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Capcom says PSN and Xbox Live title Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix has shifted over 250,000 copies, breaking sales records in the process.


Of course, Street Fighter II HDR is only a taster ahead of the release of Street Fighter IV on February 20 next year. We expect that to sell tons of copies too, along with Resident Evil 5 in March. Good times for Capcom then. ...

via Eurogamer


Sony has updated the PlayStation Network shops with several new downloadable games, including Crash Commando for PS3 and Football Manager Handheld 2009 for the PSP.

There's also Soldner-X: Himmelssturmer, which Wikipedia reckons means Mercenary-X: Romantic Idealist, and which is a horizontally scrolling shooter with screenshots worth admiring in our Soldner-X gallery.

Sony hasn't quite sorted out its pricing structure for downloadable PSP games, though, with FM Handheld up at a whopping GBP 29.99 (versus about 25 quid in the shops) while Buzz! Brain Bender is GBP 19.99 (15 quid). At least Ultimate Board Game Collection is only GBP 9.99.

Otherwise there's the usual assortment of Rock Band and Guitar Hero stuff, and those Christmas bits for LittleBigPlanet. Yay.

PS3 Games

• Crash Commando (GBP 7.99 / EUR 9.99)
• Soldner-X: Himmelssturmer (GBP 7.99 / EUR 9.99)

PSP Games

• Buzz! Brain Bender (GBP 19.99 / EUR 29.99)
• Football Manager Handheld 2009 (GBP 29.99 / EUR 34.99)
• Ultimate Board Game Collection (GBP 9.99 / EUR 12.99)

• PSP Add-ons
  
• Super Stardust Portable Expansion Pack (GBP 3.19 / EUR 3.99)

PS3 Add-ons

• Everybody's Golf World Tour - Costume Pack Pirate (GBP 3.19 / EUR 3.99)
• LittleBigPlanet Santa Hat and Beard (free)
• LittleBigPlanet Festive Goodies (GBP 2.39 / EUR 2.99)
• Mercenaries 2: Blow it up... Again! (free)
• Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Pack 3 (free)

PS3 Guitar Hero: World Tour stuff

• The Eagles Track Pack (GBP 4.39 / EUR 5.49)
• The Eagles - "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture" (GBP 1.49 / EUR 1.99)
• The Eagles - "Life in the Fast Lane" (GBP 1.49 / EUR 1.99)
• The Eagles - "One of These Nights" (GBP 1.49 / EUR 1.99)

PS3 Rock Band stuff

• Going Country Pack 01 (GBP 5.25 / EUR 6.59)
• Brad Paisley - "Mud on the Tires" (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49)
• Brooks & Dunn - "Hillbilly Deluxe" (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49)
• Dierks Bentley - "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49)
• Dixie Chicks - "Sin Wagon" (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49)
• Miranda Lambert - "Gunpowder & Lead" (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49)

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via Kotaku



Early this morning Home Beta version 1.04 hit, bringing with it some much needed beards. But it took away voice chat.

The main reason for the update, according to the official Playstation blog, is to "ease the difficulty some people are having accessing PlayStation Home due to the high demand for the service."

While they don't link the two, I assume that's why they removed voice chat. Of course it could also have something to do with all the sailor-talk going on when you run through the bowling alley on a typical night.

Sony says they will let people know when they resume the voice chat feature, but in the meantime gamers can still use text chat and private voice chat.

Now, about those beards, they better be a heck of a lot nicer than those crap mustaches you tried foisting on me last night. ...

via Computer and Video Games


System 3 has coughed up the first shots of Williams Pinball Classics for Wii and PSP. Here are the Wii ones.

Official blurb reads: "Williams Pinball Classics will feature stunningly accurate recreations of the 10 most popular Williams tables of all time.

"Every texture, every flashing light and every sound effect has been lovingly recreated in order to deliver the most accurate simulation of the classic pastime.

The PR man adds that "unrivalled ball physics mean that you can become just as good as you always were." We think it's a bit random to be honest.

PSP shots coming soon.


