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by Published on October 27th, 2011 00:28- Categories:
- Nintendo 3DS News
It looks as if the secondary joypad accessory being released for the 3DS final has a name.
Siliconera reports that Nintendo has trademarked the name ‘Circle Pad Pro’ in Japan, It has also trademarked ‘Slide Pad Expansion’ in Japanese, suggesting the former moniker is destined for the rest.
Pictures of the peripheral first appeared in August. MCV admits to having a little chuckle at its expense, and no one was as surprised as us when Nintendo officially confirmed the unit in September.
It will be compatible with a number of titles including Monster Hunter 3G and Resident Evil: Revelations.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/3ds-c...-a-name/086997
...by Published on October 27th, 2011 00:26- Categories:
- Nintendo 3DS News
Peripherals specialist Venom will distribute a range of officially licensed 3DS peripherals.
The firm has the exclusive UK and Ireland distribution rights for Project Sustain’s 3DS range. There are nine products currently on offer, including mushroom ear buds, folio cases and in-car chargers.
These are available now and are already stocked by retailers such as Tesco.
“The Project Sustain range is a fantastic addition to what Venom currently offers,” head of business development Tom Hodge told MCV. “As a brand we are constantly striving to offer a one-stop shop for our retail partners. The 3DS is going to have a great Christmas and the licensed range will help retail make the margin they need.
“With the recent price drop on 3DS we expect to see some real traction on this product leading up to and beyond Christmas.”
The range is one of several officially licensed lines in Venom’s portfolio.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/venom...s-range/087000
...by Published on October 27th, 2011 00:24- Categories:
- DCEmu
Sainsbury’s new £1m acquisition will let it develop a digital games service for 2012, it has told MCV.
The supermarket giant purchased Global Media Vault (GMV) from Music Box Leisure last week. The online entertainment specialist has a unique entertainment ecommerce and digital media platform, with a digital database of over 3m music, film and game assets for the UK market, which can be searched through, bought and distributed via the web, mobile platforms, TV and even kiosks.
The platform will allow customers to buy, stream or rent from the firm’s Entertainment website, which it launched last year. The company said the acquisition is a real time saver as it means it doesn’t need to build a platform from scratch.
“This acquisition will enable us to develop our Sainsbury’s Entertainment online and games proposition significantly and quickly,” said Sainsbury’s head of entertainment Richard Crampton.
“The digital vault will allow us to develop a media and digital games service delivered to our customers through a variety of channels in 2012.”
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/sains...in-2012/087001
...by Published on October 27th, 2011 00:22- Categories:
- PS3 News
Sony has detailed this week's PlayStation Store update.
Everything that's coming to both PSN and PlayStation Plus members is listed, with Battlefield 3 in the download section being the biggest name and InFamous 2: Festival of Blood catching eyes too.
Here's the full list:
PlayStation Plus new content
Alien Zombie Death (mini) - 100% discount for one week
Age of Zombies (mini) - 100% discount for one week
Dead Nation - 100% discount for one week
Alien Zombie Mega Death - 50% discount for one week
Burn Zombie Burn! - 50% discount for one week
Zombie Apocalypse - 50% discount for one week
infamous 2: Festival of Blood - 20% discount for one week
A range of additional Plus discounts across a number of Halloween Sale items including:
Additional 15% reduction on all TellTale Games Halloween Sale items
Additional 30% off all EA Halloween Sale items
Additional 10% off all Team 17 Halloween Sale items
Additional 10% off SEGA Halloween Sale items
Additional 20% off Atari Halloween Sale items
Be sure to check the Store for full details
Special Offer Selection
PS3
'Heads-Up' Game Store Update 26th October 2011
We have some 'sales from the crypt' for you this week to sink your fangs into for Halloween. However its not all blood and gore and there should be some content for everybody, so do check it out as it has everything from BD digitial downloads and full PS3/PSP games to minis and add on packs for some on your favourite games. So don't be scared and check out these monster savings today!
