The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Thursday 28th July

• QTE News: Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From From Tuesday 26th July And Wednesday 27th July http://ow.ly/1dZTBX
• QTE News: Nintendo Announce Global 3DS Price Drop, Free Games For Existing Owners http://ow.ly/1dZVUK
• THQ Announce The Red Faction Franchise is effectively over. call the game a niche and not worth pursuing http://ht.ly/5PksT
• THQ were disappointed with Red Faction Armageddon and licensed Kids game sales. made a Q1 loss of $38.4M http://ht.ly/5PkuH
• THQ Calls MX vs ATV Alive experiment not a success. not enough games, therefore not enough DLC bought. long shelf life http://ht.ly/5Pkwm
• Whilst no games were mentioned, THQ's Brian Farrell laments the perceived quality people had of their recent core games http://ht.ly/5PkGj
• PC: Driver: San Francisco needs a constant internet connection to be played, due to always on DRM http://ht.ly/5PkAK
• Its rumoured Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater has been delayed until 2012 http://ht.ly/5PkBU
• Android: UK Advertising agency uphelds complaint over UK advert for Atrix saying it's 'world's most powerful smartphone' http://ht.ly/5PkE2
• 3DS: the save file in Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions is unable to be reset/deleted. http://ht.ly/5Pkzz
• PSP: Level-5 have trademarked Little Battlers eXperiance in USA, speculated to be localisation of Danbol Senk http://ht.ly/5PmZY
• PS3: Online Resume for Rick Stalder reveals a studio called Black Troll. They work for EA and he lists an unannounced FPS http://ht.ly/5Pn32
• Wii: Nielsen reveal half of all Netflix subscribers stream via their Wii http://ht.ly/5Pn5j
• PSV: Novarama seem to confirm rumour Sony reduced RAM in Vita, say it's not affected them, still RAM/GPU/CPU headroom http://ht.ly/5PNFg
• PS3: Sony Santa Monica LinkedIn Profile reveals cancelled High Rise, Hand of God, Psynapse games. 2 unannounced games http://ht.ly/5POq6
• 3DS: Nintendo renames Super Mario 3DS + Mario Kart 3DS, now Super Mario 3D Land, out Nov, and Mario Kart 7, out Dec http://ht.ly/5POSS
• Its rumoured by Reuters that Disney is looking to buy UTV Software Communications, they're already largest shareholders http://ht.ly/5PPSX
• WP7: Cave announce they are developing a shooting game for Windows Phone 7. its an original title, only 20/30% complete http://ht.ly/5PQgU
• THQ reveal pre-orders for Saints Row 3 are more than double than what Saint's Row 2 had at the same point http://ht.ly/5PQlU
• Sony say the cost of the PSN hack is less than they initially expected. PS3 sales are down 600K over same period in 2009 http://ht.ly/5PQs9
• PC: EA reveal it was Valves decision to remove Dragon Age 2 from Steam. blames Steam's "restrictive terms of service" http://ht.ly/5PQxT

Nintendo Announce Global 3DS Price Drop, Free Games For Existing Owners

Nintendo Have Announced they are dropping the price of the Nintendo 3DS from 12th August. The USA will see a price frop from $249.99 to $169.99. The European Price Cut will be around a third, with Nintendo saying its down to retailers to determine the final price cut.

For current Nintendo 3DS Owners, and people who will get the device up until 23.59 PM (CET) 11th August, will be entitled to free games under an "Ambassador Program". This program will be in 2 stages:

Starting from 1st September, Ambassadors will be able to download 10 NES Virtual Console games for free before they are available to the general public. these games include Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Jr., Balloon Fight, Ice Climber and The Legend of Zelda.

Before the End of 2011, Ambassadors will get 10 free Game Boy Advance Virtual Console games. these include Yoshi’s Island, Super Mario Advance 3, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Metroid Fusion, WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania and Mario vs. Donkey Kong. These games will be exclusive to Ambassadors and Nintendo has no plans to release these games to the general public.

Nintendo has also announced that the 3DS has sold over 830,000 in the USA. they say the need to reduce the price of the 3DS is to help accelerate the adoption of the hardware, but the timing and the amount of the reduction is unprecedented in Nintendo's history.

Sources: Nintendo USA and Nintendo UK.
EU Price info From Eurogamer

Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From From Tuesday 26th July And Wednesday 27th July

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Nintendo Announce Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Is Coming To The UK On 7th October

Nintendo have announced Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 is set to come out on 7th October in the UK. I have included some videos for the game below.


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Source: Nintendo UK

Nintendo Announce Inazuma Eleven Is Coming To The UK On 26th August

Nintendo have announced Inazuma Eleven is getting a UK release. the game was already released in Japan in 2008, but now its set to come out in the UK on 26th August. Inazuma Eleven is a mix of football and a RPG where you have to build your perfect football team from over 1,000 in-game characters. each character has their own abiltiies and unique skills. if you connect to Nintnedo Wi-Fi Connection there are a further 50 characters to download. There are 2 types of matches to play, either 11 vs 11 or 4 vs 4.

I Have included a Japanese trailer for the game below.



Source: Nintendo UK
Image: Wikipedia
Video: TeamDSNEWS

Q-Games Have Released A Tutorial Video For PixelJunk Shooter 2's Online Battle Mode

Q-Games have released a new video for PixelJunk Shooter 2. this video is done like a documentary to show the Online Battle mode in PixelJunk Shooter 2. the video shows offers tips and strategies for both the Hunter and the Hunted.



Source: USA Playstation Blog

Zero Punctuation - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

This weeks Zero Puncuation is on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. right from the off Yahtzee drops a bomb shell by saying he's never completed the game before. will he put aside the 3D of the game and its past or is the game hindered by Its N64 roots?

The Escapist : Zero Punctuation : The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D