Sony Reveal The Boxart For Gran Turismo 5

Sony Europe have revealed the boxart for Gran Turismo 5. The car chosen to be on the box is the upcoming Mercedes Benz SLS AMG. Sony Also provided screenshots of the Mercedes Benz SLS AMG Gran Turismo 5 Car Model.

Gran Turismo 5 Car Model


From Europe Sony Blog

Nintendo Has Released The Boxart For The Upcoming DS Game "America's Test Kitchen. Let's Get Cooking"

Nintendo USA have released the boxart for the upcoming Nintendo DS game, America's Test Kitchen: Let's Go Cooking.


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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/16gQwD

• PS3: a technique is rumoured to have been finally found to play back up games on the PS3. its far from easy. http://ow.ly/SX9H

• Platinum Games have been running a countdown teaser. the countdown has been increased until February. http://ow.ly/SXj7

• 39% of adults let their kids play 18 rated games. 25% of those adults will play those games with their kids. http://ow.ly/SXkj

• OnLive: Sony say that consoles are the only devices able to play games at a 'expected quality', OnLiveis no threat. http://ow.ly/SXmZ

• Wii: Nintendo has signed a distribution deal with Capcom meaning Monster Hunter Tri will come out in the UK in April. http://ow.ly/SXod

• PS3: Its being reported that Gran Turismo 5 and God Of War III will both come out in Japan on March 25yh. http://ow.ly/SXp3

• The USK have rated a multiplayer demo for Blur for the 360, a PS3 version was not rated. http://ow.ly/SXqy

• PC: Star Trek Online's tutorial will have you rescue a ship under Borg attack. you can then become captain of that ship http://ow.ly/SXrJ

• PC: Star Trek Online is now available for pre-purchase on steam. Digital deluxe is £49.99, standard for £39.99 http://ow.ly/SXtr

• its being reported that Dissidia Final Fantasy is coming to both the PS3 and Xbox 360. http://ow.ly/T03T

• Wii: its being reported that EA is brining back the NBA Jam series to the Wii and EA will announce this soon. http://ow.ly/T04K

• Sony have filed the trademark VoyAgent. its for game services provided online, online distribution of music, images + more http://ow.ly/T03f

• PSP: Nielsen have released statistics that show 52% of the USA PSP audience is Female. http://ow.ly/T2k6

• Nielsen Statistics show that 73% US households own a gaming device. the PS2 is still ranked 2nd in most played console http://ow.ly/T2r1

• Mark Hamill has said that he has never been asked to provide a voice for a Star Wars Game. http://ow.ly/T2uV

• QTE Blog: Nintendo Announce That The Nintendo DS Is The Best Selling Videogame In Europe http://ow.ly/16gZpx

• QTE Blog: Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/16gZpy

• QTE Blog: Nintendo Estimate 3 Million Wii's Were Sold In The United States During December http://ow.ly/16h16h

• QTE Blog: EA Announce Dragon Age Origins Awakening, The First Expansion Pack For Dragon Age Origins http://ow.ly/16h16i

• PC: Meridian 59 Devs, Near Death Studios, have announced that they are closing down after 9 years. http://ow.ly/T5W3

• Atlus have filed a trademark for Gungnir in Japan. Gungir was Odin's legendary spear. http://ow.ly/T5Xh

• iPhone: Apple has announced that there have now been over 3 billion app downloads. http://ow.ly/T5Yr

• Wii: Capcom are disappointed with Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles sales. USA Sales are only around 16.000 http://ow.ly/T60b

• QTE Blog: EA Have Released New Screenshots For Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online On The PC http://ow.ly/16h5eZ

EA Have Released New Screenshots For Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online On The PC

EA Have released new screenshots for Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online. the screenshots are all in-game and show a few different things. the course selection menu, The Pro Shop, And the website are shown as well as 2 in-game screenshots of the player playing as Tiger.

Tiger Woods Online

EA Announce Dragon Age Origins Awakening, The First Expansion Pack For Dragon Age Origins

EA Has announced that they will be releasing the first expansion pack for Dragon Age Origins on March 16th. Dragon Age Origins Awakening will come out for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. the expansion has a suggested retail price of $39.99.

The Awakening offers a brand new part of the world to explore. Amaranthine will have a epic story that will help to unravel the secrets of the Darkspawn. there will be creatures morphed by the Darkspawn, evolved and intelligent.

The Awakening will also provide new ways for players to customise their hero and party, including the ability to re-spec attributes. The level cap will be increased, there are new spells, abilities, and new items.

Press Release

Guildford, UK – January 5, 2009 – Leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today Dragon Age™: Origins – Awakening, the first official expansion pack to Dragon Age: Origins, the recent recipient of Spike TV’s Best RPG and PC Game of 2009, IGN’s Best RPG of 2009 and CNN.com’s Best RPG of 2009. Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening will be available for the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC on March 16, 2010.

