada Owners Can Now Download A Netflix Channel, Use Netflix Without A Disc

Nintendo have announced that USA and Canada Wii owners no longer need to use a disc to access Netflix. A Netflix channel is now available for download from the Wii Shop Channel. Netflix members who have a plan starting at $8.99 a month ($7.99 in Canada) can stream movies for no additional cost. Nintendo have also revealed that over 3 Million Wii's used the Netflix disc to stream movies.

Press Release

REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 18, 2010 - Beginning today, Netflix members in the United States and Canada can stream content through their Wii™ consoles with Netflix installed on their Wii Menu. The Netflix disc that was used for instant streaming on the Wii console will no longer be required. Netflix members who have a plan starting at $8.99 a month ($7.99 in Canada), a Wii console and a broadband Internet connection can now instantly watch movies and TV shows streamed directly to their TVs by simply downloading Netflix from the Wii Shop Channel. This new channel is available at no extra cost. The new disc-free option installs Netflix on the Wii Menu, making it convenient for Wii owners to quickly access streaming movies and TV shows.

"At this time of year, consumers have a near-insatiable demand for family entertainment," said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. "And this simplified Netflix access will help bring families together more quickly, more easily and in more ways than ever before. More than 3 million Wii systems have already connected to Netflix, demonstrating how easy the service is to set up and use."

"Wii is a consummate home entertainment platform and has quickly become one of the best and most popular ways to enjoy movies streamed from Netflix," said Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix. "The availability of Netflix right on the Wii Menu adds significantly to the ease and convenience that attracts our members to the Netflix streaming experience and is an important step in our efforts to continuously improve the service."

Wii offers consumers the most fun right out of the box. Precision motion controls, online access and great games are all included at no extra charge. For a suggested retail price of just $199.99 ($209.99 in Canada), Wii owners get:
The Wii console, Wii Sports™, Wii Sports Resort™, a Wii Remote™ controller, a Wii MotionPlus™ accessory and a Nunchuk™ controller
Access* to hundreds of downloadable games in the Wii Shop Channel, including original games like World of Goo and classic games from the NES™, Super NES™ and Nintendo 64™ eras
Access* to a variety of entertainment and informational channels, including the Nintendo® Channel, which provides information about current and upcoming Wii and Nintendo DS™ games
Access* to streaming Netflix movies and TV shows
The Netflix service has been available on the Wii console in the United States since April 12, 2010, and in Canada since Sept. 22, 2010. For more information about how to stream Netflix through a Wii console, visit http://www.netflix.com/wii or http://www.netflix.ca/wii.

Remember that Wii and Netflix feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visithttp://wii.com and http://www.netflix.com.

* Broadband Internet connection required. Netflix streaming requires Netflix subscription.

About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ home console and Nintendo DS™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 3.4 billion video games and more than 565 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company’s website at http://www.nintendo.com.

Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From The Weekend of Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th October

This is all the news from The Weekend of Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th October.

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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From The Weekend Of Saturday 16th And Sunday 17th October

• QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Friday 15th October http://ht.ly/19tM5g
• QTE Blog: Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Friday 15th October http://ht.ly/19tPdP
• PC: Square Enix announce the free trial period for Final Fantasy XIV has been extended another 30 days http://ht.ly/2UuxN
• 360: Its reported Microsoft have updated Kinect Software so players can now play the games sitting down http://ht.ly/2UuAa
• The Back to the Future Blu-ray set will give people a free copy of the first Telltale Back To The Future Game http://ht.ly/2UuAY
• ESRB rates Mayhem from Evolved Games, coming to PC, PS3, 360. its a racing game http://ht.ly/2UuCb
• Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg says 360 sold 483,989 units in USA, Michael Pachter says Wii Sold 254K, PS3 sold 312K http://ht.ly/2Uv5E
• Sega have trademarked 2 Phantasy Star games in Japan, Phantasy Star: Eternal Planets and Phantasy Star: Eternal Hunters http://ht.ly/2Uw0C
• High Moon announce there is a 10x XP mutliplayer weekend for Transformers: War For Cybertron http://ht.ly/2Uw5K
• QTE Blog: Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 Review - 9.0 http://ht.ly/19uAsF
• PS3: Insomniac’s Ted Price says Resistance 3 may not be the last game in the series http://ht.ly/2ULAL
• Play.com and Shopto.com list Batman Arkham City as coming out 25th March, Amazon UK says 26th March http://ht.ly/2ULBN
• 360: Peter Molyneux says Fable III maynot be the end of the series, the Fable series maynot be limited to being a trilogy http://ht.ly/2ULDk
• PSP: From Software announce Another Century's Episode Portable, coming to Japan on 13th January http://ht.ly/2ULF9
• PS3: Patch 1.03 reportedly out now for BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, fixes freezing bug with Ragna and Hazama http://ht.ly/2ULFF
• QTE Blog: What Have You Played This Week? http://ht.ly/19uMnM
• QTE Blog: QTE Tweets Of The Week http://ht.ly/19uQyu

