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by Published on February 16th, 2011 21:53- Categories:
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LittleBigPlanet 2 entered the Japanese chart at five this week, but sales were well down on its predecessor.
According to the latest Media Create rundown, as reproduced on NeoGAF, the sequel to Media Molecule's DIY platformer sold 24,648 copies in its first week. In contrast, the original sold 52,000 when it launched in 2008.
Elsewhere on the chart, PSP RPG Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 came out on top, just behind PlayStation 3 button-masher Samurai Warriors 3 Z. The PS3 version of Red Dead Redemption's Undead Nightmare expansion debuted at number seven.
Here's the full top 20:- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 (PSP, Bandai Namco) 222,068 / NEW
- Samurai Warriors 3 Z (PS3, Koei Tecmo) 208,548 / NEW
- Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP, Capcom) 93,483 / 4,249,622 (+236%)
- Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2 (DS, Capcom) 30,910 / 163,176 (-77%)
- LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3, SCE) 24,648 / NEW
- Samurai Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends (Wii, Koei Tecmo) 22,598 / NEW
- Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (PS3, Take-Two Interactive) 21,718 / NEW
- Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii, Nintendo) 15,971 / 806,357 (-3%)
- Kenka Bancho 5: Laws of Manhood (PSP, Spike) 14,372 / 101,350 (-49%)
- White Knight Chronicles Episode Portable: Dogma Wars (PSP, SCE) 11,229 / 51,832 (-72%)
- Pokemon Black / White (DS, Pokemon Co.) 10,433 / 5,071,867 (-3%)
- Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden (DS, Bandai Namco) 10,341 / 41,449 (-67%)
- Wii Party (Wii, Nintendo) 10,239 / 1,787,341 (+6%)
- The Last Story (Wii, Nintendo) 9052 / 142,952 (-53%)
- Macross: Triangle Frontier (PSP, Bandai Namco) 8409 / 63,922 (-85%)
- World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (PSP, Konami) 7575 / 170,477 (-19%)
- Valkyria Chronicles 3 (PSP, SEGA) 7491 / 128,196 (-58%)
- World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (PS3, Konami) 7379 / 442,500 (-10%)
- Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (DS, Level 5) 7267 / 474,828 (-4%)
- Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Xbox 360, Take-Two Interactive) 7180 / NEW
- PSP: 107,000 (up from 30,611)
- PS3: 26,766 (23,846)
- NDS: 23,111 (22,565)
- Wii: 15,028 (14,972)
- 360: 2118 (2282)
- PS2: 1665 (1897)
by Published on February 16th, 2011 21:50- Categories:
- PS3 News
Starting next month, Sony is gifting its treasured PlayStation Plus members a selection of dusty SEGA Mega Drive classics. Feel the love.
Sonic the Hedgehog kicks things off on 1st March, with the likes of Streets of Rage 2, Golden Axe 2 and Altered Beast following in the blue blur's wake.
Here's the schedule, as published over on thePlayStation Blog.
- Sonic the Hedgehog – Available 1st March – 5th April
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – Available 5th April – 3rd May
- Streets of Rage 2 – Available 3rd May – 313st May
- Golden Axe 2 – Available 31st May – 5th July
- Comix Zone – Available 5th July – 2nd August
- Altered Beast – Available 2nd August – 30th August
- Sonic the Hedgehog – 29th March
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – 19th April
- Streets of Rage 2 – 17th May
- Golden Axe 2 – 14th June
- Comix Zone – 19th July
- Altered Beast – 16th August
by Published on February 16th, 2011 21:48- Categories:
- PC News
StarCraft II modder Ryan Winzen's life may be about to turn upside down: Blizzard has told Eurogamer it will consider offering him a job – if he's good enough....
His creation, World of StarCraft, puts the assets of StarCraft II into a World of Warcraft mould. A gameplay video shows a character selection screen as the demonstrator flicks through the available class options. The footage also shows a group battling monsters in the StarCraft II world. Action is third-person, as in WOW, and the requisite health bars and skill bars of an MMO user interface are present.
A YouTube video showcasing the mod, which you can see below, was slapped with a cease and desist order from Activision Blizzard after it went viral. But it was all a misunderstanding. Blizzard revealed it was happy for the mod to live on with the name changed to StarCraft Universe. It turned out Blizzard owned the trademark to World of StarCraft. Who knew?
Now Winzen, who will soon meet with the StarCraft II team at Blizzard headquarters, could be offered a job by the creator of the very game he used to make his eye-catching mod.
"There are a number of factors that go into whether somebody can get a job based on their work," StarCraft II game design director Dustin Browder told Eurogamer.
"I haven't met him. Is he a nice guy? I don't know. If he's a jerk then absolutely not. I don't care how good you are. I'm building a team here of people that has to work together.
