Sony’s E3 details leaked by French employee
With E3 just around the corner expect to hear a lot of rumours, and well this is one of them. Over at the PS3Blog.Net they have received some information detailing to Sony’s E3 conference due to an employee in France leaking the information. Even though we are taking this information as a Rumour a lot of the below information seems likely.
- Sony will confirm the official name, pricing and release date of the NGP
- There will be 7 first party titles revealed for the NGP
- Hideo Kojima’s NGP project likely to be Peace Walker
- The Wipeout engine has been perfectly ported over to the NGP and you can expect the release of the game in the first quarter of the NGP’s launch
- Chance of another Metal Gear game on its way in the future
- There are 37 titles in the working for Sony platforms, but most will not be revealed until a European event (likely Gamescom)
- Sony will reveal titles that will not be available until Christmas 2012 at E3
- Santa Monica Studios will be on board, but don’t expect much more information about the title (potentially next God of War title)
- A sequel to Warhawk will be revealed before E3
- 2 PS3 exclusives won’t be presented at E3 but will be available before the end of the year in Europe
- Twisted Metal, Resistance 3, Uncharted 3 and The Last Guardian will be playable at E3
- Polyphony Digital are returning with a new title before March 2012
- Polyphony would like to make Europe a privilege for its next title. “Please don’t underestimate their work even if they deceived some of you.”
- A Rockstar game, probably GTA V, could be released before Agent was planned to be
- A third party title is in a “big battle” with Sony. The developers seem to be Bungie, so the game would be their next project with Activision.
Lastly, the employee says this:
We’ve been shown Uncharted 3 demo quickly in a little clip internally. And it was super cool. The playable scene was as surprising as the Uncharted 2 sequence presented few years ago at E3. it’s really stylish. Some people will say it’s like Uncharted 2.5 but I loved it.
Ono says Street Fighter should be a lot like Football
Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono has stated in a recent interview about his beloved fighting series and what his ultimate goal is for the series when he spoke with The Guardian.
“You said that Street Fighter IV 3D is a stepping stone. Where do you want to take Street Fighter?
Until very recently fighting games have been a niche. In order to play you needed to understand all the rules, you had to know exactly what to do in every situation. The genre has been isolating itself from non-hardcore gamers. But I want Street Fighter to be a tool, like playing cards or a chess board – you just need the pieces and everyone can play, not just the elite. It will take a few more generations to get to that utopian point, but what the 3DS has done is enable me to take the first step toward my grand scheme.
Is it difficult to move toward the mainstream without alienating those hardcore fans?
A quick metaphor: think of the Premier League. When Manchester United play Chelsea, you have the most professional, skilful players taking part, so any kid just out of school can’t join that team. However, just because not everyone can play for Manchester United doesn’t mean no one plays football. Until recently, we only ever aimed Street Fighter at the high end, we’ve been neglecting people who want to play at their own level. So what we’ve done with Super Street Fighter IV 3D is, we’ve retained the hardcore elements, but we’ve lowered the entry barrier, so people can play in the way they want to play, rather than having to aspire to be hardcore. We’ve established a very important milestone here.”
Tango Gameworks’ Shinji Mikami now "available" in action figure form
What the… I don’t even… Over at the Bethesda Blog, there is a mention that you can purchase a an action figure of Tango Gameworks’ Shinji Mikami.
If you actually curious to see if you can buy the damn thing (…I was just curious) you can check out the “shopping” page where it lists photos of the glorious figurine that has the following features:
- It’s one-of-a-kind
- 6.5 inches tall
- Has over 250 moving parts.
- His naturally gentle smile contrasts with his grim workplace visage.”
- Can launch into outer space
- Has “real shaving action” with a beard that grows 1/4 inch per minute
- 1/10 scale
- And if you buy the limited edition version he will spout random puns!
So er…Yeah. I guess it must be April 1st over at Tango Gameworks. And if it is real, we’ll see if we can get one to “review”.
A new challenger has entered the ring: Yoshinori Ono will fight SSFIV 3DS players at the UK Midnight launch.
