QTE Tweets Of The Week

This top 10 shows the most clicked tweets from my News in brief Twitter stream. There wasn't as much interest with news in brief as with previous weeks but there was still interest in Gran Turismo 5, with 3 stories in the top 10, and news on the iPad. I was surprised to see video of the PlayStation Phone not making it into the top 10.

10 QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From The Weekend Of Saturday 27th And Sunday 28th November http://ht.ly/1ad8mo

9 QTE Blog: Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From The Weekend of Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th November http://ht.ly/1adq5I

8 JP Consoles, PSP 96.601, PS3 29.058, Wii 27.851, DSi LL 21.836, DSi 20.550, 360 7.083, DS 1.904, PSPgo 1.816, PS2 1.255 http://ht.ly/3gPCW

7 PSP2: SCEA have patented several new touchscreen applications, some appear to point to PSP2 type device http://ht.ly/3gQ1X

6 PS3: Digital Foundry have an in-depth look at the tech in Gran Turismo 5, show it to be a impressive technical feat http://ht.ly/3gTSU

5 Eat. Sleep. Play's David Jaffe admitted his loyalty to the PS3, he received a big backlash from Xbox fans http://ht.ly/3hS3u

4 PS3: Kaz Yamauchi reveals a Gran Turismo 5 update this month will allow the back-up of your Gran Turismo 5 save http://ht.ly/3iO7u

3 PS3: Little Big Planet 2 could feature a Kevin Butler costume for Sackboy to wear http://ht.ly/3jFcv

2 iPad: its rumoured the iPad 2 will come out Q1 2011, has front and back cameras http://ht.ly/3iNLZ

1 PS3: Kazunori Yamauchi reveals Mechanical Damage is coming to GT5 as well as shadow fixes. youtube uploads not coming http://ht.ly/3io7a

What Have You Played This Week?

For the Third week running I managed to put some good gaming hours in. I put in a lot of time into Darksiders and Puzzle Quest 2.

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 – PS3 – I've only played a few online matches. The team i'm experimenting with is Minato Namikaze, Sasuke, and Neji.

Darksiders – PS3 – I'm up to the first boss in the game. I can safely say that this game is hard. I'm playing on Normal difficulty but i'm finding it hard, mostly due to the amount of damage enemies do. I've tried to defeat the first boss, Tiamat, but i've not had much luck so far. The level design is good and surprisingly expansive. The puzzles aren't too hard and fit fairly well with things. The weapons in the game are great and are used well, i've recently got the glave and that has several gameplay mechanics.

S'plosion Man – Xbox 360 – this is a fun game. There is a lot about this game that fits together so well. There are a surprising amount of different ways to use the exploding mechanic and the game introduces you to them at a good pace. I've defeated the first boss and that was perhaps the low point so far. It just felt that it took a little too long to defeat it.

Puzzle Quest 2 – Xbox 360 – its soo easy to try to play for an hour and end up playing for 4. this has happened to me several times so far. The slight changes made since the first game have made the game better, and whilst the menus take a little to get used to the game itself is just great and a solid game. I've defeated the Goblin king so there's still some way to go.

Gran Turismo 5 – PS3 – this is a fairy divisive game. I have not played enough to give a final opinion either way. For me personally I don't have any problems with it. I've played Gran Turismo games before and for me it's an improvement over past games, but still familiar enough to make it accessible. There is a range of graphic quality throughout and it is a shame, but it is too early for me to say how big this range is.

Trials HD – Xbox 360 – This was another game going cheap in the XBLA sales. I have several friends who have played it and recommended it so I thought i'd give it a go. Its good. I find the beginning is perhaps a little too easy but for the most part the level of difficulty gently increases. There are some levels i'm great at and others i'm not, and the addition of friend high score tables always want you to go back and do better. The mini-game style challenges aren't that great but they offer something different and use your skills in different ways. I'm only half way through the medium difficulty levels so there's still a ways to go.

Sega Have Revealed The Boxart For Shogun 2: Total War

Sega have revealed the boxart for their upcoming PC game from Creative Assembly, Shogun: Total War 2.