Here are a few examples of what is on offer:
Limbo (was £9.99/€12.99 - now £7.99/€9.99)
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse (was £19.99/€24.99 - now £9.99/€12.99)
Prince of Persia Trilogy (was £31.99/€39.99 - now £15.99/€19.99)
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime (was £7.19/€8.99 - now £4.39/€5.49)
Protoype (was £31.99/€39.99 - now £15.99/€19.99)
Offers ends on 9th November 2011
PlayStation Network new content
Full Games (PS3)
Battlefield 3 (£49.99/€69.99)
(Available on Friday 28th October at 00:01 GMT)
Rating: PEGI 18
Availability: All Locales
Infamous 2 - Festival Of Blood (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: All Locales
Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean The Videogame (£31.99/€39.99) Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All Locales
Pixeljunk Sidescroller (£6.29/€7.99) Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: Not available in Australia or New Zealand
Ra One (£10.99/€13.99) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not available in Australia or New Zealand
Demos (PS3)
Grease Dance Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not available in Indian, Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey and UAE
Ratchet & Clank All 4 One Multiplayer Demo Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All Locales
Full Games (PSP)
Soul Calibur : Broken Destiny + Tekken 6 Bundle (£23.99/€29.99) Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: Not available in Germany
Exit 2 (Re-Convert) (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: Not available in Australia or New Zealand
Minis (PS3 and PSP)
Open Emotion Studios Triple Pack (£2.49/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All Locales
Carnivores Bundle (£3.99/€4.99) Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: All Locales
Bee Wars (£2.49/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: Not available in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine
PSone (PS3 and PSP)
Silent Hill (£5.49/€6.99) Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: All Locales
Add-On Game Content (PS3)
Ace Combat Assault Horizon
Acah Dlc02 Asf-X [Magnificent Lightning Ii] (£4.79/€5.99)
Acah Dlc02 F-14D [Halloween Pumpkin] (£2.39/€2.99)
Acah Dlc02 F/A-18F [Red Devils] (£2.39/€2.99)
Compatibility Pack 2 (Free)
Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: All Locales
Battlefield 3 - Online Pass (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: All locales
Castlevania: Harmony Of Dispair
Add-On Character 'Simon Belmont' (£1.59/€1.99)
Add-On Level 'Chapter 8′ The One Who Is Many (£3.19/€3.99)
Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not available in New Zealand
Disney Universe
Absoluem Costume (free)
Daisy Costume (free)
Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All Locales
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record - CYBORG Skills Pack (£1.59/€1.99) Rating: PEGI 18
Availability: Not available in Germany
Dungeon Siege III - Treasures of the Sun (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: All locales
Elevator Action Deluxe - Additional Character KIKIKAIKAI (free) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All locales
LittleBigPlanet - Halloween Mask (free) Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All Locals
LittleBigPlanet 2
Invizimals Costume Pack (£4.79/€5.99)
(Includes the following content, also available separately)
Flameclaw Costume (£1.59/€1.99)
Icelion Costume (£1.59/€1.99)
Metalmutt Costume (£1.59/€1.99)
Tiger Shark Costume (£1.59/€1.99)
Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All Locals
MotoGP 10/11 - Gp Class 2011 Season Update (free)
Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All Locales
MotorStorm Apocalypse - Halloween Livery Pack (free) Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: All Locales
Rock Band Network
Caraphernelia - Pierce the Veil (£0.99/€1.49)
Gymnopédie No. 1 - Thomas Walker (£0.59/€0.79)
Moonlight Ride - Free Spirit (£0.99/€1.49)
Very Busy People - The Limousines (£0.99/€1.49)
Willow Of Tears - Amberian Dawn (£0.99/€1.49)
Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not Available in Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Israel, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Poland, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE
Rock Band 3
I Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness (£0.99/€1.49)
Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie (£0.99/€1.49)
Super-Charger Heaven - White Zombie (£0.99/€1.49)
Thunder Kiss '65 - White Zombie (£0.99/€1.49)
Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not Available in Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Israel, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Poland, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, ...by Published on October 27th, 2011 00:18- Categories:
- Joypad News
DJ Hero developer FreeStyleGames has revealed its "on ice" ideas for a future instalment in the shelved music series.
Activision announced it was axing the DJ and Guitar Hero businesses last year due to "continued declines in the music genre". But it sounds like developer FreeStyleGames hasn't completely given up hope.
Speaking in the latest issue of Edge, the studio revealed ideas on ice for DJ Hero 3 include an expert mode that lets two platters attach to one control unit for a significantly enhanced challenge.
"We're going to have to take a real shift in thinking how music gets licensed, because that's the real blocker at the moment," creative director Jamie Jackson told the mag.
