Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Monday 25th April

This is all the news From Monday 25th April.

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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Monday 25th April

  • Wii2: Nintendo announce they are releasing a new console in 2012, will be playable at E3 2011, Not 3D, new Innovation http://ht.ly/4GjsD
  • iPhone: White iPhone 4 shipping in the UK, Netherlands should get it from 27th April http://ht.ly/4GjSz
  • iPhone: respectable source releases Mockup of iPhone 5, 3.7Inch screen, 960x640, thin, bigger Home button + more http://ht.ly/4GjZV
  • Sony confirm the PSN did suffer a Hacking attack. Sony took down PSN to fix it, strengthen it, secure it. PSN Still down http://ht.ly/4Gk94
  • JP Consoles, 3DS 28.252 PSP 23.846, PS3 22.265, Wii 8.122, DSiLL 7.724, DSi 6.809, 360 1.898, PS2 1.261, DS 423 PSPgo 207 http://ht.ly/4GkHT
  • Anonymous have released a video insisting they had nothing to do with the PSN attack, before Sony took it down http://ht.ly/4GmCP
  • Wii2: Rumoured Specs, AMD's R700 GPU architecture, triple core IBM PowerPC, 1080p, possible 3D, big as 360, $350-$400 http://ht.ly/4GmRq
  • DS: the Nintendo DS Lite reportedly is no longer in production, discontinued at GameStop. No Nintendo announcement http://ht.ly/4Gquy
  • Japanese Dengeki DS Magazine reveal they will announce a new Pokemon game in their upcoming 21st May issue http://ht.ly/4GqYO
  • PSP2: its rumoured it may not launch in Japan First, Uncharted, ModNation Racers, Wipeout 2048, Smart As = Launch games http://ht.ly/4GsyI
  • 3DS: Shigeru Miyamoto reveals Mario 3DS is mix of Galaxy and Mario 64, will be completely original game, Raccoon Suit http://ht.ly/4Gtd8
  • Square Enix file a trademark for Hitman: Absolution, speculation is its name of new unannounced Hitman game http://ht.ly/4Gujp
  • PC: Markus Petterson announces Minecraft has now sold over 2 Million http://ht.ly/4GuTO
  • The ESRB has rated Final Fantasy 6 as a Playstation Classic, it had only recently been released in Japan http://ht.ly/4Gw3G
  • QTE Blog: Activision Announce Wipeout: In The Zone For Xbox 360 Kinect http://ht.ly/1ckTvL
  • GBA: Pokemon Emerald, released back in 2004, was 779 in the top selling games in Japan in 2010, more than MadWorld http://ht.ly/4GykB
  • Wii2: Digital Foundry detail what they think is in the Wii 2, its controller, and where it fits with the 360 and PS3. http://ht.ly/4Gzi8
  • QTE Blog: This Weeks WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases http://ht.ly/1ckWlO
  • The ESRB has rated Chrono Trigger as a PS1 Classic, looks like its the PS1 version of the game http://ht.ly/4GAC2
  • Valve say they will not release Steam Sales Data, calls charts old and inaccurate http://ht.ly/4GAER
  • Phantasy Star Online 2 details emerge, 3rd person shooter gameplay, ability to Jump, leaked video and screenshots http://ht.ly/4GBkH
  • Wii2: Pictures emerge that are reportedly of the Wii 2 Console, simple design, DVD case shape with 1 corner rounded http://ht.ly/4GB5c
  • Sony admit they still don't know if credit card information for PSN users were stolen during the attack http://ht.ly/4GB8t
  • 3DS: Nintendo announce there will be a 3DS version of Flipnote Studio, Mario Kart 3DS is out this year + more http://ht.ly/4GBbA

Monday, April 25, 2011

This Weeks WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases

Nintendo USA have detailed the games coming out today on the WiiWare and DSiWare stores in the USA today.

WiiWare

Word Searcher Deluxe
This is a 1-4 player game that costs 500 Wii Points. there are over 100 themed word puzzles and multiple categories.


WiiWare Demo

Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 3


DSiWare

Airport Mania: First Flight
This is a 1 player only game that costs 200 DSi Points. this game has 8 airports to play through where you have to land planes, purchase upgrades, and avoid delays.


Inchworm Animation
This is a 1 player only game that costs 500 DSi Points. this is a paint and animation system that lets you create digital paintings and animations. you can export your creations to an SD Card as flash or BMP.


