Nintendo have announced that Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels Of The Starry Skies is coming out in the USA on 11th July. This game has already sold over 4.2 Million units in Japan. This game features a robust character creation, with over 1,000 pieces of clothing, armor, weapons and more to add to your character. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels Of The Starry Skies also features a multiplayer mode, called Tag Mode, where you and up to three other players can team up via local wireless and take on dungeons and monsters together.
Nintendo have also released new screenshots and character art for Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels Of The Starry Skies. the screenshots all appear to be in-game, either showing in-game battles, the over world, and some in-game cutscenes. in battles, the bottom screen is used for commands, with the top showing the battle. whilst in the over world, the bottom screen appears to be used to control the characters whilst the top shows the map.
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Press Release
REDMOND, Wash., May 19, 2010 - Launching in the United States on July 11, DRAGON QUEST® IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies™ for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems lets players enjoy an adventure that is entirely their own, yet can be shared with others anywhere, anytime. Developed by Square Enix Co., Ltd., this game has already become a phenomenon with players of all ages and backgrounds in Japan, with more than 4.2 million units sold.
Before setting off on their adventure, players can create their own heroes, deciding how they would like their face, hair and clothing to look. As the story unfolds, players become stronger, smarter and more powerful, and can customize companions who join their group. Players will have fun discovering more than 1,000 pieces of clothing, armor, weapons and other items that will provide them with a unique appearance and special abilities. Players can also change the class of their character at any time, choosing from a variety of vocations that will affect their abilities and strengths in the game.
In DRAGON QUEST IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, players begin their adventure as a city guardian who is sent to retrieve a sacred tree's fruits, which have the power to grant wishes. Players travel the world, conquer fearsome monsters and unravel an epic storyline. During their journey, players will encounter mighty opponents in fast-paced battles, and also interact with a colorful cast of characters.
DRAGON QUEST IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies contains special modes that let players share their adventure with others, allowing up to four players to team up via a local wireless connection and experience the fun of tackling challenging monsters and dungeons cooperatively with their own characters. Players can even leave the game active in their backpacks, pockets or purses and still interact with other players via an interactive "Tag Mode." Information about players' characters can be wirelessly transmitted to others, and treasure maps and customized greetings can be exchanged automatically by players who come within range of one another when their games are set to Tag Mode.
Players looking to enjoy a variety of different game activities can take on special side quests. Some of these quests will be earned by progressing through the game, while additional quests will be made available for free download for players with broadband Internet access after the game launches, providing hours of additional content for virtual adventurers to enjoy either on their own or with friends. Some downloadable quests will continue the main storyline of the game, while others offer standalone missions.
"DRAGON QUEST IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies is one of the biggest games ever to hit Nintendo DS, with an incredible amount of content for every kind of player to enjoy," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "This new game has all of the elements of an instant classic: customization options, a great story, and the ability to share a nearly limitless experience with friends."
For more information about DRAGON QUEST IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, please visitdragonquest.nintendo.com.
About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ home console and Nintendo DS™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 3.4 billion video games and more than 565 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company's website at www.nintendo.com.
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Mac: Apple announce the MacBook has been refreshed with 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA GeForce 320M, 10 hour battery http://ht.ly/1Mwgh
QTE Blog: Sony Europe Announce The MUBI Application Will Bring Movies To European PS3's This Autumn http://ht.ly/17pEpK
2K Responds to BioShock 2 players over Metro DLC complaints, say they choose not to have a Multiplayer DLC playlist http://ht.ly/1MwkD
3DS: Nintendo have filed trademarks for 3DSWare and 3DSPlay http://ht.ly/1Mwmv
QTE Blog: EA Have Released New Screenshots For The Darkspawn Chronicles DLC For Dragon Age: Origins http://ht.ly/17pGFE
QTE Blog: EA Have Released New Screenshots For Dead Space 2 http://ht.ly/17pGFF
PS3: The PS3 Video store has gone live in Australia, rentals start at AUD$4, purchases at AUD$8. Movies in SD and HD http://ht.ly/1Mwpo
Sony Australia have announced that the PS3 has sold over 850,000 units in Australia, PSPgo only 20-25K http://ht.ly/1Mws1
QTE Blog: Sony And Q-Games Announce PixleJunke Shooter 2 Is Currently In Development http://ht.ly/17pJ1b
QTE Blog: EA Have Released New Screenshots For The Upcoming Overlord DLC For Mass Effect 2 http://ht.ly/17pJ1c