It’s time to put those dragon punches to the test at HMV’s London store at 150 Oxford Street. Yoshinori Ono, Producer of Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, to battle on stage and conduct an exclusive signing at the official UK retail launch event of Nintendo’s glasses-free 3D entertainment device, Nintendo 3DS – launching at 00:01 on 25th March 2011. Not only will you be able to pick up your 3DS, you will be also be in with a chance of taking to the stage to demonstrate your skills on Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition in a live head-to-head battle with Ono-san, which will form part of the fantastic in-store entertainment on the night.
In addition not only is that happening, the first 500 to purchase the console will each be able to claim a free Nintendo 3DS game of their choice *. Fans attending the official launch will receive a special commemorative launch-night pack containing numerous Nintendo rewards, including a space blanket to keep them warm whilst queuing, a limited edition launch t-shirt and an exclusive Nintendo 3DS launch edition of Official Nintendo Magazine (whilst stocks last)
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Entry to the launches will be via wristband – which will be distributed as people arrive to queue on a first-come-first-served basis.
“Nintendo 3DS allows everyone to experience true 3D entertainment by bringing portability, affordability and glasses-free technology together for the first time anywhere in the world”, says David Yarnton, General Manager, Nintendo UK. “In the way Wii brought families together, Nintendo 3DS will bring people together, and we’re delighted to be working alongside HMV to make this our biggest launch ever in the UK.”
Events: London (UK) First StreetPass and MII Trading
The guys over at NintendoScene.com are getting together to do the First London Street Pass/ Mii Trading Meet up. The event will be be taking place at St Pancras Station – Upper Concourse – Under the New Olympic Rings at 12:00pm Lunchtime (for as long as you want) on Sunday the 27th of March
“The event is totally free of charge, you just need to get yourself there and bring your new 3DS with you. There isn’t even a need to interact if you’re the shy type. But of course feel free to group together. Gamers can also extend the meet-up to include some Street Fighter bouts (in the virtual world of course).
For Live Information Stay tuned to:
This is a great way for London 3DS owners to socialize and get more out of their new 3DSs. Of course many other StreetPass meet-ups will be arranged but this will be the first. London St Pancras is the most accessible point in London, with it being served by the greatest number of tube lines and buses (use this Journey Planner). The location is sheltered and has a good footfall so we aren’t secluded and can show of our devises as much as we want.
Specific address: St Pancras International Station, Pancras Road (off of Euston Road), London, Nw1 2TB. And questions please feel free to comment of this article or join our Facebook Event.” – Nintendo Scene
If you fancy taking any photos on the day or video footage please let us and NintendoScene.com know as we will happily put them on this post after.
Hope to see you on the 27th!
- LONDON (UK) FIRST STREETPASS AND MII TRADING MEETUP – 27.03.11
Club Nintendo 3000 T-Shirts 3DS Give-A-Way
If you live in Europe and your going to pick up a 3DS at launch and fancy being a walking augmented reality card, then continue to read.
Nintendo Europe will give the first 3,000 people to register their new Nintendo 3DS hardware with Club Nintendo will receive a T-Shirt on top of the 750 Stars that every registrant of the Nintendo 3DS system The T-shirt and I quote “with a design that might surprise you in more ways than one!” Looks like it could have some 3DS action going down.
If you’re not yet a member of our Club, no need to worry, you can sign up at the Club Nintendo page! Stock is limited to 3,000 T-shirts, so make sure you snap ‘em up before they’re gone!
Note: Final T-shirt design may differ slightly from image shown.
Louie Spence crowns Kevin Cruise as Champion at the Dance Central Spring Dance-off
Today, in Covent Garden the very enthusiastic dance star Louie Spence crowned Got To Dance’s Happiness/Britain’s Got Talent’s Kevin Cruise as the champion of the Dance Central Spring Dance-off, which put the television stars, Happiness and Kevin Cruise, against one another in the ultimate dance-off on Kinect for Xbox 360.
