Monday, April 11, 2011

New images for Battlefield Play4Free

The game has been launched as an open beta since April 4, Battlefield Play4Free allows all PC owners to experiment with the free action typical of the series DICE, using the most popular classes in the game (rifleman, sniper, support, and medical) and fighting in most typical scenarios drawn from various episodes.

Since April 4, the game has entered open beta stage, so you can register on the official website and cross your fingers to access the many online games already available. The images that are below testify to the excellent technical quality of the product and in relation to gender, free-to-play.

The future technology of LA Noire

Team Bondi unveils plans for MotionScan As we were told repeatedly it will not be easy to put in other games or contests the technology behind the facial animation of LA Noire. But this does not mean that the Motion Scan does not develop and will not be exploited in the future. In fact, Team Bondi, in spite of the pessimistic statements by David Cage, has already revealed that the technology may soon capture the expressiveness of the whole body of actors and translate it into a three-dimensional, interactive environment.

GeoHot settles with Sony: the end of the process

Permanent injunction for him It was finally settled out of court legal action pursued by Sony against George "Geohot" Hotz, the attacker is already known for his work on the jailbreak for the iPhone which recently published the root key of PlayStation 3, kicking off a series of exploits of the console and the reaction lasts from Sony.

The agreement was reached between the parties concerned March 31, 2011 and according to the charges this fall against GeoHot which in turn has agreed to a permanent injunction by Sony. Both parties were satisfied and the conclusion of the "peaceful" of the legal conflict, a situation that was warming up a bit 'all over the internet world with the recent drop in the field of hacker group Anonymous against Sony for its own aggressive attitude.

Estimated hardware sales for March in the U.S.

According to analysts at Wedbush Wedbush that EEDAR and EEDAR Both agree on the sales of 3DS that should have placed 500,000 units, the first and second group of analysts, this number is sufficient to ensure that the new portable Nintendo first place in the standings. In contrast to EEDAR the Xbox 360 has lost the leadership of the U.S.

market and remains the best selling console with 515 million purchase. In the data found in the bottom of the news that the percentages in brackets indicate the comparison with last year's sales. Group: Wedbush / EEDAR 3DS - 500,000 / 500,000 360 to 480,000 (+42%) / 515,000 (+52%) Wii - 410,000 (-26%) / 400,000 (-28%) PS3 - 380,000 (+21%) / 410 000 (+31%) NDS - 350,000 (-50%) / 380,000 (-46%) PSP - 130,000 (+8%) / 118,000 (-2%) PS2 - 25,000 (-79%) / N / A Total: 2,275 000 (+6%) / 2,323,000 (+8%)

