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The Retro League is a weekly retrogaming podcast that covers news, articles, links and more. This week, the Retro League team continues their retro countdown by covering the year 1998. Hot topics include Top 100 NES games that still matter, while in Virtually Retro, Parasite Eve II and 1950s Lawn Mower Kids are featured on the PSN and DSiWare respectively. Main news story is the efforts that Atari are going to “alienate and persecute” their retro fan base. Games of the Week include Ocarina of Time (N64), Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Arcade) and Final Fantasy Tactics (PlayStation). The episode’s full listing and download can be found at the Retro League episode 98 webpage.
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Sony has detailed some of the PlayStation Vita's new AR capabilities, including markerless AR and a new Wide Area Augmented Reality feature, charmingly dubbed WAAR.
Whereas many AR systems use one marker point, WAAR uses six markers to create more detailed and defined play areas.
A demonstration of WAAR in action was shown at Sony's Vita-focused session at the Eurogamer Expo, showing tanks fighting across a tabletop and a floor being turned into a racing track.
Markerless AR, on the other hand, uses no cards whatsoever, with the Vita identifying a room's feature points.
A quick demo showed one of Ape Escape's stars dancing around a room, while later on in the presentation a Tyrannosaurus rex bounded around a cityscape, towering over the player.
Sony had previously revealed some of the features at last week's Tokyo Game Show, where it also revealed that certain PlayStation 3 games can be streamed onto the handheld.
Reality Fighters will be the first dedicated AR game on Sony's handheld, which launches in Japan on December 17 with a European release date yet to be announced.
To enjoy Uncharted 3, you need a highly developed sense of adventure, the ability to spot unorthodox paths through a chaotic landscape, the patience to stay cool during protracted firefights, and a PlayStation 3.
For those first three, you're on your own, but Sony has a plan to help with the last one: a new Uncharted 3 hardware bundle, including a 320GB system, a copy of the game, and -- why not -- a month of PlayStation Plus access. Despite appearing in the picture, there's no mention of an included PS3 vertical stand.
The bundle will sell for $299.99, the same price as a 320GB system by itself. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is out on November 1.
3DS claimed the top spot on the Japanese hardware chart for the week ended September 18, having lost it to PS3 a week earlier for the first time since the handheld's mid-August price cut. While PS3 sales suffered a notable decline, from 64,786 units to 36,061, 3DS sales jumped from 49,076 units to 58,837. That's despite another weak showing on the software front, with only two 3DS titles making the top 20.
The week's big new game release was Dragon Quest Collection. Launched as part of Square Enix's Dragon Quest 25th anniversary festivities, the Wii collection of the first three games in the series shifted over 263,000 copies to debut at No.1 on the software chart.
No other new entries made the top ten, Andriasang reports. Tales Of Xillia slipped to No.2, ahead of Resident Evil Revival Selection, Wii Sports Resort and Everyone's Rhythm Heaven.
This week's US Nintendo downloads list sees the revival of a retro NES shooter, Twinbee, as a 3D Classic.
It's a traditional vertical scrolling shooter with a unique item-collection mechanic that has you shooting bells to juggle them until they're a specific colour before collecting them for a desired power-up. We fell in love with the Twinbee series when the Super Nintendo sequel, Pop 'n Twinbee, arrived but this will do for now.
Here's the full list:
Nintendo eShop
3D Classics: TwinBee - This vertical-scrolling arcade game was originally available only on the Famicom system in Japan. Now, for the first time ever in North America, fans can play this classic shooter with a new 3D look. (For Nintendo 3DS)
WiiWare
Aya and the Cubes of Light - Solve the cubic mazes and rekindle the stars in this exceptional hybrid of puzzle-platform gaming and 3D action. Teleport onto the Cubes to collect the Energy Packs and get the Cube engines working again. (For Wii)
Nintendo eShop / Nintendo DSiWare
Escape Trick: Ninja Castle - When a powerful ninja sneaks into a gadget-laden castle's forbidden area, he gets trapped inside. Play as the powerful Raiko Mitarai and escape from the castle by solving tricky puzzles.
(For Nintendo 3DS / Nintendo DSi)
Also new this week:
Break Tactics (Nintendo eShop / Nintendo DSiWare)
3D Pixel Racing (demo version) (WiiWare)
Blue Man Group Foley Part II (Nintendo Video) - available today at 3 p.m. Pacific time
As ever, more info, screens and trailers of this week's games are through the source link.
[ Source: Nintendo ]
GAME Group has forged a unique strategic partnership with OnLive, the cloud gaming service that launches in the UK today. In fact GAME is the first games retailer to work closely with OnLive.
