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by Published on October 24th, 2006 22:04
Microsoft's Xbox Live servers must be feeling the heat this week. No sooner has the dust settled from the arrival of long-awaited Arcade game Lumines Live! and various demos, than a playable demo of Ubisoft's tactical shooter Rainbow Six Vegas makes its way onto the service.
Weighing in at a respectable 477MB, we're reliably informed that the demo lets you shoot through an under-construction casino, tagging terrorists and generally waving the flag for the good old US-of-A.
But unfortunately for you lot over the pond, the demo is not available for download in Canada, Mexico or the USA due to a cover disk deal with the North American Official Xbox Magazine.
Don't worry though - we're sure the hoodlums on our forum will let you know just how brilliant it really is. ...by Published on October 24th, 2006 22:02
Blitz Games, the developer behind three Xbox 360 games to be sold in Burger King restaurants across the US, has revealed there's a strong chance the games will appear in Europe soon.
Philip Oliver, CEO of Blitz has told GamesIndustry.biz that talks are currently underway to bring the titles to regions outside of the US.
"If we're lucky we'll see them in this country as well," said Oliver. "It's not confirmed yet, it's in discussion. For all territories, Burger King marketing works independently in all regions, so it's being evaluated."
The three different titles will be available for Xbox and Xbox 360 in the US this November and retail for US $3.99.
Oliver brushed aside cynicism directed at the developer for creating games based on such a license, seeing it as a natural evolution for advertising in games while providing good value for money for the consumer.
"We're always trying to be on the cutting edge whenever we talk about any game initiative. About a year ago we were talking about advertising in games and there's a very big market there. Basically this gives us an absolutely massive profile in that market. Advertising is an excepted part of media. Magazines, websites, TV, films – they have product placement all over the place," he commented.
"Are the games good fun? Yes. And they are extremely good value for money. They're not going to be Halo or Gotham-beaters, let's be honest. These games are much better than anybody will expect. They're half way between Live Arcade titles and fully boxed games. In fact, if they were retail boxed products they should retail at around US$ 20," said Oliver. ...by Published on October 24th, 2006 21:59
Via Gamesindustry
Sports Interactive's soccer sim, Football Manager 2007, has taken the top spot in the UK All Formats Charts on its first weekend of release, knocking EA's FIFA 07 into second place.
Electronic Arts still has reason to celebrate with the number three entry of Sims expansion pack The Sims 2: Pets after a week of heavy TV advertising, while VU Games' Scarface: The World is Yours is still performing well at number four.
Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent makes its debut at number five in this weeks charts, just ahead of Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy at six. Sitting at number seven is another new entry – the PC-exclusive Battlefield 2142, from Digital Illusions and EA.
The rest of the top ten is made up of familiar faces, with THQ's Cars parking in the number eight spot, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 at number nine and Championship Manager 2007 at ten.
The only other new entry in this weeks' charts is Destroy All Humans! 2 at number 21, while four titles make a re-entry due to discounting – Buzz! The Big Quiz at 18, Singstar Rocks! at 24, Madagascar at 25 and Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe at 36. ...by Published on October 24th, 2006 21:05
In a world that is now smaller than ever thanks to the internet and the millions upon millions it is disgraceful that a company can force the people of Europe to not buy their product from overseas if we want to buy it.
Sony are idiots, plain and simple, when import gamers buy consoles it creates a fanbase in countrys who cant have that console for whatever reason and then that builds up into quite a momentum.
Sony were not losing money they were getting people buying their consoles, does it really bloody matter where the consoles are brought from ?
Yep they are full of shit, you dont see Nintendo or Microsoft pulling that type of crap, will this affect sales of Sony stuff, i dunno but people will think much harder about it i would think. the arrogance of Sony over the PS3 hopefully will give them the kick up the arse they so need.
Losing Lik Sang is a major blow to the homebrew scene as they sponsored many a competition and they were especially good to DCEmu for many years which saddens me more.
But the fall of Lik Sang causes problems for our Dream Coding Grand Prix 2006 as the prize they sponsored will now not exist that and problems with paypal are going to force me to do some thinking over the competition.