FreeStyleGames revealed earlier this year that it's working on "a new, innovative project" for Activision.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...e-dev-reveals/ ...by Published on October 27th, 2011 00:12- Categories:
- Playstation Vita News
The new PlayStation Vita will launch in Japan on December 17 with a couple of features missing, according to a Famitsu report.
The Japanese magazine reports in a recent Q&A that the machines web browser will support cookies, Javascript version 1.7, HTML5, but will not support Flash "at launch".
The magazine also says, in conflict with information from Sony, that Vita will also not support 'Game Archives' - which encompasses downloadable PsOne and TurboGrafx-16 games in Japan - at launch.
This suggests that Sony may have some feature-boosting updates lined up post-launch, and we're hoping these holes, if true, will be plugged before the handheld's EU/US launch in February.
On a more positive note, the mag says Vita will have bilinear texture filetering for PSP titles, which will make the old-gen games look better on the new console.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...mes-at-launch/
...by Published on October 27th, 2011 00:10- Categories:
- DCEmu
Unreal Engine powerhouse Epic Games plans to actively influence how Microsoft and Sony build their new home console systems, according to company president Mike Capps....
Speaking in an interview with Develop, Capps explained that Epic intends to engage with platform holders as production on new systems ramps up.
"That's absolutely our plan. I can't say much more than that," he said, before cryptically adding, "Okay, let's say, a year ago that was our plan, and I can't tell you whether we've done it or not yet."
Capps went on to explain that the Samaritan demo shown off at GDC last year was the first part of that plan.
"Our Samaritan concept, if you look at PC hardware in two or four years' time, is something that the next consoles can achieve. It was just that no one knew what a next-generation game would look like - so that was our idea, to show people what we can achieve.
"I mean, The Samaritan is a real-time demo that looks like an animated movie from about five years ago - the tech is getting that sophisticated. So our goal was to show off some of the technologies we would like to see on the next-gen platforms, and also to have The Samaritan as the benchmark.
"We believe what we've demonstrated is achievable at a reasonable development cost, so it's what gamers should be demanding for next generation."
Elsewhere in the interview, Capps detailed exactly what he wants to see from next-gen consoles. First up: more power.
"I think it's very important that a gamer sees an Xbox Next or PlayStation Next and can clearly see the tech is not possible on current consoles. Otherwise they won't be a success. And that's a very tall order.
"I mean, PS3 is still very bad-ass - Heavy Rain looks great. To blow that away we need the hardware to do it."
His other key demand was that platform holders grant publishers and developers a more open content delivery system.
"I think another thing that's changed is the way people are willing to spend their money. Consoles need to adapt to this," he explained.
"Game revenue has moved to the service model and the microtransactions model. Consoles need to start being comfortable with that. They need to be able to do something where small virtual items can be sold and bought for 20¢ without a long certification process and a price approval process.
"Right now we're not even allowed to change the prices of virtual content. We're not even allowed to set the prices. I just don't think this protectionist approach is going to be successful in a world where the price of virtual items changes on a day-today basis."
Capps argued that allowing developers to set game prices - as is the case in the digital PC market - is vital in maintaining a healthy market for console games.
"Double-A games will never come back unless we get rid of this notion of a game being $60 or not released. The console manufacturers need to let this happen.
"The best way of driving developers to PC is telling them they have no freedom in what prices they can set for virtual items. It would be great to have the level of freedom that, say, Steam gives you."
If Epic's input is taken on-board by console manufacturers it wouldn't be for the first time. The company reportedly convinced Microsoft to double the amount of RAM on the Xbox 360 from 256MB to 512MB, arguing that the original Gears of War needed the extra power to run in HD.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...t-gen-consoles
by Published on October 27th, 2011 00:07- Categories:
- DCEmu
The PlayStation 3 version of zombie FPS Dead Island debuts at number five on this week's Japanese sales chart....
As reported by Andriasang, it shifted 39,945 copies on PS3, while the Xbox 360 version shuffled in at 10, with 13,147 sales.
Mech anime crossover Macross F Sayonara no Tsubasa topped the chart, with FIFA also seeing a top 10 debut down at seven. It seems PES, which entered at number one a few weeks back, retains its vice-like grip on Japanese footie fans, despite FIFA's recent domination of the Western market.