A capacity crowd of fans arrived in Covent Garden to put a spring in their step and cheer on their favourite to victory, as they danced along with Happiness and Kevin Cruise. The dance stars performed to a track from Dance Central, the KinectTM for Xbox 360 exclusive game which lets dancers of all ages and skill levels move, groove and get fit – all completely controller-free.
“The great thing about dancing is that anyone can do it and actually get fit at the same time,” said Louie Spence of Pineapple Dance Studios fame. ‘Kinect for Xbox 360 lets you and your mates dance in your own living room, with no controllers, so you can just move and groove all you want. You can dance your way to a hot body, just like mine, all in time for Summer.”
In addition to the dance-off event, Xbox 360 hosted a pop-up shop in Covent Garden where consumers could trial a variety of unique Kinect game experiences. As Dance Central is the European sponsor of Kylie Minogue’s Aphrodite: Les Folies Tour 2011, a pair of concert and meet and greet passes to one of her upcoming UK shows was also awarded to one lucky fan.
BAFTA Video Game Awards 2011 – Live Stream & Award Updates
It’s that special time of year once again! Time is closeing in on finding out which out of your votes have helped hand out some awards. So you don’t miss out on the action just click this link and you will find yourself on the British BAFTA Awards Live Stream 2011 where you can view the whole show from 8:45 onward!
I myself will be attending the glourious event, getting drunk and looking beautiful. (If that was possible)
I will be doing Live tweets via @PushStartDaniel so make sure you don’t miss out on the action.
Well that’s all folks! See you next year!
The categories are:
Academy Fellowship
Peter Molyneux
Find out more about this year’s Fellow
Action
Nominees:
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Gaëlec Simard
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Patrick Bach, David Goldfarb
Electronic Arts/DICE
BioShock 2
Jordan Thomas, Zak McClendon
2K Games/2K Marin
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Development Team
Activision Blizzard UK Ltd/Treyarch
God of War III
Stig Asmussen, Todd Papy, Steve Caterson
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Santa Monica Studio
Halo: Reach
Marcus Lehton, Joe Tung, Alex Cutting
Microsoft Games Studios/Bungie
Winner: Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Artistic Achievement
Nominees:
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Mohamed Gambouz
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Colin Whitney, Brian Anderson, Dominique Drozdz
Activision Blizzard UK Ltd/Treyarch
God of War III
Stig Asmussen, Ken Feldman, Cecil Kim
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Santa Monica Studio
Heavy Rain
David Cage, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Scott Johnson
Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream & XDev Studio Europe
LIMBO
Arnt Jensen, Morten Bramsen
Xbox Live Arcade/Playdead Games
Mass Effect 2
Development Team
Electronic Arts/BioWare
Winner: God of War III
Best Game
Nominees:
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Vincent Pontbriand
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
FIFA 11
Kaz Makita, David Rutter, Gavin Paterson
Electronic Arts/ Electronic Arts Canada
Heavy Rain
David Cage, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Scott Johnson
Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream & XDev Studio Europe
LIMBO
Arnt Jensen, Dino Patti, Mads Wibroe
Xbox Live Arcade/Playdead Games
Mass Effect 2
Development Team
Electronic Arts/BioWare
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Koichi Hayashida, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takashi Tezuka
Nintendo/Nintendo
Winner: Mass Effect 2
Family
Nominees:
Dance Central
Development Team
Microsoft Games Studios & MTV Games/MTV & Harmonix
Kinect Adventures
Development Team
Microsoft Games Studios/Good Science Studio
Kinect Sports
Development Team
Microsoft Games Studios/Rare
Kinectimals
Development Team
Microsoft Games Studios/Frontier Developments Ltd
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Development Team
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment/TT Games
Toy Story 3
John Blackburn, Jonathan Warner, Jeff Bunker
Disney Interactive Studios/Avalanche Software
Winner: Kinect Sports
Gameplay
Nominees:
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Patrick Plourde
