Hit X: The News Recapping Podcast For Friday 6th August

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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Friday 6th August

• QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Thursday 5th August http://ht.ly/18sk7B
• QTE Blog: Hit X: The News Recapping Podcast For Thursday 5th August http://ht.ly/18smXk
• United Front Games announce True Crime: Hong Kong has been delayed until 2011 http://ht.ly/2lXhk
• QTE Blog: D3 Announce Jillian Michaels: Fitness Ultimatum 2011 Exclusively For The Nintendo Wii http://ht.ly/18sph4
• 360: The OFLC has rated Avatar Superstars Poker from Microsoft. Speculation is its an XBLA game http://ht.ly/2lXiA
• Bungie reveal that Halo Reach has gone gold and the Halo Team has moved onto the next Bungie game http://ht.ly/2lXk6
• QTE Blog: Konami Reveal More Tracks In Def Jam Rapstar http://ht.ly/18ssoN
• QTE Blog: Codemasters Announce Operation Flashpoint: Red River And That Its Coming To The PS3, Xbox 360, And PC In 2... http://ht.ly/18ssoM
• Activision have said that they're increasing the importance of DLC to limit pre-owned games, looking at other initiatives http://ht.ly/2lXmj
• 360: Patents for Kinect have emerged. the patent was filed on 23rd Feb 2009. shows depth camera based gesture reading http://ht.ly/2lXoR
• QTE Blog: Black Bean Have Released New WRC 2010 Screenshots http://ht.ly/18svrq
• QTE Blog: Nintendo Have Released New Screenshots For Metroid: Other M http://ht.ly/18svrp
• Activision reveal they had over 5K applications for positions at Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer games, 60 were selected http://ht.ly/2lXqN
• PS3: Square Have Tweeted that they're considering releasing Parasite Eve 1+2 as a PS1 Classic due to fan support http://ht.ly/2lXtc
• QTE Blog: Atlus Have Released A New Video For Etrian Odyssey III Showing Map Making http://ht.ly/18sypV
• QTE Blog: Sega Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For Vanquish http://ht.ly/18sypW
• Borderlands was recently updated on Steam. it revealed new DLC for the game, the focus is on Claptraps http://ht.ly/2lXwy
• Activision's Bobby Kotick reveals Blizzards upcoming MMO is a new IP, ground up original idea. http://ht.ly/2lXzt
• Square’s Tetsuya Nomura says any sequel to 3rd birthday would be in HD. a demo for 3rd Birthday is being considered http://ht.ly/2lXB7
• Warren Spector admits that Epic Mickey could come to the PS3 and 360 because of Move and Kinect. not his decision to make http://ht.ly/2lXDe
• PS3: There are reports Sony has added a new notification system. you get a message from PSN regarding fixes and such http://ht.ly/2lXFG
• PC: its rumoured that a trailer for Doom 4 is coming soon, possibly at Quakecon http://ht.ly/2lXHG
• QTE Blog: This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases http://ht.ly/18sF78
• QTE Blog: Sony Have Released The First Screenshots For Heavy Rain Move Edition http://ht.ly/18sF77
• Its reported Google have bought Slide, a casual developer, for $187M http://ht.ly/2lXJ1
• Zynga have bought Japanese developer Unoh. Unoh are a social game developer founded in 2001. http://ht.ly/2lXN1
• QTE Blog: Sega Have Released A New Trailer For Sonic Colours http://ht.ly/18sHFN
• JP Consoles, PSP 48.603, PS3 45.224, DSiLL 23.120, Wii 20.038, DSi 17.950, 360 6.929, DS 4.058, PS2 1.444, PSPgo 777 http://ht.ly/2lXP8
• 360: the 4GB Kinect Bundle has been spotted with reference to a Xbox 360 Slim 250GB Kinect Bundle http://ht.ly/2md00
• PC: Puzzle Quest II is coming to Steam on 12th August for $19.99 http://ht.ly/2md51
• 360:Online Co-op, leaderboards, + voice chat will be patched into Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light on1 8th September http://ht.ly/2md7R
• Namco Bandai clear confusion regarding Tekken at GamesCom, only Street Fighter X Tekken will make an appearance http://ht.ly/2mdbb
• Namco Bandai announce Tekken 6 has sold over 3 Million units world wide http://ht.ly/2mdcl
• People Can Fly reveal it was difficult porting Bulletstorm to 360+PS3 from PC due to their lack of memory. Graphics fine http://ht.ly/2mde7
• Nippon Ichi reveal they've cancelled 3 games even though they've already spent ¥21M on them. http://ht.ly/2mdfN
• PS3: Voice actor David Kaye says he's working on more Ratchet & Clank, suggests Insomniac are working on it to http://ht.ly/2mdj0

Sega Have Released A New Trailer For Sonic Colours

Sega has released a new trailer for Sonic Colours. this trailer is from the Nintendo Wii version of the game and it mixes in-game cutscenes with in-game action. The In-Game Action shows the familiar Sonic Gameplay, running and bouncing on enemies, as well as the new mechanics, that have been introduced by using the aliens in the game. Several locations and different level design are also shown in the trailer.

Sony Have Released The First Screenshots For Heavy Rain Move Edition

Sony have released the first in-game screenshots for Heavy Rain Move Edition. These screenshots show 3 different scenarios in the game, and what actions you have to do with the Playstation Move Controller. Sony have said that this game can use the Playstation Move with either the Navigation Controller or a Dual Shock 3. Heavy Rain Move Edition will be available for pre-order before Christmas, but if you already have the game a patch will be released that will add Playstation Move controllers to the game.

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From EU Playstation Blog

This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases

Nintendo UK have revealed the games coming out today on the Virtual Console, WiiWare, And DSiWare stores. in all there are 6 games being released, 1 on Virtual Console, 2 on WiiWare, and 3 on DSiWare. i have added screenshots for the games where i could, but Nintendo does have a trailer at the link below feature gameplay footage from most of the games coming out today.

Virtual Console

Aero the Acrobat 2 – Super Nintendo

WiiWare

Sandy Beach

Chess Challenge!


DSiWare

Link 'n' Launch


Animal Puzzle Adventure


Chess Challenge!


From Nintendo UK

Atlus Have Released A New Video For Etrian Odyssey III Showing Map Making

Atlus have released a new video for Etrian Odyssey III. this video details the map making mechanic in the game. when you are navigating a dungeon or the open seas, you create the map on the bottom DS screen. you can use this map to place markers, annotations, and to set a path for your character to travel across.

Sega Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For Vanquish

Sega have released new screenshots and a trailer for the upcoming Shooter from Platinum Games, Vanquish. The in-game Screenshots show the main character, Sam, shooting various enemies. the trailer for Vanquish reveals some of the games backstory and some of the characters in the game. the trailer mainly shows Sam shooting and ducking into cover, but it also reveals the Burns character, the leader of the platoon you've joined, and a female character that appears to be your guide. the trailer shows there is tension between you and Burns and that the game features fast pace shooting action.



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