THQ Have Released New Screenshots And Boxart For You Don't Know Jack

THQ have released new screenshots and the boxart for You Don't Know Jack. the screenshots are in-game and show action from the quizzes.

Screenshots


Boxart

The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Friday 3rd December

• QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Thursday 2nd December http://ht.ly/1ahGV2
• QTE Blog: Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Thursday 2nd December http://ht.ly/1ahJqa
• PS2: A Sony Tv, Sony BRAVIA KDL-22PX300, has gone on sale in the UK for £199, comes with built in PS2 http://ht.ly/3jaFr
• QTE Blog: EA Have Released A New Trailer For The NERF "N-Strike" Double Blast Bundle http://ht.ly/1ahMhf
• Harmonix have released a patch for Rock Band 3, out first on PS3, that fixes freezing, eyebrow issues + more http://ht.ly/3jaI1
• iPhone: Gameloft announce Asphalt 6: Adrenaline, NOVA 2, and Shadow Guardian http://ht.ly/3jaJe
• QTE Blog: Nintendo Have Released A New Trailer For Art Academy http://ht.ly/1ahP5N
• Wii: THQ Reveal uDraw is living up to commercial expectations, retail demand meant increased production of peripheral http://ht.ly/3jaKp
• Activision's Robert Kotick says the App store isn't suited for dedicated gamers, Activision not making iOS games for now http://ht.ly/3jaLM
• 360: Twisted Pixel announce Ms. S'plosion Man, Autumn 2011. they wanted to do a sequel but with a twist, decided on Ms. http://ht.ly/3jgNO
• PS3: Sony announce there won't be 3D in Little Big Planet 2 http://ht.ly/3jAOu
• EA's John Riccitello admits that the decision to cancel NBA Elite was his http://ht.ly/3jBCM
• PC: Christopher Tin nominated for Grammy for his track Baba Yetu, Making Civilisation V first Grammy nominated game http://ht.ly/3jCeQ
• The PS3 and Xbox 360 boxart for Catherine in Japan are different from each other. http://ht.ly/3jCIN
• DS: Ubisoft has added anti Piracy measures to Michael Jackson: The Experience, if you play the ROM, Vuvuzelas play http://ht.ly/3jCPA
• 360: Terminal Reality have released a patch for Ghostbusters: The Video Game, a year after it was released http://ht.ly/3jCVQ
• PC: SOE's John Smedley admits they're looking at World of Warcraft's Cataclysm for a world changing event in EverQuest II http://ht.ly/3jEgO
• iPhone: Sensible Software are remaking Speedball 2 for the iPhone. its called Speedball 2 Evolution, coming late 2010 http://ht.ly/3jEkp
• Mad Catz announce the Rock Band 3 MIDI Pro-Adapter is coming out in the UK late next week for £34.99, PS3/Wii first http://ht.ly/3jEnX
• Phil Harrison predicts someone will release a browser based game with console level of 3D Graphics in 5-10 years http://ht.ly/3jF7D
• QTE Blog: This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases http://ht.ly/1ai3So
• PS3: Little Big Planet 2 could feature a Kevin Butler costume for Sackboy to wear http://ht.ly/3jFcv
• Arcade: Super Street Fighter IV trailer reveals Evil Ryu and and Oni Akuma are fighters, Expected to come to consoles http://ht.ly/3jFiI

This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases

Nintendo UK have announced the games coming out today on the Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare stores. in al there are 5 games coming out and 1 new demo. i have included screenshots where i can, but if you head to the link below, Nintendo has a gameplay trailer of all the games coming out this week.

Virtual Console

KARNOV'S REVENGE – NEOGEO

MAGICAL DROP II – NEOGEO


WiiWare

Sneezies
Soccer Bashi

WiiWare Demos

Max & the Magic Marker


DSiWare

Tetris Party Live


Rocks N' Rockets

From Nintendo UK

Nintendo Have Released A New Trailer For Art Academy

Nintendo have released a new video for Art Academy on the Nintendo DS. This video features Nintendo's Diana Schoenbrun taking a picture of a building, then trying to draw that building by using the picture, taken with the DSi and DSI XL Cameras, as a reference.