Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Microsoft Announce Game Room Is Out Now As Well As 30 Games


Microsoft have announced that Game Room is out Now. To Play, you will need to download Game Room as well as 2 game packs. Once all these have been downloaded, you will get 20 free tokens in the game and the chance to play any of the 30 games that have been released today.

The 30 Games Also Out Now:
Adventure
Armor Battle
Asteroids Deluxe
Astrosmash
Centipede
Battlantis
Crystal Castles
Gravitar
Lunar Lander
Red Baron
Combat
Finalizer
Football
Tempest
Jungler
Millipede
Outlaw
Road Fighter
Realsports Tennis
Sea Battle
Scramble
Skiing, Mountain Madness/Super Pro
Space Armada
Space Hawk
Shao-lin's Road (Kicker)
Star Raiders
Super Cobra
Sub Hunt
Tutankham
Yar’s Revenge

From Major Nelson Blog


Microsoft Have Released New Pictures Of The 250 GB HDD For The Xbox 360

Microsoft have released new pictures of the 250GB HDD that is out now. the pictures show it looks the same to the other HDD's, but it does have the size of the HDD embossed on the top. The packaging also shows that it does come with a transfer cable.

250 GB HDD



Nintendo Reveal A New Super Mario Galaxy 2 Logo


Nintendo have revealed a updated Super Mario Galaxy 2 logo.



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/16RNbf

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

  • iPhone: a report from Flurry Analytics reports that the iPhone has a 10% share of the portable gaming market in 2009 http://ow.ly/1pQ0V

  • PS3: Folkert Langeveld mentions Little Big Planet 2 when discussing Playstation Move http://ow.ly/1pQ3E

  • 360: The Xbox 360 Dashboard has said that a standalone 250gb HDD is coming out. http://ow.ly/1pQ5K

  • Character art for Portal have been revealed. main character has a new look and human esq turrets also shown http://ow.ly/1pQ9k

  • 360: Microsoft reportedly says Natal needs 4 Meters (13 feet). Japanese City Homes may not have enough room http://ow.ly/1pQfo

  • Starbreeze has reportedly canned a game in development with EA. its speculated to be Syndicate thats cancelled. http://ow.ly/1pQi2

  • QTE Blog: Nintendo Announce The Nintendo 3DS And That It Is Set For Release Before March 2011 http://ow.ly/16RSIy

  • PS3: its rumoured that a second Gran Turismo 5 demo is coming. a image has been released showing Nurburgring http://ow.ly/1pQmY

  • Wii: Nintendo started work on Super Mario Galaxy 1.5 before realising it was too big. they decided to make SMG 2 instead http://ow.ly/1pQsI

  • PSP: Yusuke Naora, art director for Final Fantasy Agito XIII, has reiterated that the game is still in development. http://ow.ly/1pQw4

  • iPhone: Apple has enabled people to gift games/apps to each other (as long as they're in the same country) http://ow.ly/1pXyK

  • 360: Peter Molyneux has confirmed that Fable III will have episodic content after the game has launched. http://ow.ly/1pXDN

  • QTE Blog: Microsoft Announces The Standalone 250 GB HDD Is Out Now For $129.99 http://ow.ly/16RYbi

  • 3DS: Nintendo have confirmed that the 3DS will be playable at E3 http://ow.ly/1q1mr

  • 360: the 120 GB HDD's have dropped in price to $99.99 in the USA http://ow.ly/1q1nd

  • QTE Blog: Engadget Have Released New GamePlay And Dev Chat Videos For Playstation Move http://ow.ly/16S1ID

  • 3DS: James Mielke, Q Entertainment, calls the 3DS "...impossible for anyone other than Nintendo to make money on." http://ow.ly/1q1pe

  • Team Bondi have said that the current L.A. Noire script currently stands at 22.000 Pages long. http://ow.ly/1q1rI

  • BioWare have launched a countdown clock that ends in 5 days. it also appears on Mass Effect and Dragon Age sites http://ow.ly/1q1tx

  • Review scores for Just Cause 2 have gone live. mostly 8/10 with a few perfects http://ow.ly/1q1ux

  • Wii: Red Steel 2 review scores are going live. mostly 8/9 out of 10 with a few slightly lower http://ow.ly/1q1vy



Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Engadget Have Released New GamePlay And Dev Chat Videos For Playstation Move

Engadget recently had a Engadget Show where the main focus was on the Playstation Move. there were live demos and some never before seen demos for the Playstation move. I Have included videos of these demos in the break.
However, Engadget have released some new videos of the Playstation move that were taken after the show. they played a couple of games from Move Party as well as having a indepth chat about Move, about people behind Move, how devs are using Move to make games, and some of the things that they want Move to be used for.





Other Playstation Move Videos from the Engadget Show








Microsoft Announces The Standalone 250 GB HDD Is Out Now For $129.99

Microsoft have announced that the Standalone 250 GB HDD For the Xbox 360 is out now in the USA for $129.99. Amazon.co.uk has the UK release as 16th April and it has a RRP of £79.99, but Amazon have currently priced it at £66.99.

Major Nelson has confirmed that the 250GB HDD does come with a transfer cable in this quick 12 second video.


The 250 GB HDD does come w/ the transfer cable on 12seconds.tv

Press Release

Available in stores today, Xbox 360 introduces the 250GB Hard Drive, which offers more space to store your favorite game and entertainment content. Available at the incredible value of $129.99 (U.S ERP), the 250GB Hard Drive offers more freedom to download the latest demos, Xbox LIVE Arcade games, full game titles with Games on Demand, TV shows, movies and more straight to your Xbox 360 console.

Xbox LIVE is the premier destination to download the best games and entertainment at the touch of a button, 24x7. With a growing library of more than 13,000 pieces of gaming content, and more than 25,000 movies, TV episodes and music videos available to download or stream instantly – you’re bound to find something you love.

Want to express your personality and style on Xbox LIVE? With the added storage space of the 250GB Hard Drive, it makes it easy to download and save new Avatar clothes and props from your favorite clothing brands and games, including Roxy, Quiksilver, Adidas, tokidoki, “Halo,” “Gears of War” and more. Or, download a pet to keep your Avatar company.

More detailed information can be found at www.xbox.com.