Monday, October 19, 2009
Nintendo Have Released New Screenshots And Trailer For New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
EA Announce That Need For Speed Nitro Has Gone Gold And Reveal The Games Music
EA Has announced that Need For Speed Shift has gone gold and will be released in N.America on November 3rd. the game is set to come out in Europe on November 6th.
EA Has also revealed the full track list for the Nintendo Wii version of the game, a Nintendo DS version of the game is also available.
Alex Metric - What Now
Bloody Beetroots feat. Cool Kids - Awesome
Crookers feat. Wiley and Thomas Jules - Business Man
Crystal Method feat. LMFAO - Sine Language
Danko Jones - Code Of The Road
Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden - Bonkers
Drumagik - Make It Rock
Earl Greyhound - Oye Vaya
edIT feat. Wale and Tre’ - Freaxxx
Evil 9 - All The Cash (Alex Metric Remix) Feat. El-P
Hollywood Holt - Can’t Stop
k-os - FUN!
Lady Sovereign - I Got You Dancing
Major Lazer feat. Mr.Lex & Santigold - Hold The Line
Matt & Kim - Daylight (Troublemaker Remix)
Mickey Factz - Yeah Yeah
Pint Shot Riot - Not Thinking Straight
Placebo - Breathe Under Water
Rise Against - Kotov Syndrome
Roots Manuva - Buff Nuff
Rye Rye - Hardcore Girls
Street Sweeper Social Club - Fight! Smash! Win!
Taking Back Sunday - Lonely Lonely
The Enemy UK - No Time For Tears
The Gay Blades - O Shot (Dmerit Remix)
Two Fingers feat. Sway - Jewels And Gems
Press Release
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Oct 19, 2009 Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced that the award-winning Need for Speed™ NITROhas gone gold and will be in stores early, arriving to retailers on November 3rd in North America and on November 6th in Europe. Developed specifically for the Wii and Nintendo DS, Need for Speed NITRO captures the fun and exhilaration of arcade racing, thrusting players into a world of blazing speed where they must dominate the competition at 200 MPH. Complementing the thrilling gameplay is an adrenaline-charged soundtrack that features songs from some of the world’s most celebrated and innovative artists including k-os, Placebo and Crystal Method.
“This soundtrack musically exemplifies the intensity, attitude and adrenaline of Need for Speed NITRO,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA. “This energetic collection of rock, electronic and hip hop, matches the incredible speed and intensity of a game experience players will never forget.”
“Our vision was to create something unique on the Nintendo platforms,” said Joe Booth, Senior Producer. “Need for Speed NITRO combines the franchise’s trademark attitude, sense of speed and addictive gameplay with the approachability and pick up and play of Nintendo.”
Need for Speed NITRO delivers the thrill of high-speed racing to all types of gamers with exciting gameplay, accessible controls, and competitive multiplayer events. Recently crowned IGN’s Best Racing Game on the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, Need for Speed NITRO is one of this holiday’s most fun and exciting arcade racers.
The complete soundtrack is listed below. To hear samplings of each song, please visit www.ea.com/eatrax/.
Alex Metric - What Now
Bloody Beetroots feat. Cool Kids - Awesome
Crookers feat. Wiley and Thomas Jules - Business Man
Crystal Method feat. LMFAO - Sine Language
Danko Jones - Code Of The Road
Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden - Bonkers
Drumagik - Make It Rock
Earl Greyhound - Oye Vaya
edIT feat. Wale and Tre’ - Freaxxx
Evil 9 - All The Cash (Alex Metric Remix) Feat. El-P
Hollywood Holt - Can’t Stop
k-os - FUN!
Lady Sovereign - I Got You Dancing
Major Lazer feat. Mr.Lex & Santigold - Hold The Line
Matt & Kim - Daylight (Troublemaker Remix)
Mickey Factz - Yeah Yeah
Pint Shot Riot - Not Thinking Straight
Placebo - Breathe Under Water
Rise Against - Kotov Syndrome
Roots Manuva - Buff Nuff
Rye Rye - Hardcore Girls
Street Sweeper Social Club - Fight! Smash! Win!