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
God of War III
Stig Asmussen, Todd Papy, Adam Puhl
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Santa Monica Studio
Heavy Rain
David Cage, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Scott Johnson
Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream & XDev Studio Europe
LIMBO
Arnt Jensen, Jeppe Carlsen, Peter Buchardt
Xbox Live Arcade/Playdead Games
Mass Effect 2
Development Team
Electronic Arts/BioWare
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Koichi Hayashida, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takashi Tezuka
Nintendo/Nintendo
Winner: Super Mario Galaxy 2
Handheld
Nominees:
Cut the Rope
Efim Voinov, Semyon Voinov
Chillingo/Zeptolab
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Ready at Dawn & SCE Santa Monica Studio
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Development Team
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment/TT Games
Professor Layton and the Lost Future
Akihiro Hino
Nintendo/Level 5 Games
Sonic Colours
Development Team
SEGA/Sonic Team
Super Scribblenauts
Joseph M Tringali, Marius Fahlbusch, Jeremiah Slaczka
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment/5th Cell
Winner: Cut the Rope
Multiplayer
Nominees:
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Yann le Guyader
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Patrick Bach, David Goldfarb
Electronic Arts/DICE
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Mark Gordon, Dan Bunting, David Vonderhaar
Activision Blizzard UK Ltd/Treyarch
Halo: Reach
Development Team
Microsoft Games Studios/Bungie
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Development Team
Electronic Arts/Criterion Games
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Development Team
Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
Winner: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Original Music
Nominees:
Alan Wake
Petri Alanko
Microsoft Games Studios/Remedy
Fable III
Russell Shaw
Microsoft Games Studios/Lionhead Studios
Heavy Rain
Normand Corbeil
Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream & XDev Studio Europe
James Bond 007: Bloodstone
Richard Jacques
Activision Blizzard UK/ Bizarre Creations
Mass Effect 2
Jack Wall
Electronic Arts/BioWare
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Koji Kondo
Nintendo/Nintendo
Winner: Heavy Rain
Social Network Game
Nominees:
Bejeweled Blitz
Jon David, Heather Hazen, Jason Kapalka
Popcap Games/Popcap Games
Farmerama
Tobias Reisberger, Jan-Michel Saaksmeier, Marten Schröder
Bigpoint/Bigpoint
FIFA Superstars
Development Team
EA Sports/Playfish
My Empire
Development Team
Playfish/Playfish
Zoo Mumba
Tobias Reisberger, Eduard Röhrich, Jan-Michel Saaksmeier
Bigpoint GMBH/Bigpoint GMBH
Zuma Blitz
Isaac Aubrey, Jon David, Jason Kapalka
PopCap Games/PopCap Games
Winner: My Empire
Sports
Nominees:
F1 2010
Development Team
Codemasters/Codemasters Birmingham
FIFA 11
Development Team
Electronic Arts/ Electronic Arts Canada
Football Manager 2011
Development Team
SEGA/Sports Interactive
Gran Turismo 5
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Polyphony Digital Inc
International Cricket 2010
Development Team
Codemasters/Trickstar Games
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Shingo Takatsuka, Naoya Hatsumi, Jon Murphy
Konami/Winning Eleven Productions
Winner: F1 2010
Story
Nominees:
Alan Wake
Development Team
Microsoft Games Studios/Remedy
BioShock 2
Jordan Thomas, Zak McClendon
2K Games/2K Marin
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Dave Anthony, Craig Houston
Activision Blizzard UK Ltd/Treyarch
Fallout: New Vegas
John Gonzalez, Eric Fenstermaker, Travis Stout
Bethesda Softworks/Obsidian Entertainment
Heavy Rain
David Cage, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Scott Johnson
Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream & XDev Studio Europe
Mass Effect 2
Development Team
Electronic Arts/BioWare
Winner: Heavy Rain
Strategy
Nominees:
Civilization V
Jon Shafer, Dorian Newcomb, Brian Wade
2K Games/Firaxis
Fallout: New Vegas
Josh Sawyer, Frank Kowalkowski, Justin Reynard
Bethesda Softworks/Obsidian Entertainment
FIFA Manager 11
Development Team
EA Sports/Bright Future
Napoleon Total War
Development Team
SEGA/Creative Assembly
Plants vs. Zombies XBLA
George Fan, Matt Lee Johnston, Ty Roberts
PopCap Games/PopCap Games
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Development Team
Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
