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Re-Cap of The Weekends News (oldest to newest)

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

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

• PSP: Sony has been offering game code to developers potentially offering "a 60-day shelf life" before a game gets hacked http://ht.ly/1OwjQ

• QTE Blog: THQ Have Released A Video Walk Through For All Star Karate On The Nintendo Wii http://ht.ly/17sEGs

• PS3: Killzone 3 leaked, Arctic levels, Jetpacks, 3D, Bigger scale, new weapons, shows Helghast culture/humanity + more http://ht.ly/1OwkP

• PS3: Leaked Scans of Killzone 3. it looks very far along and even more detailed than Killzone 2 http://ht.ly/1Owla

• QTE Blog: EA Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer Showing The new Golfers, Courses, And Features In Tiger Wo... http://ht.ly/17sG6n

• PS3: Killzone 3 graphics engine co-worked on with Naughty Dog, Uncharted Devs, and Guerilla Games. http://ht.ly/1OwlW

• PS3: BT Games have listed the Playstation Move as coming out in July http://ht.ly/1OJIt

• QTE Blog: EA Have Released A New Madden NFL 11 Developer Interview And New Screenshots http://ht.ly/17taOV

• iPad: UK And Australia shipments of the iPad, both 3G and Wifi, have reportedly started http://ht.ly/1OJIY

• Its reported that Red Dead Redemption sold 300K units in just 2 days in the UK, making it the biggest launch of 2010 http://ht.ly/1OJKv

• QTE Blog: EA Announce The Canadian Hockey League Will Now Be Included In NHL 11 And Future NHL Games http://ht.ly/17tcjS

• PS3: its reported that the PS3 version of Section 8 asks users to connect to Xbox Live Marketplace http://ht.ly/1OJLO

• PS3: Sony has trademarked "Move Into the Action" in the USA, speculation is its for advertising or a Slogan http://ht.ly/1OJMt

• QTE Blog: Activision Announce Blur Has Facebook Intergration http://ht.ly/17tdLw

• Pandora: The First batch of Pandora's has come of the assembly line and are now shipping. http://ht.ly/1OJNw

• QTE Blog: Sony Online Entertainment Announce New Rides, Accessories, And Vacant Lots In Free Realms http://ht.ly/17teYe

• QTE Blog: Sony Announce Pinball Heroes Bundle 2 Is Coming To PSP's On 25th May http://ht.ly/17thdx

• QTE Blog: What Have You Played This Week? http://ht.ly/17tlcv

• QTE Blog: QTE Tweets Of The Week http://ht.ly/17tnyK

QTE Tweets Of The Week

Here are this weeks most clicked tweets from the QTE Gamers News In Brief. The breaking news over this weekend about Killzone 3 got alot of traffic, as well as news regarding Red Dead Redemption PS3 stock in the UK. the only real shock was possibly this weeks Zero punctuation, its normally popular but this week it got alot of attention.


10 QTE Blog: Codemasters Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For International Cricket 2010 http://ht.ly/17rgYD

9 PS3: Killzone 3 graphics engine co-worked on with Naughty Dog, Uncharted Devs, and Guerilla Games. http://ht.ly/1OwlW

8 Assassin's Creed 2 Complete Edition has appeared on several UK online retailers for around £27.99 http://ht.ly/1NiQh

7 iPad: UK And Australia shipments of the iPad, both 3G and Wifi, have reportedly started http://ht.ly/1OJIY

6 PS3: Killzone 3 leaked, Arctic levels, Jetpacks, 3D, Bigger scale, new weapons, shows Helghast culture/humanity + more http://ht.ly/1OwkP

5 Batman: Arkham Asylum action figures coming Jan 2011, have Batman, Joker with Scarface, Scarecrow and Harley Quinn http://ht.ly/1N2sy

4 iPhone: PEGI have released a app for free that tells users the ratings of games http://ht.ly/1NdC0

3 PS3: PS3 stock of Red Dead Redemption in UK has been hit by massive shortages, many sold out by end of today http://ht.ly/1O5L1

2 PS3: Leaked Scans of Killzone 3. it looks very far along and even more detailed than Killzone 2 http://ht.ly/1Owla

1 QTE Blog: New Zero Punctuation - Dead to Rights: Retribution http://ht.ly/17qFML

What Have You Played This Week?