Taking Back Sunday - Lonely Lonely
The Enemy UK - No Time For Tears
The Gay Blades - O Shot (Dmerit Remix)
Two Fingers feat. Sway - Jewels And Gems
Developed by EA Montreal, Need for Speed NITRO is available on the Wii and Nintendo DS and is rated E10+ by ESRB and 7+ by PEGI.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EATM, EA SPORTSTM, EA MobileTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA’s homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA’s products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile, POGO and Need for Speed are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Wii and Nintendo DS are trademarks of Nintendo. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Futuremark Have Released Screenshots And A Trailer For Their PC Shooter, Shattered Horizon
The game is set on the remains of the moon and the International Space Station, both sides are fighting for supply's to survive. the game is set in space, which means that both sides have to fight in zero gravity.
The Trailer contains gameplay footage of two players moving around the environment using their rocket packs to move freely in Zero gravity. the screenshots also appear to be ingame, showing teams battling as well as the environments.
The game has been rated Teen by the ESRB and is currently set to come out this holiday. the website for the game has been updated and redesigned and can be found at www.shatteredhorizon.com
Shattered Horizon
Press Release
HELSINKI --(Business Wire)-- Oct 19, 2009 Futuremark® Games Studio today released a new trailer showing the first in-game footage from Shattered Horizon™, their upcoming multiplayer first-person shooter for the PC.www.shatteredhorizon.com
In Shattered Horizon, a catastrophic explosion on the Moon has filled near-Earth space with billions of tons of rocky debris. Survivors on the Moon are forced into conflict with those trapped on the battered International Space Station. Teams of players fight in zero gravity to control the limited supplies that mean the difference between survival and death in the cold of space.
With simple and intuitive controls, players have complete freedom of movement making full use of the distinctive zero gravity environments to control the battle. Shattered Horizon rewards players with gameplay and tactics impossible in games constrained by gravity.
“Raid on Moondust” trailer
The first trailer for Shattered Horizon to show in-game footage, this new video shows two players working together to take control of an asteroid being mined in near-Earth space. Players use rocket packs to fly freely through space and can land on any surface, surprising opponents by attacking from unexpected angles.
“This new trailer shows Shattered Horizon’s realistic space setting and the player’s complete freedom of movement,” said Antti Summala, lead designer at Futuremark Games Studio. “FPS fans looking for a new multiplayer challenge this holiday should check out Shattered Horizon for an experience that is only possible in a game without gravity.”
New Website
The official Shattered Horizon website has been redesigned to act as a community hub for the game both before and after the game’s launch. www.shatteredhorizon.com
Game Rating
Futuremark Games Studio has announced that Shattered Horizon has received a Teen rating from the ESRB. Ratings from other organisations are not yet available.
Coming to Earth 2009
Shattered Horizon is the first self-published title from Futuremark Games Studio and will be available via digital download this holiday. Visit the official website for more game details. www.shatteredhorizon.com
Community
Facebook: Find Futuremark Games Studio on Facebook
Twitter: Follow @FuturemarkGames
Steam: Join the official Shattered Horizon Steam Group
YouTube: Watch the latest videos on Futuremark TV
About Futuremark® Games Studio
Futuremark® Games Studio, wholly owned by Futuremark® Corporation, was formed in January 2008 to create original games with new and entertaining gameplay. Shattered Horizon™ is the studio’s first self-published game. Shattered Horizon carries the NVIDIA®: The Way It's Meant To Be Played™ seal. Futuremark is based in Helsinki, Finland and maintains a sales office in Saratoga, California. For more information, please visit http://www.futuremark.com
© 2009 Futuremark® Corporation. Shattered Horizon™ and Futuremark® Games Studio trademarks and logos, Futuremark character names and distinctive likenesses, are the exclusive property of Futuremark Corporation.