Screenshots ...

via Eurogamer


Sony will patch PlayStation Home this Thursday, according to Home Community Manager "TedTheDog", whose real name we did know once but now can't remember.

"We'll be patching Home this Thursday and part of this change will be the first step in tackling the connection issues that you'll know as C-931 errors," he wrote on the official forum (thanks vg247).

According to a post elsewhere, C-931 "is related to very high levels of traffic", and in theory if you keep hammering away the game will let you in at some point anyway.

We asked Eurogamer's resident technical experts - i.e. the people who try and stop our servers exploding during key giveaways - whether trying again and again is a sensible workaround for connection time-outs. They cried.

Sony launched the PlayStation Home open beta last Thursday after nearly two years of build-up and the response so far has been lukewarm.

Eurogamer MMO complained about its "stiff, airless lack of character" and games of pool that aren't instanced, but was careful to note that "its defining feature - how it feeds into and connects with PlayStation gaming as a whole - is missing", and won't be introduced for a bit. ...

via Joystiq


Remember that Resident Evil 5 demo? The one that was originally up for grabs via Xbox Live for anyone with a Japanese account, but was taken down? Well, it's going to be officially released in the US in early 2009, according to Capcom.

The publisher held an RE5 co-op multiplayer event last night in San Francisco, at which we were given this vague date and played some previously unseen levels. Levels which we'll be able to share more on with you tomorrow. We also played the demo in question, which was in English and seemed perfectly fit to go live, er ... now. ...

via Eurogamer


DICE and Electronic Arts have unlocked the Time Trial mode in the recent demo version of Mirror's Edge for PS3 and Xbox 360.

To unlock it, all you have to do is click Race and then Play Time Trial in the main menu and enter any 16-digit number (incidentally, the press release helpfully suggests "0000-0000-0000-000" - oops).

Time Trial mode involves legging it around the game's pristine city against the clock, stringing together all your best moves to save time. You can also download ghosts of your friends doing it to try and beat.

EA also says that the unlocking trick should work whether you're downloading the demo afresh or have had it for ages.

The demo also includes single-player tutorial and prologue sections for those of you who haven't had a crack on Mirror's Edge at all yet.

Mirror's Edge launched on PS3 and 360 in mid-November and picked up 8/10 in its Eurogamer review. It's a game about running around rooftops and buildings stylishly from the first-person perspective, and when you get into your stride it's very good.

When you don't, however, it's a bit jarring, and the indoors bits are rubbish, and the story's really irritating.

Fortunately the Time Trial bit is excellent, so give it a go, and owners of the full game can look forward to more Time Trial maps set in a crazy VR world devoid of proper graphics, which looks dead slick, in January.

The game's also due out for PC on 16th January, and will boast all sorts of graphical improvements when it does. ...

via Computer and Video Games


Microsoft has just released another free clothes pack for Xbox 360 Avatars, filling your console wardrobe with all sorts of formal wear to get dappered up for Christmas.

The new clothing items - which you can see below - will be indicated the next time you sign in by a big yellow star. So go on then, go play dress up.

The new items are as follows:

Male

• Blue Tuxedo
• Black Tuxedo
• Shirt with Cummerbund
• Black Trilby
• Bowler Hat

Female

• Elegant Ball Gown
• Little Black Dress
• Formal Trouser Suit
• Elegant Watch
• Red 60's Shades
• Strappy High Heels
• Platform Shoes

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via Games Industry


Nintendo has announced that it has settled a dispute with peripheral manufacturer Nyko over alleged patent infringements on its Nunchuk controller.

The terms of the settlement over the lawsuit, brought about by Nintendo, were not disclosed, but Nyko is to continue to be able to sell its own products as before, albeit with a redesign.

"We are pleased to have resolved this dispute," said Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. "The Nunchuk and Wii brands are familiar to consumers worldwide, and Nintendo is dedicated to vigorous defence of those brands."

And Herschel Naghi, CEO of Nyko, added: "Nyko Technologies is proud to be an industry leader in gaming accessories, and we will continue to develop exciting products for the benefit of the gaming community." ...