Looking at the list it shows that I haven't played much, but it feels like I played a lot.

Football Manager 10 – PC – I stopped playing as San Marino. It was difficult, but I noticed that San Marino was no longer listed as being based in San Marino and listed as being an Italian club. One of the reasons why I started the club was to become great, make players get San Marino nationality, and make the national team good. So as this didn't work, nor changing it in the editor, I started a new game as FC Bayern.

Enchanted Arms – PS3 – This wasn't the first game in my Swapgame list...actually it was pretty far down so I was surprised when it arrived. I'm only 5 hours in so I can't say much about the story, but so far, the graphics are average and show their age but the cutscenes do look good. The story so far has been fairly typical with a few high points. Combat is simple and the tutorial has explained it clearer, its like Final Fantasy Tactics. What is strange is I can't access the XMB from in the game, but at least i'm able to save anywhere I need to.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey – PS3 – I finished the campaign and tried to complete the missions, but I only got around half way through them before I had enough. I also tried other levels of difficulty, but found I preferred the arcade style gameplay and not the more realistic difficulties. Overall the game was fun, the graphics are good and the arcade gameplay is enjoyable. But there are perhaps too many missions and near the end things got boring and repetitive.

ModNation Racers – Demo – PSP – For Me, Motorstorm Arctic Edge is the best racing game on the PSP so I was really interested in seeing how ModNation Racers compared. Whilst graphically its fine, for me the handling wasn't quite right in the demo. I had a couple of tracks to try out, and whilst they were different, I didn't feel like the handling was right on either of them. The Kart racing style was fun with the weapons and I can imagine the mutliplayer would be great. The Demo also had some track editor stuff, enough to make a basic track, but it didn't allow you to save it or share it. Also I found that the majority of the editor icons were to small to see, without trying each one, what they were. I spent time getting used to it and made some tracks and it does work fairly well.

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.

Sony Announce Pinball Heroes Bundle 2 Is Coming To PSP's On 25th May

Sony have announced the second Bundle for Pinball Heroes is set to come out in the USA on 25th May for $9.99. This new bundle features 4 new themed tables including Wipeout HD Fury, Motorstorm, Fat Princess, And ModNation Racers. at present, you will only be able to buy the tables in the bundle and not separately, and You do not need to own any of the tables in Bundle 1 to play Bundle 2.

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From USA Playstation Blog

Sony Online Entertainment Announce New Rides, Accessories, And Vacant Lots In Free Realms

Sony Online Entertainment have announced that new Rides, Accessories, And Vacant Lots are now available in Free Realms. The Rides, which include a Hoverboard that runs at 150% of normal walking speed, is available from the marketplace for 550 Station Cash. New Vacant Lots in Snowhill and Briarwood have been opened for Tree Houses, Obstacle Courses, Mazes, and more. two new clothing items for Wizards, and two new weapons for Warriors have been released as well as Mare and Stallion Rides.

Sony Online Entertainment reveal that Clothing and Weapons for Archers, Tiger Rides, and Treeble Pets are set to come early this summer.

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Press Release

HOVERBOARDS! Why walk when you can ride a Hoverboard? That’s right, the Ride every kid has wanted since 1989, debuts today in the family-friendly virtual world of Free Realms™! Players will look cool cruising around Free Realms at 150 percent of their character’s normal walking speed and showing off with board trick animations. The Precursor Tech Hoverboard is currently available in a brown and blue version and a brown and orange version, each for 550 Station Cash in the Marketplace.