Square Enix have filed trademarks for Mindjack and Mindhack in Europe. Mindjack is for use in Online videogames http://ht.ly/1MDoN
Wii: Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that they are trying to make Zelda easier to play, creating a new way to play it http://ht.ly/1MEOG
QTE Blog: Blizzard Entertainment Announce Tickets For BlizzCon Will Go On Sale On 2nd June And 5th June http://ht.ly/17pKOz
PC: Runic have announced that Torchlight has sold over 500K units http://ht.ly/1MF68
Capcom's Haruhiro Tsujimoto says Move and Natal Success depends on planning, pressure on Sony/Microsoft not game makers http://ht.ly/1MF8y
360: A Patch is coming for Mass Effect 2. is has bug fixes and game optimisations http://ht.ly/1MGKx
Queen, Black Sabbath and Lars Ulrich appear in Guitar Hero 6 as recruitable characters, Club CBGB, old DLC works http://ht.ly/1MGOz
A job posting from Visceral Games hints towards a sequel for Dante's Inferno http://ht.ly/1MGQp
Square Enix have revealed Final Fantasy XIII has sold over 5.5 Million units worldwide http://ht.ly/1MGSs
PS3: its rumored Sony is going to bring a Room to Home that allows Home users from across the world to interact http://ht.ly/1MGTH
Ubisoft Financials, sales of €871 million, down 18%, Operating loss of €60 million, 2010-11 forcast is profitable growth http://ht.ly/1MIxA
Ubisoft announce Ghost Recon: Future Soldier has been delayed until March Quarter 2011 http://ht.ly/1MIz4
Ubisoft confirm Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood will have a multiplayer Beta http://ht.ly/1MIA2
Ubisoft have announced that Bloody Good Time is coming to XBLA And PC between now and june 2010 http://ht.ly/1MJLM
360: Square Enix's Yoichi Wada has said they are looking to see if Final Fantasy Versus XIII can come to the 360 http://ht.ly/1MJPV
PS3: Infinity War reveal the Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Pack broke PSN sales records, over 1 Million sold http://ht.ly/1MJRe
PS3: Sony's Simon Benson says making a 3D game from scratch will make game design easier http://ht.ly/1MJTe
OnLive: Belgacom have taken a 2.6% stake in OnLive and will bring it to Belgium and Luxembourg http://ht.ly/1MKcj
Facebook: Facebook and Zynga announce a new 5 year partnership, quelling rumours Zynga were leaving http://ht.ly/1MKeD
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands reviews are live, its getting mostly 8/10 across PS3/Wii/360 http://ht.ly/1MKhM
Split/Second review scores are live, its getting between 7/10 - 8/10 scores mostly http://ht.ly/1MKiL
3DS: Nintendo have registered 3DS domain names for numerous countries, Hinting that 3DS maybe its final name http://ht.ly/1MKpL
Its been revealed Capcom have a bombshell announcement at E3, relating to outsourcing games to the west http://ht.ly/1MKrD
Theres reports of a game ending glitch in Prince Of Perisa Sands Of Time, main character gets stuck in a inescapable room http://ht.ly/1MKxY
Blizzard have announced that tickets for this years BlizzCon will go on sale on Wednesday 2nd June at 7 p.m. Pacific time and 5th June at 10 a.m. Pacific time. Tickets to the convention will be priced at $150 each and will be available for purchase from the official BlizzCon website at www.blizzcon.com. To Make getting tickets easier, its recommended that those interested should have a Battle.net account.
BlizzCon is taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, on October 22 and 23. Live coverage of the event will be available as a DIRECTV Pay Per View package and as a multi-channel Internet stream. Existing DIRECTV customers in the United States can get this package for $39.95, which also gives them the Internet streaming for free. Those without Direct TV Can subscribe to the internet stream for $39.95. They will both get access to multiple internet channels.
Press Release
IRVINE, Calif., May 18, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that tickets for its fifth BlizzCon(R) gaming convention will go on sale in two batches on Wednesday, June 2 and Saturday, June 5, 2010. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft(R), Diablo(R), and StarCraft(R)game universes. The event will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on October 22 and 23. Live coverage of the event will be available as a DIRECTV(R)Pay Per View package and as a multi-channel Internet stream, allowing viewers online to switch between coverage of multiple panels and activities during the show.
"BlizzCon is a unique opportunity for our players to meet one another, strengthen the friendships they've formed online, and have a great time celebrating a shared passion for gaming together with Blizzard employees," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "For those who can't attend, we're pleased to be providing an unprecedented level of access to the activities and attractions that BlizzCon has to offer."
In addition to serving as a gathering place for the different Blizzard Entertainment gaming communities, BlizzCon will have an array of activities, including discussion panels, competitive and casual tournaments, contests, hands-on playtime with current and upcoming Blizzard Entertainment games, and more.
Tickets to the convention will be priced at $150 USD each and will be available for purchase from the official BlizzCon website at www.blizzcon.com. Tickets will be released in two separate batches on June 2 at 7 p.m. Pacific time and on June 5 at 10 a.m. Pacific time. Those interested in attending BlizzCon can simplify the purchase process by registering a Battle.net account at www.battle.net before ticket sales begin.
The popular DIRECTV(R) BlizzCon Pay Per View event will return in 2010, available to existing DIRECTV customers in the United States for $39.95 USD. The event will again deliver comprehensive live HD coverage from the show floor on each day of the convention, including exclusive interviews, demos, and more.