Ubongo
This is a 1-2 player game that costs 500 DSi Points. this is a puzzle game where you solve puzzles by collecting gems of the same colour.


Press Release

Which sounds more fun to you: soaring through the skies or creating brilliant animated shorts? The latest arrivals on the Nintendo DSiWare™ service invite you to try your hand at both. The bustling, high-flying world of airline travel comes to life in Airport Mania®: First Flight, while the new Inchworm Animation puts an arsenal of powerful painting and animation tools within easy reach wherever you go. Check out all of this week's additions to the WiiWare™ and Nintendo DSiWare services and set a course for instantly downloadable fun.

Nintendo DSiWare

Airport Mania: First Flight
Publisher: Lemon Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Pack your bags for a trip through the skies in Airport Mania. Travel through eight amusing airports while you land a variety of planes, purchase upgrades and avoid delays. Stay on your toes, as some planes carry precious cargo and will need to land in a hurry, while others might need a trip to the repair shop. With good planning, you're sure to make it to the gate on time. With unique challenges and whimsical characters that will put a smile on your face, this is one flight you don't want to miss.

Inchworm Animation
Publisher: Flat Black Films
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Inchworm Animation is a full-featured paint and animation system for the Nintendo DSi™ system. Five years in the making, Inchworm Animation lets you create mind-blowing digital paintings and animations in the palm of your hand. Use the Nintendo DSi Camera application to record video, stop-motion animation and time-lapse photography. Paint with transparency and smooth anti-aliased brushes. Create images up to 9,999-by-9,999 pixels. An easy-to-use pattern editor lets you make cool repeating patterns. Other tools include onion skin, six-level zoom, cut/paste/rotate, undo and shape primitives. Inchworm Animation's sophisticated layer system allows you to create structured animated scenes. Each layer can have its own independent frame loop. You can even draw on your animation as it plays. Comprehensive tutorials will show you the ropes. Export your finished masterpieces to an SD card (sold separately) as Flash or BMP image sequences.

Ubongo
Publisher: Korner Entertainment
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Language
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Ubongo's mechanics are very simple. Just solve as many puzzles as you can and get gems of the same color. The player who has more gems when time runs out will be the winner. Game modes include History Mode, Quick Game, Time Attack and Multiplayer Mode. The original board game is a blockbuster in many countries.

WiiWare

Word Searcher Deluxe
Publisher: Digital Leisure Inc.
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points™
Description: You'll need a sharp eye and a quick mind to complete 100 themed word search puzzles. Word Searcher Deluxe contains fun words from multiple categories, including palindromes, pirates and painting. With a huge assortment of subjects to choose from, there are puzzles for everyone to enjoy. Test your vocabulary, memory and problem-solving skills with these challenging puzzles. Keep track of – and try to beat – your own play-through times again and again as words are scrambled every time you play.

Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 3 (demo version)
Publisher: Lexis Numérique
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: EC (Early Childhood)
Price: 0 Wii Points; full version available for 500 Wii Points
Description: Welcome to the first fun, poetic brain-trainer for children aged 3 to 6. With the PooYoos, a merry band of adorable baby animals, children will have fun while learning the basics for development, including numbers, letters, lateralization, shapes and colors. Children get to dance with their new friends and earn lovely interactive rewards. With two levels of interactivity, children of any age or level can play the activities based on plants and music. This game has been designed for use by children who have not yet grasped reading. The instructions are spoken in French, English or Spanish, depending on the language setting of your Wii™ console.

Note: Some demo versions do not support all game features, and players cannot save their in-game progress in demo versions.

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, visithttp://wii.com or http://www.nintendodsi.com.

Activision Announce Wipeout: In The Zone For Xbox 360 Kinect

Activision have announced and released a new video for Wipeout: In The Zone. this is an upcoming Xbox 360 Kinect game that features you and your Avatar character playing through the Wipeout courses and more. No release date was given in the trailer.


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Friday, April 22, 2011

Atari And Namco Bandai Announce Centipede: Infestation For The Wii And 3DS

Atari and Namco Bandai have announced they are releasing a new Centipede on the Wii and 3DS. Centipede: Infestation is set 12 years after the original game and the world has changed into an uninhabitable wasteland. the game has a run and gun shooter style game with some tower defence elements. gamers play as a orphaned teenager called Max who kills giant bugs. on your travels you come across Maisy who has seeds that can bring plant life back. together you team up to plant and defend.