The firm will sell the service to millions of customers in the UK, and eventually across Europe and elsewhere, starting with GAME’s ecommerce sites game.co.uk and gamestation.co.uk later this year. OnLive’s products and digital service offerings will then be extended to the Group's 615 UK stores and integrated with the Group's popular loyalty schemes, the GAME Reward Card and gamestation Elite card.
It's another step in embracing digital models for GAME. The firm has this year rolled out nationwide initiatives to sell Xbox Live and PlayStation Network content in-store. OnLive launches in the UK today after a US roll out last year.
The service promises instant access to a library of games, with little to no hardware needed except a PC or TV.
Ian Shepherd, CEO of GAME Group said: “We are delighted to be partnering with OnLive. It will bring a totally new cloud based gaming platform to the UK customer.
"Through our websites and the teams in our stores, we will introduce the OnLive service to millions of customers and allow them to use cash and reward card points to buy games on OnLive. Today’s announcement demonstrates again GAME Group’s dedication to supporting innovation in gaming.”
Steve Perlman, Founder and CEO of OnLive, added: “GAME Group is an ideal strategic launch partner for OnLive in the UK, and we could not be more excited about the relationship. GAME has a close one-to-one connection with gamers in the UK, and OnLive provides a unique offering that, on the day of launch, reaches almost all gamers in the UK instantly through their broadband connection, whether on a TV, PC or Mac, and soon on iPad and Android tablets.
“OnLive will bring free instant demos to the www.game.co.uk, and if the player chooses, provide instant purchase and continued play of the videogame on OnLive through GAME’s loyalty currency or credit cards. After the demo gamers can alternately return to the GAME website to purchase the game on another platform, or learn more about it by and chatting with other players in OnLive’s massive spectating Arena. The OnLive-GAME relationship will bring an unprecedented level of choice, convenience and value for UK gamers, whether through the Internet or in a retail store.”
The all new Flame Red 3DS has launched in Australia and New Zealand today, adding to the already available Aqua Blue and Cosmos Black options.
The new-look 3DS is already selling at all key retailers in Australia and New Zealand, carrying the reduced RRP from earlier this yearof AUD$249.95.
There is little in the difference in price, with EB Games going out the cheapest at AUD$248, however JB HiFi is offering a bonus accessory pack and Pac-Man / Galaga Dimensions game as an added incentive.
RRP for the 3DS in New Zealand is NZD$328.
Today is an important day that I have no doubt represents a true change to how we consume games. It’s hard to escape the conclusion that the rise of cloud computing will, in the fullness of time, come to dominate our digital lives. Browsing, working, playing – the cloud is a logical evolution in all of these sectors. Two big questions remain, however. When? And How? When will the UK’s somewhat feeble internet infrastructure be stable enough to cope with it? And When will the public come to accept cloud services as equals or even superiors to current technology? And How will consumers want to consume this tech? In truth, I’m not sure the first point is as big an issue as some might believe. My Virgin Media 20MB connection is more than up to the task. And non-cable connection speeds are rapidly improving. Unless you live in the country, of course. BT’s all-you-can-eat three month OnLive offer is great news for both OnLive and consumers. How well it will sit with BT’s tightly regulated data usage rationing is a bigger question. If OnLive catches on, how long until BT’s network begins to groan under the pressure? A bigger question, though is when will the public come to accept cloud computing as the norm. You have a dodgy internet connection? Then be ready to be locked out from your OnLive games until it’s sorted. Again, not a problem for me – my home internet is rock solid. But I wouldn’t fancy trying it at the office. Obviously that’s because I’m too busy working to play games. But in a hypothetical world where I do nothing all afternoon on a Friday, I’m not sure if our current internets – which struggle to stream a 720p video – are up to the task. At the moment all of my cherished data – photos of my daughter, my music and movie collection, my unfinished novels – sit safely on my PC’s hard drive. They’re also backed up on an external drive. Would I be prepared to entrust that information to a remote server controlled by a faceless corporation? That, as we know now better than ever, is vulnerable to hacking and cyber attacks? Hmmm. But here’s the biggest question. How. How are consumers going to take to OnLive’s business model? I should say here that I think OnLive’s current proposition represents genuinely good value. Membership is free, and with it access to demos for dozens of games. The PlayPack bundle, usage of which is available via a thoroughly reasonable £6.99 per month subscription, includes a lot of very decent games including the likes of Borderlands, FEAR 3, Batman: Arkham Asylum, LEGO Batman, Homefront, the original Deus Ex, FlatOut, Just Cause 2, Tomb Raider: Underworld, Frontlines: Fuels of