Sunday, April 18, 2010
QTE Tweets Of The Week
10 QTE Blog: SI Games Announce Football Manager 2010 Is Coming To The iPhone/iPod Touch http://ow.ly/1732ie
9 its reported that Modern Warfare 2 has become the second biggest selling title ever http://ow.ly/1zln6
8 QTE Blog: New Screenshots For Pokémon Black And Pokémon White Have Been Released http://ow.ly/174SDq
7 QTE Blog: THQ Announce The Last Airbender For The Nintendo Wii And Nintendo DS http://ow.ly/170owC
6 PS3: White Knight Chronicles is coming out February 2010 http://ow.ly/uXR9
5 PC: Monumental reveal they uploaded their freetoplay MMO Football Superstars to torrent sites to boost players. it worked http://ow.ly/1wsfG
4 QTE Blog: Digital Chocolate Announce Their Games Have Been Downloaded Over 4 Million Times From Nokia's Ovi Store http://ow.ly/170reD
3 QTE Blog: Futuremark Announce The Second Content Pack For Shattered Horizon http://ow.ly/170sBu
2 QTE Blog: EA Reveal The 28 Songs In 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa http://ow.ly/170sBv
1 iPad: O2, Orange and Vodafone offering the iPad in the UK, Orange also Spain, France, And Switzerland + more http://ow.ly/1yMHd
What Have You Played This Week?
Football Manager 10 – PC – some how I managed to get Annan promoted to the premier league! And i'm currently challenging Celtic for the league. Whilst this is fun, this has messed up my finances as it costs far more to be in the premier league than gate receipts from my current stadium. Thankfully, if I can stay promoted, I get a new stadium which should make it cost effective to be in the premier league.
Critter Crunch – PS3 – I Managed to unlock survival mode and i'm 2 stages from completing the game. The survival mode is fun, but it gets hard fast and i'm struggling to get the trophy for it, I always manage to die in level 8.
Modern Warfare 2 – PS3 – I have finally managed to finish the game. It took me a bit longer to finish the game as there were several sections where it kept re-spawning me in action. The story picked up right at the end but it wasn't worth it. I can see why some people liked it, but for me it was a step back from Killzone 2. I was thinking of playing Call Of Duty 4 if this was good, as many people say Modern Warfare 2 is better, but I won't be going back to play it.
Unreal Tournament III – PS3 – I put this in to see if I had lost any progress in the game when my PS3 had died. Unfortunately, I had so I just played my way through a bit to catch up with where I was.
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift – PS3 – I started playing as I couldn't remember where I was. I've nearly completed level 5 and played it a fair bit trying to get to level 6. whilst the racing is fun, the tracks look amazing, and the AI is competitive, it is frustrating when you beat a specific task on a level but fail to come in the top 3.
what have you been playing this week? feel free to add your weeks gaming selection in the comments, or comment on my selection for this week?
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest)
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Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest)
QTE Blog: Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/175nbt
QTE Blog: Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/175ozQ
A april fools prank by Gamestation in the UK means it technically owns 7,500 souls from customers http://ow.ly/1zhVZ
Fortune Magazine reveals EA is 494, out of the top 500 Corporations in the USA http://ow.ly/1zhYb
PS3: USA PSN updates on Tuesdays, EU PSN Updates on Wednesdays. change comes in May http://ow.ly/1zhZW
Wii: Famitsu mag reveals some Super Mario Galaxy 2 story. also, 2 player mode in game, play as Mario and a Luma http://ow.ly/1zijt
Final Fantasy XIII sells 493K on 360 in April, but sold nearly twice as many on PS3 with 828K units sold http://ow.ly/1zilf
Top 3 USA April selling Games, God Of War 3 1.1M, Pokemon SoulSilver 1.02M, Final Fantasy XIII 828.2K (ps3) http://ow.ly/1zkcs
USA Hardware Sales for April, DS 700.8K, Wii 557.5K, 360 338.4K, PS3 313.9K, PSP 119.9K, PS2 118.3K http://ow.ly/1zkek
its reported that Modern Warfare 2 has become the second biggest selling title ever http://ow.ly/1zln6
PS3: Sony says PS3 demand is till strong even after the recent shortages http://ow.ly/1zloj
PS3: Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg has given Kudos to Sony after strong Software sales in USA in April http://ow.ly/1zlqE
JP Consoles, PSP 29.766, PS3 28.973, Wii 25.345, DSiLL 19.372, DSi 13.738, DS 3.349, 360 3.218, PSPgo 1.826, PS2 1.425 http://ow.ly/1zlto
Sega parent company, Sega Sammy Holdings, have lowered revenue projects, blames weak overseas sales http://ow.ly/1zlvc
