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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Internet TV on Xbox 360 also Italian?

The site says it PrimoItalia The news comes directly from the site of PrimoItalia announcing the arrival of the channels of the company on the Marketplace of the Microsoft console. Besides the network, although it has some programming on Sky, is perhaps the most active in Italy in terms of multimedia.

Unfortunately the offer because a film is not exciting but it's always a first step, however, and the recipes are not too bad for Alice. Source: PrimoItalia

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GR: Future Soldier Kinect compatible with?

If, like me, you had always hoped that sooner or later, some software companies have decided to exploit the potential of Kinect for something more than a party game, you will no doubt be pleased to know that Ghost Recon: Future Soldier could be the answer to your prayers. As you can see for yourself by going to the official Xbox site, the page of the game now has the official packshot which is clearly visible in the peripheral compatibility with the Microsoft note.

Aion 2.5 is available from tonight

Italian Empyrean Calling to 21 hours, the 2.5 update for Aion, will be available on the European servers from 21 this evening. The update will include improvements to the graphics engine, new possibilities for customization of the characters and mascots, new special abilities and new areas. Esoterrace Instance: the triumph in the region of the Balaur Esoterrace devoid of vital resources necessary to the army of the Tiamat to continue war.

New Videogame for the Source.it Shop!

Dear Videogame Sources, summer is almost here and many of you are already planning to spend their earned vacation ... but this certainly does not imply that there remains a little 'time to play, right? It is precisely for this reason that, in the hope of being able to brighten the afternoons (hopefully for you) spend in the company of your trustworthy fan or air conditioner, we would like to propose some "offer he can not refuse." Think we're exaggerating? Wait until you see what we have in Serbia for you ...

Ubisoft - The official E3 2011 lineup

14 titles confirmed Ubisoft has finally announced the titles that will bring with him in the event that we are all waiting for. During E3 this year, the publisher will also find several titles including From Dust, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online TrackMania2 Canyon and forming part of the online company.

It will also be shown Rocksmith who wants to bring a new level games and the guitar will also have a bus parked outside the themed event in Los Angeles. Here's the full list:-Assassin 's Creed: Revelations-Call of Juarez: The Cartel-Driver: San Francisco Rayman Origins-Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier-From Dust-Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online-TrackMania2-The Adventures of Tintin - Adrenaline-Rocksmith MotionSports-Just Dance-Raving Rabbids-Your Shape

Patch 1.1 for The Witcher 2

CD Projekt has revealed details of patch 1.1 for The Witcher 2, which should be available later this evening. A second update is planned for next week, but on this development team did not want to say anything definite yet. "We should be able to make the patch available for all by tonight, but in some areas could delay the update a few hours," said a representative of the development team.

Here are the main details of the update: Patch 1.1

Wii Play: Motion - Trailer

First trailer for the new container of mini-games Nintendo has released the first trailer of Wii Play: Motion, the new title designed to take advantage of the Wii Motion Plus course will be a collection of mini-games designed especially to play with friends. Graphically it seems to remember other similar titles published by Nintendo in recent years, including prequel.

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The Witcher 2 exclusive (console) 360?

According to the American ESRB rating agency, the only console version of The Witcher 2 would be expected for the Xbox 360. CD Projekt was confirmed yesterday that an announcement regarding the saga (and in particular the console) would be given during E3, it seems, this announcement will be one of the exclusive Microsoft.

Of course (for now) no official confirmation has come from the development team, so to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth ... we have to wait another couple of weeks.

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King's Bounty: Legions arrives on Facebook

Another historic range is colonized by well-known social network Nival has announced the arrival of King's Bounty series on Facebook, with King's Bounty: Legions, available this summer. Obviously it will be a turn-based strategy with dynamic PvP that will allow players to compete with friends on Facebook.