"Is he technically skilled? How much of that did he do on his own? What are his design values? What he did was technically impressive, but does he understand how to make a great game? I haven't even played the mod.
"There are a lot of questions that go into it. But if he's somebody who did all this great work and he passes all the other challenges to being a game designer, then yeah, he could be looking at offers from me or from other developers around the business.
"I don't know whether he's got the proof or not. For his sake I hope he does. But that's all up to him at the end of the day, whether he's done the homework, done the effort, to get that kind of opportunity.
"A YouTube video of something technically impressive is not a game designer, but it is on your way. It is possibly a game a designer, which is very exciting."
Explaining the "big misunderstanding" that caused Activision Blizzard to force the World of StarCraft video from the internet, Browder said some within the company thought it had been created outside of StarCraft II.
"We just want to shake his hand and say sorry for the misunderstanding," he said. "You got to give him a break. It's very difficult to look at that mod and understand that's a StarCraft mod.
"Some people within the organisation thought it was a whole new game. Hats off to our tools developer that they made a tool that somebody could so easily confuse our staff about what was going on!
"Once it was explained, hey, this is not what you think it is, this is what we want to encourage, this is just another great StarCraft mod in the works, things got easier for everybody.
"It was just a big misunderstanding. We just want to shake his hand and say let's look at this mod together and revel in the craziness this guy had put together. The absolute over-the-top amount of effort this guy has put into it is just glorious. We just want to say congratulations and good luck and please keep it up."
Winzen has already scored a job offer from League of Legends developer Riot Games.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-starcraft-manby Published on February 16th, 2011 21:46
What's on the PlayStation Store today?
A Killzone 3 demo playable in 3D, a MotoGP demo, Dragon's Lair and the original Final Fantasy (PSP).
Not sure why you'd need a Killzone 3 demo given that Eurogamer has already reviewed it. What, are you saying our word isn't Gospel? You want to make your own mind up? Do you also want a fight? Not really; love you.
There's a Fitness Pack for Move game The Fight so you can literally punch the calories out of yourself, plus a new game called Test Yourself: Psychology, which sounds like the sort of thing you probably should do.
Alien Breed is on special offer, Assassin's Creed (the first game) is cut down to £16, and a bunch of PlayStation Minis are only a quid.
Smash the full list into your face below, courtesy ofthe European PlayStation blog.
PS3 Demos
- KillZone 3 single-player - size 1522MB
- KillZone 3 single-player 3D - size 1517MB
- MotoGP 10/11 - size 394MB
- TNT Racers (£7.99/€9.99) - size 150MB (only available to PlayStation Plus subs)
- Dragon's Lair (£7.99/€9.99) - size 1158MB
- Acceleration of SUGURI X-Edition (£7.99/€9.99) - size 339MB
- TestYourself: Psychology (£2.39/€2.99) - size 33MB
- Modern Combat: Domination (£6.29/€7.99) - size 697MB
- Blokus (£3.99/€4.99) - size 258MB
- Def Jam Rapstar: Common "The Light" (£1.19/€1.49), Deichkind "Limit" (£1.19/€1.49), Mos Def "Ms. Fat Booty" (£1.19/€1.49), Talib Kweli "Get By" (£1.19/€1.49)
- Trinity Universe: Low Income Prinny Pack (free), Miyu's Managraphic Pack (free)
- R.U.S.E. The Pack of the Rising Sun (£7.99/€9.99)
- WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011: Bret Hart Pack (£0.59/€0.79), The Undertaker (£0.59/€0.79)
- ModNation Racers Valentine's Love Bug Pack (free for one week, then £1.39/€1.75)
- The Fight: Fitness Pack (£3.99/€4.99), Time Savers Pack (£3.99/€4.99)
- EyePet Move Hospital Styling Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
- Rock Band Network: 'Alive and Kicking' by Nonpoint (£0.99/€1.49), 'Antman' by The Red Chord (£0.59/€0.79), 'Flag in the Ground' by Sonata Arctica (£0.99/€1.49), 'Have Faith In Me' by A Day to Remember (£0.99/€1.49), 'I Still Feel Her Part III' by Jonny Craig (£0.99/€1.49)
- Castle Rustle - size 17 MB
- Final Fantasy (£7.99/€9.99) - size 117MB
- Castle Rustle (£8.79/€10.99) - size 84MB
- TNT Racers (£7.99/€9.99) - size 45MB
- NeoGeo: Fatal Fury (£5.49/€6.99) - size 15MB
- FIFA Street 2 (£7.99/€9.99) - size 195MB
- Lord of Arcana DLC Pack 1 (free)
- Atari Anniversary Edition (£5.49/€6.99) - size 349MB
- Karimogi (£2.49/€2.99)
- Swap Zap (£3.49/€3.99)
- Zenonia (£3.99/€4.99)
- Ice Road Truckers
- YetiSports
- Let's Golf!