Newsposting will commence the moment i catch up on work following the Lik Sang announcement. ...by Published on October 24th, 2006 20:39
In a statement issued to GamesIndustry.biz, Sony has denied any responsibility for the closure of Lik-Sang - accusing the online retailer of "sour grapes".
The statement begins by observing that Sony Computer Entertainment has successfully sued Pacific Game Technology, which uses Lik-Sang as one of its trading names, for infringing intellectual property rights.
"Lik-Sang did not contest this case (i.e. they did not turn up and therefore incurred no legal costs). We have been awarded substantial costs against Lik-Sang which have not been paid," the statement claims.
"We would therefore strongly deny that our actions have had anything to do with this website closing (we assume the legal entity is still trading), and would suggest that this release is sour grapes on behalf of Lik-Sang which is aimed to belittle Sony Computer Entertainment and the British judicial system that found against them."
Earlier today, Lik-Sang announced it was going out of business, citing a series of lawsuits filed by Sony as the reason for the closure. The retailer also alleged that several SCE executives purchased import PSP hardware and software on its website.
Sony responded, "The purchasing of PSP consoles by SCE employees would be for investigatory purposes. We would also like to express our surprise at a company releasing personal information about its consumers, as this is contrary to data protection principles around the world."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=20564
wraggster - Well they would say that wouldnt they ...by Published on October 24th, 2006 16:09
We’re titling this as a rumor, but even so, sources have revealed to Game Informer Online that there will be a Halo 3 demo released over Xbox Live in the first half of 2007. Obviously Microsoft hasn’t revealed any details yet, but we wouldn’t be too surprised if something was dropped in the second or third week of November. You know, just to mess a bit with the PlayStation 3 and Wii launches.
We contacted Microsoft to confirm this rumor, but they responded with the usual statement that Microsoft doesn’t comment about speculation or rumors.
Is it shocking that Microsoft would release a Halo 3 demo? Not so much. Is it surprising that they’d announce the first details to mess with Sony and Nintendo? Not at all.
The big question is, will the Halo 3 demo be the first demo that Microsoft will charge for? We’re also putting our money on that, too. If there’s one game that Xbox 360 owners are waiting for it’s Halo 3, and regardless of how much or how little the demo consists of, Microsoft could charge and no one would really care.
www.gameinformer.com ...by Published on October 24th, 2006 15:51
Lik-Sang.com has been forced Out of Business due to Multiple Sony Lawsuits. In an article posted on their site they have a pop at staff from Sony that where happy to use Lik-Sang only just 9 months ago!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OUT OF BUSINESS NOTICE
Hong Kong, October 24th of 2006 - Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has today announced that it is forced to close down due to multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Sony claimed that Lik-Sang infringed its trade marks, copyright and registered design rights by selling Sony PSP consoles from Asia to European customers, and have recently obtained a judgment in the High Court of London (England) rendering Lik-Sang's sales of PSP consoles unlawful.
As of today, Lik-Sang.com will not be in the position to accept any new orders and will cancel and refund all existing orders that have already been placed. Furthermore, Lik-Sang is working closely with banks and PayPal to refund any store credits held by the company, and the customer support department is taking care of any open transactions such as pending RMAs or repairs and shipping related matters. The staff of Lik-Sang will make sure that nobody will get hurt in the crossfire of this ordeal.
A Sony spokesperson declined to comment directly on the lawsuit against Lik-Sang, but recently went on to tell Gamesindustry.biz that "ultimately, we're trying to protect consumers from being sold hardware that does not conform to strict EU or UK consumer safety standards, due to voltage supply differences et cetera; is not - in PS3's case - backwards compatible with either PS1 or PS2 software; will not play European Blu-Ray movies or DVDs; and will not be covered by warranty".
Lik Sang strongly disagrees with Sony's opinion that their customers need this kind of protection and pointed out that PSP consoles shipped from Lik-Sang contained genuine Sony 100V-240V AC Adapters that carry CE and other safety marks and are compatible world wide. All PSP consoles were in conformity with all EU and UK consumer safety regulations.
