What Have You Played This Week?

Managed to play a lot more this week. I even got back the game that killed my old PlayStation 3, for those who are new my launch PlayStation 3 died when I tried to play IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey. This is a rented game which also means i've not played much recently as i've been waiting to get it back from Sony. It got to me when Sony said it would, and I'm determined to finish it quickly as my rent games list on Swapgame just keeps getting longer.

Football Manager 10 – PC – well finished 2nd in my second season in the premiership. Again my team is getting stronger, but with Annan its taking time as I still can't offer high wages, but thankfully a new stadium and improved training/youth stuff is making it a bit easier.

Uncharted 2– PS3 – I only played the online part of the game. Its plenty of fun, and the maps have soo much to offer. Thankfully there are loads of people playing the game, but I have come across a few with dodgy connections and in some games people just seemed to be dropped.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey – PS3 – Yep, I got the game back that killed my last PlayStation 3. I got much further this time, getting through the tutorial fine. Graphically its fairly impressive and it makes great use of vibration in the Dual Shock 3. there appears to be no one playing it online, so i've focused on the single player stuff. The campaign is straightforward, complete tasks to continue and unlock sutff. Ai for the most part is decent in campaign, but there are times when the Ai is either too good or not good enough. It's fun to play and educational, for those unfamiliar with air warfare in World War II. It'll take a while to complete, but the trophies are unlocking regularly and the unlocked stuff in game has some incentive to continue.

Halo Reach – Beta – Xbox 360 – I played a fair bit of the Beta, playing slayer matches, and ultimately it feels a lot like Halo. Some of the control changes took an age to get used to, like using the RB to melee and not B, but ultimately it does control well. Graphically there is a noticeable improvement, but not perhaps as big as an improvement as it needs, especially when you compare it to games like Killzone 2. the new loadouts do make it interesting, but only when you get used to using them. I use the jet pack a lot to shoot from above and land on top of them where I melee the opponent. This usually kills them. Others are using the cloak great in sniping positions. The defensive one is pretty hit and miss I find with people either using it or coming across someone using it. I have no idea what its like to talk to people with this game. Like most online games, I do not use a headset...especially on the 360, but from what people are saying on podcasts and such...ot certainly doesn't sound like things have improved.

Bookworm Adventures – PC – my parents had a cleanup and found this game. I had played Bookworm a long time ago and thought i'd give it a try. I think this is a brilliant game. It is shown up by its age, in terms of graphics, but the gameplay is simply addictive and fun. Its a great RPG and you can see how games like this spawned bigger games like Puzzle Quest.

what have you been playing this week? feel free to add your weeks gaming selection in the comments, or you can comment on the game i played this week.

Silhouettes of the Starting Pokémon From Pokémon Black And Pokémon White Have Been Released

Pokémon Sunday, a TV show in Japan, have revealed silhouettes of the Starting Pokémon from the Pokémon Black and Pokémon White Videogames and TV Series. The full reveal of these starters will come in both the CoroCoro magazine, which is expected to leak during the week, and next Sundays Pokémon Sunday. I Speculate that the pokemon types will be, from left to right, Grass, Fire, Water. You can click on the picture to see it bigger.

From Pokébeach

New Zero Punctuation - Splinter Cell: Conviction

Here is this weeks Zero Punctuation. apologises for this going up late, i kinda forgot to do this post on Wednesday when the new one went live over on The Escapist. Well this weeks is on Splitner Cell: Conviction and could it be a game that Yahtzee enjoys seeing as he enjoys stealth games like Thief...watch and find out.

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/17iqAz

• QTE Blog: Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/17is1r

• iPad: out 28th May16 in UK WiFi £429 32GB WiFi £499 64GB WiFi £599 16GB WiFi+3G £529 32GB WiFi+3G £599 64GB WiFi+3G £699 http://ht.ly/1IbhR

• Wii: its rumoured that PokéPark Wii Pikachu's Adventure is coming out in PAL territories on 30th July http://ht.ly/1Ibq7

• Activision Blizzard Financials, profit doubled over 09 to $381M, $1.3B revenue in 1st 1/4, expects $4.2B revenue for 2010 http://ht.ly/1Ic5q

• Activision are not going to close Infinity Ward, they are working on DLC and An unannounced game, will have more staff http://ht.ly/1IczP

• Activison reveal Bungie will have 200 hundred people, they are funding Bungies new game, its unlike anything else http://ht.ly/1IcD3

• QTE Blog: Nintendo Reveal Wii Party, A New Marquee Party Game For The Wii http://ow.ly/17iw1c

• Activision have confirmed that Guitar Hero 6 is coming out this fall with DJ Hero 2 coming out shortly after http://ht.ly/1IeCX

• Call Of Duty Map Sales for the series are around 17M, 1.75B hours have been played online, Continued success via retail http://ht.ly/1IeGx

• Acitivison are looking to China and Korean markets for Call Of Duty series sales, will use Blizzard expertise http://ht.ly/1IeI9