The game seems designed for consumers with hardcore and not miss a single player mode that will compare with artificial intelligence. King's Bounty: Legions is also expected to IOS and Android platforms and was developed by KranX Productions. King's Bounty: Legions on Facebook: Link

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Beta of the upcoming Auto Club Revolution

Eutechnyx said that the Auto Club Revolution MMO beta will begin in July. Anyone wishing to participate can register on the official game site. To celebrate the announcement of the development team, responsible in the past the Ferrari Challenge, has unveiled the first images of this ambitious title. Auto Club Revolution will be a free MMO that will try to mix the adrenaline racing with realistic characteristics distinctly "social".

Outbreak Map Pack Dead Space 2

Did you miss the good old days when the pieces did you Necromorphs without even looking at them? Or maybe you miss the good feeling to sink claws and tentacles into the body of some tasty human being? Whatever your answer, you will soon return to Sprawl with the new DLC for Dead Space 2, the Outbreak Map Pack will be available for free from May 31 to June 3 on XBLA and PSN.

Inside the space are two multiplayer maps: The Academy and The Concourse. Taking on the role of humans should try to escape from this nightmare again, while interpreting the Necromorphs ... well, maybe not even need to tell you what to do Here you see the first images.

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Dead Space 2: Outbreak - new info and pictures

The horror continues ... Free! From May 31 on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network on June 3 will be available the first DLC for Dead Space 2 by the name Outbreak. The package will introduce two new multiplayer maps, The Academy and The Concourse, where the team must help the humans to escape from the Necromorphs or, if you play the other side, you will need them to pieces.

The map is set in The Academy Elementary School Sprawl station, where the team of humans must work together to enable the decontamination system. The map in the Concourse, the team of humans must escape instead of all'incursione Necromorphs in the commercial and send a distress signal to the salvage vessel.

Konami announces Birds of Steel

Konami has announced a new air combat game set during World War II, Birds of Steel. Developed by Gaijin Entertainment, creators of IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, the game will arrive in 2012 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Birds of Steel will include historic vehicles such as Spitfire and Messerschmidt, and will allow players to assume the role of the Allies, the Axis powers or Japan in eight separate campaigns.

The weapons of Dead Island

How to survive the zombies when you're on vacation weapons will play a key role in Dead Island, the new game zombesco of Techland. To survive the attacks of the undead, the player will have to pray ... prepare and customize the equipment, using all means available. The weapons are very powerful at first, but lose strength with use.

For that reason, fixed on the appropriate work plans, with which you can also modify them or create them from scratch. For example, a machete with a rounded blade will not have major effects, but give it a limatina and heads alone will jump for joy. The weapons also have a different effect depending on the character class, without making it more congenial to certain instruments of death (with all due respect to the zombies) than others.

Multiplayer on PS3 DiRT 3 blocked

The multiplayer DiRT 3 is currently operating on the PlayStation 3 due to the presence of VIP Pass, a code included with the game, Codemasters that lets you unlock the game online. The VIP Pass is redeemed from the PlayStation Store, which should be back operational soon, as reported in the last few hours on the PlayStation Blog: "The latest news on the PlayStation Store may be reopened by the end of May," it said.

Problems with the Xbox Live Marketplace

Must be an epidemic in the last several hours of Xbox 360 users have reported difficulties in viewing the contents of the Xbox Live Marketplace. If it happens to you fear not, because Anonymous has nothing to do. The problems have arisen simultaneously with the planned upgrade of the dashboard, and Microsoft is aware of the situation.

Aware that such has been issued a press release apologizing for the problems users encountered and knows that it is working to resolve them. The difficulties of navigation should cover the section of indie Xbox 360, Games for Windows LIVE marketplace (is there anyone who visits it?) On the PC and the Marketplace of games for Xbox 360 Source: CVG

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Hothead today announced a game on Hitchhiker

Hothead Games has announced a game based on the series Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). In the press release does not mention the Hothead target platforms, and features of the game's launch date. Hothead Games has developed games in the series Penny Arcade Adventures, the two DeathSpank and Swarm.