Telltale are teasing Scoggins Erasers on their website with a bigger reveal coming 4th May http://ow.ly/1zo4s
QTE Blog: Sony Announce Championship Manager 2010 Is Coming To Playstation Minis http://ow.ly/175vOg
PS3: Demon's Souls is coming out on 25th June in Europe and Australasia. Black Phantom Edition comes with extras http://ow.ly/1zo7G
Wii: its predicted that Red Steel 2 sold around 50K units in the USA in April http://ow.ly/1zoe1
QTE Blog: Sony Have Released A New Playstation Move Developer Diary For Motion Fighter http://ow.ly/175ywW
QTE Blog: Nintendo Announce The Nintendo DS Family Set A New Record For March http://ow.ly/175ywV
Crytek have confirmed that they are working with Natal, Playstation Move, and 3D, especially 3D http://ow.ly/1zpve
PSP: Hideo Kojima reveals western release of Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker will be Uncut. Japanese version has been cut http://ow.ly/1zpxN
QTE Blog: This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases http://ow.ly/175zWj
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is coming out on PC and PSP this summer in the EU. PC version can play against 360 version http://ow.ly/1zrpl
Grasshopper Manufacture confirm that Closer is no longer being used as a title for a videogame. http://ow.ly/1zwmo
Wii: Interplay have announced that Descent is coming to WiiWare this year. http://ow.ly/1zwrA
Konami have trademarked Harmony of Despair in Europe, speculation is its a new DS Castlevania game http://ow.ly/1zwsi
The ex-GRIN team behind Bionic Commando Rearmed have re-formed and started a new studio called Might & Delight http://ow.ly/1zwuX
Friday, April 16, 2010
This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases
Virtual Console
MEGA MAN 4 – NES
WiiWare
Rage of the Gladiator
Bloons
DSiWare
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs - Fight For Survival
Mr. DRILLER Drill Till You Drop
Pocket Pack: Words & Numbers
System Flaw: Recruit
From Nintendo UK
Nintendo Announce The Nintendo DS Family Set A New Record For March
Nintendo have revealed that the Nintendo DS Family sold over 700,000 Units in the USA in March 2010. Nintendo have also revealed that this has set a new record for the amount of portable consoles sold in the month of March. Nintendo Wii sales were just under 560,000, meaning 59% of all hardware sold in the USA in March was Nintendo.
Nintendo's Cammie Dunaway said in response to this "We're glad so many people are able to get their hands on our systems as we prepare for the May launches of Super Mario Galaxy™ 2 for Wii and Picross 3D™ for our Nintendo DS systems." Nintendo have also announced that Nintendo Wii stock is improving.
Out of the top 10 selling games for March in the USA, 4 of them were on Nintendo Systems, Pokémon SoulSilver Version sold 1.01M, Pokémon HeartGold Version sold 761,000, New Super Mario Bros. Wii sold 457,000, And Wii Fit Plus with Wii Balance Board Sold 339,000.
Press Release
According to the independent NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States, the Nintendo DS™ family of hand-held systems – including the new Nintendo DSi XL™ – set an all-time record for portable system sales in the month of March, selling more than 700,000 units nationwide. Sales of Nintendo's Wii™ console reached nearly 560,000 in March as post-holiday inventory began to improve. Nintendo systems accounted for 59 percent of all video game hardware sold in March.
"Demand for Nintendo fun continues unabated," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "We're glad so many people are able to get their hands on our systems as we prepare for the May launches of Super Mario Galaxy™ 2 for Wii and Picross 3D™ for our Nintendo DS systems."
Four of the top 10 best-selling games in March play only on Nintendo systems. These includePokémon™ SoulSilver Version at No. 1 with more than 1.01 million units sold, Pokémon HeartGold Version at No. 5 with more than 761,000 units sold, New Super Mario Bros.™ Wii at No. 7 with more than 457,000 units sold, and Wii Fit Plus™ with Wii Balance Board™ accessory at No. 10 with more than 339,000 units sold.
Sony Have Released A New Playstation Move Developer Diary For Motion Fighter
the developer diary uses footage of someone using the Playstation Move, and in-game footage from The Fight: Lights Out of characters responding to the motion controls. The Diary is hosted by The Fight: Lights Out producer, John Mclaughlin, and he describes all Playstation Move's Advantages and how they are reflected in The Fight: Lights Out, whilst describing issues with other motion control devices and fighting games.
From USA Playstation Blog