• Ubisoft have announced that they are looking for Dance talent to be included in Just Dance 2 http://ht.ly/1IeJ9

• 360: Remedy reveal Alan Wake facial animations will improve with DLC http://ht.ly/1IeLb

• PS3: Zen Studios reveal Planet MiniGolf will have Youtube Video Uploading support, send replays of matches to youtube http://ht.ly/1IeNp

• Capcom Financials, new sales down 27.3% to ¥66.8 Billion, Profit down 73.1% to ¥2.17 Billion. Japan sales strong http://ht.ly/1IeRo

• 2 Epic Mickey books are being planned, 1 is a the games story whilst the other is part of game universe. http://ht.ly/1IeTf

• Bethesda's Pete Hines says Doom 4 will "show the world id's true potential" when its released. http://ht.ly/1IeVe

• EA have filed 3 trademarks for DarkSpore, speculation is its a Spore spin-off or sequel to Spore http://ht.ly/1IeWY

• QTE Blog: This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases http://ow.ly/17iCDw

• PSP: Its been found that you can recruit Hideo Kojima into your Mother Base Staff in Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker http://ht.ly/1IizV

• JP Consoles, PSP 59.315, PS3 32.874, Wii 30.757, DSiLL 25.569, DSi 15.628, 360 4.943, DS 4.068, PSPgo 1.890, PS2 1.577 http://ht.ly/1IiBP

• Latest GameInformer cover revealed to feature Gears of War 3. Little Big Planet 2 revealed, article in June Issue http://ht.ly/1Ilcc

• Satoru Iwata says the battle with Sony is a "victory already won," Apple is the "enemy of the future." http://ht.ly/1Ilek

• 3DS: Satoru Iwata reveals the 3D game be turned on or off and they're working on anti piracy measures http://ht.ly/1IlfN

• 360: GameStop and Amazon have listings for Call Of Duty War Collection, it has CoD 2,3, and World At War for $60. http://ht.ly/1IlhF

• Square Enix have confirmed that Final Fantasy IX is coming out in the USA soon http://ht.ly/1IliB

• 360: Halo Reach Beta should receive Invasion mode and boneyard map by now http://ht.ly/1IlkG

• PS3: Its rumoured that Valkyrie Profile 3 is no longer a multi platform release and will come exclusively to the PS3 http://ht.ly/1Ilm7

This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases

Nintendo have revealed the titles coming out this week on the Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare channels. in all there are 6 titles, 1 on Virtual Console, 1 on WiiWare, and 4 on DSiWare. This Weeks Virtual Console release is the first time that the NES version of Final Fantasy has come out in the UK. unfortunately i do not have screenshots for all the games, but in the link at the bottom of the post, Nintendo have released a video showing small clips from the games released today.

Virtual Console

FINAL FANTASY – NES

WiiWare

Pub Darts


DSiWare

Metal Torrent

Rytmik

Flips Silent But Deadly

Bounce & Break


From Nintendo UK

Nintendo Reveal Wii Party, A New Marquee Party Game For The Wii

During Nintendo's financial report, they revealed a new Wii title currently in development. Wii Party is being developed with the aim of becoming the first new marquee party game for the Wii from Nintendo since Mario Party 8 was released in the Summer of 2007. Wii Party is currently set for release during this fiscal year, meaning it could come out anytime between now and March 2011.

Wii Party is being designed in a way so that every player with a Wii can find a game to play. Mii's are used as players characters, and the game features games that can be played alone, in pairs, or in groups. there will be a game play mode called Living Party that uses only the Wiimote. Nintendo have released screenshots and the Logo for this Game. the screenshots appear to be in-game. the Menu screenshot is in Japanese, but a translation has been provided if you click on the Speech bubble.

Screenshots


Extract From Nintendo's Financials

It’s called, “Wii Party”.
As you know, “Wii something” are the titles that we use only with software that Nintendo has developed exclusively for Wii with the aim to make them marquee titles for Wii. We are developing this game with the aim to make it a marquee party game for Wii.

The developers are spending significant time for this title so that they can include elements that are must-haves in a party game as well as making sure that adequate volume of game play are available. We are developing it with the intent that every Wii player will be able to find a game that can be enjoyed. In a game play mode called “Living Party”, there are unique game play only available with the Wii Remote.

In this software, Miis are used as the players’ characters. According to our own survey, we know that more than 160 million Miis have been created by our customers in Japan, the U.S. and six countries in Europe alone, In Japan, thanks to the popularity of the Tomodachi Collection software, an increasing number of Japanese are taking to their Miis. In a sense, it is a natural move for your Miis and your friends’ and family members’ Miis to show up in a Wii party games.

Nintendo has not launched a marquee party game since Mario Party 8, launched in summer 2007. However, since Wii is usually being played by several people at once and the global sales of Mario Party have reached 7.6 million units, a party title has great potential.
This is one of the titles which, we hope, will play an important role for this fiscal year.