Samsung Droid Charge: Price, Output, Technical

Return a new chapter house of Samsung smartphone, this time talking about the Droid Charge phone that is very close to the idea of Thunderbolt, many believe that its potential is somewhat better than his brother, let's analyze the technical details, the price output expected in Italy. Starting from this design Droid Charge Samsung takes on the characteristics of which are worth mention, because we are in the presence of a smartphone finally changed to anything, even if staying in a standard model, the change is immediately striking that when you pick up is the V made a slip-off the bottom, this gives a touch of elegance in sports management, the other lines that characterize the covers are rated at a more aggressive look, as reflected in the built-in camera and an unusually shaped speaker system with a slot that has a small angle to form a very wide V in this case.

NHL 12 - Pictures and details

Presented the new chapter of the EA Sports NHL series has revealed some of the features of NHL 12, the latest chapter in the series of hockey's most famous and long-lived history of the game, out September 9 on Xbox 360 and PS3. Meanwhile, the engine has been implemented Full Contact Physics Engine to manage the contact between the players, also used with FIFA 12 and assume all future sports titles from EA.

WOW, get the patch 4.2

Public test server is available on a new patch for World of Warcraft, the 4.2, which among other things adds Firelandsper 10-25 players in the raid, which is characterized by "an extreme level of difficulty." Patch 4.2 adds a host of new quests and Blizzard is a second amount of content "unprecedented" for players of level 85, which include more than 60 quests and new armor sets.

The new update also reduces the level of difficulty of the dungeons of Cataclysm: Twilight, Blackwing Descent and Throne of the Four Winds. More information about Battle. net.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - trailer

A video of the new Zelda trailer from Japan New Japan The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D remake of the best 3D Zelda never published, which incidentally is also one of the best games ever. Are visible in the film are some sequences of play. Look for the break waiting for the final market. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - New Japanese Trailer

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In a video of the "Beast" Infamous 2

Sucker Punch has unveiled new details about the "Beast", the destructive force against which the protagonist of inFamous 2 will have to fight in this sequel to the open-world action game Infamous. According to the PlayStation Blog, the Beast, "like a meteor from outer space, is a force too powerful for the destruction of humanity." "At the end of inFamous MacGrath Cole has a vision in which the Beast arrives in the world and only he can stop it.

Bioshock Infinite is in good shape

And if he says those who produce it, to be trusted Karl Slatoff, the chief operating officer of Take-Two said that BioShock: Infinite is coming up very well. Indeed, using a metaphor from the gym "is alive and well". Slatoff and Take-Two are satisfied with the brand, which has sold more than eight million copies in the first episode and later apocryphal (not specified whether the DLC and side projects are part of the count).

Square Enix working on a new MMO

Final Fantasy XIV problems have prompted Square Enix to move away from the MMO genre. As reported by Andriasang, the publisher is expected to announce another MMO by the end of the fiscal year. Company of Japan, as stated to shareholders on CEO Yoichi Wada, would operate simultaneously on two or three MMO able to bring a steady flow of money into the coffers of the publisher.

Before you think about the new MMO, however, Square Enix will try to revive the fortunes of Final Fantasy XIV, whose launch troubled MMO has forced the publisher to redesign several parts.

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The online Dirt 3 is unusable before returning to PlayStation Store

The code can not be redeemed according to reports by the users and approved by Codemasters, the multiplayer segment of Dirt 3 on PlayStation 3 is apparently tied to the PlayStation Store and is therefore useless to the reactivation of this. The issue is tied to the VIP pass, which is used by publishers to prevent (or at least discourage) the purchase of used copies of the game.

The code is located inside the new package but must be redeemed through the PlayStation Store, as for the Sony console. Since the store is still offline for the moment it is impossible to redeem online for access to the compartment 3 Dirt "is a very unfortunate situation but we are convinced it will be done to fix it as soon as possible," said Andy Gray Codemasters.

A special event at E3, Sony

This year's Sony E3 conference will take place at night, at two in the morning of June 7 (Italian time). The event will last a total of five hours, during which most likely will talk about the new Sony PlayStation branded, NGP at all, but will also return to the case which held bank in recent months, the attack on the PSN.

