Friday, October 30, 2009

Sega Has Released A Halloween Trailer For Sonic and Sega's All Star Racing

Sega has released a Halloween trailer for Sonic And Sega's All Star Racing. The Trailer shows of a new level in the game, A Zombie/Undead Stage, as well as revealing a new playable character in the game, who apparently is based on the House Of The Dead EX Characters1





1 http://www.seganerds.com/2009/10/30/sonic-sega-all-star-racing-gets-house-of-the-dead-character-and-track/#comments

Sega Has Released A New Trailer For Planet 51 Which Focuses On Chuck

Sega has released a new trailer for Planet 51, the videogame tie-in of the Movie. this video focuses on the Chuck character, providing some back story and information about his mission, and what happens to Chuck in the game.




Nintendo Release Photographs And Video From The Style Savvy Launch Event

Nintendo have released a couple of Photographs and a video from a Launch Event Nintendo Held for the Nintendo DS/DSi game Style Savvy. The Video shows many of the events and competitions that were held at the event, as well as video of the game and interviews with parents.





Press Release

NEW YORK --(Business Wire)-- Oct 30, 2009
Photo one:
Dontaya McDonald, of the Bronx borough of New York, participates in a runway competition at Nintendo’s Style Savvy“Fashion Fest” at JCPenney Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 in New York. Mother-daughter teams modeled fashionable styles that they selected within a set budget, similar to the challenges in the upcoming Style Savvy video game, which launches Nov. 2 for the portable Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi systems. (Jason DeCrow/AP Images for Nintendo)

Photo two:
Denise Kaigler, left, of Nintendo of America, fashion designer Charlotte Ronson, center, and Cynthia Maxwell, right, of JCPenney, judge a runway competition at Nintendo’s Style Savvy “Fashion Fest” at JCPenney Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 in New York. Style Savvy for Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi launches Nov. 2 and features downloadable items from Charlotte Ronson’s fall 2009 collection. (Jason DeCrow/AP Images for Nintendo)

Video:
Style Savvy Launch with Charlotte Ronson.

Sony Europe Discuss The PSP UMD Game Data Install To Memory Card Option

With the Football Manager Handheld series, Gran Turismo and the upcoming Dynasty Warriors 6 having options to install data from the UMD to the Memory Card, i asked Sony has this been available to developers since the PSP launch as it appears to be a recent development.

I also asked if there was a limit as to what a developer can do with this option, whether there is a limit to the file size, or if the game has to be playable without an install.


"Game developers could have done this manually since launch, with approval from SCE, but with a recent SDK release, SCE has added system support for this functionality. There is no limit, or rules around whether the game has to run without an install, at least not yet. We will continue to review the system to see if we do need to provide further guidance to publishers on usage of this feature as it gets further use."

So it appears that originally, only games like Football Manager Handheld, managed to get approval to install game data to the memory card, but with updates to the SDK its become more accessible to developers in general and appears that Sony has made it flexable as to how its used.


Sony Europe Confirm They Do Not Insist On Publishers Releasing Digital PSP Titles

Sony America had already said that they have not made it compulsory for publishers to release their games on the PSP PSN.

I Asked Sony Europe If They have a similar situation, they responded:


"SCE does not insist on digital releases of all PSP titles - it is the publisher's choice."

I Did ask if there will be a set date for when PSP titles have to be available on the PSN, but it got the same response.


Konami Have Released Screenshots Of Their Upcoming WiiWare Game, Tomena Sanner

Konami have released screenshots for their upcoming Nintendo Wii WiiWare game, Tomena Sanner.The Screenshots show many of the different stages and minigames that take place in the game.

Tomena Sanner



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