- Pinball Dreams
- Age of Zombies
- Bloons
- Brick Breaker
- Bubble Trubble
- Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess
- Dracula: Undead Awakening
- Vector TD
- This Is Football Management (£0.95/€1.19)
- Cubixx
- NormalTanks
- The Mystery of the Crystal Portal
- Alien Zombie Death
- 4×4 Jam
- Coconut Dodge
- Aero Racer
- Supermarket Mania
- Alien Breed: Impact (was £7.19/€8.99 now £4.79/€5.99)
- Alien Breed: Assault (was £7.19/€8.99 now £4.79/€5.99)
- Sky Fighter (was £7.99/€9.99 now £3.99/€4.99)
- Split/Second - Master unlock (was £3.99/€4.99 now £1.99/€2.49)
- Split/Second Track and Mode unlock (was £2.39/€2.99 now £1.19/€1.49)
- Split/Second Full Vehicle unlock (was £2.39/€2.99 now £1.19/€1.49)
- Split/Second Survival at the Rock (was £5.49/€6.99 now £2.99/€3.59)
- Constructor (PSone) (was £3.99/€4.99 now £2.39/€2.99)
- Guilty Gear (PSone) (was £3.99/€4.99 now £2.39/€2.99)
- James Pond: Robocod (PSone) (was £3.99/€4.99 now £2.39/€2.99)
- Creatures 3: Raised in Space (PSone) (was £3.99/€4.99 now £2.39/€2.99)
- DC Universe Online 90-day subscription (was £27.99/€34.99 now £19.99/€24.99)
- Assassin's Creed (now £15.99/€19.99)
- Gottlieb Pinball Classics (now £3.99/€4.99)
by Published on February 16th, 2011 21:44- Categories:
- Xbox 360 News,
- Joypad News
Eskil Steenberg, the Swedish creator of bohemian MMO Love, is not impressed by Kinect. If he had to pick, he'd choose Move....
"Kinect is really cool from a technical point of view but pretty worthless for most games," he told Eurogamer.
"Games that are good for it are dancing and aerobics stuff. That's what it's good for."
"If I were actually making a game I would much rather make it for Move, because you actually have a button."
"There are some good things about it," he added, "but in a way I think it's kind of a cheat.
Steenberg used the analogy of bad photographers talking about cameras and good photographers talking about emotions to sum up his feeling about motion sensing controllers.
"It's like that," he said, "you change something superficial. It's not where we're going."
What cannot be disputed, however, is Kinect's commercial success. It's sold a whopping eight million units since launch, and is the fastest-selling consumer electronics product ever.
Love, an game built by one man, involves building a base of monuments by collecting tokens found around a sumptuous watercolour world. Some of those tokens will be stolen from other players or the AI, and the world evolves, adapts, reacts and changes around you, depending on your actions.
In an interview published today, Eurogamer sat Eskil Steenberg down to reflect on four years making Love - and what lies ahead for a man some people have apparently described as a genius.
Will he work with fellow Swede and MineCraft maker Markus Persson?
You can find out more about how to play Love on the official website.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...etty-worthlessby Published on February 16th, 2011 21:42- Categories:
- Nintendo 3DS News
3D is one the major draws for Nintendo's new 3DS handheld, yet Team Ninja head Yosuke Hayashi advises hardcore players who grab his launch game, Dead or Alive: Dimensions, to turn the 3D off.
While he says people who really want to see the game in 3D should go ahead and do so, he goes on to suggest: "For those after a hard-core fighting experience, turning the 3D effect off would be a better way to go. We are giving different users two different ways to enjoy the game."
The reason? When the game is running in 2D mode you get a silky smooth 60 frames-per-second refresh rate. When you flick on 3D mode that drops to 30fps.
It even affects online multiplayer, where you might assume that, for connection purposes, the game is locked to 30fps. "Regardless of the mode you are playing, when the 3D slider is turned on the game will run at a constant 30 fps," confirms Hayashi.
"This system works regardless of the mode you are playing, so even if you are playing against others via local/online play, if you turn the stereoscopic 3D effect off, and even if other players have it on, your game will constantly run at 60fps," Hayashi elaborated," he adds.
Hiyashi suggests that hardcore fighters will appreciate the added frame rate over the 3D, which he says doesn't add more to gameplay but is just a visual effect.
DOA
will look pretty good in either mode (see for yourself). So how will you be playing it?