Furthermore, Sony have failed to disclose to the London High Court that not only the world wide gaming community in more than 100 countries relied on Lik-Sang for their gaming needs, but also Sony Europe's very own top directors repeatedly got their Sony PSP hard or software imports in nicely packed Lik-Sang parcels with free Lik-Sang Mugs or Lik-Sang Badge Holders, starting just two days after Japan's official release, as early as 14th of December 2004 (more than nine months earlier than the legal action). The list of PSP related Sony Europe orders reads like the who's who of the videogames industry, and includes Ray Maguire (Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Alan Duncan (UK Marketing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Chris Sorrell (Creative Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Rob Parkin (Development Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited), just to name a few.
"Today is Sony Europe victory about PSP, tomorrow is Sony Europe’s ongoing pressure about PlayStation 3. With this precedent set, next week could already be the stage for complaints from Sony America about the same thing, or from other console manufacturers about other consoles to other regions, or even from any publisher about any specific software title to any country they don’t see fit. It’s the beginning of the end... of the World as we know it", stated Pascal Clarysse, formerly known as the Marketing Manager of Lik-Sang.com.
"Blame it on Sony. That's the latest dark spot in their shameful track record as gaming industry leader. The Empire finally 'won', few dominating retailers from the UK probably will rejoice the news, but everybody else in the gaming world lost something today."
Source: :Lik-sang.com
digg it ...by Published on October 24th, 2006 12:42
PSPSeq has been updated to version 1.01. this is a bug fix only release. it fixes 3 bugs; one with setting FREQMODE in some synthesizers, one with the loading custom presets, and one with the menu system. ...by Published on October 24th, 2006 10:12
Gianas Return team have been updateing their blog on the progress the new Gianas Return game is going. There is the last entre:
The ones of you who know the history of Giana Worlds and Giana’s Return know that many team members disappered out of nothing, and mostly never came back. We thought so this has happened with our End-Boss drawing guy too… but luckily he appeared after over a month beeing offline and not answering any mails. Anyway… he’s back now and while I am typing there should be already more progress.
The boss modes will be very much “BC Kid” style, meaning that you have to beat one big bad guy at the end of each world and if it comes to the “final” boss… you have to replay all the other bad buddies in one go. This should bring in some spice compared to the previous betas. Some people complained about havining finished the game in less than 2 hours. It sure wont be that easy in the final.
Source: gianas-return.de ...by Published on October 24th, 2006 06:46
New from Play Asia:
features
Also known as "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All" outside of Japan
Play from the first person perspective through four shocking new cases
Two distinct gameplay segments
Investigation phase – survey crime scenes, interview witnesses and gather evidence that will be used in court
Court phase – present findings from the investigation to support your case, listen to testimonies, examine witnesses, and determine what is fact from fiction so you can prove your client's innocence
New "Psyche-Lock" feature – some witnesses may be keeping the truth under tight lock and key (aka the "Psyche-Lock" state), so in order to break them down, successfully open up their Psyche-Locks with a series of correct questions or catch them on their inconsistent testimony
New life bar represents Phoenix's status in court – by presenting incorrect evidence or following misguided attempts to break Psyche-Locks, Phoenix's life bar will go down; the only way to regain this stat is to successfully open a witness's Psyche-Lock
Use the DS touch screen to navigate the game’s interface and become deeply involved in court room proceedings by using the microphone to yell "Objection", "Take that" and more!
Colorful cast of characters include both new and familiar faces
Language: English/Japanese (selectable)
description
Enter a courtroom like no other in the sequel to Capcom's surprise hit Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All (aka. Gyakuten Saiban 2 in Japan) introduces four new cases featuring new characters, plot twists and gameplay features. Players resume the role of Phoenix Wright, a defense attorney who must prove his client's innocence against the toughest of odds and most ruthless of adversaries.
As in the first Phoenix Wright game, each case involves two distinct storylines. In the investigation phase, you survey crime scenes, interview witnesses and gather evidence that will be used in court. Then it's on to the court phase, where you pesent findings from the investigation to support your case, listen to testimonies, cross-examine witnesses, and tease out fact from fiction so you can prove your client's innocence. All presented in a comical anime style.
Just like its predecessor, Gyakuten Saiban 2 features full English/Japanese text support. Just press the lower button on the game's start screen to switch the game into English.
Gyakuten Saiban 2 is the second game in the popular court room battle series from Japan and ported from the original GBA™ version Gyakuten Saiban 2 to the Nintendo DS™. The game is released as "Best Price" budget release version right away.
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