Winner: Civilization V
Technical Innovation
Nominees:
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Stéphane Girard, Stephane Assadourian
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Adam Rosas, Scott Bean, Dominique Drozdz Drozdz
Activision Blizzard UK Ltd/Treyarch
Halo: Reach
Development Team
Microsoft Games Studios/Bungie
Heavy Rain
David Cage, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Scott Johnson
Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream & XDev Studio Europe
Kinectimals
Development Team
Microsoft Games Studios/Frontier Developments Ltd
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Koichi Hayashida, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takashi Tezuka
Nintendo/Nintendo
Winner: Heavy Rain
Use of Audio
Nominees:
Alan Wake
Development Team
Microsoft Games Studios/Remedy/14.05.10
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Mathieu Jeanson
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal/19.11.10
Battlefield: Bad Company: 2
Patrick Bach, David Goldfarb
Electronic Arts/DICE/05.03.10
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Brian Tuey, Chris Cowell
Activision Blizzard UK Ltd/Treyarch/ 09.11.10
DJ Hero 2
Development Team
Activision Blizzard UK LTD/Freestylegames/22.10.10
LIMBO
Martin Stig Andersen
Xbox Live Arcade/Playdead Games/21.07.10
Winner: Battlefield: Bad Company: 2
BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
Nominees:
Mush
Henry Hoffman, Ahmed Zaman, Matthew Dennis, Katherine Killick, Greg O’Brien
(Angry Mango)
Sculpty
Druhin Mukherjee, Fabien Roussot, James Long, Fraser Littlejohn, Ronan Suess
(Team Tickle)
Twang!
Jocce Marklund, Annette Nielsen, Linus Nordgren, Marcus Heder, Thomas Finlay
(That Game Studio)
Winner: Twang!
GAME Award of 2010
Nominees:
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Activision Blizzard UK Ltd/Treyarch
Dance Central
Microsoft Games Studios & MTV Games/MTV & Harmonix
FIFA 11
Electronic Arts/ Electronic Arts Canada
Halo Reach
Microsoft Games Studios/Bungie
Heavy Rain
Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream & XDev Studio Europe
Limbo
Xbox Live Arcade/Playdead Games
Mass Effect 2
Electronic Arts/BioWare
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Electronic Arts/Criterion Games
Red Dead Redemption
Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Nintendo/Nintendo
Winner: Call of Duty: Black Ops
Xbox Live Award 2010 Winners Announced
The votes are in, and the winners have been announced. Here are the results are in for the 2010 Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards:
· Best Overall Arcade Game: “LIMBO” (Microsoft Game Studios)
· Best Original Game: “LIMBO” (Microsoft Game Studios)
· Best Multiplayer Game: “Monday Night Combat” (Uber Entertainment)
· Best Solo Game: “LIMBO” (Microsoft Game Studios)
· Best Innovation: “PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX” (NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc)
· Best Graphics: “LIMBO” (Microsoft Game Studios)
· Best Classic/Remake Game: “PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX” (NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc)
· Best Family Game: “Plants vs. Zombies” (PopCap Games)
Rumour: Zelda 3DS Master Quest confirmed?
In the recent GDC event a lot leaked news and gameplay videos have been hitting the internet. We have just had word that CNM have found out some new information for the new upcoming port The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time will have Master Quest included.
The news that we received comes from a Conservative New Media interview with a Associate Public Relations Manager for Nintendo of America, David Young at GDC which took place this week.
“The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D also comes with not only The Legend of Zelda but it also comes with the Master Quest, so it’s like two games in one.”
Ocarina of Time’s Master Quest Mode will feature re-mastered dungeons that are designed to test the skills of the hardened Zelda fan.
For those who don’t remember It originally appeared on the Nintendo 64 DD console which was released only in Japan but those who pre-ordered The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker in 2003 received a Gamecube disc featuring both Ocarina of Time and the Master Quest version of the game.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D currently has a June release window. Expect more details in the upcoming weeks.
