Just a very quick reminder that you still have a little time to get your name in and snag a totally free download copy of Shred Nebula in our giveaway.
If you haven’t entered already then click here to see how. But be quick, the deadline is midnight today!
Capcom have sent word that swashbuckling pirate RTS Age of Booty will be coming to the Xbox Live Arcade and PSN on the 15th and 16th of October.
In Age of Booty, players team up with other online players or AI-controlled pirate ships to raid, pillage, sink, and destroy their way to dominance on the high seas. Manning the helm of their own pirate ship, apprentice pirates must raid villages, sink merchants, seize towns, and steal gold to stockpile their pirate factions with spoils of war and booty – all at the same time.
Age of Booty introduces swashbuckling action for the RTS (Real Time Strategy) newbie, ridding gamers of all the complicated, time consuming aspects of the RTS genre and retaining only the fun. Would-be pirate plunderers in Age of Booty won’t have to worry about resource gathering, base building or giving multiple orders to unit groups, unlike a typical RTS game. Age of Booty is built for the casual videogame player with action–packed gameplay, simple controls, and robust multiplayer capabilities.
The US update for WiiWare today gives you the choice of Bomberman Blast for 1000 Wii Points
A brand new addition to the Bomberman series is available on WiiWare. Up to eight players can battle online simultaneously via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Simple controls make this a great game for family and friends to enjoy anytime. You can trigger new items by shaking the Wii Remote controller, creating new levels of Bomberman excitement. You can even take the intensity up another notch by adding your own Mii caricatures to the mix. Battle results can be recorded on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Ranking, so you can see how you stack up against others around the globe. This title will prove to be a blast for everyone–from those who’ve never touched a Bomberman game to the Bomberman masters.
or the bit-generations Art Style: ORBIENT for just 600 Wii Points
Explore the universe like never before in Art Style: ORBIENT. Take control of gravity and anti-gravity and carefully maneuver your small star through 50 stages set in multiple galaxies. Collide with other stars to absorb them and make your own star expand in size, or capture the stars in your orbit and have them become your satellites. Space isn’t empty, though, and you’ll have to avoid bumping into obstacles or getting pulled into a black hole. If you feel like relaxing while still being challenged, this is the game for you. Its combination of simple controls, atmospheric sound and unique environment make for an experience unlike any other.
With a release date in Japan of October 8th, this is the first footage of the new Tenchu game for the Live Arcade. While you wouldn’t expect the long running ninja series to have been converted into a real-time, board game affair there it is.
Shadow Assault will feature multiplayer for 1-4 players and cost 800 Microsoft Points. And yes, there’s no word on the release date for any other regions just yet.
Rare have now provided an initial list of retailers who will be participating in the free give-away of Banjo-Kazooie for the XBLA ( allowing people to get it two weeks early and saving 1200 Microsoft Points) when you pre-order the new disk based release, Nuts & Bolts.
The locations are:
CANADA, JAPAN, IRELAND, GERMANY, AUSTRIA, BENELUX, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND are participating, but retailers have yet to be confirmed.
According to a post over on the Official PlayStation Blog, Sony are promising that they’ve finally got their act together on PlayStation Network cards. They’re promising a proper roll out in major US retailers next month.
Good news for US citizens who don’t own or want to use their credit card, but it’s even better for Non-US residents who are sick of having to wait for their store to get updated with the latest goodies. Now they can import one from their preferred retailer, input the code and spend away.
The rather obvious spanner in the works is Sony’s recent attempts at blocking customers from accessing paid content from other regions - first by IP address for the Video Store and then blocking card transactions via Entropay, which was found as a legitimate workaround.
Whether this means the locking of all PSN Stores is uncertain, but it really is a case of having to wait and see.
It’s another busy release day for the download services - this time for the European WiiWare Store. Today’s bi-weekly update has three games on offer.
First up is MegaMan 9 for 1000 Wii Points, but you can also download rhythm game Helix and Strong Bad Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free for 1000 Wii Points each.
A diverse range of titles so once again, there’s plenty to choose from.
Developers PopCap are riding high following the release of the PC game Peggle: Nights. And they’ve taken the opportunity to announce that the Live Arcade port of the PC original will be coming in early 2009.
What’s Peggle you may ask? This is PopCap’s official blurb:
Clear the orange pegs from 55 fanciful levels as 10 whimsical teachers guide you toward Peggle greatness. Wield mystifying Magic Powers, rack up huge bonus points and make shots you’ll smile about for weeks. Amidst all this fevered action, only one question remains: Can you become a Peggle Master?
So obviously lots of room for Unicorns and skateboarding-chipmunks.
The Arcade version will feature the usual spit and polish expected of a Live Arcade title but also promises downloadable levels and four player online multiplayer.
Expect a lot more details closer to the games release but a price point of 800 Microsoft Points has already been announced.
In what is possibly the biggest and best update to the PSN for some time, today you’ll be able to download:-
WipEout HD - available on all three PSN stores (so that’s PAL, US and JPN).