QTE Tweets Of The Week

This top 10 shows the most clicked tweets from my News in brief Twitter stream. News of IceBreaker stayed at number 1 for the second week running. It a real mix of tweets making it into the top 10 this week with all the tweets in the top 10 having a simular amount of clicks between them.

10 PS3: Medal Of Honor ships with Firmware 3.42, can't be played unless PS3 has 3.42. PSJailbreak doesn't work with 3.42 http://ht.ly/2SNkR

9 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow producer Dave Cox say's he wants to make a 3D Contra, http://ht.ly/2TJ3e

8 QTE Blog: Sega Have Released A New Trailer For Sonic Colours On The Nintendo Wii http://ht.ly/19py6a

7 iPhone: EA Announce Dead Space 2, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Monopoly, EA Sports Active, Pictureka! and Reckless Racing http://ht.ly/2U8Yx

6 THQ have teased on twitter that a Saint's Row announcement is coming tomorrow, Wednesday. Saints Row: Drive By speculated http://ht.ly/2T1F8

5 QTE Blog: Namco Bandai Have Released A Fifth Behind The Scenes Look At Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 http://ht.ly/19py6b

4 Disney have cancelled Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned, Propaganda Games suffer layoffs http://ht.ly/2TESM

3 QTE Blog: Nintendo Announce Gamers With Pokemon HeartGold Or SoulSilver Can Get Mew From 15th-30th October http://ht.ly/19pOd8

2 PS3: Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi says Gran Turismo 5 delay is “inexcusable” and apologises http://ht.ly/2Tstw

1 NaturalMotion Games, devs behind Backbreaker, are reportedly working on Icebreaker http://ht.ly/2R5Uo

What Have You Played This Week?

I spent most of the week reviewing Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 and didn't have much time to play many other games inbetween news reporting and reviewing the game.

Pokèmon Heart Gold – DS – I got the thrid gym badge and defeated the Sudowoodo that blocks the path. I haven't gotten much further, but i'm also trying to win the bug contest to win a Sun Stone.

??? - Beta - ??? - I only got a couple of games in, but all I can say is this beta is very impressive and I look forward to playing more...sorry but I can't say anything else.

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 – PS3 – this was the game I was reviewing, and you can find the review here. Simply put i have a great time playing the game, spent over 20 hours so far, and there is still more to unlock. i won't go into detail here as my review says it all.

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.

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 Review - 9.0

Game	Platform Played On	9.0/10
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2	PlayStation 3

The Good

• Background Art
• Easy Control Scheme
• Length/Amount Of Gameplay
• Tone Of The Game
• Good Use Of Trophies
• Hand Drawn World is stunning

The Bad

• Lengthy Install
• Plenty Of Load Screens Throughout The Game

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 does have a couple of technical issues that have lowered its review score, but the game is too good to be dismissed because of loading and occasional anti aliasing issues. The controls are very simple and, even though there is no tutorial, they are easy to pick up and have surprising depth to them. The games story mode has two parts, the main story and the side quests, and because of this the game is surprisingly long. But the games length is never an issue as pacing in the game is spot on and there is plenty do to during and after the main story line. The main story is full of high and lows and the game does great in conveying this to the player, with the last couple of chapters in particular able to tug at heart strings. The game looks great. The hand drawn world simply looks amazing in HD. The major fights in the story have some spectacular QTE moments which are stunning to watch, but even general fights look good, and can be just as fast paced, and epic. Ultimately, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 is a great game and well worth playing.

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