Designed and written by the same team that brought you Dragon Age: Origins, the Awakening expansion pack offers a brand new area of the world to explore known as Amaranthine, featuring an epic story that will allow players to unravel the secrets of the darkspawn - and their true motivations! Players will face a range of horrific and terrifying creatures including an evolved, intelligent breed of darkspawn and other menacing creatures such as the Inferno Golem and Spectral Dragon. Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening provides exciting new ways for players to customize their heroes and party, including the ability to re-spec their character attributes, allowing even greater customization and replayability. Featuring an increased level cap, new spells, abilities, specializations and items, plus five all-new party members, players can continue their adventures from Dragon Age, or begin with a brand new party.
“Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening shows BioWare’s commitment to our fans by delivering new story-driven experiences which enrich the dark heroic fantasy universe our fans have come to know and love,” said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Group General Manager of the RPG/MMO Group, EA, and Co-Founder, BioWare. “The vibrant worldwide community of Dragon Age fans will relish uncovering the secret motivations of the darkspawn, revealing how the darkspawn continue to infest the world despite the defeat of the Archdemon.”

Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening, BioWare’s next thread in the Dragon Age: Origins tapestry, occurs following the events of Dragon Age: Origins and puts players into the role of a Grey Warden Commander entrusted with rebuilding the order of Grey Wardens. In addition to rebuilding the ranks of the Grey Wardens, you will be tasked with uncovering the mystery of how the darkspawn survive after the slaying of the Archdemon dragon. How players choose to rebuild their order, resolve the conflict with the mysterious “Architect,” and determine the fate of the darkspawn are just some of the many intriguing moral choices that will shape each player’s heroic journey. Players will be able to import their character from Dragon Age: Origins or start out as a new Grey Warden from the neighboring land of Orlais.
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening will be released March 16, 2010 worldwide on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 console and PC. Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening will be available for $39.99 on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles in North America and will require Dragon Age: Origins to play. Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening is rated M by the ESRB and 18+ by PEGI.

For more information on Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening, please visit www.dragonage.com/awakening.

About BioWare
BioWare develops high quality console, PC and online role-playing games, focused on rich stories, unforgettable characters and vast worlds to discover. Since 1995, BioWare has created some of the world's most critically acclaimed titles, including Baldur's Gate™, Neverwinter Nights™, Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™, Jade Empire™ and Mass Effect™. BioWare operates in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), Montreal (Quebec) and Austin (Texas). BioWare’s announced projects include the dark heroic fantasy adventure Dragon Age: Origins, as well as Mass Effect 2™, the epic shooter-RPG sequel to Mass Effect, and the story-driven massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars®: The Old Republic™. In 2008, BioWare was acquired by Electronic Arts, a leading global interactive entertainment publisher. For more information on BioWare, visit www.bioware.com; to join the millions of fans already registered on our community, go tohttp://social.bioware.com.

About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), 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 Mobile TM 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.

BioWare, Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Jade Empire are trademarks or registered trademarks of EA International (Studio and Publishing) Ltd. in the U.S. and/or other countries. EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile and POGO are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Xbox and Xbox 360 are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. “PlayStation” is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Nintendo Estimate 3 Million Wii's Were Sold In The United States During December

Nintendo is estimating that during December 2009, 3 Million Nintendo Wii's were sold in the USA. Official sales figures will be released by the NPD group on January 14th.
Nintendo are also estimating that lifetime sales of New Super Mario Bros. Wii are approaching 4 million in the USA.

Press Release

As everyone looks ahead to the possibilities in store for 2010, Nintendo of America is looking to extend the glow of the holidays with some fresh December sales information. The following items were announced by Nintendo President Satoru Iwata in Japan:

Although official U.S. sales data for December and all of 2009 will be announced by the NPD Group on Jan. 14, it appears that U.S. consumers responded enthusiastically to Nintendo's Wii™ home console in December. Nintendo estimates that December sales in the United States will exceed 3 million units.

Nintendo estimates that the portable Nintendo DS™ lineup, including the Nintendo DSi™ video game system, set a new all-time calendar-year U.S. sales record for any console or hand-held system.

Nintendo software also continued to perform well. Although the NPD Group will provide the full sales numbers for each game, Nintendo estimates that lifetime U.S. sales of New Super Mario Bros.™ Wii are approaching 4 million. The game, which is the first Super Mario Bros. game to include simultaneous four-player action, launched in the United States on Nov. 15.

"The millions of people who bought Nintendo hardware during the holidays can look forward to enjoying great games on those systems now and in the future," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks for Nintendo DS, and Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. Wii are all currently providing Nintendo fans with amazing experiences and fun adventures for the whole family."

For more information about Nintendo, please visit www.nintendo.com.