Saturday, October 30, 2010

Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Friday 29th October

This is all the news from Friday 29th October.

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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Friday 29th October

  • QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Thursday 28th October http://ht.ly/19HlHs
  • QTE Blog: Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Thursday 28th October http://ht.ly/19HoeO
  • QTE Blog: Capcom Announce Dead Rising 2 Has Sold Over 2 Million Copies Worldwide http://ht.ly/19HqZM
  • Microsoft announce $16.20B revenue for first quarter of 2011 fiscal year. Xbox 360 grew 38%, revenue up 25% http://ht.ly/31cVI
  • PSP2: Its strongly rumoured the PSP2 codename is Veta, Sony also spreading misinformation to find leaks http://ht.ly/31cXf
  • QTE Blog: Ubisoft Announce Jesper Kyd Is Composing The Soundtrack For Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood http://ht.ly/19HurA
  • QTE Blog: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Reveal Cheat Codes For Scooby Doo! And The Spooky Swamp http://ht.ly/19HurB
  • 360: Current Fall update Beta rumoured to prevent ripped Fable 3 from working, speculation update reduces piracy http://ht.ly/31cZv
  • PS3: NIS America announce they're localising Hyper Dimension Neptune, coming Spring 2011 to USA http://ht.ly/31d0K
  • QTE Blog: THQ Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition http://ht.ly/19HxOQ
  • QTE Blog: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Have Released A New The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest Trailer http://ht.ly/19HxOR
  • QTE Blog: Capcom Announce Smurfs’ Village For The iPhone, iPod Touch, And iPad http://ht.ly/19HBLW
  • QTE Blog: Chillingo Announce Cut the Rope Has Sold More Than 2 Million Copies Worldwide On The App Store http://ht.ly/19HBLV
  • 360: If you get Kinect early, do not plug it into a online Xbox 360 as you could end up stuck in an update loop http://ht.ly/31cTs
  • iPhone: its reported Apple have become the fourth largest mobile phone vender globally, overtaking R.I.M http://ht.ly/31D8h
  • QTE Blog: Sega Have Released A New Trailer For Sonic Free Riders Showing Weapons http://ht.ly/19HFLW
  • Keji Inafune has left Capcom after 23 years with the company. http://ht.ly/31DcK
  • 360: Epic Games announce Gears Of War 2 will have 31X XP starting from today until 1st November http://ht.ly/31Dg0
  • 3DS: Nintendo release a sneak peak look at the 3DS Shopping Channel. games will have video clips, demos, player ratings http://ht.ly/31Dtg
  • Wii: Nintendo have shown off a new Wii Shopping Service, you can buy products from several stores online or over phone http://ht.ly/31Dwe
  • Satoru Iwata say there are no plans for a Wii Price cut anytime soon. Nintendo will run 3DS hands on events http://ht.ly/31Dyr
  • Sony financials, Playstation + PC revenue up 5% to ¥369B, PS3 sales up to 3.5M, PSP sales down to 1.2M + more http://ht.ly/31DDv
  • PS3: Sony's Takeshi Kaji reveals there are currently no plans for a Demon's Souls sequel, one could come in future http://ht.ly/31Hkk
  • QTE Blog: This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases http://ht.ly/19HLYB
  • Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg has said Playstation Move is a ‘great product’ and people will enjoying Move games http://ht.ly/31I3j
  • the gap between global PS3 and Xbox 360 sales is only 5 Million, PS3 sold 39.2M, 360 44.6M. Global PS3 sales faster http://ht.ly/31IMH
  • Takeshi Shudo was the writer behind the first 3 Pokemon Movies and the original TV Series. he passed away aged 61 http://ht.ly/31J2C
  • QTE Blog: Sony Announce Tokyo Jungle Is Coming To The EU PSN In 2011 http://ht.ly/19HP2g
  • QTE Blog: EA Announce Simon Pegg Will Provide Voices In Spare Parts http://ht.ly/19HP2f
  • Take-Two CEO Ben Feder has quit so he can travel around Asia with his family http://ht.ly/31JpB


Friday, October 29, 2010

EA Announce Simon Pegg Will Provide Voices In Spare Parts

EA have announced Actor Simon Pegg is providing voices for their upcoming XBLA and PSN game, Spare Parts. Simon Pegg will provide the voice of supercomputer guide and companion Con-rad.