The best-selling video game in Italy in March 2011

Pokémon and the others always come dall'AESVI also sales figures in Italy in March 2011, reported in the charts below. Rank March 2011 Top 10 Console POKEMON WHITE (DS) Pokemon Black (DS) Wii Party (Wii) Killzone 3 (PS3) Crysis 2 LIMITED EDITION (PS3) FIFA 11 (PS3) WII FIT BALANCE BOARD PLUS + (Wii) Crysis 2 LIMITED EDITION (Xbox 360) MARIO SPORTS MIX (Wii) NEW SUPER MARIO BROS (Wii) Top 10 PC WORLD OF WARCRAFT PRE PAID CARD 2 MONTHS ASSASSIN'S CREED BROTHERHOOD DRAGON AGE 2 CRYSIS 2 LIMITED EDITION THE SIMS MEDIEVAL LIMITED EDITION THE SIMS 3 SHOGUN 2 TOTAL WAR ASSASSIN'S CREED II FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 SHOGUN 2 TOTAL WAR LIMITED EDITION Top 10 Nintendo DS POKEMON WHITE POKEMON BLACK ART ACADEMY NEW SUPER MARIO BROS MARIO VS DONKEY KONG turmoil A Miniland PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE FUTURE LOST MARIO KART FIFA 11 POKEMON SoulSilver + Pokéwalker POKEMON HeartGold Pokéwalker + Top 10 PlayStation 2 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011 FIFA 11 BLACK NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED NEED FOR SPEED CARBON ULTIMATE BEN 10 ALIEN COSMIC DESTRUCTION GRAND THEFT AUTO SAN ANDREAS PLATINUM MEDAL OF HONOR VANGUARD THE GODFATHER THE SIMS 2 Top 10 PlayStation 3 Killzone 3 CRYSIS 2 LIMITED EDITION FIFA 11 DRAGON AGE 2 LittleBigPlanet 2 CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011 GRAN TURISMO 5 Homefront ASSASSIN'S CREED BROTHERHOOD Top 10 PSP FIFA 11 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011 BEN 10 ULTIMATE ALIEN COSMIC DESTRUCTION NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED PLATINUM NEED FOR SPEED CARBON OWN THE CITY PLATINUM PLATINUM MEDAL OF HONOR HEROES 2 Assassin's Creed BLOODLINES THE PRINCE OF PERSIA Sands Invizimals SHADOW CREATURES + CAM FIFA STREET 2 PLATINUM Top 10 Wii PARTY WII WII FIT BALANCE BOARD + PLUS SPORTS MIX MARIO BROS NEW SUPER MARIO Donkey Kong Country 2 JUST DANCE STUDIO RETURNS UDRAW TABLET + MARIO KART + WII WHEEL SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 FIFA 11 Top 10 Xbox 360 Crysis 2 LIMITED EDITION FIFA 11 Homefront DRAGON AGE 2 KINECT ADVENTURES + KINECT KINECT SPORTS ASSASSIN'S CREED BROTHERHOOD CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS Bulletstorm PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011 Top 10 Nintendo 3DS SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV Pilotwings RESORT RAYMAN 3D PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011 Nintendogs + GOLDEN RETRIEVER & FRIENDS NEW LEGO STAR WARS The Clone Wars III TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL 3D 3D Rabbids ASPHALT 3D + Nintendogs POODLE & NEW FRIENDS

Steam - Top weekly top sellers

The pre-orders to depopulate The only pre-orders Portal 2 Portal 2 continue to hold the new title Valve on top of the top 10 every week. Crysis 2 is resistant to the second position and the love for indie, bankrolled by a massive promotion, yet ensure a place in the sun for The Potato Sack. Expected to promote "the third book and will give you the first two" gave a boost to pre-order Dungeon Siege III that appeared in seventh position.

Call of Duty: Black Ops, confirmed the Escalation Pack for May 3

Activision officially confirm the release date of the new DLC Confirming reported in recent days, Activision and Treyarch have officially announced the release of escalation map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, which will come May 3 on the Xbox 360 ahead to other platforms. This is the second game after the DLC for First Strike, and will feature five new maps: four for the multiplayer mode and one for the Zombie, which also will include new characters.

Brink goes ahead

A week before Bethesda Softworks today announced a new release date for Brink, moved than previously reported. The first-person shooter developed by Splash Damage is now scheduled for May 13 to May 10 in Europe and North America. It is an uncommon event in the video game, because in fact the release was brought forward a week to both markets compared to those reported previously.

Anonymous is organizing a protest in the Sony shops

From Internet to the real world of cyber attacks Interruption to online services, Sony did not mean, of course, a real truce between Anonymous and the Japanese manufacturer: the community of hackers is back to voice at this time with the announcement of some protest actions more "natural" against Sony.

In this case, are planned for Saturday, April 16 protests in the form of sit-in at Sony in several retailers around the world, an initiative that reflects the change of course decided a few days ago by Anonymous, willing to use other methods of protest that not directly affect people's PlayStation 3 as it did earlier with the attacks on PSN.