MegaMan 9 - again available for all three stores.
Burnout Paradise - yes the whole game as a downloadable title. Don’t forget to grab the free bikes update which was also released last week. There’s also a free patch which updates the game to include Trophy support. As far as we know yet, the release of Burnout Paradise is for the PAL and US stores only.
Geon: Emotions - US PSN only.
Truly something for everyone and if they aren’t available right now, should be when your respective area stores gets updated later today.
With MegaMan 9 hitting WiiWare earlier this week and coming to the PSN later today, Capcom have finally put up their pre-orders for the infamous MegaMan 9 Boxart T-shirt.
If you’re desperate to wear this official slice of geekdom, you can find them here at the Capcom Store - no doubt these will be limited so you’ll have to be real quick.
Latest news on Rare’s conversion of their N64 title for the Xbox Live Arcade is that it’ll launch on November 26th for 1200 Microsoft Points.
Just a reminder that, as previously announced, anyone pre-ordering the retail release of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts from selected retailers will actually get a code to be able to download the XBLA game for free AND two weeks before the official release date.
Hail to the king baby!
This weeks update to the Live Arcade is the long awaited port of Duke Nukem 3D. Don’t know who Duke is?
Duke Nukem, the politically incorrect action hero and ultimate alien ass kicker, defends Earth and its babes from alien invasion in Duke Nukem 3D. This is the award winning game that helped define the FPS genre, introducing unparalleled interactivity, and a main character that spoke. Take the fight to the aliens across 39 levels featuring Hollywood, Los Angeles, a moon base, and alien spacecraft. Innovative items like the Jetpack, HoloDuke, Shrink Ray, or Pipe Bombs allow you to fight the aliens in any style you want. Defeat the aliens, so Duke can get back to some R&R with a stogie, a warm belly, and a bottle of Jack.
There’s also lots of new features for old hands to enjoy:
Eight-player cooperative and DukeMatch multiplayer: Play ranked matches in one-on-one or free-for-all for leaderboard spots. A playlist of levels keeps the game fresh, with levels rotating on and off the list. Play co-op with your friends, earning single player achievements or completing the game entirely. It’s your choice how to play. By reserving private slots you can play with your friends or with strangers in any combination. Invite away.
User clips: Every time you play a game, a user clip is recorded. View the clips any time in your theater or share with friends who own the game. Upload the clips to leaderboard spots if you complete a level in the fastest time, or if you have the highest score. Use these clips for tips on how to complete a level at speed.
Painless death: Review your play from the start of the level right up until your death, and jump back in at any point. Go back 10 seconds or 10 minutes, the choice is up to you. You can still save and load your game at any point if you prefer.
Gallery: Unlock achievements and Duke Nukem 3D concept art. Visit the Gallery at any time, view never before seen art, and learn more about the game.
Xbox 360 enhancements: The inimitable Duke Nukem returns in updated and improved form on Xbox 360. The game now features controller vibration, bilinear filtering, motion blur, Xbox Live Vision camera support for DukeMatch, multiplayer, and more.
If you like the sound of all that, then the game is available to download right now for just 800 Microsoft Points.
Thanks to Crunchtime Games we have three downloadable copies of their Xbox Live Arcade game Shred Nebula to give away. If you don’t already know:
Shred Nebula combines the best elements of arcade space-shooter action with free-roaming exploration and multiplayer excitement. Pilot the experimental R.I.P. Rocket through the galaxy in search of the Lost Expeditions … no ship has ever returned from the vastness of interstellar space!
This top-down, fast-paced ship-combat game features three loaded modes of play - Adventure, Score Attack, and Multiplayer. Play co-op with your friends, or go head-to-head in a deathmatch dogfight. No one knows what lies in the center of the galaxy. Will you be the first to discover the secrets of the gravitational region known as The Shred and make it home alive?
To enter, simply send us an email making sure to include, your name and gamertag, before midnight on the 30th September 2008.
Please be sure to read the rules you can find by clicking the link below.
Good luck! (more…)
Coming exclusively to the PSN from Zen Software (makers of XBLA titles Pinball FX and Rocky and Bullwinkle) is The Punisher: No Mercy.
Based on the Marvel comic book character, the only details so far are that it will be a multiplayer, First Person Shooter using the Unreal 3 Engine. No Mercy will feature well known characters from the series including Jigsaw and Silver Sable, alongside the brooding anti-hero himself.
No release date is known but with The Punisher: War Zone movie coming to cinemas in December, it wouldn’t be too unrealistic to expect to see it around then.
Today’s big update to the US WiiWare store brings MegaMan 9, the first new instalment in the original MegaMan series since 1996!
The game is available for 1000 Wii Points and also out on the Japanese WiiWare service. Europeans can hopefully expect to get their retro MegaMan fix when their bi-weekly update rolls around on Friday.
Also available on WiiWare Stateside today is puzzle game Plättchen, again costing 1000 Wii Points.
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