Centipede: Infestation has 7 different environment and 40 stages. there are an assortment of weapons to choose from as well as power-ups. there will also be a 2 player co-op option in both the Wii and 3DS versions. Nintendo 3DS users will get a StreetPass feature that lets gamers share content between each other, though its not specific what this content is.


Watch Centipede Infestation - Announcement Trailer in Tech & Gaming  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

Press Release

London, United Kingdom — April 20, 2011 — Twelve years after a wrenching war, the world has turned into an uninhabitable wasteland with mutant insects and humanity holding onto survival in outposts hidden from the poisonous air and killer Centipedes. This Autumn, Nintendo fans can become humanity’s only hope for survival as Atari®, one of the world’s most recognised publishers and producers of interactive entertainment, and developer WayForward re-imagine the legendary video game franchise Centipede for a new generation of gamers with Centipede: Infestation.

“Centipede: Infestation modernizes one of our most popular brands for Nintendo’s youthful audience,” said Jim Wilson, President and CEO of Atari S.A. “This game and other games to follow, further define Atari’s strategy to build upon our library of celebrated IP and reimagine them for next generation game platforms.”

Centipede: Infestation is a post-apocalyptic action experience that features run-n-gun shooting style gameplay with tower defense-style objects, paying homage to the original Centipede while bringing the brand into the 21st century. Players assume the role of an orphaned teenager hero named Max as he trudges through the wasteland, fighting off giant bugs. During Max’s travels he encounters a young teen named Maisy who possesses a collection of seeds that hold the secret to bringing plant life back to the wasteland. Max and Maisy join forces to grow these gardens and protect the last natural resources on earth.

Players will be swarmed by mutated spiders, beetles, grubs, caterpillars, moths, and boss insects across the game’s expansive world of seven environments and 40 stages. To defeat these mutant species and restore mankind, players will have to use an array of weaponry -- Lightning Orb Gun, Nuke Cannon, Freezethrower, Mine Launcher, and more – as well as power-ups to fight through the invasions. Like the toadstool of the original Centipede game, each insect has a unique defensive object that it can leave behind, as a 'special' variation.. These defensive objects are short-lived combat tools that distract, attack, or block insect assaults during battle.

Additionally, the game allows players to team up with friends to fight off even more bugs with 2 player co-op multiplayer features. Nintendo 3DS™ players will be able to take advantage of unique StreetPass™ features that enable them to uniquely share content between passing Nintendo 3DS™ users. Centipede: Infestation for Nintendo 3DS™ will also feature gooey 3D visuals and ad-hoc multiplayer for 2 player co-op.

For more information, please log onto www.atari.com.

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About ATARI, SA
Atari group is a global creator, producer and publisher of interactive entertainment.  Atari's brands and content are available across all key traditional and digital distribution touch points, including browser-based and social online platforms, PC, consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony, and advanced smart phones (i.e. iPhone, Android and RIM devices).
Divisions of Atari, SA include Cryptic Studios, Eden Studios, Atari Interactive, Inc. and Atari, Inc. Atari benefits from the strength of its worldwide brand and its extensive catalogue of contemporary classic game franchises (Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, Lunar Lander®), original owned franchises (Test Drive®, Backyard Sports®, Deer Hunter®), MMO games from Cryptic Studios (Star Trek™ Online, Champions™) and third party franchises (Ghostbusters®, Rollercoaster Tycoon®, Dungeons and Dragons®). Atari also leverages the power of its franchises to deliver movies and merchandise to consumers around the world.
 For more information please visit: www.atari.com

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Centipede: Infestation © 2011 Atari Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. WayForward and its logo are trademarks of Wayforward Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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City Interactive Have Released A New Trailer For The PS3 Version Of Sniper: Ghost Warrior

City Interactive have released a new trailer for the PS3 version of Sniper: Ghost Warrior. the trailer uses in-game action to show a variety of head shots before ending saying the PS3 version will have exclusive missions, levels, and weapons.


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EA Have Done A Parody Of The Upcoming Royal Wedding In The Sims 3

EA have done a few parody's using The Sims 3 and now their latest one is on the upcoming Royal Wedding.


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Screenshots