Dream Scape, a new frontier Unreal Engine on the iPhone, video

A mind to explore with the arrival of Unreal Engine games on platforms iOS Apple portable devices have certainly reached a new qualitative level, at least for the graphics. It 's a thing that is clear looking at the Citadel Epic demo and more Infinity Blade, but this new project in which we present below the trailer seems to go even further.

Dream Scape is a kind of adventure entirely developed using Unreal Engine, a game of exploration set in a vast and dreamy world characterized by a three-dimensional detail impressive, considering the platforms on which it stands. The structure is still rather mysterious, but it seems to be at cross between a video game and interactive story, the protagonist is actually a patient in a coma that evokes memories and rediscovers its past through the actions of the player, which is exploring the vast territories of the mind and dreams realized in 3D, collecting clues, discovering stories, and finding items and characters.

More clues about Fallout New Vegas: Honest Hearts

The images appear some rumors about possible names of the DLC for Fallout New Vegas had already been reported some time ago, in this case talking about the alleged securities "Honest Hearts" and "Old Bones", now there's further confirmation for at least the first of two possible DLC. Duck and Cover The site has posted some shots taken from what appears to be a YouTube video based on the next expansion to Vegas, but New Fallout promptly removed from the network.

The Italian charts from March 28 to April 3, 2011

Crysis 2 yet, come check Shift 2 Unleashed dall'AESVI the usual software sales charts in Italy (source: GfK Retail and Technology) for the week of March 28 to April 3, 2011. Does not change much compared to last week, ahead of the pack with Crysis 2 is the console to the PC charts, the introduction of Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed, and several exchanges of position between titles already in various top ten.

3DS Nintendo will sell a lot, but no more than DS

The prophecies about the Nintendo handheld, according to analysts at Screen Digest in 2011 will be a good year for sales of Nintendo 3DS, but they still will not exceed those that characterized the "normal" Nintendo DS and the primacy of this will persist for much longer. Are planned for this year 11.6 million units sold worldwide for Nintendo 3DS, but not much higher than those of the various models of the Nintendo DS, which to his "first year" sales totaled 13.1 million units sold.

New DLC for Fallout: New Vegas?

New evidence on the existence of a new DLC for Fallout: New Vegas, named Honest Hearts. Duck and Cover The site has found three small images taken from a YouTube video, which soon went around the net. The pictures show a man armed with a spiked club that is seeking a partner, a woman presumibilmnte. The images suggest a mountainous setting and the writing stands out on them Honest Hearts.

Bethesda had no comment for now.

Video games calling at Grammys

The music video games is recognized for the first time, the composer of soundtracks for video games will be included in the famous awards Grammys, which awards the prestigious The Recording Academy. Four sections belonging to the sphere "visual media" in fact include candidates from the gaming scene, alongside the existing "Motion", "Television" and "Other Visual Media." The categories that relate to video games: The Music for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Visual media Visual Media Best Score Soundtrack for Best Song Written for Visual Media This is only a beginning, it seems: "I think it can be seen as a first step towards a real category devoted entirely to video games, "he said about Bill Freimuth, vice president of the Recording Academy awards.

The TF2 community helps Japan

Valve thanked the extensive community of Team Fortress 2, which managed to gather enough more than $ 430,000 to be sent to Japan to help victims of the recent disaster. The money was proceeds from the sale of certain items in a limited edition, auctioned off last March from the company. "Good job, guys.

See thousands of players around the world do more to help such an important cause it was moving," reads the message published by Valve's TF2 Blog.

An MMO on Mass Effect would make sense, according to BioWare

One way to get back into that universe Although it is not much of an advertisement or a real statement of intent, can be taken as an important signal that BioWare consider "sensible" an MMO based on Mass Effect. A purely design, the development team is thinking of ways to make the science fiction universe RPG playable in multiplayer and one of the most sensible option in this case would be the construction of an MMO, "many people say they would see a MMO, "said Casey Hudson of BioWare to Game Informer," in fact would be a sensible solution to this particular universe.