War, BioShock, STALKER, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!, Hitman: Blood Money, Alpha Protocol, Mini Ninjas, Saints Row 2, Aliens vs Predator Classic, World of Goo, Puzzle Quest, Virtua Tennis 2009 and Unreal Tournament III. Premium, recent releases, however, will cost £39.99, with a 30 per cent discount for subscribers, bringing prices in line with the High Street. Roughly. This isn’t quite a clear-cut as it sounds, though. In truth I never pay £39.99 for a game. In the interests of honesty, I’m lucky enough to be in the position where I get sent a lot of games. But I do buy games as well. Which are expensive, as you might have noticed. I honestly can’t remember the last time I simply paid £40 for a game without either using Gamestation store-credit or taking advantage of a supermarket promo or High Street trade-in offer. None of which is possible with OnLive. It goes without saying that you’re never going to recoup some of that £39.99 by trading in your OnLive titles or selling them on eBay. Consumers are all too aware of this. Arguably though that isn’t even the biggest problem. That is the question of ownership. Paying £39.99 to stream a game that exists on a remote server, the only connection to which you have is down your telephone line, is very different to paying £39.99 for something your physically own – be that on a disc or as 1s and 0s on your HDD. Even if the OnLive tech is completely flawless and your internet connection as solid as a cast-iron statue of an elephant plated in super-strong diamonds riding in a tank, this is the obstacle that OnLive must overcome. Are punters ready to pay premium prices to access rather than own a title? In truth I find it hard not to come to the following conclusion: OnLive tech does represent the future, but its business model does not. I’m really not convinced that the full price retail model is suited to this type of delivery system. And as much as the subscription market in sectors like the MMO is falling massively out of favour, in the cloud gaming field I think it’s a natural fit. Imagine a £9.99 per month deal for unlimited access to all of OnLive’s games. Even £14.99 a month. That’s a tempting offer, as long as OnLive can offer every title available on the market. Still, that’s not the future I see for cloud gaming. OnLive is still held back by another very important factor – consoles. All the PC games in the world will always struggle to compete
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Microsoft has outlined dates for a six-month Kinect tour which will visit UK shopping centres, Disney on Ice shows and The Clothes Show.
The ‘Your Kinect Experience Tour’ kicks off in late September and will run to March. Consumers will be able to play several upcoming games compatible with the Xbox 360 Kinect motion accessory, including Kinect Disneyland Adventures, Kinect Star Wars, Kinect Sports: Season 2 and Dance Central 2.
Attendees will be given a special RFID wristband during the experience which allows them to share everything they see on their Facebook page. Prizes will be up for grabs and discount vouchers will be handed out for Kinect Xbox 360 bundles.
Visitors will also be able to receive a free printed picture of themselves in their favourite game, as well as test out the Xbox Live capabilities of Windows Phone.
People will even get the chance to go up on stage and play Kinect at The Clothes Show at the Birmingham NEC in December.
Microsoft’s director of Xbox and Entertainment Stephen McGill said: “We are delighted to be taking Kinect on tour again this year. With a product as innovative as Kinect it’s only fair that the tour experience matches that. Not only will consumers receive a personalised experience it will be completely integrated with Facebook using RFID technology to create a unique trial experience.” The full dates for the Kinect UK tour are listed below:
- Metro Centre, Gateshead, UK – September 29th to October 23rd
- Westfield Shopping Centre, Shepherd’s Bush, London, UK - October 26th to 28th November 2011
- Clothes Show LIVE, NEC, Birmingham, UK – December 2nd to 7th Kinect Disneyland Adventures Tour
- Newcastle Metro Radio Arena: Oct 7th to 9th
- Disney Inspiration Store, Oxford Street, London: Oct 21st to 27th
- London Wembley Arena: Oct 28th to 30th
- Birmingham NEC: Nov 4th to 6th
- Sheffield Arena: Nov 11th to 13th
- Nottingham Arena: Nov 18th to 20th
- Sheffield Arena: March 9th to 11th
- Birmingham NEC: March 16th to 18th
- Liverpool Echo: March 23rd to 25th
It’s all the industry is talking about today, and new streaming games service OnLive is doing all it can to ensure the public is just as enthused.
As well as its any game for £1 deal for new users of the service, OnLive is also offering a fantastic freebie for those who pre-order Saints Row 3.
If you pledge to but THQ’s game for £34.99 then OnLive will supply you with a free Microconsole and joypad worth £69.99.
Of course, the Microconsole isn’t needed to access OnLive – that can be done via a PC or Mac. But using the hardware allows gamers to directly access OnLive via their TV or HMDI-enabled monitor.
Furthermore, sign up for the £6.99 PlayPack subscription and users get 30 per cent of all purchases.
That makes a total of £24.49 for Saints Row 3 and the OnLive hardware for all those who commit to a subscription.
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