Elsewhere, Deus Ex: Human Revolution failed to make much of a mark, entering the chart at 13.
Here's the full top 20:- Macross F Sayonara no Tsubasa (Namco Bandai, PS3): 142,607 - NEW
- Naruto Narutimate Impact (Namco Bandai, PSP): 53,148 - NEW
- Go Vacation (Namco Bandai, Wii): 47,209 - NEW
- Just Dance (Nintendo, Wii): 45,580 (Life to date: 135,619)
- Dead Island (Spike, PS3): 39,945 - NEW
- FIFA 12 (Electronic Arts, PS3): 25,640 - NEW
- PES 2012 (Konami, PS3): 22,902 (356,724)
- Ace Combat Assault Horizon (Namco Bandai, PS3): 18,120 (167,591)
- AKB1/48 If I Loved an Idol in Guam (Namco Bandai, PSP): 17,562 (288,263)
- Dead Island (Spike, Xbox 360): 13,147 - NEW
- Rhythm Heaven Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 12,377 (517,691)
- Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, Wii): 12,334 (613,144)
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Square Enix, PS3): 8707 - NEW
- NBA2K12 (Take-2 Japan, PS3): 8701 - NEW
- Dragon Quest Collection (Square Enix, Wii): 8354 (371,151)
- Nintendogs + Cats (Nintendo, 3DS): 7980 (332,292)
- Kirby Mass Attack (Nintendo, DS): 7309 (265,670)
- Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo, 3DS): 7133 (422,495)
- Tetris: Axis (Namco Bandai, 3DS): 6787 - NEW
- Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best (Capcom, PSP): 6685 (49,209)
The cause for the bump? As you can tell from the games chart, it certainly wasn't an influx of compelling new software. Looks like the new pink hardware model did the business.
Further down the hardware chart, it was business as usual, with PSP, PlayStation 3 and Wii sales all continuing their recent slump.
Here are the numbers:- 3DS: 73,933 (Last week: 55,025)
- PlayStation 3: 23,897 (28,596)
- PSP: 22,095 (25,271)
- Wii: 11,235 (12,161)
- DSi XL: 2005 (2721)
- Xbox 360: 1620 (1887)
- PlayStation 2: 1296 (1280)
- DSi: 1293 (1999)
- DS Lite: 36 (71)
by Published on October 26th, 2011 23:59- Categories:
- PS3 News
Today, the PlayStation Blog confirmed earlier rumors of a re-release forLittleBigPlanet 2. We can't say we're surprised, since the previousLittleBigPlanet game had a Game of the Year Edition re-release, but here it is: both a limited edition title with all of the game's DLC thus far and a PlayStation Move hardware bundle are coming to select retailers on November 15.
The LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition features the original game, PlayStation Move add-on content, the Toy Story level and costume pack, and the pets costume packs, all in one package. But if you're lacking in hardware and have got the requisite clearance for flailing in your domicile, then perhaps the PlayStation Move hardware bundle is for you. It includes the enhanced version of LBP 2, plus a PlayStation Move controller, a Nav controller and a PlayStation Eye camera.
Sorry, no word on pricing, but we imagine the game will be $59.99 and the bundle will be somewhere around $149.99.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/26/so...e-limited-edi/ ...by Published on October 26th, 2011 23:46
[lovablechevy] loves her Retro Duo console, especially since it takes up less space than the NES and SNES it has replaced. There’s a small problem though: the Retro Duo isn’t 100% compatible with her old Nintendo cartridges. Battletoads is a deal breaker for her, so she built Nintenduo, an NES/SNES console that uses all original Nintendo hardware.
The Queen of Bondo began her project with a top-loading NES and the smaller revision of the SNES. There’s a Photobucket gallery showing the innards lovingly placed in their new plastic home.
Not only can [lovablechevy] play classics like Paperboy, Donkey Kong Country, and the Super Mario RPG that are incompatable with the Retro Duo, all the accessories like the Zapper and Power Pad now work.
The finished build is very small; not much bigger than an SNES 2, and is nearly dwarfed by the gigantic NES cartridges. She posted a video of herself trying not to shoot the stupid Duck Hunt dog with her Nintenduo. Check it out after the break.
http://hackaday.com/2011/10/26/ninte...the-same-case/ ...
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