"A Mass Effect MMO would make sense"

A Mass Effect MMO? Why not! To pronounce (virtually) these words was the same as Bioware, in the person of its supreme boss, Casey Hudson. "For some time we are thinking of a way to allow everyone to enjoy the atmosphere of Mass Effect in the company of friends and although we have not yet reached a final settlement, that of an MMO would be an opportunity rather than good," said Hudson during an interview with Game Informer (thanks VG247).

Anomalies for PC!

Crysis 2 always on top in Italy

Second consecutive week to the command to Crysis 2 in Italy. During the period between March 28 and April 3, the shooter Crytek has placed first and third positions with Limited Edition versions of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. No games for 3DS was present in the top ten software. First Crysis 2 position on PCs, where the second and third places respectively are Medieval Sims and World of Warcraft prepaid cards.

Resistance multiplayer demo for the PlayStation 3 exclusive Plus

So in Europe from the official European PlayStation blog, we learn that the multiplayer demo of Resistance 3 will be exclusive to subscribers PlayStation Plus Apparently, the project related to SOCOM 4, which we reported previously, for which will be included special vouchers to attend the demo of Resistance 3 (called "beta" on that occasion) within the tactical shooter is true only for the American market.

Remains in front of the PSP in Japan 3DS

The PSP maintains its leadership in the Japanese hardware market, once again outpacing the newly-arrived 3DS. The rankings from Media Create, and reported by Andriasang, they say that the console Sony has sold more 58,075 units, with a further increase compared to 51,095 last week. The 3DS, by contrast, fell from 50,710 to 42,979 consoles sold, reaching 836,000 since he arrived on the market last February 26.

Move sells twice Kinect Japan

But it returns nearly beaten by a non-news to tell the truth, but the data were disseminated in a precise way so they are being returned: PlayStation Move Kinect beats with a ratio of about 2 to 1 in Japan. According to data from Media Create for the end of 2010 in Japan were sold 170,000 units Move, compared with 90,000 units of Kinect.

It is not a surprising result that much, considering the installed base for their console and the popularity of the PlayStation 3 than Xbox 360. It should be noted however that the device's best-selling console in Japan in 2010 appears to be "Torn", a link DVR to PlayStation 3 in Japan that has sold well over 784,000 units last year.

Videogame Source.it joins Key4Biz.it

E 'with great pleasure that I announce that Italy Videogame Source can now count on a new, valuable partners: Key4biz. com. From the day today celebrated the online newspaper Raffaele Barberio, who just today was renovated with a modern look and feel more in line with current web standards, will host a new section, "Games", whose contents will come from the pages of their Videogame Source.

com. Key4biz. it is the only Italian newspaper specializing in Telecommunications, Media and the Internet that provides accurate information on markets, technologies, services and policies of the entire ICT sector, looking carefully at what happens in Italy, Europe and worldwide and therefore we can not tell us honored to have partnered so prestigious.

NGP will have a remake of Final Fantasy VII?

Email stolen would suggest yes of course there is nothing confirmed, but apparently written by an email from Square Enix to a translator working on titles for NGP, seems to be developing a remake of Final Fantasy VII for the new Sony's portable console, unless behind the name Final Fantasy VII - Enhanced Edition conceals a mortgage of darts.

The game, if it existed, would have a new design, an "infinite world" and a battle system similar to Final Fantasy XIII. However, before filling a pool of drool with excitement, you know that Square has denied everything. The email may be read here: LINK Source: VG247

Games for Facebook, a business worth $ 5 billion in 2015

The turnover of the market for video games for social networks will rise to $ 5 billion by 2015, according to Park Associates. The company said that at present the Facebook games to have a catchment area of about 250 million people, as reported by GamesIndustry Thanks to the business of virtual goods and micro-transactions, the most successful publishers have been able to achieve substantial profits, says Park Associates, which provides access to data on consumer behavior is the main advantage that social games offer compared to traditional video games.

