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Monday, September 14, 2009

Audio Re-Cap of The Weekends News (oldest to newest)

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Re-Cap of The Weekends News (oldest to newest)

QTE Blog: Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/p53j
QTE Blog: Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/15OKv8
Zune HD: a promotional video for Zune HD mentions 3D gaming on the device. Microsoft still to talk about gaming. http://ow.ly/p56h
In USA, music game sales are down 46% year to date, according to NPD data. http://ow.ly/p56q
Wii: Sales of the Wii console are down 50% in 5 months. http://ow.ly/p56N
Wii: A retailer has apparently told Kotaku that the Wii is getting a price drop in the first week of October. http://ow.ly/p574
PS3: Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time will run at 720P and at 60fps. http://ow.ly/p57z
RT @geoffkeighley In-game Twitter support in Uncharted 2? Cool!
Japanese Hardware Charts, PS3 151.783, DSi 60.419, PSP 22.184, Wii 21.557, DS 8.309, Xbox 360 6.827, PS2 3.001. http://ow.ly/p5io
QTE Blog: Forza 3 Has Gone Gold, Demo Coming September 24th, And New Intro Movie http://ow.ly/p5iw
PSP: The boxart for the Japanese release of Final Fantasy Dissidia Universal Tuning has been released. http://ow.ly/p5wx
Nintendo has trademarked "The Last Story" in Japan. no word on console or what it is. http://ow.ly/p5xV
QTE Blog: New Screenshots For Just Cause 2 http://ow.ly/15OLzW
It's being reported that Disney is making a Tron Legacy Game which is set to come out at the same time as the movie. http://ow.ly/p7fw
DSi: the full list of words in the Scribblenauts dictionary has been published by someone who hacked the games ROM http://ow.ly/p7fW
QTE Blog: LucasArts Annoucnes Lucidity For Xbox 360 And PC. http://ow.ly/15ONa7
Activision have filed the trademark "Sledgehammer Games". its not known what it is. http://ow.ly/p9X4
Iggy Pop has been confirmed as being in Lego Rock Band. http://ow.ly/p9X9
The Developers behind N+ have announced they are working on Office Yeti. its an action/puzzle/simulation game. http://ow.ly/p9XK
Mad Otter Games are asking if people have the complete Source Codes to either Red Baron, Red Baron II, or Red Baron 3D. http://ow.ly/p9YA
The ESRB has rated Castlevania the Adventure ReBirth. its for the Nintendo Wii. could be remake of Gameboy game. http://ow.ly/p9Z1
PS3: Artwork has been found of the new redesigned Playstation 3 Platinum range. http://ow.ly/p9Zf
PS3: Uncharted 2 Trophies have been leaked. they are very similar to Uncharted trophies. Possible Spoilers in link. http://ow.ly/p9ZK
PS3: Another PS3 tech demo has been found. it demonstrated the Physics Effects SDK, which is optimised for the Cell http://ow.ly/pa07
PS3: An Artist has had a go coming up with an improved version of firmware 3.0. it looks impressive. http://ow.ly/paq8
QTE Blog: What Have You Played This Week? http://ow.ly/15OS5l
360: Left 4 Dead DLC, Crash Course, is rumoured to be coming out September 23rd. http://ow.ly/pbtf
Art from an Ex Grin Employee reveals they were working on a game called The Cult, Fortress, and a PSP game called Switch http://ow.ly/pbtE
QTE Blog: QTE Tweets Of The Week http://ow.ly/penq

Sunday, September 13, 2009

QTE Tweets Of The Week

The Following are the most clicked QTE Gamers tweets of the week. the Sponsored post is here on merit and not because of the sponsorship. the Chipmunks post is here completely out of the blue.