Screenshots


Press Release

EA Play today announced that actor Simon Pegg will be providing the voice of supercomputer guide and companion Con-rad in Spare PartsTM, an upcoming action adventure game for Xbox LIVE® Arcade and PlayStation®Network. Best known for starring roles in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and his portrayal of Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the revamped Star Trek, Pegg will be bringing his recognizable personality to Con-rad.

Launching this winter and developed by EA Bright LightTM, Spare Parts tells the story of courageous robots Mar-T and Chip, who find themselves dumped out with the rubbish on a strange planet. Working together in co-op mode (either local or online), and guided by Con-rad, the mechanical duo must find a way to repair an abandoned space ship and escape the planet before evil Lord Krung can dispatch his henchmen to destroy them. Searching the hostile environments for ship parts and currency, Mar-T and Chip will also collect upgradable action parts – such as Rocket Boots - to unlock new abilities that will aid them as they rescue other stranded robots, and battle countless enemies including the relentless Krofax troopers, hostile spider monkeys and even a Super Huge Mega Laser!

EA, Bright Light and Spare Parts are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. Microsoft, Xbox and Xbox LIVE are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Sony Announce Tokyo Jungle Is Coming To The EU PSN In 2011

Sony Europe have announced that Tokyo Jungle is coming to the EU PSN in 2011. the game is set in a post apocalyptic Tokyo where there are no humans, just animals. the animals are running wild and you take control of an animal and try to survive as you try to find prey and avoid becoming prey.



From EU Playstation Blog


This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases

Nintendo UK have revealed the games coming out on the Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare stores. in all there are 6 games coming out, 1 on Virtual Console, 2 on WiiWare, and 3 on DSiWare. I have included screenshots for the games that i can, but Nintendo does have a video in the link below showing in-game footage of the games coming out today.

Virtual Console

SUPER E.D.F. Earth Defense Force – Super Nintendo

WiiWare

chick chick BOOM

Reel Fishing Challenge II


DSiWare

Go! Go! Island Rescue!


GO Series Let's Swing

Sleep Clock

From Nintendo UK


Sega Have Released A New Trailer For Sonic Free Riders Showing Weapons

Sega have released a new trailer for Sonic Free Riders on Xbox 360 Kinect. this trailer shows some of the weapons in the game, using in-game action to show them being used as well as video of the movements required to activate them.



From USA Sega Blog


Chillingo Announce Cut the Rope Has Sold More Than 2 Million Copies Worldwide On The App Store


Chillingo have announced that Cut the Rope has sold over 2 million copies worldwide on the Apple App Store. Cut the Rope was also the fastest selling game on the App Store, reaching 1 million units sold in just 10 days of its launch.

Press Release

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading mobile game publisher Chillingo, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced that ZeptoLab’s chart-topping, addictive puzzler, ‘Cut the Rope’ has now sold more than two million copies worldwide on the Apple App Store in just three weeks since launch.

“Cut the Rope continues to break records with leading, international sales,” explains Chris Byatte, Co-General Manager of Chillingo. “Our new partnership with EA enables us to expand Om Nom’s prospects, visibility and reach to make more of an impact than ever before.”

“Chillingo has done a great job for us in publishing Cut the Rope on the Apple App Store,” said Efim Voinov, CTO of ZeptoLab. “Now with their acquisition by EA, we see more growth opportunities available for us in the future.”

Cut the Rope remains the fastest selling title on the App Store to date (by reaching the 1 million mark within 10 days of launch). The game features innovative, physics-oriented gameplay as players feed dangling candy to Om Nom, an adorable and ravenous, little green creature.

Cut the Rope is available for $.99 (iPhone® and iPod touch®) and a $1.99 (iPad™) from the App Store on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/

A Lite version of Cut the Rope will be available for free from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or atwww.itunes.com/appstore/

Get the latest news and incredible new content from Cut the Rope by following: http://twitter.com/Chillingo.

About Chillingo
Chillingo is a subsidiary of Electronic Arts and publishes innovative games and software for various platforms. Other hit iPhone, iPod touch and iPad titles include; Cut the Rope, Angry Birds, Helsing’s Fire, Predators, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Minigore, iDracula, and Modern Conflict. For more information about Chillingo please visit chillingo.com.

About Zeptolab
ZeptoLab is a small independent team of professionals dedicated to the science of fun.
We know what good games are made of, and we possess the required ingredients.
Our target platforms at the moment are iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA Mobile™, and POGO™. In fiscal 2010, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.7 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one million units. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile and POGO are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. Apple, iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.