More details of Mass Effect 3

Also taken from the same preview of Game Informer SPOILER WARNING: The information in this news we are talking about contain of advance the plot and background of the game. Who does not want to spoil the surprise is asked to roll around in flour just out of the shower, instead of continuing to read. The web is a flood of details on Mass Effect 3, all taken from the same source: a preview of the American edition of the magazine Game Informer.

Nintendo Retro Studios seeking new

Kensuke Tanabe, Nintendo is looking for new U.S. studies with the characteristics of Retro Studios, a daunting task, Nintendo admitted the manager, because of the attitude of many Western studies, more interested in business and real art development . "I work with various partners such as Next Level Games and Monster Studios (developers of Punchout! And Pilotwings Resort) and they, like Retro Studios, they share this philosophy with us," Tanabe said in an interview with Edge.

UK Charts: Zumba Fitness beats all

Alcatraz poor, ousted in the second position is Zumba Fitness for Wii and Xbox 360 game of the week in England, able to overcome 2 Crysis indeed been around for a couple of weeks. And now we leave the list, remembering that the data refer to the week ending April 9, 2011. Zumba Fitness (Pipeworks Software, Majestie Entertainment) Crysis 2 (Crytek, EA) LEGO Star Wars II: The Clone Wars (Traveller's Tales, LucasArts) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (EA Sports, EA) Shift 2: Unleashed (Slightly Mad Studios, EA) Homefront (Kaos Studios, THQ) WWE All Stars (San Diego THQ, THQ) Pokemon Black (Gamefreak, Nintendo) Pokemon White (Gamefreak, Nintendo) Dynasty Warriors 7 (Koei)

Move in Japan beats Kinect

In Japan, the device for the PlayStation 3, the Move, is ahead of Kinect, the camera for the Xbox 360. As reported by Andriasang (via Edge) at the end of 2010 Kinect had reached 90,000 units in Japan, while PlayStation Move had exceeded the ceiling of 170,000 units. However, the best-selling device in Japan last year was Torne, DVR to PlayStation 3 with 784,000 units sold.

In the rest of the world, the results were different, with the device in Microsoft Move ahead. Despite this, GameStop has recently spoken of the strong consumer interest in relation to the motion controller for the PlayStation 3.

The social gaming will grow to 5 billion by 2015

It seems that the Death Star is already under construction, Research Park Associates shows that the worldwide market for video games on social networks will reach five billion dollars in revenues by 2015, five times its proportions. If you are not yet dead from horror thinking about a figure so large expense to buy skirts virtual kittens and teddy bears, now know that games like Farmville and CityVille Zynga can count on two hundred and fifty million monthly users, a figure capable of any investor enticed.

David Cage: Developers must be bolder to help industry

It takes courage and the new controller David Cage, the charismatic leader of many Dream, which we discussed and the critically acclaimed Heavy Rain, said that developers should be bolder to attract an audience of non-players and nurture the ambitions of 'industry. "I approach the game the same way of theater, directing, poetry or painting.

I wish more people take a similar position, because it would help the industry grow." Cage said, stating that: "I'm not saying these things to disturb or to seem more intelligent than others." David Good, also defined as the peripheral controller DualShock-like dinosaurs in extinction that should be replaced by hardware manufacturers, in order to experience something new.

Angry Birds as sold on the PSN

Published last January on the PlayStation Network, Angry Birds has already become the best selling downloadable title from Sony on the service. According to analyst Colin Sebastian in Industry Gamers, the NDP is growing thanks to the growing popularity of the casual market and social. "The NDP currently has 75 million registered accounts worldwide, 1.4 billion of content have been downloaded since the launch of the service and thanks to the social and casual markets business is growing.