The conference will last about an hour and a half, and immediately after "there will be a special event," says Sony. Microsoft's conference will be held June 6 (19:00 Italian time), rather than Nintendo's June 7 at 18:00.

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Apple iOS 5, incompatible with the 3G

Here comes the news that the U.S. could worry about thousands of people around the world, the new system iOS 5 that will be distributed according to the estimates in September next could cut out the progress the iPhone 3G, the device still used and sold by home. This news does not find an official basis, however, comes from a blogger, that Eldar Murtazin, which has acquired a reputation for its news about the world of telephony and technology in general, but these rarely related to Apple, so that an official confirmation would be appreciated by the manufacturer, since the problem is doing around the world within hours.

3DS Shinobi: check a video

But I do not see anything E 'showed a video on YouTube that seems to be dedicated to the promotion of the mysterious Shinobi 3DS, brand new edition of Sega series that could be announced soon for the Nintendo portable. The video is without sound and at the moment it only shows an overview of the various chapters of Shinobi that have followed in the history of video games, but stops just before you get to show what should be the new title for Nintendo 3DS.

A competition for ARGO Online

In the coming days and until 27 May at 11:59 you can win some in-game items for ARGO Online. To enter the contest you have to take a picture positioned on a point raised universe ARGO Online and send it to argon-events @ alaplaya. eu with the following information: RE: Screenshot ARGO Event; Content: Nickname, name and character faction.

Each user can submit up to two images, but only one can win. The awards provide an increase of 25% of XP points for 30 days (first prize), +30% Movement Speed Potion for 30 days (second place), a Grace of Life Box (ranked third and fourth to tenth). More information on the website of ARGO Online.

Agent Max Payne 3 and still in development

Alive and well Take-Two has confirmed, during a conference for shareholders that took place at this time, that Agent is that Max Payne 3 is still fully in development at Rockstar Games. When asked about the status of the two projects Strauss Zelnick said with certainty that "are still in development," though no further information on the progress and possible exit period, so for now we must be satisfied even know how to live and kicking.

Age of Conan becomes free-to-play

The MMO Age of Conan will soon be available as a free-to-play, developer Funcom has announced. The launch of the F2P version will coincide with the publication of a series of previously unpublished content, while the title will become the MMO Age of Conan: Unrated. "This is the time for Age of Conan, in the fall will debut in theaters around the world the new film," said a source Videogame executive producer Craig Morrison.

LA Noire could be just the beginning for Take Two

A bright future for the franchise LA Noire is a project of large dimensions and is very successful both in terms of the criticism on the market, of course elements that suggest the beginning of a stable franchise in the current industry dynamics. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, in fact, has already said that "there is every reason to believe that LA Noire will become another strong franchise for our company" during a conference call with shareholders, and that there are so solid groundwork for expansion and followed the work of Team Bondi.

"LA Noire important franchise"

During a conference call with shareholders, the CEO of Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick, has suggested that LA Noire could be just the first in a long string of hits based on the franchise. "We have reason to believe that LA Noire is another important franchise for our company," says Zelnick. "We consider it a new IP full of opportunity." The publisher has not yet officially a sequel, but in recent days, Team Bondi said that for the next chapter of LA Noire will have to wait less than 5 years.

"Witcher 2 hard? We are hardcore"

In an interview with Videogame Source, senior producer for The Witcher 2 has defended the level of difficulty of the role-playing game developed by CD Projekt. "We were inspired by the hardcore games, titles difficult," says GOP. "We did not want the game was easy at first, not looking for an interactive movie." "People think that our normal difficulty is tantamount to that of others, but it is not, because we are hardcore gamers and we use that approach.

Square Enix has a new MMO in Serbia for 2012

Or at least to announce the information presented in the recent financial document of Square Enix, released at the end of the quarter, there is also a reference to a new MMO but still seems quite distant in time. By the end of March 2012, at a time or sometime within the current fiscal year, is expected to be announced a new MMO by the Japanese publisher, whose output is therefore expected at least for 2012 submitted.