10 iPhone: Madden 10 is coming to the App store. it will be discounted for a limited time to $7.99, $9.99 after the sale http://ow.ly/oHmq

9 Wii: Madden 10 sells only 67k units in USA. (ps2 sold 160k) Wii sales "discouraging" http://ow.ly/oX36

8 More artwork has emerged from the rumoured cancellated Final Fantasy XII game by now defunk Grin studios. http://ow.ly/oDGm

7 QTE Blog Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Movie Tie-In Games Coming To Nintendo Wii And Nintendo DS http://ow.ly/15JNwo

6 QTE Blog: Sponsored Post - Domino's UK & Irl have launched the Domino's Pizza Facebook Fanpage http://ow.ly/15Oenv

5 iPhone: The Commodore 64 App has been taken down from the App store. http://ow.ly/otfn

4 Wii: A retailer has apparently told Kotaku that the Wii is getting a price drop in the first week of October. http://ow.ly/p574

3 PSPgo: its rumoured Sony is going to announce a slight price reduction for the PSPgo. http://ow.ly/oQPz

2 PS3: Mod Nation Racers Devs chose the PS3 because the PSN is free. http://ow.ly/omGU

1 Konami have said that there will be a Demo for Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 and it should be out in the next 3 weeks. http://ow.ly/otdE

What Have You Played This Week?

i haven't played much this week, working on the site has kept me pretty busy this week. But I was able to get through SOS which is a relief....wonder what swapgame is going to send me next.

Football Manager 09 – PC – Still going strong. I've been playing as San Marino, the club not the nation though they both do share the same name, location and stadium. It's interesting as I don't really try out the Italian leagues much.

SOS: the Final Escape – PS2 – Finished. A little embarrassed by how long it took me to get through it, compared to the actual game time it took, but like I said before, whilst the story is good...the gameplay sure makes it hard to play it...or at least make it welcoming. But it's done. It was a good end to the story, a few twists which was nice. Looking back on it, the lack of music probably was an attempt to make it authentic, the same with the time it takes to play the game as you mostly go from start to finish like you would've in real life. Still, they could've made the sounds of the environment much better. Is it worth playing...probably not. If you want a good story and can live with poor gameplay mechanics and such...then go for it. But for a casual player, I wouldn't recommend it.

Fat Princess – PS3 – just the odd couple of games played. Noticed how I seem to be coming out top a lot. Am I that good, or are the people i'm playing against that bad?

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, September 12, 2009

LucasArts Annoucnes Lucidity For Xbox 360 And PC.

LucasArts have annoucned an new PC and Xbox 360 game, lucidity. the game is set for release on both platforms on October 7th.
The game is a puzzle platformer, all set in the mind of a little girl called Sofi. the player must user randomly generated puzzle pieces to keep Sofi safe as she continuously walks through her dreamscapes.

Lucidity

Press Release

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Sept 11, 2009 — LucasArts today announced Lucidity, a new game under development from the LucasArts team that re-imagined The Secret of Monkey Island®. Set for release on Xbox LIVE Arcade and PC via digital download on October 7,Lucidity is an addictive puzzle platformer set in the surreal dreamscapes of a little girl named Sofi.

In Lucidity, players take a trip into the imagination of Sofi, a young girl who is filled with a persistent desire to explore new worlds and overcome all obstacles in her way. In this challenging puzzle platform game, players are tasked with keeping Sofi safe as she drifts deeper into the strange new world of her dreams. Through quick reaction and placement of randomly generated puzzle pieces, players must create a path through beautifully detailed dreamscapes to keep Sofi in perpetual motion and deliver her to safety.

"Lucidity comes from our effort at LucasArts to form several small internal development teams and give them the creative freedom to make games that surprise, amaze and inspire," said LucasArts President Darrell Rodriguez. "The re-imagining of The Secret ofMonkey Island and the development of the all-new Lucidity are just the beginning of this effort."

More information about Lucidity can be found at LucasArts' newly launched blog, The Workshop, at http://www.LucasArtsWorkshop.com/. The Workshop at LucasArts has been created to share the latest news about the company's digital distribution initiatives.

About LucasArts
LucasArts, a division of Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd., is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software worldwide for video game console systems, computers and the Internet. Based in San Francisco, Calif., as well as on the Internet at www.lucasarts.com, LucasArts was created in 1982 by George Lucas to provide an interactive element to his vision of a state-of-the-art, multifaceted entertainment company.
LucasArts and the LucasArts logo are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. © 2009 Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. or Lucasfilm Ltd. & ® or ™ as indicated. All rights reserved.

New Screenshots For Just Cause 2

Eidos has released new screenshots for Just cause 2. the screenshots show a variety of environments as well as the main character in the air, in some of the screenshots.

Just cause 2