Friday, October 21, 2011

Nintendo Have Relased The First Nintendo Direct Video, Announce And Detail 3DS Firmware Update And More

Nintendo have released the first, of what i assume will be many, videos to the fans called Nintendo Direct. This video is presented by Reggie Fils-Aime and in it he makes several announcements and reveals.




The main announcement is the upcoming Nintendo 3DS firmware update. coming the end of November, this update enables 3D video recording, for up to 10 minutes or the creation of stop motion videos. new puzzles will be added to StreetPass Mii Plaza and a new dungeon is coming to Find Mii.
Swapnote was also announced which enables 3DS owners to send messages to each other. messages can be hand written, be in 3D, and include pictures and sounds. Nintendo have also announced Hulu Plus is coming both to the Wii and 3DS.

Portal 2 Wins Ultimate Game Of The Year In This Years GamesMasters Golden Joystick Award

Portal 2 has won this years GamesMaster Golden Joystick Ultimate Game Of The Year. The Golden Joystick awards are voted by fans with over 2.06 Million votes cast for this years awards.
 
Award Winners in full and order of presentation:
  • Action/Adventure Game of the Year in association with Metro UK – Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
  • Mobile Game of the Year in association with MSN – Angry Birds Rio (Chillingo)
  • Roleplay Game of the Year in association with Edge – Fallout New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks)
  • Massively Multiplayer Online Game of the Year in association with PC Gamer – World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • Fighting Game of the Year in association with Official Nintendo Magazine – Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)
  • Racing Game of the Year in association with GamesRadar.com - Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Sports Game of the Year in association with Zavvi.com – FIFA 11 (EA Sports)
  • Strategy Game of the Year in association with Official Xbox Magazine – Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • Music Game of the Year in association with Habbo.com – Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Activision)
  • Free-To-Play Game of the Year in association with CVG.co.uk – League of Legends (Riot Games)
  • Downloadable Game of the Year in association with Virgin Media – Minecraft (Mojang)
  • Shooter Game of the Year in association with Turtle Beach – Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
  • One To Watch Award in association with Shortlist – Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
  • Innovation of the Year – Nintendo 3DS
  • Outstanding Contribution – Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega)
  • Ultimate Game of the Year in association with Alienware – Portal 2 (Valve Corporation)


Press Release

Portal 2, the first person puzzle-platform game developed and published by Valve Corporation and distributed by Electronic Arts has picked up the Ultimate Game of the Year in association with Alienware at the annual GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards. Now in its 29th year the GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards took place today at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London and saw the elite of the video game industry gather to honour the best games of the past 12 months as well as witness four world exclusive game reveals on the day.

Arguably the second biggest award on the night, the One To Watch Award in association with Shortlist was picked up by the next hotly anticipated instalment of Bethesda’s role playing masterpiece Elder Scrolls – Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Meanwhile Action/ Adventure Game of the Year in association with Metro UK was won by Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, the innovative historical third person stealth game from Ubisoft. FIFA 12 pipped arch rival Pro Evolution Soccer to the post in the Best Sports Game category while Call of Duty: Black Ops bagged yet another award in the Best Shooter Game category. Despite not winning any game category awards this year, Nintendo didn’t leave empty handed picking up the Innovation of the Year award for the Nintendo 3DS console released earlier this
year.

Not content with simply honouring some of the biggest and best game releases of the past 12 months, the GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards also revealed some world exclusive new content in the midst of the award presentations. Electronic Arts unveiled the brand new Battlefield 3 expansion pack, Nintendo launched the latest game in the popular Zelda franchise Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Namco debuted their newest game title Inversion with playable content available on-site while SEGA celebrated Sonic The Hedgehog’s 20th anniversary and his Outstanding Contribution Award, which he attended to collect, by exclusively revealing brand new Sonic Generations content.