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS ...by Published on February 16th, 2011 21:39- Categories:
- PSP News,
- PS3 News,
- Xperia Play News
Here we go again. Now that Sony's officially revealed the PlayStation phone and PSP 2, of course the rumour mill finds something else to grind its way through, and this time it's a PlayStation tablet.
According to Engadget, citing "two highly trusted and independent sources", Sony is currently working on a PlayStation-certified tablet to go up against iPad and Samsung's offerings later this year.
Codenamed 'S1', it'll apparently be an Android 3.0-powered device with a 9.4 inch capacitive touch screen panel at 1,280 x 800 pixels.
The site says the device will be PlayStation certified - like the 'Xperia Play' Playstation Phone - meaning access to the PlayStation Suite and all its gaming offerings. It'll also be able to play PSone games and will come with one PSone title pre-installed. This comes in addition to compatibility to Sony's Qriosity and video on demand services, Sony Music and ebook offerings.
The tablet also apparently has a somewhat strange design, ditching the typically flat shape for a bulging curvature on one side of the machine, which is said to resemble "an open paperback stuffed into the back pocket, or a magazine folded backward upon itself such that only a single page is visible to read".
This bulge will house the battery, which shifts the weight to one side of the unit where users will hold it, apparently making it easier to hold than an iPad.
Front and rear-facing cameras are included, a Tegra 2 processor for those of you who knows what that is, and a USB port for memory sticks and whatnot.
All that's said to be coming for a price of $599, and is targeting a September release. We'll see. More info through the link.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS ...by Published on February 16th, 2011 21:37- Categories:
- Android News
Google has launched a new payment system that allows users to subscribe to online content for a 10% commission fee.
The move comes after rival Apple was criticised over its payment system which takes 30% of the sale price.
One Pass will work on tablets and smartphones, as well as Google-related websites.
One Pass will launch initially in the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
The announcement came just one day after Apple announced new rules for publishers selling subscriptions on its iOS platform.
Apple says companies must now offer users the option to buy directly through an iTunes account, handing 30% of the price to Apple.
Previously, vendors were allowed to simply direct customers to an external website, keeping all of the profits.
On a Google blog posting, Lee Shirani, the company's director of business product management wrote: "Publishers can customise how and when they charge for content while experimenting with different models to see what works best for them."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12489318
...by Published on February 16th, 2011 21:33- Categories:
- Android News,
- Windows Phone
CEO Eric Schmidt reveals Nokia were close to Android agreement
Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Schmidt said the search giant held "confidential negotiations with Nokia that were extensive” before the Finnish vendor opted for the Windows Phone 7 platform.
The soon-to-leave CEO left the door open for Nokia should they want to renege on the Microsoft deal.
"We would like them to adopt Android at some point in the future and that offer remains open. We think Android was a good choice for Nokia. We are sorry they made a different choice” he said.
That may well be a possibility, after an anonymous group of Nokia shareholders announced plans to dislodge Stephen Elop and rethink the use of the WP7 platform.
During his speech, Schmidt revealed that Android is gaining 300,000 new users each day. At that rate, its no surprise ad revenues of the mobile OS are forecast to surpass $1 billion dollars by 2012.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/35808...oice-for-Nokia
...by Published on February 16th, 2011 19:04- Categories:
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- DCEmu Reviews,
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Notice: Unauthorized circumvention devices for the PlayStation 3 system have been recently released by hackers. These devices permit the use of unauthorized or pirated software. Use of such devices or software violates the terms of the “System Software License Agreement for the PlayStation 3 System” and the “Terms of Services and User Agreement” for the PlayStation Network/Qriocity and its Community Code of Conduct provisions. Violation of the System Software License Agreement for the PlayStation 3 System invalidates the consumer guarantee for that system. In addition, copying or playing pirated software is a violation of International Copyright Laws. Consumers using circumvention devices or running unauthorized or pirated software will have access to the PlayStation Network and access to Qriocity services through PlayStation 3 system terminated permanently.What this means to you
To avoid this, consumers must immediately cease use and remove all circumvention devices and delete all unauthorized or pirated software from their PlayStation 3 systems.
Circumvention devices and game piracy damage our industry and can potentially injure the online experience for you, our loyal PlayStation customers, via hacks and cheats.
Many PlayStation.Blog readers have asked how we intend to deal with these incidents that they have been reading about in the gaming press, and this is our initial response.
By identifying PlayStation 3 systems that breach our guidelines and terminating their ability to connect to PlayStation Network, we are protecting our business and preserving the honest gameplay experiences that you expect and deserve.
Rest assured, this message does not apply to the overwhelming majority of our users who enjoy the world of entertainment PlayStation 3 has to offer without breaching the guidelines detailed above, and we urge you to continue doing so without fear.
If you get error 8002A227, Sony banned your PS3 from the PSN.
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