Gamers around the world will also have the option to purchase the Pay Per View event as a multi-channel Internet stream, also priced at $39.95 USD (pricing may vary by region). For the first time, anyone who purchases the Internet stream will be able to switch freely between multiple channels of coverage dedicated to different areas of BlizzCon, allowing online viewers expanded access to the panels and events they're most interested in. DIRECTV customers who order the televised event will receive this Internet stream at no extra charge, allowing them to watch in the format of their choice. Those who order the event will also receive this year's BlizzCon-exclusive World of Warcraft(R) in-game item (availability may vary by region), to be revealed at a later date. Limited streaming coverage of the BlizzCon opening ceremony and certain BlizzCon tournaments will be available via the Internet for free.
As BlizzCon draws closer, further details about the show, including ordering and programming information for the DIRECTV BlizzCon Pay Per View event and multi-channel Internet stream, will be announced at www.blizzcon.com.
To keep pace with the continued growth of World of Warcraft as well as development on other Blizzard Entertainment games, the company is currently hiring for numerous open positions. More information on available career opportunities can be found at www.blizzard.com/jobs.
About Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft(R) and the Warcraft(R), StarCraft(R), and Diablo(R) series, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry's most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment's track record includes eleven #1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards. The company's online-gaming service, Battle.net(R), is one of the largest in the world, with millions of active players.
About DIRECTV
DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) is the world's most popular video service delivering state-of-the-art technology, unmatched programming, the most comprehensive sports packages available and industry leading customer service to its more than 25.6 million customers in the U.S. and Latin America. In the U.S., DIRECTV offers its 18.6 million customers more than 130 HD channels and Dolby-Digital(R) 5.1 theater-quality sound (when available), access to exclusive sports programming such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM), award winning technology like its DIRECTV(R)DVR Scheduler and higher customer satisfaction than the leading cable companies for nine years running. DIRECTV Latin America, through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, and other Latin American countries, leads the pay-TV category in technology, programming and service, delivering an unrivaled digital television experience to 7 million customers. DIRECTV sports and entertainment properties include three Regional Sports Networks (Northwest, Rocky Mountain and Pittsburgh) as well as a 65 percent interest in Game Show Network. For the most up-to-date information on DIRECTV, please call 1-800-DIRECTV or visit directv.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Blizzard Entertainment's expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Blizzard Entertainment generally uses words such as "outlook," "will," "could," "would," "might," "remains," "to be," "plans," "believes," "may," "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "estimate," "future," "plan," "positioned," "potential," "project," "remain," "scheduled," "set to," "subject to," "upcoming" and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause Blizzard Entertainment's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales levels of Blizzard Entertainment's titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the impact of the current macroeconomic environment, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Blizzard Entertainment's products, competition from the used game market, industry competition and competition from other forms of entertainment, rapid changes in technology, industry standards and consumer preferences, including interest in specific genres such as real-time strategy, action-role-playing and massively multiplayer online games, protection of proprietary rights, litigation against Blizzard Entertainment, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, licensees, licensors, vendors and third-party developers, including the ability to attract, retain and develop key personnel and developers who can create high quality "hit" titles, counterparty risks relating to customers, licensees, licensors and manufacturers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates and tax rates, and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities, and the other factors identified in the risk factors section of Activision Blizzard's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Blizzard Entertainment and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Blizzard Entertainment nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Blizzard Entertainment or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
Q-Games and Sony have revealed that PixleJunk Shooter 2 is in development. Q-Games' Dylan Cuthbert mentions that this is most likely the last PixleJunk Shooter game, but it will have new features not seen in any PixleJunk game and PixleJunk Shooters 2 will be bigger than the first game. 2 pieces of concept art were released as well, hinting at perhaps the use of light and dark mechanics in some levels and maybe some levels could be set inside some creature. Dylan also announces that A Demo for PixleJunk Shooter is coming out on 25th May.
Concept Art
From USA Playstation Blog
EA Have released new screenshots for the upcoming Overlord DLC for Mass Effect 2. The Overlord DLC is 1 story set on a planet. this story is split into 5 levels where you find yourself battling through a laboratory to stop the enemy. Players will be able to explore the planet in the Hammerhead. The in-game screenshots released by EA show some of the computer controlled characters and the games main characters in battle.
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Info From 1UP
EA Have released new screenshots for the Darkspawn DLC Expansion for Dragon Age: Origins. these screenshots are in-game and show in-game action of Shrieks and Ogres killing people as well as a Vanguard, your main character.
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Nintendo Have Announced Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels Of The Starry Skies Is Coming Out In The USA On 11th July
Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest)
Blizzard Entertainment Announce Tickets For BlizzCon Will Go On Sale On 2nd June And 5th June
Sony And Q-Games Announce PixleJunke Shooter 2 Is Currently In Development
EA Have Released New Screenshots For The Upcoming Overlord DLC For Mass Effect 2
EA Have Released New Screenshots For The Darkspawn Chronicles DLC For Dragon Age: Origins