Voted for exclusively by the video gaming public, the GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards cemented its position as the biggest gaming awards in the world when it smashed the Guinness World Record for most number of votes cast in a gaming awards. Over 2.06 million votes were cast, smashing the record that was previously set by the GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards in 2009.

James Kick, Associate Publisher of The GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards says: "The GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards is officially the biggest – and certainly the best – celebration of video games in the world. This year the categories were even more closely contested than ever – but the gaming public have spoken, and today’s winners really are the cream of a fantastic crop."

The GamesMaster Golden Joysticks Awards is pleased to have been partnered with Metro this year. The UK’s third largest national newspaper is sponsoring the Best Action Adventure Award. Other media partners include Shortlist Magazine, which is sponsoring the One to Watch Award, MSN and Habbo.

Award Winners in full and order of presentation:
  • Action/Adventure Game of the Year in association with Metro UK – Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
  • Mobile Game of the Year in association with MSN – Angry Birds Rio (Chillingo)
  • Roleplay Game of the Year in association with Edge – Fallout New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks)
  • Massively Multiplayer Online Game of the Year in association with PC Gamer – World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • Fighting Game of the Year in association with Official Nintendo Magazine – Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)
  • Racing Game of the Year in association with GamesRadar.com - Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Sports Game of the Year in association with Zavvi.com – FIFA 11 (EA Sports)
  • Strategy Game of the Year in association with Official Xbox Magazine – Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • Music Game of the Year in association with Habbo.com – Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Activision)
  • Free-To-Play Game of the Year in association with CVG.co.uk – League of Legends (Riot Games)
  • Downloadable Game of the Year in association with Virgin Media – Minecraft (Mojang)
  • Shooter Game of the Year in association with Turtle Beach – Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
  • One To Watch Award in association with Shortlist – Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
  • Innovation of the Year – Nintendo 3DS
  • Outstanding Contribution – Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega)
  • Ultimate Game of the Year in association with Alienware – Portal 2 (Valve Corporation)

Majesco Have Released A New Trailer For Their Upcoming 3DS Game The Hidden

Majesco have released a new trailer for The Hidden. this is an upcoming Augmented reality game for the 3DS. by using the cameras, players have to find hidden creatures and defeat them.


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Sony Online Entertainment Announce There Are Now More Than 20 MIllion Registered Free Realms Users



Sony Online Entertainment have announced there are now over 20 Million registered Free Realms users. the game was released back in 2009 and is now playable on PC, Mac, And Playstation 3. to celebrate this, Sony Online Entertainment have revealed that players who log into Free Realms from 21st October to 31st October will get a varsity letterman jacket for each of their characters.

Sony Online Entertainment have also detailed the Free Realms Spooktacular in-game event. from 24th October to 7th November players can log in and take part in events like a Vampire vs Werewolf dance-off. there will also be Halloween costumes.

Press Release

Ubisoft Have Released A New Trailer For Rayman Origins Showing A Dragon Level

Ubisoft have released a new trailer for Rayman Origins. this trailer shows action from a Dragon Level, as well as a cameo from Rayman creator Michel Ancel.


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UTV Ignition And Black Bean Have Released A New Trailer For Kung-Fu High Impact

UTV Ignition Entertainment and Black Bean have released a new trailer for Kung-Fu High Impact, an upcoming Xbox 360 Kinect game that puts you into a fighting game.


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Activision Have Released A New Trailer For Spider-Man: Edge Of Time On The 3DS

Activision have released a new trailer for the 3DS version of Spider-Man: Edge Of Time. this trailer shows both in-game action and cinematics. the trailer also shows how the game makes use of the two screens, showing how events on one screen can change those on another.


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Square Enix Have Released A English Version Of The Final Fantasy XIII-2 New York Comic Con Trailer

Square Enix have released a new english trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2. this is an english version of the New York Comic Con trailers Square Enix released a little while back. this trailer shows in-game action, highlighting the new QTE style battles, as well as in-game cinematics. this trailer also provides some back story for what's happening and where Lightning went.