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Worms: Battle Islands announced for PlayStation Portable.

September 23, 2010 Steve Quinn

Worms, the now iconic franchise from Britsoft stalwarts Team17 has been providing quality gaming for over 15 years, and this month sees the announcement of Worms: Battle Islands as a digital download title for the PSP this winter. This title boasts several new features that are all-new to the series; an especially exciting new gamestyle being the multi-player focused Tactics Mode.

In Tactics Mode, the player takes control of their very own Secret Island Base made up of many different islands, each island imparting a tactical advantage for the player to use at the beginning of a Worms™ game. For example, the player could recon a battlefield before the war commences, or snipe an enemy worm to gain the upper hand; each one of the 16 islands available in game can be used to compliment the player’s individual play style. Take the fight online and, should you be victorious, you will have the opportunity to steal an item from your opponent’s island for your own personal use!

Another first in the world of 2D Worms is a comprehensive weapons editor. Create your ideal Worms™ weapon, tweak and tune via with a multitude of adjustable elements and then take it to the battlefield to lay waste to the opposition! Melee weapons, grenades, missile weapons and airstrikes are all available to create, meaning that each Worms™ player has the opportunity to field an entirely individual armoury in every match. With enhanced worm customisation elements including masks, backpacks and custom power bars, and an extensive landscape editor, Worms: Battle Islands is a feature-rich and long-lasting game for PSP that is sure to keep Worms and strategy fans happy for days on end.

Martyn Brown, Business Development Director at Team17, says; “Battle Islands is a fantastic PSP® title that is packed to the rafters with features and content, easily the most feature-rich portable edition of the game to date. We know fans have been waiting a while for this and so it’s a pleasure to finally confirm its forthcoming release.”

Key Features:

All new multi-player Tactics Mode, coupled with the player’s secret island base feature.
New player ranking system awards the player with experience points; higher ranked players gain access to more of the game’s locked items.
The utilities ‘Flare’ and ‘E.M.P. Grenade’ appear only in Worms™: Battle Islands.
Only 2D version of Worms™ to feature the ability to design and create Custom Weapons.
Brand new in-game environments not previously featured in a Worms™ title.
Appearance of a player’s team is customisable to a higher degree than any other 2D Worms™ game, with new items including masks, backpacks and customisable power-bars.
Fresh presentation theme with all menus seemingly taking place within the player’s secret island base, and all operations handled by the player’s own four-worm strong team of staff.
PSP® exclusive – an exclusive ‘Time Attack’ mode, comprised of ten individual time-based single-player challenges.

New PlayStations Incoming

September 17, 2010 Steve Quinn

Sony has announced a raft of new hardware SKUs for the Japanese market, and chief amongst them is a 320GB version of the Classic White PS3 first announced in July. It will cost ¥34,980 and will launch on October 21st.

Andriasang also reports that while a Candy Pink PS3 is seemingly not on the horizon, a DualShock 3 controller in that colour will be released on November 18th and will cost ¥5,500.

In addition both Black/Red and White/Blue limited edition versions of the PSP are on the way, both of which will arrive on November 18th and will cost ¥17,800. The Blossom Pink SKU has also been promoted from limited to standard edition and will roll out on November 18th at a cost of ¥16,800.

A limited edition Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP has also been revealed. It will launch on December 1st and retail for ¥19,800.

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ACE COMBAT Joint Assault Has GONE GOLD

September 06, 2010 Steve Quinn

Namco Bandai have just emailed me to let me know that ACE COMBAT JOINT ASSAULT HAS GONE GOLD and the office ninjas/PR guys wanted me to let everyone know. They also said on the small piece of paper that appeared with a ninja strike in my inbox.

Sporting more than 40 state of the art aircraft, ACE COMBAT™ JOINT ASSAULT goes full throttle with edge-of-your-seat action and will be available throughout PAL territories for the PSP™ and PSP™go systems on September 24th , 2010.

Developed by Project Aces, ACE COMBAT™ JOINT ASSAULT blazes onto the PSP system with fast-paced dogfights, fantastic new visuals, real-world locations and the most robust multiplayer options seen yet from the world’s number one flight-action series. Take to the skies and reign supreme through multiple real-world locations including Tokyo, San Francisco, and London. A sophisticated dogfighting system, increased sense of speed and photorealistic graphics make ACE COMBAT™ JOINT ASSAULT one of the most intense experiences ever on a handheld system.

Additionally, ACE COMBAT™ JOINT ASSAULT features action-packed adversarial and team-based multiplayer modes via ad hoc or infrastructure. Team up with three friends to take down the forces of evil in campaign mode, featuring the specially designed Joint Assault Mission System. Players break off into two teams and simultaneously complete objectives on two separate maps. Objectives completed on one map will affect battle conditions on the other. ACE COMBAT™ JOINT ASSAULT also includes intense eight-player adversarial matches across a variety of locations.

For more information on ACE COMBAT™ JOINT ASSAULT, please visit www.namcobandaigames.eu.

Now im going to get a haircut before I look like one of the Arctic Monkeys.

Sony Games $889m Loss

May 13, 2010 Steve Quinn

Its never good to lose something, whether it be your beloved budgie by leaving the back door open or even your car keys only to find them at the bottom of your kids toybox. But, to lose $889m doesn’t even compare to keys and a budgie. Sony Games division have reported that massive loss stating that sales in its Network Product and Services division, which includes the PlayStation business, were down 10.2 per cent for the full fiscal year ended March 2010, due to a decrease in PlayStation 2 and PSP sales.

However, due to the launch of the slim PS3 the sales of PlayStation 3 hardware were up during the year from 10.3 million units to 13 million. Also, sales of PlayStation 3 software increased to 115.3 million units during the year, up from 103.7 million the previous year.

PSP sales were down from 14.1 million to 9.9 million, while 7.3 million PlayStation 2 units were sold in 2010, compared to 7.9 million the previous year.

The division recorded an operating loss of ¥83.1 billion ($889.1m / £597.3m), down ¥4.4 billion compared to last year. While PSP and PS3 hardware sales were down, this was offset by cost reductions on the PS3 hardware, increased software sales and improved profitability from Walkman digital music players.

PSP titles were down to 44.4 million units, compared to 50.3 million last year, and PS2 game sales down to 35.7 million units, compared to 83.5 million.

Sony have said that they expect the software sales across all formats to remain the same in the next financial year ended 2011, despite an expected increase in PlayStation 3 sales.

Sales for the division were ¥1,578.8 billion ($16.8bn / £11.3bn) during the full year, but despite the performance of the Network Product and Services division, results for the entire group were much more positive.

Sony Corporation recorded an operating income of ¥31.8 billion ($339.7m / £228.1m) in 2010, compared to a loss of ¥227.8 billion the prior year, with the Financial Services division and sales of LCD TVs in Consumer Products & Services as highlights.

For the full year ended March 2011, Sony expects an operating income of ¥160 billion, with an improvement in operating loss of the Network Product and Services division due to better game sales and VAIO PC sales.