National Geographic And D3Publisher Announce Nat Geo Challenge! Wild Life For The PS3, Wii, And Xbox 360

National Geographic and D3Publisher announce Nat Geo Challenge! Wild Life for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, And Nintendo Wii. Nat Geo Challenge! Wild Life is a Wild Lie Quiz that is coming out in November 2010. the game supports local offline multiplayer for up to 4 players and there are 15 types of quizzes to choose from. the game has 2000 high resolution images and 90 minutes of HD Video footage.

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LOS ANGELES – September 8, 2010 – National Geographic Games (NGG) and D3Publisher announced today that Nat Geo Challenge! Wild Life, a fun, interactive trivia game by the popular National Geographic franchise, will be released in November 2010. In Nat Geo Challenge! Wild Life up to four players can compete from a selection of 15 types of entertaining quizzes, that include a variety of image-based questions, anagrams, and video observational questions. NAT Geo Challenge! Wild Life integrates the fun of a trivia game with incredible images and extensive video from National Geographic’s award-winning library, featuring 2000 high-resolution images and 90 minutes of high-definition video footage.

“Partnering with D3Publisher further enables our mission to inspire people to care about the planet and allows gamers of all ages to explore the world through play,” said Chris Mate, vice president and general manager, NGG. “NAT GEO CHALLENGE! WILD LIFE provides a fun, family-friendly gaming experience based on our award-winning storytelling, renowned imagery, information and authenticity.


Nat Geo Challenge! Wild Life will allow players to discover the deadliest creatures, astonishing aquatic life, and all the wonders of this amazing planet all through an interactive trivia game that turns learning into adventure! Dive deep into a 3D world to explore and unlock puzzles and trivia questions, all featuring the top notch graphics that brings players face to face with mysterious animals, natural disasters and more.

“Reaching over four hundred million fans worldwide monthly, National Geographic is one of the most compelling brands to work with,” said Peter Andrew, vice president of production, D3P. “We are thrilled to offer a fast-paced trivia game that everyone can enjoy with Nat Geo Challenge! Wild Life.”

Under development by Gusto Games, NAT Geo Challenge! Wild Life will release on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™. The game is currently rated “E” (“Everyone”) by the ESRB.

For more information on NAT GEO CHALLENGE! WILD LIFE, including game features, screenshots, videos, and downloads in the coming months, please visit: www.d3publisher.us.

This Weeks USA PSP Digital Comic Store Update

Sony's USA Playstation Blog has detailed the comics that came out on the PSP Digital Comic Store. There were 43 comics released this week and this week there was a free comic also, it was Blood Hunter #1.

2000AD Prog # 1696
The Authority # 9
Bayou # 9
Blood Hunter # 1
Bone # 3
Breathe # 4
DMZ # 21
Donald Duck Von Münchhausen #1 & #2
Dungeons & Dragons # 0
Ex Machina # 8
Fables # 23
Gen13 # 29
God of War # 3
Green Lantern: No Fear # 5
Growing Up Enchanted # 3
The Hammer # 3
Jonah Hex # 21
Journey Into Mystery (1952) #87 – #90
Jurassic Park # 2
Kill Shakespeare # 3
Murder of King Tut # 3
Night Owls # 5
Planetary # 10
Raising Amy # 3
RASL # 3
Shrek # 1
Silent Hill: Among the Damned # 1
Sonic Universe #7 & #8
Starcraft # 3
Stormwatch PHD # 21
Superman/Batman # 27
Transformers: Ironhide # 4
Transformers: Nefarious # 4
Welcome to Tranquility # 2
Wildcats # 9
X-Mickey # 18
Y: The Last Man # 6

From USA Playstation

Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Wednesday 8th September

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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Wednesday 9th September

• QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Tuesday 7th September http://ht.ly/18UQbM
• QTE Blog: Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Tuesday 7th September http://ht.ly/18UT2T
• Apple Confirm only the 2nd.3rd/4th gen iPod Touch and iPhone 3GS/4 will get Game Center with the iOS 4.1 update http://ht.ly/2B6RL
• QTE Blog: Microsoft Announce A Xbox 360 250G Kinect Bundle For £299.99/$399.99 http://ht.ly/18UVzE
• Square Enix reveal there were plans for DLC for Final Fantasy XIII but decided against it. http://ht.ly/2B773
• PSP: Square Enix have announced a Dissidia: Final Fantasy Sequel for Japan. Lightning and Kain additions, coming 2011 http://ht.ly/2B79Y
• QTE Blog: Konami Announce Slient Hill 8 For The Playstation 3 And Xbox 360 http://ht.ly/18UYTh
• PC: BioWare announce they have fixed issues with the PC "Lair Of The Shadowbroker" DLC For Mass Effect 2. re-download. http://ht.ly/2Baga
• PS3: Sony have confirmed that The Last Guardian is at Tokyo Game Show http://ht.ly/2Baij
• QTE Blog: This Weeks UK PSP Digital Comic Store Update http://ht.ly/18V24B
• 360: Its reported that Dead Rising 2 Case Zero has been downloaded over 300K times, making Capcom roughly $1.15M http://ht.ly/2Bakb
• DS: Famitsu has given Pokemon Black and White their first reviews, gives them 40/40 http://ht.ly/2Beag
• QTE Blog: New Zero Punctuation - Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days http://ht.ly/18V5dh
• QTE Blog: Konami Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For The Nintendo Wii Version Of PES 2011 http://ht.ly/18V5dg
• DSi: Nintendo have released a new firmware update for the DSi, 1.4.1U. they say its to improve performance. http://ht.ly/2Bgx7
• Keita Takahashi, creator of Noby Noby Boy and Katamari Damacy, has left Namco Bandai http://ht.ly/2Bgz2
• QTE Blog: EA Have Released Screenshots And A Trailer Showing Playstation Move In Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 http://ht.ly/18V8AL
• QTE Blog: EA Have Released A New Trailer For The Fast Lane Stuff DLC For The Sims 3 http://ht.ly/18V8AM
• Koei have announced Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Cell shaded graphics added, new Online http://ht.ly/2Bha5
• The ELSPA has renamed themselves UKIE, UK Interactive Entertainment Association, and changed its Constitution http://ht.ly/2BhdS
• QTE Blog: Black Bean Have Released A WRC 2010 Gameplay Video Featuring Petter Solberg http://ht.ly/18VbIP
• QTE Blog: EA Have Released A New Trailer For NHL Slapshot http://ht.ly/18VbIO
• iPhone: iOS 4.1 is out now! http://ht.ly/2Bl6R
• 360: Microsoft has had to apologise for suspending a Gamer because his location was Fort Gay. http://ht.ly/2BlcG
• QTE Blog: NCsoft Announce The Assault on Balaurea Expansion For Aion Is Out Now For Free http://ht.ly/18VdYq
• QTE Blog: SI Games Detail New Features And Improvements In Football Manager 2011 http://ht.ly/18VdYp
• 360: Dr. Ryuta Kawashima and Namco are bringing "Respond With Your Body: New Brain Training," to Kinect in Japan http://ht.ly/2Bn8N
• Sqaure Enix have confirmed that Mindjack has been delayed until 2011. http://ht.ly/2BnaO
• QTE Blog: Team 17 Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For Worms 2: Armageddon On The PS3 http://ht.ly/18VgKU
• QTE Blog: EA Have Released A FIFA 11 Gameplay Video Showing Arsenal Vs Real Madrid http://ht.ly/18VgKT
• Tetsuya Nomura says Final Fantasy VS XIII is developed specifically for the PS3, if its ported it'll have to be later http://ht.ly/2Bpfl
• Wii: Firmware Update 4.3 is out now. USA and UK confirmed locations, most likely out in other territories. http://ht.ly/2Bpnx
• QTE Blog: EA Have Released New Screenshots Of FIFA 11's Creation Center http://ht.ly/18Vjce
• QTE Blog: UK PSN Update 08/09/2010 http://ht.ly/18Vjcf
• DS: The latest Famitsu reveals Ace Attorney Investigations 2, more expected to be revealed at Tokyo Game Show http://ht.ly/2BqsY
• British Sociological Association reveals number of female employees in the UK Videogame industry drops 12% in 2006 to 4% http://ht.ly/2Bquy
• PSPgo: Kaz Hirai says they did cater for an audience, buts its smaller than PSP 3000 audience, pricing is an issue http://ht.ly/2BrgF
• CyberConnect2 announce Capcom is publishing their next game. it's an original title, action, and for consoles http://ht.ly/2BrVu

EA Have Released New Screenshots Of FIFA 11's Creation Center

EA have released new screenshots of the Creation Center For FIFA 11. this creation center, found online, is used to create football player based on yourself which can then be uploaded into your FIFA 11 game. EA went through the process and released screens of each step. they also added some commentary for each step, which can be found by clicking on the speech bubble in the picture viewer below.

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I have included the full commentary below if you find it easier to read it from there. the screenshots in the viewer are in the correct order of the commentary.