ALSO ARRIVING: Also available in Free Realms today are Fall Away Blocks, Fluffy and Storm Cloud Blocks and small, medium and large Bounce Pads. These new items are perfect accessories for player imagination and building on the recently introduced Vacant Lots in Snowhill and Briarwood. From tree houses and obstacle courses to mazes in the sky, Vacant Lots are empty plots of land ripe for constructing anything players can dream up.

Today’s update also includes the addition of two new clothing items and two new weapons each for the Wizard and Warrior jobs, and Mare and Stallion Rides.

WHEN: Hoverboards, Fall Away Blocks, Fluffy and Storm Cloud Blocks, new weapons and clothes for the Wizard job, new weapons and clothes for the Warrior job, and the different sized Bounce Pads are now available in the Free Realms marketplace. Clothing and weapons for the Archer job, Tiger Rides and Treeble pets are scheduled to be released early this summer.

ABOUT: Sony Online Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers around the globe. SOE creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment for the personal computer, online, game console and wireless markets. Known for its blockbuster franchises and hit titles including EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Champions of Norrath®, Untold Legends™, PlanetSide®, and Star Wars Galaxies, as well as the recent kids’ phenomenon Free Realms™, SOE continues to redefine the business of online gaming and the creation of active player communities while introducing new genres on various entertainment platforms. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, with additional development studios in Austin, TX, Seattle, WA, Denver, CO, and Tucson, AZ, SOE has an array of cutting-edge games in development across various platforms and genres for audiences of all ages.

SOE, the SOE logo, EverQuest, PlanetSide, and Legends of Norrath are registered trademarks and Untold Legends are trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

Activision Announce Blur Has Facebook Intergration

Activision have announced that their upcoming racer, Blur, has Facebook integration in the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC versions of the game. Players will be able to Share and Post In-game Photos, racing stats, unlockable items, challenge friends, and more from in the game.

Press Release

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 21, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) highly-anticipated racing title Blur(TM) will deliver a new level of social interaction to gamers later this month by allowing fans to challenge their friends and share achievements directly from inside the game through Facebook.

By seamlessly integrating an innovative "Share" button, Blur lets players choose to light up the competition in both single and multi-player modes by sending game challenges to friends and posting in-game photos, racing stats, unlockable items and much more on their Facebook pages.
"Blur's innovative integration with Facebook makes it easy for players to interact with their real friends to share game play, emotions, and the racing experience," said Dan Rose, Vice President of Partnerships and Platform Marketing, Facebook. "Blur is leading the next generation of console games integrating with Facebook to make gaming more social for our more than 400 million users."

"Blur is the first multi-platform videogame that connects the television to Facebook, and for the first time, videogame audiences on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC will be able to link their console gameplay to their network of friends," said Robert Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard. "Facebook has become a fantastic platform for videogames and Blur elevates it even further."

Blur is the ultimate powered-up racing experience, where players collect addictive and intense Power-ups throughout each course, including the ability to blast other cars out of the way with huge bursts of energy, boost speed with Nitros, drop Mines and even generate defensive shields to fend off other racers. Blur offers online multiplayer supporting competitive and cooperative gameplay for up to 20 racers, including team racing and objective based events, and also supports 4-player split-screen. For more information on Blur, please visit the official game web site located at www.blurthegame.com, and check-out Blur on Facebook at www.facebook.com/blurthegame.

Blur is scheduled for release nationwide May 25th for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, and the PC, and is rated "E10+" by the ESRB.

About Bizarre Creations
Bizarre Creations is a video game developer based in Liverpool, England. Established in 1994, the company is famed for such high profile franchises as Formula 1, Fur Fighters, Geometry Wars, The Club, and the Project Gotham Racing series. With 200+ staff working out of a custom-built development studio, the company now simultaneously develops several next-gen projects across various platforms. They can be found online at www.bizarrecreations.com.

About Activision Publishing, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Russia, Japan, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, www.activision.com.

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Activision is a registered trademark and Blur is a trademark of Activision Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. "PlayStation", "PLAYSTATION", and "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Facebook(R) is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.

SOURCE Activision Publishing, Inc.
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