Angry Birds is the most downloaded game on PSN

Other records for wild birds of Rovio Apparently, the birds of angry Rovio reap success on any platform, they touch, having already become the most downloaded title on the PlayStation Network, although there are only landed in January this year. Colin Sebastian of Capital Markets, this is an important sign that will enable publishers to increase the supply of PS3 titles in the catalog of casual, attracting a new audience to the console.

Zumba Fitness in the best-selling UK

Zumba Fitness for Wii and Xbox 360 was the best selling game in the UK in the last seven days. The leader of the previous week, Crysis 2, slipped to second place. Third LEGO Star Wars II: The Clone Wars, the fourth Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters and fifth Shift 2: Unleashed. Sixth for Homefront, followed by WWE and Pokemon All Stars Black and White in the eighth and ninth respectively.

Dawn of Fantasy

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Ubisoft wants the next-gen

According to the CEO of Ubisoft, Yves Guillemot, to MCV, the publisher of ostracism against new IP is undermining the creative industry. The solution? The console next-gen. "If you look at the history of the industry, we realize that there are times when it is easier to introduce a new IP, while other times it's more complicated," said Guillemot.

"In this moment of the life cycle of the current console is still possible to launch a new IP, but with the next-generation platforms people will be more willing to try new IP. You progress through the cycle are the most successful brand to cannibalize sales ". With 3DS stores, NGP at the gates and "platforms" Move and Kinect, the industry has not been revived? "Accessories and portable consoles are very good things, but I think the industry needs innovations in technology.

How many gold farmers in the world?

Many more expected than there knew that the gold farming, an activity that is to collect items and money in persistent worlds online to get real money, is a widespread practice, especially in some Asian countries, but we did not know what. It is the World Bank to have clarified the issue with a study on the matter.

It seems that between China and Vietnam there is the beauty of a hundred thousand human beings engaged in gold farming, which accounts for 30% of the market for virtual goods. The report also estimated that such an influx of money would do well to regions where they are concentrated farmer, despite the extreme extension of the practice is a problem for publishers.

White Knight Chronicles at an altitude of 1 million

A spokesman for Sony announced on Twitter (via VG247) that the series White Knight Chronicles has reached 1 million copies sent to retailers. The result was achieved thanks to the exclusive PlayStation 3, White Knight Chronicles White Knight Chronicles and 2, and the title for PSP, White Knight Chronicles Origins.

Of these three games, only the first has already been released outside of Japan, while the last two to arrive in Europe and the United States in 2011. White Knight Chronicles is a series of role-playing games published by Sony and developed by Level-5, Professor Layton writers.

The hardware sales figures in Japan from March 28 to April 3

PSP beats all Media Create has released the new hardware sales charts in Japan during the week from March 28 to April 3, 2011. The most striking example is the overtaking sales of the PSP compared to 3DS. Some have maligned the lack of gasoline Nintendo (true games of relief) to withstand the long haul and that the various shortcomings (high price, for now nothing online, etc.) retain the average buyer from making the plunge.

Cage: a new controller

According to David Cage during an interview with CVG, the DualShock is now at the end of its life cycle and industry urgently needs a new controller. "The DualShock was coming to an end and the entire industry needs to move on," says the CEO of Quantic Dreams. Move and Kinect, published last year, respectively, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, not enough? "Kinect and Move are not the final answer.

New DLC for Dead Red Redemption

Some content distributed as incentives to those who have booked at the time Red Dead Redemption will be published shortly in the form of DLC, tells Rockstar Games. Three separate packages will be available for download from April 12 to PlayStation Network and Xbox Live at a price of $ 0.99 and 80 Microsoft Points.

The game objects are the Deadly Assassin Outfit, garment that allows the indicator to regenerate more quickly Dead Eye, War Horse, the fastest horse in the game, and the Golden Guns Weapon Pack, set of weapons that allow you to get more experience following the killings. "We apologize for having done such a long wait for DLC, we had some technical problems," it said on the official forum of the game.