Commentary

Creating “My Work Team” in Creation Centre
My name is Sebastian Enrique and I’m a member of the FIFA 11 Development Team for Xbox 360 and PS3. I’m pretty excited about Creation Centre and today I want to walk you through how I have created “My Work Team” on it and downloaded it on my console to play against those big squads to demonstrate that a bunch of amateurs can destroy those professionals!

First of all, I’d like to say thanks in advance to all the people who pre-ordered FIFA 11 obtaining the early access to Creation Centre Beta Website. Your feedback will be tremendously helpful to us to continue improving the website and making teams and players creation a friendly, pleasant, and comprehensive experience.

Creating Myself
I started by creating myself as a player. The first screen asks to fill out the basic player information:
*my first name
*my last name
*preferred kit number
*an alias that would be used as the stamped name on my kit –although I left it blank so my last name will be used instead-
*a commentary name –how the match commentators are going to refer to me during a match; a caveat here is that not all commentary names are available in all languages
*my nationality
*my preferred position –yeah, I’m a center back
*my footedness
*my date of birth –although I put a fake one for screenshot purposes ;-)
*and a template that is going to be used to automatically fill out some attributes –a defender template on my case

The second screen is related to appearance. So, I get to choose what I want my player to look like. I was able to choose from a variety of ethnicities, face types, facial hair, hair style and color, eye color, height, weight, and complexion.

The third screen is for selecting accessories and apparel options: boots, ankle tape, winter gloves, wrist accessories, kit style, and short or long sleeves.

After the accessories, I’m taken to a really important section of player creation: attributes. The attributes will define how good (or bad) my player is in the different categories: Attacking, Defending, Goalkeeping, Mentality, Movement, Power, and Skills. Depending on the player preferred position, some attributes will be more important than others. For example, good goalkeeping skills won’t really matter if the player is a striker. The greater the attribute value, the better the player. I decided to be honest with myself on each category. I know I’m not perfect, but I also know I’m not a disaster!

After the attributes I get to the Traits and Personality. The traits will define very specific behavior for the player. Being honest, I tend to dive a lot into tackles and I also sort of often argue with the officials! Those were my selected traits. Take it or leave it…

Then I was carried over to the Personality tab. Here I was able to select from a variety of different options that add up to defining the personality, style, and behavior of my player – such as attacking and defending work rate, skill moves and weak foot abilities, celebration styles, and winter weather apparel options.

That was the final step before saving the player. I chose to save and publish for public use. This way, my friends can find my player and use it on their teams and consoles.

Creating the Team

The first team creation screen asks for General Info in a similar way as player creation. This time we need to choose:
*Team Name
*Short Name, a 3-letter abbreviation of your team, used in-game on score clock *graphics amongst other things
*City
*Country
*Commentary Names –what name the commentators will refer my team as; although I could also leave this blank for none
*Team Colors –team colors are the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors for the team. These colors are used, for example, for customizing banner colors on stadiums.

The following screen allows me to select what stadium to use as my home ground, and assign it a name.

The third screen allows me to select the crest for my team and assign it the primary and secondary colors.

The next option is where the real fun beings - assembling the team.
After creating my player I encouraged my work friends to create themselves as well and publish their players as public. With this I am going to be able to search for them and add them to my squad. Of course I asked them to be honest with the attributes! But it doesn’t really matter since I can edit the attributes after adding their players to my squad.

In the initial pop-up I first selected “My Players” to find myself (as a created player) and add him (or me) to the squad.

I then started searching my mates by last name and added them one by one to the squad.

I was keeping a tally since I need to have at least one keeper; and I also need to have a minimum of 18 players (11 for a start, and 7 subs) on the squad with the possibility of adding 7 reserve players.

After I finished adding all of them, I went to the “Squad” tab and selected the desired formation and with several drags and drops I ended up having my desired starting 11, substitutes, and reserves. After having that, I edited the player kit numbers to have the numbers I wanted to assign all of them on my created team.

After I was done, I clicked on Next and was sent to the player roles assignment screen. Here I just dragged and dropped from the starting 11 who I wanted to be the Captain, the Short and Long Free Kick Takers, and the Left and Right Corner Kick takers.

After clicking on next one more time, I was brought to the tactical section of team management, and had to decide about the Attacking Build Up Style, Attacking Chance Creation Style, and Defending Style.

The next step on the Team Creation process is really cool. I could spend forever in here: home and away kits selection. There is a variety of manufacturer kits to choose from for both home and away. I stuck to the EA Sports ones for my work team, and I was also able to select the primary and secondary color for each jersey, the type and color of kit name and number stamping, and the type and color of short number stamping.