A game from the creators of Kinect Blacklight

The developer of downloadable game Blacklight: Tango Down is working on a way compatible with the device for Xbox 360, Kinect. As reported on Twitter by Superannuation, two employees of Zombie Studios have mentioned the game in your CV. One, published by a C + + programmer, speaks of a "zero-person shooter in development for five months.

CV A second member of a level designer adds that this is a title for Kinect made with the Unreal Engine 3. Whether it's one of the "hardcore Kinect" promised by Microsoft for Xbox 360 owners?

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The ESRB reports The Witcher 2 for Xbox 360

Is it true? After yesterday's utterances on the part of CD Projekt's Tomasz Gop, comes another story that seems to go in the right direction for those who hope in the arrival of The Witcher 2 console, even if it is just at the time of consistent evidence. The ESRB, the Classification Society of American media products, it shows the title in question as relating also to the Xbox 360.

Next to the title are in fact bring the PC and Xbox 360 platforms in the page dedicated to the game. Of course, it could mean very little, considering that the game was originally planned as a platform could simply be an indication remained unchanged for some time (though this is a second Gamefront updated recently) and on the other hand CD Projekt has announced something of "completely new" for the E3.

Agent and Max Payne 3 "still in development"

Rockstar Games is still developing and Agent Max Payne 3, ensures that publisher Take-Two. Confirmation was given by the company's CEO Strauss Zelnick during a conference call with shareholders. The games in question, provides the boss of Take-Two, are "still in development." Announced at E3 2009, Agent is set in the world of espionage of the '70s, the Rockstar title was announced as a PlayStation 3 exclusive.

Amazon tablet: Only $ 349 price exit

Amazon is making news lately for the imminent entry of his tablets, the breaking news coming from an authoritative source as saying the American home PCMag close to the launch of its product for only $ 349. News that if confirmed could have various options for revealing the characteristics of the tablet and the objectives that the manufacturer wants to achieve with this entry, set for the summer in the U.S.

Age of Conan becomes free this summer

The Age of Conan does not cost anything for Age of Conan comes the era of free, the MMORPG that Funcom will become "free to play from this summer, following a trend that is proving very good for the general online . Apparently, we propose either a combination: Age of Conan: Unrated is the new title for those who approach the game in question in "free to play", while you can still use the old subscription system and thus become "premium member" with all the advantages of the case.

Deleted draft Kojima

The creator of Metal Gear Solid series, Hideo Kojima, announced in the last few hours on Twitter cancellation of the project to which the designer has worked the past year. "I hate the idea, I can not be optimistic," it said in a message, then: "What I have prepared meticulously for years has lost its meaning." Kojima Productions is currently working on Metal Gear Solid: Rising for PC and consoles and HD Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D 3DS, in recent months has also spoken of the possible development of a new Zone of the Enders and other projects entirely shrouded in mystery.

3 Uncharted: Drake's Deception, release, news

Naughty Dog back on the market with the new 3 Uncharted: Drake's Deception, one of the most popular PS3 exclusive gaming market, following the success of previous editions, this article will reveal some details emerged and the official release date. Let's start from this point, the third chapter in the saga Uncharted will be available in stores on November 4, 2011, completely in Italian and distributed by Sony, now let us analyze the news circulating the web.

Zombie Studios shooter to develop a Kinect

The usual track on Superannuation has apparently discovered a new title being developed by Zombie Studios, the team responsible for Blacklight. According to reports, it would be a "zero-person shooter" on track for Kinect based on Unreal Engine 3. Apparently, the deduction is based on what is reported in two curricula, one of a programmer and one of a level designer.

Putting together the details, it seems to be a game whose development has been ongoing for 5 months and focused on single player, apart from making reference in particular to the Xbox 360, Kinect and Unreal Engine 3. Source: Superannuation

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