EA Has Released A New Trailer For Hasbro Family Game Night Volume 2 On The Nintendo Wii
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PS3: White Knight Chronicles is coming out February 2010 http://ow.ly/uXR9
360: illegitimately obtained copies of Borderlands + Forza 3 have resulted in those playing them online getting permabans http://ow.ly/uXTV
GameStop has listed Super Street Fighter IV for $40 and has it coming out March 23rd. http://ow.ly/uXUe
PC: Painkiller Resurrection has gone gold. set to come out October 27th in USA. Minimum Spec's also released. http://ow.ly/uXV2
Borderlands is on sale in Canada for $39.96 on both PS3 and Xbox 360 for a limited time. http://ow.ly/uYB3
PSP: Timberland has said that he will be using Beaterator on a couple of tracks for his newest album http://ow.ly/uYBu
PSP: NIS America say that they'll do a UMD Release of Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!: if they get over 1k pre-orders http://ow.ly/uYBX
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QTE Blog: Sony Online Entertainment Have Released Green Lantern Screenshots And Character Art For DC Universe http://ow.ly/15VyAC
PC: FourZeroTwo say the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 is not delayed, there will be a Prestige Mode and Steam Support http://ow.ly/uZju
Its being reported that within Namco Bandi, people are thinking about making a Tales Of Vesperia 2. http://ow.ly/uZjT
QTE Blog: EA And BioWare Announce Mass Effect 2 Is Coming Out In The UK On January 29th On PC And Xbox 360 http://ow.ly/15VyDr
The next character which can be bought for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is Psylocke. http://ow.ly/uZy5
360: It appears that the upcoming 360 update will bring specific stores for music games as well as a News Channel. http://ow.ly/uZyq
QTE Blog: Rockstar Has Released A New Trailer For Grand Theft Auto IV: Liberty Stories "Fizz TV" http://ow.ly/15VzBo
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PC: SAW's PC release is a Steam Exclusive, according to Konami. http://ow.ly/v0lT
360: Costco and Amazon.com have a November 10th release date for the Modern Warfare 2 360 Bundle. it costs $399.99 http://ow.ly/v4ee
Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadron is set to come out on PSP and DS on 6th November. http://ow.ly/v4eu
PC: there will be no dedicated servers or mods for Modern Warfare 2. there is no Server lists or matchmaking. http://ow.ly/v4eU
PS3: Loco Roco Midnight Carnival is coming out on October 29th for $15 http://ow.ly/v4fE
Wii: Peach's dress is the main reason why she's not in Super Mario Bros. Wii. it needed special processing and programming http://ow.ly/v4gM
Its rumoured that another, unannounced, Mario game is in the works. the source could be a Hoax. http://ow.ly/v4hE
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PS3: Lumines Supernova will be discounted in USA and Europe. USA price will drop to $9.99. http://ow.ly/v4hc
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
QTE Tweets Of The Week
10 Infinity Ward have says rumours of Modern Warfare 2's release being delayed are fake. http://ow.ly/ubQv
9 QTE Blog: EA Reveal the Boxart For The Retail Release Of hasbro Family Game Night For Xbox 360 http://ow.ly/15Usv7
8 QTE Blog: Seth Green Calls on Game Players to Rescue Prized Butterfinger Bar http://ow.ly/15UJD0
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6 360: Next 360 update/preview program will make all unauthorised memory units not work. they have to me removed, http://ow.ly/uUVz
5 it appears that SimCastle and SimMars where cancelled before The Sims was created. http://ow.ly/u1VM
4 QTE Blog: Sony Online Entertainment Have Released Green Lantern Screenshots And Character Art For DC Universe http://ow.ly/15VyAC
3 Wii: a game has been announced that comes with a full sized exercise bike. http://ow.ly/u0Yr
2 UK Game Charts, FIFA 10, Operation Flashpoint, Need For Speed Shift, Professor Layton And Pandora's Box, Wii Sports Resort http://ow.ly/tWgG
1 360: It appears that a new Bundle is coming. has 1 month Sky Player subscription, 3 month Gold, wireless remote. No 360. http://ow.ly/urRt