After I was satisfied with my jerseys, I just clicked on next and saved my team publishing it as public.

Downloading to Console
The team was automatically bookmarked for me to download on console. My friends just searched for it by team name from the home page and then bookmarked it to be able to see it on their consoles.
So, I just started the game on console, and went to “My FIFA 11” -> “Creation Centre” from the main menu.

Once there, I was able to see my created (and automatically bookmarked) team and player –the player appears on a different tab-.

I just clicked the button to download and after a few seconds my team was ready to be used.
Then I went to “Kick Off“ -> “Exhibition Match” from the main menu, and when selecting the teams I found a new “nation” and “league” called Creation Centre were my team (and all creation centre teams) are going to be found for playing a match.

Gotta Play Now
That was all for now, I have my work team in the console; and I will start facing serious opposition. Enjoy your created teams, and send us feedback.
See you soon!
Sebastian Enrique.

UK PSN Update 08/09/2010

Special Offers
PS3: Bejeweled 2 [£3.19]
PS3: Wolf Of The Battlefield: Commando 3 [£3.99]
PS3: Resident Evil 5 – Untold Stories Bundle [£4.79]
PS3: Aqua Panic! [£4.79]
PSP: Spinout [£3.99]
PSP: Skate Park City [£4.79]
PSP: Aqua Panic! [£4.79]
Mini: Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess [£1.99]
Mini: Hero Of Sparta [£0.99]

New PSP Essentials
None

PS3 Games
FirstPlay Episode 023 [£0.99]
FirstPlay 90 Day Subscription [£8.99]
Worms 2 Armageddon [£11.99]
Top Gun [£7.99]
Dragon Age: Origins – Witch Hunt [£5.49]
Buzz – Puzzle Pack [£3.99]
Mafia II – Jimmy's Vendetta [£6.29]
Planet MiniGolf – Stronghold Island [£1.59]
Transformers: War For Cybertron – Map And Character Pack 2 [£7.99]

Demo's
Worms 2 Armageddon
Quantum Theory

Guitar Hero 5
Rock 1 Track Pack [£4.39]
“Blue Monday” by Orgy [£1.59]
“Epic” by Faith No More [£1.59]
“I Stand Alone” by Godsmack [£1.59]
“Last Resort” by Papa Roach [£1.59]
“Nookie” by Limp Bizkit [£1.59]
“The Dope Show” by Marilyn Manson [£1.59]

Rock Band
“Beautiful” by Snoop Dogg [£0.99]
“Drop It Like Its Hot” by Snoop Dogg [£0.99]
“Ridin' In My Chevy” by Snoop Dogg [£0.99]
“Sensual Seduction” by Snoop Dogg [£0.99]
“Snoop's Upside Ya Head” by Snoop Dogg [£0.99]
“Tha Shiznit” by Snoop Dogg [£0.99]
“Who Am I (What's My Name)” by Snoop Dogg [£0.99]

Rock Band Network Latest
“Valkyries” by Amberian Dawn [£0.99]
“Wake Up” by Me Talk Pretty [£0.99]
“We Are The One” by Anti Flag [£0.59]
“Bleed” by Meshuggah [£0.99]
“Dr. Doom” by The Acacia Strain [£0.99]

Videos
Ace Combat Assault Horizon Trailer
Dragon Age: Origins – Witch Hunt
Yakuza 4
Brink Dev Diary 5
PES 2011 – Intro Movie
PES 2011 – GamesCom Trailer

Wallpaper
None

Theme
Shank – Blood Red [£0.79]
Coruscant Theme [£1.19]
Mechatron Theme [£1.19]
Road Kill [£1.19]
Zombies On TV [£1.19]
Gaze [£1.19]

Dynamic Theme
None

PSN ID Avatars
EyePet – Pet Drawing [£0.20]
EyePet – Pirate Pet [£0.20]
EyePet – Pet Face Icon [£0.20]
EyePet – Pet Hatching [£0.20]
EyePet – Cowgirl [£0.20]

PS1 Classic
None

PSP
None

Minis
Flying Hamster [£5.99]

Demo
None

Theme
None

Wallpaper
None

Video
None

EA Have Released A FIFA 11 Gameplay Video Showing Arsenal Vs Real Madrid

EA have released a new gameplay video for FIFA 11. this video shows a complete match between Arsenal and Real Madrid. the video is just over 11 minutes long, but it shows all the in-game action between those two teams.