Friday, July 29, 2011

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